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AMERICA. I EVACUATION OF RICHMOND AND PETERS BU KG. The Australasian arrived on Saturday last with the following momentous tidings :— New York, April 4. —General Grant's despatches to Mr. Lincoln state that the struggle which commenced to the south-west of Petersburg on Friday contiuued with fury aud varying results until Saturday afternoon, when Sheridan turned the Confederate right at Five Forks Station on the South Side Hihmy, 15 miles west ci Petersburg, and drove it back upon the centre, captur- ing several thousand prisoners and many cannon. Early on Sunday morning Grant ordered a general advance, while Sheridan continued to press upon the Confederate flank, and after desperate fighting, luting throughout the day, they succeeded in breaking through the Confederate lines at ditferent points, and seizing the South Side Railway. The Confederates then retired to their intrenchmeuta immediately about Petersburg. During the night they evacuated the city, though t'le movement was not discovered by Grant until yester- day morning, when he despatched the bulk of his army in pursuit. At about the same time General Weitzel, command- ing the troops left by General Ord to hold the Federal works north of the James, discovered that Richmond bad also been evacuated, and at 8 15 announced to the AVar Department that he had occupied the city, captur- ing many cannon and a large quantity of rolling stock. He also stated that the citizens received him with enthusiastic expressions of joy. A fire which broke out in the city was speedily ex- tinguished. Non- official accounts state that the abandonment of the city commenced on the 26th, and that on Sun- day night the Confederate rams oil the James, and the fortifications on the banks of that river, were blown 1Ip. Grant reports this morning from Sutherland, 10 miles west of Petersburg, that his forces were occupied yester- day iu collecting Confederate soldiers, who, together with abandoned arms and other war materials, were scattered about the country. No trustworty accounts of the losses in killed and wounded have yet been received, but they are stated to to very heavy on both sides, and include many General and Staff officers. The Federals claim the capture of 12,000 prisoners. There have been great rejoicings throughout the country in consequence of this succcess. In this city the courts adjourned, and business was almost entirely sus- pended. Congratulatory meetings were held, church bells ruug, aad salutes fired in Washington; the different deportments of the Government were closed, and and employers granted a holiday. Mr. Seward, Mr. Stanton, and General Butler ad- dressed the crowds in the streets. General Stonemau, commanding the cavalry of General Thomas's force, moving from Knoxville, captur- ed Boone, Xorth Carolina, after slight opposition, on the 27th. The Government transport General Lyon caught fire off Cape llatteras on the 31st ult., and was entirely des- troyed. Out of upwards of 600 soldiers, women, and children on board, only 29, who were rescued by a pass- ing steamer, escaped. Mr. Seward to-day issued a proclamation offering a reward of 1,000 dollars each for the arrest and con- viction of persons who have entered the United States from countries where they are tolerated, and committed capital felonies against American citizens, and 500 dollars reward for the conviction of residents of the United States who have acted and abetted the inva- ders. The proclamation is believed to be intended to apply particularly to the Confederate raiders in Canada. A party of Confederates captured the Federal mer- chant screw steamer Harriet De Fond in Patuxent River, Maryland, on the 28th ult., and converted her into a privateer. She subsequently steamed out into Chesapeak Bay and captured two coasting schooners. The public buildings in Washington were illumi- nated last evening in celebration of the occupation of Richmond. Vice- President Johnstone addressed a meeting, and agreed with the crowd that President Davis, if captured, ought to be hung twenty times higher than Ilitilitu. It is officially published that the national debt on the 31st of March amounted to 2,300, 955,077 dollars. The interest charge m the debt was (.11,010,(iol dollars in gold, and 38,1119,809 dollars in currency. Montreal despatches of yesterday report that the friends of the Confederate raiders threaten to attempt their rescue by force. COMMERCIAE INTKLLIGEXCE. Gold declined on Monday t,) 1454, but closed last night 148. To-day it is 148J. Exchange, 1091, in gold. Cotton closed last night 3oc. to 37c. Breadstuffs and provisions unsettled. Sugar and coffee quiet. April 5, Noon.—Latest despatches from General Grant, at Wilson's Station, 25 miles west of Petersburg, yester- day, report his forces still pushiug forward with the hope of overtaking Lee, whom lie believes to b' north of the Appomattox, retiring toward Lynchburg. He states that nearly all the houses in the country have been turned into hospitals for Confederate wounded. His own entire loss from the 28th ult. he estimates at 7,000. He adds that he will continue the pursuit as long as there appeal's to be any use in it. Correspondents concur in stating that the turning- point iu the battles before Richmond was a bloody en- gagement at Five Forks on Saturday, which was won by Sheridan turning Lee's right, thus rendering his lines in front of Peterburg untenable, and compelling the evacuation of Richmond. Sheridan's attempt on Thurs- day to reach White Oak Itoad, and get in ee's rear, was unsuccessful. On Friday Sheridan, although rein- forced by Warren, was again driven back. On Saturday Sheridan assumed the command of Warren's, as well as his own corps, and is said, to have displayed great general- ship, capturing, disabling, and rendering unavailable fully one-third of Lee's army. The attack along the whole line followed on Sunday, the Confederates being forced back from their intrench- icents. Lee retreated during Sunday night. Before evacuating Richmond the Confederates blew up the forts and rams on the James River. Very little property was destroyed at Petersburg, and the firc in Richmond is stated to have been confined to tobacco warehouses and a few public buildings. During Friday, Saturday, aud Sunday Lincoln was at City Point. Ho visited Petersburg on Monday, and is said to have been in Richmond yesterday, in Davies's house. Unprecedented enthusiasm prevails throughout the North. The Federal Xegro Recruiting Commission has been removed from Washington to Richmond, in order to Wganiza the negro recruiting in Virginia. Ciold, 150a. The following account has been received from Wash. ington Washington, April 3.