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

An tntars.,ing oorrsspendenos hes ust tsksa psase
betuesn Brgadiss General Hays and supervisor Boat
iu regard TO toe quota Of New York. from wn'oo "
appe 70 that the city ooy lacks three thousand sevea
hundred and twelve mon 70 make good her compeeees
under al calls Il furthermore appears that snsf-
mepts BIZ the SUPERVISORY Committee NJ 70 the time or
the Of the drat-whch u not yet ordered
| VIII DO credited u tho quota.
We rive in another column the full details OF the sad
catastrophe on board OF the Chensngo Friday stier
| noon Up too late hour yesterday nineteen Il the
sufferers died. and there but faint hopes Of The
| recovery Of soms twelve Out q thirty thrs
scalded hopes Of recovery ente taned only 10
cases. The incidents OF The affair ag -
record. nsd but those who have Witnessed the
suleSugs Of these poor Imagine the socoes Of
horror and agony brought By this terrible calamity
The European maii By the Asia, ds,ed 70 u, "a
,sst, reached this city from Boston yesterday. Tho
main points Of the news published In the HERALD
last Friday 10 our teeEraphc report from Halifax The
London DER organ OF the rebels In Rurss. reports
the Efforts made by Earl Russell 70 communicate With
JET Davis by . special envoy from Havana, sad its
failure
Acting Master Charles Eisenhower, OK the United
States steamer Vanderbilt, trial before court
n rtlAl assembled In tho Philadsphia Navy Yard.
charged with the murder OF James Gray mate Of tho
British bark Saxon the high ~ shooting hin
coast or Africa Ia tho month OF October last Tue Sexos
seized prize by the Vanderbilt. the sosmsnlsr
Of the steamer aBertng that the bark employed
tender to the rebc prvatecr Tuscaloosa and hen bad
PARTON or her conrabsnd cargo board. Mr. Gray
shot after the capture The subject been
queaty discussed I'm tho English Parliament. and gave
rise to important Official correspondence bewsea EArl
Russell. Lord Lyons and Mr.. Seward.
The attendance at tho Fair yesterday quite large
nvA hiatt
treasury.
Count Joa1nes last evening repeated lecture on "Na
poeon and the French Empire" In she Cooper institute
There but small attendance On tho proposition,
shall his Exccsncy Abraham Lincoln Major Geosrai
George Mcclellan b the next President OF tho Omitted
States. An overwhelming vote was given In favor Of
"Iitte Mac"
Tho case o. the Senator was again yesterday In the
United States Circuit Court before Judge Hail. Counsel
FOR tho accused Captain Cunningham moved to have an
early day fixed by the government for tho nnA trial Of
the case, or neis prev entored by the court. After
argument. Monday week, April 25, was nxed for the
trial.
There wA panic in the stock market yesterday, and
nearly evory share fell the rss board from two 10 ten
per cont. Government securities, however remained
steady, but inactive. The gold market quiet, the
quotations ranging between III and 1854 Money was
ise and there less disposition than usual tho
part OF capitalists to accommodate.
The drop in gold and exchange rendered tho markets
for merchandise very quiet Saturday and most
M dlties dull. The business reported was but
moderate in any, and small 10 mos. articles Of commerce
Cotton was irregular. Groceries were pretty firm.
Petroleum was irregular, and the business light
On Change brcsdstuns all lower and very dul the
decline In -four being from l6c. 4oc Pork Csc or
and cthe. hog products in proportion Butter also
dropping, and beef firm. Waskey was &C. &c. lower.
Freizhts depressed and inactive. The limited cngaes
ments to Liverpool were at rates which will not pay
stevedore wages let alone other incidental expenses Tho
export movement is extremely light, end the supply Of
tonnage largely il OF tho demand Many vessels
are clearing out 10 ballast for the otber SIDE seeking
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The Rebel Ope ations I'm Kentucky.
We Incline to the opinion that the operations !
OF Forrest and his forces in Kentucky are more
important than they are generally supposed to
be. A general who is likely 10 be hemmed in
from all sides must, says the maxim, assume
the offensive and strike somewhere to distract
his enemy's attention, even il be do not divert
his forces. And at present the Southern con-
federacy, menaced by Grant in Virginia and
checked by steady Thomas in Georgia, and by
our forces in East Tennessee, is in the position
of the general likely to be hemmed in, and has |
chosen to assume the offensive in
kentucky Such a series Of operations as that
lust begun ct Fort Pillow, while it cannot
alone affect the result of the war. may yet do
Tery serious injury in the destruction that goes
With it. and may also retard to say the least,
he operations OF one OF our armies.
II appears very probable that operations In
Kentucky are part q the rebel plan for the
coming season. Doubtless the rebel leaders
Rave more than once regretted that they had
not paid to Kentucky those peculiar attentions
rs a border State that they havs lavished upon
Maryland. Had they assumed the defensive +
On the Potomac, and sent their great advances
INTO Kentucky rather than into Maryland |
and into Pennsylvania, they might have met
with more sympathy from the people; and, Ms
our concentration in their path would have
been less easy, the result might have been diff
ferent. II may be that they think 1t not yet |
thirk that the present time, when our greatest
energies are apparently concentrated on the
struggle in Virginia. is the best they could
have chosen for such an advance.
If the rebel General Buford, now somewhere
rear Paducah, shall be Joined in Kentucky by
he forces under Forrest, Lee and Chalmers,
lately ct Fort Pillow, and on their way north,
We should have troublesome body to deal |
with. But If the energetic Morgan, now be-
lieved to be in Virginia, shall make his way
into Kentucky with still larger force, on that
bold expedition Of which the Raleigh Con-
f.derots speaks. the result may be very des-
perate one. For, aside from the destruction OF
property that would ensue We do not
see. what should prevent such force,
uuNed in Kentucky, and supplied by plumber,