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MEW YORK HERALD.
airtES UOKUU.% iikwETT,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
) : NCI N. IT. COBNEB OB FULTON AND NASSAU 8TS.
Ultimo XXX11 No. 19
AMUSE HENM TlltS AFTERNOON AND EVKN1XO.
lJROADWAY THEATRE Brotdwar, near Broc-ne
atrcet ?CAMAKAiJUMAfl and Baoouiaa?J'.iTAL i'a Jts. Mall
uee at IX o'Clock
NEW YORK THBATKK. Broadwat, onnoslto New fork
Hold ?Cbhurillor. Milium at Two o'C'lock.
THEATRE FRVNOAIS, Fourteenth street. Bear Siith
Avenue.?La I'AriLLON.va.
THALIA TIIEATRR. Broadway, opposile St. NicholM
Hotel? Otrin avz Errant.
STEIN WAT IIALU Fourteenth street ? Ai.tbto H.
Pma's Annual Grand Co.v nni. Afternoon at Three
o'clock?Pbblio Rebxausal or tub PuiuiAtuioaio Souixtt
or Nbw You.
DODWORTH'S HALL. 806 Broadway.-PnoriSSOB Hartb
will Pnioii His Mibaoloj?Ths Hkad in thb air
Tub Indian Baaxbt Thiob. Matinee at Two o'clock.
RIOHINGS' ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY. Olympic
theatre, Broadway.?Era Diatolo. MaUuee at Two
o'clock?Doctor or Alcantara.
BAN PRtNUISOO MIX-tTR CL3 581 BntdwaT, oponlts
8be Metro nollian Hotel?la tukir RmioriAN Kntistait.
mrtrrs. 8inoi.no, Danoino and Bublesaobi. Black Cook
AND ArSIOAN BALLR* TkOL'TR.
FIFTH AVENUE OP..RA IIOUSR. Vae. 3 and ? West
Fweotr-fourth street.?Bjowo tru's Minstbsls.?Ethiopia*
MiiiiHBt.it. Ballads Bomlbsobrb. AO.?Un Ballo
M ascubra Matinee at IX o'Clock.
KELLY A LEON'S MINSTRELS, 170 Broadway, oppo.
Bite the New 7>?rk lots!.?la tubib josji, Danjsi. Kcobn.
BIIOTIBS, BuRLItSOUKt, Ac.?J AOS CaDR? ClNHB-LION ?
ABAC A .OAR B ALLOT TROUPE.
TONT PA8TOR'8 OPERA HO (HI. SOI Bowerr.?Cooil
YoCAUSB?NiORO MiaSTBRLST, BALLSf DiraBMSSBRAfl.
Ac.?Sailors Ashore. or Yamkrr Tabs oa a Frolic.
Matinee at 2X o'Clock.
CHARLEY WHITE'S COMBINATION TROUPE. Bt
Merh.mics' HatL 471 Broadway?la a Varirtt or Lionr
ash Lauohaslb EaTBRTAi.vas.Trs, Oonrs db Uallrt. Ail
Tub Fbnian'i Uaiu, ob tub Idiot or Killarnet. Matinee
Rt >X o'Clock.
THB BUNYAN TABLEAUX. Union Halt, corner of
Twenty-third street and Broidway.?Moriaa Mibrob or
Pilgrim's Pboqhbss?Sixtt Maonipioint Sennas.
SEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY. Tompkins Market?
ORAroLLA's Broimrmtal Band Concrrt.
NBW YORK MUSEUM OP ANATOMY. 618 Broodway.
Pkad and Riort Arm or Pbosst?Tub Washinuton
Twinb? Wondbbs in Natural IIistokt, Scirwcb and Art.
Lbotobbs Daily. Open from ? A. M. till 10 P. M.
Now York. Satnrday. January 19, 180T.
THE NEWS.
EUROPE.
By ths Atlantic cable we bare a newa report, dated
yeaterday, January 18. It la aaid that the great Power*
will "ergo" Turkey to call a conference on the Kaatern
question. We are told that a oonaplracy haa baen detected
!*> Egypt having for ita object the assassination of the
Paoha and the aubveralon of the existing government
Italy baa negotiated the question of the return of the
exiled bishops with Rome. The Churoh property will be
taxed heavily for ransom by the King's government.
The Hungarian Legislature Is unanimous In support or
the oaUonal policy. Consols were at 90% for money in
London at noon. United States flve-twentles opened at
TtK. The Liverpool cotton market opened dull yester
day, with middling uplands at lij?d.
COH GREEK.
In the Senate yesterday the morning 'hour was used
up in the diecusslon of blUe of a private or local nature,
and the Mil to regulate the tenure of office came up In
mgolar order. Mr. Sumner eddreeead the Senate on his
amendment providing that ah oBoers of the gevorament,
except clerks of the Depart meets, shall be appointed by
the President, by and with the advice end oonsent or the
Bonnie. In the course of his remarks he alluded to the
President as a usurper, a monster of discord, the Presi
dent of the rebellion revived, and In other terms even
were opprobrious. Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, replied,
and the amendment of Mr. Sumner ww disagreed to.
The Mil was then passed by 89 yeas to 9 nays The
Hsnate eesu after adjourned.
In tbe Reese the Senate bill to Incorporate the Metro
poktaa Fire and Marine Insurance Company of the Dis
trict of i Mumble ww reported back from the Committee
aad amended by inserting the name of John T. Johnson,
the oolorod barber of the House, among the Incorpora
tors The House, on the expiration of the morning
hour, proceeded to the consideration or Mr. Stevona' Re
conatrnotlon bill, the pending question being on Mr.
