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MUTINY NOT TO BE TOLERATED.

Major Gen. MEADE commanding the Army Of the Po-
tomac has issued the following order 1t refers doubtless
to the alleged dsaecon of portion Of the Pennsylvania
troops claim that the term Of their enlistment has
expired
HEADoUARTERs ARMY POTOMAC. MAY 2, 1864.
General orders No 24-The Commanding General hay.
log learned that notwithstanding the cauton Contained in
General Order No. 22 Of April 25 1864 from these head
quarters. there in this army who refuse to do
duty the ground that their term Of service has expired
will be made known to such that their conduct be-
ing open mutuy, will be punished with death without trial.
uness they promptly return to duty and hereafter any
soldier who refuses to do duty similar plea will
santy be shot without any form Of trial whatever The
honor Of the service and the necessities Of the hour admit
of no other disposition of such eases
The Commanding General again expresses the hope that
the soldiers OF this army will respectfully ak for and
cheerfuly abide by the decision Of the War Department
with respect to their term Of SERVICE but he fur
ther word Of warning for those who at time like the
present, choose to defy lawful authority.
Corps and other independent commanders charged
with the execution OF this order
BY command of Major Gen. MEADE:
8. WILLIAMS, Asst Adj't Gen.
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COURT OF CLAIMS.

1t will be observed by the record elsewhere made of the
proceedings yesterday had 10 the Court of Claims that that
tribunal has adjourned to Monday the Sd day Of October
next being the opening day of the October Term for the
year 1864 We learn that the Court has disposed Of all
the that ready for trial during the term that
has just closed, with the exception of two three in
which the arguments have been had but upon which the
decision of the court withheld until the next term
The Supreme Court it is known has adjourned its late
session without prescribing the regulations contemplated
by law for the taking Of appeals to that Court from the
Court of Claims and as the absence of such regua-
tons appeal be properly TAKEN it is obvious that
the interests of claimants will not be prejuiced by the
action Of the court n withholding decision upon the few
pending until the preliminary question raised by the
Supreme Court in regard to the consttutonay of such
appeals shall have been settled.
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NAVAL CAPTURES.

letter received by the Secretary Of the Navy from
Rear Admiral Porter, dated April H. 1864 mentions that
he recently sent an expedition up the Wsshits far as
Munroe which captured three thousand bales of Conede
rate cotton brought away eight hundred negroes and
sroyed much rebel property The expedition under
Lieut. Commander Foster, and WAS particularly successful
The Secretary has also received dispatches from Com
modore Parker of the Potomac nota stating that the
29tt umo expedition, under the command of Acting
voluateer Lieutenant Hooker sent to Caers Creek
and succeeded 10 destroying eleven boats and
large quantity of gram and number of log huts said to
have been used as barracks by the rebel soldiers Also,
that on the 9th utimo, Acting Master Hill, commanding
the u s steamer Curruck succeeded in destroying two
thousand bushels OF grain which process Of trans
portalion to Richmond.
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NAVY DEPARTMENT, MAY 5, 1864.
G,neral Order, No. 33.-At a Naval General Court.
Martial, recently convened the city of Washington
Commodore CHARLES WILKES, of the Navy, was tried
upon the following charges preferred against him by the
Department:
CbareeI Dsobedence of the lawful orders Of his supe
rior officer while in the execution Of his Office
charge III InsubOrdinate conduct and negligence or
careles sness in ob-yiDg orders.
Charge Ill Dlsrespect and dsrespectul language to
his superior officer whilst in the execution of his ofce
ChhrRe w Refusal of obedience law ul G neral
Order Regulation issued by the Secretary of the Navy
tutng an ofrnce made punishable by The Article Viii of
the articles adopted and put force for
of the Navy Of the United States.
OF each Of these charges the accused found by the
Court guilty." and sentenced in the following
terms:
"And the court hereby sentence the accused Commo-
dore Charles Wilkes to be publicly reprimanded by the
Secretary Of the Navy and to be suspended from dy
the term of three years"
The finding Of the court in this approved and the
sentence confirmed.
In carrying execution that part of the sentence
which requires that Commodore Wilkes be publicly repri-
mapded hardly need say more, an officer of his age
and experience, than that the PRONUNCIATION Of such
charges, spd Of the decision upon them by court COM
posed Of officers the highest rank the Navy const
tutes Itself reprimand sufcenlyIpoignant and severe
to any who msy have desired preserve unfair
nished record in the service.
The Department would gladly have been spared the
unpleasant duty which has dvoyed upon it in this case.
But the appeal made to the public by tie accused
paper which the court has be nsubor
dnae and dsrespect character containing ks and
not warranted by the facts rendered it
sary for the Department either to tolerate the dsrepect
and submit to the unounded aspersons refer the
to the invesg alton and decision Of a courtmartial.
GIDEON wELLES,
Secretary OF
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DISPATCHES FROM GEN. BANKS.
Secretary OF the Navy.

