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NEW YORK HERALD.
J A MR* GORDON IRSKBTf,
KPITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
9mCM *? W. CORNCB or NAB8AC AMI IT1.T0N 8T8.
V?Iwm* 1111 No. 341
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The contents of the European e<Htion of the Herald will
combine the news received by luiwi and telegraph at the
office during the prev ,ou? yf^i. and up to the hour of p-Jb
UoaU*.
Thr New*.
The question of the location of the proposed new
Pont Office in New York may be regarded as at last set
tled definitively ? The Postmaster General has yielded
to the representation* of the committee of the Com
men Council, and selected the ground at the south
?nd of the City Hall park, commencing opposite
Park place and running through to Park row. The
matter was referred to the President yesterday, and
there w no doubt but that he will approve the choice
of the Postmaster General.
A large and influential meeting of citizens wxs
held yesterday afternoon in front of the Merchants
Exchange, to receive the report of the committee
ap pointed at the meeting last Saturday in reference
to the nomination of a candidate for the Mayoralty in
opiwnitlon to Mr. Wood. The name of Daniel F.
Tiimann was presented as such candidate, and the
nomination was unanimously ratified. Mr. Cooley,
who had received the nomination of the American
party, presided on the occasion, and announced the
withdrawal of hi* name. Speeches were made by
Mr. Cooley, Recorder Smith, Joe Hoxie and Mr.
Montgomery. A further ratification meeting is to
lie held at the Academy of Music next Tuesday
evening, at "J o'clock.
A meeting of the American Mayoralty Convention
ha- l-een called by Mr James W. Barker for this
evening, at Its" Bowery, to take into consideration
foe fact of the withdrawal of their candidate from
he contest.
A meeting of the Young Men's Republican Com
mittee was railed last night at their room.-. Stoyve
*an! Institute; but after waiting an hour, owing to
the want of ? quorum, the business of the committee
m*- bud over until the next regular meeting.
The Euroj-ean mails to the 7th in?t., brought l?y
the Niagara, reached this city from Boston ye-ter
tl?v morning. Our telegraphic advices from Halifax |
contained all the news having a political interest. |
We publish t'-lay interesting extracts from our
file- showing the progress of the financial pr?wure
),oth in England and on the Continent, with the
UV n-turns of the Rink of England, made up to the
::l* Of ortoi., - and the 4th of November, according
to the new ml' The telegraphic summary embraced
the list of all the recent failures. Prom Clasgow it
is announced that a meeting of influential merchants
and mill owner, had ?<een held there, and a deputa
tion of six gentlemen appointed to pri ced to Ism
don to watt upon government to urge the necessity
of immfdlaU1 measure* for commercial relief.
alao give a full rejs.rt of the grounding of the steam
ship Vauderbllt off Cowes on her last passage out
ward. . ? w
We have news from San I?omingo to thp 22d nit.
There had up to that date been no change in the
attitude of the belligerent forces. Bacz still held
the capital against the besieging army of Hantana.
but it was imj.osi.iUe that the besieged could hold
out ran h longer. Throughout the republic, except j
at th* capital the government of Sar*aua w*s
acknowledged The raptain of the \miri? an
hooter Cbarle* 1*111 had been -anttneed to pay a
tine of throe thousand dollar* and suffer imprison
ment for one year and two day- for ninning into one
of Bae* a vetwels of war som* time since, and dama
ging her to the trifling amount of one hundred
dollars The acbooner had alao been ?eized and used
as a man-ol war by Baet. Mr Elhott. the American
<'onml. had been subjected to much annoyance in
ronarqoen. e of bis oppo*. n to the naturalization
* heme* of Hegovia. the Spanish < ,'onsnl. Crowds of
r>e?ple had ?-een instigate! to a^emble l?eforo the
r* -idence of Mr. Hliott and Insult himself and
f >mily This <>.nduct induced the frrnch Admiral
to nurpose. and after much expostulation and a
threat of using force. Baez reluctantly gave orders
f >r the mob to ?? disj-erwd.
The *team?4iip Black Warrior nrrived fr>m Havana
, rfjgy mom re with advices to the l;ith totst.
i,. n,, v;t dull. Sugars had declined, with
1?<VOOO box' ? < n fund at Matanr.a* and Havana.
Kr,. ? ??! t., Kxdiange on N. w
York w.v kt 'li i \ premium Polled States gold
coin wa- a' tlir* ? j*-r e?nt premium. The Maectzek
Opera tr*;f h.t i j < ned w *'i brilliant prwpects.
We have a 'v. re. 'rom S uth America dated at Rue"
nr* Ayte- 1?' Mot'tevid-o ' d. and Rio Janeiro 17th
of October. Tie nnrk?t? gen< rally were dull. There
VW nothing do. Jig in freight* at Bueno* Ayr*. !
The United State* ?team frigite Niagara. Captain
tt.idaon. from Plymouth (England), arrived at this (
r\ yesterday moniing all well. She left Plymouth
rn the r,th instant, thus making tlie passage in 14
ds\s and 4 hout*. She has had to contend ag*ln?t
westerly gale* nearly the whole v< yt -*e. i
tit ' <j rt "f General Se^ions yesterday .'am'
v. ,n tefntv vara old, l^m in New York
at a 1M- fitter, w arra gned ? r
1 -,-Sm ,n the flr-t degree behaving >?r< k? a
into the dwelling lv-u?e of Mr H. Merold. 1 W avo.
? \ th. Mil of July. The Assistant Pi-dnct
AM .rn. ? ? ? pted a plea of guilty de
, . of that off. ' re. and he was sent to the State
. n for n * c \# r? b'i 1 -x month*. In pi-ing
sent??nrs Judge Russell oWfWil that the pajsr*
eh wed a very Heat <a*e. and had fWglan lieen con
v t< d lie r.sild have been s. nttothe State pri? >n
for fe There w m another indu tment found by the
< ruid Jury agxinst him for an assault with intent to
k..' Tlie evidenre ^iowe?l that when Mr lfer?ld
l.r.rd Ib-gl in in the house he fired at him. and when
t i burglar g t outside he deliberately II red at hioi in
re ten t?t fortunately the rontents of the revolver
i'.J net take efl- t It is snpp<*?d that the two
r 9am ?h< attacked th> A B Mott early on Friday
(il f ??:? -,r ]> r?te? of IWg'an l?f 1> Hrtt
was a witness against liim, aud tlwy wixbrd to pre
vent the Doctor's attendance at court by assassi
nating him in cold blood Owen Kiernan was con
victed of manslaughter in the fourth degree, in cann
ing the death of Jurat* McDermott on the 20th of
October. John Carroll and Wm. Brown, two "Dead
Rabbits," guilty of highway robbery, were each went
to the State prison for fourteen years aud five
months.
