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AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENINJ.
OLYMPIC' TUEATliE, Broadway.?Tub Honktmoom.
BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.-Ubclb Ton'* fill*.
NIBLO'8 OARDEN, Broadway.?Otubllo.
broadway thbatrk, Broadway?Dot; oe, tu*
Cuviat om tu* Hmta
WJNTBB OARDEN, Broadway.?CoaroRAL Cartovchb.
NEW BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery.?Roar O'Moaa?
laua Abbcbahcb a*d Yaaaaa Monaarr?Suahdt Mauuirk.
WALLACE'S THEATRE, Broadway.?Simolb Lira.
BARNtTM'S MUSEUM. Broadway.?Two Mammoth Fat
Wombm?Lirino Hkblktom? Dwaar?Hiamt Bot? Hkiso**r
or Snai aaaa Huatmo a Turtle. Open Day and Eveuiu*.
BRYANTS' MINSTRELS. Mechanics' Hall, 47! Broadwar.?Ethiopia*
Bonos, Dances, BuaLuauaa, Ac.?Comroral
oabtbimm.
WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL. Sit Broadway.-Ethiopiam
Boats, Dascbb, ao.?Pmthoi.buma.xia, om Oil o.x tub Bmaui.
nOOLEY'S MINSTRELS. 199 and 301 Bowery.?Soaas,
Damcbs, Bubuumiubs, Ac.?Industrious Familt.
SALLE DIABOLIQUE. 585 Broadway.?Robbut Hbllbb's
Illusions ajtd Comic Solos?Stihit Saob.
HIPPOTHEATRON. Fourteenth street.?Eoukstriait,
Otmmastio and Acmobatio Emibktaihmb?ts?O'Do.nouuuus.
IB VINO IIALL, Irving place.?Vocil airo Ihstrumxntau
Co*cbbt? Mdllm Da Katuw, J. M. Wkmll
AMERICAN THEATRE. No. 414 Broadway. ? Balubtb,
Famomimhs, Bu russules, Ac.?Tub Rival Aktiza.xs.
NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, (18 DroadwAy.?
Open irotn id A. M. t.tl 1U P. Al.
New York, Friday, April 14, 1865.
THE SITUATION.
In addition to the many official War Office bulletins of
character to cause national rejoicing which wo have
- bad the pleasure of laying before the people during
the past few weeks, we publish this morning
one which will give universal satisfaction,
and dispel long entertained apprehensions in
mauy a household. This is a despatch from the Secretary
of War announcing that an immediate stop w ill be
put to all drafting and recruiting for the military
service in the loyal states, fc'e'rotury Stanton
also informs us tiiat p.irchasos of arras, ammunition
nnd supplies are u> bo curtailed, that the military itttablishment
la to be reduced, aud that all military restrictions
on trade and commerce, bo far as may
be consistent with the public safety, will shortly be removed.
The dec slon in the matter of these important
proceedings was arrived at after consultation with General
Grant, end may therefore be taken as indicating that
the war is virtually ended.
Besides the preparations for a reduction of the army,
the navy Is also to be immediately reduced to a great
stent.
It la reported that the rebel General Loe has gone to
Danville, Vs., In order to advise General Johnston to surrender
hie army to the national authorities, end thus
vert farther useless bloodshed.
General Grant, accompanied by several members of
Me staff end n number of other army officers, arrived In
Washington yesterday. His headquarters have been re
wrf I* thai city.
Vail detail* of the closing hostile operations of General
Oranl'e force* against the rebel army under command of
General Lee, and of the surrender of the latter, events
amsag the most Important of modern times, are contalaed
In the engrossing despatches which we publish
this morning.
call for assart on of the aebel Legislature of Virginia
la Behmond about tho 24th Inst., signed by a number of
the member* and other eltir.ens of the Slate, was pubUshed
la that city on Wednesday of this week, with the
approval of General Weltzel, in both newspaper and haudMI
form. This document also solicits the attendance la
Kchaond at the same time of the rebel Got
aranr aad Lieutdhant Governor and cortain other
preaitaeat asa of the S ate, including R. M. T.
Hunter, A. H. H. Stuan, Fayette Mcllulten, William L
florin, William C. Rives and Alexander R.ves. The
matters to be submitted, the call states, are the restoration
of peace to the Slate aad the adjustment of questions
Involving life, liberty and property, and safe con
dart aad transportation to all those Invited to attend are
guaranteed by the mi liary authorities The Richmond
Wklgmy* it Is understood that this Invitation has been
gut forth la p irsuancs of the plan of proceeding assented
a by President Lincoln.
General Urmat, la an order dated on the 11th Inst, has
revoked that portion of his special order of the 10th ult.
suspending trad* operation* In certain portions of Virginia
and Georgia and In North and South Carolina.
