The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-03-14
THE SITUATION.

New York. Saturday, March n. 1893.
THE SITUATION.
There are symptoms of . coming movement in
General Hooker's army. The transportation re-
sources are being cut down, and officers have been
notified that all supsrfuous baggage must be sent
homo. The officers Of the line are to be allowed
nothing in the shape of camp equipage, except
shelter tents which they oan carry ON their backs
This means an active and probably arduous cam
paign. The roads have dried up in that vicinity
considerably within the past few days, and every
thing now looks favorable for . forward move.
ment.
On the rebel side equally active preparations
appear to be going on. Charleston is awaiting
calmly for an attack, and General Bsauregar has
revoked all furloughs and recalled absentees to
their posts. Fri
despatch from Memphis reports fight on the
Yazoo river, in which seven thousand prisoners
and eight transports are said to have been cap.
sured. II wss known at Washington that such .
movement BY our sunboats was IN contsmplatidp,
with the intention Of cutting Oh the supplies Of tie
rebels. and therefore II Il quite pro6shis that I
battle has taken place, although the particulars
have not yet reached rs.
, There is nothing later from vicksburg.
Rumors were rife in Cairo yesterday and reached
this city by telegraph that Fort Doneison and Fort
Henry had been captured by the rebels but the 70.
ports arc not credited. gentleman who arrived
in Cincinnati on Thursday from Savannah says
that immense armies are massed in Tennessee
to hold General Rosecrans In check while the
other tanks him, enters Kentucky, and moves d.
rect on Louisville and Cincinnati. They are only
waiting for the rivers to fall and the roads to dry
to commence operations.
General Changers force, who went In pursuit of
Van Dorm, returned to Franklin On Wednesday.
The rebels fed beyond Duck river, % We before
reported. There were several cavalry skirmishes,
and Some three hundred ragged fellows were
picked up in the pursuit. E
his rebel guerillas we're surrounded and captured
at Covngtou, Tenn, by body Of Union troops
on Monday last.
By the arrival Of the Australasian at this port
yesterday evening we have dates from Europe to
the LIST instant-two days later. The despatch OF
Mr.. Seward, rejecting the French proposal for me-
diston, provoies the criticism Of the London Jour-
malls. The Times says that II is quite consistent
with oil Mr.. Seward has previously written upon
the subject, and that the Secretary Of State Is
either preternaturally right or incomprehensibly
bitter, and declares that, emanating, as this docu.
ment. does from the federal Cabinet II is truly in
credible that that body should have sunk so low as
to endorse as its own in the face Of the world so
much srrsnt fasehood and absurd nonsense.
The Morning star considers the document un-
answerable; it is greatly pleased with IT, and
that henceforth not even the mdest form Of inter-
ference can have the least hope Of acceptance.
The Paris Pays treats the matter some what in.
differently, merely stating the purport Of Mr..
Stewards response, that in the opinion Of the
Cabinet at Washington . more practicable means
would be for deputies from the dissentient States
to come to Congress, where projects Of arrange.
ment could be discussed, and, IL adopted. sub.
mitted TO the sanction Of National Convention.
The London correspondent Of the Manchester
Guardian says that the Confederate loan has
been oil freely taken on.the Continent, and that
England will have no more OF Il than Il can ret
from foreign markets.
THE LEeIsIArURH.
In the state senate yesterday, bills were intro.
duced to exempt from execution the property Of
widows and minors 70 the amount OF $3.50. rela.
tive TO statistics OF crime in this CITY: 20 allow
commissions 10 take testimony OF witnessed ont,
aide Of the State and authorizing loan TO com.
plcte the Brooklyn Court House. The bill limit.
ing notaries public TO one for every fifteen hun.
dred Inhabitants was passed. Favorable reports
were made on the bills allowing FIVE dollars, in.
stead Of four, Of the school fuRd for each pupil
in the New York public schools, and to make the
procurement Of abortion manslaughter in the &C.
cond degree. The Senate agreed 70 the majority
report against the bill asked for by the brewers for
" protection Of THEN interests. A remonstrance
was presented against allowing certain stages to
run through Bond street instead OF Bleecher.
Ia the Assembly The bill TO put . stop TO the
operations OF the unpatriotic spectators in cold
end silver coin, and to prevent the depreciation Of
the national currency. was reported upon fsvora.
by 70 the House. and by it the report was unaui.
mously referred TO the Committee Of the Whole. a
ssnbsr ef ot!er bills also received fsvorsble re.