Strong south westerly winds have prevailed here
for the past two days, and yesterday was the coldest
day of the season. The thermometer in the afternoon
reached twenty-five degrees, aud in the evening it
indicated a still lower temperature. Along the en
tire chain of lakes a severe snow storm lias prevailed
during the past two days, and much apprehension is
entertained for the safety of the shipping in those
waters.
It would not be a bad plan to place the Fonrth
ward of this city under martial law. In addition to
the murders in William and Water streets on Tues
day and Wednesday nights, last evening two per- \
sons were stabbed in that ward. The first was a
man named John Bums, who, whilo standing at the
corner of Fcarl and Vandewater streets, was asanlt
ed by three rufliaus, and stabbed in the face in three
places. One of the gang was arrested, but the
others escaped. Burns's wounds are not of a serious
nature. About nine o'clock a dispute occurred iu
Water street between a Welsh sailor, named Thomas
Price, and a woman named Kate Bums, about an
apple, which the former refused to pay for. During
the altercation Price whipped out his sheath knife
und plunged it into the left breast of a girl named
Mary Ann Thompson, inflicting a severe wound.
Fortunately a policeman lutppened to be in the
neighborhood, who knocked Price down with his
club, and then conveyed him to the station house.
The investigation of the Water street murder was
continued yesterday. We give a report of the evi
dence elsewhere. Susan Dempsey, who was stabbed
in the afl'ray, died yesterday morning, making the
second victim, and Barrett Is not expected to survive
his injuries. The police are actively engaged in
searching for the perpetrators of this diabolical
crime. Several persons have been arrested, and
among them a man who is known to bp an associate
of the murderers. From certain circumstances it is
supposed that the murderers belong to the party of
Spanish soldiery jmd convicts which arrived here in
S'.'I^cmber on l>oard a French bark bound from
| Spain for Cuba, and which put in at this port in dis
tress.
The inquest in the case of Mr. Vincent was also
resumed yesterday, when several witnesses were ex
amined. Mr. Justar Montag testified that on Wed
nesday evening ho heard Joseph Ccragalio, one of the
witnesses, say in a lager bier saloon that he had
" witnessed the whole affair through the shutters,
and that he could recognise the men a hundred
yoars hence, but that his heart would not let him say
so." Ceragalio waa thereupon brought before the
jury and examined at much length. He denied hav
ing witnessed the affair or having nsed the remarks
imputed to him. but explained that he did say to Mr
M on tag on that evening that on the evening of the
murder he had. when staudiug on the opjsxtite side
of the street, seen men sitting in Mr. Vincent a sa
loon. between 9 and 10 o'clock, whom he could iden
tify a hundred years hence. The jnry deemed the
f tatement of the boy contradictory, or, at all events,
important, and upon their request he was arrested.
The Coroner said he would admit him to bail in the
sum of of 13,000. The private watchman, Cohen,
was also arrested at the request of the jury.
Michael Cancemi, convicted of the murder of
F.ugene Anderson, was not sentenced yesterday, as
was expected. Aa sentence of death can only be
i assed at the general term. Judge Da vies, before
whom Cancemi wan tried in the Circuit Court, said
he would sentence him on Monday , the 30th inst.
The Excise Commissioners met yesterday, and re
solved * meet the counsel of the Liquor Dealers'
' Association on the 26th instant, to hear them in re
' gard to the institution of suits against liquor dealers.
In the Supreme Court yesterday counsel for Mayor
Wood put in the answer of the latter to the com
plaint of James Horner with reference to the glass
ballot-box business. Judge Davies assigned Saturday
next as the time for the plaintiff to show cause why
the injunction granted in the ease should not be
vacated as regards the Mayor.
After twenty yean* of service Judge Ingraham is
about to retire from the Court of Common Plea-.
T?> mark their appreciation of the Judge's judicial
lalsT- during this l^nii j-eriod. the members of the
t,ttr of this cit> have aeked penntaflion to place hi*
portrait in the court room, and the Judge has com
plied with their request.
A fin- occurml last night, between 7 and 8 o'clock,
in the premires of John IVraismes A Co., fancy
goods dealer*. No. h* William street, destroying the
whole of the stock, together with the upper stories.
Tho stock of the adjoining buildings was damaged
by water. The total I<mm u estimated at about
140.000.
Tie ??!??? of cotton yesterday were confined to small |
k<ts at unchanged rates TV* receipt* of flour per canal
! and river wer? confined to about 12.WX) t<arrcU, whilo j
?Usks were light, which, coroMaed with a good local sn.l
export demand, caused it to advaaw about fire rent* per
barrel, with tolerably free sales The rweipts of wheat
embraced 3*,22fl bushels Th? demand continued *wt
for both milling and export, while ?ales were mod* rat"
firmer figures. So arrival* of corn were reported, while
the market w m quite firm, with limited sales of Western
mixed at "Or a Mr from store, and at a "Or de
livered. 1'ork was sold U? a moderate exu-ut, at $1U a" a
$19 iO for moss, and *t $17 for prime Sugars on
the week's sales showed a declin ? of about
;,c. per lb. for refln:ng aad common grades. ?nl
fully Vc 00 Pr|m# Krocery grades The stock
was t st. mated at about JV OOO hhds . which w.v, not (
much in excess of the ususl amount at this of
the year the naif* yesterday embraced about *00 hhds
Cuba meacovados and Porto Rica*, with U.400 bag" of
P,nicaj" re. the latter f?r refining . on term* riven In another
I cob mn O ll?-e was steady, while Ml?s were limit' d
Freight engagomenta were moderate. and rate* without
! rh?i*' of moment, to Ijverpool ll-wr was engage i at its. .
1 rtsm.k ?d . Hour to I ondon st 2s, W . and by steamer
' to Liverpool tierce b??f wa- taken .it f>- ftJ
Ttte !t(W Ksmaa Plflti ial?*? s ? Democratic
Orgsns Off the Track.
