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NEW YORK HERALD.
JAMICS (-OUDUN 1IK\ tIBTT,
LD1T0R AKD PROPRIETOR.
IFFICM M. V. COINl'l OF FULTON AND NASSAU STF.
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? ?CmA*ALIA*A* AND HAUU? HA?OC* TO NCUSK.
hew yo-ttc theatre, n-usd-vsy. oppadte Ne* York
Uoirl?Caxdrillob.
THEATRE FRA.YOAIS, Fourteenth street. near ilith
e?enur.?OsrHia aUX Earns*.
DOD WORTH'A HALL SMHrjAd vav.?Paorcnos rUnri
viii Fasioh* hii Miaacla*. ?I'm Hkad is tub Aia?
Til If01 an Bajmat Trick.
RICHINOB' ENOLIUH OPERA COMPANY, Olympic
theatre, Broadway.?Doa Paikjcal*.
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?hr Metropolr.Aa Hotel-Is raxiB brnioriAs j-STkarM*
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Mapaoaocab Ballat Tbol'f*.
ton'Y pasroR'S OPERA HOUSE. 301 Bowerr.-Host}
Yocaubv-Vob? Mirstiirlst, Biu.ir DivRAnnavAf r.
Ac!?Rao ob a Aahora, OB Tan AAA Tab* OB A Tbolic
CHARLEY WHITE'S COMBINATION TROUPE, At
KBrhitnir*' Hall, 173 Broadway?!? A Yabibtt OF LlOitV
a*i- UATJOBtALA KirrBBTAiNSASTA. ?OBM daBallat. AO,
TBI KBMAB'* OATH. OB TUB IDIOT OF ClLLABBBT.
HOOLET'ROPERA HOUSE. Brooklyn.?EtniOFU* Ml*
?TFrlAV. BaLLAM AKD BlBLBSUUES.?A NlGUI OF AO
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THE BUN YAM TABLEAUX, Union nail, oorner of
Twenty third mreet And Broadway?Moti*o Mibhob or
PiLUBin'e Prooujus?8ixtt Maobificbst Bobbin.
NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY. 618 Broidway.
Haao and Ricbt Abb of Promt-Thb Wasuibotob
Twist?Wobobbj IB Natural Distort, Scibbc*; and art.
Lain has Daily. Open from 8 A. M. till 10 P. M
Now York. ThurodKT. January IT. ItWT.
TBI VBWI.
EUBOFE.
By the At'antic cable we have a news report dated to
the lfltb of January. The Amoricans in Pans entertain
the owner of the yacht Henrietta at a banquet to-day
(January 171 In the Grand Hotel. A number of the
American yacht men who look part In the ocean race
leu England yeuterday en route for New York. The
Russian Minister In Vienna gave a dinner to tho Greoke
resident In that city, at which he masted "lUe welfare
of Greece." In France the Orloanlst aud democratic
members of tho legislature have united under M Tholr
in opposition to the Cabinet. Tho American cU 'b in
Rome is to he removed frotn Ihe city limits with the con
sent of the United States Minister. There is a very
heavy deficit in llio budget of I'aly.
It appears as if Napoleon reaiiy intends to despatch a
powerful trou-ciad squadron to the Gulf of Mexico, with
the view, it is ea Id, of protecting hi* army transports
rroui attack on the part of the native republican filibus
ters when engaged in retiring the French troops. Wo
arc specially iuforroed by mail that the Imperial Cabinet
has been assured that such a movement la contemplated,
and that in order to make cortaiu of Us utter frustration j
the Admiral is command will drop Into the United
Statei ports and commnnicato with the French Consuls,
ao that tliey may call the attention of tho American au
thorities to ?'iuspeclod armament*" If any are being
ma.lo in the waters. The passages of the Bahamas
channel are aim to be subjected to this naval Inquisito
rial notion.
Tho Me'cow Oatrfe states that the event* which have
recently Ukon placo in tho Danubian Principalities, ob
literate the treaty of 1866 and "relievo Russia from tho
onerous conditions Imposed on her' at that time. In
this announ - -meal, and the attitude assumed by the
Papal government towards Italy, tho politicians of the
Old World tu rnover tho existence of two "wsr olouds."
Consols closed at 80S for money In I-ondon yesterday,
United States five twenties were at 78'i In Loudon and
at 72 In Paris yesterday. The Liverpool cotton market
was more active with middling uplsnJ at ldhid. Bread,
stuff* steady.
COK0RE39.
In the Senate yesterday the House amendments lo the
Nebraska and Colorado Admit*ion bills were concurred
In, and both bills now go to the President. Mr. Sumner's
resolution relatlvo to the coolie trade was reported back
by tho Committee on Foreign Relations; and airoed to.
Mr. Grimes introduced a bill declaring the admiral lo lie
the making officer of tho navy and for other purposes,
which was reierred to the Committee on Naval Affair*
Mr Fessenden gave notice that ho would Introduce the
Tariff bill on Monday. Tho Tenure of Office hill was
then taken up, aud pending lis consideration the Senate
adjourned.
In the House the bill IntreJu-ed by Mr. Stevens for
the reconsiruction of the rebel Stales was taken up, and
a lengthy debate ensued between Messrs. Peine, Uing
bsm and Dawson. The legislative Appropriation bill
was then takrn up. The daa o appropriating $10,000
for faclUtatlng telegraphic communication bc-tw cu the
Atlantic and the riuiflc Mates was stricken out on the
gru md that the Company had failed to flit their eon
tract. Other amendments of minor Imp rrtanco wcro
made, alter which tho committee arose and reported tho
bill. The House soon after adjourned.
THE LEGISLATURE.
