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THE FREE PRESS BURLINGTON YT., FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL G 186G. gltt Jjm ffress. CEO. W.Jt C. CHEN EDICT, EDITORS AH0 rBOrBISTGBS. FRIDAY MORNING AFRIL2. 18CC. IDE WEEKLT FREE PRESS. Tax Eceujoios Wimlt Feie Tans Is pup lithed every Friday morning, an4 contains the latest newt; reports of Boston markets andCam hridEe Cattle Market-, fall State, County nd local Intellleence 5 well releetod Miscellany. 4e No care and ontlay will to spare ! to male It a re liable. Interesting and valuable fcmlly Journal. Tlic rfrcul.tlcn or the Fr raws cxeeedB that of anv pajier ia the resiou, and it Is, thtrerore. an mrivillrJ m-llctn for advertiser!. We desire to Rive additional attention to the It- cat .. of the varices towns in this and. adjoining Counties, la hich our Weekly haj a numerous cir culation, and shall esteem It a favor If our friend will forward us any items of Interest. Tr.i!:( or the Weik.lt FrkPbrss per jear $2 In sdvance, and If cot strictly in advance, t?-SO. The l'residcnt',1 Proclamation. Tlic long proclamation of President John- sou, in ttliicli lie declares that tlic rcljellion is at an end in all the States where it has prevailed e'xeept Texas, will he read witli interest, though not with entire satisfaction by the cuiutnunity in general. The mo!t ol it is ramie up of whereases, many of thetn proiK-r enough in thiir utatemenU offsets others stilting facts so dissevered from other co-exicte-iit facts important to be taken into consideration in order to a just appre ciation .f thera, as to make an impression of unfairnMo on a great many minds ; oth ers mad up of political dogmas, ol aswr- tioiif as to the present, and prophes ien as to the future, ull of which the President as sume to be absolutely and unqualifiedly just and true in which he jjoc far beyond the bonrt-t convictions of tuanv and there upon he declare "the insurrection which heretofore existed in the States of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas Mississippi, and Florida, is an end, and l.cncelurth to be so regarded." A good many will say why not put Texas into the list, also"? It is truo that the Provisional Governor is jet in Eco there, in some sort. and the Constitutional Convention of the Txauf is in session : but what of that ? There are no .organized forces in open rebel lion there, and the temper and conduct of the controlling masses of the people show no more inilignity towards tho unionists, white and black, no more determination to make null aud void in practice tho provisions ol the United States Constitution, for the protee tion ol the civil rights of all, than they showed before Lee. Johnston and Smith sur rendered and for that matter, no less and in this rcsncct thev are no worse than the rebellious spirits in the other States. Since the President takes the business of restoring peace, harmony and right into bis cwn hands in this way, without tho hast rcfcicnce to the powers of Congress it seems to us it was hardly worth his while to leave Texas outeidc of the shadow of his favor, fis he has done. We enter upon no discussion here, as to the constitutional powrr of the President in this matter, nor upon the effect which his proclamation will have upon Congress and the Country, larther than to cay that in our opinion it will not be promotive of the hap py results which doubtless he belicvci will soon flow Irom it. If it does not add to the difficulties already great enough of bringing the nation into the condition it ought to be in, we shall be agreeably disap pointed. The Third Congrcsklonnl District. Afriiri. EJilon: la jour leader proposing Major General Geo. J. Siasxabd as a candidate for Congress from the Third District of Vermont, you make the following remarks concerning the leading men of our State in their treatment of army officers returned to civil life : "Long befcre the war closed they laid their heads toeether and decided that if they could nrevent it. none of "these officers" should have any office in the gift of the people. They should have lair words and nothing else. This we be lieve to have been a deliberate plan, and it has been succcs:fully carried out thus far. Do not the people think this state of things has lasted long enougu I I think you depart widely from the usual can dor, fairness and good nature of the Free Prest when you make such a statement. There is not a county in Vermont where a fair proportion of offices have not been filled by "army men." In many instances returned army officers have been elected to offices for which they were poorly fit ted by education or experienccThe motive which induced the people to set aside civilians of supe rior worth, was because "he had served faithful ly in the army." I am a soldier and both my sympathy and interest lie with class. I am not, however, in favor of choosing from them to fill "civil offices" unless they are the test men irrespective of their serrice in the army. "Hero worship" should find expression in generous gifts and hearty appreciation, yet to elect a man to an office for which he is not suit' el is only doing both him and the people a grievous wrong. I regard the matter in a practical, human way for all. For example, if any disibled offi cer or soUicr in Burlington bad been put in nomination for Mayor, what should have been the inducements for voting for him? His former service, wounds and broken health ? Or should the simple consideration have been the test man for the place, regardless of all other consider ations ? You ny further : "The people of this Congressional district will shortly hate to select a new candidate lor thu'r representative in Congress. Mr. Baxter, bavin' bal three clccticus.'canuot expect a fourth, and if we are correctly informed dees not dwirecoe." I surmise that you are not correctly informed in regard to Mr. Baxter. My cpinion is he stands juit where be always h stcoJ, ready to serve the State in any way he cau do (be most good. Now we all know Mr. Baxter has served his constituents, the soldiers, the State and the cation fajtbtully and well lie is an able man, a man of indomitable energy, pure patriotism and a staunch Republican. Why should we cbangeliim for a new man. who, however good a GfLcr.il, has not the experience to make him Mr Baxter's equal in Congress. I honor Gen. Stannard. He is a brave and faithful cfS:er. He has snffered much for his country and is deserving of great reward. But is it safe in these trying timet to take him frcm the array, where he' is " at home," actTplaee him in the seat of our tried and experienced Congressman Hon. Fortns Baxter? ' JcSTICX. Tbe.Fatx Pra3i,as ''Justice" well knows, has not charged "the, leading men of the State." understanding by those, words, tho men of really leading mind and position, with slighting luur soldiers. The word he quotes out of their connection were written by ni of the tcirepallcri. II Juatiro chooses to con sider the mere schemers, tricksters and pot bouse politicians who through the culpable neglect of the stronger and more prominent men of the State are too often allowed to run our nominating conventions, the "lead ing men of the State," let him do so ; but let bim explain who he means by the phrase when be uses it. Of a number ol the class we referred to onr charge is strictly trucand they know it. Wo reaffirm our statement as to the gen eral success of a deliberate clan toelightour soldiers in the disposition of ciul offices of honor and