Wc buve shown from the present alarming
condition of thing* In Kansaa that th?- exalt a- ^
tion* of the Washington I'swa over the happy i
solution of tbis Territorial Imbroglio are prema- ,
1 ture. delusive and absurd. But while the I n*M
is erring "p* are. [?'ace. when there is no peace,
there are otln r d? norratk organs that arc pur- 1
suing a coui^e which must operate Ut defeat the i
ends of peace. Prominent among this class is
Cql. Forney '? Philadelphia /V'**. In a late ar
ticle on the doings of the hecompton Constitu
tional Convention, that paper substantially de- j
clares that, in defiance of the Kansas organic i
law, the President's pr??mi"? s. Gov. Walker's ;
pledges, and democratic principles. "the Con- ;
v e nt ion ba- refused to submit its work fairly to j
the citizens of Kansas, nnd that "tbete Is no
honest submission of the new constitution to tin? ,
action of the people," inasmuch its the only
rj<i< stlon submitted Is the detached Issue of j
"slavery" or "no slavery."
In the same key the Chicago 7W the home i
organ <?( S nator Douglas, says ? "We think It
amounts to tiry little what has been the
action of tho Convention. One thing is
certuin ? the constitution ha* not boen sub
mitted to the people, and that constitution
is not worth the paper it disfigures. It lias
no vitality now; yet it has its much as it
will ever have;"' and so on to th" end of the
chapter. Tlx-se opinions are strongly sustained
by the warlike proclamation of the free State
Kansas Executive Committee, which we publish
?his morning. And yet we belicTe that in ae..m
A ? h. : iv?. ti- w vf thv ""lyV, Cvl. t'?iu ; \ n
/Vfju and the home organ of Senator Douglas
are as wide of the mark sm the Washington
Union.
Granted that the Lecompton Convention
should have submitted their whole constitution
bodily to the vote of the people, will it not suf
fice Unit they have submitted the only question
upon which there can be any serious controver
sy to the popular vote? Can anything, in the
form of a State constitution, or in the forum of
its ratification, be expected of the managing
politicians of either party in Kansas, which will
\k satisfactory to the opposite purty ? And con- |
sidcring the violent feelings of hostility existing
between the no-slavery and pro-slavery parties
of Kansas, is it not liest to seize upon the first
chance for a compromise, and make the most of
it ? Suppose, for instance, that this Lecompton
stipulation for a popular test of 'slave
ry" or ''no slavery" should be honestly met by
lK)th parties in Kansas, can there be any doubt
of the result? The decision would certainly be
?? no slavery," and thus Kansas would certainly
come into the Union as a free State. And once
a State, all these constitutional restrictions
against a modification of the State charter
would amount to nothing; for within six months
the j?eople of Kansas could adopt a new consti
tution out and out.
We contend, therefore, that the true policy of
he conservative democratic press is to make
the moFt of the first practical opening for the
lair admission of Kansas, without stopping to
chatter upon secondary issues and non-essentials.
The treaty of peace which Mr. Trist made in
Mexico was a considerable stretch of authority
on his part, and yet it served the great purpose
of putting an end to the war. And so, open as
it is to various objev uonB and suspicions of
trickery, this Lecompton programme may be j
made the basis of peace in Kansas; and the ob
ject of the peacemakers should be to encourage
a spirit of conciliation and an honest election
upon the single great issue of ?' slavery" or "U*j
| slavery," for all the rest is leather and pru
j nella."
But with the Northern nigger worshippers
and the Southern nigger drivers the great ol>
jfcet is not peace. It is excitement, agitation,
I sectional strife, and a sectional orgauiza
1 tion of parties. Kansas is their stock in
trade, and they arc not disposed to
let it slip through their fingers if they
can prevent it. Accordingly, while these
Lecompton constitution tinkers have been
framing a programme calculated to excite
the wrath of the free State party, the nigger
worshipping politicians and journals of that
party have seized upon the bait as a godsend
for renewed agitation and sectional excitement.
Thus, too. the Philadelphia Frt*t and the Chica
go Tmt*, instead of pouring oil upon the
troubled waters, are playing into the hands of
the black republican agitators and weakening
the hands of the administration.
In his Silliman letter Mr. Buchanan fully
recognises the validity of the Lecompton Con
vention. and concedes to it a large discretionary
power in the work of a State organization.
Has Colonel Forney forgotten this, and has
judge Douglas discovered "the err^f of his
ways" and resolved to take the back track?
We expect to know very shortly after the read
ing of the President's Message to the two
houses of Congress. We perceive, from a late
upoech of Jefferson Davis in Mississippi, that
'?should Kansas be denied admission because of
a pro-slavery constitution," the direct issue of
i accession will be presented, and that "he, for
one. will be in favor of stern resistance." This is
the card of the Southern nigger drivers? the old
" scarecrow of secession; but in this instance it
means secession, right or wrong, trom the ad- |
ministration camp. Between these Southern
nigger drivers and the Northern nigger wor
shippers stands the President; but. unlortunate
Iv, in the very crisis of the battle the Northern
conservative democratic press almndon him. and
thus encourage the anti-slavery politicians of
Kansas in their threats of an armed rebellion.
From any point of view the affair* of Kansas
now present themselves in a truly alarming
shape. The free State party will probably havo
I nothing to do with this Lecompton constitution;
it will thus, perhaps, go up to Congress with
the one-sided voto of the pro-slavery party,
while the Topeka form of government, in a se
parate parcel, bearing the ratification of the
tree State party, will, perhaps, meet the Le
mmptonites at the thicshhold. In this event the
only safe alternative will be to send both par
ties hack 1o Kansas for a new trial before the
people. As matters now stand we can hop*' for
nothing better. Wc hope there may be nothing
worse.
Tire Aijiany Pinn ASP this Nkw York
? We notice among the papers of Boston
and Albany a perpetual whining about the New
York banks, and a desire to make them the
scapegoats of the late revulsion. Whatever
part th?* hanks of thin city may have had in pre
cipitating the cririn by expanding when they
ought to have contracted, and contracting when
they might bate expanded, it i* well to give
every one ? even a bank director? hia due ; and
th" truth should ?*? told about theae paltry
country pafter*.
