The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-04-30

and respecting whose destination there is no rcs-
sonable ground of suspicion. leaving vessels which
fail to produce evidence of being engagediu lcgi-
innate commerce to the consequences Of their
| acts.
The Confederate loan was at premium running
up TO about ten per cent in London. Paris and
Frankfort on the l4th Of April, but at the latest
date it declined towards par.
A bank note engraver in Sheffield England.
with one of his workmen. had been arrested on
charge of counterfeiting United States Treasury
notes. or ''greenbacks." Large numbers Of these
notes varying in value from IS to $l0 are said to
have been sent to New York. f
The steamships Saint Andrew and United King
dom had sailed from Kingstown and Belfast, Ire
land, with about eight hundred emigrants for
the United States and Canada. The rebel ennis
saries In Great Britain asserted that the men were
enlisted for the Union army, bnt this was denied
by the agents of the Saint Andrew.
The Gear of Russia proclaimed his offer of am
nesty to the Poles on Easter Sunday. II was uni
versally rejected, and the fighting still continued
with increased vigor on the part of the revolu-
tionists. Some Russian Cossacks having pursued
a few insuneotionary refugees across the line Of
the Austrian territory, they were driven back by
the huxzars Of Austria. England had furnished
the Poles with . privateer-like the Alabama
which had commenced operations in the Baltic.
Russian cruisers were despatched in pursuit of her.
France, England and Austria were, in the mean
time, acting by diplomacy in favor Of the Poles.
The Paris Monite,w announces that " the Austrian
government, having displayed views upon the
Polish question in conformity with those Of the
Western Powers, an understanding has been es-
tablished between the three courts for acting in
concert towards the Cabinet Of st. Petersburg"
Russia was placing her huge armies ON war foot
ing, and q very excited state of feeling against
France existed in st. Petersburg.
Sir George Cornewsll Lewis, Secretary of State
for War of England died the 18th instant, after
a brief illness.
Consols closed in London ON the 18th Of April
at 92A s2T for money. The Liverpool cotton
market was firm on the 10th instant Breadstuffs
were steady and provisions heavy on the same
day.
MIsCELLANE0Us NEWS.
The details of the last news from the west coast
| of Africa is interesting. France had appointed
consulate at Whydah. The tricolor has been
hoisted at Old Fort, and the French Commander
int Chief, Commodore Baron Ddelot, has accepted
the protectOrate Of Porto Novo. There had been
fight between an expedition sent out from Lagos
by Governor Freeman and the people Of Epe,
place some thirty-fve miles from Lagos. chief
named Popos had been levying duties on trade
within British territory, and the Governor in con-
sequence, sent an expedition consisting of forty
Hanpas, under Major Leveson and some seamen
from war vessel, under Commander LEROY. A
battle took place, in which the natives were driven
back with severe loss. On the British side one
Hanpa and two camp followers were killed, and
Major Leveson was severely wounded. Subse-
quently Epe was bombardcd and burned
The funeral of Colonel Edmund C. Charles, late
commander of the Forty-second New York volun-
teers (Tammany regiment), took place in this city
yesterday. The procession was large and i'm
posing, consisting of the military, the Common
Council the Mayors Of New York, Brooklyn and
Jersey City, number of civic and military digni-
taries and large concourse Of citizens. The re-
mains were conveyed to Greenwood Cemetery.
Seventeen members Of the Grand Jury were
| sworn in yesterday, before Judge Nelson, in the
| United States Circuit Court. The Judge ordered
an additional panel Of twelve for Friday, and adj
journed the court over to that time. This (Thurs-
day. being the day Of national fasting md prayer,
| none of the law courts will be opened.
There has not been any new move in the Supe-
rior Court respecting the Broadway Railroad in
junction case. voluminous afidavits and COM
plants have been filed in the Clerks Office. It was
rumored yesterday that there is . probability Of
an amcable settlement Of the matter, and hence
the delay in moving to dissolve the peremptory in
| junction granted by Judge Barbour.
Coroner Collin was notified to hold an ante
mortem examination yesterday in the case of
Frederick Smith, Of 32l Fifth street. now lying in
dangerous condition from the effects of injuries
received with knife at the hands Of Frank Wei
gel. The physician in attendance gives it as his
opinion that the injured man cannot recover.
The speculation In stocks very active yesterday,
and prices were uniformly better with general in
crease Of outside business The market led
al, by Pittsburg, Erie and Harlem. Gold was dull
Tho price all day huetusted between 1875 a 100
closing alive Mat about 1904 Exchange closed At
| lo5. Money very eafy indeed; call leans per
| cent
The cotton market quiet yesterday, though firm
Ibe demand for breadstufs limited and for hog pro-
ducts and beef pretty Inactive at declining There
doing copper, candles, fish, tallow and WOOL
a7d less hops oils, seeds and spices Sugars were in
demand but other kinds Of groceries inactive
whiskey very firm and In lively request The freight
market was dull and heavy. There remarkable
changes in other branches OF business
The Army OF General Hooker I'm Mstson-
His Great Responsibility.
The army Of General Hooker is in motion,
and has been for several days part Circum-
stantal statements to this effect from the Rich
mond and Washington journals, leave no doubt
upon the subject. The Richmond Enquirer of
the 9th, for example, reports the presence In
Fauquier county, some twenty-five miles or more
up the Rappahannock from Fredericksburg, Of a
federal column of twenty-five or thirty thousand
men, near the line of the Manassas and Cor.
louisville Railroad. From this IL would appear
that General Hooker is falling back upon the
interior line Of the Gordonsville road to Rich
mend. II is sufficient. however, for the present