The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-24

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The new Monitor battery Onondags proceeded
down the bay yesterday to test her machinery
and armament, and in all respects she funy re-
allied the expectations Of her constructors IL n
rumored that she will be despatched TO the South
ern coast in few days, under the command Oh
Captain Meancthon Smith.
The bids for the 81 900 900 county bounty loan
were opened BY Comptroller Brennan yesterday.
The amount offered was 50, lso,7oo. and the bids
ranged from par to five and half per cent premium,
while 81 900 were offered at seven per cent pre-.
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The Board Of Aldermen adjourned yesterday for
want Of quorum.
The Board Of Supervisors met yesterday, and
passed the bill for the payment Of several news
papers over the veto Of Mayor Gunther. They
adjourned to Tuesday next.
An interesting public meeting was held last
evening at the Stuyvesant Institute. No. $50 Broad
way, the great question for discussion being the
amalgamation OF races. white men must rule
America was the caption of the public notice,
and the popularity Of the idea fully proved by
the numbers who attended. The meeting, although
large, did not come up to what was popularity ex-
pcctcd of it. 1t was, in fact, peace meeting
under another name. The speakers were among
some Of the best known in the city; but there was
nothing either original or specially attractive in
their Vaccinations. The working men were invited
to attend; but there wereinot many present We
have no space for the speeches of the evening.
James H. Weaver one of the cormorant fra
ternity Of substitute brokers-thc first arrested
as also the first of the brotherhood to be treated
to the Inequalities OF Fort Lafayette-was yester
4 ha ann nj
which he had defrauded young recruit named
Stubcck. Weaver was arrested about six weeks
ago. and, refusing to disgorge, Gen. Dix sent him
to Fort Lafayette, where he remained until Yester-
day. Deputy Marshal Borst had the case in hand.
His exposure Of the fraud in the first instance
It has been that has since led to the detection
and arrest Of so many substitute brokers, and to
the recovery of various sums Of money, and its
restoration to the recruits or their families.
In the case Of the Bank Of the Commonwealth
vs. Benjamin F. Mudgett and others, referred to in
yesterdays HERALD, the jury yesterday rendered
verdict for the plaintiffs of 81 900 and interest,
and gave it as their opinion that Mr.. Mudgett en-
dorsed the note for 81 900 under the suppostion
that it was only for 500.
George w. Allerton, son of the proprietor of the
Bulls Head Hotel, which was destroyed by the
rioters in July last, obtained verdict against the
city in the Supreme Court, before Judge Peckham,
yesterday of $3.50 for destruction Of personal pro-
perry by the mob.
Charles Raenftle commenced q suit against the
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company yester
day in the Superior Court for the recovery Of
100000 alleged to be due on policy Of insurance
upon the life of the plaintiffs brother. The de-
fence set up is that the case is one of fraud
throughout; that some healthy person personated
the sickly brother, and thus deceived the compa.
ny. The case will prove quite interesting before
it goes to the jury.
The markets very dull yesterday a general
thing and the transactions very mued especially
in imported merchandise The fall gold had tendency
to unsete the market holders 10th to grant
any from previous prices. On Change busi
very moderate Flour sold fully &c. l0c. or
wheat nominally &c lower. Ccrn was lc. &c bet
ter whiskey firm aud hog products higher Froigh,s
very dull and rates mainly nominal. Cotton
heavy. Groceries dull and declining. Petroleum
was dull and heavy for crude and arm for refined.
The for beef cattle remained about the
this week last There fair supply nearly
the offerings held by SPECTATORS, who Of
demanded and received full prices ranging from 9Hc to
16:.-the bulk at l2Kc. l4c. Cows were firm Ono
Durham bought at 500 to sell again. veals
the same sales at $40 Is SIC. Swine lower.
Corn fed brought 7alc. s,1e, and still fed ~. Tho
total receipts 1905 beeves, 146 cows $50 vess,
Il, s62 sheep and lambs and SOB swine.
General shcrman's Mobile Expeditions
The General Prospect Of the War.
From rebel sources we have some cheering
items of news concerning the progress OF Gene
raj Sherman's Mobile expedition. 1t thus ap
pears that on the 18th instant, with column
OF thirty thousand men, he had reached
Quitman, Mississippi, on the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad, one hundrei miles north Of Mobile,
and had aivan ed % hat point at the rate Of
fifteen mi e gay. 1T this rate be is doubt
less this morning within thirty or forty miles Of
the city, as th,re was no enemy in his front
capable of making even a show of resistance.
The rebels report that he tears up or destroys
the railroad and bridges behind him; that che
meditates no step backward" but that he will
not be allowed to take Mobile without des-
perate battle" This means that the rebels de-
spar Of resisting the army of Sherman.
Subsistence is the only serious difficulty be-
fore him. The country between Quitman and
Mobile il very thinly inhabited, and may
be described as an almost continuous Southern
forest. 1t can furnish our army nothing in the
way of supplies; for doubtless its scanty sur
plus products have long since been consumed
by the rebels themselves. General Sherman
then, we conclude, has carried from Quitman
eight or ten days rations for bis troops, and
will be met In the neighborhood Of Mobile
with fresh supply from the cooperating feet
Of Admiral Fsrragut We cannot for moment
imagine that 50 skilful and experienced SOL
der as Sherman, 10 abandoning every line Of
supplies in his rear, has neglected to provide bis
troops with food sufficient to carry them through
the nhosptable wilderness before them.
With regard 70 Admiral Farragut's move