The New York herald., 1864-03-17

HERALD, THURSDAY, n
mcny slated tha, he purchased nc hoesas trcm G'lasn
et Tatcfsaf stnhies Tue 81 OF January 60 two thou
sand threo hundred aut Gfy do,rs. Fof the defence
Claimed that toe horses were the properly OF c'h'
mao. snd thai The alleged sale mstcy cove' 70
protect Gilman from tc Tic case is st' On
In the Sarcmc Court chambers before Judge l,a' nsrd
the Hatch divorce egain up yesterday Az ap
pcatioa made On bchalf OF DR. Hatch Cor CON-
m,ssOn 10 examine certain witnesses ia Chicago 70
tcsii'y rclat,ve 10 matters IN The divorce suit now
pending against him In this coart. Mrs. Cora |, V.
Hatch by her counsel opposed the mooa claiming that
the proceedings brought 10 delay the case which
would be brought next week Tor tral Judge Barnard
took tho papers and reserved his decision
In the United States Circuit court, before Judgo Shp
mao yesterday. Miles Burke pleaded guilty 70 an ia
dctment charging hun with forging asa,cmeutou which
to obtain Gna pay soldier He was remaod,i TIL
saturday FOR defence
An apprccative audcncs was present last evening AZ
the Cooper Institute to hcr Mrs A. Wright discourse
botany Tho far lecturer acquitted herself with
marked ability and TO the satisfaction OF her audience
The gold market prosecuted lively appearance yesef-
day aud tie tlaosact,os greater than on any day
for some time previous, owing TO the anxiety which the
probable late Of the govornmeat surplus resolution pro-
duced Tho market opened at l63 aud. after ductuatng
between that figure and l6oaf, closed at l6iB Money
continued p'eoty al six per cca Government securities
less 10 demand aud trac lower The stock mar
| ket presented no feature worthy Of note.
There no gene. al movement in merchandise yes
terday yet the sales 10 fair extent 10 s)mc art
cIcs especially in imported goods owing TO anelaed
Increased duties Domestic produce was without decided
change. Petroleum dul. heavy aud lower aud the
may said Of cotton On 'Chausc brcadstuts were
aalle. ,.yh In in
favor. Provisions aud wns;ey werc arm a. unchanged
| prices Freights dun and rates unchanged
/ Adoption OF Grants Plans by the hd-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ia High Places.
In General Grants appointment and in the
circumstances that led TO il we have O success
sion Of events in the same relation though on
larger scale, as those that marked The FIRST
year Of the war. Public confidence in the sue
cess Of our cause was, early in 1861. very
great, and the whole country seemed ready to
| rally at the call to arms. But administrative
| Encouragement destroyed public confidence,
| and defeat in the field reduced our prospects
| to the lowest level. Blunder followed blum
der, corruption was rife in every department,
| and we were on the eve Of a period Of com
plcte political anarchy. At that time the gov
ernment called General Mcclellan to the head
OF our armies from his victories in Western
| Virginia, He had scarcely assumed his rcspon-
sible position before great change was mani
| fest everywhere, and an army and govern
ment that had been chaotic and puerile in
| their want Of form, purpose and power be-
came organized aud orderly in the highest
| degree. We have now gone through the same
| changes for second time Last year closed
| with the progress OF the whole struggle i'm
| mensely in our favor Public confidence at
| the North was at the highest pitch. in conse-
quence of our victories East and West in the
summer and fall, and as the spirit of the
Northern people was high that of the people
Of the South was oorrespondingly low But
in winter Of political squabbles and by half
a dozen small attempts and miserable failures,
the administration changed all that. Now the
South, all dependency az the winter came
oa. has gotten through with taat hard season,
has rallied again for the struggle, and seems
ready TO meet us with its old spirit while the
| North. until quite lately, had but very little
| left Of TIA. buoyancy which all felt at the end
! Of last year. Entirely without confidence in
the administration, the people looked forward
to the rccommencement Of ho,.i.ities ia tue
most doubtful. not to say despondeut. spirit.
But a conqueror from the West has again taken
the helm, aad all promises to go we'll
General Grant appears to have now com
plete and unquestioned control OF our armies
His rcconIn enlations are accepted, a2d are
likely TO be acted upon in the best spirit Il
that tba prNarJn,t Z, nrff ~ Of
that "treasoa 10 a new form" which his adhc-
rents denouncc. He has made Grant supreme
over greater power than Cromwell ever
imagined or Cesar ever saw; and he ought to
know tnat that is the new kind of treason In
accordance with General Grants views, Gene.
raj Sherman has been given great command,
and General Mcpherson, from tue command, OF
a corps, has been promoted 10 command an
army And row Grant comes forward, as il to
pat bis power TO the les, al once. with tina,
very bad boz Badly Smith and Is likely to
carry him through also. Geaeral w. f. Smith,
a chronic admirer OF General Mcclellan whom
| the radicals have therefore hated and harri,d
| through the war, and whom the Senate has
| already reused 10 eondrLa ~ alaiet general Of
volunteers, is now to be appointed a major
| general OF the regular arny-taat Is, 20 the
place on the army roll made vacant by Grants
promotion. Here Is progress. TIE adniaistra-
tion and the Senate ought to know, however,
that this is treason; and that they may know
il we give them the law in relation to trea.
son, as laid down by that favored organ OF
tue administration. the Washington Chronicle
Taaasos IN A Nxw Eoax Tho Nsw YoRx HERALD,
which clung TO tho cause OF the rebels until IL was
mobbet into the Support Of the Uo.os has aer three
years ip service tousd Won't Tor uatorous
synpathics Ia lis issue Of yesterday II deliberately
calls upon General aat 10 natc the policy OF Cysar,
Cromwell aud Napoeon in other 0rds 10 make himself
dictator proposition as nonor OF Gone