—The fall of Richmond and Petersburg became knoVn at a few minutes after 11 o'clock this morning. The intelligence soon spread throughout the city, occasioning intense and joyous ex- citement. Between 11 and 12 o'clock an immense crowd gathered in the park on the north side of the War De- partment, and there received the first confirmatory in- telligence of the victory, which was greeted with deafen- ing cheers. A large crowd collected in front of the State Depart- ment, which was profusely decked with flags, and called out Secretary Seward, who, after the cheers had sub- sided, spoke as follows I thank my fellow-citizens for the honour they do me by calling to congratulate me on the fall of Rich- mond. (Cheers ) I am now about writing my foreign despatches. What shall I tell the Empcmr of China? I shall t'auk him in your name for never li;tvilik per. mitted a piratical lfag to enter the harbours of the empire. (Applause.) What shall I say to the Sultan of Turkey ? I shall thank him for always having surrendered rebel insurgents who have taken refuge in his kingdom. (Cries of That's it,' ond cheering.) ( A voice—' To get out of .Mexico.') I shall say to the Kmperor of the French that lie can go to-morrow to Richmond aud get his tobacco, so long held under blockade there, provided the rebels have not used it up. (Laughter and cheers.) To Lord John Russell I will say that British merchants will find cotton exported from our ports under treaty with the United States cheaper than cotton obtained by running the blockade. As for Earl Russell himself, I need not tell him that this is a war for freedom and national in- dependent, and the rights of human nature, and hot a war for empire and that if Great Britain should only be just to the United Srates, Canada will remain undis- turbed by us so long as she prefers the authority of the noble Queen to voluntary incorpoiation with the United States. (Cheers and exclamations of That's the talk;' 4 You're right.') What shall I tell the King of Prussia ? I will rall him that Germans have been faithful to the standard of the Union, as his excellent Minister Baron Gerolt has been constant in his friendship to the United States during his long residence in this country. To the Emperor of Austria I shall say that he has been ,t very wise man, for he told us in the begiuning that he had no sympathy with rebellious anywhere. (Cheers.) I do not doubt, fellow-citizens, that at least you accede to the theory by which I have governed myself during the war-namely, that the rebellion was to end in nu days. (Laughter and cheers.) 1 have thought this the true theory, because I never knew a physician able to restore the patient to health unless he thought he could work a cure under the most unfavourable circumstance in 93 days. (Renewed laughter.) Finally, if the American riple approve, I will say that our motto in peace shall I wh?t our text has been wUe in war Every nation is entitled to regulate its own domestic affairs in its own way, and all are bound to conduct themselves so as to promote peace on earth and goodwill to mankind." Upon the conclusion of the Secretary's speech the crowd dispersed, cheering vociferously for the President, the Secretary, and the Union. At the National Hotel, and in fact at every prominent point in the city, large crowds gathered, and were ad- dressed by eminent gentlemen. Salutes were fired in different parts of the city. Such a day of rejoicing was never before known in Washington. Secretary Welles seut telegrams t the California and other navy yards of the United States, ordering a national salute to be fired immediately on receipt of the glorious news of the down- fall of Richmond. The Tims correspondent, writing from New York, April 4, says—The North is in extacies. The first. symptoms of the coming triumph were apparent on Sun- day, when extra editions of the HcrnJd and other papers were cried through the street announcing the series of movements on the Saturday which gave Grant posses- sion of the Southside Railroad and the line of the A p- pomattox, and virtually, as the event proved, of St. Petersburg and Richmond. The papers were taken into the churches, and Mr. Lincoln's telegrams in many in- stances read aloud to the people from the pulpit. In Mr. Beecher's church at Brooklyn the War-christianity of the pastor and the people declared itself in a mode which was considered highly pious and patriotic. Mr. Beecher read the despatches, before commencing the services of the day, with unctuous emphasis of joy and the whole congregation, male and female, rose to their feet, and greeted the news with reiterated rounds of applause, stamping of feet, and waving of handker- chiefs. Yesterday morning, when the evacuation of Richmond —anticipated the evening before—was authoritatively announced, liroadway and its triiuitory streets suddenly swarmed with excited multitudes—thousands of flags were flung out from steeple, housetop, and balcony the bells of the churches rang merry peals and the gnns the park and battery fired salutes. At one time there could not have been fewer than ten thousand—the sensation journals say nity thousand—people i reseiit. They roared and shouted, and swayed to and fro with delight at every allusion to the great victory or at any boast of the power and greatness of the restored Union, and what it would do if any eifeteold kingdom or empire of Europe presumed to cross its path, or bite a meta- phorical thumb, to aggravate so great, so vigorous, and so victorious apeople. Some unknown person—possibly a clergyman-oil the balcony called for the Doxology, and leading off to the tune of the Old Hundredth with a powerful voice, the multitude took up til* strain and sang with great effect. Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him all creatures here below," and worshiped God instead of mammon for at least once in their lives. When there were no more songs to be sung the speechmakers took possession of the area and made the most of the opportunity. One eminent Loyal Leaguer declared amid vociferous applause, "that this was the most glorious day the world had seen since the day of the Crucifixon." And while scenes such as this were enacted in New York, the same kind of performance went on all over the country. To-day the jubilation at the capture .of Richmond is not quite so effervescent as it was yesterday. Wall- street has the head-ache aftei its debauch, and has this morning been informed, unofficially, but none the less authentically, that the victory was a good deal more theatrical in its character than the first accounts led the public to imagine. Wall-steet is in consequence in lower spirits, and the Hulls are sending up the price of gold again at a rate that, if persisted in for mauy days, will be declared disloyal. It is asserted on high authority—though not yet mentioned in the newspaper --that the evacuation of Richmond really commenced or. the 24th of March that the attack on that day by the Confederates upon Fort Stedman was a feint to throw General Grant off his guard and veil the real movements of the bulk of the Confederate army; that the battles before Petersburg were consequently fought by only a third of General Lee's forces; that both Mr. Lincoln and General Grant were aware by the 25th or 26th that the evacuation had commenced; that, when General Sherman visited General Grant and the Presi- dent, he also was made aware of what had been done, and was hurried back to his command in hot haste, lest in his absence General Joseph E. Johnstone should be so largely reinforced by General Lee as to justify the Confederates in a combined attack on the long victorious columns of the hero of Atlanta. Whether the victory be substantial or illusory, it is not pleasant to describe the spirit in which it has been received. I am, however, compelled to say that to the best of my judgment- from what is to be read in the newspapers, to be heard in society, and to be studied out of the whole public opinion of all classes, rich and poor, learned and un- learned, American and semi-American—the prevalent feeling is not one of thankfulness at the prospect of peace, but of exultation at the strength which the North has exibited. Mr. Lincoln has made no sign as yet of any eoucHiation, or offered any terms to the Confederates but those of absolute submission. The Vice-President, who has recovered the power of speech if not of reason- ing, talks of hanging the Southern President twenty times as high as Haman," and of condignly punishing all other traitors great and small. The more prominent members of the Republican party speak in a similar spirit, though with more decency of expression though the journals of this city, with a better appreciation of the true duties of the Government, with scarcly an ex- ception, urge upon Mr. Lincoln the expediency of offer- ing a general amnesty. It is generally expected that a proc)amationinthis spirit, though not perhaps to the full extent of including Mr. Jefferson Davis in the list of those whose offences are to be forgiven, will be im- mediately issued from Richmond, whither Mr. Lincoln has proceeded, and where Mrs. Lincoln has gone to join him. FURTHER PARTICULARS. The North German Lloyd's steamer America, from New York on the 8th inst., arrived at Southampton on Wednesday morning. New York, April 8, Morniiig.-According to the official despatches, Sheridan, followed by Meade with three corps, kept up the pursuit of Lee in the direction of Amelia Court-house sines Monday. On Wednesday they reached Jatersville, on the Danville Road, captur- ing at James Cross Road five guns, 200 waggons, nine flags, and a number of prisoners. Lee was at Amelia Courthouse on Wednesday. On Thursday morning Meade was moving towards Amelia Courthouse, and ascertained that Lee was mov- ing towards Painesville, Meade immediately changed his course aud marched three columns against Lee. The 2nd corps engaged the enemy near Dentnnville, and drove him across the Sailor's Creek. The Gth corps was unable to strike the enemy before he passed It, how- ever, came up with him in the afternoon, and, in con- junction with the 2nd corps, routed him, capturing many prisoners. Humphrey reports that on Thursday night Lee was in position on the heights beyond Sailor's Creek. The bridges had been destroyed, and Humphrey could not pursue ripidly during the night. I Generals A. P. Hill, Pegram, and Fitzhugh Lee are reported killed. THE OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. I TO MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN A. DIX, NEW YORK. War Department, Washington, April 5, Eleven p.m. General Grant telegraphs to this department from Nottoway Courthouse as follows Last night General Sheridan was on the Danville Railroad, south of Amelia Courthouse, and sent word to General Meade, who was followed with the second aud sixth corps by what is known as ths River Hoad, that if the troops could be got up in time he had hopes of capturing or dispersing the whole of Lee's army. I am moving with the left wing, commanded by General Urd, by the Cox or direct Burkesville road. We will be to-night at or nearBurkes- ville. I have hatlno cotullluuication with Sheridan or Meade to-day, but hope to hear very soon that they have cume up with and captured or broken up the balance of the army of Northern Virginia. In every direction we hear of the men of that army going home, generally without arms. Sheridan reports Lee at Amelia Courthouse to-day." EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. GENERAL SHERIDAN'S DESPATCH TO LIEU TENANT-GENERAL I U. S, GRANT. Jetersville, April 6, 3 30 p.m. Geneml,I send you the enclose(I letter, which will give you an idea of the condition of the enemy and their whereabouts. I sent UeneratDaYubrigadethiitmorn- ing arollnd on IIlr left flank. He captured at Fame's cross roads five pieces of artillery, about 200 waggons, and eight or nine ))?tt!e flags and a number of prisoners. The 2n'I arn<ycorp?i?uow coming up. I wish you were here yourself. I feel confident of capturing the army of Northern Virginia if we exert ourselves. I see no escape for Lee. I will put all my cavalry out on our left flank, except M'lfenzie, who is now on the right. P. H. SHERIDAN, Major-General. LETTER FROM A REBEL COLONEL. I Amelia Courthouse, April 5 Dear Mamma, —Our army is ruined, I fear. We are all safe as yet. Shyron left us, sick. John Taylor if; well; saw him yesterday. We are in line of battle this I evening. Geueral Robert Lee is ill the field near u. My trust is still in the justice of our cause, and that God, &c. General Hill is killed. I saw Murray a few moments since. Barnard Terry, it is said, was taken prisoner; but Mely got out. I send this by a negro I I see passing up the railroad to Mecklenburg. Love to an,-Your devoted sou, W. B. TAYLOR, Colonel. TO MAJOR-GENERAL DIX, NEW YORK. 1-\ ar Department, Washington, April 7, Ten a.m. General Sheridan attacked aud routed Lee's army, capturing Generals Ewell, Kershaw, Button, Corse, and many other general officers, several thousand prisoners, and a large number of cannon, and expects to force L e to surrender all that is left of his army. Details will be given as speedily as possible, but the telegraph is- working badly. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. DESPATCH FUOM GENERAL MEADE TO LIEUTENANT- I (iENEBAL GRANT. Meade's Headquarters, April 6, Ten p.m. At daylight this morning I moved the second, fifth, and sixth army corps along the railroad, in the direction of Amelia Courthouse. Soon after moving, reliable intelligence was received that the enemy was moving towards Farmville. The direction of the second and fifth army corps was immediately changed from a northerly to a north-westerly direction, and the direct- ing corps, the second, moving on Deatonville, and the fifth, heretofore in the centre, moved on the right of the second, and the sixth facing about and moving by the left flank, taking position on the left of second. It was understood the cavalry would operate on the extreme left. The changes were promptly made the second army corps soon becoming engaged with the enemy, near Deatonville, driving him by right across Sailor Creek to the Appomattox. The fifth army corps made a long march, but its position prevented its striking the enemy's column before it had passed. The sixth army corps came up with the enemy about four p.m and, in conjunction with the second on its right and cavalry on its left, attacked and routed the enemy, capturing many prisoners, among them Lieut.-Gene"al Ewell and General Curtis I .ee. I transmit despatches both from Generals Humphreys and Wright, which, in justice to these distinguished officers and the gallant corps they command, I beg may be sent to the war department for immediate publication. It is impossible at this moment to give any estimate of the casualties on either side or of the number of prisoners taken, but it is evident to- day's work is going to be one of the most- important of the recent brilliant operations. The pursuit will be con- tinued as soon as the men have a little rest. Griffin, with the 5th army corps, will be moved by the left, and Wright and Humphreys continue the direct pursuit as long as it promises success. GEO. G. MEADE, Major-General. THE FEDERALS IN RICHMOND. The following despatches relate to the occupation of Richmond. TO THE HON. E. M. STANTON, SECRETARY OF WAR. Aiken's Landing, Ua., April 5, 11 30 a.m. Little is known at City Point. There are but few officers left, and these are overwhelmed with work. Lee telegraphed Davis at three p.m. of Sunday that he was driven back and must evacuate. This was announced in church. Davis had Bul4 his furniture previously at auction, and was ready to leave. All the leading men got away that evening. The rebel iron-clads were ex- ploded. The Virginia lies sunk in the James River, above the obstructions. Ewell set the city on fire. All the business portion of Main street to the river was des- troyed. The bridges across the river were also destroyed. Mauy of the families remain. Mrs. Lee remains. At Petersburg, the public stores were burned, and a few houses caught fire, but not much damage was done to the city. The bridges there were also destroyed. I will report fully fmm Hichmond. I canuol get a. clear idea of our loss. The only general killed is Winthrop. Potter is dangerously wounded in the groin. General Grant has commanded the aimie3 in person since the beginning of the operations. C. A. DANA, Assistant Secretary of War. General Weitzel learned, at three o'clock on the morn- ing of Monday, that Richmond was being evacuated, and at daylight moved forward, first taking care to give his men breakfast, in the expectation that they might have to fight. He met no opposition, and on entering the city was greeted with hearty welcome from the mass of the people. The mayor went out to meet him and to surrender the city, but missed him on the road. Gener- al Weitzel finds much suffering and poverty among the population. The rich as well as the poor are destitute of food. He is about to issue supplies to all who take the oath. The inhabitants now number about 20,000. half them of African descent. It is not true that J eff/ Davies sold his furniture before leaving. It is all in his house, where I am now writing. He left at seven p.m. by the Danville Railroad. All the members of the Con- gress escaped. Hunter has gone home. Carson Smith (?) went with the army. Judge Campbell remains here. General Weitzel took here 1000 prisoners, besides the the wounded. These number 5000 in nine hospitals. He captured cannon to the number of at least 500 pieces. Five thousand musket have been found in one lot. Thirty locomotives and 300 cars are found here. The Petersburg Railroad bridge is totally destroyed that of the Danville-road partially, so that connection with Petersburg can easily be made. All the rebel vessels are destroyed except an unfinished ram, which has the machinery in her perfect. The Tredegar Works are un- harmed, and the machinery here to-day, under General Weitzel's orders. Libby Prison and Castle Thuuder have also escaped the fire, and are filled with rebel pri- soners of war. Most of the editors have fled, especially John Mitchel. The Whig appeared yesterday as a. Union paper, with the name of the former proprietor at the head. The theatre opens here to-night. General Weit- zel describes the reception of the President yesterday as enthusiastic in the extreme. The New York papers also publish long letters from special correspondents at Richmond, giving all the de- tails of the occupation of the city and a description of the aspect of affairs under the new rule. The corres- pondent of the New York Times states that after the de- feat of the rebel army on Sunday, the 2nd, General Lee sent a despatch to the War Office in Richmond, stating that Grant had driven him one mile and a half, and that he had suffered severely that he had taken a position which he could not hold, and requested that the city might be evacuated at twelve o'clock, midnight. As to Mr. Davis, we are told that on Wednesday of the pre- vious week he accompanied his family from Richmond to Charlotte, North Carolina, and it is stated on good authority that they are on their way to Texas. After this Davis returned to Richmond, and was in church when Lee's despatch was handed to him, stating that the position of affairs was desperate. He left Richmond at once. The capture of artillery at Richmond was enor- mous. Five hundred cannon, many of them pieces of heavy calibre, were taken in the works, besides small arms and military material. While in the town General Grant was an object of great interest to the inhabitants, who crowded around to get a sight of him. A Union newspaper, called Grant's Petersburg Progress, was issued on Monday evening, the same day that the national forces took possession of the place. I THE OCCUPATION OF RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG. The following are further details of the occupation of Petersburg and Richmond President Davis, together with the members of the Cabinet and Congress, and the newspaper editors, left Richmond on Sunday night by the Danville Road. General Weitzel entered Richmond early on Monday morning, and established his headquarters in Davis's house. The mayor had previously gone out to surrender the city. Weitzel proclaimed martial law, and assured protection to the citizens. 