Th" Boston pa|iera are evidently stirred up
by their old village jealousy of the metropolis;
they r? mcmlier too, perhaps, with some mortifi
cation the sarcastic hit at "all the apecle in
Ma*?ieusrtt*," contained in Mr ftpveua' other
win? silly letter to Nathan Appleton.
lint the Albany paper* have a much lietter
reason for tl" ir course in reference to the
bank-. These attack* must Is- regarded a* a
specie* of wurw hoops by which the Mohawk*
of the AU?any lobby notify the bank* that they
intend to Meed them thi? winter. It is the pre
\ ailing opinion among the lobby nieml>er* at
Albany that the New York city hanks will
want some special lei'i"lation for their benefit
this winter ; and these lobby vultures, who ae|
dom get so lat a fowl a* a bank to pluck, have
renolvi d to ma Ik a go?*l meal off them. The
scurrillona paragraphs which appear in the |
Albany Aripi*, and the other Albany pajiorw ? -
till of which are mere organ* of the lobby, j
w ithout difference or choice worth mentioning,
among them ? are the premonitory signals of
the kw <>op of the hawks. We shall wf whether
the banks w ill pay up, realgnedly, or hold out ;
the tone of the Albany papers will soon make
that clear epoiigh.
MoVK,WK\TW OF TIIK FlI.IBt XTK.R.+? Wiht'h in
tiik Wim??? Among the pa^'tigern l?y the ateam
ship Ti'iinenj-ee, which left New Orleans for
Vera Cruz on the Mth instant, we notice the
Damea of rapt. Mansfield Lovell and Don I'or
flrio Valirnte. Capt. L. wan a distinguished
officer in the American army during the war in
Mexico, and resigned hi* commission for th<>
purpose of acting as confidential agent for (?en
tm.'u in i' j'.nnjj tli; tv4,pJ.Uvu
against Cuba three year* since. Senor Valiente
wm Hecret?iV of the Cuban Junta in thin city
at I lie same period, and armed quite recently
from Paris. We learn that about the time of
hi* arrival here Capt. G. W. Smith, formerly
Professor of Engineering at West Point, and
who also resigned bin commission in the army,
where he had a high reputation, to take purl in
Quitman s expedition, returned quite suddenly
from the West, aud that soon after his arrival
here Messrs. Lovell and Vallente left for Mexi
co. It in probable that these gentlemen had a
conference with Gen. Quitman, who is in the
South, Itefore leaving for Vera Cruz. What
ha* stirred up the old Cuban Junta and their
allies no suddenly? In the decent upon Cuba
from Mexico already underway?
The Financial News from England.
1 he financial news from England, details of
which reached the city in the Niagara's mails
yesterday morning, adds little to what we kuew
pro iously. A portion of the commercial com
munity, with a few journals, were actively
pressing on the government the necessity of re
laxing the provisions of the Bank act, so as, in
fact, to remove all restrictions on the issue of
Bank ol England notes; these were opposed by
other authorities who. through their organ the
London Tmtt, took the ground that so long as
the public retained fortitude and common senv,
the bank could protect itself by progressive
changes in the rate of interest, while doing its
duty to the nation by discounting all eligible
paper at that rate. Pending the conirovery a
few of the large houses connected with Ameri
can trado had gone by the board, while others
were known to be grievously straitened. As
was to be expected, general business was great
ly eml>arra**ed by the high price of money, and
the absence of private accommodation from
capitalists, who, as they did here, had with
drawn almost entirely from the money lendiu*
market.
Of Ootirse, in no point of viowean this news
be regarded sis cheerful. It is without mitiga
tion unfavorable. But. for all this, it is doubt
ful whether it can have an injurious effect ou
our people here. Our position is so very singu
lar and abnormal, indeed, that one can' hard I v
conceive anything which could operate serious
ly to our injury at present. Certainly, it can
not be asserted that failures of British houses
would react upon us fatally.
tor our trouble has been gone through Onr
merchants have broken, our banks have sus
pended. our rotten railways have gone to the
wall: Disaster can tind no Held for employment
among us. And since the worst took place, we
have been steadily improving. Our banks have
fining specie so rapidly that they hold
more gold now than they ever did, and hare
just, to all practical intents and purposes re
sumed specie payments. Those among our
broken merchants who were really solid have'
obtained extensions or are doing so, arid are
going on; the utterly rotten ones have been
weeded out of the circle, and their places taken
by new men. Even many of the railways have
pickcd up. and promise really to prove good
property. There never was a time when the
prospect of a general inflation seemed more
promising.
All the rotten parts of our commercial frame
have been cut out; all the solid parts remain.
Our debt to the foreign world is in a fair way
of being wiped out by the insolvency of the in
dividual debtors; but while the British and
French manufacturer must lose part and mav
lose all pf his claim, the goods will remain
here. The stockholders in the broken down
railways have suffered, and are by this time re
signed to their loss; but the railways none the
less remain to us. engines of commerce and
progress. And. to add to all, while our pre
*>nt liabilities are being vastly reduced by in
solvency and our future one* curtailed by the
j tendency to contraction and liquidation now
universal tu the business world, our resources
j have not been in the least impaired, our crop*
were never more abundant, nor the demand for
| them abroad more generally satisfactory.
The geueral deduction from these premises is
that whatever news may come from Europe
during the next few weeks, the tendency of
things here must be toward inflation. And con
sidering the |>oint from which we start, and the
proUble contingencies that may befall us it
seems not unlikely but that such inflation may
carried to a point unprecedented even before
the panic.
Of course it will 1* followed by a reaction
not less severe than the inflation will have been
sudden and extensive. But when that reaction
may come, or how long the inflation may last,
no matt can tell. If WP j^p a|j our own r|che,
throw overboard our rotten companies ami
Commercial firms, and don't pay our debts, the
inflation may last h very long time indeed.
Cttjr Intelligent*.
Tun > rw?T i>f Wittkr ? Accordtag in the almanac win
ter afcouM not vteit t hi - latitude for ten da)* to com*, bul
ir-uml In- ha? been a Utile ahead M time. I'at rig Thursday
n v;hi tlif thermometer Tell middealy In 30 degree*, while
a cold wind from the northwest prevails, ye?terday the
mi'ti urj -t<??l at 94 degrees, and la?l night it waa lower
?t.ll, Although evar) udh ?m expecting cold weather,
it, ?? up'ial, took all hand* by *urpriae Overcoat*.
