The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-17

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measure Of reform deserves the thaulu Of q
country for moving In It at this time.
Opening o. che spr,as csapaiGas N
Il A,oand.
Il Nowadays We hear or nothing but oam
psigns. just ct present everybody y begin
Ming tho spring campaign. Fashions spria
campaign opens magaHosntly. the stores or
crowded with handsome dress goods and hand
somely dressed wsmel. aad - high prices o
every article Of necessity, comfort and luxury
only sesm to exotic tho customers. as high bet
ting readers gamblers moro eager and snthusi
asto. Ia Wall street an immense mining cam.
psigu has begun. tho object ofwhloh i to under
mlae outsiders and snk shafts into the pocket,
Of innocent people. TAen the spring campaiga
has opened IN ell other sorts or business. in
which mon mako money for their wives and
daughters 70 spend. But everything b going
up. including house rent and stage fare. and Il
requires great deal OF business TO keep the
receipts equal to tho expenditures.
The spring oampaign hes also opened Of the
Opera and the theatres. At the Opera tho
throngs arc ~ great ~ over and tho operas
even better performed. Tho theatres enjoy
tho same good fortune, Wallaoks is jsmmed
nightly. The Winter Garden would have
boon jammed also had not the two
now plays recently produced there turned out
the worst Of fascos. Ar. A. Oakley Hall, our
brilliant and versatile District Attorney, has
buriesqusd tho Loyal Leaguers and tho shoddy
sistocracy for tho Olympic Edwin Booth
draws multitudcs 10 Niblo's Garden. Both Of
the Bowery theatres are doing weA-so well
that Manager Lingard, Of tho New Bowery. has
lately developed aristocratio tastes and made
the tour Of Europe. Barnun u entlotng other
peoples postage currency into his safe with his
accustomed success The ninstrels, and ell
the other minor establishments, and the circus
and oil the other establishments for minors, are
also prospecting Those arc carnival times and
the people must DO amused.
Tho spring campaign opens sloriously at the
Park. As that great pleasure ground ap-
proaches completion it becomes more and more
beautiful and this summer the number Of
splendid .equipages to be seen there will be
largely increased. Already the carriage
builders are oyerrun with orders Soon the
spring races will begin, and plenty OF fine
horses are preparing to show their paoes upon
the various tracks. The yachting season is also
close at hand, and our amateur sailors snuff the
salt breezes from afar. In the meantime all
die aged New York attend the Sanitary Fair.
in company with strong embassy from New
Jersey aud large representation Of the rest OF
mankind, and admire the picture gallery, and
wonder ct Bierstadts Indians, and inspect the
Old Curiosity Shop, and vote upon the generals
sword, and eat in the Knickerbocker Kitches.
and try to read the dispiritng Spirit Of Me Fair,
and subscribe to the artists albums in
order to discourage rafting, aud look at .
lady's hand through q microscope, and stare Of
q brick through telescope, aud inspect the
ceiling through the bottoms Of another kind of
glasses, and buy literally at all the booths, and
enjoy themselves generally. This Is the grand
spring charitable campaign, and it is progress
ing triumphantly.
Last Of all, there is the opening Of the spring
campaign against the rebels. AS General
Grant has charg. Of that. we have no doubts of
the result. The political campaign appears to
be almost neglected. All the politicians are
waiting to see how General Grant comes out.
BY way of assisting him--as politicians usually
assist generals--they are specializing about his
plan and trying to reveal it to JEFF. Davis. The
Tribune, Tines and World are especially dis.
tinguished in this work, and tell all they know
about it. Fortunately. they know nothing;
but it is very evident that If they were
well Informed the rebel leaders would
require no scouts and spies; for these
professedly loyal papers would reveal every
thing. II General Grant has a plan he has
locked il up In his own breast. Certainly no
correspondent OF the tardy Tribune, the tat
thing Tines or the wicked World has been ad.
mitted to the confidence ofthe Lieutenant Genc-
raj. Whether he will take the overland route,
or the peninsula route, or the North Carolina
route, or the balloon route, or some other
route, or all the rontes, is his own business
and nobody's else. Let us be satisfied to know
that he will take Richmond and rout the
enemy. He violates the Ninth Commandment
whs pretends to know and divulgS anything
more Of General Grants plans for the spring
campaign.
The WILKES OoURT MARTIAI.-The proceed
ings in this case are watched by the pub
lie with the liveliest interest. The moro the
facts are developed the more discredt they re-
feet on the Navy Department Even should
the acts OF characterization charged be cstab-
lshed they will increase the sympathy felt for
the gallant officer who IL on hi, trial. They