1t is stated that the War Department has received
official dispatches from Gen. Banks relative the bsttes
the Red river He states that notwithstanding the
prise the 9th ultimo, and the experienced at
tme yet the whole, including the subsequent bat
ties on the two following days they very great dis
aster to enemy the oss killed and wounded and the
alton of their forces being larger the number
ing considered, than in any other battle of the war
letter from correspondent of the New York Herald
dated at New Orleans the 26 III of April, says:
The Red river has low at this season of the
645 and the essenng depth OF the waters
compelled Gen. Banks to tall back to Alexandria The
enemy in full force closely but serious annoy
has been suffered from them Gen Banks keeps his
counsel as to his future intentions He keeps his
powder dry but contemplated that higher than
military powers would keep the he'd rveF dry otherwise
the movement up that uncertain stream might not have
been made,
There various whsperings Of new movements in
OF two direcons neither OF which are 10 the vicinity
Of and il the enemy find themselves unequal to
cope with the strategy of Gen Backs they will bs only
as badly puzzled of his intimate friends are, to
whom he dsclOses nothing respecting his movements,
Look at the map and you discover navgaoe waters,
WHARF, transports may convey troops lotto the enemys
cnuntrv from whenc3 cotton be obtained tnan
even ali that which burned on the Red river"
The same letter states that eight hundred rebel cavalry
have reached Chsneysve nineteen miles below ALI xanda
Six Qunbosts which went up the Black and Washington
rivers had returned with two thousand nine hundred ba
of cotton and nine hundred conraaud besides convoy
ing down the steamer Ruby with four hundred and eighty
contrsbands The Ruby had been the employ Of
the rebels.
Gen Steele was at Camden, Arkansas. April H. let
ter from there to the Herald confirms the recent accounts
received via st Louis Of the capture Of that place by Gen
Steele
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press. But, after the withdrawal Of his name by
Secretary Chase from the preliminary contest for
q nomination at Baltimore, We had supposed that
the rivalry between him and President Lincoln
was at an end, and we might still have supposed
so if the conduct Of the President did not seem to
indicate suspicion in his mind to the contrary.
1t is charged by Major Gen. Blair that Mr. Chase
is still an asprant for the nomination, and that he
is using the patronage Of his Office to promote his
aspirations. And the President, who cannot be
ignorant of this charge, elevates the man who
makes it to high military command on the very
day on which it was made, and he has since de-
Tended the propriety Of the appointment against
certain implied objections contained in an inquiry
Of the House Of Representatives. If the quarrel
between the Major General and the Secretary is
regarded by the President as purely personal
matter between them, it seems to us that the coun-
try, and especially the friends Of the latter, ought
to know it. If more than this is implied by the
countenance which the President has seemed to
give to the Seoretary's accuser, it is equally plain
that the proprieties of the positions respectively
held by the President and his Secretary in the
eyes Of the people call for reimbursement,
less indeed the most serious accusations are to be
treated with insensibiliSy when made by one re-
sponsible officer of the Government against an.
other. We have heard much of late about the
duty of Sustaining the Administration in all its
measures and in all its Departments" but this
duty becomes impossible when, because of politi-
cal or personal differences, an official incumbent
In one branch of the Administration inveighs
against the official integrity of the Head of an
other, and when he does SO apparently with the
Presidents approval. Such conduct, without ex-
PLANTATION, can signify nothing less than that the
President is strangely careless to preserve the poll
tcal unity of his Administration, or else that he
desires to attain this political unity not by formal
ly ejectng Secretary from his post, but by plac-
ing him in position where he may voluntarily
prefer to resign, as both Secretary Seward and
Secretary Chase before felt called to dc in re-
spect for the proprieties of their position and in
regard for the confidential nature of their official
relations to the President, and when they both re-
ceived the renewed assurances of the Presidents
continued confidence as the token in consideration
of which they resumed their places in his Cabinet.
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A CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION.