In the Senate yesterday the bill to prevent frauds In
th opening and laying out of erects was reported upon
favorably. Notice was given of Intention lo Introduce
bill* to enoourage telegraphic communication botween
Now Yoik and France, and lor improvement in Clinton
street, Brooklyn. Hills wcro introduced to amend tli*
law respiH uik tho power* and duties of Ma!-- officers
and amend-ng the laws relative to marr age. lbe latter
provides thiit all marriages of paiout* -nd children,
ancle and niece, aunt and nephew, brother and si-ter,
full or half blood, legitimate or illog.tlmate, are to he
considered iucestnons and void,
In the A.vseinhly the Putnam county contested seat
ca?e was taken up, aad ihe 'eat noor held by Louis H.
Gregory, democrat, was awar<1i-d to dtephen Baker, re
publican. Rttls to amend the Revised .-hat-itcs relative
to dep-??iilnn*, and to amend section Ave of the General
Railroad law were reported. Notice a a* given of lat-'n
Men to introduce hills for s railroad froiu Brooklya to
Coney Island; to regulate the .o'eol tickets, checking
Of hsan-1 conveyance of f.eight ou certain -on
netting railroads; to r--di.ee fares <>n ihu Harlem and
Hod ton ltiv r Ri.Iroads; to extend ml mad tracks
through l/tiiiglnn avcrue; lo lognbxe lotteries an I
petie.es in tlis 3Uu>, and to create a commission
for ihe p rpo-c of rupplying the city of New York with
g*s Rtlli re Introduced to establish a metropolitan
district at.ii board of wbarvos and piets; anthorixitig
M:e Third Avenue Ha lr ad t e lend their irar*; to
puni-h hi bary anu cor. ;i?lon. and to amend the game
laws.
THE CiTT.
In the Bnsrd of Tht--.f*tirn lnit evening the president
announced the comtnu'ec of the Bourd for the piess-ul
year.
Thomas Darrsy, one of Ihe crew of the yscht Hen
rietta in the great oresn rice, ha* returned from rtouih
auipton. sud givws a m -t Inter-eilng account of tha
yovage on beard Uie winning vc.not. Th.-re were no
Eves lost op board tlio Honrleiu, as prsv '.ou?lv reported.
Mr. Cole, the second other, was ?*-;it parity ov*ri?- art,
but by hoh inj ursnuously on to tha reef p ntnm of
the main-Mil with one hand was uvsntuaily rescued.
William Bennett was kn ckod on tlio hf vl with a
musket by a uian named Mr,M inus, in the f rm i t bar
room, at 41 Molt street, en Tuesday, sad Injured ?o se
verely that his life Is convMercd In darker. McMaahl
made hie escape.
The Freemaa oaee, In the Court of Comm >n l'ls.is.
was continued yesterday The action w -s brought lo
recover damages to tho amount of (10,000 from Zad.ik
Street for the alleged enticement of a wlfo tr si her
husband. The defendant rebutted the evidence o* the
plaintiff, aad obtained a verdict la his 'ivor. Thu Court
Heo ordered an allowance to defendant of $2.<0.
In the same court a mm ion was ma le to vacato an
kjunctloa which was gnu, I to the Broadway and Sev.
lath Avenue Kaliroed against the Hudson Rlvoi Rail
Mad Company, to prevent the latter company from lay
tig a track Uirowgh Warren si reel to Broadway. Tho
mm-on was denied.
In the Supreme Court, Chambers, yesterday, Mr. Jus
ffce V>ty>. U. Uaiasrd decided thai lb# suits sow pending
sxaiast Beujamiu F. Butler, Id Mil* city, may be taken
to the United stale* Court for trial.
Ad appeal from a judgment came before the Supreme
Court, (iencral Term, >#i:Ardav, lu regard to aome bond*
stolen from Wui. White in this cilf, in 1402. Ibedtt
ft-ndant bad received the bonis for negotiation In tbe
course of trade; tbe thief bas never been discovered,
and the plaintiff nook* to recover the value of tbe bonds
.#5,000) froui tbe defendant, Paries, nbo bad effected
tbeir sale in oilier cltioa
Philip Callaber baa been charged, before Commie
Moner B it-, with having illegally removed a quantity
of whiskey from a disiillory on William street before it
had beou Itiope ted by the Collector of Internal Revenue.
His examiuai! m will take place to day.
Julius Canikins, master of the ship Energy, accused
lie fore Commissioner Osborn of cruel trealineul towards
one of the seamen, named Dwyer, was discharged yeste r
day. John Henoch was brought before Commissioner
I White, charged with having commitlod perjury on tho
| trial of a man named John 8tewart, Indicted in the
Circuit Court on the 10th Inst., for having sold counter
feit money. Some evidence having bo>>n taken, the
examination waa adjourned.
In the karine Court yesterday, before Judge Gross and
a Jury, the case of August Bosse va Adolphe Burgh? sa
action for alloged assault and battery?tbe Jury rendered
n verdict for the plaintiff for #160, with #26 extra allow
ance.
The stock market was dull and heavy yesterday. Gold
waa strong and oxcitod, and, after selling up to 137,
closed at 138\.
The upward turn la the gold premium yeaterday
caused quite a general reaction in commercial vaiuoa,
and nearly all kinds of merchandise and produce were
held at firmer price*, though in many cases buyers did
not respond, and the markets on tbe whole, though
firmer, were quiot. An advance of about Jtfc.
waa tsublixbed on cotton. Sugar and ooffee were very
firm, but rather quiet. Petroleum firm, but quiet.
Naval stores quiet, but very steady. On 'Change flour
waa dull of sale, but unchanged In value. Corn and
oata were heavy, rye firm, pork aomowhat higher, beef
and lard very firm, and butter and cheese rather quiet,
but steady.
MIBCELLAHEOTO.
Our Valparaiso correspondent, under date of December
10. say* the rumor of an alliance between Spain and Braxtl
waa not credited. The news was current that the protest
of Peru to Brazil against tbe secret alliance on tbe Plate
river was to be returnod by the Emperor without au
answer. Our correspondent waa inclined to think that
Cape Horn was the destination of the allied Chilean and
Peruvian fleets which had sailed from Valparaiso under
Admiral Tucker. It was supposed to be tbe Intention of
the Spanish commanders to blockade the allied repub
lics with their fleets, which were to be heavily rein
forced. President Mo3qusru, of Colombia, had ordered
the seizure of the arms and munition; in transit across
the isthmus of Darlen belonging to Peru. Mosquera is
stigmatized a* a loady to the Spanish aristocracy, and
tha Valparaiso papers stigmatize Mr. Reward In the asms
terms. j
Advices from Vera Crua tojho 10th inst. are received.
