The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-01-29

VIEW YORK HERALD, SU.
con Pollock whs died fon the snscts Of ps.o, sAos
received on lass Wednesday eyonag 10 . house on the
corner OF Church and Lkpeaard sirseA Il had beea
supposed thss Pollock ws dslbsraisiy shot BY naa
named Harry Ycivstss bas the testimony taken BY The
Coroner seemed indicate that the shooting acci
dental n being alleged thai the pistol exploded while
Yelveroa was trying 70 wrench IRON the hands Of Kate
Burke Alias Catharns Hunt In whose apartments the
fatal snAir occurred This woman committed V tho
Tombs 10 await the action Of the Grand Jury and
rant was Issued for the arrest Of Ysiverton who u still
q largo.
coroners inquest was held yesterday In the eass q
Mr. Samuel Dick, retired merchant seventy years Of
are, who committed suicide BY hanging on Thursday
evening last in an upper story Of his residsnss In
Stanton street. No for the rash act ID known.
Mrs Susan Plaster fell into tho Eass river and was
drowned on Friday evening while endsavorng TO get on
board the schooner Kate Brigham Of which her husband
ID captain.
Tho warden or the BioomingdAls Lunatc Asylum,
while riding up the Bloomingdals road Friday evening"
was attacked, when near Ninety-nrss street. BY two
highwaymen, who robbed him Of vallss containing
articles Of trinng value Tho robbers escaped arrest
Two men, who gave their names q John Moore and
william Brooks yesterday committed to tho Tombs
charged with being hotel thieves and breaking the
room Of ono OF tho guests at the Washington Hotel
Broadway Friday night, and attempting 70 rob him.
lot Of burglars tools found In their possession
They are the Same mon who were arrested about two
weeks since at tho boy Street House. but who sub
sequeny discharged cEaG lack q evidence against
them.
are occurred early yesterday evening In tho res,au-
rant No 100 Maiden lane, caused BY the explosion Of
kerosene lamp Mr. Bendix the proprietor Of the place.
was severely burned, and another received less
serious injuries The are extngushed before II had
done much damage to the premises
The stock market was Arm yesterday. Governments
q shade stronger Gold was aotve but dropping,
and, after opening a. go, closed At 2l2K.
Commercial affairs irregular saturday, owing
to tho fluctuations in gold. Nearly everything was
nrmcr however, and some articles higher. There
was some improvement in domestic produce; but i'm
ported goods were q general thing, quiet. Cotton,
petroleum, &c higher On Change tho nour
market &C. l0c higher while wheat advanced Sc.
TO-, with rather doing. Corn was steady while
oats were quiet and without decided change Pork was
irregular and less active but steady Lard was quiet,
but hrmeE Whisky was quiet, but 0rm.
The Rebel Naval Raid ON tho James
Lees Last Attempt-His Failure.
The recent rebel advance down the James
river was movement Of peculiar nature and
Of not little importance. It was one that in
case of mishap could be made TO seem very
small matter, and so save Its projectors the OBJ
loquy Of failure; but it was q movement that in
case of success had within it the possibility Of
very great result. 1t was, as the Richmond
papers tell US, planned by General Lee. II had
therefore an association with army operations,
and was to accomplish not 80 much q naval as
military purpose. 1t was, we have no doubt,
the premier pas Of u rebel advance, the tentative
toward one more attempt to drive Grant from
his position on the James, or at the least to
inHict severe blow upon his army. II may
even be the very move with which we were
some time ago told that General Lee was to
astonish the world; but, however that may be,
it was unquestionably movement which Lee
could have turned to great advantage had 1t
been crowned with success.
Let US review the position in which it found
US, and upon which it was promised. Grants
army is cut into two unequal parts by the James
river. The advantage Of holding both sides of
the river as Grant does is great II enables him
to menace the enemy on either wing, and to
gain the greatest advantage of superior num-
bers and it is this fact and bis position that is
perhaps most dangerous to the enemy. On the
other hand, to have the parts Of an
army separated by river has always
danger in it. Grant provided against
that danger with great care at the commence
ment II will be remembered that when in the
summer Admiral Lee could not give positive
assurance that the enemy's rams should not
come down the river, General Grant sunk
boats in the channel and INSTRUCTED the river
in that way. Safety from such an advance was
positively necessary. Without 1t his base, his
line Of communication and supply, would
always have been at the enemy's mercy, and he
might have been forced to retreat at any hour.
Moreover, the line Of communication between
the two parts OF the army could have been
severed and tho parts overwhelmed in detail.
Against these possibilities the distractions
and the naval force in the river were counted
upon to insure us. But 1t happened that we
were at once deprived Of both these relances.
All our iron.clads except one, we believe, were
absent, OF Wilmington or Hampton Roads. As
for tho distractions, they appear to have Jared
badly In the freshet, and, at all events, the
wator was 80 high that tho enemy deemed 1t
quito possible that his ships could 60 over.
Here, then, was his opportunity. He might at
. blow destroy Grants base at City Point and
break up his whole establishment there,
though the harm done might be only tempo
rary, The amount Of property destroyed would
DO great and its moral edcot would greatly
revive the rebel soul But the least
that could be expected Of tho advance would