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~ and non. » (and Stout ” INCREASE AND REORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY Military Committee of the House of Representatives. Examination of Major General Winfield Scott, of the United States Army, on the Subject of its Reorganization, Quienon by Mi Cote nt J gay be the strength mittee —What, our opieion, should of the army of the United States at this time, in view of our extensive seaboard ead foreign froatier, our p:esent and prospective relations with the Indian tribes of the West, and the protection due to our several routes of emigration’ Answen—The increare in the of the army, as provided for in the vill submitied by the War De- at, now under consideration by the committee, I highly necessary. The bi!l proposes that there Bhall be two additional regiments of infantry and two of cavalry, ‘This 1s, I consider, the minimum force that in evsential to be added to the army to protect the fron- tiers against the hostilities of Indians, the present force on the frontiers being enti: inadec uate for that pur- eee. In Texas, the Indi ostilitivs have been more strustive than at other ints, principally on account of the small force stationed ia that covutry. The troops are constentiy engaged in encounters with hostile In- dians, aad the jogs of men, whon suecevafal, is always in the inverse ratio of our ia‘erior numbers. Hence the popoeed increase, simply in reference to Indian fron- rs, secma to be dictated by considerations both of po- Hiey and humanity, in order that adequate prot iy may be afforded to our border inbabitants without a useless sacrifice of-our brave detachments. ‘Lhe increaae proposed, of two reginents of infantry and two of cavatry, organized like the present forces, and characterized by the liko zeal and activity, would, in amy opinion, give reasonable protection to our frontiers and overland immi 3 Question ny Mr. Favixner—Is the Pernod increas essential to the present exigencies of country, with- out any reference to the probabilities of a foreiga wart ‘kR—This addition has no reference to war with any foreigi It such event were anticipated, it is preaumed ebat ten or fiiteen times as many regiments would be called for, Question BY Mk. FAULKNER—How many companies are there at it on the seacoast of the Atlantic and the ‘Gulf of Mexico? Axswer—But twelve—two of which are at Boston; mone east of Bostoa; two at New York; none between Power. Boston and York; two at Old Point Comfort; two at none on theSavanuah; one at Pensacola; one at Key West; and none at New Orleans, Question By Mr. Favixner—By the bill now before me the artillery bas been reduced two regiments. Is it the idea, by this reduction, to confine that corps to duties oa the seaboar? Answer—The Secretary of War, after a full confer- ence, has allowed me humbly to suggest to the sommit- tee (and neither presumes on more than a suggestion) that hat part of the original bill contemplating a reduc- tion in the present be struck out, or that the arti be left as itis. I would kere remark that it is not. intended to withdraw frontiers until the latter shall ry re present. Question bY Mn. Favixnxr—What number of privates m officers should constitute a com. a : Secretary of War and myself are in suggesting the advantages of a sliding scale, pla at the discretion of the President to increase and dimi nish the number of privates ina cocapess: ber betweea sixty-four and one hu 4 the varying the to auy num- according to of the service. nomena sixty-four pelvaven to 8 com) Ju actually present, are ne- oenmary 3 is "aot to be presumed that the President would authorize the increase of a company of cavalry more beyond the minimum than to provide for unavoidable cases of absense. This ling scale might vary the anmber of the rank and file a little more than 38 per cent. ° jculty which this suggestion would obviate is ‘We can never bring the numbers per company, uently not these of the army) up to the full If, for instaxce, the legal complement be ten and mea, we can never have on muster and pay roils more’ than eight thousand five hundred. If the legal establishment be limited to twelve thousand men, ten thousand would probably be our nearest ap- roach, and s0 on. Under the law, we never cam recruit upto the maxi- mum, from the’ fear that we may exceed it. On any ey day the government must always be mouths be- ind im its knowledge of the deaths and desertior which bave occurred at all the distant posts, with detachments of recruits ia route to join these posts. As we cannot assume an average Bomber of casualties in advance, for they vary beta , We are obliged to fall considerably delow in order not to exceed the law by a sing man. Hence, under the proposed augmentation and the discretion given to the Presicent stabliehment might be set down at 19,000 privates. for the reasons mentioned, we should never have on the pay-rolls at the same time more than 15,500, and present, fit for duty, 14,300. ‘A sliding scale, from 64 to 100 privates in a company, qualified to apply only to companies on remote frontiers, has ex sted since the begining of General Taylor's ad- ministration. We, army officers, srs fully persuaded that a similar provision, applicable to all companies, is equaily needed, and I cannot foresee any danger of abuse from ‘the grast of the power. * Qursrion ny MR. FAULKNRR—Does the increase of i mente, as propored, make any improper increase in number of officers’ AnswkR—The bill takes twenty-cigat captains from the Quartermaster’s department, eight from the Ad- jutent General's department, and ‘ht from the Bubsistence department ; it reduces all ths captains and lieutenants in the ordnance and topographical corps, which makes it necessary to transfer these officers to other regiments, which would make no increase of the |, but would merely change designations. Question ny Mn. FavLKNER—What policy dictates the taking of these officers you have mentioned from corps stated? Anxswer—In the army list, under the head of Quarter- master’s Department, twenty-eight captains, and under the head of Adujutant General’s Department, eight cap- tains, and in the Subsistence Department eight other captains are permanently cotgeetes. as assistanta. Many of these officers are peculiarly adapted for the di ties appertaining to their positions respectively; but few not. Those unfitted for their present positions may be admirably adapted to other duties, ehilst other offi- may be just he aime in . the ers be! to regiments maar oi tation, to fill stad posit therefore, by destreying the permanency of such igpationa, gives a choice amongst the whole army selections and interchanges according to the deve- ba wy of peculiar talents and accom} te. ebanges of officers meet generaily with the ap- probation of the army. There are many topographical ‘engineers who would, under the bill, be transferred to the corps of eogineers, and these, itis presamed, would ‘ve content: whilst there are captaina and lieutenants of ordnanee, sa well as of phi engineers, who would dislike very much a transfer to the artillery or in- fantry, Some would abhor it. 1 do not, Liha 5 par- ticularly blame them for accidental preferences; but a0 retorm can be effected without offending interests an well as prejudices. I do not admit thats transfer, in any case, could bs called a sacrifice. The tapographical engineers was, at first, an anomoly. Dut the corps of engineers. The