Maxlmil an waa in tho valley sick with the fever.
Anothor detachment of Fronch troop* was to embark on
tho l'J'h inst. Secretary Seward !ia* addressed a letter J
I to Mini-let Romero disavowing tho occupation of Mate- I
I moroa by General Sedgwick on the part of tbe gov.irn
| monk Mr. Romero had received official information of
the occupation of Guadalajara and Aguascelieutee by the
liberal forcer.
A report la being Industriously circulated in New Or
leans to the effect that General Sheridan has been in the
habit of endorsing letters of marque Issued by Jnarea to
prey upon French commerce, and guaranteeing to the
holders of tb-m the right to fit out In New Orleans and
bring their prizes into that pom. The ?tory has been cir
culated b ? the irtenda of the rebel Colonel Mclvov, who
waa arrested by Sheridan some time ago, aa the leader of
the Knights of Arabia. The Congressional committee la
said to have found oot the facts In their recent Investi
gation of Iho riota.
In the Toronto trials yesterday John Rogan and Wil
liam Baker wore tried by Juries composed of Americana
and Canadian* equally, and fonnd guilty, but were
recommended to mercy. Daniel Qulnn was found guilty
and James Spalding was acquitted. An Individual claim
lag to have been private secretary to Jaoob Thompson
and Jeff Davis waa in the jury box.
Mrs. Cockburn, the mother of tho Solicitor General of
Canada, waa burned to death yo-terday in Cobourg, a
W., her clothes catching fir* while she waa *'?~<'"g n
front of a grate.
The President has approved the Ml postponing tho
payment of claims of loyal owpers of oolorod volunteers.
The Ifslne, Minnesota and West Virginia Legislatures
have ratified the constitutional amendment. The Indiana
Senate also ratified It yeaterday.
An afftay occurred In (Mve Gulch, Montana Territory,
on tbe 14th ult., In which four men were killed and eev
eral others were wounded. Twelve of the survivors were
arrested by tho vigilance committee. Claim Jumping
was the origin of tb* fight.
A man named Chauncy ,Page had a difficulty with
his wife in Valparaiso, Ind., recently, when he shot and
killed her, then murdered her mother, and finally beat
an old man and his daughtor to death with a poker. He
is still at large
The democratic mcmbors of the Now Jersey Legisla
ture hold a caucus on Mouday evening and nominated
John P. Stockton for United State Senator.
Miss Mary J. Thom|ieon, tbe daughtor of a deceased
liquor merchant of Cincinnati, and tho mistress of a
prominent builder of that city, named McQlaughlia,
waa beaten to death with a poker by the wifa of tbe
latter yesterday. R?ge at finding that her husband and
Mlaa Thompson were on loo intimate terms waa tbe
cause of the tragedy.
?'Revolution# Neffr lie Bnekwurdig*?Prent
U< lit ?foli 11 hou*o Impeachment Inevitable?
The Plan.
The rerolution whicli was precipitated upon
the country by the Southern rebellion of 1861
Is not yet ended. Tho struggle Is still going
01. with the old Southern oligarchy and their
Northern democratic sympathisers, defea'ed in
the war, nnd it will be carried through. The
great Union movement of the war will run its
course. The great issues settled by the war
will be established m the government, Th?y
nre under 3( momentum ^rhlrli cannot bo
n sis . J. All impediments which block the
wuy will be removed. It is the law of all
revolutions. This ia only history repeating
itselt. So it is that no preordained event in
human dl^rs more certain to come to pass
then the impeachment and removal of Prcai
dent Johnson fiom office. This thing will be
done because it ba< become a necessity to the
coos'.munition of this revolution. Congress
has no alternative wher. the suspension of Its
authority over the rebel States for two years
yet to como is morally certuin under President
Johnson.
We are just now in the position of England
after tho war between the Parliament and
King Chsrle3 the First, when, from bis reftige
among the Scots, he was delivered np to the
Parliament for trial. There wore at that time
in the Parliamentary cause the independents
and the Presbyterians, corresponding with our
radicals and conscrv .tires of the present day.
Wo know, howevor, (hat Cromwell and bis
radh.ils achieved their grand design in tho
condemnation and beheading of the King, and
that the Commonwealth wns next eetabliahod.
This is one parallel to onr prese nt sitmtion;
nnd there Is another equally striking in tho
history of tho great French revolution. Fo
far as his continuance In office is concerned
the piesent position of Mr. Johnson is bardl
better than was that of Lou ia XVL, when in
his attempted escape from the republican
authorities he was captured at Varennes, one
hundred nnd fifty miles from Paris, and brought
back to trial, to condemnation, and at last to
the guillotine, alter some stormy debates be
tween the Jacobins and Girondists, the radicals
and conservatives of the convention. A* it
was with that convention so it is now with
Congress?the radicals hold It, and tho oo?
nervativea, to save tbomaelves, will be c>m
pjllod to go with tbe current, or politically
they will fa 1 like the Girondists. An' why t
Because :uch is tbe drift ol thu revoi?Mtou,
end it will run Its course.
rl bo House, as a grand jury, will lnpcaoV
Andrew Johnson of certain ''liigh crime? end
misdemeanors," aud the Senate, upon this in
dictment, as a high court, Chief Justice Ch we
presiding, wi'l try him, oondemn him and re
move him. Before the close of the present
Congress tbe impeachment will be made be
fore the Senate, and with the new republican
accessions to the body which will come in
with the new Congress in March the Senate
will proceed to business. Tbe first step will
be tbe election of a President of the body,
who, under an existing law, will become
President of the United States in the event of
"the death, resignation, removal or disability"
of Andrew Johnson. Senators Wade, Trum
bull and Fessenden art each named as likely
to secure this position; but, as Mr. Fessenden
is intellectually and as a practical statesman
ths first man In the Senate, he will probably
be choeen. Next, with the opening of bis
trial, President Johnson will be suspended as
disabled, and the President of the Senate will
be assigned pro (em. to his place. After Mr.