trust in this State. It is notor ious and has attracted unfavorable notice in other States, that no ciul office of any prom inence in this State has yet been tendered to a soldier; yet many men jiosseTsing as good qualifications for civil ofie as any person, in the State went into tho military service and proved thetncive bravo and capable men, and capable men in the field arc almost al ways capable in civil office. Much of the remainder of'Ju.ticeV'com munication is wide of the point. We have never asked for the bestowal of offices on un fit intn.bccause of their services in the army. What we do claim is that when we have men who to leisonal fitness for office, add distin guished services nnd sacrifices in the war, they sliould not be overslaughed because of their modesty. It is to tbcm and such as them we owe the fact that our civil institutions are pre served, and that tLere is left to us the pri vilege of selecting our le-gislators and rulers. Their sen ices have been such as a grateful people are not inclined to whistle down the wind in the"irrcspectivc"way which Justice, fur his own reasons, sees fit to advocate. But to come down to the case in hand, if we did not consider Gen. Sta.nnaIiD a fit man to riitient this district in Congress, we assuredly should not desire to see him nominated. Tho General might not make one of the greatest orator son the floor of Congress, though the stump of his good right arm would often speak, we lancy, with an eloquence which the best speaker there might be glad if he could embody In words ; but he will make, if chosen, a faithful, capable, industrious, honest and clear headed legislator, one of whom Vermont would never be ashamed, and to whom she can safely entrust her interests and h onor. Wc had good autbority.wbich we offset to Justice's "surmise," lor the intimation that Mr. Baxter does not desire to be a candidate for a fourth election, and so believing we let pass without comment that portion of our correspondents article. Gen. Stannard, as the reduction of the army goes on, must scon expect to be mus tered out of service. The days of our volun tecr army and officers arc numbered. It is understood that in the competition of meri torious officers for appointments in the regu lar army, a majority in the highest rank which has been offered to Gen. S. That the services of Vermont in the war have been enough to entitle her to aBrigadicr General's place for her favorite saldier, docs not seem to us an extravagant claim ; but ifitisnot allowed by Gen. Grant and the Secretary of War, we do not see how it can be helped. Gen. Stannard certainly cannot be blamed for declining to accept n Major's position in the regular army. Returning thus, as he is coon like to, to civil life, the question is if the people of this district can do themselves more honor, than by honoring him with & nomination and election to Congress. We do not believe they can ; and there are nu racrous indications that they do not think- they can. The Senatorial Appointment. Hon. Geoece F. Edmunds Appointed U b. Senator. Governor Dillingham on Tuesday morning appointed Hon. G. F. Edmunds of this city to fill the vacancy in the VJS. Senate caused by the death of Hon. Solouon Foot. The appointment of course is only for the time between this and the assembling of the Legislature next October. Mr. Edmunds is n man of well known ability, and of experience in the State Legislature. No one who knows him can doubt that he will maintain a high rank in the U. S Senate, and that his voice and vote will Ie in ac cordance with the principles which dwell in the bosoms of a vast majority of the people of this State. The names of several other gentlemen have been more or less mentioned within the last few days, in connection with the appointment of a successor to Mr. Foot, particularly those of Hon. Levi Underwood of this place, Ex-Gov. Hall of Bennington. ex-Gov. Smith of St. Albans, and Judge Kellogg of Rutland. Each of these gentle men bad strong favorers. It is no dispar agement te the others to say that with two men of such pre-eminent ability and fitness for the appointment as those presented by this County, and with tbu liberal share of such honors which has fallen to other Counties on this side of the mountain, the Governor could hardly have been justified in rcltctiDg cither of the honorable and respected candidates from other coun ties. In a period of seventy-five years, Frank lin County has furnished two United States Senators, holding office for seren years ; Bennington three, occupying ticenty years : Rutland firo, occupying nineteen years ; Addison three, occupying ttctnty-mm 3 ears : Chittenden County none. We are rrjoiced that such an honor has at last fallen to our Countv. Governor Dillingham came up from Rut land end made the appointment here. The l''lIierit. There are foreshadowingsof some trouble on the subj"Ct cf the fisheries on the coast of the British provinces, consequent on the termination of the Reciprocity Treaty ; yet wo hardly think any great or lasting mis chief will cojse. The following from the London Post of if arch ISJtb, Is ijn indica. tion of English sentiment worth noticing : When negotiations were opened at the close of the American war of independence, one of the points most strongly insisted upon hv John Ad ams was the recognition of the right of Amer icans to fish in all the seas adjicent to their 7 Vr . . . .' ., .. this right last cc UAjiareu mat ne wouu ratner 'continue the war lorcTei'' ttaa Stanton f 1 and the treaty of 1783 acaordingly embraced a clause recognizing the right of the inhabitants or the United states to nsn "wuereter mey haa fished befbre." The .,utioa was re-opened at the conclusion of the second American war, and the right claimed received for tea Cr:t time a limitation by the treaty signed on the 20th of Ostober, 1818. Messrs. Rush and Gallatin, the eommis- slocirj cn behalf of the United States, while rc- aining UJ right of entering bays and creeks for the purpose tt rpairg and ot curing their Csh and drying men- nets, .na also tne general right to fish, abandoned its e xerclss sUtin the limit cf thrcA miles from the coasts, bays and creeks of the province?. This state of things continued for some twenty ytars; but in 1841, complaint began to be inside of eMrcachiafnti and tresnssfe by American fishing boats, and . asonS other tbinpitwaj- iwerted that they or had transgressed tho treaty by fiihing within the three mile limit ia the Bays of Fundy and inaieurs, and in the Straits or Canto. It was contended by the provincials that in the case of the Bays of Cbaleurs and Fundy (the latter of which measures sixty miles across) the three mile limit must be measured, not from the coast itself, but trom a line drawn across the bay from headland to headland, inside which was as serted no American fisherman should be allowed to come. From this construction, whish was eventually endorsed by the law officers of the Erglish Crown (though in terms which seem to make it certain that they had not even read the treaty,) arose constant disputes, which at last grew intolerable, and on June 5, 1854, was signed at ashington the convention now about to expire, known as the Reciprocity J reaty. iiy this, in addition to the powers claimed and ad mitted by the treaty of 1818. liberty was given to the Americans to take fish throughout the seas contiguous to the provinces without any re striction as to distance from the shore, in re turn lor this British subjects were allowed