Advices from Ooldsboro, N. C., of the loth Ind.,
atata that General Sherman' army would commence It*
advance from that placs on thu following day. It had
been completely re-equ ppod and almnd-uitly supplied
tir a long march, and the troop* would move
la light marching order. It waa supposed that General
Johnaton'a army had abandoned Raleigh and gone In the
dlroctlon of Charlotte. The newa of the capture of Richmond
and Pe eralin.g waa received with Immense < n
Itm-taaiu by General Sherman's aoldlera. It la aald
hat these event* were also celebrated by the Cnlon
people of Raleigh and other prints In N'ortb Carolina
Jtaide the national lines, and that the rebel* were powmleea
to prevent the demonstration*
A dee patch fiwn I.exlngtoa. Kentu 'try, itaiea that
Qeaerai Palmer la now at Kmtnence for the purpose of
Vaoeiviag the lurreader ef all the rebel forree In the
lata. Thoee who will not surrender will bo declared
utlaweaad hunted down without merry.
Our special correspondence fr?mCorunnn, Ppe'n. dated
flrom the morning of the 2TUI to eight o'cto k In the
pvmlagof the Mtb of March, contain* a very Intereat
tin iD)|?>ruiin Kcmini 01 nin cirrun: l.nirna una r
Which the rebel Iron clad rum Rtonowull left the port of
Fcrtttl ud pat to era. On the 2;<l altlme the Stonewall
pood oat fron# the harbor fot the aerond tlr>e, In com
fnay with tbo Spanish frigate (.'oneepclon. In fifteen
tnlnutee Uw Niagara and Harratoento were looee from
their anchorage near, Coruun.i, nnd atenmed directly toward!
her. In Irea than half an hnnr the rnm
tamed abort and at<anted bark to port, to the greet d etppoiatmeat
of Uioueanda of pereone who elood gn/.ing
rer the oalm waiera In expc taMon of witneaeir.g a
faille. Thla waa the aecoad feint of the nn Nett
fUy Captain Pag* hlmeelf lightened bar of noma coal,
ftaade randy, tae went oat again with the Spanleh fr.gate
Mil ha got It? mile* to ecu, where ha lay off and oa
ntll night The Utilaa reaaela did not follow him.
Onr oorranpnndent Imimaiaa that their oowmandere
Wind pmdeotly, a* lha rute of the weather and water
wan greatly la faror of the ram if la action. Daring
*+ allompt in aampo it *ri aaid thai lha
'fUmwM tanked, end that her halWt rolled The roa
W* m* * Whd tUtae In Oereana antorod n
protest again-t the "aid and comfort" ahoMrn to the ram
in the port of l errol during m week* The 8|sunsh
Admiral, in his roply, tiiUiualod (lutl tils govornioeut
could not get r d of her in nhorter time, aa the was leaky
ua I nKoaworthy. It said that th i Ktonewali hoisted tue
rebel be ore she was out of French hands, and that
a deep responsibility nvtn with lite French and S|>e'ii-h
cub.uois on her account, aa well as with tiie I'lilted
Stales government for not sending over a aufflclcut force
to at once destroy h r
General Hancock, commanding lh? national t poo pa in
the Shenandoah vulloy, in lu'ortning Uio people of that
region, in un official order, of ilia surrender of General
l.oo'a army, hop a tliat they will regard it, a* General L<oe
himself does, as the ttret great step toward* peace, and
tellb them that it la for themselves to decide the amount
of freedom they are now to enjoy. Mosby, he Informs
them. Is not Included In the parole, and they ore warned
against giving further assistance, shelter or concealment
to guertUaai
Large numbers of rebel deserters are coming into the
Union lines at various points on the Mississippi river.
They represent the rebel armies of Mississippi and the
Trans-Mississippi as having an existence in name only;
that the numbers for duty are exceedingly small, and
that all are much disheartened and demoralised at the
prospects of the confederacy.
A Rio Janeiro journal announce! the receipt by the
Braxllian government of en official communication from
Secretary Seward declaring the disapproval of the government
of the United States of the action of Commander
Collins, of the steamer Wachusett, In seising in the
harbor of Bahia the robel pirate Florida, and
giving assurance that that officer will be suspended and
tried by court martial. The complicity In the selsure of
Mr. Wilson, the American Consul at Bahia, is also
alluded to, and his dismissal from offiee is suggested. It
Is promised that the Brazilian flag shall receive proper
honors and that ths crew of tho Florida shah be reloosod;
but the government of the United States does
not consider Itself responsible for the loss of the vessel,
as she was suuk accidentally.
Bonnctt Young, the only one of the St Albans raiders
who did not rocoive a full discharge In tho Toronto court
the other day, was released on Tuesday last on giving
eight thousand dollars bail for his appearance
THS LEGISLATURE. |
In tho Senate yodord.iy bill.s were reported relative to
the Croton Aqueduct in thin city and to change the
grade of the streets afroctcd thereby; amending the
Soldiers' Voting law?a majority report; the Custom
House bill; for tho better protection of seamen in the
port of New York?a majority report; to incorporate the
Harry Howard Association of Exempt Firemen; also to
amond tho Brooklyn Public Park and i'arado Grounds
bill. R"solutlons of thanks to Lieutenant General Grant,
bis officers and men, who have met, conq uered and compelled
the surrender of tho enemies of tho republic,
were introduced and adopted unanimously. Bills were
passed to incorporate the Bay Side und New York Ferry
Company, and authorizing the erection of warehouses
and docks in Now York for quarantine purposes. The
consideration of the Central Itailrond Fare bill wus then
resumed. After remarks by members, progress was reported,
and the bill was made the special order. In
evening session debate was again had on tlie Central
bill, and, Judging from the iennr of the remarks, tho hill
will certainly pass. It was advanced to a third reading.
