The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-28

| piled, aad particularly the Martin boiler, arr
| sstlrsly snsuited 70 thai class OF vessels; and
this opinion he staes hes been fully supported By the
report Of board Of navai engineers appointed By ths
Navy Department specially 70 investigate the subject
Mr. Dickersoas examination NOT concluded ysseer
Day bus will b resumed q three O'Clock this aftsraoon
The Surrogate yesterday delivered decision admitting
70 probate the last will Of wam q. Msrchaat
The opposition 70 this VIII was based the allegation
that was forgery; but tho Surrogate considers the
evidence Of the two subscribing witnesses TO it
cutioo By Mr. Merchant be unshaen and also holds
that the handwrtng 10 apparently the THAI OF
the former will made by him. The paper admitted
70 probate dated day before Mr. Merchants DEATH
and leaves his entire property vaued 800 oo
bis two sisters. Tho fosner will which proved and
recorded before this found all his property
two ladies' NOT related 70 Mr. Merchant the matter has
excited much interest in tho legal profession. will pro.
badly 60 up on appeal 70 the Supreme Court.
nvs story brick building. No. so West street, was
burned last night unoccuped on the Hrst door.
The second door was occupied BY George Girbri ~ .
sailors boarding house, and the third door by william
Hartt brass founder, and Edward D. Crowley, sail
naker. rhs adjoining building was slightly damaged
The total loss ID estimated at . little over so 900
Tho Court Of Common Pleas general term. affirmed
the judgment Of tho lower court yesterday in the
T. v. Haughwout and c. L. Tiffany against the Mayor
sued the city for for services performed In clean
Ing Broadway during the years 1857 and 1885, now
aer several years. litigation. their claim has been de-
oIared legal and win probably be settled without any
further dinncuity.
Tho stock market continued weak yesterday, and
prices again fell oil. Owing TO the unsettled state OF
noancia affairs there very few purchasers on the
Market and business was consequence confined within
small compass. Gold was Inactive the hgbes, quota.
tioa being 49, and tho lowest 1T. Money continued
plenty n per cent. Government securities were
quiet q formcF rates.
The markets were unsettled yesterday and about ali
kinds Of imported goods wore nominal Holders were
rm ana gsoeray refused to sell except prices which
buyers wov,d NOT pay Owing this the transac-
tions we're unusually limited. Cotton steady. Pc
troleum was irregular. Groceries were irregular. On
Change the principal feature the large
corn. resulting from . speculative movement PhIls-
dephia account. Large sales Effected u IN i'm.
provsmeai Of &C. 100. Flour dull, and ioc low.
Of. Wheat was inactive and nominaliy 10. on Oats
duh and dropping. Pork closed taey 1t Tuesdays
prices provisions generally dull. The advance
10 whskey Tuesday evening vas sustained, the
price for prime Western being 81 81 Freghts
dull unchanged. Aflsr business was concluded the
produce brokers, sgreeably 10 call for the purpose,
he'd meeting 70 protest against the pnersus tax im.
posed tho sales Of this class Of business meby Mr.
Mosrills Tex bin now before the House A committee
was appointed 70 walt upon all classes Of commercial
brokers' with view Of securing united action In framing
memorial Congress against the enactment Of tbses
provisions Tho subject 70 receive further attention
tho Same hour and place to-day.
The Impsndi.g Struggle In Virginia.
The Uaivsrsal Confidence IN General
Grant.
We may not hear for several days 10 come,
but we may hear at any moment, that the
most tremendous and decisive Of all the battles
OF the war has been commenced in that awful
graveyard Of Union and rebel armies the
blood stained hills and plains Of Old vir-
gnia. From sources apparently we'll informed
we learn that the army Of General Lee, within
the last thirty days. has been swelled from
forty Eve thousand to ninety thousand men,
and that they are nearly all veterans. What
the forces OF General Grant are, In the aggre-
gate We cannot conjecture; but We are assured
that they are amply sufficient for the work
before them, and that their active and vigilant
leader is thoroughly prepared to receive the
enemy while perfecsing his arrangements for
. movement upon his works.
We are gratihed TO state that nothing ap-
pears to be known Of General Grants plans
and combinations by any individual except
himself The rebel journals at r edmond, for
the FIRST time during the war, are sorely puz
zled to comprehend the real designs Of the
directing mind Of the Union armies. The En-
aminer shrewdly suspects that the ostentatious
movements Of "the Yankees" along the Rap
pahannock and on the James river peninsula,
and the grand paradng Of Burnside's corps,
may, after all, be intended as receptions to in
duce Jef Davis to uncover Atlanta, and then
to pOunce upon II from Chattanooga, while
Grant 10 amusing Lee with the appearances Of
On overwhelming descent upon Richmond.
| The rebel leaders may we'll entertain their
fears Of Atlanta, In weakening Joe Johnston
TO strengthen Lee; but they know that II they
| lose Richmond now all Ia lost
| The prestige Of General Lee and his veteran
army has become the last hope ard the last 70.
lance Of Jen. Davis aud his followers. La the
present exhausted condition OF tie rebellioui
Statsa, W IN oil their sble-hod'ed men Ia {
fed, ard with Ill their scnnty materials o
subss. cree sulicct TO forced contributions. th'
| neral eject Of the DE- eat Of lee W II be
| speedy collapse Of tie rebellion. On tn
ott er land, wife victory over General Grant
Ia Virginia, may reyiv. tie sinking fortunes o
DAVIS. nothing else will save him beyond th'
summers camps'gn. Hence we cannot doub
trat lie has e olved g. stale his confcierac,
upon the defence of Richmond, ard TIA. BIZ
struggle to nanta " IL will lie the most despc
rate aud sane n.aeiy OF al! tie struggles o. u
wa.
W. ne entirely satisfied that this g tie esti
mate VII CT General Grant Las made ~ 60
Virginia campaign; that te does no ulderra.
i.e cEtmy : stic7lt u aLi tier desperate energ