The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-08
NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY. MARCH g. 1865.


which further proceedings in the were postponed
till Friday next
Nearly one hundred and nfsy men were enlisted yes
terday the SUPERVISOR volunteering headquarters
Pacards discovered posted around tho city calling
for to 90 to New Jersey and enlist The police i'm
mediatey received orders TO them all down and to
arrest any person caught replacing them
fire broke out yesterday morning. about one O'Clock,
In small tobacco store in Third avenue betwt Eighty
third and Eighty fourth Streets occupied by brothers
OF the Of Steel and extended to tho adjoining
buildings each side The contents OF the tobacco
store destroyed and considerable damage done
TO the two other buildings Tho brothers Steel were
arrested suspicion Of having fired their premises
themselves, and were locked up 10 await examination
James Roe and Harris Cohen yesterday committed
for examination suspicion Of picking pockets during
the time the great procession OF Monday in motion
Roo charged by Mr. Charles Collins with stealing
from him . diamond bresstpn, valued at hundred
and nifty dollars, in Broadway, Thirteenth street.
and Mr.. Alexander Bromel charged Cohen with abstract
Ing from his pocket silver watch, worth twenty i've
dollars.
The election for Governor and members OF the Legs
laure took place In Tennessee Saturday last the 9Th
instant Returns have only been received from portions
Of the State In the city Of Memphis Parson Brownlow,
the Union candidate for Governor received eleven hun
dred and eighty six votes against hundred and ton
scattering.
The Attorney General Of Canada stated in the Paia
ment at Quebec, the 9th Instant that northumberland
Ing the election Of candidates In New Brunswick opposed
TO the provincial confederation scheme, the Canadian
government would proceed In It's measures for eectng
that object.
According to the City Inspectors report there
ATS deaths in the city during the week ending the 9th
Of March-a decrease OF 70 compared with the NOR
taty Of the week previous and 80 than occurred
during the corresponding week last year. OF the deaths
In the course Of last week. 284 resulted from acute ds
cases 1877 from chronic diseases and n from external
There were 1928 natives OF the United States
II Of England So Of Ireland SO Of Germany Of Scot
Land and the balance Of various foreign countries.
There decrease in the number Of deaths from small
pox only twentyslx having occurred during the past
week. against thirty in the preceding week. ending
the 27th ut During the week ending the Goth ut.
there were thirty five deaths from this disease
The stock market lower Yesterday Governments
were fraction higher Gold was heavy, and closed
down town 1914 At the evening board II closed a,
the same price.
The markets yesterday were very quiet Tho feeling
In commercial circles feverish important advcss
from the theatre Of being constantly anticipated and
but little activity is expected until the position shall
have changed. Cotton declined cents while groce
ries were also lower; petroleum dull and nominal.
On Change the -four market continues quiet and prices
were without decided change; wheat ruled dull and
heavy, while corn and oats duh and nominal The
pork market opened dull and heavy but closed firm and
more active Beef steady while lard less actve
and scarcely 30 frm Whiskey was heavy and lower
Freights were dull and n0minay lower
The market for besf cattle this week was mixed
Strictly prime cattle scarce active and higher many
selling at e2c &c., and pair Of choics steers real
Icing &c. Other kinds were less active and sold at 12c
2lc Tho supply light and prices satis
factory than last week. Yet there great deal Of
grnmblng among the butchers Most OF the cattle went
1t 14c a21s Cows steady. veals were unchanged
Sheep and lambs sold shade lower though choice
went high. Tho range Of prices from ~ TO SIS
e21. Hogs sas!er Sales At lSc. lac Tho total
receipts $3.50 beeves iee COWS, lss veals 12Sls
sheep and lambs and l6ls hogs.
The Military situation-Crant, Sherman
and Sheridan.
Sherman's advance was reported ct Fay
etteyille on tho Attn instant. Fayetteville 10
in The southern part Of North Carolina, on
branch Of the Cape Fear river, one
hundred miles north Of Wilmington, sixty
miles dine south Of Raleigh, the capital Of
North Carolina, and two hundred and fifty
miles, AZ the bird fes, south of Richmond.
Fayetteville is one hundred miles east of Char
lotte, the point In North Carolina that the Rich
mond rebels next expected Sherman to turn up
at. Sherman doubtless sent force up the
railroad from Columbia to Charlotte, and
raised great deal Of dust in the direction Of
the latter place, while he boldly moved his
main body directly from Columbia to Fayette-
vile. BY this means he avoided entirely what
ever resistance had been prepared by the enc
my at Charlotte.
Tho robol papers report that force left by
Sherman at Columbia had been "overpow-
ered," and they counted upon that fact as a
very important contribution toward Shermans
annlhilation," evidently expecting to force
him back from Charlotte to Columbia. All
that strategic edilicc has been tumLled down
in the most simple manner by Sherman's move
ment to Fayetteville; and the rebel rhapsodies
to the effect that the least blundcr would be
Shcrman's ruin, are the funniest reading in the
world in view of the facts in the case. Sherman
menacing the most important points in the con-
fcderacy, operates from the best base in the
Southern States, with an army the best for its
numbers on Che EARTH He is power that Ma
poleon Bonaparte, at the head Of the finest army
he ever commanded, could not have afforded 70
despise, and be is opposed only by force ridi-
culously inferior in every point of view. Such
is in reality the military situation in South
Carolina, and meanwhile the Richmond papers
speak Of Sherman as "sIuck in the mud in one
of the Southern States" and hold up to their
readers the possibility that some Southern
general Is TO "bag" him.
Sherman is now practically part Of the force
operating against Lee, under the immediate
orders Of General Grant From his present
position his cooperation can he more effective
and ready than ii could be If his men were in
transports on the James river. His effectiveness