'Iihw I* and all ni aimer id comfort gi? hv rarm? -at* weri<
I ui a pr<iniutn. and the clothing *toro? did at a* i one good ,
?1a> ? biiemenn, their ? uatotner* l>eing moetly those parties
wbo are either too ,ndolent or too poor to pro v idetheninelve*
? th dothlng early in the aeaaan W later i* usually
hulled IB tbh> clt) a Rb delight. It I* the beginning ot th*'
a <y (irn-oti. win n ball* |?rtie* and MlM are irilllM
l') ?letuhing frolic* and "ther winter aporls hut thki year
u 0|<eit* under very different auapicea. Many of those
who had money arc comparatively poor at d are compelled
by a 'tern ?eccaaltf to economise, while the pre at bulk of
| tii< produclag claMM-e find tbcm-clve* on i ?e verge of th<
i .utier ' waeoa. without work and without the means to
buy their fatniln". Ihe ne?-ee>-.irle* of life Ther< will be .
b?i tew ball- tji ? year, and e\en Hie l?ix|iit.?lltle? and I
uBieattic* of the holiday *eaf-oa will If ? riou-ly ailectel
by the linan< lal trouble* However all *houM prepare to
meet Uw engencH el tihe comeg wed r maniully 1st
ll?e t? li help the |**>r atnl th" poor tl..wi elvc- as i ?r ax
tliey t an. atwre all, let them keep .1 ghi heart au>l w.'tr
a- thick a |?ir of >re' <he? an they tan aflord mid all will .
come o?i well The l.tat two winters lia\el??n i'WcinI
invly eevcre Ma) we not feaeoiMbly e*|w t Hint tho
t'OfflMf MM! Will M lM I** u- hope .? lur lint sake
of ihe poor.
In> 11 Witt i?* flWHncf? I o~ ait* ?< t WO, 000 Between
7 and A e'cloi k laM night 1 Are broke out in the f|w vtory
br :< h building known a* No. Ht William *lr ?d, 1* 01 pied
on lb" '!p|>er Moor* by -b?hn Itera mi" A Oi . importer! tf
faney (food The flr?t Itnnr wae occupied by Mallory A But
lerfieW , pa|? r d?alerf The (Ir-t iii.nm w%* g veil by the
1'net 1 iflt< e bell anil the ORjf llall I - lowed, Whleh noon
brought a large attendnnre of fir < men It Wan on Ui?
serond floor where the fire ww first dmcovered . and It*
rapid prugreee, to-other w dli MtpMan ? -aused. as sup
jmei'd, by Artwork.* or petcn oon cap*- pi evented the 1
firemen Imm chu-king it until It re*. hed the roof, The
whole of the upper itorleii are entirely deatruyed, and
the Ht'tck of pa|ier and fan* y ?<>atH on the flr?t floor and j
basement will l>e very cnn^idcrably damaged by water. 1
I*** aaid to be Covered by ineuranre
No Hfi Will ,? ni etreet, occupied on the flr-t floor by
Mr ,lame? H. Matwell wtiole ai* drn?i?t?. ind the fbuf
tidier etorte* h| Keller a 1 mg im|?>ri< r?of fancy go<vla ?
their Mock i* dam ; "d In w it< r. J'robably Mr Ma?
w<4Tl (lock will b- 1.1 mnged to the amount oi $1,000 or
?l.flOO; fnlly cvep d by Inmiram e Keller A IJng'? ||?
may be estimated ;ii xbotil the ?ami' amount K?'ler A
IJtig ha\ e an inanraitce on Mm k of tai ,N9, divided in the j
Metropfditan, H 11 11 ? ny. National. North Amer ean, folntn
bla Hope Kxcefcuo and North W.^tern Insurance Com
BWnca. Tlie lie of Mr l*>ral.?m*i> la Mli to be about
?20,(wki and i- (nil) rovt n d by manram e? the coni|m
nice c?iuld not be aw ertenN^t: The bnlldlng ie d.1ma? -d
to ihe amount of ab?>ut *1 ic)0. Ibuldlng No. Hrt i< also
di?nuii-e?l to- the an .iint of iJM The orign- ol Ihe lire In
at |>ri ent unknown
A Pc* f>VKH *<tn ftlfWIU.? In ?'"?!. to the
,.l>ov? flr< . Tenrfk 7-t>- y k a member of I n? ine No 13,
?^i iIid' iH' ' ' el. I 'own and r ?*> ?? ?r , Wijorlng
j 4. . . 4 .veil. 1 4 u... <t(Mhhn I
THE LATEST NEWS.
Selection of a Site iter a Port Offlec in New
York.
W*flHTifOTOi?, Nor 20, 186T.
The New York Common Council Committee c?lle<l on
the ,|o*tiuA?ter Geueral to-day In reference to Qiing the
Bite Tor the New York Post Office.
The Postmaster General acceded to their proposition In
the location of the Kite. Instead of loesting it on Chambers
street the Bite is to be at the point below Park place, run
ning through to Park row.
The Postmaster General referred the matter to the Pre
sident to day, and the committee are to hare an answer
to-morrow. There la uo doubt but that the President will
confirm the selection.
Interesting from Washington.
TUB MOKMON WAH ? RBCOlt MKNIUTIONS OK THK PR1I
8IOKMT ? LIST OK OKKIl'KKd IN THK UTAH BXPBOI
TION? PHOTKCTION FOB AMKKtUAN JBW8 IN 8WIT
ZKKLAND ? CLUB TO THB POLITICAL atOVKMKNTS
IN MBX1CO ? COMONKOttT SAID TO UK NKOOTIAT1NO
WITH SAIfTA ANNA KOK THK UHTTKN OP TUB KX
DICTATOR ? THH CENTRAL AMERICAN QI/KSTION,
ETO? ETC.
Washington, Nov 20, 185T.
Tlie administration are considering the Mormon rebel
lion and the steps to be taken with regard to iL It is pro
posed to capture some two thousand Saints now located In
California, an well as Dr. BernheUel, Brigham Young's
delegate to Congress, am) hold them as hostages until it
is ascertained what the Prophet designs doing. General
Cass seems to think this cannot be done under the ensti
tution, but the President thinks differently. A state of
rebellion, he says, actually exists, and martial law muat
prevail.
I send you a correct list of the officers composing the
Utah expedition:?
u? t or omciaa with nil army for dtah.
Col. A. Johnston, 2d Cavalry, Commanding.
Major Flt^John Porter, Assistant Adjutant General.
Captain J ii BMbmmb, Assistant Quartermaster.
Captain II. K. Clarke, Commissary of Subsistence.