Blagham's motion to refer It to tbo Committee on Re
construction. Mr. Donnelly, of Minnesota, spoke la
favors} tbe Mil aod Mr. Eldridge ja opposition to it.
The Hoese then took a recess until half-past ssven, and,
on raaawmbiing, ths proceedings were oonflned entirely
to discussion on the bllL
THE LEGISLATURE
In the Senate, yeeterdav, notice was given of inten
tion to Introduce bills relative to the use of boats snd
vessels In tbe Metropolitan Police district, and regulating
pawnbroker*. Tbe bill to prevent delay In tbe transit
of pasmngers and freight over railroads, was passe 1 by a
unanimous vote. It compels coonectlug roads in this
State to aell tickets and rheck baggage for each other,
and lmpoaes Ones and Imprisonment on the presidents
and director* for a refusal to obey the law. Bills were
Introduced authorising certain persons to lay a railroad
In Islington avenue and other streots; and rocoattract-J
ing the Bureau of Taxes and Assessments in Nsw York, i
Tne Senate adjourned till Monday.
In the Assembly a resolution of Inquiry Into the foots
regarding tbe disagreement between the Hudson River
and Mew York Oentrai Railroads end Instructing the
Railroad Committee to report a bill for the protection or
She public, If necessary, after an Investigation into the
disagreement referred to, was adopted unanimously.
Kuttoe was gtvsn of tnteulion to iutroduo" a Mil to
amend the revised statutes rotative to excise and for the
regulation of taverns aad groceries. Bills were intro
duoed reducing the faro on tbe Harlem and Hudson
River Railroads; to preveot tho use of steam ou roll
roads in New York; to authorise the .Second and Third
Avenue Railroads to extend their tracks; to organ se
the Metropolitan Beard of Public Works and define
Its duties aad powers; and In rotation to omnibuses and
stage routes Resolutions were offered to tbe efleet that
Territorial governments should be edkbllshed n the
Southern States by act of Congress without dolay They
were referred to the Uommlitoe on Federal Relations
without debate, end the Assembly adjourned.
THE CITY.
The Inspector of Kxciw was busy yesterday In at
tending to the applications of llq iot dealers who hevs
suddenly beoom > clamorous for licensee. Ono hundred
and fifty temporary licensee were keued. There are
now Ms tbouaaud six"hundred and five licensee regis
tared oa the Exclw books,^ud there are five hundrvd
aad eighty applications awaiting tbe decision of tin
Beard. Over one hundred aad forty dealers were h-foro
the Justices yesterday for trial oa various charge* of
violation of the law.
A fire broke out la Primary School No. 11, on Qroea
wich street, yesterday. "The children became very
much alarmed, but owing to the promptitude of Mlw
Meerehooee, the principal, they were all lakea out dt
the build tag without injury. Tbe lose was very slight,
the firomeo being qaickly oa ths gronad and extin
guished the flames before they committed aay damage.
The fteamsbtp Ellen & Terry, of the Hartford aad
Albany Transportation Company, took flro at pier Net
18 North river yesterday morning. She had steam jip
aad wan ready to mil for Newborn, N. C, when tho Bro
was dhoovered. It wee subdued la n short time, aad
the damage will not probably eaoeed 811,000.
Ia tbe kaprawe court, Oeoerai Turm, yesterday, he
fore JuaUoea Leonard nod Clarke, the ease of John O'Ooa
?of, ao enlisted soldier of the United Statue Army, came
np on a certiorari to reviaw ths .recent decision of Mr.
Justice Ingrnham refusing to order the discharge of the
petlueoer on the plea of minority. The point involved
la the present case k the Jurisdiction of the Slate courts
to Interfere la such matters Decision reserved.
Ia the Marine Court yesterday, before Judge Herno, the
ease of Rigge va Dueeabury, an notioa for aomult aad
battery, resulted ia a verdict far ike plaintiff of $838,
with $91 extra allowances
The lamas Ike steamship CUy of Cork, Captain
Bridgmaa. will mil from pier No. d$ North river at
? twelve o'clock, aeon, to-day, for Liverpool, touching at
Qusenatewn to load mails and passengers The maih
win oieee at Ut? PofJ Office at half past tea o'clock.
The Aaoher lis# steamship United Kingdom, Captain
Smith, will anil from pier No. 4d North river at neew to*
day far a least w. calling at Londonderry to land porno e
Hi"" ? isij'
Wl oeJ H.iW lv
Aly(fi I# ill il??vx? uae si taisumfi. '
The steamship Snxonia, Captain Uauck, will leave
H bokenat twelve o'clock, nooo , to day for Southampton
aud Hamburg. The mail* wlM eleee at the Poet Office at
half-past ten o'clock lbi? morning.
The Weal India Hail Steamship Company's steamer
Columbia, Cap.am Uarion, will leave pier No. 4 North
river at three o'clock tbla afteraoea for Havana; and
hereafter the steamers of thle line will be dee patched on
.seturdave instead of aa heretofore. The made will
| clow at the Peat Office at balf-pnat on* o'clock the after
noon.
The flue steamship Wilmington, Captain Spencer, be
longing toC. H. Mailer? k Co. 'e Texas line, now loading
et pier No. 20 East river, will sail this afternoon for Gal
veston, Texas. She takes out a good freight and a num
ber of paeaeagsrs.
