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THE REBELLION. Tb news from tbe armies, this morning, is Ttry gratlfjlof. access seems realized and promised from all quarters. Gen. Gkavt has re poised Lib in all his attacks, with tremendous loss Genl Bdtlsb is successful on the Fenin-aula, and has destroyed the railroad between Bkhmond and Petersborgh Gen.

Sbsbxah in the" west has occupied Tunnel Bill, outflanked the rebel position at Buziard's Boost, and Jox Johhito Is reported falling back on Atlanta. But for further particulars we refer the reader to the full report! we publish elsewhere. The steamship Morning Star, from New-Orleans April SO, arrived at this port yesterday morning. The news is not important Gen. A BaiiV army was at Alexandria, and it was be-lieved be would remain there.

The rebel ec-eounte of the battles In Louisiana are very glow Inf. They claim the capture of four thousand prisoners and nineteen pieces of artillery, but admit a heavy loss themselves, i The capture of Gu. BniLa'a supply train, with Its eacort, in Arkansas, Is confirmed. It consisted of two hundred tnd forty wagons, and was cap- tared by tbe rebels while returning to Pine Bluff, together with tbe escort, comprising the Twenty-sixth Iowa Regiment, the Seventy-seventh Ohio Regiment, and the Forty-third Indiana Begftnent, with fonr pieces of artillery. FouiSTbtsat last found a foe who doesn't plead weakness.

The advance of Gen. Stckois' cavalry. 700 strong, with two pieces of artillery, encountered a band of Foekist'b men, 1,000 strong, near Bolivar, Tennessee, on the south side of the Hatchie River, on Monday last. A severe fight took place, lasting two hours, and resulting in the rebels being driven from their intrench-menta, when they retreated across the river, through Bolivar, destroying the bridge behind him. Gen.

Sttjkoib Is in hot pursuit. A great female riot occurred In Savannah on the lTth ult. The women collected in a body, with arms, and marched the streets in a procession, demanding bread or blood. They, seized food wherever it could be found. The soldiers were called out, and after a brief conflict the ring leaders were put in jalL Port Royal papers of the fith state that Florida.

Georgia and South Carolina are nearly depleted of rebel troops, who have been sent north to join Liz'i army. The Jomrnsl it 6 tnd, in Its issue of April 18 gives some additional particulars of the accident which happened to the Ktmramgt at It etates that tbe pilot who was taking her into the larbor discovered two small boats In his' track, and aa they did not get out of his way he ran the Teseel upon the pier in trying to avoid running over them. The Kttrtigt happened to be under low head of steam, or the damage done would have been irreparable. Aa it wee, Capt Wikslow was so Incensed at the carelessness or incapacity of the pilot, that he was about shooting him on 'the spot At last accounts every effort was making to lighten the Ktnruge, but it was not certain that she could be got oft, 1 GENERAL NEWS. The Chicago Journal publishes an extract from private letter, dated Nashville, May i.

which eays This was the day oa which tbe armiee at Bantsvllle and Chattanooga were expected to move. It is reported this mtralng, however, that the movement has, for aome raaaon been deferred. There la probably to bo a new order la the programme. It baa been foend out to a oer- taint j- that many of the rebel troops is Jonirox's army have gone to Richmond. The discovery of fact stay have something to do with the Tern, vocation of the, order for a forward movement." Vi The Newark Aittrtutr acknowledges the re-- eeipt of letters from the Thirty-fifth Hew Jersey 4 Regiment, 4 a ted Deeator, Ala, April 28, which lUtst that soma of Fozust'i men were just out tide their picket lines, and occasionally mil a Mk tpon ovv pickets, but driven back every i OeneeaUj thtte et four of ihern are wownd.

owakellTeoBse On the Ilth they dashed on one poe of six man, tertmely driven oft They Iflled ri yoiadedB Only twoofthe tai end ware) ivataeod Ont two mi tka TklrtvuSfta nave been hurt a ona wa ik mv. rounded. "Tho rgunent-has reeentiy received newainlfonna, and is regarded the beet drilled of nay t.that ftr 1 -s i Very qnlet 8atnrdiy prtceeof Flour declined lOc-aiSc. bbl- and Wheat, nominally, Sc.9Sc buahei. provls Jono wersies ectivav and buyers had any exlsU lng Cotton was heavy and drooping; Groceries were la limited rvqussir- VThisky wm hi brisk' speculative demand at advanced rates, Wool attracted less attention, owing te the high prices claimed bf holdis Freights were vary dulL.with vessels eg all, classes to 1 There was a further Tall in Gold oa Saturday to 1711.

reeoTnin to ITS cent. i Money easy rortUilr hatter. Govern aw ptecas steaoyr i- 4 Tl.aatJCapaam. Koi la tbi 'ititoiy of mode ra acleaUSe. war bju there been erieaf operations at once to eOfoBBal and so conjplex, astbosoof wtilch, our country has been the theatre, and Iieot-Gen.