Dr. Madison Mills, Surgeon.
l?r. A. T. Ridgoly, Assistant Surgeon.
I>r. J. Moore, Assistant Surgeon
Pr. J. C. Bailey, Acting Assistant Surgeon
Dr. R Bart below, As-istast Surgeon.
I>r. F. J Bailey, Assistant Surgeon.
Major T. E. llunt, Paymaster.
ariluxt
Captain J W. Phelps, 4th Artillery, Commanding Light
Fia'.d Buttery
Lieut. R. V. W. Howard, Fourth Artillery.
Lieut. G. TaHmadge, Fourth Artillery
lieut. J A. Kensel, Fourth Arti'.lerj .
CAptnin J I. 1 lei io, Ordinance Corps, Conuna>)4iQ|
&Avr ,
siftmD Ma(i66jA? (hqiit cottrAnnes.)
ijeut Col. P. St. lieorge Cooke, Commanding Regiment.
Major M S. Howe.
IJeut. J. Pegram, Adjutant.
Ijeut. J. Buford, Regimental Quartermaster.
Major H. H. Sibley.
Capt J. M. Haws.
lieutenant W. D. Smith
Lieulacant C. H. Tyler.
lieutenant J. P. liolliday.
Lieutenant T Hight.
Lieutenant J. B. Vlllepigue.
lieutenant G. A. Gordon.
l.ieutenant J. Mullins
lieutenant F. C. Armstrong.
lieutenant H. B. living ton
lieutenant J. Green.
lieutenant K. Gay.
lieutenant Jackson.
lieutenant Ferguson.
fikih iwrairrsr.
lieutenant Colonel C. A. Waite, commanding,
Lieutenant A. Chamber1-, Adjutant.
Lieutenant W. \V Burns, Regimental Quartermaster.
Captain and Brevet Lioutenant Colonol W. Chapman.
Captain R It Msrry.
Captain J. C. Robinson.
Captain H. R. Scldon.
Captain T. H Neil I.
lieutenant 8. Archer.
lieutenant W. II Lewis.
lieutenant H C. Bankheaal.
lieutenant W. A Webb.
lieutenant C. J. Lynde.
lieutenant A T. A Torbert
Lieutenant R. C. Hill.
lieutenant J. F Ritter.
Lieutenant H. B Bristol.
lieutenant A W. Shipley.
lieutenant L. I. Rich.
tttth itf* JfTRT
Colonel K. B Alexander, commanding.
l.ieutenant Colonel C. F. Smith
Major and Brevet lieutenant Colonel K. R 8 Canby.
lieutenaut H. K Maynadier, Adjutant.
lieutenant P. T. Pwaine, Regimental Quartermastor.
Captain F Gardner.
Cuj tain A. Tracy.
Captain .1 A. Gore.
Captain J. imnovant.
tfeptain J. L. Tidba.l and Q%pU.a B. E. Bee
lieutenant C Grover.
Lieutenant W. Clinton.
lieutenant N. A M. Dudley.
Liet i tenant J. H Fomejr.
I leutenant I,. A. Williams.
Lieutenant J. Deshler.
I ieuti'iiaut W. Kearney.
lieutenant J. H. Hill.
lieutenant C. E. BenneU.
lieutenant .1 I.. Thompson
lieutenant F N A r mislead
lieutenant S. 8. Carroll
lieutenant A S Cunningham
Leuteuant H. K Kelly,
Lieutenant J Mi Nab.
lieutenant A Murry.
Lieutenant T. J. lee.
There are four lad tea with the army, vie. ?
Mr*. Governor Cummmgs.
Mrs. Colonel Canby.
Mrs. lieutenant Tyler.
Mrs lieutenant Burns.
Mr. Buchanan wm waHed on to-day by a number of
Israelites. and hp requested Captain Jona* i'. l<evy to fur -
ni?h him with the localities In !*wiuerland where Amen
ran litltum* of the Jewish persuasion hail been deprived of
their religious privileges, us he had tho document* all read/
for transmission to remedy the evil.
l*rivato letter* received here from Mexico afford a sort
of cluc to the political movements at present agitating that
republic. Of one thing these letter* assure u.*, and that
ta.that Comonfort will not be able to xuatain himself.
Only the men in office are paid, whilst all other claim*
ppoo the administration are allowed logo unaatiaOed. A
i-ute of thing* like this cannot long eontinu*.
There were hotc hope* that Comonfort would nuceeed
in making a treaty with Mr Forsyth, by which the trea
aury of the United States would aid Mexico; but, unlor ex
Wting circum?tanc<<e, the arrang>'Ri?nt i* not likely to b?
made, and the Congress, you will perceive, while giving
extraordinary power* to Comonfort. withhold sanction to
tbe alienation of Mexican territory I<eft alone,
Mexico must necessarily fall Into the hanli
'if the I'nited Stalin. The conclusion I* a ?elf evident one.
Tit e hai been frequent allusion from time to time to the
murn of Ueneral Santa Anna, but that dm interested and
incorruptible imtriot will not cotnn to the aid of hut
Country amin unless ptrougly invited. Tbe letter* to
which 1 refer do not hesitate to insinuate tliat General
Cortex, detained at tbe national capiUI, U m t wily nego
tiating wth Comonfort term* fur the return of General
Santa Anna to Mexico, and hi* own rendition of the offlc<>
of Preatdi-nt into tbe ban<bi of the 1 ' n lituted authorities
Tbe new constitution being abrogated by tho act of
QMfrat*. which MnceU it* mar ante**, tho olec
i*>n of Com infort in, according t<? theso letter*, n il
lifled, and a new election of President will bo
had md, with the friendly sanction of Comonfort, Santa
Anna, K I* said, will become a prominent candidate for the
pea ' .?'"le settlement of alt the calam<ti?t which at |?re4rnt
afltct that unfortnnate country.