cause for creating the ‘topographical corps was, we wanted additional officers for surveys, for river and harbor improvements, &o , on which they have been employed with ‘great ployed tifications. Now, the engineers 5 graphical engineers, are alike em oye s. There is, then,mo necessity two corps. do not think there ix any particular hardship in trans- ferring captairs and Leutenants from one branch of the service into another, poate t to adaptation. All cor; in the army are alike respectable. Juniors of the artil- Jery may, among themselves, imagine that the artillery is more Veapectaile than the tnfaatry, for example; or the ordnance officers, that they are better than their brethers of the artillery, &c ; but seniors hort paren- tally rebuke all dit ents of — arms of service. Hence we say all are alike usefal, table, and ), and that there [4 no violation of hoaor or right in transfers catled for by the good of the service. poset end gs se may be ig hey ap Maas ange to distant ac ita; hevee they e the con- Siepuied repos Tic bots cannrrtasis pr ease any officer anyw required by the vil i jen, bould haw wer of selec ed for ular duties, from All power, no doubt, is liable to abuse; ear to the artillery? Asawen—At West Point the graduates who have the highest distinction are generally placed in the engineers, the next im the ordnance, the next in the topogra nical engineers, sad the next in the artillery. None but high graduates are placed in the latter. The ordnance is a reientific c: vod so is the artillery, #0 that by con- fining details to artillery you are sure to get a good ord ah high art ro’ Let it are Boe mengaa angie’ bo al juates of jomy prefer the corps ‘the order mentioned. Some of the Buest intellects of that school are uow in the infantry —placed in it because did not excel in partionlar branshes of study— Rhea, mechanical philosophy, &c. One of my aid-de-camps, sa infantry officer, was one of the best scholars of his day; but his forte was not the exact sciences: Qovetion oy Me. Factawen—What i¢ your opinion + paartine of brigadiers general, proviled iz by tl bill Avewer—I think they are needed. The coasiderations whieh thts» yeaa an increase are these We have There ought to be i | Mk. FAviKNER.—General Scott, state to the committes anpotion chnaghn which occur to you as proper in the Gunenat Scorr,—The duty of sup to the for some twelve My hn Po om f to the Quartermaster’s Department of the staff; it was formerly in the bands of a Commiasary of Purchases. Lt is proposed to transfer it to the commissariat, (subsistence pariment,) to relieve the Quartermaster Genoral whose department is overburdened with that superadied _ whereas the Commissariat of Subsistence, with a little aid from the line, would be fully competent to exe- cute the extra duty. There is A rraee change in the bill as sat poeog'd submitted, that words “im casos not provided for in the 98th article of war’’ be inserted in the 10th section, after the words, ‘the following rules shall regulate the command and rank officer.” [Here follows 98th article of war.) This article was adopted in 1775—before the Decla- ration of Independence—and is a necessary part of the code regulating rank. I also’ suggested an ad dition to the end of the rule of rank preseribed in the bill to prevent @ junior officer, by virtue of his brevet, being placed, by sadigpeneal of the Preside: above his senior by brevet. Nature does aot moi @ vacuum, thao senior officers abhor being placed under the command of a junior. Question ny MR. FAULKNER—State your opinion of the importance of brevet appointments in the army, ANSwkr—I have always been looked upon in the army as a stickler for brevet rank. I am not a brevet officer at this time; I have been. Iam to government the means of stimulating its officers to Sha Diteet deeds of valor and other ‘distinguished cou- uct. In a republican goveroment there can be but few re. wards for great services. Of these, the system of bre- vets may rded as the princi; It wonderful how the hope of winnifg a brevet stirs the souls cf young officers, and, indeed, of officers not #0 ing. On the field, when about-to engage the enemy, ft ts common to hear officers, in the act of drawing swords, exclaim : “Here goes for a brevet today. ’’ Under judicious legislation, such as this bill Lay phe the rule'governing brevet rank is #0 simplified that eart: burnings could scarcely ever be created by bestowing Fes reward on officers specially distinguis! them- ver, In commentin; service ratious, j eneral Scott said— Thad nothing to do with the provision in the bill rela- | tive to service rations. The Secretary of War inserted that without consultation with me. In 1839, by the rmission of the Setsy) 2 amen an ame: it or the consideration of the itary Committee of the House, providing for an additional ration for every five jects service asa service ration, which amendment [ ded to a member of that committee, who informed me that the committee had to report it, but that the chairman would probably (in the House) speak against and killit. ‘ou, ddressing Colonel Benton,) were the occu- pant then &@ position which, I believe, you held for twenty years—that of Chairman of the Military Com. mittee of the Senate—and my amendment met with your approval, When the friend in the House Committee found that his Chairman (a great economist) would op; the amendment ia the House, he induced the Committee to send for me to meet them, and to overcome the ob. jection of the Chairman. In’discussing the proposition with him, he very gruffly demanded of me, “Have you not pay enough?’ I repit officers out;’’ and it was done. Thus it is that all of- pope have since received the service ration except gene- officers. The reason of the Secretary of War for placing in this bill Genere!s om the same footing with other officers in respect to service rations, is this; if the bill should pass, general officers will be as liable as others to be placed on the retired list, and witkout service rations, A Major General would receive, in the whole, less money than a Colonel on the same list. Mr. Favikyer called the attention of General Scott to that provision of the bill which related to the sus: of an officer's rations when absent from his certain time, and requested his opinion upon it. Remarks ov Genanat Scorr in Rerry—It is difficult sometimes to t officers back to their regiment sas promptly as ished, Indeed, this difficuity, some ears since, necessitated an order similar to the provision in the bill, from which the idea is borrowed. The bill ives an officer ample time, according to distance, to re- urn to his duties If his leave exceeds that time, it reems reasonable that his rations (not pay) should pe stopped. iat by Mr. FAULKNER—State your opinion as to the expediency of a reticed list for the army. Axswrr—I think highly of it. We hava some forty- o¢d officers rendered, by diseases, wounds, or premature old age, unfit for active duty. ‘There are some who are from five to seventeen years my seniors; some of high rank, three as low as captain, and perhaps two as low as lieutenant, They are, nearly all, officers who have served most honorably, and continue to be gentle. mea of high moral worth; but they impede promotions end the activity and efficiency of the service. Their re- tirement would greatly improve the army. No injustice can be done any one, as there are two checas in the way. In the first place. the board for