Oiabt tbe director, In tbe first week of the month of May, 1864. Tbe "Americana have- been accused of confounding mere bigness with grandeur; but, though magnitude Is a striking characteristic of present events, we think that tbeir conception and Inception at least, merit the honor of being also termed grand. Tbe largeness of tbe campaign for all the movements are essentially a unit la seen in the simultaneous advance of the two main armies from lines as far distant as the Ra pi-dan in Eastern Virginia, and tbe Tennessee, near tbe border of Upper Georgia. The complexity of each of these movements appears from the fact that both the one In Virginia, and the other in Georgia may be said to be threefold. In Virginia, there was tbe chief advance of Mbadb upon Lk's army; there were the cooperating movements of Butlxs's force upon Richmond by the James, of Siqxl by the Shenandoah Valley.

In Georgia, there seems to have been the chief advance of Sbbexaji upon Tunnel HiH and Dalton, pressing for Atlanta; there were also the cooperating movement of Gen. McPhxrsob upon the communications with Rome, and that of Cox In the direction of Bull's Gap, East Tennessee. We do not imagine that these great movements can be brought to their consummation in one day, nor in one week, nor In one or two battles. The respective objective points, Richmond and Atlanta, are not, it is true, very far distant from oar starting points at Culpepper and Chattanooga but hardly any two regions could be conceived more difficult to operate over, if the ground be contested, as la this case It has been and win be by large and determined armies. We are enabled to present to the publio today pretty full, and, we believe, accurate accounts of last week's operations In Virginia.

By Wednesday morning, as our readers already know, Grant's chief army was south of the Rapidan, but during that day there was no fighting. The same day, however, Lib seems to have moved down promptly from his position at Orange Court-house, and next morning offered battle a few miles west of the old Cnanceilorsvllle field. Lib adopted his usual policy of assailing our lines with great impetuosity, striking first at one point, then at another, and attempting to break our lines. The battle was renewed on Friday, and It seems that on that day nearly tbe whole force of both armies waa engaged and fought furiously till night fall It la believed that Lxx's army then re treated. Only a small amount of skirmishing occurred on Saturday.

We shall know presently whether he retreated toward Rich mond or toward Gordonsville. From all we can learn or judge, we think a highly favorable view of the battle and its re suits may be taken. BcTLia'a column on tbe James has also achieved advantages In effecting a landing at City Point, though it Is not yet confirmed that Petersborgh Is In our possession. From Georgia we hare news that Gen Jo. Johbstob's army is retreating upon Atlanta, followed by the army of Shirmab.

It win probably be a day or Ltwo before full particulars are received from this advance. The movements are grand, the signs auspicious, and we trust in Heaven and In our brave armies for a consummated Vic-tory. Steam Communication with Brazil. Although the Brazil Steamship Aid BID passed the Post-office Committee In the Senate on Thursday, there la an apparent hesitancy, natural enough perhaps, to take decisive action on the measure at once. The reasons attributed to the opponents' of the measure for delaying action are, we think, of doubtful validity.

The. objectors, It is said, consider that the claims of, steamship lles to rua from Kew-Tork to ports, should have precedence'in any scheme of subsidies. So, perhaps, in ordinary cases and in ordinary times they ought to But let it first be granted that the trade of Brazil warrants the establishment, of such aa enterprise, and there are more and better reasons for early action than the opposition can give for delay, la ths) good years before the war we took froni worfiof Braaillaay products i annually, and sent toufirasn oetweea $6,000,000 and 1 jeai-rnanlnf almost a aid "aeci with Great 'Britain. in the race! btiiiompeUtktn for (ht trade. That trade was, we may say, the short growth of thirty odd j'earev nintUa ihai period it hsi grown almost forty-lbld.

yearly ten years ago the merchants of barg thought thav, tiade'aniSclent ImpoN tanc to warrant the establishment of postal communication, by steam with' lUo. And, under a'simUtfistimuXuBy Great Britain with Us mora than! doubled in the last seren year, -'-i tTneueof.tho'trada so pates, And something may ba said on the point of precedence, by reflecting First, thai J.Yypwauxo cniernnse wuioa zca United States araoot reauired to take aU the the proposed soMdy belfig made contingent on corresponomf -j no tion ef Seeoed, vthe amount proposed is tiunall compared with any subsidy that could be of practical avail for a first-class Saropean llae a most important consideration looking to the ques tion of ways and means. Third, a joint ly-subsldized line, such as this, could have the protection of a neutral flag, so long as piracy finds Its present scope and recompense on the high seas. Fourth, the good-will and cooper ation of Brazil are likely to be more readily secured, at a time when her consular difficulties with England have destroyed, or mate rially interrupted, the entente cordiole, than had such difficulties not srisen. Tbe committee, Indeed, must, find better reasons for delaying action than tbey have yet presented.