In the Assembly bills were passed to incorporate the
Army and Navy Havlags Bank of Now York, and Using
the compensation of members of the New York Common
Council. Tiie Metropolitan Health bill was then put
upon its passage, and lost by a vote of yeas 62, nays 68.
A motion was then made to roconsidor, which was
adopted.
HIBCELL AM?VUd HEWS.
Our European (Ilea by the Moravian reached thla city
from Portland, Me., last night. The papers arc of the
same date aa thoee received by the New York on the
previous day.
The steamabip Kdinburg, Captain Roekell, which left
Liverpool at noon on the 20th and Quoenstown on ths
30th of March, arrived at this port early yesterday
morning. The advices have been anticipated. The Edin
burg brings seven hundred and forty-one passengers.
The steamship Ocean Queen, from Asplawall on the
6th inst., arrived in this port last evening, bringing a
large number of California passengers, over six hundred
thousand dollars In specie, and later news from Central
and South America. The revolutionary movement In
Peru was progressing. That In Bolivia having succeeded
affhlrs in that country had again become eomowhat settled.
One Spanish war vewel had arrived at Valparaiso,
and another was daily expocted, and some believed that
the object of the visit of theee cruisers was to demand
satisfaction from the Chilean government for having refused
to allow the Spanish squadron to recetvo supplies in
its ports during ths pendency of the difficulties with
Peru; but this approhrnsion was not genemL
Senor Arguelles, who was some Urns ago delivered by
the failed States officers in this city to ths Cuban
autliorities, unicr the provisions of our Extradition
treaty with Spain, on charge of having boen engaged in
the slave trade, received his sentence In the Havana court
on the 3d tnsL It condemns him to nineteen years In
the chain gang, a One or Orty thousand dollars, to make
restitut.on to various persons for large sums of money of
which it is alleged he defrauded them In his transactions;
to pay one third of the costs of trial, to suffer loss of all
civil right#, and to be subjected to other penalties. With
him were also sentenced ten others charged with compile
ty In his operations, including a priest named Valdez,
who was condemned to eight years In the chain gang,
perpetual incapacity to exercise pastors! functions sad to
pay a portion of the cost# of trial
Ths Board of Councilmen hold so meeting yesterday,
a quorum not being present. Ths board was adjourned
till next Monday.
Another meeting of the committee of citizens
having chargn of the arrangements for celebrating our
great national successes was held yesterday aiternoon at
the Custom House. As President Lincoln baa not yet
named s day for the thanksgiving ceremonlea, the mem
bcrx of the committee d emod it best not to anticipate
th" time, but resolved to assemble on the call of Uielr
chairmaa at any time, for the pur[>ose of co-operation
with any plans which may best accord with public sentiment.
The emigration from Europe to ths Potted State*
promises to swell to an unusually Till tide during the
present season. Three thousand nine hundred and
twenty 'our persona were landed at the port of New York
by steamships and sailing vessels from the 1st of April
to yesterday morning Of, these the steamship Etna
bro gbi live hundred and nineteen, the New York live
hundred and eleven, and the Kdinburg (yesterday) seven
hundred aud forty one The majority of these strangers
belong to a very valuable claaa of Industrial producer#
Wdir* ' "formed from I.Ir'-rpnol, under data of th*2fith
March, that a party of flfty principally miners and agri
cultural laborer*, with their families, aaltod by tha at ram
ahlp I'tna, for New York, under apectal oare of Ret.
I'hilip Tiarletl, agent of the Amrnoan Emigrant Company.
Th -xe men have come out under contract to work for
employer,, in America, who hart paid their paaeago.
I In the caaa of William R. Wllnoo ra th# Mayor,
where the plalnttlT aurd for the low of bU eon, a lad
abo t at>teen year* of ago, who waa drowned by falling
through a hoi \ la the p er at the fool of Fifth stroot, the
Jury yesterday reported that they war# aoable to agree,
and w#ro discharged by th# Court. Ther# wore tw#
Halibatartnna on the ury. It appear*, who were nppoaed
to giving the plalnlllf any damage# because tha accident
happened on a Hnnday. They thought Oie father wae t#
blame in allowing Ui# child U> ptay on that day, and
ronld not b# Ind .ced t# aympathiae with hlw #a aay
account.