Johnson's conviction this new Executive will
hold his position until a President shall hare
been regularly elected by and returned from
the people.
It is probable that with the removal of the
present incumbent a call for a special election
will be issued-?say before the end ot May?
and that General Grant and Admiral Farragut
will be the republican ticket. They will, if so
placed before the people, be elected by accla
mation, and in the meantime three-fourths of
the loyal States now constituting the govern
ment of the United States, having ratified the
pending constitutional amendmcnf, it will
before September next be proclaimed as part
and parcel of the federal constitution to all
intents and purposes. Then, having an
Executive chosen upon this platform, he
will apply it to the outside States as
the supreme law, adopted without reducing
them to the test of dishonor as they call it, of
condemning themselves, their associates and
their leaders in the rebellion, and leaving them
free to choose whether they will give tbe suf
frage to their negroes and count them in count
ing their people for Congress, or lose some
twenty odd representatives by limiting the bal
lot box to the whites. Then the Supreme Court
will be reconstructed from fresh materials; so
that we shall have no more expositions of the
law according to the constitution as It was be
fore the deluge.
Thus the essential demands of this great
revolution will be met, tbe government in all
its parts will respond to tbe voice of the people
as represented in Congress, and the States
wrested from tho late rebellion will be recon
structed and reinstated upon the pending con
stitutional amendment. The fire-eaters of the
South and their allies of tho North will be
thrown out and will disappear with tbe dead
issnes of the past; tho rump of the old demo
cratic party will be buried with tbe old whig
party, and the political parties of the country
will be reorganised upon the new issues of th?
new epoch which will begin to dawn upon
the country with the removal of President
Johnson.
Tbs Law ?f faqwarbweato.
Tbe law or impeachments depend* upon (he
provisions of (he constitution of (ho United
States and upon the principles and practices
of England so far as the latter do not oonflict
with those of our republic. It may be well to
cite the provisions of tbe constitution on this
subject. Section three of the first article de
clares that the House of Representatives shall
hare the sole power of impeachment. Tbe same
section declares also that the Senate shall hive
the sole power to try all impeaohments. When
sitting for that purpose they shall be on oath
or affirmation. When the President of the
United States is tried the Chief Justice shall
preside, and no person shall be convicted with
out the concurrence of two-thirds of the mem
bers present. Judgment In cases of impeach
ments shall not extend further than to removal
from office find disqualification to hold and
enjoy any office of honor, trust or proQt under
the United Si a ten. Hut the party convicted
shall nevertheless be liable and subject to
Indictment, trial, judgmont and punie<<m Mil
according to law. Section four of the sci ond
article declares that the President, Vice resi
dent and all civil officers of the United States
shall be removed from office on imp -scbirn-nt
for and conviction of treason, bribery or other
high crimes and misdwmr anors. Section two
of the third article provides that the trial of
crimes, except in cases of iuipcaoiiment, shall
be by jury. A sketch of English principles
and practices on the subject Qf impeachment is
oiven in the Manual prepared for the use of the
Hew York Legislature for the ye or J^fiTi,
One fact slated in this sketch fs Sunt an
impeachment is not discontinued by the
dissolution of Parliament, but may be resumed
by the new Parliament. And this may be
quoted as a precedent if it shall appear neces
sary to impeach President Johnson previous to
the meeting of the next Congress, on the 4tb of
March.
Impeachments In this country, with perhaps
the single exception of the impoachment of
Sonitor Blount, of Tennessee, havo been those
of jud^c. The President^ however, as well as
the Vice President and all civil officers of tho
United States, is constitutionally liable to im
peachment In England, on tho contrary, this
liability reaches no higher than to tho Ministers
of the Crown, not to the monarch, whose per
j on is sacred. Tho precedents, then, which
rule in tbe ease of a British Minister can be
observed, so for na applicable, in tbe I in parch
ment of our chief executive. It is clear, for
instance, that British Ministers have been im
peached and tried not only for treason and
bribery and other high crimes, but also for
misdemeanors; and among the latter buve
been counted maladministration of public
aifoirs, abuse of .treat offices of trust, and even
such errors in judgment as have led to measures
contrary to the will and welfare of tbe nation.
Blunders have been condemned as political
crimes, nnd, In foet, their conseqnenoes have
often prored filial. It the noble Earl of Straf
ford could he impeached for being suspected
of Intention* to subvort the fundamental laws
of the realm, the Duke of Suffolk for neglect of
duty as an ambassador, and the Rarl of Bristol
for giving counsel against a war with Spain in
disregard of the wishes, the sense of honor nnd
tha Interests of the English people, why, it is
?eked, may not the vetoes of President Andrew
Johnson, in contravention of the popular will
as expressed by the majority of tho Congres
sional representatives of the Americau people,
his indie-rim nalo exorcise of the pardoning
power, and the counsel, or at least oucourage
w; it, which he is alluzed to have given the
South to reject the constitutional amendment?
why may not these aud other similar acts of his
be construed into "misdemeanors" that render
him liable to impeachment and, on oonviction,
to removal from office ?
On whatever grounds the Impeachment of
the President may be opposed it is idle to
oppose it, as some of our contemporaries fool
ishly do, simply because, as one of them inti
mates, Mr. Johnson's term of office will expire
within two years, or, worse still, because,
acoording to another, London and Paris
journalists?most of whom are still proverbially
ignorant of American affairs?"look upon tho
contemplated impeachment as a perilous pro
ceeding." The journal which urges this silly
objection talks wildly, too, when it adds
it has "no doubt that U persisted in our bonds
now in Europe will be flowing back upon as in
millions." It forgets that whatever ignorance
the foreign press may betray on this point,
yet, thanks to the intimate social and business
relations of immigrants to the United States
with their friends in tho old countries, the
holders of American securities abroad appre
ciate tbem too highly and are too fully enlight
ened as to the practical working of American
ideas, the character of our people, the pro
digious resources of onr vast territory and tho
real strength of our government to be alarmed
by the success or the failure of any party and
temporary movement. They know that the
manifest destiny of the American nation de
pends upon the fate of no single citizen, be he
private individual or President.