We grant that $150,000 a year is not a trifle. But an economy, better directed in its application, might make good the amount of the subsidy in a single week's expenses In tbe military and naval departments of the Government Viewed In tbe light of the general and current outlay In nearly every department of the National Administration, the Brazilian subsidy is but a bagatelle. And althoegh these are not the times to disregard the accumulation of even petty accounts, there is surely ample reason to justify an investment which promises such certain. If not Immediate returns. Grounds of Hope for the Future.

It is often remarked that the best measure of the real meaning of events is to be found in the stock market. The state of the Government funds, for instance, after the announcement of a victory, is a far truer indication of the publio judgment than the official bulletins or the articles of journalists. To a certain degree this is true. Tbe market for securities and exchange Is the best possible Indication of the public feeling, but not of the wisest public judgment. Capital, In seeking Investments, or speculation in trading in tbem, must of necessity be influenced by fancy and feeling, for these two Imponderable elements enter into the very estimates of their value.

The stock market Is always, and must be, sensitive to every breath of public feeling. Tlfere is no place in New-York where the airy sprites of caprice and imagina tion have such unlimited sway as in Wall and William streets. In such localities, a feeling propagates Itself with amazing rapidity, and whether it be fear or hope, the results are constantly far dlsproportioned to realities. In the long run, of the market settles down on a solid estimate of things, but at any particular period Its tone may be widely astray from a rational judgment. year ago from the coming July, though, amid the devastations of the mob, gold sunk in New-York to about 125, under the news from Vicksburgb, Port Iludson and Gettysburgb.

In material resources and strategical position the rebels were Stronger during that month, even after those defeats, than they are now. They held possession of the fertile valleys and the important positions of East Tennessee. Chattanoogaand the mountain regions adjacent the strongest points of the Southern mountain border were still occupied by their forces. The twenty or twenty-five thousand veterans killed and wounded and made prisoners, in the battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga, were still In their armies. powerful corps had not lost its thousands.

All the drain of axother year Irf men, money, provisions, forage and animals, had not been felt. We on the other hand were weaker then than now, Our armies numbered less. There was less unity of command. There was no great concentration for a forward movement the one condition of military success in our campaigns. Everything which promises success Is more at hand with us now, than in July, 1863.

Our armies were never so large, nor under such good commanders and officers. The apparent plan of a cooperative movement in overwhelming force against the vital points of the Confederacy, promises the most assured success. Our people were never more united. And yet gold in this month of May is close upon 180. We know that the rebels are putting forth their last strength.

Even the Richmond Enquirer admits that this must be the final campaign. Their power is now strained to its utmost tension. They cannot raise more men or procure more supplies. The worst which we conld have to fear, are drawn battles, and for the rebels, drawn battles will be almost as fatal as Tbey have no men with whom to replace the fallen. Each great battle leaves them in a fearfully weakened condition, while Gkaxt's reserve can at once fill bis broken ranks.

We hare now reached the time in which the last strain is put upon the powers of each party, The Immense resources nd tbe great armies of the United States are now collected in Virginia and Georgia, and on the other aide, the power of the rebels, drained from the jrery life-blood of the Confederacy. It is fortunate that onr vital powers are not to be exhausted in petty struggles, bit that now grand battles on a scale wortbyof the' immense issne, are to be fought but at once between two powers of barbarism and elTilixafJba on this continent To oar mind there cannot be a doubt of the) final i. m-eir In View'of the awful a ad momentous struggle! we do, mdoed, in eexmnoa with our whole people; look to with deep aoleo aity. and'uw trust first of aU to the ewer which has thus guided rials Sepnhlle through' aA storma'and 'xnor aUst er stndsnt of history eduid; Kslbrjr be nera that a Stats founded en human Slavery; and marking ita advent by scenes as the hrntaSty of Xlbby Prtoort vtaa bntcherj of Fort Pillow, conld succeed. Looking, ovefc human cortdittons of snei cess, at the spirit and bravery of our soldiersi the akin of the Generals, our armar and resources, the apparent (plans (prolviag'and tb; c2Sitlo xfiC i yf could a epocna- tor.