Th# pel'tmaof J#bn R Hlney for an Injunction re
atralnlng th# rale of the New York OinaolMated HUge
Com|iany'a eflbr to, waa granted yesterday by Judge Bar
aarri, id the ftupreiae 0#urt, ehambcra
la the Court of General Heeatona yesterday Jobs
Wymaa wao tried and oonrleted #f grand laraeoy In
dealing two hundred dollar# from Trlah Oott, a r#uir?ed
soldier H# waa f#j?and?d for a#nt?#ea Jaaaee rmu,
Indicted for atealiag, on th# Id #f February, Ira bale# of
notion, worth four hundred dollars each, tha pro- j
prrtf of Aalhany 0. ruaolre, ptraiMl gnUlf U Ik*
offt-nra, and wan remand*# far oanlMOr. Char leu Mull**
plnaila# f'lUty to praml larooaf, Ui* Or an* Jury having
brmight la an imtnAm -nt a! Ui* ojmaing of Ui* court,
*haf loo km vltk aioaiioo a i*M valok trim CaoMo
MKVT YORK HERALD,
Moflonn on W(4n?4?jr, whMe euimling In front of
Trinity churrti during toe fuocrol of (Icuoral Wiuthrop.
The oont|>luitnmt, on mfeiung lite watoti, eci/ed the prm
oner, w ho fctru k hitn tt violent blow in otto opting to
e^l'ape. Ah^naui irimut ? Aiwnwy IIUM IIIU ;? wui wiw
complaint to IhoGrsnd Jury. Tbe prWiDer ? w aire gued
a Tew minutes alloc, nud Hecordcr Holfman, sentenced
tiiiu to the Slate Prison for five years. It is hO|H?l that
such a speedy disposition of a professional pickpocket
will produce a salutary efloot upon the light lingered
gentry.
The stock market was act!re and higher yesterday
morning and closed steady. Governuunls were lower.
Gold was firm, und closed at 147K down town. At the
up town evening board the closing price was 1461{.
Commercial matters were unusually quiet yesterday,
and business was on s small scale. In
prioes there were few changes, and tho.e were
uuiuiportant as a general thing. Imported merchandise
was very quiet but firm. On Change flour was
dud, and prices were 60. lower. Wheel was more active,
and firm. Corn ruled steady, and oats were lo. higher,
with more doing. Tbe pork market ruled exceedingly
quiet, but prices wore without material change. Beef
was quiet but firm. The lard market was moderately active
aad firm. Freights were dull end rates were entirely
nominal. Whlskoy declined la e So., with n limited InqUllT*
. '
Important Order of the War Departs
mrnt?No Draft?No More Ree raiting.
In the order ot Secretary Stanton, to bo
found in another column, wo receire tho first
glad foretaste of tbe bleedings won for us by
tbe magnificent combinations of General Grant
and the splendid services of Sherman, Sheridan,
Thomas and his other subordinate commanders.
The black shadow of the draft, which has
hung like a pall over so many humble hearths,
is henceforward a thing of the past?a terror
dissipated and put to flight by the white wings
of poaoe. The business of the bounty swindlers
and their subordinate "jumpers" is also over;
and the Volunteering Committee of the Board
of Supervisors may cense to osciHate between
Jersey City and Washington, or to deafen the
public ear by their clamorous appeals to men
of capital for "more money to avoid the draft."
Volunteers, but rooently tempted with bribes
of from one to two thousand dollars to bocome
"bould soger boys," will not now be able to
obtain a dime for the tender of their horolo
services. Nay, more. As all recruiting has
been utnnned. find the men who wear blue and
braes are the recognized heroes of our country,
it may Boon come to pass that the boot will be
on the other leg, and that we shall have young,
able-bodied raou of wealth tendering vast sums
for the privilege ot being allowed to wear
Uncle Sam's cerulean livery t
Seriously speaking, however, the promptness
evinced by the government in thus commencing
a reduction of our military expenses at the
earliest practicable moment will do more to
restore the finances ot the country to a healthy
and equable condition than any qther step that
could have been adopted. The phrase " going
off like hot cakes'' will convey but a feeble
idea of the avidity with which the new seventhirty
loan will be sought and absorbed under
the stimulus of the announcement made this
morning over the always reliable signature of
the Secretary of War. The vast local drain for
bounty purposes will no longer be added to the
other hear/ burdens of our city, Stato and national
taxation; and with several hundred thousand
men, whose terms of service expire in a
few months, returning to their homes and bygone
avocations, all demands of the labor market
will be easily met, and a vast stimulus be
imparted to the producing energies and resources
of our mineral, agricultural and manufacturing
wealth.
This notification from Mr. Stanton will also
have an excellent effeot on our foreign relations,
being conclusive proof to all Europe that
our domestio troubles have virtually terminated
in a restored Union, and that we intend no immediate
steps of retaliation for the injuries inflicted
upon our commerce by the concession
of those "belligerent rights" to the rebels which
Franoe and England were weak enough, or
wicked enough, or both, to yield.
RMOBitractlon-The Hotel Lrglilstan
of Old -Virginia Invited to Uu tht
Way.
The rebellion is indeed demolished. Read
the call which we publish to-day from Congressmen,
Assemblymen, editors, judges, law
yers, planters, Ac.?a powerful body of the
most conspicuous rebels of Old Virginia?Inviting
the rebel Governor, Lieutenant Governor
and Legislature of thut State to meet in Richmond,
under the protection of the "old flag,"
to consider their present situation. Old Virginia,
the head and front of the rebellion, surrenders,
and, broken up, disorganised and exhausted,
all her confederates in the nervloe of
Jeff. Davis, under the same protection, will
speedily follow her good example.