the same advantages cn all American shores north of the thirty-sixth parallel of latitude, and by article 3 a reciprocal free list was established which opened the markets of each country to the most important products of the other, but of which, from the i.ature of the case, the qreat advantage remained with the provincials. The advantages which have sprung from this treaty are enormous ; trade between the two countries has incrcaied enormously, and the fisheries have received a development almost in credible. But for the American civil war, a convention so materiilly advantageous would have certainly been left undisturbed for many years to come ; but the United States govern ment, to provide fir an enormous debt an 1 an increased expenditure, has thought proper to raise a large amount of revenue by heavy cus tom duties, and cannot consequently maintain the free reciprocal list provided for by the third article cf this treaty. In a few days, by its termination, we shall be thrown back upon the provision of the treaty of 1S18, with all the bickerings and heartburnings which prevailed from 1815 to ISo'J, and the government will have to consider what construction of that trea ty it will maintain and what action it will take. Were the question capable of being settled by the governments of the Great Britain and the United States alone, it would probably not be found to present much difficulty ; but it is com plicated by the princnce cf the provinciils, who are not unnaturally anxious to keep the fisheries to themselves, or at any rate not to ad mit the United States to a share in them without receiving compensating advantages in the shape of a freeiaarket for their products. Their ef forts will thui be directed to as strict an inter pretation and as rigorous an enforcement of the treaty of 1S18 as they can cbtain. By an act of Parliament passed in the reign of George III, an! also by provincial acts, power is given to eonfi-cate absolutely all ves-rels, with everything on board of them, found fishing within the three mile limit ; and it is certain that there will teerery disposition on thepart ofthepro vineials to enforce the air to as full an extent at will if supported iv England. On the other hand, it is scarcely possible to exaggerate the importance attached to the right of free fish ing by the Americans. It ia ouitc clear that an insistance upon the observance of the treaty of 1S18, WHO tne construction put open 11 in 1815, would gravely endanger the friendly rela tions between this country ana me uniteu Mates. The English jcrtrnment thus finds itself a party to a triangular duel, in uhich it has nothino to nam itself, utth the disairantage of Icing a target for both the other combatants a situation neither pleasant nor profitable. It is exceedingly doubtful trAfUfr st is desirable for anv nation to maintain in these days thepo- licy if excluding anybody from the privilege of mntnuin me sea. ine commission wnicu re cently sat to examine the question as affect ing seas nearer home Am reported against the maintenance of any rettrictions lehaterer. Negotiations are even now beinir carried on with the French government with a view to carry the recommendations of their report into practical eaect, ana 11 tt scarcely probable that this country trovld con tent to make any great sacrifices to support. teteral thoutandmilesairay.aprincip.e waiea if is doing its best to abolith on lit own shore It is intelligible enough that the provincial?, with the prospect before them of loiing the ad vantages they derive from the Reciprocity Treaty, should uith for support in enforcing the penal clautes existtng under lac rormer ilateafthir.ni : 4a. although they mill te sup ported by this country in uhaterer itjutt and proper, if is not 10 ceexpseiea moi lacy viii or supported in the attertion of principles utAiek hare been already abandoned on mtssweoj ia Atlantic." It may interest our readers to sec how positive and broad a provision was made in the Treaty of 17S3. for securing to the U. S. a free access to the fishing grounds. Article third of that Treaty is as follows : " Article 3. It is agreed, that the peiple of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmo leited the rieht to take fish of every kind, on the Grand lfank, and on all the other banks of New t oundlandj also, in tho ljull 01 Bt- uw rence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used, ai any time heretofore, to fish: and also, that the in habitants of the United Slates shall have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast or Sew rounatanu as-iiriusn risae-men shall use; (but not tovlry.orcure'the same on that island;) and-lsoon we.coasta, cays, anu creeks, of all other Vf his Brittanic Majesty's dorain3J in America; and that the American fishermen shall have ?he liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbors and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so lone as the same shall remain un settled ; but so soon as the same, or either of them shall bp settled, it shall not ie jawiui ior the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous ngreepent for that purpose witn tne tnnaonanu, proprietors or posaessers ol the ground." In tLe treaty of Ghent, Dec 24, 1814 which closed the war of 1812 14. and in the commercial convention of July 3, 1815 whi:b was to be in force but four years, no allusion was mail; to. tho fisheries. In th discussions pertaining U tho toi-ccriial convention of Oct. 20, 1S18, the subject of the shore fisheries had a prominent place, The British minister maintained.succcrsfully. that though the war of 1S12-14 did not affect so much of tho treaty of liod as acknowledged thp independence of the United States nor the natural right of Csh ing on the Grand Bank, it did put an end to the iierigTMHed in that treaty to the in habitants of the United States to fish within the shote.-irjlert , extending a marine league jrom the shore, and to cuter the creeks and rivers to fish and to occupy the soil of the British posscssisns to dry and cure fish The new arrangements of the convention of 1818, very seriously curtailed the liberty previously enjoyed, though it continued it for certain parts. Connecticut Election. GEN. HAWLEY ELECTED. All the malign influences which were set to work to gain a copperhead victory in Connecticut have failed. Gen. Hawley, the patriotic Union candidate for Governor, is elected, though by a much smaller ma jority than yaj hopetj for. Connecticnt Election. HAWLEY'S MAJORITY 700 TO 800. Habttoed, Ct., April 3. AH but ten towns have been heard from and Hawlcy has a majority of about 900. Five of these towns a;c In .ituhGelJ county and three in Tolland, which will go Dcmcrutij una probably reduco the majority of Hawlcy to about 700. The editors e f the 'limes, tho Copperhead organ of the Sato, have figured un nnd concede a mii,iritv nf fiiKI in f!nn r J ' nawiey. ine total poll 01 votes is nearly 1'EA.CE PKOCLAJIATION. JJy tit President cf the ITnjted Statu, X FSOCXAXATICX : I , Jt Whereas, By proclamationi on the fifteenth I and mnetoenth cf April, one thousand eisht 1 hundred and .Won., the President of tta United States, in virtue of the power rested in ' mm Dy tut ixmsutntion and the laws, declared that the laws of the United States were opposed acd the execution thereof obstructed, in the Mates of esoith Uarolica. Uetrgia, Alabama. Florida, Mississippi, ' Louiiitci and Texas, by combinations tosr powerful to he supprestod by by the ordinary course of