doubt wa.T, PIT Cut Wbexbef terminatler In'IrriUIant 'TietOrfcs or not, we helieve profoundly that this prevent season will prove dlsastron to the rebelQen, and that aenclorth Onr sua wilt, begia to The apparent depression of the market, ye believe, la, mainly an aflair of the feeling rather than the and due principally to the minor disasters which have followed our useless expeditions daring the Spring. The coming July will, as we hope, show a re newal of confidence corresponding to that of the last, and based on even sounder condition. The Louisiana Campaign, Tbe news from Louisiana continues to get worse and worse. Gen. Basis baa given up all thoughts of a forward movement, and seems to be just now occupied mainly In devising meana to get back to the Mississippi.

vTJe has lost one-third of his army, twenty or thirty guns, perhaps twice aa much baggage as the force which defeated him has had In Us possession for the last year, and $1,000,000 in greenbacks. Nor Is this all it appears by a letter from which we published extracts yesterday, that there are but three feet of water on the shoals at Alexandria, while a large portion of our gunboats and transports are still above. Several of the gunboats have been disabled, and guerrillas swarm along both banks of tbe Red River from Grand Ecoreto Fort de Russey. This la a painful close to an expedition which was to extinguish the rebellion in the whole region west of the Mississippi, and drive Kibbt Sierra, Diox Tatlob and Maobudbb into the illimitable perspective." And it must not be forgotten that while this Is going on upon the Red River; the enemy Is reappearing along the Mississippi; Vicksburgb and Memphis are both threatened, and the navigation is being again endangered at all points. This is the second expedition that Gen.

Babks has made into the interior of Louisiana. He went np through the same region last year, though not so far. The reJoeTarmy retreated before htm as usual, and he eame back to New-Orleans in due course, having laid waste a large tract of country, brought off a great many contrabands, administered the oath of allegiance to a great many people, and left small posts in a great many small places, lhe rebels followed htm on his retreat, also as usual destroyed what ever stores or provisions the uniortunate'in- habitanta bad still And maltreated those who had bjsen foolish" enough to take the oath, and "gobbled up" hli posts, capturing Brashear City, where upward of $2,000,000 worth of Government stores were judiciously left a small guard. In fact we have not the slightest doubt that it was what he took from Gen. Barks during that expedition that has enabled Smith to keep the field ever since.

Gen. Graht is, we presume, too much occupied with the great problem which ho has before him In Virginia to be able to bestow much thought or attention on what Is going on in Louisiana. We are satisfied that if this were not the case, he would ere now have put a stop to the wild waste Of blood and treasure attendant on these raids" and pur suits. He knows better than any one else, that if the Confederacy falls on this side of the Mis sissippi, as we hope and believe, it will fall under his blows, Western Louisiana and Texas will come into the Union again just as surely as a ripe apple falls to the ground. Does any sane person really believe that If the Cis-Mississlppian region were again un der the sway of the United States Government, KraBT Smith and MAoxunxn, with their 25,000 or 80,000 men.

would set up an inde pendent Republic on the Indian border, and bid us defiance? And If not, does not com mon sense and common humanity, to- say nothing of strategy, demand that we should stop chasing them up and down stop sedue ing unfortunate people into swearing allegiance to us, when we can make them no re turn In permanent protection top collecting contrabands, whom we can neither feed, clothe, doctor, or teach, and attend to our legitimate duties nearer home. The business of the General in command at New-Orleans is, in our opinion, to keep possession of the city, to keep the river open up as far as Memphis, and to extend protection to the colonies which we have establish ed along Its banks, and then to forward any troops which can be spared from these duties to keep Forrest out of Kentucky, or else to reinforce Shirkajt. This programme ought to have been rigidly -adhered to over, since Vlcksburgh If it had we should nave saved ten or twelve thousand men and many millions' worth of stores, and have avoided several humiliating disasters. Sore'y we have had enough and expeditions Surely their folly has been often enough de monstrated so often that the repetition of them now falls little abort of wickedness. BjurasiBurrr or.TxLXGXATH CoirrAxrxar A verdict was rendered in onr Court of Com mon Pleas, on Saturday, which so far as that court is concerned; a principle' of marked importance la regard to the liability of Telegraph Companies for tbe accuracy of their aeema firm telegraphed, to their agents here to aeH fipO ahfi es of 'Southern; Michigan stock at the Morning Board, and buy 500 Hudson in the afternoon.