This is a shrewd and sagacious movement on
fee part of President Lincoln. He not only
pardons the lending rebels of Virginia, from
the Governor down, but invites bim and them,
ind their late rebel legislature, to
meet in council at Richmond, to doliberate
upon the ways and means for
the restoration of the State to the bler-iings of
the Uaion, under the new condition of things
produoed by this tremendous war. The assemblage
thus convened cannot fail to be influenced
by the generous spirit of President Lin
coin. K will realise the fact (.hut Virginia
having boon, like a brand from the flames,
rescued from the Moloch of ber Southern confederacy,
vengeance is at an end, charity prevails,
and that the "Old Dominion" must prepare
for a new State charter, upon new ideas,
and fbr the new lire of regeneration and prosperity
that lies before her. At the name time,
while tho moral influence of thin groat and wis#
concession in behalf of reconstruction in Virginia
will have a powerful effect upon the leading
spirits af nil the other rebellious States,
wa may aspect from the debnteo of the meeting
thus assembled that the administration will darive
mnok valuable information, and will ba
greatly assisted la the solution of tba difficult
details of rooonstxuotioa is all tho reconquered
States.
We If8 Inclined to suspect thai Mr. Lincoln,
in this exhibition 14 the spirit af conciliation,
did not forrei a oertaia anecdote in tho lifb of
Herod &e Great of ioden, an the king of thai
ooaatri under the suubm aaUmritv at Kama.
FRIDAT, APRIL 14, 1085.
In the war of the Homan faction." which followed
the death of Julius Caesar Ilerod took
the Kile of the unfortunate Brutus and Gnasiue.
Marc Antony, then falling into the poBso&ion of
Jud?a, calied Ilerod to an account, and asked
him what ho had to Bay In his defence. Herod
replied, "Only this: if I have Leen troublesome
as your enemy, may I not bo useful as your
menu T" marc Antony tooK tbo hint, and
llorod continued useful as a servant of Rome
to tho day of his death. The same idea, we
infer, influenced the President in those rocent
consultations at Richmond, to which we may
trace the experiment of this extraordinary call
for the meeting of the rebel Legislature of
Virginia. lie wants to make those men useful
as friends of the Union who havo been so
energetic and troublesome as its enemies.
We see, too, in this proceeding that Abraham
Lincoln is not oommitted to any particular
theory of reconstruction. He has tried different
experiments in eaoh of the States of Tepnessee,
Arkansas and Louisiana; and, so far, the
Louisiana system he seems to think the best
This system may thus be summed up:?First,
under General as Military Governor, a I
State convention was provided for and elected,
which adopted a constitution declaring slavery
abolished, and provided for the election of
what we may oall a civil Governor, Legislature
and members of Congress under this new
rSgim?. Next the liberated blacks, by General
Banks, Military Governor, were put under a
sort of an apprenticeship system as laborers on
the plantations, at certain fixed rates of wages;
and next they were made subject to the draft,
but not allowed to vote. Henoe the wrath of
the abolition radicals, and bonce the wise observation
of the President in his late speech
that the egg must be hatched before you can
got the chicken. In other words, as Rome was
not built in a day, we must exorcise some
patienoc in tho transformation of Pompey frr m
his low condition us a slave to the high condition
nf a full lilnnin Iron horn Amnrinun
olt'zon.
Thus, from his earnest defeneo of the Louisiana
free negro system of discipline adopted
by General Banks, we may assume that the
President does not recognize the expediency of
riiHhing the black slave before breakfast, with
all the disabilities of alavory still upon him, to
bis own absolute guidance as a freeman, including
the right to vote. Wo conclude, accordingly,
that in the reconstruction of the rebellious
States henceforward, beginning with Virginia,
Mr. Lincoln, while adhering to the abolition of
slavery, will allow a considerable margin of
discretion in regard to the political atalus of the
black population and the new labor system
which devolves upon the slave States. In brief,
from the developments before us, we doubt not
that President Lincoln's polioy of reconstruction
will be a wise policy?a liberal, easy,
comprehensive and conservative policy?resting
upon the abolition of slavery.
Grant's Tkrms.?A correspondent of the 2Hbuiw
says that "the terms upon which Lee was
permitted to surrender the fragments of the
rebel urmv under his command are regarded
with disgust and unqualified indignation by
large numbers of the most sensible, loyal and
influential citizens in this region." Ibis cor,
respondent represents the opinions of a few
people who refused to volunteer, and who excused
themselves upon the plea of weak eyes,
weak knees or weak backs when they were
drafted. To call them either " sensible, loyal,
or influential" is nbsurd. They are willing to
have our brave soldiers killed unnecessarily;
but they are not willing to go to the war themselves.
They profess to have mors patriotism
than the Lientenant General; but they are care
Ail never to show their faith by their works.'.
The Relations or the Government with the
Southern People.?It is argued on the question
of reconstruction that if the Southern States
are now in the Union, and are not conquered
territory, then the general government "has no
right to place itself in direct relation with the
people of those States, or to interfere in any
manner with the internal governments of those
, States." This is a very poor argument against
the existenoe of the States, and is not true.