1t is known to our readers that the House of
Representatives on Monday last adopted resolu-
tion requesting the President of the United States
ito communicate to the House whether Hon. f. p
BLAIR, jr., Representative from Missouri in
the present House, now holds any appointment or
commission in the military service of the United
States, and if SO what that appointmentor commits
sion is, and when the said Blair accepted the same,
and whether he is now acting under the authority
of any such appointment or commission"
In reply to this inquiry, it will be seen that the
PRESIDENT informed the House, in communica-
tion which will be found elsewhere in to-day s
paper, that Gen. BLAIR, on entering upon his du-
ties as member of the present House of Repre-
sentatives, resigned his commission with the un-
derstanding and agreement of the Secretary Of
War and the Executive "that he might, at any
time during the session, at his own pleasure, with
draw said resignation and return to the field" !,
The Constitution of the United States pl lovides,
in the sixth section of article l., that no person
holding any office under the United States shall
be member of eithsr House during has continu-
ance an Office" 1t therefore becomes a question
whether the conditional and provisional resignation
of Gen. Blair operated a complete legal discon-
tinuance of his Office as Major General of the
United States, or whether it did not. If it did,
then he could not be lawfully reappointed to his
former military command without denomination
by the President and his confirmation by the Sc
nate. If did not then his occupation of seat
in the House Of Representatives was not warranted
by the Constitution, unless we construe the words
"duripg his continuance in Office" to mean " while
actively engaged in the duties of his Office con-
struction which will not be contended for, we pre-
sumo, by any who regard the plain language of
the provision and the motive of its insertion in the
Constitution The President, we think, made q
mistake in accepting the resignation of either Gen
Blair or Of Gen. Schenck with such reservation,
designed to save their commissions as Major
] Generals.
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SHALL NEW YORK REPUDIATE

The accent decision of the Legislature of the
State of New York in repudiating its indisputable
obligations to pay the interest of its bonds in gold
or its equivalent, is felt by al the respectable cit
zens of the State to be not only severe blow on
its financial credit and prosperity, but also re-
proach on representative institutions, because Of
the anomaly it presents between their theory and
their practical working. No one disputes that the
odious decision is adverse to the wish of the great
majority of the people of the State, without dis
tinction of party, and yet majority of the mem
bers of the Legislature have chosen to disregard
equally the manifest popular will of their consti-
tuents and the plain injunctions Of common ho-
nesty.
1t appears that twice before has this great State
been threatened with similar disgrace, but on each
occasion it was happily averted. In 1888, during
the general suspension Of specie payments, Mr..
Flagg, the Comptroller at that time, refused to
accept the legal privilege Of repudiation which
was accorded to him. With great trouble, and at
considerable expense to the State, he succeeded in
paying the interest of the State debt in gold.
Again, in 1862, as We have previously recalled,
Comptroller Robinson saved the State from the
disgrace which now threatens it. No provision
had been made fer obtaining gold to pay the State
debt interest; but he succeeded in obtaining it at
his own risk, and his act was subsequently ratified
by the Legislature. That body also then made pro-
vision for the honest payment of the interest due
to foreign creditors for the year 1868.
Some of our contemporaries in the State express
the hope that wealthy citizens Of the State will
advance sum necessary to enable the Comptroller
to pay the accruing interest in gold with the un-
derstanding that they shall rely the honesty and
honor of the next Legislature to reimburse them.
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser refers to the
subject in the following terms:
"We trust that the Comptroller will take similar
the present year. and feel confident that he will
b. sustained not only the people, but the next Legs
lature. Unless this be determined upon, believe it
be the duty of the Governor to call extra session OF
the Legislature and make them recall their dishonest egs
laton in obedience to the declared sentiments of their
sttuents With single exception Journal in the State
of any preensions to respecabty influence has had
the hardhood to defend the action of the Leg stature
We believe that the people Of the State not only
to- but that they desire to be honest and that ey will
endorse the language Of Governor Seymour special
sage upon this subject"
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THE MARYLAND CONVENTION.

