The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-04-18

coffee will be found to have advanced, owing
| principally to limited supply"
JEFF Davis having exhibited to his people in the
Southern confederacy their unsatisfactory pros
poets for supply of provisions during the coming
season, it will not be amiss to show them how we
at the North stand in regard to some of our arti-
cles of consumption. The receipts of breadstuns
at four of the principal lake ports-Chicago, Mil
waukee, Toledo and Detroit-in 1862 compare as
follows with the receipts of ls6l:-
Flour barrels.... ........... 5,4l4,059 Abs, 1856
Wheat, bushels. ...........42 .399 1876 ,G92
Corn. bushels. 81, e26,747 81, s62 423
And from the annual reports of the number Of
hogs packed in the West during these two years
we take the following fgures:-
1857. ...."................ 06S 620
Increase. ..................... ITS 1877
II was rumored in Nashville on the 14th instant,
that five hundred Of the rebel sympathizers in that
city were to be arrested and held hostages for
the Union East Tennesseans who are now confined
in Southern prisons. and to be exchanged for them
whenever the Confederate government shall sgni-
fly desire to do 30.
All the buildings at Tyree Springs, Tennessee.
have been destroyed by fire. The destruction &C.
Cured some four weeks ago, and was supposed to
be the work of an incendiary
The story about the capture by the rebels Of
Col. Robert johnson, son of Gov Andrew johnson,
of Tennessee, was fabricated. He is in Nashville,
attending to his duties.
James B. Clay son of the great Ashland orator
and statesman, is Colonel of of the rebel regi.
ments attached to Humphrey Marshall's command.
Col. Clay was once member Of the federal Con.
gress, but was noted for anything except the
tearing down of his fathers mansion. and having
the beams and raftcrs manufactured into walking
canes, which he peddled out at five dollars each.
The Committee on Water Defences and the Com.
mittee on Ordnance, of the Harbor Defence Com
mission, privately gave hearings yesterday to
number of gentlemen. in explanation of various
plans. The first named Committee, Of which Al
derman Boole is the chairman, have new designs
presented to them almost daily. Inventive genius
seems to be more prolific of designs for protecting
the harbor by floating defences than in any other
way. Fortunately the Chairman of the Water De-
fences Committee is practical mechanic, having
served twenty-five years in the ship.buildng bust
ness, and is therefore very capable for the onerous
duty imposed upon him. of carefully inspecting the
numerous designs for wooden defences brought to
the attention of the committee. To-day the Com
mission are to witness the operation of riAed
battery at point ., short distance from the city.
The Tammany Society met at the Old Wigwam
last evening, to hear the report of the committee
appointed to nominate a new set Of officers. The
committee not being ready to report, the body
adjourned till next Monday evening, at eleven
o'clock when full ticket will be presented The
election will take place in the evening.
The Methodist Episcopal Convention reassem.
bled yesterday morning.. but transacted no bust
moss of any public importance during their session.
Last evening Q meeting, in connection with the
Convention, was held in the Fourth Street church
for the benefit of the New York Educational So
ciety, and to aid young men in preparing for the
ministry. The meeting was well attended, and ad.
dresses were delivered by q few prominent cler-
gymen of the Methodist persuasion and others. 1t
is expected that the committee appointed at the
first meeting Of the Conference will present their
report on the state Of the country on Monday.
Mrs. Semmes, wife of the captain Of the pirate
Alabama, who has been residing all winter in Gin
cinati, has been ordered, under the recent procla
| nation Of General Burnside, to prepare to cross
| the lines into Dixie.
Confederate scrip was put up at auction In Hall.
fax, N. g., on the 10th instant, by John D. Nash &
Co., and the only bid that could be obtained for II
| was four cents pound.
s. D. Woodruff, Superintendent Of the Welland
Canal, telegrsphs as folows:-" Canal in order.
Vessels passing. No change in canal tolls YETI"
Cayuga Lake is now open its entire length, and
navigation has been resumed.
The stock market decidedly buoyant yeser.
day, and there was commission business, with
pretty general advance In prices. Gold auctusted be-
tween 1853 and 1874 closing 1853 bid Exchange Huctuated
between 157 and 1Ss, closing tame. Money easier
than ever and offered call 10 all the brokers at
| per cent
heavily for breadstuns yesterday There more doing
In hog products, as also In whskey talow but
somewhat easier prices. The demand fair for bay
and sugars at steady quotations. and quite ctve for
at nrmer rates. limited business was reported 10 FISH,
fruit hemp OILS salt teas wool and coffee. Xix wise in
ocean freights. Cotton dull and heavy There were
no remarkable changes In other branches OF trade.
| The Movements Of the Rebels In Virginia
and North Carolina.
While General Hooker is waiting for the
roads to dry on the Rappahannock, 1t is possible
that the wise heads of the War Office may be
startled some fine morning with an overwhelm.
ing descent Of the rebels upon Williamsburg
and Yorktown, or upon Suffolk and Norfolk, in
s,s~ III u.