The government has a right to "place itself in
relation with the people of the States," for it is
authorised to "suppress insurrection," and that
is an action upon the people without the medium
of the State governments; and it may be
fairly questioned whether that authority does
not carry with it the authority to do whatever
else such suppression may make necessary that
the government may carry out another constitutional
provision?namely, that it should
guarantee to the States "republican form of
govornmont."
The Guerillas?A Short Settlement.?
General Palmer, commanding in Kentucky, has
hit upon a short settlement with those vagabondizing
ruffians known as guerillas or bushwhackers.
lie gives them so many days' grace,
after which all stiU in the field are to be considered
and hunted down as outlaws. A few
proclamations of this sort, with an example of
summary punishment here and there, will soon
break up the whole guerilla system.
Operations of Colonel Bnksr.
Severe] Important arrange have Jurt been marie by Col
Daker Anions them la the Arm of Walrien A WlMarri,
prtae claim agents of 188 York Htreet, Brooklyn. They
bare heen arresteri, charged with swindling aailors out
of their price money, nnd with forcing the namea of
aallore to certificate* Tor prise money. The arrest ?u
mtili) about a weak ago A thousand blank receipt hare
boon found In their place of business with the name* of
aailere forged to many of them. Tbeeo receipt* were for
prize claims Theoe operates did bu?iaeea by baying t.p
the claim* of sailor* t>r prize mono;, then kcephig the
ea lore ae long ont of their money that they would agree '
to let the flrm hare the amount of th tr claim* for a very
mall aum. For taetanon, the pro* money of the Quak r
City, amounting to $104 iMO, naa bought up for
fl.t.oOO The firm of course collected the
$104,080 without difficulty. Another partner In
the Arm waa ftevlla, who h.ts twea convicted
and eentenced to fourteen year* In (lie Clinton Petition
Itary. Only one ef the ilrm le now in ouetody, Weldeu
hertag mode Ma eerape ftrum the officer who Sad him In
(barge. The petnona whe have been swmdl. i by Wat
den A W, I larrl am now presenting their claims for the
purpose of baring them collected and a* evidence against
the swindler*. All inch claim* should be prnaeat d to
Ool. linker a* anon ae poaalble.
Among thorn whe have been recently eentenced by the
Court Marital I* Wai hlngton la Wm. u. Kdaoll, a not mione
operator This maa pretended to hare authority
from Col. linker to carry on the btiKlnaaa of government
detective, end for that preiendod pnrpnee opened na
office at Rlmlm, One of hie most otlraordloary manmurr<a
here waa to go,, with an air of authority, to tlia
commandant of the camp ef rebel prisoner* at Rlmlm,
and tell hlte be wanted twe or thme of the
prisoner* ae witnesses. Having get Ik* prisoners, bn
took lbeat the seme day to Ow?ge and enlisted them.
Many more operations, mere la I err Ming than creditable,
might he aehl of thin rlcfunet del entire and hm offloe; but
.lie le new in the Oilmen Penitentiary, wham be will bn
*TorgoUep far ten yearn.
John Devlin, James Devlin, Somas Cahll, Jacob Watbe
I, Michael Helton, \? 0. Holmes, Rnglenart A IIMtn,
W H. Bull, and several other well known bo*niybrokeiw
have Just been tried in Wellington end sentenced to the
Clinton PnnAMUnry r?r tciu* \myiag fnnr. live to fourteen
.ream.
In the CUMon Penitentiary they ere cenf'.ed half n
mile under thranrfeoe of the earth, and am there knot at
.mmfcla ?hwmlit Ai
THE REBEL IRON-CLAD.
Departure of the Stonewall from
the Port of FezroL
Taetlcs of Her Commander In
Going to Sea.
Th* TTnlnn Chine fail in Pnron? TTor
1UO UUiVU UUA^U A MU Irv A UIOUU
After Making Ready for Action.
Responsibility of the French, Spanish
and United States fioreramenti.
Protest of the American Consular Agent and
Reply of the Spanish Admiral,
Ac., Ac., Ac.
Owr Ooruu CorrNpendeaec.
Oobcnna, March 23?10 A. M.
Tfu Si mewaB PtJ Back Leaking?R-xpomibility of the
French and SpanLk Government!?The Ram Plays
Her "Little Gome" Again?She Comes Out and Returns
to Ferret?The Vni.ed Stales Consult Prolest and the
Reply, tie.
Yesterday I received a telegram from Ferrol stating
that the rebel ram Stonewall put back there, alter her
little excursion of the day bofore yesterday, la a
leaky condition, and that all day yesterday aha was engaged
In repairing and would go out to-day.
On board the Niagara and Sacramento everything la
pre|tared for giving her a warm reception. The guns on
both ships are run out and shotted, and decks cleared
ready for action.
I am of the opinion that the tactica of Commodore
Craven will be to att mpt to mn down the Stonewall and
crush horby the immense comparative momentum of the
Niagara, taking the chances while running upon hor of
tho Stonewall's shots.