The were! tha dispatch, ki- 00 Southern Aflchlgaa were wuguh. abv jcatub wm: a 3mwtj loss to the partlev who had given the order and this loss was directly due to the muf Af in the traaamiBsiem of; the dispatthb Tare anltwas aterdict te rror, of the telaJmaatsl thus establishing the principle that Telegraphic Companies' jare lik other cosni mon carriers forCheJ accuracy with whleh they trratt the riiensagee intrusted them. These companies Ihara elsJmed exemption from tide but wer' see, i no reason isi as grt Teryci ft taj ttgro Uacflglahri jeaMvxajauiMiwmw 1 vmttjtU there Would i certainly -De-ttsp slbUity-idr aomewheTe, act orjly as a tr of ihatlceThuttA nrven fhefr OCCUrren If Telegraph Companies find that their errors trrvoive BQ.peoairj, ijtej wiu empj pperaiora of inferior capacity on the ground of eeoo. my, aod tadeed, the, 'extent to whieh tbjajla now" done ts one of the most 'seilodi defeets of Jbe Telegrsph, system. XI thla.

decision Js sustained byhe higher courts It will improve that system as well aa protect the public. I ABIVBXUUitTS. The announcements at the4 varJoas place of assaseaseat to-atgfet are as fouewsx At Wallack's Theatre the play 'of the Wife with Mr Lastaa Waxuex as JrUUn St, Tinre, sad MUs Jabs Ceoass as Jfoisaa at the Wlater Oaroea. air. Kawns Boeim resvaieo the rUt that Srat made Urn aamtly Richelieu, ta the play of that aaate at tbe Olyatoaa Mr.

Tbovas Bakbb, the awsleal conductor, tales his aanoancee, for the irst time here, the tiro-act drama called tbe CMmasy Comer," and tbe farce of Semeboey Else at SIMtl Oardea, Mr. and Mrs. Babbit WnUAxi eotttBue their eav gsgtment for six nights loager, playing la a variety of tbeir light and lavgkabls pieces. As Boar la Seville aad Ireland aa it Was" are aaaoaaeed fot te-algbt; at Barnnms Maseuai. tne serlo-eoaie drama of Btlpbiorn wm be played this afteraooa sad evening, and Mile.

Eassarsrjr, the pretty and takeated danaeuee front tbe Aeademv ol Muele; lit make ber trtt appearance at, that establish mes Tbe llluaUaated fouatsla, the giants, dwarls, still temalB. In the way of magic, we have a foil allowance. but sot more than ue public scents to rellia. Rasas Hum, wbe Is a wU as well as a wisard, a arasiciaa well as a maiteiaa, eoatlnaes to atrraet fasbloaa- ble and delighted aadlesees to hUplesiant little tem ple, opposite Niblo'a. His entertainments are thor-1 oegbly admirable.

Lower down tows, at tkane Broadway Theatre, gisntoM, tbe conjuror, offers aa entirely rew programme. Be aoaoaaoes too, that oa Wed oe easy next, he wfU ent oft Ws own an operatwa which will. It Is expeeud, be peculiarly graUfylaf to the pubUo. At Cooper Institute, the DAvaaroav Brothers eoatlnoe to give thstr remarka ble to deasely crowded Mr. Max Mabxtzxx, wfil leave shortly for Europe to complete the necessary amagements and eagsgements for the fall season at the Academy of Untie Several important changes be saade la tbe compear i notably a aew tragie prima donaa will have to be found to take the place of Madame Ma-obi, who.

It Is whispered by friends, aad muttered by rasa agora, has surrendered to the com mo a eaemy of tbe lyric stage matrimony. The ladr was, we believe, married last week to Mr. Bubzhab, the lawyer. i The success of Mr. Fax's new opera of Notre Dame of Paris," has been unequivocal 4 we have aot read a dissentient word oa the subject ef lis eras.

There Is no doubt whatever that It Is the best Ameri can opera la existence and this wrthoutearry big the matter further 4a sufficient to entitle It to the highest consideration of. AmarlcaoK' The question now 'arises what Is tobeoooteelttt atnst It be shelved after the brlet eeasoa of tha Sanitary Fair la pbOa- delnhia; or will be fortoaate enough to and Its way to the Nsw-Tork stage, aad there win the larger aoplause and more generous fsme that the metropolis holds io its gift aad Is always eager to bestow It is dlffleult to perceive how the more pleasaot of these proeneou can be accomplished. There are ao torious urflooBeea that will preveat Its prodeottoa at tbe Italian opera, under a regalsr management, and where else can such a work be given AlthoUgfc it does not need the extraordinary resources that were lavished apoa it la Philadelphia, It mast, at least. have a good orchestra, a good chorus, aad a decent quantity ef appropriate There Is at present but one bouse where these requisites caa be obtained, aad for a special venture that hoase the Academy caa oaly be bad la tbe wont of seasons. Under these elreum-" stances, Is It not possible to organize aa American' Opera Company oa tbe basis of the Natloaal Opera Company of Eagland to establish, at fact, a joint stock compaay for the production of home-made operas, and the education of naUre singers The stock of the London enterprise was taken up la a few days, aad the same result would, we are sure, attead a similar effort here.