the ex- amination of cases for retirement is a check; and in the next the Senate, which has the confirmation of the suc- censors to the retired officers, We have, then, a double security ageinst injustice. I covrider the additional section, limiting the time for placing officers on the retired list to one year, as very the power to re- over a yoper. ‘the necessity for a renewal of ire offictre would hardly arise mcre than once in every Indeed, Mh would take. aftong or’ toroet mulate a rufficient number of infirm offi- the power of retiring them. Question—State more in detail the which caused you to differ from the Secretary of War as to the expediency of reducing the ta of arti illery. Asswr—In the conversation which I had with the | Secretary, Lregretted the proposed reduction of two regiments of artillery. We conversed freely on the sub- ject, and differed; but finally we so tar approximated that he paid me the compliment to say that Le had more confidence in my opinion, with refereace to artillery, than be had in his own. Io this connexion let me say tuat the Secretary,was bred in the infantry and ca- valry, and was fa an excellent officer in both. I was bred an artillerist, and on that account, I suppose, he deferred tomy judgment on this point. Our country has now nearly finished an excellent sys- tem of defence on the Atlantic and Gulf seaboard by fortifications, on which a great amount of money has been expended, which all military men have become more persu are necessary, Each of these fortifications requires small garrisons, in time of peace, to keep them in order and save them from dila) ‘tion. The artillery should garrison these fortificat: ; but we have been obliged to withdraw and send the arti’lery into tie In- dian countries. ‘The artillery has made, in the field, excsllent infantry snd light infantry. Wilhog, then, as they have ever been, todo apy duty, im peace and been assigned them, should they be deprived of the pamein ‘which they have gained distinction’ ‘The cadets who excelled in artillery duty at West Point are made officer: in the artillery, and are adapted to that duty, and also makeexcelient infantry. Seven- eighths of them are now engaged as infantry. In Mexico I often bad occasion to witness their excelient conduct with both arms. Its members have never said, when roquired to | face Mexicains or Jadians, muskets—we are artillerists.’’ ‘The chance of returning to their position as artillerista in our permanent forts, so long as their name remains unckanged, cheers them wherever they are—in the swamps of Florida or wilds of Texas. Mr. Tuomas M. Hown, a member of the committee, called the attention of General Scott to that clause of tke bill Prasdioas officers of the ordnance corps, and asked if it would not be doing injustice to those officers, who would, by virtue of s special act of Congress, be entitled to a captaincy after fourteen years’ continuous rervice in that , and who, if this Ban ice by being transferred to other regiments, lose the! right to promotion under that act, and by that means be placed some ways bebindhand in the [ine of promo- tion? Gen. Scort said: That “We cannot Sight with nn of the different of course quicker in ta re posted at remote, exposed, aml comfortable stations, where the ing oe A was greater. infantry who A amr in point, officers in the graduated three or four years alter officers in the 4th in- fantry, are cow ahead of the latter in the line of promo. tion, for the reason that the 4th infan' had had nt stations, whilet the 61 same t'me in distant and uncomfortable posts, resulting in more deaths and resignations. The one made up in plearantness of service, what the other by pro- motion in service of roughness and hardabip. at is » true that, om account ot stagnant Brnsticn io ¢ staff corps, Congress recently paased ao act giv! captaincien to Heutenants therein for fourteen ed service. There was the error, and not ia this bill, ren- dering Come of the staff officers liable to be transferred. That provision should have been general. If there was & necessity for it, ite provisions, in fairness, should have been extended to the regiments. The officers of stall or ve vel been on the most plenesat Outied, th tleber pa and cooluments; while and lieutenants te have generally uncomfortable unhealthy stations, thus gaining, by mortality and resignations, a quicker prometion. Re @ positions of these officers. and no doubt and lieutenants of the stall corps would performed every duty of the line as cheerfully, gallantly and efficiently as their brothers. {know them well ale capable of braving every hardship and every cange: t those hardships aad those dan ers bave, in fact, and from the circumstances, been ac- frailty ood more generally met and overcome by the captaing and lieutenants of the marching regiments. Common Pleas, Refore Hon. Judge Puly. COMMITTAL OF A LAWYER SY & DivralcT covar JUDGE. Fen 16.—Haleas Corpus.—An application was mate by Mr. F. Byrne for a writ of habeas corpus to bring ap Mr.C. Bainbridge Smith, so attorney and counsellor of this Court, who had been committed by Judge Greea, t District , for some alleged tempt pesine geht cue fas that Justice, and ron fr, . yh was conasel. Jadge Dal; the writ, and imuediately dischs: x pa EE ateeat groucs that Justiors couris aot beng courte record were aol empowered to cvmm!! for quate nyt. abhor | (apnea that it gives | im upon a section of the bill relative to i |, “Yes; strike the general | nsion | in war, which has | ¥ motion in the army was elfect- | were for the | Progress of the Municipal Revotution. THE STREETS AGAIN~THE - MAYOR VERSUS THE LIQUOR PRALERS—THR BELGIAN FAUPERS—LET- TRB FROM MR. MALI, PHE CONSUL—THE COM- PLAINT BOOK. It appears that the present filthy condition of many of the streets is owing to the fact that the contracts of | some of the strest contractors have beea withdrawn ia | consequence of their faiiure to fulfil them. This diff- | culty, we are assured, will very soon be obviated, amd New York will be asclean as it is possible to make it. | ‘The street aweeping machines have arrived from Phila- delphia, and in the course of a few days will be put in | operation. Should the experiment prove successful, they will be of inestimable value to the city. have the street sweepers at the earliest possille moment; they are wanted even now. THE LIQUOR DEALERS AND THE SUNDAY LIQUOR LAW. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of a aumber of Liquor dealers who were reported for selling oa Sunday lant, and it is the inteation of the Mayor to appear before the Graud Jury, at the Court of Sessions, in person, with the affidavits, and have the offenders indicted and tried, The smount of bail has been fixed at $1,000 ia each case. This course wilt be with all persons re ted hereafter. Licenses will not only be revoied ut thore arrested will be prosecuted to the full extent of the Jaw. The Mayor is determined, at all hazards, to put an effectual stop to the sale of intoxicating drinks on Sun- day, acd every effort will b» made by him to accomplish | this desirable reform. Among others, warrants have beea istued for the ar reat of — ‘Thomas Fitzgerald, Wm. Hi -14 Cherry street, -38 Cherry atreot, 271 avenue A. ‘Sixty-ninth st, and Broadway, Several liquor dealers in the Fourth ward, doing busi. ness in Gouncilman Cusack’s district, have refused. to discontinue the rale of ardent spirits.’ Last week, how: ever, the Councilman had an interview with Mayor Wood, and an underataniing was arrived at, that they would co-operate together to revoke the licenses of those | offending against thelaw. The Mayor haa sent for Coun- cilman Cusack, in order to carry Into effect the rasolu- tion; but aa yet the Councilman bas not appeared; and accounts for the fact that many licenses ia tho Sevemth Council district have net been tevoked. LETTER FROM MR. MALI, THE BELGIAN CONSUL. Consvt pe Bevaigo: New York, Feb. 15, Li of | pd is Frrvanpo Woop, Mayor of the city of New ‘Orkin | Sin—I have bad the honor to receive your communiza- tion relating to the twelve Belgian emigrants by the Rochambeau; #nd you will readily understand how much Iwas pained to learn that, owing to new information | which has just reached you, you have obtained the con- viction that said paupers are of a dangerous cnaracter: hat in copvequence thereof, the arrangement entere into on Fridsy Istt between you and me, with the co- based on the fi mn of all of us, that these people were | merely i not now be car. ried in induced to request | me to c the copeem of the ian government. Without wishing to dispute the correctoess of the in- formation under which you at present feel bound to act, I beg to say that I, on my part, remain without ns f | any kind respecting the character of these individu | and for this reavon already, you will, I trust, exouse me for not entering, as you suggest, into an examination of | the merits of the case ia its new aspect. | I would further mention that my consular attributes, | | specified and limited as they are, do not authorize me to | | enter into a renee arrangement in behalf of the Belgian government under present circumstances. For it is but justice to my own convictions to add that Ido not be- | Heve the government I have the honor to represent | would knowingly connive at the transportation of dan- | | gerous persons to this country. I have, therefore, at | Once transmitted » copy of your letter to the Belgian Charg’ d’Affaires at Washington, and solicited his in- } ee in tte nag! { | Before closing this, permit me, sir, to give you m most earnest anvurancen, that ‘neither in my oficial rnd | pacity, nor as a citizen, ahall I ever, by word or deed, do | aught to counteract your noble efforts to free thia great city of the elements of crime and destitution. This task you have un¢ertaken with un taunted courage; and all good men in the land will bless you for it. | | Tremain, sir, with the highest respect, | Your most obedient servant, | | HENRY W. T. MALI, Consul of Belgium, } | MAYOR'S COMPLAINT BOOK. | ‘That the ashes opposite 105 Bayard street, 50 Fourth | aveoue, 99 Bowery, ard 301 Mulberry atrect, havo not | been removed. What is the Commissioner of Streets and Lamps about? Has he left the cit, | “Ne. 93 Chatham street, kaown as the Mariners’ Rea €exvous, is in a filthy condition. The complaint was referred to the City Inapector That there is uo tla; | Twelfth street, and that the » ble, being kuee deep in mud ‘Ibat the street and sidewalk opposite 00 Mulberry street is constantly obstructed with any number of ot carts and wagons, rencering the street almost impassa ble. Referred to the Commissioner of Streets and Lamps who, it is hoped, will attend to it at once. | That a large number of ugly rowdies are in the habi | of congregating in front of 05 Mulberry street, disturb yy in front of 283 and 286 walk is almost impassa- | ing the whole neighborhood very mu 4,2 fight'ng, yelling, and insulting people as they p ‘That «large cos! box occupies the side | Vandewater and Pearl streets, on which generally sit » party of loafers to insult people aa they"paen along, an | Pasticularly oc Sunda ‘The same nulsan of Frankfort and mitted to exist at the sorne Hose Company No. that the barber's | pole in Ann street, between Nasr i Broadway, is a reat nuisance, being stuck im the walk, some distance | inside of the gutter, and materially interrupts the com- pany frou getting into Broatway when thers is fire Fadwin West, of 103 Fourth avenue, complains of the | intolerable auisance of boys hawk i new papers through | the rtreets on the Sabbath, disturbing the quiet of the | day very much. ‘That a femalé$mpostor goes round the city collecting money under pretence that it ia for charitable purpeses, when in reality it is for her owa ure. | Board of Counctimen. Fre. 17,— The President in the chair. The minutes of | the last mesting were read and approved. | REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. The following reporta of committees were read a third time and sdopted — Of Committee on Assessments—In favor of confirmiog | apportionment of assessment for opening Eleventh ave | nue, from 107th to 144th street; in favor of confirming | aseessment for fegeing the north side of Thirty.third street, from Eighth to Ninth avenue; in favor of con _ firming apportionment of assessment for crosswalks in Third Sad Fourth avenues, from 126th to 129th street in favor of confirming assessment for builiing a sewer in | Sullivan street, from Prince to Houston street; in favor of confirming a*seasment for curb and gutter aad flag. | ging Forty-elghth street, "from Sixth avenue to Broa: 6 Committee ow Finance—In favor of remitting | tax against st Samuel R. Pullen, Henry A. Weeks | and OF in favor of concurring to remit tax against BE. ndt, James Baines, M =. McNamare | WE. Flemming and Martin Bates. Of Committee on | Five Department—In favor of printing, &c., the fire laws, as compiled; im favor of providing a temporary Jocation at Yorkville’ for book and ladder No 10, and other ap- eratus; in favor of building a new hove carriage for hore company No, 19; in favor of placing the «mail bell | now on Jefferson Market upon new station” house | | being built in the Ninth ward; in favor of appropriating | $200 te defiay the funeral expenves of James ?. Lawrie, | late of hove company No. 7; in favor of providing a lo ion for hook and ladder compony No. 12. Of Com- + | mittee on Police—In favor of inerearing the pry of the | person who cleans the fourth judicial court room to $10 permonth, Of Committee oa Streeta—!o favor of re | pairing crosewalk on the east side of avenue 1), at | ty Oth street , in fayor of Iaying crosswalk in Seven teenth ttreet, ‘near First avenue, im favor of removing pe and covering weil corner Duane and Elm streets | in favor of semoving rocks and stones from siiowalks | and streets of Twenty first ward; {n favor of numbering ‘Thirteenth street, between Second aad Third aveaues in favor of removiog puimp and covering well in Down img, near Verick street. Of Committees on Finance—la or of coneurri . 