The New York herald., 1866-05-19

held hrm while domestic produce was irregular-gener
ally lower Cotton WAS the main exception Prices fo
this article advanced under good demand Petroleum
was nrmer Sugar was quiet Come dull and freights
dull On Change nour was lower. Wheat and corn
we're also lower. Oats were steady. Pork some-
what lower Beef was steady. Lard nrm. whiskey
nominal
nsCELLANE0Us.
The President has approved the bills authorizing the
coinage Of five cent pieces, imposing duty Of twenty
per cent ad vaorum on imported live CATTLE allowing tho
Vice Admiral secretary and the joint resolutions con-
graduating the Emperor Of Russia his escape from
sassnaton and relative the United States Courts and
Post 0fices In New York CITY,
The President has forbidden the assumption Of the
Office OF Probate Judge OF Mobile county, Alabama by
Raphael Semmes and orders that he shall hold no oce
civil or political, while he remains unpardoned.
Our Mexican advices are from Vera Cruz the 9Th,
and via Havana the 18th The notorious guerilla
Quanre had arrived Vera Cruz and proceeded to the
city Of Mexico. On the oath Of April thousand Of
the foreign legion had arrived from Touion. It ID
reported that five thousand French troops are 10 leave
during the present month. The John l. stephens, the
American steamer which was seized sometime ago by
The liberals was found to contain contraband Of war,
destined for the imperiasts She had sailed from San
Francisco. The gold miners have been unexpectedly
sccc essful In the Metataxua country. The re.
ports continue Of desultoty and undecsvc fighting,
forced loans and heavy taxes
From British Guiana we have files dated at Demarara
on the 10th Of April. Four hundred and seventy-nve
Coolies had been landed from Calcutta They wore
classed-rwo hundred and eighty seven men, ninety
six women, fortyone boys fourteen girls and thirty
seven infants Nine deaths and birth occurred du-
ring voyage Of ssventy-seven days. 81
The political in New Brunswick growing out
earnestly InAammatory speeches are delivered at night
meetings and antconfederation candidates appear to
most in favor. .ta
Our correspondent at Fortress Monroe says each day
increases the anxiety of JEFF Davis the speedy ap
proach Of the time of his trial. He was surprised find
but one count in the indictment against him, and il
sangune of favorable result TO himself on that
account Hr s-+t
General steedmans investigation at the sea islands Of
South Carolina reveal the fac. that freedmen
charged for provisions and the necessares Of e and
are only half paid for their work. f.a
meeting Of unconditional Union men at Baltimore
was held last night They were addressed by Represen
tatves Thomas Mckee, Cresswell, Nye and Others
The Union Convention at Alexandria concluded its pro-
ceedings yesterday They adopted resolution styling
the party the 'sUnion Republican," and appointed a
State Central Committee Of eleven members. resola-
tion dcnouncng the State Legislature illegal and
unconstitutional body was adopted. report finally
adopted intending to designate the platform OF the
party. 1t approves OF the extension Of suffrage to
grocs the exclusion Of voluntary rebel soldiers Office
holders from State and national office, protes ts that
rebels hold the opinion st and fvors the estab
lishment Of free schools
Our correspondent in South Danvers furnishes an In
eresting letter descriptive Of the birthplace Of George
Peabody, the millionaire, and gives pleasant re-
vintcro ~ tnvx
old citizens Of the village.
The Common Council or Elizabeth, N. J., paid their
respects to General Santa Anna yesterday, and rendered
him the hosptalties Of that city. Next week the Gen
eral will remove To central part Of New York city
The friends OF Juarez In Washington city reitete their
statement that he IL French SPY. tt1 !
Dispatches from San Francisco OF yesterday state that
large coal mine had been discovered at sooke near
Victoria vancouvers Island The Moqui Indians had
arrived at Fort whipple and surrendered their arms
The National Express Companys office and the Daily
Nssos building in Goldsboro N. c., were destroyed by
FIRE on Thursday night.
fhe steamer Memphis sunk in the Mississippi river on
Wednesday night. and Ia q total loss
A train Of cars was preclptated from the bridge u
Clarksvie. Tenn yesterday, distance Of hundred
feet, Into the water One life was lost
The General Assemblies Of the Old and New School
Presbyterans met In st. Louis on Thursday.
The Right Rev. George Burgess, D. D., Bishop Of
Maine, died recently while returning from the West
Indies where he had been for his health.
The steamer De soto flagship the Eastern squadron
Captain Boggs left Eastpor Thursday for New York
President Johnson's Policy-What's 70 be
Done1
"All is quiet on the Potomac" Washington
is fast relapsing into its usual summer dulness.
A stranger within its gates would hardly sus-
pect that the White House is under siege,
save by the ofice-seekers. Nor can we ex-
actly determine the present posture of affairs
between Congress and the administration. We
know that while the two houses thus far have
pursued the aggressive system Of warfare the
and that while the radicals are gradually ad-
vancing their lines of approach, he remains
patiently within his citadel. We know that
while his enemies are resolute and active his
supporters In Congress and in the Cabinet arc
timid, vaciIlating and unreliable. Mr.. John
son, in short, is in the position of chieftain
without an army, President without party
and this, too, when the prevailing public senti.
ment Of the country is clearly with him and bis
simple and acceptable policy Of Southern
restoration.
This is singlar state Of things; but there Ia
something still more curious and remarkable
in the fact that, against an actual majority in
the House opposed to the reconstruction
scheme Of Stevens and bis committee, they
have carried 1t by vote Of two-thirds upon
the record. The section Of universal disftan-
chisement till July, 1870, Of the late rebellious
Southern people, is the distinguishing feature Of
the scheme Of Stevens. Without this section
his plan Is but q rehash Of tho Presidents
policy, clumsily put together. Upon this third
section, Is upon the District Negro Suffrage bill,
a test vote indicated an actual majority against
the radicals; but between juggling copper
heads and slippery conservatives, Stevens first
reversed this majority and then carried his