Thad Sievcn%, Nluien Cnmrr*u aud (Jareraor I
Cit-nrr on the Political Situation.
We published yesterday the remarks of
three prominent public men on the political i
issues of the day. All three were Pennayl
vunians, nnd they spoke on different and im
portant public occasions. Stevens spoke in
the House of Representatives on the bill to
admit Nebraska, on which the broad question
of what constitutes a republican form of gov
ernment was discussed. Cameron made an
address at Uarrisburg, on being elected United
Slates Senntor, and Governor Geary, on taking
his office, delivered his inaugural speech. There
was a remarkable unanimity in the views ex
pressed and tone of these addresses. All were
decided in requiring constitutional guarantees
before tbe rebel States should be received
back (o a full participation in tbe govern
ment. Ail maintained that there could be no
true republican government where a large I
portion of the Inhabitants (meaning (he negrqes
of the South) are excluded from tbe suffrage.
It la clear, then, that the leading men of ?efm
sylvanla are in aooord on the questions o.flne
constitutional amendment, the reorganisation
of the Sontfaorn States and on giving the suf
frage to the negroes. We have no doubt they
express the views also of the statesmen and
people of the other loyal Slates.
General Cameron made a characteristic
speech In returning thanks for the honor of
being chosen United States Senator. He aaid
he should not forget bis friends and would for
give his enemies. It is known that be baa
always been true to his friends, and we believe
he will continue to be so. But has be not de
generated from the haughty and stern charac
ter of his ancestors, tbe Cameron* of Lochiel,
when be says he will forgive his enemies f It
is said of one of 'hem that when he waa con
fessing fo the priest on his dying bod, and was
told that he must forgive all his enemies before
he could be watted to heaven, he replied that
he would forgive all but one, whom he named,
one particular enemy who lived over the inonn
tain. Tbe priest being inexorable in enforcing
this neceeeary condition to salvation, and the
old Highlander perceiving he could not get
ovor it, at last consented to be forgiving him
self, but at the same time exclaimed with an
oath that his son should never forgive.
Atwiird Menu of the ImprarhiUMil .Movement.
The European papers seom to be altogether
iu the daik upon the question of President
Johnson's impeachment. The London Tmw*
in particular nff -cls to be grievously distressed
l??t the impeachment dhoti 11,1 mollsh the con
stitution and government of the United State.
Soma newspapers nt home, who ought to t <ke
a more intelligent view of the subject, talk
pretty much in the 8*m$ absurd way. Now,
the fact of the matter i? that there will be very
little trouble about it, nnd it will not turn the
country from the ever} tenor of its way. The
President, we m?y assume, will be impeached
and removed ; General Grant and Admiral
Farragut will probably be elected after a short
lapse of time to the offices of President and
, Vij? President, Mr. John?on will soon be for
{ gotten, ltad tbe affnira of the country will go
on in their accustomed channels, prospering
and to prosper.
The English press foresaw in the late rebel
lion tbe downfall of our government and insti
tutions, bcoaus?, perhaps, the wish was father
to the thought; and they were greatly aston
ished to find that we put down the rebellion
nnd preserved the government Bat tbey will
be more astonished at the result of this iui
ponebment bnsim-es; for it will not in the least
affect or imperil our institutions. It I? a curious
and entirely novel episode ia our history, it is
i true, though not without precedent in Prance
and England ; but it will eorae, go and be for
gotten without impeding the prosperity of the
country.
Tim Wrsrriw Umok TnjwiurH Moi opoi.t.? I
Tbe official statement of the Western Union
Telegraph Company shows that the gross
(ooolpts for the single month of November
reached Ave hundred and seventy-one thousand
dollars, the net earnings out of which amonnted
(o nearly a qnartor of a million. These enor
mous profits are secured by the heavy rates
charged upon messages, the company having
shut out competition by baying up all opposing
ltnen. Tbo press, which suffers more than pri
vate individuals through this mouopoly, will
probably before long couetrnct Independent
telegraph linos for newspaper business, by
which n saving of fifty to seventy-five per oent
in the coat of reports can be made. These lines
will be opened for the transaction of private
business aa far as practicable, and as they will
convey message* at the lowest possible rates,
they wiil destroy the present monopoly and
insure belter attention and more reasonable
charges to the publlo.
A B*llro?4 Flfhl.
The difficulties between President Vander
bilt, of the Hudson River end Harlem rail
roads, and the new directors of tl?e New York
Central have resulted In an open war, which,
from the characteristic# of the men engaged in
it, promisee to be carried on with unusual bit
tern ess. The announcement is made that the
Hudson River Railroad Company will, after
to-day, only sell tickets and check baggage
over their own road, and will only recogniae
tickets sold at their own ofllces and by their
own agents. The meaning of this is that
persons travelling West over the New York
Central road will be carried only to East
Albany by the Hudson River Company, and
will there be compelled to change can and
have their baggage reohecked to their destina
tions. The same rule extends to freight shipped
over the road. President Vanderbilt pats the
termination of previously existing arrange
ments between the connecting roads upon the
directors of the New York Central, while they,
on their part, claim that tboee arrangements
were unjust to the stockholders of their road,
and that the demands of Vanderbilt were oat
of the boonds of reason and justice. However
this may be, the publio have an interest in this
matter that should not be overlooked in these
railroad squabbles. The Hudson River and
Harlem roads are in winter time the only ter
mini of the New York Central, and they are
both under one management. It is not right
that the people, who grant the charters to these
companies, should be mads the sufferers by the
quarrels of unfriendly boards of direotors. If
the difficulties cannot be adjusted the Legisla
ture should step in and see what can be done
by legislation to remedy the evil. The present
quarrel shows the necessity for the speedy con
struction of a road on the west side of the
HudsoD, connecting with the Schenectady and
Athens road, and making an unbroken line
over the Central to the West. Such a road is
demanded for the convenience of shippers as
well as travellers. The great trouble with the
Hudson River and Harlem roads is the laok of
sufficient freight houses and docks for the re
ception of froight. With a road terminating at
Hobokcn or Jersey City this want would b:
supplied, as all the dockage could be obtained
that might be needed for the accommodation
of freight. It would take but a short tim? iwi
a comparatively small amount of oapRe'i to
build and equip such a road. .
