The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-24

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Our savess frsa Npsranza. fsxas 70 NE 18th issk.
ere V he eject thai Schooner laden with two hundred
end any bales q cotton haA bssa captured On The
ID, and thas The Harriet Lans steamer Isabella and
bark oil lsdse With cotton. waiting opportunity
10 tAs biscksds. An attempt had been made 70 run
the steamer Coe oas of Gavssssa harbos but she ges
ting Ne bar The captain her are 70 escape cap
tsrs ~ chs bockadsrs.
We n possession Of sdvoes IRON Msxioets the llth
inss Ccstinas had bsea appointed military and civil
oovsrsse q Tauaulpas, end Monterey said 70 b In
possession Of the liberals vdsurri said have len
Aosisrsv for Texas taking his artillery with him cover
hs retreat ortes had arrived 81 Monterey with portion
Of The troops Il Juarsz The Secretary Of War some
other eciA had also arrived thsrs Reports also reach
10 Of ths defeat Of Frsoch force Jusjapaa only
eighty nsa escaping out Of six hundreA. The Frsnch
ness sounding the Rio 0rands bar had Withdrawn.
General Cortina had bssn received q Brownsville With
military and civic honors BY the United States author
ties Much good feeling 10 said 70 exist between the
AUTHORITIES Of Brownsville and NAtamorcs.
The tsrcentenary anniversary Of Shakspsrss birthday
was celebrated yesterday In this city with great ecla
Inc corner stone OF . monument 70 bs erected In the
Park laid at BY NJ. Hackstt, Of Fastan fame
and With appropriate ceremonies. A masked shskspe.
rsn ball was held at Irving Hall Friday night, and
during the orst hour Of morning appropriate
ode was delivered BY Miss Louisa Hawthorne. Count
Joannes delivered jubilee Grafton At the Cooper Insti
tuis and at the opera and theatres the performances
were specially SGT apart In honor Of the occasion.
The United States gunboas Mohcan arrived this port
last evening from Philadelphia She has been absent
oearly I've years 10 search OF rebel prvaesss. During
her absence she has sailed thirty shousanA miles,
visited any foreign ports and spoken and boarded one
hundrsd and sxsy-two vesssls.
In the Court OF Sessions yesterday, City Judge A.
Russell presiding, Michael Barry who had pleaded guilty
Of manslaughter In Ne fourth Degree sent the
s Prison fsr two years Casharins Connolly received
similar sentence for plea Of forgery 10 the fourth degree
number Of prisoners arrasoeA, and, after plead
Ing we're remaOded for trial. Severn motions In rela-
Gon y uaimpoftans cases were made and disposed o.
after which Judge Russell ordered the Court 70 b I'd
journsd for the term.
The stock market buoyans yesterday and the RAN
way shares were Ill up one 70 ten pee cent. Harlem
Railroad. which little three weeks ago sold for
lo7 up 70 40. Gold opened q l14X but was soon
raised 70 Ito. Government securities continued nrm
The nuctuatioos In gold on Saturday excited the
ksts for merchandise. but unsettled prices 70 such
sxtsss THAI bat small business was contaminated, OK
Dept u few ARTICLES. The heavy imports do dsprsas
the markets for foreign goods one oss, being
tssbaanced By the rise In gsd and ths cor.
taiusy OF heavier dulles Costo4 was higher, |
but nosainal Petroleum dull for crude. but active
and much higher for rsnosd. Groosrss neminally
higher; but prices were somewhat irregular Nearly
Nj foreign merchandise was held higher On 'Changs
ur LOG. lsc. higher. wheat advanced le. &c.
Corn was . shade nrmsr. Pork SO. better. Lard
Nc better. Other provisions nrm. whiskey lower and
lreghts depressed. % the whole fair business
transacted for Saturday, which provsrbay dull day
The Victory In Louis lana end the Great |
Battle-OuR Own Strength ana che
Ensmy's Weakness.
The several minor contests that have lately
taken place in different parts Of the country
were rather hastily accepted BY the people at
large Is reverses to our arms, and seem to
have caused . certain dependency in the pub
lie mind, for which there Is no good rea-
son. The most considerable Of these were the
battle at Pleasant Hill, in Louisiana; that At
Plymouth, In North Carolina and the massacre
at Fort Pillow. The latter, of course, il not
to be counted as battle; 1t is mere atrocity.
q simple murder, by overwhelming numbers,
OF whole garrison; an act not surpassed In
heartless cruelty by any Of those acts for
which the whole world, few years ago, exc
Grated the Sepoys. Grave mischiefs." says
the rebel Secretary Of War, "have resulted
from the allowance Of corps Of partisan
rangers" and this act Of Chalmers and his men
will only make this clearer to the rebel suthori
ties, and give the world at large an Idea Of
the civilization OF Southern men. Il will have no
effect upon the war. At Plymouth, In North
Carolina, after having made . gallant fight,
we have had q disaster. But II Is disaster In
. place where we can very we'll AFFORD to have
- I'll ~ r<.~~ Of ~ut
than disaster ought to be II IL will teach the
administration, even at this late hour, not TO
waste It's energies in the attempt 10 hold every
insignincant town In the country.
By the news that We give to-day IL will be
seen that the desperately contested battle In
Louisiana, 90 far from being . reverse 70 our
arms, was most decisive and satisfactory sue
cess-a brilliant victory. On the 9Th instant,
while the forces Of General Banks were on the
march from Nstchitoches TO Shreveport, the ad-
vance, consisting Of about six thousand men Of
all arms, came 10 contact with . large force
under Kirby Smith, and after . gallant nght
we're compelled to give way and fall back on
tho main body. That night General Banks
posted bis forces in good position at Pleasant
Hill, on che Shreveport road. On the 9th tie
rebels, supposing they had defeated Banks
whole force On the day before. and had only
to push their victory and make II complete, I'D
vanced against the new position only 70 meet
with . dreadfully destructive defeat In this
admirably conducted battle, fought BY Banks,
Franklin, A. J. Smith and Emory, and worthy
Of them all, We see enough to reconcile us with
many small disasters.
But even this victory ought at the present
time hardly 10 distract the public attention
from the great battle that we may 90 soon ex-
pect in Virginia, and which is the great event
] 10 which oil others are but secondary. Gene