The steamship General Meade, Captain Sampeon, of
B- B. Cromwell k Co. s line, will leave pier No. 9 North
Hver ad three o'clock thia afternoon for New Orleans
direct.
The Black Star lino steamship Montgomery, Captain
Faireloth, will sail from pier No. IS North rirer at tbroo
o'clock this afternoon for New Orleans, with nearly a
foil cargo of assorted merchandise, principally dry
goods.
The Empire line steamship San Salvador, Captain At
kins, will sell punctually at three P. M. to-day for
Savannah, from pier No. 13, North rivor.
The popular steamship Saragassa, of Loary'S lino, will
leave pier No. 14, East river, at thro# P. M. to-day for
Charleston, connecting at that port with the steamer
Dictator for the Florida porta.
The stock market was heavy yesterday. Gold was
Irregular, and after soiling up to 137J< closed at 130X
Quietude was the pervading feature throughout com
mercial ramifications yesterday, though the markets
were generally rendered firm by the high ruling of the
gold premium. Is many departments of general trade
bualnem was positively dull, yet holders were none the
1 ess oonfldent of a reaction, and generally demanded high
prices. In groceries, sugar waa dull of aale, but held at
hlghor prices Coffee was moderately ecllre at full
prices Cotton was held at higher figures under an
active demand. On 'Change flour was firm, with a fa.r
Inquiry. Wheat dull. Corn dull but firmer. Oats quiet.
.Pork a shade higher. Bcof very steady. Beef bams
was active and steady. Cut meats were In good de
mand. Lard firmer, but quiet. Butter and cheese waa
steady, with a fair demand. Tallow firmer, and whiskey
as usual
MISCELLANEOUS.
The disasters attendant on the recent snow storm be
gin to become apparent. All tlm mails to this city were
delayod yesterday for a longer Tmt than has ever been
known before. Four trains from Washington are blocked
up at New Brunswick. The train on the New Jersey
Railroad which left New Brunswick at two o'clock yes
terday afternoon for New York ran off the track at
Unlonvtllo, while two locomotives were pulling it, aud
two cars woro smashed and another and a locomotive
were overturned. Several of the passengers were in
jured. The track was much obstructed by snow. A
little girl aged twelve years was smothered In the enow
In Boston, and Commodore Blake, an old offioer of the
navy, sixty-two years of age, was lost In the storm on
Thursday, In that city, and has not since been heard of.
On the North and East rivers navigation by the ferry
boats was very difficult and attended with great danger,
both rivers being filled with massive cakes of Ice.
The schooner Jnlla Ann, from Baltimore for Boston,
Is supposed to have been lost In the recent gale, with all
bands on board. Papers belonging to b?r have been
picked up on Nantasket beach. Captain Harding, who
commanded the Jnlla Ann, leaves a family residing at
Chatham, to which place the mate also belonged. The
latter eras a son of Isaiah Harding; aged 23, and unmar
ried. The names of the others, some eight or nine, are
unknown. The veaael waa valued at $10,000.
The grand banquet extended to the winner of the
ocean yacht race took place, nnder the auaplcee of the
Americans In Paris, on Thursday night General Dlx
and the representatives of the foreign legation were
preaoet, and Mr. Klngsland, eon of the former Yioa
Commodore of the New York Yacht Clnb, presided. At
a grand ball at the Tullerles on Wedneeday evening the
Emperor and Empress personally oongratulated Mr.
Bennett on his victory.
Advices or December 27 from Durango, Mexloo, say
that Jnares was received with the utmost enthusiasm
by the dtlsens on his arrival at that place. He Imme
diately commenced serious operations against ths
enemy, sending two thousand man to Jalisco, with or
ders to General Ansa to fellow the Fronoh on the way
to the capital. Oeneral Vega aleo marched with n
brigade In that direction. Eighteen American officers
are on the staff of Juares.
Further particulars reiaUvt to the loss of the steamer
Ptaite Valley on the Mississippi, at Memphis, hare been
reooived. The number of lives lost Is new stated at
sixty, but it Is Impossible to obtain n list, as the pas
senger register was lost One family of thirteen were
all lost The boat waa valued at f40,000.
A fire occurred In ths conservatory attached to the
President's mansion In Washington yesterday morning,
and 'the most valuable plants, many of them of the
rarest character and of foreign origin, were destroyed.
A Sago palm which had been imported by Oeneral
Washington was among those burned up. The loss to
the buildings amounts to 120,000, and the Executive
mansion waa Injured to the amount of $1,000.
Peter Paul Iedwtth, a Fenian, was tried In the Toront e
court yeHterday, and found guilty. Sentence was de
ferred. James McDonald was acquitted.
The Kentucky Legislature is still balloting for Sena
tor, ex-Attorney General Speed having received the
lamest number of votes yesterday.
Chauncey V. Page, the man who murdered hie wife,
mother-in-law and sn old man nod daughter, In Valpa
raiso, led., on Moatuy last, was arrested In Chicago oh
Thursday.
Til* llefmctory Nonfhf-ra N(n(t?, Ctnpni
find I hp Ad mlnlnt ratios.
