The New York herald., 1865-02-25


State street. He was remandcd for sentence yohI
williams indicted with other msa CHARGED with
roObng Michael Moriarty of hundred dollars al
house in Oliver street, but the statement Of
considered unreliable and the charaoter Of ths
scc1sed good that cs abandoned by tho
prosecuting officer. and the jury rendered verdict o
not guilty hsStE4 "a
Captain James Yates Beal tho roboi spy. was hanged
yesterday afternoon Governors Island In accordanc<
with the Of court martial He met his death
with arnnrss manifcstng regrct for his career
dread the solemn termination Of his mortal sxiscncs
The ion Witnessed by hundred persons
The Ian,n line steamship Etna Captain McGuigan,
will sal a. noon to-day for Queenstown and Liverpool
from pier "a North river This steamer will take tho
mails for the United Kingdom and tho Continent which
viii close at the Post ollce ct half past ten A. n
The new and magnificent steamship Montana OF about
four thousand tons register built for the Pacific Matt
Steamship Company, will be laxnchcd this morning
halfpast eight O'Clock, from Messra Webb Bells ship
yard Grccnpoint 05}Fs 2 rfIn. i. ~
sor.ous accident though far a. we have learned
not fatal in any instance occurred yesterday Long
Island Railroad, between Lakeland North lslp II
crossing where there ahigh embankmcnt Three
passenger OF train coming towards this city
dctarhcd from the engine and baggage car and the for
ward ono Of the three plunged down tho cmbankmont
ssngers nearly all OF whom wore considerably injured
many Of them having limbs broken. Though many Of
the passengers Of tho other cars received INJURIES
they did not fare badly those Of the nr ono The
attaches Of the road attribute the affair breaking Of
axle but other people the train think was, at
least TO extent by the bad condition Of the
road ts6 em fIs4 sls-aa 81 4 KAT
coroner's inquest held yesterday ovss tho body
Of . lad named William Mclaughlin, thirteen years Of
Forty fourth street and Eleventh avenue BY being
by Of the Hudson River RailEoad he attempt
ing 70 get on Il while II was in motion.
Eleven persons killed and seveFa injured on tho
st. Louis and Chicago Railroad, the lsh As by the
breaking OF rail-
Two freight trains the Chicago and New Albany
Railroad colided with Numbering crash the 10th inst
instantly killing one man. and pretty esctua ly using
up both locomotives Ono Of tho enginee had gone to
sleep with bottle beside him. leaving the valves OF his
engine open.
The stock market was higher yesterday Government
securities were steady Gold heavy and closed in
the afternoon at 1881 Al the evening board closed
at 1921
There not much change mercantile matters yes
terday. The steadiness Of gold prevented violent
changes in prices while the rapid progress Of military
events in the Caronas hndered transactions Foreign
goods were quiet. Domestic produce dull, with
moderate transactions Cotton steady. Petroleum
was dull, but Arm. On Change the flour market was
quiet and &C. lower. Wheat steady, while
dull and lower Oats rmer and moro active. Tho
pork market active but prices were . shade or
Beef was in moderate demand, while lard was Hrmer,
with moro doing. Frcights were dull. whiskey was
decidedly lower, with less doing
The Capture Of Wilmington-Oar Pro-
gress Everywhere.
Wilmington is ours, az both Admiral Porter
and Secretary Stanton simultaneously an
nounce. Our gunboats are at the wharves,
whore so many scores Of blockade runners
have discharged the cargoes Of British arms
and ammunition that have been used in the at
tempt to break down our government, and our
soldiers are in the filthy streets that lately
echoed with the defiant rebel slang Of cotton
dealers and drunken sailors. We thus hold
both ends Of that line Of railroad that, under
the name ofthe Weldon road, was but short
time ago the main reliance of Lees army for
al supplies Of mdtlrid, and in . great degree
for subsistence. This road traverses in direct
line tho State Of North Carolina and all Of vir-
yinia south Of Grants camp. Previous to the
passage Of the James by Grant II was far the
most important Of Lees lines, as 1t brought all
the foreign supplies from Wilmington, and
drained also very rich country. Lee fought
three terribly expensixe bsttles to recover the
Petersburg end Of IL from Grant; and, falling
In that, built line Of fortincations to enable
him still to draw supplies from the same road.
Il il now absolutely ours
II tis mistake to suppose that the holding Of
Wilmington was no longer Of any advantage to
Lee after the loss Of Fort Fisher. By holding
that place he held to some extent this Weldon
road, and, as he has shown, could at times
draw supplies from 1t around Grants left That
is done with now, and hs must be more than ever
straitsned. Moreover, by holding Wilmington,
- he did, with small force, he kept employed
and away from Grant q very considerable
Union force. He takes Hoke from Wilmington
to concentrate; but Schoneld can, ct the same
time, join either Grant or Sherman with his
whole command. Not man need be left at
Wilmington, since the gunboats can hold Il
until some one invents way to make militia
effective against iron-clads. But in the present
plan Of concentration and the smsllness Of his
force, every man ID so important to Lee that
he cannot afford to leave division at Whining
ton, though there Is in one way an obvious ad-
vantage in 1t.
Thus, day after day, and with capture after
capture, the great game goes on TO Its culmi-
nation. Grant watching and waiting at Petsrs-
burg, Sherman driving on through South and
North Carolina with irresistible force, Scho6eld
advancing from Wilmington, and Sheridan
ready TO swoop up the valley. This is the great
picture on one side; and on the other We
have only Lee trembling in his trenches, and
Beauregard and Hardee struggling forward to
add their weakness to his. On tho one side
miserable, beaten, demoralized mass Of men,
perhaps sixty thousand In number, and every
man eager to desert; and on the other side
o confident effective and enthusiastic force Of