Should it unfortunately occur, as the Stonewall's officers
and the Confederate sympathisers here confidently
predict, that the ram wdll destroy both the Niagara and
Sacramento, a groat responsibility will rest upon our government.
Had there been a respectably sized squadron
In European waters during tho past throe years these
t.i sol a uanuala uilii/tK Knvn liVAiinlif annh HohtPllfltinn til
our commorce, would have boon kept in chock, and probably
never have got out to wa. Ah it is, there are now
but those two vessels, the Niagara and Sacramento, upon
the coasts of Europe. Eor- another reason a docp responsibility
will rest Homowjkcre. The Stonowall arrived
here on the 1st of February/ more than sis weeks ago,
and the Navy Department bos certainly had time since it
was informed ef her arrival to send an iron-clad vessel
across here with which to light her upon equal terms.
.Surely, the loss of two such sh'ps as these, to say nothing
of the prestige we would lose in Europe should the ram
succeed in destroying them, is an important matter, and
the government certainly sti uld not have exposed them
to such disadvantages as they will labor undsr In fighting
a vessel whosj sidos are considered impregnable to their
shot.
Our government will, it seems to me, have a bill to
settle with those of both France and i-'paln relative to
this vessel. She vetvr patsd out of French hand* and
French control unitI the raided the rebel fag. Thiiita
ru.torltm* fact She has been lying here sis weeks, and
the Spanish government would at any time stop her upon
an intimation from that of France. Thus far it has not
come, the French government up to this time having
carefully avoided acknowledging the slightest responsibility
in the matter.
The Spanish authorities have allowed this vessel to Ue
sis weeks in one of their ports, and it is a fact that while
in Fhrrd the ha* taken on board forty men. The new Admiral
of the port is thoroughly in the rebel entered, and has
winked at a great many of the proceeding* of thi* veasel,
which are anything but in accordance with international
law and a strict neutrality. The St .newall ia now, indeed,
making the port of Ferret a hares and a refuge for her
piratical excursion*.
She goes to tea?goes out to light?and, not finding the
ea to auit her exactly, goee back to Ferrol. This the
may do a dozen tlmee, until the It maelly tutted ttlmid
and Mather.
lit regard to she riilgSg* of additional men, oar
Chargd d'Affklra at Madrid, Mr. ?er?y, U promptly arv
lag, and hat protested to the Spanish government Mr.
Fueites, our active and devoted conaular agent here, haa
protested to the local anthorMee, and ia gathering efl
the facta in the caae, and they will ebortly be laid before
the government.
It la generally expected that the 8tonewall wilt put to
tea and the long expected naval combat take place today.
The eea ia ae calm at a millpond, and if the Stonewall
really means to fight ahe will never hare a better opportunity
than thla morning.
Conuasa, March B 8 F. M.
The Bam Males Another Trip to Sea and HMumt to Pert?
Promp' Action if Pit Union Few*It?The Stonewall Said
to bi StiU Leaky?The United States Pnint and Spanuh
B p'y, Me.
The Bonewall hM been playing her little comedy over
again to-day.
At eleven o'clock this morning, from tbe deck of the
Niagara, aha waa en coming ont of the port of Ferrol.
In fl.'teen minutes later the Niagara and Sacramento
were steaming toward her, and all Corunaa was hastening
to the hoad lands to witness the oombat. If the
Stonewall meant to light she never had a more favorable
opportunity. There was not a breath of wlud, and the
sea was as smooth as glass.
She came out accompanied again by the Spanish frigate
Concepcion, and the Niagara and Sacramento made directly
for her. Thousands of people?men, women and
children, priosts, soldiers, sailor* and olvlllane?thronged
tbe pathway to the lighthouse, aM anxious to witness
the conflict which they now believed to be oertaiady approaching.
When the ram, however, had been out about twenty
minutes, and had run perhaps a mile from the entrance
of the harbor, she turned about and went In again, very
much to the^dlsgust of the spectators.
The Niagara and Sacramento steamed peat the entrance
of the harbor, and lay off a point of land Just above it for
an heur, and then returned to their anchorage In Con tine.
Precisely what Captain Page means by his tactics I
cannot understand, but begin to think he does not Intend
to fight, or elho that he expected tbe aid of another rchol
vessel which did not make her appearance.
A communication whirh I have Just received from Ferrol
Informs me thai upon her return te port alter her excurs
on of day before yesterday the Stonewall had
Sweaty two inches of water la her hold, notwithstanding
the fact that she had kept her pumps In nitration all the
time she wee out If this la true it proves her to
be utterly unseeworthy, and I begin to boiiore that
Captain Page will not try the experiment of going te aea
again, but wid welt here la the hope that this vexed
question will soon be solved by diplomacy.
Mr Fucrtee, our Consular Agent here, has just entered
a formal protest to the local authorities against
the Hionei?aJI h?ln* permitted to moke tuw ef tlie
heritor ef Korml ea ahe would moke oae of e rebel
port, to run In end out et her pleasure end convenience.