8B Young, J. D. Phillips a fa vor of concurring to remit tax against Lindley Under bil), Hugh McLaughlin, James M. Belton and A. Hi. Til ton Of Committee on Assessamenta—In favor of com. | firming assessment list for paving Thirty.ninth street, | between Sixth avenue and way: in favor of con: fr t for sewer in Bank street, . | tory street to Hudson river; in favor of ¢oudrmin) nt for sewer in Mott street, from Grand to Hous. ton street; in favor of confirming assess: | fe | ave! iio fi of lating, &e., Forty fifth street, | between Fifth avenue way; intavor of com | firming assessment list for sewer in Seventh avenue, | between Twenty filth and Twenty sixth streets, in (avor of confirming assessment list for sewer in itt street, | between Rivington and Delancey streets: in favor of confirming assersment list for sewer in Market street, between river and Division street; in favor of con | Orming assesement iist for sewer ia Varick street from Proome to near Spring street; im favor of confirming sa | sesement fist for , &e., Sixty ninth, Beven tieth and Seventy-frst streeta, between Seventh and Kighth avenues. Of Committes on Cleaning Streets—In | faver of AR, Plumbey for servicen ax Street In apector of Twenty first ward Of Committees on Fs pance—la favor of paying bill of Benjamin 1. W for repairing clock; in favor of refunding ten per cent | purebare money, of property bought within the bounds of the Central k. by Jacob Vanderpool, Of Committee on Oréinances—Submitting an ord: for the more effectual enforcing the excise laws Committee on Fi hundred aod fi jollars te Johan 8. Clayton, for injuries | received while in the disel of his duties as a fire of organizing Abijah Parker aod bis asso. engine company in place of engine company ing a Dew engine {or engine ‘24, Of Committer on ng gas lamps before St. ‘echurch a3 iret Presbyterisn church. Of Committee on itepairs aad w favor of confirming a contract for building i vat bop ype he Of Committee on Rosde—ip tavor street, between Fourth nod Foveatit avenues, Of Commitioe on As | sesements—In (sror of apportionment of a. seament im the matter of Second avenue, from | Fifty third to Bighty sixt | te (avor of conhcua Ot it—~in favor of donating two \F H | ing Von meat of assesment ic the matter of grea avenues from Fifty thind to Righty eich sures! ad of conGre it OF Besrenmen’ in | the matter of gr Peeond avenue, feyms Teeny | | Lot us | bill of ex III es YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1855: ith to 125d street. Of Committee on Salaries and 2 ad sag Lay Rohe one bundred y-fcur services as Inspector, th ward. Of Cowmittee on Assessments, ia favor ‘asseeerent lists. Of Committee of ndry 4 ga Police in favor of paying Dra. Kirmbark, Collett and miller for medical services at various station houses; in favor of paying claim of Elias Nichols, M.D., services during the prevalence of the cholera Reselution ia favor of having members of the Common Council furnished with » copy of the maps of | the wharves and piers of the North ‘and East rivers. of Committes on Finance—In favor of refundin, ae oon the amount of expeuses paid under a voi assessment sale; in favor of remunerating Joha Bechamp for damages sustained by an overtiow of water at the corner of Fifty fourth street and Third avenue; in favor of paying the Commissioners of Grade, balance oses. Communication from the Assessors of the Street Department, submittiog sundry assessments for confirmation. Report—Of Committee on Fire Depart- ment, in favor of providing for Hook and Ladder No. 14; in favor of building ‘& new carriage for Hose Company No. 20, Of Committes on Saleries and Offices, in favor of increasing the ralary of the Assixtant Clerk in the Commissioner of Repairs and Supplios’ office. Of Com- mittee on Streets, in favor of flagging Thirtieth street between Third and Lexington avenues. Of Committee on Fire Department, in favor of building a new engine | | for Eogine Company No. 39 Of Committee on Streets. Ko, Suffolk street, from No. 164 t f ering, &e., in Geerck and Broome streets; in favor of ageing Kast Twenty third street, in front of Nos. 61, 53 and Downing street, from No. 63 to Varick street. Of Com: Wharves, Piers and Stipa, in favor of repairing 24, North river, \ispoving of some other routine matters, the ourned to Mo: in favor of flagging, 178; m favor ‘of fh _ Marine Court. Before Hon. Judge McCarthy. ORDER FOR AN ATTACHMENT ISSUBD AGAINST AN EDITOR VOR CONTEMPT. Fen. 16.—At the sitting of the court this morning, Tuage McCarthy vaid that his attention had been called toanarticle in tho New York Daity Times of yesterday reflecting upon the court aad the administration of jus- tice thereon, ‘The Judge raid that, while he never no- ticed any newspaper attack upon himavlf personally, in this case he considered it due to the position he occupied tonotice it. The paragraph referred to was wholly without foundation. The aleged occurrence never hap- pened, The motive of the attack he could not conceive, rticularly appearing ina paper of the standing of the imes. The distinguished position mow occupied by the editor of that paper bad been alluded to by the persons who cailed his (the Judge's) attention to the matter; but that is mo excuse, 1 care not what position he occu- pies. The courts of justice must be respected. The Court, thereupon, directed the clerk to serve the proper notices on the editors aud proprietors of the ly Times, to appear and show cause on Saturday morning, at 11 o'clock, why they should not be punished LAG ae under the provisions of the Revised Sta- uter, (We understand that this offence, which amounts to a | misdemeanor, is punishable by fine of $250 or 30 dayw imprisonment, or the offending party can be sent to Blackwell's Island, in the discretion of the Court, aa the Marine Court porseaves the same jurisdiction and power aa the Supreme Court. In cases of contempt, the of- fence may prove a serious matter, unless the parties purge themselves of the contempt, The paragraph alluded to is most unjust. Judge McCarthy has been indefatigable in his attention to his judicial duties at all times, and more particulerly for the past teu days. His associates being absent from illness, Judge McCarthy, in order to dispose of the very heavy calendar of causes, hay fre- quently sat in court till 11 o’clock at night.) ASSAULT AND BATTERY. Pheniz vs. Spolasco.—Thie was an action before the Court, without a jury, for an assault and battery. The Naintifl is the widow of Mr. Phenix, who was formerly trict Attorney of this city, and the defendant is the well known and eccentric doctor, otherwiss Baron Spo- lasco. ared from the evidence that the Doctor jaintiff’'s house to prescribe for a patient, fered with in his professional duties, he became wroth. and assaulted the plaintiff in the breast with his fist; Le also brandished his cane at the lady and usd abusive epithets. The Court gave judgment against the defendant for $150 and costs. The Gibbs Divotce Case. SUPERIOR COURT- -SPEGIAL TERM. Fen 16,—Lowiea Gibbs ve. Aaron 8. Gibbs —Moaara. J. J. Brady end Ackley for defendant, Messrs. R. Busteed and Culver for plaintiff Horyaan, Justice, —The action was fora divorce ou the ground of adultery. The cavse was brought on for trial on the 29th of November, 1854 1 the Judge, after charging the jury, delivered to them a written paper, of which the following is a copy — Firat— Has the defendant, Aaroa 8. Gibbs, been guilty ot which year? Freon’—If ) ou find any adultery proven, then answer whether it is made out, by express proof, that such of fence has been forgiven by the plaiuciff ‘Third—If you find aay adultery proven, and that it is not proven by €x testimony to bi —then goswer whether the plaintiff voluntarily co! 4 with th adultery? The jury, not having agreed at the end of about two hours, were directed to seal their verdict, aud bring it in on the morning. On that moraing they Lamled up a verdict in » sealed envelope, a8 follows: — We, the undersigned jurore, empannelled in the case of Gibbs va. Gibbs, do bi verdict for the piaiatitt ‘, New York, November 29, 1854, amd signed by e' jurors At the same time the questions iu the handwriting of the Judge which be bas given them were handed back to him, with these w it the