President Johnson's Southern policy has
turned out a failure, profi less to tho South
and disastrous to his administration. He
began wall enough, in taking the ground that
his measures of teconstruction, in the absence
of Congress, were merelyprovisional and sub
ject to the approval or rejeotion of Congress;
but directly after his anflual message of T>a
cember, 18C3, he boldly diverged to the other
road, which has resulted in the ruin of his for
tunes. He was, perhaps, dazzled nnd deluded
by the idea of becoming the founder of a new
party, and, like Jackson, the head of a new'
dynnsty, In re-establishing the old political
balance of power held by tbe South on the
nucleus of the floating elements of the North
opposed to tbe dominant party in Congress.
In this conception, however, be estimated too
lightly, the issues of the war and the public
sentiment of the North developed by a great
revolution, and counted too much on the* fbrco
of those old political associations and dogmas,
North snd South, which She war bad destroyed.
His fatal mistake was the fkllacy that except
ing slavery and the oosts of their rebellion tho
trbel States, In laying down their arms, were
reinstated la their constitutional rights in Mthe
Union no It was" before tbe war.
It was generally expected that the astound
ing popular majorities In fivor of Congress
oast by the loyal States, from the AUantioto
the Paoiflc ooeaa, In the elfibtionb of Inst fhn,
on the issue Joined between Congress And the
President, would bring Mr. Johnson to u grace
ful submiario% to the Will of the people. A
sstisfhetory approach In tftle direction was an
ticipated In his laot annual message; but his
message, as If lutein! bp Unexpected rein
forcements, soly uxprnssid his inoeeaeed frith
la his rejected policy. This plseed him In the
position of tho ohOMptaB of tho refractory
ruling politicians of the rebel States and their
Northern copperhead allies agoiaet the leys!
States, their representatives In Congress and
their policy as embodied in tho ponding con
stitutional amendment pad as endorsed In all
the late Northern elections. Next, la the ?m
pbatic and* defiant tone tat whioh this amead
mdat Is rejeoted by the outside States, from
'Taxes all the way -up to Vljpinia, It la ssani
?11, W>t tffilf ificy Uprs, grept ooaaUsnee
Ski I, ot) iH ltl Ill*? iv I kUi I #*?' M * I lilt' ( U lit tun
iWmW 1
in the Coal success of President Join sou, but
that there is a aort of leaguj or understand
ir?5C among them en rappori >\.th the adminis
tration.
What can this understanding or this general
expectation be.? We inter from the late
decisions of the Supreme Court and from the
hints thrown ou| by some of our So a* hern ex
changes that the ruling Southern politicians
rely upon some further decisions from this
court whiob will amount to the complete up
setting of the pending amendment and the
theory that the excluded States are not, as they
stand, restored to all their rights as members
of the Union. Under each encouragements to
adhere to the Executive it is not surp rising
that the rebel States should stand upon their
dignify and their reserved rights under the
constitution as expounded by Calhoun and put
into practice at Fort Sumter. If the Supreme
Court, then, shall next decide, in deciding the
Alabama appeal case now before it, touching
the status of Alabama, that she is a Stale oi the
Union, entitled to all the rights of a member in
foil communion, and if President Johnson shall
accordingly proclaim this decision a law of the
laud, overriding the laws of Congress, and shall
proceed to execute it in fulfilment of his oath
of office, what can Congress do? We cannot
answer; but as to what President Johnson is
expected to do by over confident and unrecon
structed Southern rebels we have, perhaps, an
answer from Kentucky.
We refer to the suggestive telegram pub
lished yesterday from Frankfort, stating that
in the Kentucky State Senate, on the 17th
instant, Mr. Helm "made a long speech in fuvor
of a proposition to raise ten regiments of Ken
tucky infantry for the purpose of resisting all
aggressions and to maintain the priaciples of
State rights." State rights! The old story of
South Carolina. And this Kentucky Senator
"desired that these troops should at any time
be snbject to the call of the President of the
United States." Now, when it is remembered
that the Governor of Kentucky threw back into
his face the first call of President Lincoln for a
few rogiments of troops to assist in putting
down a rebellion striking for a Southern con
federacy, and looking at Kentucky neutrality
during the war and at the Kentucky Legis
lature since the return of peace, we can under
stand this Stato rights proposition. It is a
movement to put Kentucky in the vanguard of
another fight for a Southern confederacy or for
"the Union as it was," State rights, slavery,
Dred Scott decision and all.
This skeleton outline of the Southern situa
tion and its Northern affiliations we believe
is not overdrawn. It is apparent, then, that
Congress, charged by the loyal States with the
enforcement of their ultimatum to the South,
must proceed to decisive measures, or that the
fruits of the war, like the beautiful apples of
the Dead Sea, may turn to ashes upon our lips.
Can auy one suppose, then, that the movement
for President Johnson's impeachment will not
be carried through? No. The republican
party, all-powerfol in Congress and in the
loyal States, and with ho reliable footing In
the rebel States, will remove President Johnr
son in order to reach those States. His scheme
of re-establishing the Northern democracy on
their old Southern balance of power was started
too soon. With the restoration of the Sonth
on the ultima torn of the North the mission of
the republican party will be fulfilled. This
party will then be broken np, and a scrub race
in 1872, like that of 1824, will probably mark
the first step to a reorganization pf parties.
Meantime the party in power will tolerate no
stumbling blocks which it has constitutional
authority to remove.
City Reform la the State L>e|l?latttre?Oar
Pnblle Market*.