iudicial'cnceedinra. , by the poira Tested jn th marshal. ly laV, I And xrhereas. By another proclamation made on the sixteenth day ot August, in the same year, in pursuance of an act of Congress ap proved July thirteenth, one thousand c'uht hun dred and Eixty-cne, the inhabitants of Georeia, South Carolina.Virginia, North Carolina, Tenn essee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida, except the inhabitants ot that part of the State of Virginia lying west side of the Alleghany Mountains, and of such other parts of that State and the other States before named as might maintain a loyal adhesion to the Union and the Constitution, or might be from time to time occupied and con trolled by the forces of the United States engag ed in the dispersion of insurgents, were declared to be in a state of insurrection agiinst the United States. And vhereas. By another proclsmstion on the first day ouuly, one tnousinu eigne uun dred and sixty-two, issued in pursuance of an act of Congrrss approved June seventh, in the same year, the insurrection was declared to bo still exist imr in the States aforesaid, with the exception of certain specified counties ia the State of Virginia, And vhereas. By another proclamatlon.made on the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred nnd sixty-three, in pursuance of the act of Cougross of July thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred anl sixty-one, the exceptions named in the proclamation of August sixteenth, one thousand ei2ht hundred and sixty-one, were revoked, and the inhabitants of the States of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tenn essee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida and Virginia, except the forty-eight counties or Virginia, designated as West Virginia, and the ports of New Orleans, Key West, Port Royal anl Boaufjrt, in Suth Carolina.wcre declared to be in a state of insur rection against the United Stales ; and, whereas the House of Rrpresf ntatives, on the 22d day of July. 1SC1, adopted a resolution in the words lollowing, viz : Itetolrid, By the House of Representatives of ths Congress of the United State, that the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the Disunionisls of tho Southern Stutcs, now in revolt against the Con stitutional government and in arms around the capital; that in this national emergency Con gress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged cn our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor for the purpose of overthrowing cr interfering with the rights of established institutions of those States, but to maintain and defend the suprem acy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplUncd the war ought to cease. J11J u-Aerfai, The Senite of Ihe United States, on the 25th day ef July, 1861, adopted a resolution in the words following, viz. : liesolced. That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the disunionists of Ihe Southern States now in revolt against the constitutional government and in arms around the Capital; that in this national emergenoy, Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollett only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not prosecuted on our part in any spirit of op pression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor for the purpose of overthrow ing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and all laws made in pursuance thereof, and to pre serve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several Slates unimpaired; that as soon as these objects are accompli bed the war ought to cease. And whereas, These resolutions, though not joint or concurrent in form, are substantially identical, and as such may be reginled 11 hav ing expressed the sense of CougieM upon the subject to which they relate. And whereat. By my proclamation f the ISth day of June last, the insurrection in the State of Tennessee was declared to have been suppressed, the authority of tlx United States therein to be ucdisputcJ, and such United States officers as bad been duly commissioned 10 be in the undisputed exercite of their official functions. And ichertat. There cuw exists no organized armed resistance of misguided citiieoi or others to the authority of the Uuile.1 States in the Slates of Georgia, South Carolina. Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louiai ina, Ar kansas, Mississipi i, and Florida, and the laws can be sustained and enforced therein by I be proper civil authority, Slate or Federal, tl people of the said gutcs are well and loyally disposed, and have ooofortued, or will conform in tneir legislation, to the condition of affairs growing out of the ameodmentJo the Cosvatita tkxi of the United States prohibiting slavery within the limits and jurisdiction of the United States. And whereas. In view of the t fore-recited premises, it is the mmUeet determination of the American people that no State, of Us 1 wn will has the right or power to go out of, or separate iUeir from, or be separated from, the American Union: and that, therefore, each State ought to remain and constitute an integral part of the United States. And vhereas. The people of the several be forcmentioLed States have, in the manner afore said, given satisfactory evidence that they ac quiesce in this sovereign and important restora Hon or the national unity. tzAnd whereas. It is believed to be a fundi mental principle of government, that people who have revolted and who have been overcome and subdued, must either be dealt with to as to induce them voluntarily to become friends, or else tbey must be held by absolute military now. tr or devastated so as to prevent them from ever again doing barm as enemies, which last named policy is abhorrent to humanity and "free dom. And whereas. The Constitution of the United States provides for constitutional communities only as States and not as territories, dependen cies, provinces, or protectorates. And whereat. Such constituent States must necessarily be, nnd by the Constitution and laws of the United States are male, equals and plac ed on a nice looting as to political rights. Immu nities, dignity and power with the zcveral States with which they are united, -fito" traercai. The observance of political equality as a principle of right and justice is well calculated to encourage the people of the ai.resam ; ur.es in Decom more ana more con st&Lt and persevering la their renewed allegi. ance ; And whereas, Standinc armies, military oc cupation, martial law, military tribunals, and tho suspension of the privilege of the writ of Ao- oeas corpus, are, in time of peace, dangerous to public liberty, incompatible with the indivi dual rights of the citizens, contrary to the genius aud spirit of our free institutions, and e xhauslire of the cations! resources, and ought noi, mereiore, 10 oe sanctioned or allowed, ex cept in cases of actual necessity for repelling in vasion, or suppressing insurrection or rebellion; And whereas, The policy of the covernment of the United States, from the beginning of the insurrection to its overthrow and final suppres sion, ba been in conformity with the princi ples herein set rorth and enumerated ; Therefore, 1, Andrew Johnson, President of me united States, do hcrehv nroelaim and de clare thst the insurrection which heretofore ex isted tn the States of Georgh, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Alsbami, Louisiana. Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida is at an end, and henceforth so to be regarded. In testimony whereof I have Wennin r mv hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, the second day of April,' in tho year of ctr Lord. r,ni thnu. sand eight hundred 'and sixty-six, and of the independence of the United States of America the ninetieth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President : Wil-luji H. Sewaed, Secretary of State. TUB FUXHilAl, of SENATOR FOOT, Imprelve Exercises Sermon by Iter. N. Srarer. The remains of Senator Foot were com mitted to tho tomb, on Monday at Rutland. Tho occasion was one of deep and solemn in toreet, and was marked bya large attendance of leading and substantial citiens from va rious parts of the State. A number went ..ii..uuvimiiiijiw mc une 01 the t. Central Koad as far Fjst as North- field: Burlington sent n numerous -delegation of respected citizens, and the towns ilani; tbc Jipp of the Rutland Road added Jarge numbers, Tho remains of the deceas. td Senator arrived in Rutland on Saturday afternoonj accompanied by the ScratoriaJ Committee nnd funeral party, and wert placed in the Court House, where thev lav :... - .:. , '. 3 u ,c uonua7 ntxro. Ihe Court Room VIS Braf" with the United States colors entwined with mournine dranenr In th , ' " ,BUUnS BPy- In the centre stood a catafalque of black, with white ornrmcnts. its nillarn Hta :.. cvrrprrm v;h;n si :. . ,ri . "lrEr"n' " unin "s tasteftil structure .'be Puffin lay upon a raised dais. Tt mm nr mahogany covered with black broadcloth with massive silver handles and ornamcfA, and lined with plaited satin. The lid bore the inscription, on a silver plate : HON. SOLOMON FOOT, U. S. Senator from Vermont, Died March 23, 18CG, In the G3d year of his age. The coffin lid was covered with beautiful garlands and flowers, includiD; a cross of white exotics, of exquisite beauty. Tho corpse, which was embalmed at Wash ington on Wednesday, was dressed in a suit of black broadcloth. The face was very much wasted ; the sallow hue occasioned by his disease, darkened by the charges after deatli, gave it an unnatural appearance, and there wns little in it to remind one of tho fine, fresh, and striking countenance which was wont to beam so kindly on all. On the wulls of the Court Koom hung a fine por trait of the deceased, between the portraits 01 Judges Prentiss and Phelps, with the motto, "WE HONOR Illil DEAD, who uonorid IS WHILE LIVI.NO." Tlic funeral services took place in the largo and beautiful church of the Congrc gutunal Society. The galleries and side pews were early filled with ladies and citi zens. At half past one, tho coffin was clos ed and the funeral procession moved to the church, the following distinguished citi zens officiating as all bearers : Governor Dillixouam, Ex-Gov. J. G. Smith, LX-GOV. HlLAXD HALL,JudgeSMALLET,U.S.D.C , President Labarfe, Hon. Mebbitt Cum:. Hon. A. L. Mixes, Edwin EpaEBTOx.Eiq. The mourners, arriving in carriages, join ed tho coitegc at the door of the church, und followed the coffin down the central aisle. Mrs. Foot leaned upon the arm cf Dr. Foot of Toronto, C. W., brother of Sen ator Foot and strongly resembling him in feature. Jadget Foot of Washington, and family. Hon. Silas Hodges, brother of Mrs. Foot, wife and family, and the relatione in Hutland and vicinity followed. Tbey u ere followed by the Senatorial Com mittee; SeiMtcrs Doolittle of Wisconsin, Poland of Vermont and Kiddle of Delaware, with Gen. I). W. C. Clark, clerk of the Ex ecutive sessions, and Mr. A. I. Gorman, Act ing Serjeant-at-Arms, of the Senate. The procession filled the body cf the specious church, which holds about 1500 persons. The coffin was placed in front of the pulpit, which was occupied by Kct. Norman Seavcr, pastor, Itev. Silas Aiken , I). D., Kcv. AI dice Walker, of Walling ford, and Kcv. .Mr. Campbell of the Methodist Episeoral Church of Kutlaud. The exercises were as follows : Reading of Hjuir, by Kev. Mr. Campbell; Prayer by Key. Mr. Wlker ; Hymn, read hv Mr. Scarer. Mk. Seatw's Souon. Mr. Seavcr, opening the bible which, as he remarked, was the gift of Senator Foot to the Church, read the following passage, as the basis of his discourse ; ISAIAH III: 1.2, 3. For, behold the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth tale away from Jerusalem and frota Judah the stay and the staff, Ihe whole stay of bread ami the whole stay of water. The mighty man, and the ana of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, anil the ancient, The captain of fifty, and the honorable man and the councilor, anil the eunnis artificer, ami the eloquent orator. God traoh tis to-day. said the Reverend orator, that there is a power above all liu man power. Man that m ereaied pni-wUi sway, while the Creator endureth. It is no common tree but a giant of the forest that has fallen : it is the honorable jian. the counsellor, and the eloquent orator that taken. What he was to the nation, what in tbc Senate, we leave to the abler tongues ol hii. jieete to rehearse : bat what he was to us. as he went in and out among us, as we met bim from day to day, this wc may ten, ana thus lay our simpler garlands among toe richer anu more imisinguceora' tions of bis coffin. I am not here to praise tbc dead. I shall only relate tbc truth, and icl inui praise or uifpraise aim. Mr. Foot th an honorable man. That any man in a community like that of Ver moot can occupy such high station for nearly a quarter of century, means boncstv. energy, brains, perseverance, postponement of pleasure to duty, purity ol life. And it was honorable to the people of Vermont mat lor three successive terms they should have sent to the Se'natc not a dcmngoguc,but an honest man ; singularly free,bold and out spoken. On him for 18 vears we rorosrd with n. tire confidence. Whoever else might waver, wc knew he would stand firm. Whoever else might siain bis record, bis wc knew would remain pure. Who was there that did not sleep the sounder during our late lernuic war, Because wc Knew that this grand old man stood at his post : to utter the voiec of Vermont, and to refuse all com promise with traitors. If tbc tide of the war had swept over tho capital, whoever else might flee, wc knew that he would stay and be hewcel limb from limb rather than his seat be occupied by traitors. Alluding to the widely published incident of his last hours, when he was raised to look at tbc Capitol, ho said. Mr. Foot hon- orored that stately pilo because it was tho scene 01 nia nest clluits. lie knew its walls had never witnessed unworthv deed or word of his. We honored him livinsr. and hon ored him dead because ho was an AoneM man. Again we honored Mr. Foot because of his warm heart. A successful man himself, how many unsuccessful men did he not succor ? itbout an enemv himself, how ofti-n rfiH he redress the wrongs of others ? Asking nothing for himself, how often did hn nnt ask benefits for others ? How great his in terest in every worthy object at home I When he died it was a great xarm heart that ceased to beat. Mr. Foot was honorable hemiisn nf ,; Patriotism. He alwavn forirnt hi. tort and interest in the public welfare. Owning not a foot of land, but hit on tho other hand the whole State was hit. 1 oorer pcniapa than any other man of f - same talents and opportunities, l.c was richer than all, fur there was no o'no amon' us, in Whose nruercritv he did nnt (m.1 . personal interest, and delight. Ho ln.i Vermont. No land so fair.nn men nr trnm.n so brave and beautiful and good and true as these: of his State. Slow to tale nfl.