An Astounding Proposition.?Sherman
of Ohio, presented a petition in the Senate on
Tuesday asking Congress \0 prohibit any per
son addicted to the us' 0| intoxicating liquors
from holding office ?nder the United States
government. Th',# U the first proposition yet
made for the ^otal abolition of the government.
If tliis law were to pass it would be equivalent
to di#<-oluVjO? 1 for we would not have a soul to
admiqje^or or execute the functions of govern
o>^nt; and on this ground we are most de
i cidediy agaluat Mr. grain's proposal.
The Excise Law and the Liquor Dfai.vrs.?
It is rumored that the Liquor Dealers' Associa
tion have resolved to send half a million of dol
lars to Albany to secure the repeal of the
Metropolitan District Excise law, which has
just been declared constitutional by the Court
of Appeals. We have no doubt that this argu
ment will prove efficacious with our legislators.
They ought also to send one hundred bottles
of old proof Bourbon to each member, and
especially to those who profess to be tem
perance men. The law is faulty in many
respects, and with or without those considera
tions, should either be materially modified or
unconditionally repealed.
Consistency.?Congressman Raymond mule
his first speech this session in the Housa of Re
presentatives on Tuesday last, on the bill for
the admission of Nebraska as a State i*i the
Union. He declared himself in favor of Bout
well's amendment, which was fcdopied, and of
alt the principle cmbotjW, in the measure, and
announced his infoonou of voting against the
bill. ^ "
THE EXCISE LAW.
Artnla Im llrooklyir.
The following named liquor dcxlers were arrest od ye*
terday by tho police of tbe Wwiern district for violation*
of the Excise law, and their ce?et -.vero disposal of by
the police Justices yesterdayJames Rciiey, Patrick
Quirflev. James Mqqusiie and Jamei Kio can. arm tod
by too Forty-third precinct police; tin: J $00 es h. T!i?.
iu?o Kldrldg*?ud J.iliu .iiui'.li, arr.i.icJ by tin Forty
fourth precinct police; fined $S0. U'niiain (tioucr, V ?
No". York. arrc*i?d by central Otll ? squad; caso al
touraed. .lames lioland. corner -ot Filth nvenue .and
Twentieth struct, an I Joluj William*. corner of fifth
aven e and Tweuly-tbird wreel; flood $30 enji. John
Warner, 104 A Han1 to stroet. arre :?d for opening hi*
lion..e at half-pas* twelve on Atim-lay night, came up J?r
examination le?foro Jo ?lee Buckley. Werner ,?j q
a trial id his cam be?ore a Jury. Jiimrg ".'.aneira'n cor
ncr of lommerce and Von Ur-ini a?-t is lined $:.0
TRI Al.a If THl ?'*r, KR\ M-TKH.T.
August Konow, prqp-'.iunr ui a reatnrirant and liquor
Saloon in frankl.fi street, (,reeupolat, ???y est onlay
I tried before Justice Da.iey and a jury, tinder the toitr
leeuth section of the Excise law. It ippoersd In oil
dence that the defon<Iant was arrested on Mtnday morn
ing last, on a charge of not having hi., s-UOon ofiectualty
cli> od according to law. It was pro-. <?t on th-j par. of
the defence that the saloon was only u*>d m, ?hst day
dining room for regular ponrdPtw, and tha*
1" i salo and no
liquors were exposed for public salu and nono wore sold
Alter a brief ouvullaliqu Uie Jury Acquitted tho pri.
?oner.
Bawuol Mill*, s liquor doalor at Oro:npoinl. ?xs ar.
iwt?nr1 th? MttB? Justice. charged rnij> o|>e?i!ng
li a placo of wisineee on lloO'lay morirnt beforo day
ILht, contrary to law. Tho defendant pleaded guilty to
Die harm, but stated that ho was misled byRnperin
tendem Keaneds'a order postponing tho enforcement of
tho iaw until thA lAth. Thta order, which appeared in
the Hfralti, was liandod to the Justice, and after read
ing It hie Tloonr dc, I iod that it was calculated to mislead
anybody, and tbcrofora suspended Judgment In tho ca e
01 the defendant. .aw--. r? rf7 ~~
Nretlflg ef the Brooklyn Liquor Dealers.
A meeting of the Brooklyn liquor dealer# was he'd
last night at the rooms oi Jar.Ts k FiUbarrts, No. SSA
Fulton street. The object of the mooting was to take
measures to otTOrt the parage nf the amendment bv thu
legislature to the pre cn' Excise biw. It was oynteroied
by some nf the liquor dealer* that the law itself was not
only harsh and objectionable bnt its administration br
Superintendent Kennedy made It e'.ilt more obnoxious.
It was hollered there would be little or no dimculty In
Jjgrlm; pans features of the law mmlUied. The restric
tions In rvftrd to tbe hours ol opening and closing were
thought to be particularly harsh, as well aa the
power of tho polloe to walk lalo a public houaa, arrest
the proprietor and lock htm op in the station house.
Tho bettor way, It wis hold, would bo to serve a-um
moos on any mau who Violated tho law, to appear at
court on n day specified. The question of closing on
Hundsy was also alluded to, end some of the dealers
thought this section ought to bo modified. After come
further discussion Air. John Langstaff was chosen chair
nan and Mr. Kelisy, Secretary. It was then resolvod to
ntt| a public mrellnlf on Friday evening, snd a com
asittea was appointed to engage a room.