There are Indications that under the specious
guise of city reform a nnmber of jobs may bo
foisted upon the Legislature, which, instead of
bettering the condition of the city, will only
increase the evils under whioh it is at present
suffering. A proposition to create a Metropoli
tan Market Commission is before the Assembly,
which wears a suspicious appearance and
should be very ' carefully examined by those
who really desire to proteot the interests of the
city. Now York ought to have the best and
the cheapest markets in the world. The seasons
interfere but little with her supplies. Wbilo
the frost still locks up the fields of the North
she gets her vegetables and fruits from the
South. Game is poured into her lap it unlim
ited quantities in the proper seasons from the
prairies and forests of the North and West
Fish she can command at all times, of the best
quality and of every variety. Meats and poul
try, butter, oheese and all dairy products come
to ber from her own State as well as from
others, and Canada is glad to seek* purchasers
in New York for her choicest products. With
all these advantages the markets of Now York
are probably the dirtiest, meanest, most insuffi
cient and worst managed in the Union, and
combinations are successful In keeping her
'prioes as a general thing higher than thoee of
other cities. Even t&e slow andfeienterprising
little etty of Philadelphia puts the great me
tropolis to shame in this respect Prices are
lower there by fliteen or twenty per cent than
in New York. A lady can walk in the markets
in white sdtin slippers with the same Impunity
as in a ball room. Baltimore, Clnoinuati, Buf
falo, all have markets that are a credit ttf them
and a blessing to thoir people. The New York
markets are noticeable only for their incon
venience end dirt, auCtbebussards of Charles
ton would tunr>ip their noees in disgust at
the sight they present
Reform inneeded In this direction quite as
much as in any department of the city.. But
It cannot ho secured by creatingj Jobs to
tnoreese the burdens of the taxpayers and
enrich a fcw speculative Individual* It must'
come ?? n pert of e comprehensive system tint
shall wot n radical change in the whili gov
ernment A Board cf Publio Works,
Its authority under a Board of Control \
other exeoative head of tha mould pt
should have fall power over the amsbdte, with
authority tr make all tha ehaagiR improve
meets and regulations needed te remove the
leek at
existing evils. The Legislature should 1
them questions In e broad and comprehensive
light aad tore a deaf ear la aU schemes
and Jobs. The city needs reform. Tbd Jilfoplc
Of the State demand that it shall be given hon
estly and efficiently, and thep expect their
present representatives to carry out th^s object
la a very tbosough manner. One of the meet
popular sets <4 the Emperor Napoleon was the
destruction ot the old markets end the erection
of nc# ones on a magnifi* at scale, If our
republican
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future political success thoy will give New
York a real, substantial reform in ibis and in
all other matters, and not fritter away the
opportunity their majority affords tliem in
promo'lug private jobs and enriching greedy
speculators.
Tke UailroB'l Fl|tl-Pr*??l AeUea ef the
Legislature.
The Leg'slature has acted very promptly
and properly, in both branches, in relation to
the Inconvenience and injury threatened to the
public by the quarrel between the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroads. In the
Senate a bill was introduced by Henry C.
Murphy, of Kings, compelling railroads with
oonnedting tracks of the same gauge to run
through freight oars without breaking bulk,
and to ticket passengers and check freight from
any station on their respective roads to any
station on the other line, and making provision
for the arrangement of terms and conditions
through the instrumentality of the Stato
Engineer and Surveyor and the Supreme
Court when the roads fail to agree. This
bill, under a suspension of the rules,
was put upon Its third reading and
passed. The Assembly also signified its
condemnation of the course pursued by the
roads, by the introduction and adoption by
unanimous consent of a preamble and resolu
tion directing the Railroad Committee to inves
tigate the facte in relation to the disagreement
between the two companies. This prompt action
insures to the public a speedy termination of
the existing difficulty and of its accompanying
annoyance and injury to the commerce of the
State. There is an evident intention on the
part of the Legislature to take the evil by the
threat and strangle it in its infancy. Railroad
corporations, whether ruled by boards or held
within the grasp of a single individual, should
not forget that they owe some consideration to
the people who grant thein special and valu
able privileges, and to whose patronage and
support they are indebted for their success.
Oar Ferries nnd Their Shortcomings.
Complaints about tho management of the
Brooklyn ferries are becoming every day more
numerous. The companies seem to forget that
they are the servants and not the masters of
the people, that they recoive their franchises
by the consent of tho voters through their re
presentatives and are employed and paid by
the people for the conveniences and comforts
of travel. As the ferries are managed there
is fery little of either convenience or comfort
about them. The boats are run at intervals to
suit the ferrymasters and deck hands, and are
often detained after nightfall an unconscionable
time without any necessity but the whim of the
employes. Courtesy and good conduct on the
part of these people are the exception and not
the rule. They are generally abusive in their
manner and not unfrequently positively
offensive in their language. Some of the
employes of the Fnlton Ferry Company on the
Fulton street line are remarkable for their
brntality, even to ladies. If a cltisen attempts
to resent any affront he Is likely to be set upon
by a whole gang of attaches and seriously ill
treated. There Is no protection to be expected
from the attendant policeman who keeps guard
at the ferry houses; for he appeers to be in the
interest of the companyJind is naturally on
the side of its employes. Thus both ladies and
gentlemen are constantly expose*! to rudeness
and Insult for the least inadvertent violation
of the "rules" of the oompany, which very few
know anything at all about. There are also
constant complaints against the oompany for
permitting two opposing crowds to meet when
a boat arrivea at the bridge# on the New \ ork
aide. One crowd ia anxious to get off the boat
and the other is equally anxious to get on, and
in their determination to pass each other there
is always more or lees danger of some one
slipping between the boat and the bridge.