-n,. at anything else, touch the honor of Vermont and you roused in him a giant. With like devotion he loved bis Cquntry. When ho mm 113 m uis speccn at home that there . nu uiuncio in nis itoay or drop of his blood not at the service of bis Country, it was no flourish of speech, but the simple ii win 00 ions acain belore wo i r. -it , , ... the tomb one who in purity, worth and na- l.mlt.m . 1. 1 1 1 I , . . cum eeium mm wnose mortal part wc lay to rest to-day our honorable man, nnr nncl.m. ....... -11 " wmiac(iur. Wo havo given abovo but, as It were, a sentence now and then of a very coqucnt and touching eulogy, which was listened to with atsorbed attention. The concluding prayer was by Dr. Aiken, long the rastor and intiraat; friend or MrJ Foot. It contained earnest petitions for di vine comfort and blessing upon tho bereaved mourners, and was an appropriate flpr eor leuin excreta After a closing hymn and benediction hv Mr. Campbell, the procession toolf jtt way to the Cetaetcry on West itrect, where the remains were placed In a receiving vault, pending the preparation of the lot in the new cemetery which had been purchased by Mr. Foot, and for which he had ordered a monument, now in process of manufacture. The order ol the nroceEsjon was a follow. ; j Clergymen. Bearers. Hearse. Family Friends. Senatorial Committee. Rutland County Bar. Distinguished Strangers. Citizens. Among tho prominent citizens in the line, in addition to those already named, we noticed Chief Justice John Picrpoint and Hon. Loyal C. Kcllogz, of the Supreme Court, Hon. F. E. Woodbridgc, M. C, Hod. Lawrence Brainerd, Hon. Levi Underwood and Uon. G F. Edmunds Hon. E. N. Bripgj, Hon. W. C. Kittrcdge, Hon. C. W. Willard, Hon. Dugald Stewart, Hon. Hujh Henry, Mayor Catlin of this city, nnd many others. The arrangements were all excellent, and carried out with a good taste and perfect order, due largely to the capable manage ment of Hon. J. II. Page, and his assistants of the Committee of arrangements, and Col. W. G. Veazey. chief Marshal. The whole occasion was one of deep interest, and Ver mont has now no public man whose loss would occasion a demonstration of public mourning, at all equalling this. The Grcut New York Kobbery. Tbc detection of the robbers who took a million and a half of U. S. Bonds, stock certificates, te., from the cafe of Rufus L. Lord in New York City, a short time ago, and the recovery of the property, is a re markable affiir. Mr. J. 1'. L. Wcscott, City Marshal of Ncwburyport, Mass., with assistants Jones and Heath of Boston, and Young, Pooro and Donehea of New York, arc named as the successful detectives in the case. It appears that- one Jones, a JS'cw Hampshire man by birth, about thirty-nine years of age, was the chief operator in the robbery. He had been spotted by the Bos ton police as a man of good appearance, who, with small ostensible means, had been for some time living very fast and spending money frcelv with disreputable women. He had been in New York city for some weeks on tho look out for a job" in the thieving line, when he learned by some means of the careless way in which Mr. Lord a very old man kept his property in his office. Some attempts by false keys not proving success ful the plan was adopted of getting the property Irom the safe usually open in the e!ay time while Mr. Lord wis intently en gaged in conversation with one ot the party on business. Jones profesed to be exten sively engaged in the hop business, and talked bops ; one wanted to lease a store, and on one pretence or another all four got into Mr. Lord's office together. Mr. Lord is quite hard of bearing. Jones, having the "gift of tongue," was to engage Mr. Lord's attention, while one was to enter the vault and hand some of the booty to a companion, take the rest himself, nnd the fourth was to open the door, wuen needed. Accordingly Jones sat down in front of Mr. Lord. whoe back uason hii sale with the door open. He was earnest, and excited the interest of the millionaire in the "hop business." Meanwhile one thief wasin the vault. He bad asoertained that the treas ure was in two tin boxes ahuut a foot square and two pocket books. He patted one of the rwxes 10 a companion who was warming hn k,nilj a I K .. n t C . . L- tr I i . Liurel.ana who kept tbc box in tront of him The other box and one pocket book be took himself, carrying it so as to bring his body between the treasure and its rightful owner. At one time, during the prjcew, Mr. Lord rose as u he would look round; but just then Jones was more anxious than ever to obtain the leai-e of his hop store, and plead so elqouently for an immediate answer that the vencrahle Mr.Iird sat down again with out as much as turning his eyes. It was at that verv moment that the fourth robbcr.pul ling his valuable gold watch from his pocket recollected that he had engaged to meet his business partner up town, and must leave he would call again. That gave occasion to open the door, and then went out all the party but Jones ; and out went the boxes and pocket book. Jones talked long cnouch to enable them to get out of reach, when he lined them. The million and a half of dol lars were carried out in broad davlicht in their bands, in eight of tho crowd upon the surei, m mc ousicsi nour oi the day. it was therefore the lioldest robbery as well as the greatest ever committed. The four men went on till they came to an cntrvwar. where tht r stnnrwvl nnH pnr. view me-ir oouiy, ana men proceeded up town, to their headquarters near tho Central park, where the boxes were opened and the contents examined. Now it was that the robbers were more surprised at tho amount of their ill-gotten gains than was Mr. Lord tne uay lollowing, when the bOD merchant forgot to call on him at his great loss. It was beyond all their anticipations, and their oyes glared and their chins dropped to find that they were the biggest thieves of the world. Here were the papers, loosed from their confinement, in stacks nron the tahle National bonds. State bonds, railroad bonds, private papers, and even tbc " last will and testament" of that vcnerablo broker, Rufus L. Lord still richer than anv uiuu iu iue ciuie oi .uasucnusetts already on the vcrcc of eternity, haying pasoed to the last score of his century, who mijbt die in an hour with the dcvisemcnt of his vast cstato unprovided for. come ol the party were so itjiowrp.1 iht luey oegan to ast wnat thev should do with e , . . . . .. .!".". it ; and it was proposed to burn or sink in the harbor all racers of littln Tallin in tbom or difficult to dispose of. In their secluded quarters, at the still hour or night, they met to determine their arrangements. Then it was that Jones, whose tongue was as per suasive with his comrades as with Mr. Lord, dissented. No, he said, though the papers might not be valuable to them, they were to uiaiBgeu oroxcr, unon whom they had drawn so largely ; and they should return to him what they could not eauijy Cse ; and when it was suggested that such a return might JcaJ to their detection, ho took the responsibility to pcriorm the task, and thus all the papers were saved. The property was then divided into seven parts those who had got up the case coming in for shares and each one had 237,000 ; but it all remained within the control of their leader, Jones, and on his terpj was given Jooe-s was arrested on a train for Boston, and a large amount of bonds made payable to Rufus L. Lord was found in his trunk. The result was a discovery of the whole con cern. C(ty