20,000 inhabitants remained, half of whom were negroes. In Richmond, Weitzel captured 500 cannon, 5000 muskets, 1000 prisoners, 5000 wounded, 30 locomotives, and 300 care. No to- bacco was found. All the business portion of the main- street to the river was burned. The ironclads were ex- ploded, and the Virginia lies sunk in the obstructions above the James River. Shepley has been appointed military governor. He has prohibited pillage. Judge Campbell and Lee's wife remain in Richmond. There is much suffering among the population, rich and poor being alike destitute of food. General Weitzel is supply- ing all who take the oath. The Tredegar works are un- harmed, and the machinery is now under Weitzel's orders. A plan to blow up the city was discovered and frustrated. The Petersburg railroad bridge and the 'Danville railroad bridge were destroyed, the former to- tally and the latter partially. The Mayor of Petersburg siirrende(I the city to the Federals- The public stores and a few houses had been burned, but the city was little damaged. The Confeder- als had removed nearly all the artillery, and destroyed nearly 1,000,000 dols. of tobacco. President Lincoln visited Richmond on Tuesday, and was enthusiastically received. PEACE PROPOSITIONS. The New York Herald asserts that President Lincoln has opened negotiations with Judge Campbell for a settlement with the South, and President Davis request- ed the latter to remain in Richmond for that purpose. OTHER WAR NEWS. Sherman's army was about to move on Saturday last. The naval attack on Mobile commenced on the 28th. Heavy skirmishing took place around Spanish Fort. It is reported from New Orleans on the 6th that Canby was within five miles of the city with seige guns able to shell the city. The attack on Fort Blakeley had oora- menoed. Wilson's cavalry had reached Rusaelville, Alabama, and were moving on Selma, Montgomery, and Mobile. Henry Ward Beecher has made a speech deprecating harsh measures against the South. Friday has been appointed by the governor of New York as a thanksgiving day, for the recent victories. Sir Frederick Bruce has arrived here, and leaves to- day for Washington. The Herald says that British troops from Jamaica ar- rived at Belize on the 24th. The transfer of the troops is caused by Maximilian's alleged intention to annex a portion of Yucatan. Mr. Seward has been thrown from his carriage and his arm was broken and his jaw fractured. He is pro- gressing fa vourably. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, April 8, Morning. Money abundant. Gold advanced on Wednesday to 154 and declined yesterday to 147 under a false rumour of the surrender of Lee. The final quotation was 149J. TIMES TELEGRAPH. NEW YORK, April 8, Morning. Letters from Goldsboro' to the 4th instant contradict the reported movement of Sherman's army. President Lincoln arrived at Richmond on the 4th instant. He is strongly urged by men of all parties and creeds to offer a complete amnesty to the Southern people and rulers on condition of their immediate sub- mission. The Tribune publishes a report from Richmond that Augusta, in Georgia, where the archives of the Confe- derate Government have been removed, will hereafter be occupied as the capital of the Confederacy. Mr. ÐevEn, prosecuting attorney in the case of the Vermont raiders, announced in the court at Montreal, on the 5th instant, that the Federal Government had withdrawn its charges against the prisoners, and that the action for their surrender would be discontinued.

PteceHitncons. Alfred Kidd nnd William Knock, lithographic artists in the employ of Messrs- Billinge and Co,, Birmingham, were drowned in the Avon, on Saturday, through the up- setting of a pleasure boat. Her .Majesty has granted a pardon to the Italian, Pe- lizzioni, and on Monday evening he was released from custody. The clerk who was so dreadfully injured at the goods station, Stirling, on Saturday, by the explosion of the boiler of a locomotive, expired on Saturday. New York is undergoing a great revival on the subject of yachting. Clubs are to be formed, and clubhouses erected; challenges are to be issued to the world, and prizes accorded to the champions. The estimated deliveries of tea in London last week were 904,971 lbs., which, compared with the return for the previous week, shows a decrease of 249,450 lbs. Terrible inundations are reported in Wallachia. The destruction of property included no fewer than eighteen budgi-s and all the mills which stood on the banks of the river. Great distress prevails in Bucharest. At a quarter before two o'clock on the 2nd inst., four large eagles were observed lurking about the dome of the Capitol at Washington and over the head of the Goddess of -Liberty. Their appearance was almost simul- taneous with that of the bulletins from Richmond.— New York Tribune. G. H. Ramsay, late agent for the Royal Liver Friend- ly Society ot Kilmarnock, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at a Sheriff Jury Court on Thursday, on pleading guilty to forging signatures to a document, guaranteeing the society that he would repay £ 3 10s. of their funds which he had used. AN INCIDENT IN THE STRUGGLE AT RICHMOND.