If the directors of the company would display4
less obstinacy this cause of complaint and
attendant danger could be very easily re
moved.
These aro some of the grievances of which
the public bavo to complain. And in addition
there is the illibcrality displayed in -furnishing
light on board the boats and waiting rooms.
What with the delays and tediousncss of travel
it is almost essential that passengers should bo
enabled to read their newspapors; but this
little comfort is denied to them in consequenco
of the miserable gaslight supplied through
the smallest possible burners. Thon it is very
properly complained of that thirty or forty
thousand people who cross, these ferries every
day do so at the risk of their lives, dependent
only on-the mercy of Providence for slaving off
accidents, for there is no provision at all made
by the companies for saving life in case of
collisions or fires or explosions. Not sn
available lifeboat or life preserver nor even a
rope is on hand.
When we remember that a very large por
tion of our metropolitan population are com
pelled by high rents to reside In Brooklyn and
cross the East river at least twice a day, it be
comes a matter of some importance that these
oft-complained of deliqnenciee ? on the part of
the ferry companies should be put an end to,
and wo suggest to the directors thgt as the
Legislature baa the right to abolish, restrict or
revise the franchisee of the ferry companies,
it would be wise of them to reform the system
altogether, and make some provision for the
comfort and eafety of-the public.
'The Aetev Hsu* Ceaoremleaal Committee en
BtrtiM Fraada*
A Congressional committee, appointed to
thoroughly Investigate frauds committed on
ttm revenue, is now in session at the Astor
Boose. If they Intend examining all the tax
lists given In by individual citisens they may
M well make up their minds to stay where they
. are tor the rest or their days; for It Is a well
toibwn (hot which no amount of investigation
eaa make plalder, that not one tax list In many
thoisanfl- Is correct Then, If they Intend coo
flgtaf themselves to the whiskey frauds, a feet
anally plain, and therefore equally saggsatire
of lost time, stares them In the feoe. Do they
prop ess to simply Investigate (he onuses of
fraud t It Is quite unnecessary even for this
purpose to put government to tho expense
which the board and lodging of the oommittee
at tho Astor House must entail, with nil the
champagne, cocktails and other extras inci
dental to the oemfort of men who know how to
take care of themsolves. The onuee of fmm>
on the government In the oolleettoo Of revenue
is simply the very natural dielike on tho pert
J of the people to pay taxes, or the equally
natural dertiu to pay a# little as possible. For
| nothing. We thm duposo. of the broad foot
,and it? cause.
?/here is but one other consideration?namely,
a reman/* This possibly may be the object of
the commitw'?* In the matter of tax lists in
general no ronfo'dfy for frauds oan be devised.
The lists are sworn to and most be acoepted j
as correct. Investigation would be endless j
and unsatisfactory. Bat in the matter of whis
key frauds we propose a very simple remedy,
without desiring to prevent, however, the mam
bers of Mr. Darling's committee from exercis
ing their own ingenuity. In all cases of illicit
distillation the owner of the premises, aa well
as the proprietor of the still, should be seized
and held responsible, and the punishment
should be equally heavy for both. It is even
more important to seize the landlord than the
tenant Bear this in mind, gentlemen of the
committee; and where there is violence used,
as is the case every day, a confiscation to gov
ernment, not of the whiskey and still alone,
but of the entire property, boose, ground and
all, would operate as a sore preventive.
Try it
P *f Iks Ten are of Offlrn BUI by the
Uaite* States Seaate.
The United States Senate yesterday, by a
vote of twenty-nine to nine, passed the Tonure
of Office bill, a measure which deprives the
President of the power to appoint or remove
any officers except the members of his Cabinet
witbont the advice and consent of the Senate,
and effectually prevents removals and appoint
ments during the recess of Congress, except in
certain specified cases, and In such subjects
them to the action of the Senate within twenty
days after its reassembling. Prior to the pas
sage of the bill Senator Stunner made a terrific
attack upon the President, in which he
accused him of having usurped the powers of
Congress on a colossal scale and of employ
ing these usurped powers in fomenting a rebel
spirit and rekindling the fires of the rebellion.
A few months ago the speech of Mr. Sumner
and the passage of such a bill wonld have
created a sensation thronghont the country.
Now neither will excite extraordinary notice.
This fact is a striking indication of the steady
and certain approach of the great event that
must finally give peace and settlement to the
country. In view of the more important and
absorbing movement that lies beyond it the
bill which is calculated to work so material a
change in matters in which so many interests
are involved becomes of comparatively little
moment
City Railroad* and Crowded 8treeto?A Plaa
for Relief.
The citv railroad projects before the Legis
lature prfflnise to be as numerous this session
as in any previous year, and a powerful lobby
representing the various interests is already
gathering at the State capital. The plan gene
rally adopted in relation to these schemes is to
introduce n number of bills for less important
rentes at an early day, and to hold book the
big jobs until near the dost of the legislative
term. By that time all the arrangements for
combinations and logrolling will have been per
fected, the respective values of members have
been ascertained, and the necessary bargains
with individuals completed. It appears prob
able that the impracticable underground pro
ject will take the lead and find favor with a
number of leading men in the 8enate and
Assembly; but before the matter is finally
acted upon it will be linked on to the Broad
way surface road, the aerial, the three story
rosd, and a number of side schemes, and will
be compelled to carry them all throng h or to
suffer defeat.
