The New York herald., 1862-02-19


and the other half will refuse to do so. and that
there is no power to compel them. Altogether
the message is sort of half and half affair with
no direct point or meaning. Magofin was a seces-
sionst at the breaking out of the rebellion and
pulled in the traces with Simon Bolivar Buckner
the leader of the Kentucky rebel chivalry, who
thought it was decidedly ungenerous in General
Grant to demand the unconditional surrender of
Fort Donelson; but Magoffn had not the pluck of
Buckner, and, while the took the field boldly as
| rebel, the other remained at home whining about
Kentucky neutrality.
There had been, up to yesterday, thirty-four days
of good skating on the upper pond, and three ex.
ira days on the lower one. of the Central Park.
The number of vsiters to the ice during yesterday
was about fifteen thousand. The ice being very
good, the prospects for to-day are fair, as the
weather still keeps cold This evening the ice
will again be lit up and Radford's and walton's
tents decorated with colored lanterns. As the
winter is nearly ended, skating friends will
have to take advantage of the few days left, else
they may find this seasons ice suddenly gone from
their gaze forever.
The Committee on National Affairs, of which
Alderman Farley is chairman have authorized Mr.. \
George Mawbey to fire one hundred guns, on this
| day "wednesday. at twelve O'Clock M, in the
Park, in front of the City Hail. a salute in honor
of the recent glorious victories of the Union, in
pursuance of a resolution passed by the Common
| Council. The committee have also directed that
the City Hall be illuminated in the evening
The trial of James J. Wall. charged with the
homicide of Owen Phelan, at Harlem on the 3lst
of December, was commenced yesterday in the
General Sessions. 1t appears from the evidence
that policeman saw the parties engaged in an
alteration, when Phelan stated that Wall drew
pistol upon him. He searched ON the spot; but
no weapon was found upon him. Phelan appeared
to be satisfied that he mistaken. and the officer
left them apparently friendly with each other
They (Phelan and Walr went in to drink, and ten
minutes afterwards the policeman, on his return.
learned that Wall had shot Phelan. The wounded
man was removed to Bellevue Hospital and in
three days died from the effects of the wound In
his ante-mortem examination Phelan stated that
he had had difficulty with Wall, who used some
opprobrious epithets, whereupon Phelan knocked
him down, and while on the floor Wall shot him in
the stomach with a pistol. The case will be
finished on Wednesday
The United States Marshal has transferred
Robert Hall, of Baltimore, from Fort Lafayette to
Fort Warren, by orders of the Secretary of State.
The ship Charter Oak, for Port Royal, having on
board two companies of Colonel Serrelrs Engineer
Corps, is anchored at Quarantine.
The cotton market was irregular yesterday while the
sales reached about 800 bales closing nominal for mid
ding upands in store at Csc The larger class OF holders
disposed TO meet the views OF buyers Flour
heavy and less active, while the demand was mo-
derae, chiefly from the domestic trade, while the
kst fell or about &c. per bbl Wheat was inactive.
Inferior and common grades neglected while prime
rather easier but active, with sales of Western
mixed o3,zc. hc. in store and delivered The spe
culatve movement in pork tended to sustain prices
Sales of the spot made at SIS S7L a
$14 and for June and July delivery some lots
ported at $4 25 Sugars steady with sales of 500
hhds. and 80 boxes The Msssrs Stuarts' prices for
their refined goods will be found in another column
Coffee steady, with limited sales. The stock EN-
braced 95 bags Of Ro and including all descriptions
las ,oos mats and bags. Freights steady, with
fair amount Of engagements. |
The Heavy Odds Against the Rebellisn- !
The True Course OF the Southern People. |
Considering the overwhelming forces, means
and facilities, on the land and on the water, |
arrayed against JEFF. Davis and his confederates
in this rebellion, the true course, nay the only |
course Of safety for the people of the revolted |
States, is the immediate reputation of their |
spurious Southern confederacy and an uncon- |
ditional submission to the Union
There is NO visible chance of escape left to |
them now against military subiugation. from |
Richmond to New Orleans, except the alterna-
tive of prompt return to the ark of the Union |
The demands of this rebellion and the pressure |
of our Southern blockade, in the first place have
reduced our rebellous States, in many essen
tias of lfe to famine prices. With salt at sixteen
dollars per sack, coffee at from one dollar to a
dollar and half per pound. with the CON-
monest articles of clothing, from head to foot,
at four. five and even ten times the prices |
which they command in New York, and with |
the cotton planters reduced almost to beggary. |
with their last years crop still upon their |
hands. and no opening to market, surely the |
suffering people of the South have had enough |
of the millennium of Southern confederacy
What is to become of this last years South |
ern crop Of cotton, and what are the cotton |
planters to do in reference to the planting of |
this years crop, if they are still to be exclu-
svely occupied in the suicidal work Of this
rebellions The crop on hand will be appro-
priated by our advancing armies, and the crop |
for the present year will not be planted Three |
or four hundred millions of money will thus be |
lost to the South in the single article Of cotton
in two years, to say nothing of the last
ing effect against our Southern planters
of the establishment of the cotton culture in
other parts Of the world to make up our South
ern deficiencies On the other hand in the |
prompt submission Of the revolted States to \
the Union, our Northern markets and the mar
kets of the world will at once be opened to
them. and their cotton, tobacco and surplus
rice and sugar, in exchange for other articles
which have become more precious than gold in
the South, and Southern industry will be at
once invited to the planting of full crops Of all