WKh the resources aad m-floene which such aa organization weald readily command, Mr. Fat's opera which marks a moat la-, portent epoch la oar est history eould be reproduced, and other works of perhane equal merit brought te light. Elmer with or wiuoat a aew theatre, there would, we are ooandent, bo a vrelltaMe return to the stockholders. Something should, at all events, be done te prevent our retrogressing from the point to which Mr. Fay's Notre Dame of Paris" has brwasht us.

Mr. Gbav's Western season drawing to a close, aad will end oa the 24th, when the troupe will retora New-York. It is stated that Mr. Oba wQL If gte a few perform aaoes here, piaylag Faust," the "Huyaeaots" aad MDlaorah" tare very aoeeptable operas whleh wdl be sure to draw. FS03X GEN TJOOKEJL'S COMBfJLNO.i Thm CaaapaJgw A Moeop leesaae Tae nioTeaneat ef the Arnmy--e)aadaB)eo I From Onr Own OorreepoBtdeat.

Looxotn Tauxt, Taarsday, April S8, lSaii the time has come for the campaign to begm. RUjast a year since the stuTdr poys Mof ours' (the Twenty-first New4drsv) and the other regiments assign, iaaa away tbatrknspsacks, aad, with one hurried thought of home, and years 00m pressed la a momeat, rushed oa through shot aad shell pa we stood oa the impossible heights pf Frederieksaurgh. The first look around aa Marye's HIU ahowed aa the shaft of aa impoatag monomeat. Had he remembered then who slept. Beneath oar joy of victory would have doubled and carried us more proudly through the perils ef that masterly oXear ef Saae-wict, whioh, thoagh taraed by superior orders lato a retmb damaged aad haraaeed the enemy 'atere like aa advance.

The wound that here concluded my campalgabtg ta the hospital gave sis time to study localities, and the history of this ntoaumeat breugat back the thoaabt ef aa straagely aatoward fertoae, ttaged with that Idea of sacrtloge eaed thd stght of a ghastly suklds apea Us father's grave fashioned hi-enTaceably. vi ,1 tv rr.iii IU iaaagararioa i wee' marred by rv assaaltr.oa the TmfUnL On Ue a of Jtay bear-lag Axaarw Acxsesv ea als way froaa the CapU vat to lay Its eoraeroae. The' Cabinet aad many 1 gwesia wre ea board, iM the beauty of fhe day, and the ssasle afpeaee ehameethe eeapeay. while he saievar aid aewspapar asaoklag la the eahla, a did-saawed Llaawaaaf of the navy saddealy attacked hiss, strikiag the Gaaeral Ue faeo with hie gloved head, but was mstaatly eeiaed by the bystaaders. IS 4he etstte the tahU behlad whleh Ue' President waa auaag was breksa down.

7 Thd eld here ealy remarked tv Me viSan has Svar eacaned me before; aad aeweeMaothad aot beeavfoy the table." This wsetlwtype.eaarasaalasdfoCPaasTOBBaooxaa ruralsh the aatJ-type. It seemed aa Ueaaereder-xaad et the Preaideat was aoeat te be dafeaied. Vat the soat saUed-eaaBdhs aeaenipliihtdaai dary.M was his weal, forgcrJal ef aiaualf. fearee a gnerasea passed when the seas of tees he aAdreased Bast there ta a haadVto-haad strug. gie for Me aad sow She caUdrea atheoe who aided te lay the eeraer-eteae of her tomb are beaded rebels, gtrrvtag to pan down the piOars ef the Ctate her eomasels striped te bmOd.

Te-day tt may wrueas ether alaaghtar. At least It ataads to mark the spot where, fottaarmtUas the rebel stroaghoUs la Tlrgiala Jwtrs asta-osd sadcaoialhy tocm not fen der the traitors fowrhl that day aaataa doomed to ita. teat, aad turned mUh averted yei towsrd the tosh TrD.f; lcarU. while thoM oe da'ware'dona. -Wiib baaa Im ul tee Klghr had woo, ty.Tf pvdoa for' tale jealsadCJ Jiaeevag, tt Is aaoldlart ortvUeae-ts) Jgbt als battles far and from tae laak-af tauva era mtirtaa bsvi ntw onea'esoaih eaour heads, whose testt- Has will crowd eat' au anch.

vemlslaeenoea ol tse Olo Tae excMement of the howpveeajrea tarmeeaV ate movetaeats. TAX-ewchm time was D1 aotptty the poor fellows tt the hospital The sense of taeir asdLimpriaoasd state, and the treats ef the trooas re-; eedlag farther' and further, adds depth to their sor row. They rsaey want 11 ro oa, aw. perch anoa, whUa tli sDlrltts 'wasted with euffsriae, a' fleeiiM glaaee Is' peraiittsd behind the veil of the fotare. 4 Hew dlffereat wtth slv Th -glanw ot 4hstb ring eveats of the, opening oemealf the aureh aad the Wveaae, roussd th saoat lnggrsh and the -soft oaanectsd -wUh tbe treat eveats about to occur, esswme the wn uataf heroUa.