of Ilurlington. UAVOR WALIS' riRST VISSACr. Gentlemen of the City Council: From this day, the government of our city is vested in the Mayor and a board cf Aldermen, who in their joint capacity con stitute the City Uor-ncii, of whlcfcT we hare uat now oecome members. This is an important chanco in the e-itv government as first constituted, and on- rsi VS W,U rc"uU s5p!?Jlj to all interested. The management of our public 9r?K under a city form or govrrnment. ii the short ciwrieneo whfh yOU haye had as members of the City Qoancif, the past years villi be ot great value to you in the discbarce or Tour ofhoial duties the present year; and even though those duties may Increase in number and importance, I enter upon the disoh. r aa ehierexecativc offieor of .:. oftihat : TO, "m.e estenl, hire hail in yonr connection with the city noyernment. na me subject, to which I ib$ call your attention may havo received at your hand more thought and consideration than I have ever given them. Still as tbey deeply con cern the public welfare and will to a greater or less extent command your attention, it is proper that I should speak of tbcm now. .Most of the Executive Officers ot the city are now to be appointed by the Board of Aldermen. I deem U of the first importance that such appointments bo wisely made. Under our citv rrtivcrnment the people have a right to expect bat no man eball be ap pointed to an office by the deliberate consid- cration of our Board of Aldermen, unless he is qualified for tbo placo, and that no one shall be retained in office for a moment alter it shall become manifest that be la not dis charging bis trust with fidelity and effi ciency. It is very apparent that our fellow citi zens are alive to the subject oi puDiic im provements. The lata action of the voters of the city which authorizes tho City Council to bor row a sum not exceeding One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars, and appropriate the same in obtaining a permanent and ample supply of water for the use of the inhabi tants ol the city, necessarily imposes upon us duties of very grave magnitude. Bythis vote, the whole subject is placed in our hands, and while tbc people have manifest ed a commendable zeal upon tne subject, and many doubtless expect that immediate action will be taken in the premises, it is still obvious that tins subject will require ot us thorough investigation. Ibere is a diver sity of opinion as to tbc source from vrhenco a supply ol water should bo obtained, and this presents a question for very serious con sideration and one which I trust will be settled right. (X1IETZRT. I am informed that a movement has been made in tbc right direction by our Utc City Council for the purpose of acnuirms suita ble grounds for a cemetery. The land selected adjoins Green Mount Cemetery, and is to be added to it. The whole will constitute an area of about forty five acres. So soon as tbc question ot land damages is settled, measures should be taken j to bt the grounds lor public use. SCHOOLS. Our present Common School system is de fective in many particulars and needs reforms but our City Charter gives us no power to adopt a better system. Our schools should be under the control of one board of officers. The old district system should be abolished and a new and proper system ot graded schools should be establish ed throughout the City. This subject mer - its our attention sunciently to cau so us to sec to it, that our charter is so amended at tbc next session of our Legislature that we may have the power to establish a better system ol schools than we now nave. STRUT?. The public streets are now likely to re quire considerable attention. New streets are beiiig opened, and old ones are being cxtendeei. Hie bridges at the several cross ings of the old railroad track, are last de caving, and two or more of them must be attended to at once, or serious consequences may follow such delay. Besides, the street known as North Bend street.which formerly afforded our citizens one of the most attract ive driveways in this vicinity, lias been for years wholly impassable at the point of the old Railroad crossing, and in like manner, and at the same point the street known as Interval Street has been impasssablc for years. I trust you will speedily inaugurate some system in regard to our streets and bridges at these crossings, which will restate the streets to their former state ot usefulness. and I would recommend that so far as it may be fuund practicable all improvement at those crossings be made of a permanent character. S .me of these crossings etui be tilled with earth, without any grent expense and one or more of them should be filled each year. If not already done our streets should be nroperly surveyed and their limits' and grades established, that adjoining pro prietors may know their rights and be com pelled to observed the rights of the rmblie. And in this connection I desire to say very great care should be taken that noeoeroach ments upon the publie streets or oomraocM be allowed to be made or to be continued if al ready made. The subject of drains and sewerage m pro perly connected with that of our streets and highways and likewise demands your atten- . : 1 r i : . 1 i - f tion. Before leaving the subieet of our streets, I would suggest that some plan be ueviseu eo prevent m tho luture the erection of buildings at the termination of streets which would otherwise sooner or later be extended and become of much greater pub- ri r .1... - - t - 111. ure iuv I'reipriciy ui tma precaution 13 apparent, if we count the streets whioh now terminate before public and private uuuuings. MARKETS. Wc have alreadv purchased land For a market, which may be improved from year to year. Without Incurring great expense tbc market ground can be put in condition to be of immediate service. The regulation preventing the wood and bay teams from occupying our most public streets during the past winter bas given general satisfaction. roLICK. Bv our amended Citv Charter T am nn. thorized to appoint police officers, but lav I aDDOinimcnis muse Deannroveii nv ihp eiani 1 1 I -J I o. .-uaermen at tneir ne regular meeting inrrMirrr i nnrn" i ha t hr 'nmm tAA n i finance, in their retort of Fehrn.rv Ut last, in estimating tbc current expenses of I the city for the present year, calculate the I Ti.:. . .. : u .. . took ui uuue-c services u uvo nunarca aoiiare. 1 Auto sum ib eei wuerii smaller rnan mat CX- pended during the past year far such scr- vices, that I defer any further remarks upon Lr L -, 1 f 1 iuu ouujcct uuui 1 am apprized 01 your I views in relation thereto. The Committee on Finance, which I havi before referred to. have estimated the asset and expenditures of the city for the current year, as appears trom their published re. pon. hey estimate that a tax ol 5o cents on tbo dollar will be sufficient to defray tho ordina. ry expenses 01 tne city lor the current year. I regard the estimate quite low. But' their certainly have had better means of forming aa opinion upon tne subject than 1 hayo. 1 think if we provide for all the cxtraordinnrrr expenses or thp city which arc likelr tn ho iue.-urre.