The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-12

case OF great Importance 70 recruits was On sra' w
the Court OF Sessions yesterday. before Recorder Hon
man James X cooke. bounty broker, vas placed at
the bar charged with having obtained two hundred and
nf,v dolars from recruit named John J. Robinson, on
the llth OF December last by alleged false pretences
From the testimony the prosecution appears that
Cooke represented that he was captain 10 cavalry
regiment and got himself constituted the guardian Of
Robinson (who is mnor), and then took him 70 the
Office of Provost Marshal Bronson In Sixth avenue, and
had him sworn In a. recruit. Cooke handed him but
ay dollars OF his bounty money ana promised TO give
him the iemander-two hundred and hfty dolars-after
procuring him seven days furough. Robinson, how
ever never received the money and consulted Captain
the subject, when warrant was issued for
OF Cooke which has resulted In the present &C.
tion. The case will be continued on Monday next
At the meeting OF the Board Of Aldermen yesterday
resolution adopted 10 cut down the "incidentai ex
penses" estimate OF the Board Of Education from
o00 The Levy for the current year was then
taken up. 81 900 was added for dispensarss. Tho
Of S3S 500 inserted to purchase Mills statue OF
Jackson The sum Of $40 900 appropriated for the
preparation OF parade ground for the military An item
$40 900 inserted for preparing the Manual OF tho
Common Council $40 900 for new dispensafy was au-
thorzed provided $40 600 be otherwise raised An
item $4,000 inserted TO remove distractions at
He'll Gate SO GOO inserted to open Eighth avenue TO
Harlem river 500 900 inserted to improve the Russ
pavement. $40 900 was inserted for boundary monu-
for surveying e 500 for each Alderman was In
serted $40 900 inserted to pay damages caused Dy
the explosion in Seventy street. Tho item OF $1,000
for repairs wells pumps &C. was reduced to II ooo
The ordinance was then adopted These items add about
$3.50 900 10 the Tax Levy recommended by the com
mittee. message was received from Mayor Gunther
vetoting proposed lateral additions 10 the Third
Avenue Railroad. Adjourned to tho 2ist inst.
The Citizens Associaten-an organization recently es-
tabished municipal and sanitary reform In this city
has addressed letter to number Of leading physicians
asking information regarding the public health. In
letter Of reply from those gentlemen II II stated that the
deaths Of this city during tho year 1858 were
one in thirty Eve Of the population. In Philadelphia,
Boston, Newark and Providence the mortality ID about
in forty three and In London and Liverpool is still
less The physicians think that with proper sanitary
regulations deaths could yearly be reduced thirty per
cent and strenuousy urge upon the Legislature that
reform OF health laws should take place.
Mr. George Thompson, the English abolitionist, last
evening delivered address in Henry Ward Beechers
church, in Brooklyn tho feeling In England in regard
to the present civil in this country The church
crowded. and the speaker frequently interrupted by
the applause Of the audience.
The calico ball for the benefit Of the soldiers families
of last night at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music.
About three Thousand tickets sold, and the bali
therefore uetted goody for the wives and children
Of the heroes in the no.d
Judge Barnard has delivered decision In the OF
Dsacroix, the alleged fraudulent banker releasing him
from the Ludlow street jail. This terminates case
whose history, In form or another, s than
year old
special meeting Of the Chamber OF Commerce
held yesterday TO give expression respect OF that
body for the memory OF their former President the late
rele,ah Psrit. Tho leading members or the Chamber
were presen, and took part IN the proceedings.
The Surrogate yesterday entered tho decree In the
long ltigated Charles Hopper case whereby tho will is
set aside The Surrogate allowed costs to both parties
payable GU. Of the estate The will 60 to the Court
OF Appeals. The auditors report In the Van Note
counting was confirmed. An account Of the estate OF
Chauncey ST. John, deceased, directed The will Of
james Thomas contested grounds OF mental incapa-
city, was taken up for trial.
Tho variations u gold had tendency unsettle the
markets for various kinds of merchandise yesterday,
and prices altogether uncertain. Holders cndeav
orod to obtain full prices but the marked decline in gold
prevented transactions. the views OF buyers
those Of sellers nearly quite every descrip
ton OF merchandise. On 'Change breadstufs DULL
and though not quoaby lower -four and wheat ruled In
favor OF the buyer Frcights were duh At the decline
decided change with fair business wh.skey SUBJ
stsntialy as last noticed. Petroleum was Irregular.
Another Irrepressibie Connict--Grant
Down,
Congress has created the grade OF lieutenant
geaeral and the acknowledged intention of
Congress and the pressure Of public opinion
have compelled the President to confer this
grade upon General Grant This is the reward
that the country bestows upon hero for great
services; but it is also more than that 1t is
the unqualified utterance Of popular dissatis
faction with the management Of the war and
with those Washington men who have managed
it. 1t is the expressed determination OF the
| country to put the war in the hands of another
man. Congress spoke only for the people when
! il declared that another man must be placed
above that major general who, vibrating like
pendulum between the White House and the
War Office-betwren Lincoln and Stanton--has
Numbered, if possible, more atrociousIy than
either of those men could have done IL let
alone. General Grant in Washington, and
honored with this new grade, represents the
great victories Of the West; bu. he represents
far more definitely the disgust that the people
feel at the weak incompetency Of the Pres;-
dent and at the boorish spirit and coarse pre-
sumption of Halleck; and be represents also
the popular indisposition to trust any longer
the radical mob that sustains and moves these
men like so many puppets.
General Grant in Washington represents the
people and the peoples policy. He represents
that policy which looks to the downright and
earnest prosecution Of the war ~ The only
means to restore peace and save the country
from the absolute ruin that faction and debt
are likely to bring upon it. He stands, there
fore, in q position that the virulent and un-
scrupulous radicals must inevitably consider
hostile to their views and objects. No man
who has had these earnest ideas of what should
be done has escaned the hostility Of the radi-