The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-05-11
THE SITUATION.

Johnson puphn W tar hxkAp o. me hrA INSTANT anu
which repasish 10 day. renewing restrictions on com
In MI articles ocsabssa % var In the siaie
cast Of the Mississippi river recently In rebellion secre
tAry Of the Treasury nocsoeh has issued Instruction
which wal be foasd columns sh,. morning The,
form scocumuni Of gcss Importance 70 tho comnerca
community.
The work Of Outstanding the army and restoring th'
country 70 the peace status being rapidly pushed for
ward The Secretary Of War M. directed The inmedais
discharge OF oil volunteer csvslrymea ., the various
military dspartm ens whose Of Enlistment expire
prior to October nrxt
An order was also yesterday issued from the War De-
partner. for the immediate mastering out Of the mill
within the Department. Of Washington whose terms will
expire or before tho alst Of this month.
Lieutenant General Grant has ofcially directed that
all the parolcd rebel soldiers detained at Alexandra,
Va, be Immediately sent TO their homes Those whose
former residences were in the loyal States will be
CURED before being permitted to return thcr to take
the oath OF allegiance to the government
Application yesterday by press reporters FOR admance
TO the court in Washington engaged in trying tho
assassination consprators met with refusal and 1, Is
destood that for the present only such portions OF its
proceedin will be allowed be made public may be
communicated by the War Department. The accused
yesterday arragned and made objections TO he
details Of the court Their cases will be proceeded with
to-day.
despatch from Chattanooga, Tenn states that Jcr.
Davis Friday last at Powclton, Hancock county,
Georgia. General Wilson, whose cavalry well as
General Stonemans is in pursuit Of Je has scattered
through the country handbils informing tho people Of
the reward offered for the f. gtive traitor
The rate at which the government seven and three
tcnths per cent loan being absorbed wonderful
On Tuesday the subscriptions amounted over fifteen
million dollars, and yesterday they reached to over
seventeen million dollars.
General Washburne, commanding OF Memphis, has
prohibited the return to that city Of former residents
who voluntarily left II and remained within the nsur-
reconary lines during the continuance of the rebellion
He also Declines while permitting oil private soldiers OF
the late rebel armies to subscribe the oath of al
lesance TO allow their officers TO take It, the ground
shat too late for tho at.cr to claim the benefits
OF the Presidents amnesty proclamation.
Measures being takon by the military authorities
TO put stop TO guerilla operations in different portions
OF the South Points in the interior of the State Of
Mississippi where armed pests arc very numerous
are TO be Immediately occupied by national troops
New Orleans papers of the I'd inst bring Mobile dates
10 the 2sth ult Special Field Order, No 40, recently
Issued, designates General Granger commander of
che post and district OF Mobile with the authority OF
controlling all trade in supplies permitted to be brought
General J. C. veatch the immediate commander Of
tho CITY, with power to decide such questions OF trade
police ana health he may deem advisable. General
Slack has lately executed two guerllas numbers Of
vicinity The artillery captures Bakcley larger
than at first reported There fell into hands this
place forty pieces of artillery and thirty
carriages. The rebel Notifications around Mobile all
to be cvellcd TO the ground and the guns be
moved The work has already commenced.
Another daring bel pratical operation is reported by
Nassau correspondent He states that an unknown
schooner, which recently sailed from Baltimore a
legitimate cruise hailed before getting out of
Patapsco river by who represented themselves
Is deserving rebel soldiers wishing to obtain passage to
Point Lookout As soon they all got on board they
overpowered the captain and crew, put oil OF them
ashore excepting two Negroes and made sail
with the schooner arriving with her at salt Cay,
demand the British authorities for the surrender of
the vessel; but this aoccded TO- and although
tho pirates ordered to leave with hor in twenty four
hours they did not do but remained up the date OF
latest accounts 1t supposed to be the design of these
rebels capture larger vessel with the schooner aban-
don the latter and reg lar pira,icl cruise
EUROPEAN NEWS
Tho steamship ASIA from Qiecnstown the Soh ult,
rcachod Halifax yesterday The by this arrival
two days later.
The assassination Of President Lincoln continued 10
call forth throughout Europe, and especially in England
the slron gest manifestations OF sympathy for the
American people and the severest denur iation of
the crime. Immense meetings had been held in Lon.
DON Liverpool and other places at which speeches
made and resolutions adopted expressive OF the poplc
grief at loss and condemnation OF the infa
spiraors Is expected that Queen Victoria will send
M address OF coincidence TO government
The matter wns Oh tally noticed in both houses OF Par
lament. Tn Excitement on the first announcement Of
tho assassination in the various English cities of tho
most intense character
In the Court Of Queens Bench, London, II had been
decided that the offence with which Charles Windsor,
the alleged dcautng teller Of the Mercantile Bank of
this city, was charged not forgery ording to the
English law, and he therefore ordered TO be dis
charged on ball. but he still detained a civil writ