I have Juat aeon a geniieniaa who left Ferrol ateoe
kha HUnewail returned to day. He ai;i thai M la reported
there that ahe oanie back beeauae her belle*
relied and beeauae her forward gnn wna leene. If ahe
Mold not manircrre In aaok a aea aa ahe had to day ahe
never can. Still, It Is aaeoated thai aba wlU noma out
again to-merrew.
The OooeaUr Agent here, Mr rnertee, haojnat received
k telegraphic reply freaa the A dm raJ of Ferrel, to bis
prote* of to-day, against the Stonewall making use of
that pert In the manner In wblnh ahe has keen doing. Ho
lays thai en both oooaetao* ahe went cut with the deBlared
Intention of going to aea, aad under thaea oircum(Unrenwan
nooompanltd by tho Spanish frigate Con
caption, fbr the purpose at eee ng her ant of nmitral
waierr In ho* oeaea, he aaym, she rein reed hefbre
rear hi ng the UmM, not be ng able to cent nd agetaat the
aea. This loot la, he aava, attorned to hy the oommandar
of the Otaieepelon, and If It t* true, the Stonewall is
nunitir nnmawemhm ?ha Admiral avem thai he la vas*
i
deetrooa that she rtiouM go. end mildly Intimated that M
lm quite enough of her. I
OourtHA, March 24, 18SS. fl
1%* gtomewaU Ooe Out Again?She llm Every A rival*
tage in Her Mtmer?The Niagara and Sacramento de I
Net Pwrmu Her?The Stonewall Standing Off and On. I
This morning, at daylight, the ram btonewaU com- fl
moncod making preparations for agaiu leaving the |>ott fl
f Ferrol. I
As she found yesterday that she was very much down fl
by tho bow, this morning she lightened herself by taking fl
out a quantity of coal forward. I
About ten o'clock she came out, accompanied again by fl
the frigate Ooncepclen. She stood out to tu-a about Ore fl
miles, where she came to and spent most of the day, fl
very much to the admiration of thousands of people at fl
all sorts and descriptions, who stayed there to gaze at fl
her, and who were excessively disgusted that the Nim fl
gara and Sacramento did not come out to meet her. fl
Thw did not come, however, and I perceive the wa* B
son they did not was a very good one. The sen was a* I
smooth as glass, with not a ripple upon it. The Stonewall B
had she made a day expressly for It, could nevor have had H
one In which she would so have every advantage la a fl
naval action as Bhe would have had to day. In perfectly B
smooth weather she oaa use her three big guns with I
great accuracy and power, while a little sea will very B
much incommode her. ^ B
I presume that Commodore Craven did not feel Inclined JH
to give her aH the advantages, and as she left her span F fl
la Ferrol, and there was no probability of her going Is I
sea in her present rig, be, Ilka a wise and prudent cose- B
mander, oonoluded that be would take his own tlaM^ B
and as he had twice given the Stonewall the choloe of fl
weather would now await and make it himself. B
As I close my letter?at eight P. M.?the StoaewaH ft fl
reported as standing off and on near the mouth of the I
harbor of Ferrol. I
Commodore Craven Is as wise and prudent aa he Id I
brave, and his bravery has been proven in more than ene I
bard fought flght. He will not give away his ship; bag
to-morrow, if the Stonewall doeB not have all the advaa- I
tages on hor side, he will doubtless be out and flght her. I
She cannot put to sea without his knowledge, and I
she attempts to put to soa he will assuredly pursue bar. I
1 send you herewith a list of the ofllocm of the Sacrm
men to:? I
Captain?Henry Walke. I
Lie tenet ?Henry D.Todd. H
/Aeu'enant?George P. Ryan.
H XIII ca Ii>)in H Plnrlr JftMitk R fUoK.
Ian.
Surgeon?John 8. Kitchen.
Paima*tr.i?J mo P. Woodbury. .
Acting Chief, John Tat"*; First Assistant
William Tlpiwrt; fierpTiii Assistants, John 8. (1. Acptawall,
Edward A. Bushncll; Third Atsistaala, Jehu Uaquon,
O orgo K. favory, Leonard I'ralt.
Paymast r'? Clerk?Charles Woolley, Jr.
Cap'nin'* Clerk?William H. Ryan. I
Ac ing Ma tier'> Male ?Charles L. l'ease, Daniel 0. Das
ringlon, K. N. R. Place.
Carpenlar?George K. Anderson. . (
Gunner?Andrew Wilson.
I close this letter with a little conundrum, apropa cf 4
the circumstances, which Is gong the rounds of both
ships, and which report attributes to no less a personage
than the Commodore:?What breed of sheep does the
ram Stonewall belong to? Why, the marine-o, or oounr
Ship Buimmno at Qdkbko.?The Quebec papers give a
list of the ship* building in that dhitrioi. The whole
number is forty-three, with an aggregate of 39,710 tony
The largest is l,4f<0 tons, the next 1,300 and 1,230. There
are two of 1,260 tons, seven of 1,200, two of 1,160, one et
1,100, one 1,060, and six of 1,000 tons. The smallest la
400. The number building this year shows a large falling
off compared with the ship building done last year, ?h?*
sixty two vessels were built, the decroaae this yeas
amounting to about 20,000 tons.
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