While all this lobby business is going on it
is probable that the city will be left without
relief and with the evil of crowded and
obstructed thoroughfares growing greater and
greater day alter day. The public necessities
will be disregarded, while interested parties
are striving to push this plan or that and to
ontbid or outmanoeuvre their rivals. If the
Legislature really desires to benefit the city
and afford an effectual relief to its rapidly in
creasing travel and commerce, it will disre
gard private interests and lay down a compre
hensive plan by which alone a sufficient and
thorough reform can be secured. This is by
opening five great thoroughfares through the
length of the city to the Battery, remov
ing all existing lines of snrface railroads,
macadamizing the streets, and constructing six,
eight or ten elevated roads, running from the
upper end of the island, over the tops of the
bouses if necessary, and eonverging towards
the Battery, where a grand depot should be
located. These roads would run through the
blocks or at tbe backs of the houses, leaving
the streets wholly unobstructed and affording
ample facilities for reaching any part of the
city. The system of elevated railroads exists
in Europe and is an entire suoccss. It Is
better adapted to New York than to London
tor any other city, in consequence of the
peculiar shape of the island, and is here, in
fact, a necessity. If our legislators will take
a broad view of this question and giro na
this reform, either through the instrumentality
of a Board of Public Works or in any other
manner, they will deserve the thanks of the
people of the oity and of the State.
The Now Yolk Sosato *? Wool.
The State Senate passed n resolution on
Thursday, by ? vote of twenty-six in favor to
one against, instructing "our Representatives
and Senators in Congress to vote for a suitable
tariff on wool and other foreign products nod
manufactures for protection to American
labor," and eo forth. It would have been mom
proper to have used the word "capital" instead
of "labor ;" for labor generally and in the ag
gregate in not much protected by tariffs, while
capital may be. Tbe resolution refers to other
interests?agricultural, manufacturing and com
mercial, but it is evident font wool wan the
article uppermost in the minds of our Senators.
The lost words of the resolution were thrown
lawn nop or makeweight. The -rote was a
large one of the Wcetera men representing the
wootgrowing interest The Legislator* of
Pennsylvania wonld pans just sock a resolution
In favor of the Iron Interest, that rf Mams film '
eette in favor of ootton manufactures, and other
States and communities In the same way for
protection to whatever is their chief predaet
Them am all local and selfish Interest* The
harden neceeeariiy falls ?pon the consumer,
If them >ie a high tariff ^>a wool a fow wool
growers beoome benefited, bnt all the met of
mnnalty who wear oloth has* to
It So of ootton, iron or any thing elm. A
revenue tariff whioh^ncldentaily glvee protec
tion hnS very well, and^oneidering foe large
HBjgiW.aatSB-'BB
ob snob thing* m a considerable portion of oof
people produce may be tolerated j but tie ge?>
era! principle of taxing a part, and especially
the largest part, of the community, for the be%>
efit or protection of a few is wrong. There to
an evident tendency In the dominant party to
favor these special interests referred to, and
there Is a very powerful lobby at work in Wash
ington to that end; bnt we hope CongresB wiU
not enter upon any such partial and injurious
legislation.
Parson Beichkb and Parson Brow nlow.?
Parson Beccher has written a letter of bro
therly love invoking the choicest blessings of
Heaven on the "sweet spoken" Parson Brown
low, to whom it is addressod, in behalf of
negro suffrage. Brother Beeoher, since last
September, as a doctor of political divinity, has
repented the error of his ways in pinning his
faith to the waistcoat of President Johnson.
His nosegay is therefore transferred to the
buttonhole of the more orthodox Parson
Brewnlow. The vote of Plymonth church was
the will of the people to Parson Beooher. He
is n shrewder politician than President John
son, and wiser even than Greeley, who backs,
out, bat never confesses he was wrong.
A Sensible Movement.?The Indiana Legis
lators has before it a bill to make "bolting"
from either house by any member, when a
question is before it, a misdemeanor, punish
able with one thousand dollars fine. This is a ?
very sensible measure. Representatives are
not elected for the purpose of running away
to prevent legislation when they happen to be
In a minority. But the bill is likely to be
defeated by a "bolt" of the democratic Sena
tors to prevent its passage.
The Board or Colncilmkn?All Quiet Till
Next Wkek.?The Beard of Councilman met
this week without a quorum and adjourned
over till next Monday. So the members enjoy
a few days safety from personal injury.
THE OCEAN YACHT RACE.
Urud Banquet and Ball la Parts In Honor of
the Winner?The Kmperor and Empress
Present at the Ball. __
Paris, Jab. IS, 1807.
The banquet extended by the Americans of this city
to Mr. James Gordon Bennett, Jr., occurred last even
ing. Mr. Kingsland. eon of the former Vice Commo
dore of the New York Yacht Club, presided.
General John A. Dlx, the Amenoan Minister, and the
representatives of the foreign legation, were present. It
-was a grand affair.
There wee great enthoslaam at the ball at the Tuliorles
on Wednesday evening. The Emperor and Emprea per
sonally congratulated Mr. Bennett on hie victory.
AMUSEMENTS.
i
Bemadway Theatre. ?
A very fhlr audience assembled at this theatre last
evening to greet Him Sophie WorreB on her benefit
night, It being the fifth of the engagement of the
Worrell etetera Since the legitimate drama finds ae
expreaaioa upon the boarda of any of our metropolitan
theatres, It la but Mr to say of the demolsetlea Worrell
that they present ae attractlre an entertainment aa any
place of amusement in the city. They aing very prat
tliy. In the performance of CamamHaman last night
they were frequently applauded and compelled to
acknowledge more than on# ensure.