—A correspondent, in narrating Sheridan's achievements at Five Forks, relates the following :—" A colonel with a shattered regiment came down upon us in a charge. The bayonets were fixed; the men came on with a yell; their gray uniforms seemed black amid the smoke their preserved colours, torn by grape and ball, waved defiantly; twice they halted and poured in volleys, but came in again like the surge from the fog, depleted, but determined; yet in the hot faces of the carbineers, they read a purpose as resolute, but more calm, and, while they pressed along, swept all the while by scathing volleys, a group of horsemen took them in the flank. It was an awful instant: the horses recoiled, the charging column trembled like a single thing, but at once the rebels, with rare organisation, fell into a hollow square, and with solid sheets of steel defied our centaurs. The horsemen rode round them in vain; no charge could break the shining squares, until our dis- mounted carbineers poured in their volleys afresh, making gaps in their spent ranks, and then the cavalry thundered down. The rebels could stand no more; they reeled and swayed, and fell back broken and beaten; and on the ground their colonel lay, sealing his devotion with his life." THE COTTON IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.—The corres- pondent of the Daily Telegraph states that it is asserted by parties who have made the matter one of research, that the supply of cotton in the Confederacy is at least 2,000,000 bales. He says—A Memphis journal makes the following statement, which I append, as it may prove of interest: We believe 1,500,000 bales a liberal estimate. If the rebel authorities are really determined to prevent cotton from falling iato our hands, they can doubtless destroy several hundred thousand bales, which would materially lessen the supply. Besides, compara- tively little cotton is raised in the South this year, and the country must depend upon what the rebels exempt from the torch to supply the wants of trade until the stock is augmented by the crop of 1866. These facts induce the belief among many well-posted business men (and not without reason), that as soon as the present panic, which cannot much longer endure, subsides, cot- ton will again take the upper tendency and materially advance. That it will attain the high figures of two months since we presume few believe, and prices will doubtless further descend; but we can find no reason for the belief that the present low rates will long prevail." ACCIDENTALLY POISONED.—On Saturday afternoon Mr. Payne held an inquest at St. Bartholomew's Hospi- tal, London, respecting the death of death of Thomas Rudd, aged 52 years. Mrs Sophia Rudd, widow of the deceased, said that her late husband was superintendent of timber on the estate of a gentleman at Crawley, in Sussex. On Monday nine weeks he was leaving home at six o'clock in the morning to catch a train. Witness said, "Had you not better take some gin, as the morn- ing was a cold one, and you are going without your breakfast ?" She then told him to go to the cupboard below stairs, and he would find some gin in a bottle on one of the shelves. He ran upstairs shortly after and said, "Sophia, what have you got in the bottles on the shelf ? I am all burning. I have taken something that is not gin." Witness then discovered that her husband had just drunk about two teaspoonfuls of chloride of zinc in mistake for gin. The gin was on an upper shelf, and he had in the hurry of the moment taken a bottle labelled "Poison" from off the lower one. He was then removed to the hospital. Mr. Wood, surgeon, said that the deceased, while in the hospital, suffered great pain. The eyes were sunk in his head, and his cheeks were drawn. He rarely ate without vomiting, and his eyes had a strange look, and he used to employ his time by picking his fingers. Fe expired on Thursday last from the effects of the poison.—The coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict "That the deceased ex- pired from the effects of chloride of zinc, taken in mis- take for gin." THE UTILISATION OF SEWAGE.-In a letter addressed to the Lord Mayor of London, relative to the utilisa- tion of metropolitan sewage, Baron Liebig says-" The conditions of life residing in the plant-bearing soil are so sparingly diffused that man, with all his power and in- genuity, is unable to maintain himself on the spot which he calls his home if they are wasted. An Infinite Wis- dom has, by a wonderful property bestowed on the soil, provided that no waste of these conditions can take place except by the heedlessness of man. History shows us that no nation on earth has ever maintained itself which in its ignorance violated that great natural law by which the Creator haa assured the duration and re- turn of organic life, and that in countries where the col- lection and application of sewage has become a religious care, the population has, without the importation of foreign manures, for thousands of years regularly in- creased, and the soil never ceased to bear sufficient fruits and to remunerate the labour bestowed on it. If what Adam Smith and all national economists assert be true, that food not only forms the principal part of the wealth of this world, but that also that portion which arises from the firm gound of husbandry is the most lasting, it ought to follow, as a natural consequence, that the matters which are the sources of that wealth have an absolute worth higher than silver or gold, coal or iron, and it might be thought it would be the chief care of a wise nation to preserve them for the country. Now, in England we all know little is done for their preserva- tion, and an enormous amount of money, the produce of the labour of the nation, is expended annually to buy back the conditions of its existence, which knowingly have been wasted. How much more rich and fertile would be the soil of Britain if the great mass of manures imported during so many years, and carried to the ocean by the sewage of towns, had served to diminish the ex- isting insufficiencies. And would it not be far wiser if, instead of giving to other nations vast sums in exchange for manures, England were to buy at home, and pay the money to herself! No human understanding can fore- see the consequences of such perverse arrangements, and it may be said that, the independence and power of any nation is by no means assured if care ia not takea to [ assure the subsistence of its inoreaamg population,"