Tbe period ef laaeUon la over, aad we awalf the order, to. advance, wlia all tbe mevtee re- -allrleaof war before and arooad ws. There sre the stoased ft ess. theworn aalformi 'and the Uttered flags; While yonder. the cavalry, with arsaa alaacreg Jn the morning sua, make the heartbeat rHgh, like our boyish dreams of tbe tovnamsat, la tbe shlfUBf scenes bf each a life there Is a Ume fay aaBdor thoacatn.

and If tstv atrM.a -thought of duty comes folio Wf eg1 close thetvwftsr. presume tue next wrea wm see us oa me wiova, td we go down late the valley of oecls'oa na a aever-failiag conndeaoe la the resoarcea of eat great Uadef; We feel tare that, be aaa aisd the lee'g calDtthathas preceded. toe aioraWto prepsreboee bolHsoaceptloas that shall shine oat ea mere than one baitlo-seUL la the laaguage of WsuiaeroB, na whMa be msy. well Je 00m pared, we kao.w that he does aot berlsve that small bodies caa jbe svesa-fully opposed- to. large or Ua whole armiee eaa be driven by a haadfal of Usht InfanUy'aad era-goons." Beside, Whatavwr betttfe aa.

It gives aasate-tt had high hope te remember that we are tart of the Lgreat machine one master mind Is oig aad that wWle.we are ightlag Ue thSi SssebUe amid the mountains ef ht the same dsy aad hour, It may be, tbe Army ef, the Petoatae, et waoea we once were, will be dealing their ten Ibis blows ea the citadel of the rebellioe. td fc so i'l It behooves me bow to stop teUlat what tt Is hoped to do, aad 1st my next tell tea wast has eeee done. BAVvK STAFF. Peeifc ef Gen. A.

eW Weth. 5 The report Of Thursday's battle includes newa that Qea. AiaxABBBB 8. WxM.eossmaadtag a erla ade of the aecoad Divtslea of the Corps, was amoaglhe killed. This nt a serfoas less to the army aad tse couatry.

"The service had few more espawe officers, aad aoae teote premUlsg. Gea. Whs graduated at West Feint, we believe, la at tae head of his Bewasseoa afterward ordered to Florida, after servisg ta that State for several aBoath was traae-f erred to "West Point, and great credit 4Uod the chair of an Instructor. It Ue outbreak of the rebeHIes, he eatored fa(o active berries at onee, and fought as aa artillery officer St the battle of Manassas. 8eoa afterwaid, be Bed command of a voiuntesr Infantry, regiment, sad ta JuaeVlses, became attached to the raft of Genl Frya-Joaa PoBTXB la ispacltv of Inipectpiof y-n Fifth' Army Corpt.

wlth- the rank of Lleutenaat-Colonal. la April, 166S, he was appointed Brigadier-General, ea the reeommSndatleeef Gea. Bof.sa,an4 was assigned to the command ef --a- brig ado la Ue Second A.rmy AttfibaUle ol Getiysbaigh be displayed preeminent gailaairy, Not a aiag Brigadier contributed so much, It safe to sav, to that great victory hs young VTtsaJ lie was la the vary thickest of the fight, handled his mea wha. extraordinary ability and coolness, escaped by a miracle, only so meet it among Ue fit si la the bloody work ef tbe preieat year. Gen.

Wish was not more than twentr-elx yea'S of age. He wu a member of the Eplc pl Chorea, aad was a noble speclmea of a Christian gemlemaa. la the highest degree geserons, genial, eourteoea, truthful, brave, modest, ef stainress hoaor, ever tree to duty, he displayed Ue ft est type of manhood. Me nobler youth, ao truer soldier, haa fallea ta ihls war. Gen.