The State Convention Of Maryland resssembled on
Monday last but, owing to the absence of its resident,
the standing committees of the body not announced
The session principally consumed by the discussion Of
resolution for the adjournment Of the Convention to Bal
tmore. motion to lay the subject on the table was
rejected by tie vote. of the Union members
Of the Convention held subsequently to it's adjournment
on Thursday Last, adopted the following resolution
Resofpd That this Conferences unanimously accept the
policy OF immediate emancipation without State conpen
saon az the instruction Of the late election and that
will this respect faithfully represent the expressed will
of the people OF Maryland"
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SUCCESSFUL CAVALRY EXPEDITION.

cavalry expedition sent out from Vienna Thursday
last under command of Col Lowell returned to that place
Sunday after having visited Leesburg, Rectertown
and Uppervle Near Uppervie portion of Mosby's
guerrilla band encountered whom sharp fight ensued
which resulted 10 loss to the rebels Of two killed,
four wounded, and twenty-thres taken prisoners. Col
Lowell lost three killed and four wounded. He re-
turned safely to Vienna, with twenty three prisoners
twenty-five horses and quantity of wool, tobacco and
other contraband goods picked up on the route.
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IMMIGRATION FROM GREAT BRITAIN.

We have been favored with the annexed letter
| from the American Consul at Lii erpool to the
Secretary of State relative to the unprecedented
emigration now In progress from that port to the
United States. We understand that letters Of
similar import have been received from other parts
of Europe:
U. 8. CONSULATE, LIVERPOOL
april %, 1864.
SIR: perceive notice in the papers of recommsn-
daon for act to encourage emigration from Europe to
the United States. This probably will be considered
sufficient excuse for my venturng to call your attention
to the matter far this port is concerned EmQra-
ton may be said to have been active il now
1t is quite unprecedented For the past two months all
the emgrant vessels from Liverpool to the States both
with steam and as have taken emgants to their utmost
capacity At the there not half enough
ships to carry those who want to CO. called this morn
ing on two or three of the leading shipping houses to
ascertain the true state of the business and will briefly
detail what learned. Inmans steamers-the Liverpool
New York, and Philadelphia lne-told me that every
passage on all their steamers up the 18Th Of May next
now engaged and onehaf of those Of the steamers to
sa after this period up to the 1st of june Guion Co.
and c. Grimshaw a. Co., two other large houses told me
that all the their respective to sail be-
tween now and the lt day of June already TAKEN
and that they turning off people every day for Of
That they pressed that they do
not know what to do They have half vessels enough
and cannot them to carry the psssengers who
want TO 60. What they say will appy with equal force
to all the other shippers at this large proportion
OF the emgrans bave had their passage paid the Stats
These have preference They have raised the price of
their tickets for passage within the last few weeks least
third higher than they All the vessels sailing re-
filed with passengers, and the only way ration can
now be ncre ased far England and Ireland are con-
c-rned is to increase the OF transportation Ore
of the houses told this morning that they could send
out fifty thousand emgraBs the States in two months
if they had the ships to carry them do not write this
with the view of interfering with the passage of the pro-
posed bill to facilitate emigration it may be
ssy for the continentbut merely put you possession
of the facts they exist at this place And quits
that you will rejoice with myself learn that il is
not required for Eng and Ireland at least for the pre-
sent, to encourage emigration.
i am, sir. very respectfully, yuur obedient servant
THOMAS H. DUDLEY.
Hon. WILLIAM III, SEWARD, Secretary of State.
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FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE Building No. 2l0 Chatham
street. New York destroyed by FIRE Monday
ing, Wm Henig, German, and his wife and three chill
dren occupied the third story and unable escape
Henig jumped from the window, and badly injured
that he subsequently died The charred remains OF the
wife and children afterwards found in the ruins
Two other persons were injured.
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slls,962, ,47e $l9a,sl2, ,les sl59 SIG, ,ls4