foot of the first « ition —~ “Aston 8 Gibbs has been guilty of adultery previous to June, 1863."" To the recoud question the word ‘No’ was subjoined, and to the third no answer was given ‘The Judge directed the returos to be eatered on the mi nutes, with permission to apply to enter judgment, and a stay of proceedings in the taterim for a limited period. Such « motion is now made An affidavit is also produced, sworn to by each of the jurors, expressly stating that they intended to have found fer the plaintiff fully, and would have answere! the last question in the tive—that they supposed the paper handed them was a guide for their considera- tion, apd had not supposed it necessary, or expected thal it rhould be signed, or was part of thelr duty to sign it, or explicitly to answer No doubt the general verdict was sufficient to have en titled the plaintiff to judgment. The charge covered at length the three points submitted in the paper. it i alo true that bad the jury not separated, and the omis- sion been pointed out on their coming into court, they could have been seat back immediately to supply it, if abit. le'endant after knowledge of the fact of such all such was theirdecision, (Hlackley vs, Sheldon, 7 Join. Rep 52. Winslow r, 8 Plekering, 170.) ‘The cases of Dor ‘ousey, (2 Wendell, $55), and Itown ve. Hoyt , { John. R, 265), appear also to settle, tht the jury might bave been sent back, even after their bringing in their renled verdict the next morning. A juror who signed the verdict, at night whea the jury #e ; in favor of flagging, &e., | ultery in the year 1461, 1862, of 1860; and, if no, in | been forgiven | | the 6th day of February in e in some awivdling transact ' Pofiaietphia, * mene i ALLEGED STRERT ROBBERY, A young man namet Heury Hemming was arrested ia the Bowery, on Thursday night, by oflicer Green, of the Lower Police Court, charged with having, ia company with another man not yet arrested, decoyed Mr. John Murray, a cotton broker, int Atreet, near Leonard, and w ha into his powkets, The compiainant sates thaf on getting him into the dark alleyway, the man not yet arrested put his hand into his pocket and abstracte! his pocketbook, containing $50, some prowinaory notes aad invoice all valued at about $800, while the prisoner, Hemming. took his watch and chain away, which was valued at $100, and, having stripped him of his valuables, the fellows escaped before he could raise an alarm. The accused, who was arsested @ ahort time after the allocei larceny, was, on heing (akeu before Justice Bogart, Centified by the complaiaaut, aud was therefore fully commitied for trial by the magistrate. CHAROE OF FALSE PRETENCES, Yesterday, officers Martin ana Underhill, attached to the Second District Police Court, arrested « young man named Abrabam Hineman, formerly of Philadelpia | charged with false pretences, in having, it is aMeged, ob tuined possession of five horses, valued at $605, pry of Jacob Gemsenhouser of Washington street Phi ladelphi, by false pretences and fraudulent representa tions, ‘The complainant states that, in the ety of Phila delpbia, on the 26th ult., he sold to the accused the above property, and tabing in exchange notes of the ac- cused for the debt; that at the time of the sale the ac cused stated that be war a responsible man, there would not be the slightest doubt about the m being duly honored; that, upon there repreroutations, the’ property was delivered; that the complainant ty never yet received the value of the said notes, whic bave bot been redeamed by the a brought the horses ou to with two of them in his possession for examination, by Justice Breunan. CBAROK OF FORGING AN ORDER. A young man, named James Calhoua, was arreated yesterday by officer Nichieser, charged with having forged the name of L. M. 'ease, of the Five Point Mis sions, to an order for one of tea on & grocery house in Front street. Mr. declared the signature nd a complaint being made by Measra, gainat the accused, was arrested aud er the charge by Justice Bogart at the Lower Police Court. ALLEGED BURGLARY. George Simmons and Mahlon Cannoa, were arrested by the Third ward police on Thursday night, charged with having burglariously entered the store of Stephon 8. Chamberlain, of 250 Fulton street, and stealing there- from three firkina of butter, valued at $90. It is alleged that the property wagfound in their possession, and when arrested were rollif it away from the store of Mr. Chamberlain, The prisoners were brought be. 5, the pro {oe was committed fore Justice Bogart, who committed them for examina. , tion, CHARGED WITH STEALING BONES. Yenterday, Sergeant Smith, of the Lower Police Court, arrested Joho McBride, capta'n of a lighter, charged with stealing 7,6(4 shin bones, the property of Christian Swrits, of Cedar street, and valued by him at $142. It is al leged that McBride being engaged to divcharge a cargo of bones froma vessel lying in the Fast River, imanaged to retain the above mentioned quantity, which, it in al leged, he wold to Frederick Kleman, who purchased the same in good faith. The accused was taken before Justice Bogart, who committed him for examination. TUB ALLEGED HOTEL THIRF BXNT U Lyman, the alleged hotel thief, who was arrested some weeks ago, for stealing the bed clothes from different hotels in the lower part of the city, to the Penitentiary for one year by J Fpecial Seasions, having received $ on each charge preferred against h were preferred, of which he received sixty days sentence Itw year, therefo tore Mr. Lyman will make his next appearance before the public. Six complaints The Case of Young Hernandez. TO THE KDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. New Youn, Feb. 16, 1965. I raw itatated in the Henacy of the 10th inst, that procetcings bad been commenced by Franciseo Elias Her nandez against Francis Stoughton, the Spanish Consul at this port, but that, under the teeaty, lie (Mr. 8.) is notamenable to # process for ariest. This has leda great many to believe that there was no law in this coun try to control the acts of the Spanish Consul, however guilty be might be, To prove that #uch is not the cass, Trball request you to publish in your valuable paper, « copy of the writ holding both Sir. Caraobeli and Mr Stoughton to bail in the sum of $2,000 each. In conclusion 1 phall atate that if the Spanial: Consul has escaped thus far being arrested, and being required to give the requi site bail, it has ben by prudently coafiaing bimsell to hin bed, and not coming to New York in the course of the lant week I remain, sir, your obedient servant, JOBE AS HERNANDEZ. The President of the United States of America to the Mar shal of the Southern District of New York, greeting: We command you, that you take Francis Stoughton, Cows ul of ber Majeaty the Queen of Spain jin New York and Crixtoyal Carnobeli, otherwise called Cristoval Car noveli, if they shall be found in your district, aad them rately keep, no that you may have their bodies before the Judge of the District Court of the Lt tates of America for the Southern District of York, to be held at the City Hall, in the city of New York, in the raid Southern District, on the 16th day of February, 1456, to answer unto Frenels bias Hernanier, by Fran cisco de Armar, his prochain amy, plaintiff ta a plea of trespass. And also to a certain bill of the said plaintiff against the said defendant for trespass, exsmult and bat tery, and false imprisonment of the sald plaiutiff, to