Waxawai ths youngest sob of Gee. Iambs Waho'b Wbbb, aow Minister to Br'ssiC Soon a tor gradaatiag, he married Mlae Absa Rsasav, Ohts City, and leaves, we believe, two or Uree cblldree, Tbe bereaved family will have the keeaeat putdist aympauy. A The Matter ef Parade reaad. -The following resolution, whkh has passed the Board of Aldermen, will probably corns np before the CemaolUaeatesyj'-i? v-r I Report bf Joint Committee, 16 whom was referred Ue seleedoa of a pewie parade-creoAd for the ertiJe and parades of tbe First Division, la avor ot ao- lag raaolndane i First, that tbe large- p-ot 0 m-aad In Ue Central Park, lying south of the prfr eipet saet- lag pond, be appropriated aa a parade-rou for taer use of Ue First Division of the Kauotai Gun( second. Uat the Commissioners of the Central fwn be requested to remove euah trees and tanit as arw ajowoa along the to atk such tmnrevementt in the grades as win faru law I a use by the troone 1 and Ulrd, Uat Ue Buaet Comas a-aioaer cause Madisoa-oqaare to be prepared lew a regimental perade-grouad, by reasoviag all treea aatf other obetmeUoaa, except Uose ue ar tne tencea.

aadl causing Ue whole to be laid down to grasa: Whoa the resolutloa Was belore tbe AWe'irtea. the legality any oontrot ever the Central Para waa 1 queattoeed by eomo ef Ue members, aad jt boao, a a whole, seemed to have no deSntle eplntoaoo Ue subject It-wee stated, la aas wer to to the resolution, UM-the atJnr Oeiert woate take Ue feanoaeRnUty. Kow, thla la net exactly Ue way for our City legislators, to act it beirayd-doubt of the legallry of their actio, aad Is a tee, onoeoomlng way of doing business. Da no inrtlvtie- al's shoulders should they shuffle the respoastbihtv or any ef their eetat li hew aaow they are ithr then let them go. ahead 1 if they appr.wd UeyTe wrong, thea t- tbey.

aot tisa tae ehaaeee ef aa error, whleh might work punjie aa- aovaaee. and tajury. If -the reaotunea -be reached by-Ue Coundlmea to-day. It 1a te be hoped that jt win be well aad intoU'geattv ennstoer. ed aad decided oa Uelr owa responsibility, net lean Flats, just beyond the Park.

Heatilion-tquere-, and -htaahauaeoqo are- have i been propoveo torae-parade-groundt ever Maahatjaa-square tbe. Coot- iseloaere baveeoatrol aad it onderstood taag tbey are wiutag to assign it, but, lust aow, tbey ke il Bot the fnads whleh 1U preparatioa would reqatrt HamUtoa-equare la aader -eoatrol of the Common CouaeU. Certainly It would seem etlhouah eooko 1 plaee eould be eadsfacteriiy aetaeted. The lllwr are aet sticklers toe locality to aa extent wetern would raise oojoetloas te aay wttbla reaeonaWe ate- tanoe. What tbey want, wbst they are en lad a and what tbey shoe la aad eanst have.

1a a perade- I around, -This surely eaa be steered tbem without Uedexgerous precedeatof overridlagaBy roiese law, and without Ue assampiloa ef an aekuewredgadl -v-. i doubtful aathorlty by tie Common Council. 5 The steamer Are at New-Tor reporte that ea Friday, May at SJ0 P. the propeUer Fsamav witt S40 aoWUrs ea board, was' ran late by the pre-: patler CMOrfe. sad sunk, la Bamptoa 'Roads.

It as eupposed aU ea board were saved, bat two wea atesw aaaiy njureo Tata Accnist on Kxw-Toax inn Eaa. BinaaiFr-f a ehUdiX veara) ef age, waa aeetdeataDy run ever some days eiaee ar Aageata Bridge, by a train ef thaNaw-lerh aae Erie Beedr, end was brought from Uat place te Ue New-York Hospital, where hp died yestartUyCea. eaer Count held aa laqaast la Ue ease, aad ansa -ue evideaee tt was shown Uat Ue eccan-soce wast rarely eeddeataU -A verdict to Uat affect was rear dered by Ihejary. xy-t I to be A. Ow Bbabcb.

was drowsed yesterday by falling er-fumptsg Into the water at foot ot Beach-eueeU It aopesrs Uat deceased waa discovered oa ma Hr about 1 olxk ta the anoraiagby the night watca- fc warned him te be eareful or ha wovlJ rH oboaxd.T Shortly afterward he beard a splash the water, and ram.Irg to tbe end of tbe pier fJ? leased aad laade every exertion to get him out Tbrn adrowaee. however, before be coma bessve Xwerairt ef aecsdeatal death was rendered. AcWxxKElcaAan RxiT, a boy a ged IS yearav wu rua ever by Fort nsanliton ear.ca. Suad4T aad had eae of his feet crashed, t'e erss take kis realdeace. No.

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