I REVOLTING PROCEEDINGS IN A BURIAL GROUND. During last week the gravedigger connected with the During last week the |™v^ge^a|rSth church of St. John, in the Park, was discovered cm' mitting an act of desecration of a really horrifying nature, and as it is not the fi aimilar disgusting proceedings have been detepted in co n with the same burying ground, it may now b ptbat s{ep8 will be taken to finally close thegrow*d. It appears tben that a parisluone named Dowker in the early part of,last week lost a child by leat^ ad app! lied to the proper parties to have afamygr In St. John's Churchyard, stipulating that  grave should be nine feet deep. On > y TtheSme week the cravedigser commenced digging the b?vc,  five or SlX feet" came plump Upon a coffin coutainitig a corpse-not the mere dry bones of a skeleto n, but flesh, sin.ew, and bone,  ^Ws^roceedlngs but for the di.covery of his proceedmgs .it thIs point Mr.  would have been led to believe that he had obtamed a new family grave nine feet deep." Just opposite the spot where the grave was being made lives a Qmbell. The chamber window of his house looks in the ground and some of Mr. Quibell's family thought the?deMb of earth thrown out by the operator were often mixed with lumps of a suspicious looking substance. Mr. Quibell was at his dinner at the time, and after repeated solicitations from the female members of his family, went to look at what was going forward, and saw not only flesh but fragments of what a corpse had been dressed in thrown out. These matters the gravedigger was clearly throwing into a smaller hole at the side of the crave, evidently made for the purpose of receiving them, but the man, from the depth at which he was working, did not see that some of this suspicious matter lodged on the surface instead of rolling into the supplemental grave, and was thus exposed to the view of those who were noting the proceeding. Up to this time none but Mr Quibell's family had noticed what was going on, nor was the gravedigger aware that he was observed, al- though a young man, his attendant, cast sundry glances at Mr. Quibell's windows, as though apprehensive of de- tection. Before taking any steps Mr. Quibell stopped two men who were passing and asked them to look into the churchyard. They jumped over the wall, and after a brief examination shook their heads and passed on. Another person soon came up, and he also got over the wall, and came back to Mr. Quibell shaking his head, stating at the same time, in reference to what he saw, that all the body except the legs had gone." The gravedigger now finding that he was likely to be in a fix appears to have hastily covered his work over with earth and then departed. II r. Quibell had in the meantime sent for Mr. John Crossland, and at the suggestion of the former a piece of iron was procured with which to fish out, as it were, the matter which had been thrown into the small grave, in order to be satisfied as to what it was, and the result was just what was anticipated. By this time people began to assemble, and in a short time there was it great multitude, whose feelings were natur- ally enough indignant at such a discovery, and at Mr. Grassland's request Mr. Jackson, the chief constable, sent half a-dozen policemen to keep order. The grave- digger who had a respect for his own person, got out of the way, but later in the afternoon was discovered in the neighbourhood, and had then to run and seek protection in a friend's house. Here the matter appears to have ended, and it is strange that so gross an outrage upon decency has not hitherto become more widely known. On the following day it was ascertained that the multi- lated remains had been removed, probably during the night. The interment of Dowker's child took place, we understand, during the afternoon of the day on which the discovery was made, and Mr. Dowker, ignorant of what had taken place, complained that the grave was not so deep as he stipulated for. The answer was that an- other grave should be made according to his wish, and we are informed that this has since been done, and that the body of the child has been re-interred. The Govern- ment authorities have already been written to on the subject, and a reply has been received from Dr. Holland, her Majesty's inspector of burial grounds, so that it is to be hoped we shall soon hear that the burial ground of St. John's Church is finally closecl.-(Fro)n the Sheffield Independent. }

I OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE OTOVEBSITY BOAT-RACE. This annual contest, in which the chosen athletes of the two universities, contend for the championships of the Thames, has gradually grown iuto an event of almost national importance. mOllt There were circumstances which gave aa unusual in. terest to this year's struggle. u¡. For four years in succession the Dark Blue colours of Oxford had passed the winning post in front of the Light Blue of the rival university. e As this year's contest drew near, it was generally known that Cambridge had been taxing all its resoure! to bring to the starting point a crew capable of disputi S the supremacy of last year's victors. ng The race was rowed at noon on Saturday, and was the most exciting in its vicissitudes that has been witnessed for years. At the start the Can tabs fired by the hope of redeem. ing past failures, took the lead, and by means of an un. usually rapid stroke, held it for two out of the four miles. But in the third mile the Dark Blue regained their lost ground. Their broad backs and brawny arms prepared to strive for the mastery by the patient and self denying exertions of six weeks' hard training, moVe in perfect unison fore and and aft with the regularity of machinery, and their right oar-blades catch the water at the same moment, with a majestic sweep, strong, deep, and long. The Light Blue made superhuman efforts to keep their lead, but still the Dark Blue inexorable as fate, drew nearer and nearer, until by Chiswiek Church, they shot past their exhausted rivals with triumphant ease, finally rowing in winners by 100 yards, having accomplished four miles in twenty-one minutes and 25 seconds. This race has a special interest for our neigh, bourhood this year, as in the victorious boat, the impor- tant post of coxswain was occupied by Charles Woraly Tottenham, Esq., of Plas Berwyn, and Christ Church Oxford. We read with pleasure in the columns of the "Times" that the triumph of the Oxonians has beell attributed in no slight degree to the admirable skill and jadgmeut of the steerer. This is the second race, in which our young squire has steered the crew of his university to victory. We sincerely hope that these successes are the earnest of many triumphs in the more serious contest of life