his damage ten thousand dollars, as is aaid, according to the custom of ¢ 4 Judge, then nd that you have (hea there 1, Judge of the maid Dus t the city of New York, 1866. MORTON, Cleric of the United Sta GED Txopors SknGwick, Attorney Onfatiiavits laid before me, it ix ordered that the de fendunts be held to bail inthe sum of $2,009 each Feb 5, 1865 SAMUEL HR. BELTS Theatres and Exhibitions. BRroapway TuxaTnx —The benefit of the accomplished and favorite vocalint, Mina Louisa Pyne, takes place this evening: and. an it is the Inst might of the opera season, no doubt the theatre will be crowded in every depart ment Miss Pyne hat many claims upou the musical people of New York. Let them do their duty to-night “Cinderella” and the ‘Bona Fide Travellers are the pieces selected Rowen Tuxarne —The benefit cf Mr G. © Onarles And his leet appearance at this, establi t, comes off to-night. te irama of the ‘‘Momentous Q 10 in which Mrs. M. Jones appears as Rachael Ryland in the first piece, Thia will be followed by ‘Our Gal,’! the farce of the © ‘Ir nin Japan,” and the “Three | Jack Sheppards on Horseback parated diasented from it when polled, and the jury were | sent out ageim 1am alo inclined to think that the aMfidavits of the jurors sre admiemble, (Dana va. Tucker, 4Johm. I. 487 argent ve. 6 Cowen, p 106; exparte Cay Ken’! 6 ibid 8; Jackrom y. Dickerson, 15 John. Rep. 40%.) The socient strictoees upon the subject of ay has berw relaxed, (Penith va, 2 Wendell, 865). But the 261s sect on of the code must beexamise) « it was much relied upon by the éefendant’s coun In the first place, it is to be observed that the practice ¥ ch bas been adopted of submitting wr Jury i® one of convenience and eb it to be of i ate, (ie Vestehester County Mutual In 79). The code preseribes that the judge may Insiruct the le | jury, if they render # general vercict, to find upon par tiedlar questions of fact, to be stated ia writing, and direct a written finding thereon no direction given to the jury to make» written Ouding on the questions, the jury did not neglect their duty. ey, without fault, misjudged as to the intention in submitting the quostioas. The case comes back to the point whet! & verdict covering the whole issue, full and sufficient in Itnelf, is 0 defective from the criss! question that a new trial inust be bad In the cane of Pettes vx. Bingham (10 Hamp Rep. 575) tt was held that if the matter or issue may be concluded out of @ verdict, it will be good, however informal. A similar decision was made in Porter vs. Rummery po Masa. Rep, 65), and i £43), a verdict was hela to be good merely up traction which the court deemed reasonable, and oo the ground that verdicts were not w be « od except from neceesit The revalt, Yo my Opinion, (4, that the verdict is good and that judgment must be entered upoo t of this motion to either party Police Intelligence. CURIOUS CASE OF ALLPGED GRAND LARCENY. Vesterdsy, officer Wade, of the Fil rested 8 man named Henry B. Woot, © ing stolen $1,500, io bank bills, from ct Rochester. it appears that Wiggins ant Wo stopping together at the Girard Hove in Septem vr ard, as ip alleged by the complainant, Wood abstracted from bis pocket book $1 oc mplainant did no! words, and the day folowing the alleged rob ver Wood $1,000, without even micsing the 81 states was stolen (he day previous made at the time before Justice Cart Police Court, that istrate issuedt « arrest of Wood, and the same (on the ban geant Devor, of the Chiel’s office, for exscatico ret with bay s M. Wigzine, The aceured, however, ners elty, could not be found. and it was ooly within the last few days that suy trace of him could be discovered. when (t was ssertainet that be was to call at the Internationa! Mote! (or “ for wien. ont ly that the compiai OE Ogee! aim, for erates Wael We Thompson, | Cowen 221, an1 cases, | | great succe Bunton's TuraTus.—By desire, Mr. Burton will repeat his performance of Billy Lackaday and his favorite part of Guy Goedluck in “John Jones.’ The bill Is ow which canpot fail to draw a large audience. There are three pieces. The first is “Jopn Jo the next is ¢ of “ Where Shall | Diner’ and the eoneludiog It be the comedy of “2we rts vives ack’3 ThxaTee —Brougham's comedy of Life” inthe fret piece Menara, Hike Brougham, Mies Rowe Bennett, Mra. Brougham eminent artistes in the cast The concloding pi be O'Flannigan ana the Fairies,”’ in whieh representing Downy brook Fair will be prese Amenicay MonrUM.—The after.oon amusements eon sist of the drama of ‘Don Coser atl other features the even vimire! dram of “Raw ” an The Semith Clarke aod a the leading parts. Woon's Mixetaata.—The «ame amusing fe sot tertainment as given every eveuag—Negro winstrelsy, and the “Hotel d'Afrique DUCRLFY'® BenENanERs —This company is doing well The hall i* crowded every © and the audience @! fe excellent burlesq acreria Borgia mi Mn Meterveewill gives 4 vocal entertain ment on Monday evenisg, Hal FOREIGN Mt The london Glote, of tor Mr “0. 4 —The pop iphi Theatre evening, baving #u from Mines for some wee had leon we bel peer! end though in his appear ” great soprano ro Mr Macreety at Melbourne, for the benefit of the f en « * Mozart a ght, at Covent Ganien, proved « wh bbe th pon thle re has closed, Mra. Beymour are ing at Nottingham Mr. Mie os ia preaching at Wolverhamptoe, sed Mr eon giving bis American eatertainarnt iu thy seme place The Theatre Hoye! EAinburg, bas been opened by an Iteliae opera company Rigor Deneditt s (he tenor A Pers correspondent says M Seribe's new drama is to be played four times a week i" “ —A three act veoteville, writtes by 0 ) Vournier, s04 caliel “la Portein ¢¢ Jeanar'te bes bere brought out st the Ve Dremetijor: The ection taker to the (me of Lewis KVL, wel The serne hes partly ot ¥ oe, partly in Switerrisa |, + bere the lamble bervise of the phere MAgne Dimon 'y seres the life of ao erutoorstionl rive! whe is om the Hf tonavling down & precignes. ‘This is the oely © oe Of the saghlert lmportaace predveed Auring (ne past wren hess now ope #1 L Acptewe Lee Vipee Melieawes” le — sity and | co a St, Louls Matis and the Snow Detfts. | We received twenty-one mails yesterday from st, Lor being from the 23d of January to the 12th inat., the most ’of which hadbeen piled up for « time ia the snow drifts on the prairies in Illinois. The mails going West met with the same obstructions, but finally (oun their way into S¢. Louis on the 10th inst, The following article from the St. Louis Republican of the Lith, de reribes the manner in which the mails were transperted ® portion of the distance, and also gives some further idea of the obstructions with which they met .