I learn from (apt. M<-igs that Uie new hall would be in
rem 'neon at tlx' opening >>f Congr< ? Hut I understand
tliat it i* the intention of the Clerk of the lltuw toorganlte
iti tbe oM hall, and that accordingly it ha* l>een fitted up
and I* now r' Uly for occupancy. It la alleged that tho
new bail will be too damp, add that it would be very ton
firm t nt on tbt |>art ot the ni'-ntben fo occupy it urtil It M
thoroughly dry and all the d*mpti<?* h i? disappeared,
lb" prol. ibility is lhat It will md l?e n-ed before spring, in
ilie adjoining rooms, the clerk's office, postoffbo, fcc. ,
which are necessary, are entirely unllriMi'-d
Sir Wm Gore Onieley called upon the Secretary of Stite
to day He egpre sen himself a* l>i<hly pleased with his
reception He t* of opinion that the pending question*
b?t w< < n the two gov ?'rnmcnts relative to affairs In Central
America will be adjusted amicably and ??itiefactorily. Ilid
Inj-tri^' Cobs will pn t.ably arrive in the n'Xl steamer.
fT W Pierce lias been appointed n.ival *iorekee|)er at
IV. ?>>? Navy Yard, v? e Wilde, frsignni.
Collec tor Schell arrived here Ibla even nf, and m stop
ping at W 1 1 lard's.
The Treasury rece.pta for the p?t week amounted to
Ave hundred and seventy -even thousand dollars.
In Nn\ ?l Court No 1 to day l.ietit. Noland's case vras
r -si mi d. Mr Korlux, of Maryl ind, wae examined, and
the ItpcH.i on of Commander Tilton read In his behalf. In
the ijnd Court Commander Oedney's ca-o- was taken up,
and depodtion* of OitmnandT Tillon and Surgeon Terrell
wer< read ill his behall iCotnniander fnue tastllled on be
ball of the tfovertmo nt In the Third flmtrt Commodores
lAtallette and Mtrvinc testlfo d oil behalf of government
in Capt. l*vy'? case
THf. URHKJtAL NKWrOMI-Mt OK-WTTB.
WMmitMl, Nov JO, 1*57.
A cording to the present intention ex President lamar,
of Texas, will be appointed Minister to Nicaragua
Tlie affair* of Ctah <* cupy the atP ntam of the admlnis
tr > ? "0 b'it no ?i?-(lni?? aciion bn- vt i><*en taU'-n in view
b. ~ ? . .? m ? .i nvm mhh icioivi^ , I
Matr of thf Wfatlier.
THKHIB1.S HKOW HTOKMH ON TI1K I.A.XW4.
The follow tug telegraphic despatch was received yea
terday l>y Elwood Waller, Esq:?
Clbvklakd, Not. 20, I84T.
A terrible finow rtorm prevailed along tho whole chafe
or lake* yest- nlay and to da jr. The propeller Jermy
City, bound down with a cargo of beef and flour, straafc
going into Dunkirk. She got off bafoly with four feet at
water in her hold.
TUB WKATHKH AT NEWFOUNDLAND.
?r. John*, N. P., Nov. 20, 186?,
Since yesterday afternoon the weather here and at
Gape Kac? has been quite mild and caltn, but foggy atoag
the coast.
FROST AT ArortlTA.
Auoiwa, Oa., Nov. 20, 1867.
We have been visited with a killing frost here, and It Is
believed to have generally extended to other parts at
the State. Ice has formod here from half an in ah to aa
inch in thivAess.
THK OHIO RIVER ? 8NOW AT CIKNOINATI.
Cincinnati, Nov. 20, 18tT.
There Is fifteen feot of wator in tho channol at tha
river at tbia point, and it is falling.
Weather to day has been cloudy aud we kavo hod ?
light kuow storm. The mercury this evening is slondlag
at 17 deg. above zero.
CLOSING OF NAVIGATION ON Till MISSISSIPPI.
Chicago, Not. 20, 186V.
The Mississippi river is full of ice, and navigation iwtk
of Dubuque is now closed for the season.
Detention of Railroad Train*.
Buttroir, Not. 'JO, 1807.
The railroad train for Now York Tia Kail River got off
the track at Brldgewater last night, causing a detention at
live hours. The train was not much damaged.
The Stoning ton and Norwich trains reached Boston thW
morning about & o'clock. The Full Kiver train arrival
hero at T.
The Collision between the Steamers Gal VMton
and Opelonaas.
Nsw Orijunr, Not. 20, 186T.
There was a meeting hero last night of the passongsrs
of the steamers Galveston and Opelousas. Resolutions
were parsed strongly condemning the lack of discipline oa
both boats, which was asserted was the cause of the un
pardonable accident.
Steam Bailer Explosion at Montreal.
ONE MAN E1LLKD AND KIOHT lNJUttJU*
Montreal, Nov. 20, 186T.
A steam I toiler in Paige's foundry at OriCentown, ex
ploded this afternoon, killing foe man and severely In
juring light others. The building was blown into ruins.
Sharking Steamboat An hltnt.
FITK PERSONS KILLED AND FIFTEEN INJURED.
St. Uh ih, Nov. 20, 1867.
Tlvn steamboat Cataract burst hor boiler at lUsbon, oa
the UUfouri river, on the 17th, killing Ave persons and
scalding fifteen others. Among the killed is W.lliaia
Bruce, of Hartford.
News from Rio Janeiro.
Baltimore Not. 20, 1867.
The bark Antelope, from Rio Janeiro oq tho 17th Octo
ber, arrived here last evening. She loft the Grey Kagts
for Philadelphia, and the Juniper for New York, loading
at Rio. Tho bark Margaret Kidlcy sailed on tho 13th Oc
tober from Rio for New York.
Coffee was scarce, and the receipts light and mostly o!4
and of an inferior quality. Holders were firm, making
moderate sales at &|200 to 6|:in0 for inferior, and 5J360 to
6|460 for better lot* Higher prices werfc anticipated.
Richmond (kxir 22|MK) to 23|500. Tho stock of sugar vu
600 crises white, selling at 4|800 to 5|, and 200 oasas
browu at 4(400 to 4|?00.
Th? Canada at Hallfkx.
Haukax, Not. 30, 186T.
The royal mail steamship Canada, from Boston fur Liv
erpool, arrfTed here this morning at t?n o'clock.
The CtuiH<la sailed Tor I-iverpool at half pant 1 o'clock
this afternoon, having occupied about too hours longer
than usual in steaming down from Boston.
The Stuamrr Henry B. Beach on Fire.
Ba union*, Not. 20, 1867.
The steamer Henry R Beach, of Cromwell's Iim,
caught lire in the tiro room last night and narrowly es
caped destruction The firemen extinguished the Or*.
The steamer was damaged to the extent of $10,000 ur
(15,000 and her machinery considerably injured.
Damage to Ship John Howell.
Norfolk, Not 2?. 1847.