?EW3 FROM NEW ORLEANS.
Nsw Oklsars, .Inn. IS, 19S7.
Senator Roberts snd Representatives Brunch and t bit
tost, of Texas, arrived hero from W .thltigton and will
romnla a few days before returning to their c nsUtuenta.
Although thev have received no positive assurance of
reconstruction they express themselves hopeful of an
early adjustment of alt difficulties.
The report sent abroad that (tovernor Wells Is In dan
ger of asuassliisilon creates the most profound astonish,
merit. Even the Governor laughs at lb
The United State* District Court is In sessloa, and quite
a number of lawyers have been admitted to prtotloo
under tho reeent decision of tbs Supreme Court.
The Legislature will meet on Monday next. It la
generally bdlrvod that a Stat# convention will he oalled
10 frame a cooaiHulion, whereupon tho people will have
another opportunity of expressing their opinion by
ballot II Is claimed this will settle all dilBcnlUea grow
ing out of the preloaded Slate convention of 1M4 to
legislate for the Stale.
Among the passenger* en the Concordia, which
arrived lo day, is Mr. Line, United Slates Consul at Vera
Ona
MEXICO.
SPECIAL TELEMAi TO THE HEIULl.
Maximilian Within View of the Capita! -Tbn
Miastnn af (<e*enl Hkeridu'i Chief Q??r>
lernutcr u Triu-Wktl Dm* It Mean V
N?w Oblbahs, Jan. lfi, 186T.
The *te&mer Concordia, from Vera Crua on the 10th
Inst, arrived here to-day.
The only Item of newa that la of much Interest con
sists la the announcement that Maximilian had reached
the valley of Mexico. He la reported to be etill etek
with fever and obliged to put np at the hacienda de In
Tela. It la expected that he will take up his restdeaoe
there for aome time.
Another detachment of French troops wan to embark
at Vera Crux on the 12th Inst.
D. L. Lane, United States (Consul at Vera Orun, has
arrived by the Oonoordla. He returns home for the
benefit of hie health.
The mission of the Chief Quartermaster to Texas is In
make arrangements (or the certain and speedy transport
ation of supplies to the new ports which hare beea es
tablished on the Texas frontier, and for supplying the
troops In the new position which they will lak ? as soon
a* coarenisnt after the French troops shall bare Ml
Mexico.
The special cavalry mission has been Intrusted t?
General Merntt, not Forsyth.
The Mnn at MalaawM by oMmi TtTm
wick DImwwmI by Oar Uwmaeii-Oa.
?lal Kirni ?f lb* Caytar* *1 UmuUUwJwm
by tkc Liberals* dec.
Wasmsoto*, Jan. If. INT.
The following letter was addressed by Secretary Sew
ard to Minister Romero on the lTth of December :?
Sim?I bare the honor to acknowledge the reoetpt at
your note of the UUi of December, hi which yea allude
to a late proceeding of Genera' Sedgwick in taking pern
session at MaUunoros and holdiag it for a few hours. I
hare to inform yon. In reply, that the proceeding eg
Oeueral Sedgwiok waa not only without authority frean
tbls government, but la understood by this department
to have been in violation of the orders of hie military
superiors; that an eooa es it came to their knowledge the
proceeding was disallowed and countermanded, and thai
General Sedgwiok was Uteroupon suspended from
command and subjected to discipline. I am
usablo to write with precision upon the iQhJeot
for want of full information, but I think there
is autneient ground for believing that General
Sedgwick's error was committed under premiug Impor
tunities from persona residing In Matamoroa amena
ble to the government of Mexico; end that hit la
discreet proceeding was regarded by him as favorable to
that government, iustead of boing injurious to It or Ukely
to give offence. I avail myself of ibis opportunity to
ronew to you my assurances of the highest uonMderaOe*.
WILLIAM a SEWARD.
To r-enor Don Mar us Rosikko, 4c.
The Mexican Minister received to-day a copy of the
following official roport from General Freeno, confirm
ing the capture of Guadalajara tjj the national force* of
the republic:?
? . . Vbaueas, Dec. IT?8 A. a
Citix-n J can Bcstaiianti, Governor of San Luis Potosl:?
IifAR Sir AM) F.KTKKUKP 'friknd?I have the pleasure to
inform you that 1 havq rooeivPU the happy intelligence
that the city of Guud'.igjara baa been occupiod by Gun.
oral Iguaclo l'nua. who first obtained a victory near
Cat city. This ?'uto!l gnnce haa been sent to General
Miguel Cuisoa. 'who enclosed to me the official report
and the mam onto a of llio vlc'ortous officer. Please
trcjiamil this py oxpro.ss mossens-t to Saltillo and Moa
Vercy, and you are autkorl/.od to sond a copy i f this
loiter, /ours, Ac, G. Fltr" " .#
MaTohvala, Dec. 27, 1818. .
Mr. Romero also , ,, ,
... '1 official intelliganee that the
?of Aguascaliontes a- occupiod by Gonoral Games
Partugual, of tho republican army, on the 25tb nit.
The Rrinovnl of the Capital to DirRiige^
Suit Against the Brlx Banco.
8av Franc-hco, Jan. 16, 188T.
Senor Godny, Mexiran Consul at this port, has re
caived intelligence that tho soat of the govornraeal of
the republic of Mexico was removed from Chl
? iiahna to Dornngo on December 10, and would soon bo
located m Zacaleca*.
Tho Mex<can republic, through their attorneys, have
commenced a suit against tho brig Masco to secure pay.
meut of tbc bonis givon by ths Captain to Colonel Ga?.
y* Lueao10'3 **** tlm? 'h? WM captured ofT Cape
Tlie United Slates eteamcr Saransc arrived to-day
trom Maaatlan. She left in that port the Lrmted Suim
steamer Suwanec and the rtnamor Continental
The I ranch itagship Victoria wa? at Saa Bias Jannary
J, ana expected to leave for Acapuleo as Boon as news
was received of the arrival of French troops from tho
city of Mexico.