New York Theatre.
At tble establishment Oendrlllon still holds tha boards,
and. It la almoat needleaa to aay, eoatlnnaa to attract and
delight large numbera of the adaairere of the epangled
aad spectacular draaoa. Mark Smith la aa brusque and
burly aa ever, Mlm Oomereal la aa obeats and Mies Coie la
aa charming, while the teat or the eotopaay,toother
with the ballet, headed by the gteoeful Bailie Hinckley,
seema to Improve In the varlona detalla of drama
gagNah Opera.
Mlm Carolina fUcblnga' benefit took plaoe at the
Olympic theatre laot night, and a large andience teatllled
the pnbllc'a appreciation of the talented d tree trees of
the English opera troupe. We have aeldem heard hW
alng so wall as in tha charming, aver popular Soanam
bnla, and bar Amlaa waa graatad with wall deserved
applause. Castle's XIvino and UunpbelPa Count Ha.
dolpbo wen excellent also, and the amoaing Alesaie
found a fitting repreaentailon In X A. Arnold lbs
porta of Teresa and Lisa are generally Intrusted id
weak. Inefficient voices, bat Mix Boudlnot and Mian
Arnold were of a different stamp, and guvs unqualified
satisfaction. The opera on the whole Waa tha moat
successful of the season. We earnestly hop# that this
last attempt at establishing English opera here will
prove successful, as u deserves. To gtve a different
opera every eight In the week and a metis** besides la
n severe test of tha powers of a troupe, and tha present
one has ee tar stood it well
<3 erica a Opens,
Joseph Hermanns, one of the beat basses of the Oar
man stage, waa tha great attraction at tha Thalia ibeal-e
last night Tha opsin of fide!to waa given, before aa
audience not remarkable for nnmhoan. Mlas Natalie
took the part or the devoted Leonora, who braved ah
perils to save her imprisoned husband; Hermanns was
tha bluff, good-natured Jailor, Hooco; Wtlholra Format,
the Governor, or heavy villain; OroseheL the turnkey,
Jacqolno; end Miss Sophie Dsulbn, the Jailor's daughter.
Mr. Jieuendorf deserves much praise for the excellent
manner in which the orchestral parte of Boethoveu's
greet work wore rendered. The orchestration of (he
opera la svmiJioalc throughout, and requires an ex.
Brtenced conductor, as Mr. Neuendorf proved last *vi?u
jp The rmcmhU In the concerted vocal gems was re
markable fur precision, and although noaa of the voices,
with tha exception of Hermanns' were beyond me
diocrity, still they ell showed thorough familiarity with
the opera. When such n work runs smoothly It is mo a
endurable then whow voices of greater calibre break
down and Jumble the music In the moat admirable con
fusion. The most reprehensible thing la this theatre is
the unnecessary delay between the acta
The National Connervatory of Monte.
The fourth sonde of the Conservatory, In Madison ave
nue, whlcb came off last evening, fully proved the tact
that tha Institution under iu present direnters, with nt.
Locke as bust aeon manager, is aeucoean The program tan
on the occasion, which constated of choice w?l ?otiiua of
very difflc-tlt and pleasing music, waa performed la a
manner remarkably good for noa prelpesionals, and in n
style that reflected the highest credit on the teachers of
tha Conservatory. Maay ot toe pupils gave promise nf
a future excellence in music that may not be acquired
by many of our landing professionals
THE CAUHVAL
Masked Ball of the Cerele Fraaeala do l'IIar?
?eels.
Thd Cerele Francois delHeraonle gave their fin!
masked hall ot Irving Hall last evening- An a sacceaaM
pageant and a pleasant reunion the gathering will take
rnnk with manf nf the earmvalMMe eettoes wharoaf
ballgown hold raoord. Dancing oosnmeoced at tea
o'clock an# oonUnnad until four o'ctook thin morn
ing, tha solo naptte graatad to Iho inncora hoinfi
that required for supper At midnight n cortege, em
bracing a number of Mrtortool characters, Invaded
Joyous crowd of monks aad nana demons and queeaa
harlequins aad eeortlaao mingled again la tteaoaie, anil
the approach of down put mnawlnan aad gnasu tq
?vt nm mt wane cwr.
?aa fftewSwet Aa. U, lfififi
Chrsfni inan Mi Ilea of the staaanebtp Amortsa, from
Iflnonqptedavalopod tha fnet that thorn hod haunna anew
ofohotarasahoardslnaaJaaoary fi ShowUlba ouaraa
lined rov a tow aayi longer, bat IM feiaesagora will he I
allowed to had to-day aad to-aorraar.
Tha Patted Males Wmmwfiaraaaa Wonght hwmg^M
hm fit,tM Man lean daiara, whtah aoteruntaaa^^^^M
iHaealtafanttee among marehanta, ae It
arty wae net In such dug* ae M
vveuetef the OaMed fitema Mavy.
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IMjjS UMUTVK.
Tmu, Jem II, 1MT.
The LegMiileee le doing nothing of annaaquanaa
There It grant txeftomsnt Mgnrdteg the Mhtoriai alee,
tloa le the eplnloe ef tee heat tnform^l gjfittlelana the
ass
reelect lee
candidates
for the short term. The oontaet wlH betotteiy beiwsea
iffra