The comparison between the imports and exports may
msead superficial observers unless they reminded that
the imports reckoned at their foreign cost god to
which must be added the freight duty. and premium
gold, to make their value here; while the exports
reckoned at their quoted prices in paper money At the
present average takes considerably than two dol
lars OF exports to pay for Of imports Jour Of Com
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LARGE NEGOTIATIONS.

The Foreign Imports at the port of New York for the
month Of March, 1864 have been larger reckoned
at their foreign specie cost than for any previous month
since the beginning of the war; the total being nearly
twenty.four million dollars. If to this added the
price of freight duty and exchange the total cost of the
months imports in .our paper currency will be found to
exceed sixty million dollars We annex from the Journal
Of Commerce. comparative summary!
Foreign Imports at NeD York in March.
rs 1862 1868 1864
Enid for consump- $40 $50 $11 572 $l5 s4s425
Enid for warehg.- 4,841 SAG 6Ol6 9OI 664I 4OS
Free goods.-------- 3.476004 / 32s S06 l,072 $40
Specie and bullion. SO 327 1913 GIG l04,437
Tot ent at ports 7I9 s66 $Is $50 s95 I19
Wd'n from wareh-- 3,O395 SGT 3,456,530 5.2l5 9s3
The increase since January lst has reached nearly
fifty per cent of the corresponding total for last year.
The following is a comparison for three months:
Foreign Imports at NsD York for three months from jan
aary la.
1862 1863 1864
Enid for consump 1924 l34 29 1927 SIS 3S $44 O7 644
Do for warehs'ng,- 1854 057 IA 157 470 II 204 742
Free goods ,--..---- 9,4o9 5s7 4,526 DAG All 657
Specie and bullion al4,9s2 4a9,4sa as4s77
Total ent at por $45 22 $46 69s 3I7 $64 26s 45O
Wadn from ware.... 10,862 AGO S,S371e8 l5,451 OBJ
OF the above sixtyfour and quarter millions. thirty
and quarter millions dry goods, that the whole
Import, exclude free goods and Specie is divided
about equally between dry goods and general merchandise
We have also compiled comparative table showing the
imports at New York for the nine months ending with
March that includes just Of the Govern
ment fiscal year. The total of specie deducted at the
close
Foreign Imports at NeD York for Nine Months ending
March 81
1862 1863 1864
Six months---. $58 9099l4 $50 COL S54 $96 6u8 SOC
January ~ $40 S29 rs 739 766 Is 977 394
February...---... 13 S72 l40 l2 OFT $40 2l643 937
March, 1879 500 l8 $50 e95 90 657 Il9
Tot for 9months $l04 22749 l36 pol $3.50 S95 $50
Specie do--.---- III 493,13 1877 2l5 334 377
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IMPORTANT IsyEsTIoN-A gentleman at Wilmington
De) has perfected invention by which he makes types
out of vucanzed India rubber and which, it 10 alleged,
viii last three or four times longer than metal,
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THE DRAET

The draft has been ordered 10 take place in the following
States to gil the deficiencies existing their quotas
Massachusetts,, New Jersey, Ohio Minnesota Kentucky;
and Maryland,