?AIM LEGISLATURE.
Rot ignition of tho Coiietltntlonnl Am on 4.
?went?The Kreooatrnrtion queetlon.
Auoista, Ma, Jan. It, INT.
The Senate lias concurred with the ac'iou o. the Bnnee
in ratifying the coMtitutlonal amendment. The vela
waa unanimous. In the discussion that look plaon the
speakers were unanimous lrj declaring that the proposed
amendment did not go far enough; but that Maine hoM
an advanced position, and was In favor of giving tho
colored man equal civil and polit.oal rights with the
while man.
So tutor Boynton laid on the table tho following rnnele
tlon, with a preamble, exprexsivo of the views of tho
oyal peoplo of Ms.oe reep-otlug tb? reconstruct lee of
the late rebellio s SUlej*? ?. /
'"ff* thoee AUtci should now be reorganised.
authority of (lie Coagree* of the United Hlatesu
ihroegu the actum of the loyal neoplc or ibc# states, under
Jfk c * I4"!fu,lv gw.uicc .i nd secure the full ben At
of tbesp graal prt"to all ihc people thereof aad with.
fr*m lr"l,0t4 Iherelu before it |e
'o rcp^acn's'tan to the general gov.
ornut{n? of the United Siatfs. -
WE>f VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. J
Katiflrntion of the CoiiMitntioiinl Aoiendment.
... Wmuuxo, Vn, jan. 18, INT.
The West Virgiuia legislature lui ratified the constile
tleoal smendmom. Tlie vote m me House on ita ?
sags stood 88 to 11. ***
WffARA LEGISLATURE.
KniiAentlon of the Constitutional Amonilmeni
In the itenute.
r. . , Ispusarous, J?n. 18, 1867
The Joint resolution ratifying the ronjutiitioimt amend
moot jiuMod the vonate to-diy by a strict pari'' 'ots at
aye* 2k. nay* 18. *
IBMESBTa' LEGISLATURE.
The Amcudinvnt Ifnrittrd by Both Houses.
t, , a ? , 'T- p,,n-i Minn., Jan. 11. in*
The House y aterday ratified Ihc countimtiou*'
meut by a vote ol 40 t<i a T-?
the rcso.utum ti^ j you-:,]rio >0 J.
?ARYLARB LEGISLATURE.
p., - Sv**Jan, |mf
Tho state flcntte Committee on fticct'om reported ifiAi
.i^'u l L. fmm Allegnanv, waa not
. .i -^r^' uu fsdonel ?pu'cs (oooserva'iyel waa
eriiif ed i0 the seat The report was made the order for
the day for next Tuesday.
si^'ilU^. in ranrrn, Cn ?" choose s United
n . f A Th? tUo pa mo MTMer Ur*
therefore there was no election. Auother vide will he
tasen lo-Uiorrnw on the Suaqueljuna Boom bill, uk oh
*a? repo. led <u tho ianate. s
Tueb'll to call a state on con* >n was umendod In the
llotitcI? tg the L"ghla'ure from paving for
am.tncipated-*L'ivee. *
An amendment is pending to ineroaee the represent*.
Mon in the House from twclto 'null counties ?>}-one
member each. This matter wttl '<e dtscus*e.| to morrow.
ALABAMA LEChLAT^E, ' -
_ Wo<<rrb>Mrh7. Jau I a iso*
_There wa* n qaorua m both nouses of the Le''DUtn??
aes ioa twM-^s'ih,,0n h#s >,r"D *rtoP'r<l ?? ex'onl 'ha
8es?io? beyoad tha conctlintiooal limit or thirty days.
ARKARSAS LEGISLATURE" M"
_ .. . T.irr?r. R"cg. Jan 18 Iter
a "i lhc ArV"n';j' ?"islet<tre hare paiaed
St n I half par osnt, a'so a
bill rrovlllng fbr the support of disabled wHfere a-d for
supplying them witb ariiAriai limbs, and el-o for the
support of widows aud orphans of deceased soldier*.
THE SERATOSiAL COR TEST IN AERTUCXY.
Fawxaroar, Ky., Jen. 18, 1817.
Tlie Legislature voted teice lo-d.-iy in Joiuta-'ss on for
United State* .senator without result, the lest rot* wee
as follows:?Davk, conservative, 88; Powell, democrat,
88; Frail, Union, M; Harding, comervaUre, IS; Hise,
democrat, 6 All three pertioa hold a caocu* lo-nigbl
Many dietinguhbed Keatiickian* arc prc eni, wiih a
view of lendcrlng their eerviccs n e compromi o candi
date for Senator, ehouM ibey be required. The t'niea
meaar* Arm aud hopeful; the democrats are Ann, hat
rethor deepondeel; the couacrvnilios hoi .liemreKes ta
readme** M be joined by either of the other pan**
TRAULBT IN CiBCIWllATir"
CffUNXtTi, Jan. IT, 1887.
A terrible tragedy occurred here last night, the detail*
of which ar* not fully known Tha victim is Mary J.
Tbotnpocn, a daughter of Pater Thompson, a well know*
Scotch liquor merchant of this city, recently do.
oeaeed. Mlsa Thompmn was the mistrssa of William
McLaughlin, h prnmi ?nt builder of thli olty. 1
The wife of McLaughlin wont to a house on Baymlilev
Mre t last n-lit and found bar Im liand aud Mtae
Ti- npsou In ed togeUier, which no eura;ed her that
alio seised a poker and infln t?d wounds upon Mi?
T >mp?oe thai cai.sod her death lu a few Imnra
t ?ratlons were made for a hnsty burlnl but the
authorities got wind or the aflhlr, and an inquaat la bet**
held mi tba body.
KATN Of CART AIR RAZARB. URITEI STATES RAVT. r
Nswroar, Jan 18, INT.
Capiat* Samuel Raaanl, of the United gistes M*vy.
d.ed I* Ihia city yaaterday ? or* I up