— Saturday moruing at 10 o'clock, the indefatigable Capt Covrins ht have been seem riding up Chomet treet on a dra of letter bags, like & conqueror im bu tiumpbal chariot. The aight was s gratifying one te alleyes, Everybody, great and smal |, basy aad idle, rushes forthe post oftice, and eagerly ‘awaited the dis. tribution of the mails. The crowd waxed tuick and im patient. Ihe wceve resembled a run om a suspect: hank, the only cause of grief, however, veing thes the deposits were so secure. ‘The tant opened at last, and the letters were passed out at a rapid rate, cack one in the crawd making off with is handa or pockets filed with ments of various sha 1 colors This dray load, however, was ouly a tretionnt the amount of mail mater due ert evening. «train arrived at the op on the Obio and Misaloalpps row more than two hundred About 6 o'clock last Capt, Courts the frigid rone Sir Jobo Frank od Mr. Faton, in their recent visit te underwent « series of hardships equal te as. We may be ure that en ha Capt, Couric klaoly furn in; Toey left this city lest Mor o'clock, in a barouche, for Alton atlzo'clock the same bt upon Mr Moody, an agi Chicago avd pi, laulrosd to send them Hoomingto in a special train. This bee — he could vot do, but would rend them up agat thing They started oext morning In the cars, aud reached Tioomlngten about dazk. Here they found ali the Kast erp bound mail from St, Louis, which bad been con stently accumulating from the 2d of January dill the Oth of February, amouating to 104 bags of letters and m0 bags of cewspapers. " Here the cara were com, ‘oO wtop, on account of the track between Bloomiagten and Dwight being ceinpletely buried with snow, im some laces weveral (wet in depth. They employed ‘a driver, jour horses and a sleigh, to take them to Dwight, a die tance of 62 miles, over a very rough and uneven read, mostly acrows the prairio, without any beatea track or mark to indicate the dangerous pits and hollows Qlled wich drift snow, They paid $100 for the horses aad sleigh ‘They loaded the sleigh, the same night they arrived at Bloomington, with the letter bags of mail matter, bound eastward, and started for Dwight. Mr. John Butuap, of joined them at this poe. the Springfield Post Ottice, They reached Lexington, # distance of sixtesn miles from Bloomington, at 12 0’clock at night, having auf fered very severely {rom intense cold A very strong north wied awept acrows the praries, al- most binding the party with drift snow ter ware ing themselves thoroughly, they started on their jour mey at one o'clock. he w Kd w still harder thas 1m In almost total darknese, exponed to the inclemency of the to proceed. as they had lost their around in different directions for t tern went out, b in an open prai ber, and uni te Oue of the horas oo loat to night, as he scan his home. ttarted at daylight with The horses would not pull togetaer former to asset them in getting back om the Toad, aod bired a horse from him. They reached Pom- tise on Wednesday evening, at dark; hired four frosts horses, and took on about fifty more bags of Kasterm mail, sent from this city. Towk aupper, and thea started for Dwight, ‘They left Mr. Burnap at Pontiac, and Mr. Fiteh, road ageut, went with bim. ‘They reached a railroad station house, kept by au individual named MeMunu about eight miles from Dwight, ealled 0: o'clock, peaday night. Their lantern had again beam extings nd they were almort helpless, tusy were to benumbed with the cold. MeManus refused to opam his door, notwithstanding they told him who they were, their buriness, and that they were in danger of being froren to death. Offer of pay, emtrenty: threate, all were resorted to, but with no avail. Th re daai ly compelled to break in the door of hin nad warm themelvea without obtalaing bia conwet., Tee atteation of the Chicago and Misa road la call ed to this matter, and we trust th ir. 8 kemps tt aad wheo iauivg into sowe rut About daylight, Thured blowing very hard, fl they were unable to * deep diteh filled wit © themaelyes, Mr. Ka Faston met a boy on borseback, aod sent him te the suigh. ‘The entire party then weat to work to get the sigh out. The boy then informed them that they were two miles aud a ball off the road to Dwight ewpvyed bin fo stow them the road, They resched dwight Curing the forenovn, avd found, at that place, two passenger trains bound for St Louls, and full of Paxaeogers, on well ax two cars fall of newspapers, oad eighty b of letters, Mr Veten then commenced making pre, ons for cartying (he mails they hed taken 0 far. on the Chicago, which place be probably reached on Pridag Capt Correns started back again about tea o'clock, with the letter bags for this elty in the He reached Voutiac wt dark on the same da ih ruse stopped here, and Burnsp took bis place. driver re fused to proceed any farther, and the pilot or aasistest driver was drunk, The start without them, after ied to follow them amd throug bi ane They travelled all nig o'clock Friday © hed Alton at low orelek rived in thie city yesterday more three letter bey pontmanter tells brought down, he found them vag the letter to about 10,0 THE DOG RATING CONTRADICTED. The Kepubiican contradicts the statement that « par tion of the parsengers on the [ilinvis Central rosd were forced to eat dogs while letained in the saow drifte, and says the (acts of the case are as follows — T in war froma in near Decatur, but the pasese gers nuflored little except from veration. the dogs in the neighbor tiood left to enjoy thetr canine life, aad ‘the demon of starvation’ 4id not mabe his appearsace. There were seven care—five first class, aud two secen@ andl seven brisk fires were Lept ap, and succeeded adwirably in driviog off the ‘demon’ of cold. The pae- sengers kept themselves quite com/ortable aad were en abled to foreco sued daluty diet as epaaiel steaks, tar Hier tenderloins, and polater rib roast Breeking Up of the Ire at St. Louts. (Yrom the St Luis Democrst, Feb 7 | BOATS INJURED AND DReTROY oly year very similar easier Laat your no mber oat canal bee riously (ujured. ¢ bern wil! for Ub river contipuing Ing the tee, sooner than ot two devs, ating dock on which the Welk lo the Water was undergoing repeats was tore from its fanteuings, and toyether with Its burden, foa'ed off ia the directce att The buil of the old steamer Altos, which ons torn up, #4) borne off by the lee, aad soon foun’ 4 ae in days of y tirectiog Ite @oerne te ay werith, The moving mae ext came in cowtact with the *oag be, comteuctiog at the upper end of the levee, end laving enapped one of its hawners, pasved It, moves ewilly onwards, The opper Miasiest pa whartbeat war the next object which tue ise emcoan tered, ond was fored up from the » the bank for & ebort dirtance, without however taln ag wrens ar. Tie sentstence whieh the low hed thus fae aot caused It to rheer of to de the contre of the on it robbed agenst the following boots uC. Bex! outens aot the boats ue Arsiva bed heer guar @ Caison betly broken ielona ng to Ca aed the Kewl, a4 worth 61 669, hed ten crosbel together an |! they had bern those of on epg shell The Marthe No. 2 led « hole knocked iw her bat did mot sink The legelator snd Malle West escaped Pith Hittie injery toether The sthembrs was oo o@ riously isjured a+ to wink, bet Dh be reed withowt dieu lines were cnet inane by thone on tend ' on et dows the tives 1 Cole were broken inte torn (rom thetr feetoatags, e% mare Peveral cane eplinters, set others © Bnd Roeted Of ard toe The ice, which hat been ome of nage wold cakes, began & wrparate inte eome ther amd lene be ive peeeme the Hivirs, York © nee Gaty, oad wer 6 bout doleg aay tors of am event whieh with oe Wittle trope treats a] rer oeurred, ettagte! eometume ently plletel beodiong ‘ y vate prvelal courecaion & tne Owe young man, whe wns witting evtride of shee “ ret, wee loner’ vevers! feet imto the sir, by the rope be comping ‘86, @@ the movement o/ the boat to which it wre attached, The lone may be ovtionate! at servers! th rsssed dollars, though st the preerat time no particular rum cos be ghee. Lange sambers of citivans were preeret, ohana tig (bis mest interesting and terteuct re somes, ond ome thoted Ubetr observation wml the darters tepiered the | Coriber progress of the lee iavisivie