The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-25

.cs,ah,v There vn 4 ressure on che boilers Of sbsos
forty rounds and IN dread all the time ne was on
board the vessel Joseph Belxpap and Edwin Fa,ron ex
,a,ned the couslra action OF the Martin boilers. Henry
Holman boiler maker, gave II Is his opinion ttas the
explosion caused by deficiency VI water winch vas
caused by oammg. Frank ,. Boil, John Do'an, Joh1
Powers Edridge and Mortimer Kellogg also gave
ntere sting testimony the character Of the boilers
and ,hs probable cause Of the explosion. Dr. Tnos 8.
Smith testified that swentysix deaths had already re-
suited from this deiorabe The inquest win
be resumed at three O'Clock this afternoon.
The Architectural Iron Works, in East Fourteenth
street. avenue G, destroyed by are last
ing The loss estmstsd about hundred thousand
dollars, which said be covered BY insurance About
hundred vorkmen thrown out Of employment by
this disaster. ft
The Preside ntiai DIaddIe An che Repaid
ltcan Party-Biair ON Chase.
We lay before our readers to-day the re-
markable debate In which General F. p.
Blair answered In the House on Saturday
the charges made against him Of corrupt
practices while in the army on the Msss-
sippi. The committee charged with the inves-
tigation Of this subject showed that General
Blair was not guilty of the charges made but
that the real culprit was an agent Of the Trea-
sury Department. This man had been autho-
rized, as a sutler might be, to buy some sup
plies for the use of the General and his mill
tary family. These supplies consisted Of to-
bacco. segars and brandy, and the value Of all
the goods bought under this authority would
not have been more than one hundred and
seventy-fve dollars. But the agent, to carry
on private speculation, so altered the figures
in the order that he was enabled to carry down
the river for sale similar goods to the value OF
eight thousand dollars. General Blair said
that this baseless charge was maliciously urged
against him in the House, in the full knowledge
of its falsehood, by members in the interest of
the Secretary Of the Treasury; and further, that
his denunciation of the corrupt trade regula-
tons Of the Treasury Department was at the
bottom Of the Secretaryis enmity. He de-
clared, in the course of his speech, that Secre-
tary Chase was peace man-"opposed to the
employment of troops against the South
and that the Secretary chad never abau-
doned this position, and was now en-
deavoring to frame a programme by
which there would be permanent dissolu-
ton of the Union;" that under the Secretary's
trade regulations FIVE barrels Of percussion
caps lately went to the enemy; that contraband
goods 60 the same way constantly, and that
through those regulations the Secretary's SON
inlaw, Senator Sprague, will make two million
dollars and that, finally. the Secretary uses
his position only to further his interests in the
Presidential game, playing Fremont against |
Lincoln only that he may betray both and come
in at the last moment as an uncompromised |
man, upon whom the friends of both parties |
can consistently unite.
From this it will be seen that General Blair
Is an animal with ebay on his horns,r whom il |
would be advisable for men like Secretary
Chase to leave alone. His charges against the
Secretary are of very grave nature, and il
he least OF them is true that functionary ought
not to be in the Cabinet another day. He who
believes that the Southern States should be
permitted to ego in peace" cannot serve faith
fully people who wage . great war on the |
theory that absolute success is necessary for |
their national honor and existence.
General Blair's sudden exploitation Of the |
Presidential manGuvres OF Chase will not
simplify the contest that is at present going
Oh III TIC republican party UetWeeu
the friends OF the several candidates. |
Doubtless the friends of Fremont and of Lin |
coin will be more bitter than-ever against each
,ther, and the contest will rage the fiercer for
his unpleasant glimpse behind the curtain. 1t
$ doubtful whether this will help Butler any.
I is probable, also. that another candidate
nay now be added to thel list. General Banks,
~ his recent brilliant victory in Louisiana, has
come forward prominently as hero, and is by
Ill odds the strongest man in that light that
The republicans can look to as a party man.
His claims will, in all likelihood, now be urged |
oy many republicans East and West, and thus
here will be added another complication to /
the dissension that promises to tear the repub |
lican party to pieces.
And while all these party quarrels rage, aud |
while criuination and recrimnstion are in order
in all political circles, General Grant goes on
quietly and earnestly with his preparations
against the rebel capital, and if he takes it, it
is as clear as daylight that all the political
schemers who now labor so zealously for their
special favsrites will have labored in vain.
General Grant will then override oil opposition,
and be President without an effort.
WHAT THE REBELS EXPECT TO Do.--A very
learned writer in the World on rebel strategy,
tactics and expectations, tells US that they ex-
pect Joe Johnston, with an army of one hun