The New York herald., 1864-05-27

President Hayes IN the chnr After the presentation of
number OF uuimporiant resolutions and reports, WHICH
were referred resolutions presented by the Committee
ON Salaries and oces h favor Of increasing the psy Of
the inspectors in the Croton Aquednct Department and
the inspectors Of Tampa the street Department TO 81 so
per day. were adopted. The Board passed upon large
number OF general orders OF routine character. and ad
journed TN Monday.
The additional panel OF Jurors nmoned yesterday 10
the General Sessions try the indictment against Edward
Hunter charged with tho murder OF his wife, In Seventh
avenue, was exhausted before Jury was obtained.
Eleven jurors sworn, after which the Recorder
dered the absent jurors to be hncd twenty dollars
EACH and directed atty jurors be called out of which
number 1t is expected the twelfth juror viii bo selected
The Nth annual reception OF the pupils of the Male Art
Department Of the Cooper Union took place last evening"
and, twithstanding the unfavorabie state or the
weather, largely attended. The fth story Of the
building set apart for the exhibition Of the ars produo
tions of the male department. the floor below being de-
voted TO the female department. The architectural
drawings exhibition in this department OF the finest
description, many OF them being equal TO OF the
best productions OF the foremost architects OF city
Some free hand drawings taken from plaster casts reflect
great deal Of credit tho pupils, the copies beiog
perfect fac sles Of the originals Every department Of
nature has its counterpart faithfully represented in the
and varied specimens OF drawing in watcr aud
oil coors and the collection, taken whole Is highly
creditabie TO the institution which affords the young men
OF the city such opportunity TO acquire such
In this Important branch OF This evening the closing
exercises. which will consist Of singing and addresses
and the reading of the annual report OF the trustees viii
take place iu the hall OF the Institute.
The yesterday contributed TO restrict operations
aud to pull prices railroad shares Gold
tive during the day. and sold the fractions between ls3
and ls4 Government securities continued firm, and
strong foreign demand for the Ave twenties raised the
quotations TO lot 107x.
The fall In gold and the rain storm combined to
render The business transactions lighter than usual
yesterday when there scarcely anything done except
In few articles Imported goods decidedly dull,
and prices were entirely nominal We may remark,
however, that holders very generally rm In their
views Petroleum continued in good demand but prices
were q shade easier. Cotton was still higher. On
Change brsadsub dull and dropping though prices
show no decided change. Pork again dearor and
fairly active Lard closed dull Other provisions un
changed whskey armsr. Frsshts firm.
Tho Operations or Generals Grant and
Sherman.
From the Army Of the Potomac we have the
good news that General Lee has been once
more brought to bay. He is reported by
General Grant to be in strong position be-
tween the North and South Anna rivers. II
was probably no part of General Lees plan to
make stand at this point when he left the
neighborhood of Spottsylvauia Court House.
Except that his line OF communication is some
what shorter, his new position has apparently
no advantage over the one he left, and it is not
likely that, merely to shorten bis line, he would
further injure the morale OF his army, already
poor, by such run as he has just made.
General Lee certainly left Spottsylvauia to
60 to Richmond; but he has either vacillated
and changed his plan or Grant followed so fast
that Lee found 1t impossible to get across the
South Anna in time to get away safely, and so
took up new position. We think the latter
the more probable, as the pursuit had
been pushed to the extreme limit ~
what our men could sAsar. Secretary STAN
toms despatch indicates that we need not
expect news of Importance from this quarter
for two or three days. We do not apprehend
that the next news will. when it comes, be the
news OF the decisive battle, but only of some
minor assault made by Lee to cover another
attempt to run away, or perhaps the news Of
another retreat in the night, even without the
poor ruse OF an assault to cover K.
General Sherman evidently does not intend
to 90 to Atlanta by the roads that Johnston
has picked out and fixed for him. Though
the Charleston Mercury informs its readers that
Johnston holds all the roads leading to that
place, Sherman appears by our news to-day
to have flankcd both Johnston and his roads,
by an advance through Paulding county to the
northwest Of Atlanta, and to be as near to that
city as its defenders were. Johnston's army is
reported to be willing to "follow him any
where,'' aud we have no doubt that that excel
lent disposition has carried them beyond
Atlanta by this time.
THE ADVANCE OF THE REFORM MOVEMENT II
EsGLaND.--The enthusiastic greeting OF Gar
baldi by the working classes in England gave
great concern to the British government, be-
cause it we'll knows That desire for reform has
taken possession Of the masses Of the people,