BLOWING UP OF THE BRITISH SHIP LOCHEE AND LOSS OF LIFE. The subjoined official communications have been re- ceived at Lloyd's announcing the fearful loss of ship by explosion and fire:- Board of Trade, Whitehall, 11th April, 1865. Sir,—I am directed by the Board of Trade to transmit to you for the information of the committee for manag. ing the affairs of Lloyd's the accompanying copy of the report of the master of the ship Lochee, of Dundee, of the loss of that vessel about 20 miles off Point de Galle on the 5th of January last.—I am, sir, your obedient servant, ,r, servant, T. H. FABMR, The Secretary to Lloyd's. (COPY OF ENCLOSED.) r, John Peel Newton, master, beg to report the total loss of the ship Lochee, 1500 tons burthen, belonging to Messrs. Cox Brothers of that port, which occurred on Thursday, the 5th January last, about 20 miles off Point de Galle. The Lochee left Dundee on the lith of last September, with a crew of 40 men, all told, five passengers, and a partial cargo of coal. Nothing worthy of remark occurred during the passage until Wednes. day morning, at six o'clock, when on opening the hatch. way smoke was seen to issue from the hold, from which it was evident the coals were on fire. On observing this, I immediately lowered a thermometer down the ventilators of the main hold; the temperature was So deg. on deck and 112 deg. in the Aold. At ten a.m. it stood at 123 deg., and at half-pfflt twelve p.m. at 126 deg. In the meantime the smoke was gradually in- creasing, and in consequence I ordered all necessaries to be brought from the hold on deck and the hatches to be battened down, with the view to smother the fire. I, of course, as soon as it was discovered that the coals were on fire, bore up for the nearest port, bent the cables, got anchors out and the boats in order for lower- ing. At a quarter to four the following morning the ship exploded, blowing up the decks fore and aft. James Jansen, an able seaman, and John Yearn, an ap- prentice, were blown into the air, and fell into the sea and were drowned. The crew and passengers were all more or less injured, and some seriously so. The ship immediately burst into flames, and with the greatest difficulty the quarter boats were lowered into the water, some of the crew and passengers being compelled to jump overboard to save their lives, and all half-naked, there not being a possibility of saving a single article. I saw a brigantine three or four miles off heading for us, and a mail steamer making for Galle. The brigan- tine proved to be the Sea King, of Hamburg, Captain Kier, who, being becalmed, sent his boats to our res. cue in a very short time and took us on board his vessel, where everything was immediately done to relieve the sufferings of the injured, and where we were all treated with the greatest kindness Captain Kier, who was bound to Singapore, immediately bore up for Point de Galle, where he landed us all safely about four p.m. I cannot speak too highly in praise of Captain Kier, his officers, and crew, for the energetic manner in vi-ilich they proceeded to our assistance, and the unexception- able kindness they showed us all, and I sincerely trust that their praiseworthy conduct will be duly recognised by the proper authorities. (Signed) Jom. P. NEWTO, Iaster.

HOW SOME SLATE COMPANIES ARE MA- NAGED. I trust you will allow me to make the following statement respecting the management of some slate quarries in Wales, and the way in which English capital is occasionally wasted. The first step is to purchase a grant, or lease of slate ground in Wales, say, for £100; get a few reports on the property, and then run to Lon- don, and assert that the few pieces of paper cost, say, jMOOO but to prove your confidence in the value nf the would-be quarries, you will generously accept X2500 ill cash and the like amount in paid-up shares. "With these and other flattering promises, doubtless, two or three honest gentlemen will be induced to embark in so valua- ble a concern, and to assist in bringing the comply before the public. They, of course, will work under the Limited Act, appoint directors, with all manner ot letters after their names, reserving always power to add to their number. Then comes the nominating of solicitors, bankers, brokers, engineers, secretary, local manager, purser, and working agent. Any sensible person woula ask what are all these good for ? The answer is at hand —"To look after the interest of the shareholders." A good thing, too. I myself know quarries, now worked on a very smi scale, with all the staff before mentioned, depending en- tirely on the shareholders. And now let us take t glance at their cost to those that have embarkel then capital in the expectation of receiving dividends from honestly-conducted industrial enterprise. Office rent in London. £ 120 perinnuin, Secretary 200 Two clerks 120 Office boy 12 Books, paper, &c. 20 Five directors, at £ 50 each 250 Country expenses-Engineer 260 Purser & paymaster 125 Workman agent. 44 Office costs, avei.tg.! at 20 Making a total of £ 1171 Of the brokers and solicitors, no one knows their fles until the end of the year. So that this sum is paid entirely unnecessairly, fflt the exception of a workman agent, to see that the Ulea do their work properly. I omitted the cost of an extra engineer, who comes down every six months, as ivell as the agent of the Palmerston Quarries, and all they to* to report on their return is that they have seen elg men and one horse at work. The men are emplúyell as follows :—one carpenter, two engine drivers, four ele ing clay, and one gardener. N ow, anyone will ?e* once that giving the eight men X4 a iiioi?th (tholl-h know some who have worked there ten week; for 6d.) will only amount to ?28S, which, with the work's-?'. agent at £ 44, making ?312. or one-fourth of the Ll,)iiey that is actually paid for opening the quarry, ?in,I the remainder for bubbles and puthug reports, that a^ been the ruin of many companies, which, if houeo y conducted, might have proved lasting and KM'? properties. If we look at the Bangor Quarn?w'j; find that Col. Pennant employs only iuen Nvho brought up at quarries. The manager of the -? Quarr i es is a quarryman, also at theCUgwy"?'' .?? U<trl'les IS '], quarryman, also at the _1 gwyn' Ty the Pen-yr-Orsedd Dorothea, 1'en-y-Uyn,  IY D I. 1 ce Mawr (east and west) Tyu.y. \\erglodd, 0 Y the Upper Taldrws; then, in the Vale of Penn?,nt, the Hendre?du, Plas-y-Pennant, Cwm TrMgwI.M?" sedd; and at Festiniog, the Rhiwbrifder,  Holland's, Cwm Orthin, Hhoswydd, Hecu?d?, Mn- y-Ferran, Diphwya Casson, and others that -"? 1' profits, are all worked under the command of quarly, man, with a clerk, without even a secretary, n° t? u?? co engineer, and even no ofifce. not There are a large number of quarries whic • re not worth naming, as I know they will soon be !'? ed all hooked to be wound-up, when all the shand> engin, turbines and other effects will be in the of a liquidator, who will place them at the m of a liquidator, who will place them at the ??? ? Kuock.tbem.dwn at any price, rdgardlem of the 10-?$tO many poor s)MMMdW).-C'MT«P<M)?' eo tk ??aM -a,ny poor