Arrived here today ship John Howell, Appleby, frost
Bristol, England, with a cargo of railway iron. baa
lost her topmast, span, 4c.
Sentence of a Murderer.
St Jobs*, N Y., Nor 20, 1867.
81a* in, Jr., implicated in the murder of the McKensM
family, was today sentenced to be hung oil the 4th at
Man b next, but the sentence will probshly be commuusl
o imprisonment for life.
The Public RteepUoo of Weal Dow In Boiton.
B.?<tv>w, Not. 20, 1867.
The public r see j>( ion of Neal Dow last evening Oiled
Tretuont Temple, and hundreds were unable to get ia
The audience wu mainly composed of ladies and Sons o t
Teinperance in regalia The addresses wero made bjr
Hon. Henry Wilson, Rev. Mr McCurJy, Neal Dow, an 4
others.
Condition of the Rhode Island Bank).
I'imvniK.iilc, R. I., Nov 20, 186T.
The following is the statement of the Rhode Ulaud
banks, not including this city, to November 10: ?
Circulation $1,7*4,281
Deposits 768 ,W?
loans 8.0M.W6
Specie 130,001
Markets.
I'll 1 1, APKLI'll I A STOCK ROAHD.
I1in.*i>ri.rm4, Nov 20, 1867.
Stock* dull. Pennsylvania 6's, 86 lU-adiug ltoil road,
23 \ . Morris Canal, 00; I/>ng Island Railroad, 10, I'eniuyl
vania Railroad, 30.
Nrw OnutAWs, Not 20, 1867.
Cotton. ? I "rices have advanced S,c. The sales to- day
add up 4,000 bales, at 11 V u 12c lor middling. .Halm of
the week , 46,600 biles. Stock, l.'rii.OOO bales. Receipt*
at this port up to the present time, as compared with
thoae of Iset year, fall short 1 Ml .600 bales; ditto at all
.southern ports, 312.600 Sugar dull at 4\c. a 6c. Mo
lasses, ST.i^c. Floor dnll at tb AO. Mess pork, $16 Ster
ling exchange, 103 Kxchange on New York, 09 a 99%.
CkmnAti, Nov 20, 1867.
Ilogo ?Sales at 96 60 a (6 00, receipts light and de
mand limited.
BrrrAi-o, Not 20? fl p. M
Flour favors buyers: sajes 1.000 bbls at $1 60 a 94 71%
for superfine up|>er lake and Ohio, and 94 R7 a (6 12 for
extra do. and Indiana. Wheat firmer, sale* 60.000 bush.,
at 77 Sc. a 78c. lor Chicago spring, and ROc for Milwaukta
club. Com firmer, and nominal st ft4c A A6c. Hits no
minal at :t4 >?c. a :16c Whiskey tlrm at 20c. Freight*
quiet. Nothing shipping through. Owing to the awful
snow storm and gale to day no vessels liavc arrived.
Oswkixi, Nov 20, 1867.
Klour is steadv. Wheat is dull and unchanged, sale*
to dav 3.000 bushels Chicago spring at 86c Corn is quiet.
Kreig'hts? Flour 3Re and wheat 13 V to New York, Ikmr
3 6c to Albany snd Troy, by railroad. I*ke imt?>rt* U>
<liy ? 2" .000 bushels wheat Canal exports to day ? 23,009
bht;. Hour and 46,000 bnshels wheat
The Opera at the Academy? Clow of the Caaa
palgii- Projmeals for a 1??? Season.
The Opera season closed last evening with the perforn.
ance of llie " Honnnmbiila," which was admirably sung
by la Orange, Iabocetta and Oassier.
The cause of this suspension of operations at the Aca
demy was fully detailed in the IIkrald of yesterday
snd Thursday. The managers found themselves obliged
to reduce the expenses or close Ihe house. They did De*
desire to dischsrge any of their employ . s ? the company
being quite perfect in every resect. They therefore pro
ved to carry on Ihe Opera lor two months longer, pro
vided the artists and members of the or hestra would
consent to a reduction of their salaries. Tins reduction
Mm Ollered by Mine, de la tirange, whose devotion to ths
public and her man igers Is pralieworthy. Bwttlly
has "ting live time* in ene week , eren whenla'?oring under
ev? re indisposition Mme, D'Angri has evinced Iho same
spirit The other artists. Uasster, labor ctta and otlier*
will undoubtedly do everything that is proper and right
in the nuitter, If terms are mads, the house may iw?
re ojened In a week or ten days, when some grand opera*
will be brought forward.
'1 lie chief difficulty nt the opera Is, however, with Hit
chorus and orchestra ? the msniliers of both department-*
bei&g well trained, their services are exceedingly valuable.
Ihe on hestra, tlianks to the ability of many of its meia.
bers, and the ability of the conductor, Mr. An dud/., ban
rarely been equalled here It is quite natural that the??
men should oiipnee a reduction of salaries; but it is a
question whether, in such times as the present, they
should not tak" a little levs, rather than get u ifh ng Many
of them have a little money or give lessons, and consider,
ing themselves independent ot the Opera. Indtn eiiinsewlio
are really depend* nt to refuse to assent to the ftsluctioit.
But tlie?? men will give nothing to assist their |>oorer
comrades II they are brought to want We are quite con
fident that the clients and orchestra, after due delibera
tion. will see that their beet course ts to accept the Tery
liberal propositions of the maaagetnent, which will gtv*
them employment at the wor>-t season of Ihe year. Tlielr
acquiescence will also seenre employment for more than
one hundred other persons employed in Tat ious ca|w lti<x
at the Academy.
hi common with the nmslcal public we much regret thn
closing of Ihe Academy , Jusl u|s>n the eve of the iUh*H of
Formes, the Itaiest ba ?so I h:d has ever appeared in Ui<?
1'niled Stales lie has been in a crisis before In londoo,
where, rather than that the OjH?ra should stop, he sang and
gave his services as stage dir.sitor gratuitouslr. He ha*
crime among u? to do som. thing if he ran Tor art. nnd wilt
no doubt make some sacrifices for the attainnv nt of hi*
objei t The company now st the Academy Is too gisst
be disbanded, and there are many considerations, ariMix)
and otherwise, why it shoul.l not be separated We *T<|
quite i otifldenl that tile arUsts and employ*! Wi msk.?
U rnis with th- management, and the public will do it>?
per' 'e matte the n \! >:Wi t> Itllirelv *?: i;r? f\'? n V' ry