-u uuj year, we snail require a tax or u" me uoiiar. ana even such n tiT- in view or the public improvements whirh are under consideration at the present time ought not to be regarded as burdensome. There are other subjects or public interest to which I have not particularly referred, among which I may mcntica that of tho san itary condition or the citv as or chief impor tance. Bat tha retort of our IlWlif. n,. iu'beL3 ' T0 a" th8t Ba'd Up0n the uojecr, 1 CONCLUSION. In conducting the affairs of our city.whicb arc now entrusted to our care for the year to come, I believe we will bo actuated by a mutual desire to prorac,tc. thj public welfare. Saccct j ;qro ta accompany our efforts if we act with prudence, unanimity and deter mination, i'o do this we must devote to tho ubjects which require our consideration our earnest attention, ir wc give such mattero but a convenient rnntTrlitntrinn A .1.-11 prove ourselves unworthy qepjbcrs of the city government. I Our peopja hve been blessed with unusu- a? rru.pcriiy in an iceir business relations during the past year, and have been won, dcrfully preserved in their lives .their health, and property. Hott lanz this pahlj0 proe! pew Will continue we cannot ibrscc, but as laithlul guardians of t'Betru8t undcrtak- to discharge, we should endeav or to be prepared for all such reverses as the luture may have in store for us. Gentlemen, I have taken a brief survey or some ot our most important public interests, and have given yon my own Ticw of our offi cial duties in respect to them. It now re mains that we proceed to the discharge of our respective duties. T. 71. "WALES, Mayor. Emplotkxxt. We inyite attention to the adyertisemcnt of G. U. Snyder Co., of New York, headed $6,000. Chittenden Countv Court, AraiL tekm. 1S68. Present Hon. J. Pkrpoint, Judge, Hon. Wm. V. Reynolds. AssL Judge, Hon. Satsord Colby, Asst. Judge. The Court ccnyeced at the Court House at 10j o'clock this morning and was openal by prayer by Rev. E. Mix. Seventeen jurors answered to their name ahd were duly sworn On calling the docket sixteen cases were set down tar trial It being estimated that tb. eivi docket would occupy no more than this week, next Menday was set Sir the eommtaeaatatot the trial of the criminal eases, whioh promise to make the term just opened the longest u well as the most interesting one for many years. On motion of Hon. Geo. F. Edmunds, chair, man of the Committee on Examination, Ltrrau L. Lawmsce and Witnia L. Born a p of tha city were admitted to the Bar. Mr. Lawrence has recently eomnleteii course at the Albany Law School. Mr. Burnap is a graduate of Dartmouth Col- lege, class of 1568. On motion of Mr. Pbelpe, the Court adjourn ed until to-morrow morning out of reapect to the memory of the late Hon. Solomon Foot. The case of J B. Gendroa ri Mary Stone wu heard before Judge Pterpoiat this arteraooD This was a writ of habeas corpus brootrht t recover the custody of a chili given to Mp Stone when only six months old by the father The custody of the child was cmtnnd to Mr; Stone by the decision of the Judge. Hon. Daniel Roberts, for the plaintiff, Hon. T. E. Wales for defendant City of Hurllngton. BOARD or ilMUIX Xbrauiitriav, April 2 1 The new Board organized by the choice Alderman Taft as President. Mayer Wales read his Stst Msesofe. Wm. Brinstsaid was apparaeal a member the School Committee of District No. 9, in p.. of L. G. Bige-tow, declined. A resolution was pasted avthoriziag Mayor to borrow, for the as of th city, i . not exceeeding $6,000, for a ttm not exceed . three months. The rules of the last Board worn stdoptei - - the present. , Aldermen Barnes. Dodge and Tm!l were a; pointed a Committee en Roads. Dan Lyon and G. D. W tiler ware spr Assessors, to nil the vaeanots esasal I .. resignation of L. B. Engkoby and Daniel ,Y ray. Adjourned until this afternoon at 2 P. V. City Council rroceeelhi-s. TvbsbiaY, April . boabb or Atom MEW, The Board aot at 1 P. M., ptuaannt to journmestt; tho Froeoatnt na raw eaaur. Promt : AMcbmb Arlimr. Klodgett. 1' Taft and Worcester. Tne Board proceeded to tho election i '. officers, with the Mlcwms; remit : City Clerki. ft. Hiekok. City Treasurer. C. W. Woodboaae City Collector. N. B. Fkaagt. City Attorney. Wm. G. Shaw. Assessors. Hence L. Moore, G. V. WV Dan Lyon. Constable. Lamas A. Drew. Ckttf Engineer N. B. FhvnskgM. Assistant Engineers. Xl IMtH, B Li Smuy, Ileerjr looaaii. Charles XiUer. Street Commissioners. Honry Stanton, S. Smith. Orlo E. llnney. Overseer of the Poor is. B. Flanagan. Cemetery Commissioners. D. C. lm- (term expires 1867); P. M. Van Seklea i : expires 1S8); G. G. Btoadiet (term ex; 1S69. Auditors. S. M. rVpt, L. B. Englesby 'ao Sseklon I . . .. Trustet of Ott IT. S. Deposit Fmttd.i Woodhoase. Fce 1'iesMrs. K. J. Fy. F. J. ilei. Wm. G. Sbaw. Crano? Juror. II. If. Tuloott. Sealer of Weights and Measures Y Tyler. Inspector of Leather. A. W. ADta. Pound Keeper. Hiram S. Wtj, Ilaywnrd. Henry S. White Smp'tof Common Schools. Kerf . Elbe .. Mix. The application of M ieho.se Malqatcn, fur : mission to remove a buildfot; from the u west comer of the Fair Ground to a vacant near the Battery, was granted. The application of Aaron Spear, to oe-e'.r the sidewalks for three rods on the sooth si-io Sll0rt strt far six weeks, with bricks nmitiin:- miteriaia wn. O nJftUICVl. On motion of Alderman feet. tl e!k ' ulrccleu 10 nouV City Treasurer, the t Treasurer, the City Collector, and the Constable that bonds would be rmmr.1 nr in th mr,n, r sin mvi w,v. On motion of Alderman Peck the clerk dlrc,:teJ t0 netil the Overseer of the Poor tb 1 1 1 , . , ... wouiu oc required ot him to the amour. Of 3,000. On motion of Alderman Peek it was er '.-i . that the Recorder be required to giro, bond- ? the turn of $1,000. On motion of AUerman Arthur the Board ai journed until Tuesday, April 5th, at I. M A correspondent in Brooklyn, N. Y..wnti3 us as follows : What o.ne Mas has doxc Rot. Theo. I Cuylerlait Sabbath, took oeeasUn of its he the 20th anniversary of his establishment n tV ministry, to give some very interesting facts a reference to his labors. He was first sett'.ei ji a little town in New Jersey, afterwards reu. -el to Burlington, N. J, where the first re occurred under his preaching, was settle! - two or three other places at different tine then spent seven years ia New York, and the past six years bas been nreve!,m . P"'"" cbarse- DuriD5 time he hu , , 0iVv. . , )v.,M,u wvin uiau e7w sermons, and ie ered some 2C0 temperance lectures, besides j Farms ,oO articles for the religious press. I-f membership of his present church in Brw!ja has incieased in six years from lit to 917, in eluding thoso who stand ready to iom th' church next month; and he reckons thewtu. number of converts received in his twenty jeirs of preaoUlctj at over 1000, besides many was have joined other churches though awaken1 nmltrh!s preaching. And with all these !i he has never but once been absent fra t'j pnlpit on account of sickness, and t.t was yean ago I With such health ant j rasp...: ' long life, how much good may rpV Mr. Cuj'er accomplish in the next twtiiy years ' St stands, as is well known, in the front raai American divines; his tharch. is oaly If thronged than Mr. Boecher's ; and the sdm tion and love manitested for him by his i are very great, as well they may be. Mr. Cujler has never written a book prefr ring that what literary labor his ministerial J tles left time for, should he spent upon artJe for the press, whtrtby for one little paragnpa he may perhaps secure 600,000 readers. ' few, he said, were the instances which had con to his knowledge of good accomplished and scaJ saved by these articles. May h write ma"J more, in the years which ws trust liebt bio. r. r t 8' i A' of he fi f r I I J r - na j t-r I ib Cr w . V ri the occ; in t tice- Eng thcr ham son, i' ri wuur Allst Lord Hflmi