The New York Herald Newspaper, January 3, 1857, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. VAMES GORDON BENNBT TY, EDITOR AND FROPRIRTOA, WPFICE HW. COMNER OF NAGSAU AND SWLTON BPR Ae? iatee 7 thy ents per copy SE per avenues, TBR coy rb oe etme aces cente 4 ee ttn rn or $3 Jn; the BS etirions $s per Sah pet oy Great Brin ee 86 te wry paw! of he Conan, UNTARY CoRRESPO! 2 , ‘ wohicited ‘eorkd Ay wand, soulk ne a Are” gat Gon Pipanan Conmborom TARLY 0 aL aa TICE taken of encnymamrcommunianticss, Weto TS venewed every ee wit BREN re cert TE tapas and ee ———S ooo — oS ee = AMUSEMARNTS PRIS EVENING. ——— BROADWAY SHEATRE, Broatway-Uamer—Tovce mew. — me CA BDEM, Brosdway—Erowsa Orrns—Pri ave Le BOWENY “IHEATRR Bowery—ime Jomm—Ps ua Ware. BUATOF® EW TRI Fasc awer. WALLZCR'S CHTAT RE. Brondway—Bae Vicror Van gots cms arr Waenes or Wossn~uiawatiae GomG re TAR Races. RAURA KEENRE THEATRE, 63 Sromway-) Dine wow By) Mormek—e ones ABexre THAMBERS SFRTET THEATRE, Onto Aurien's)—Mac- Weh——CemLDArs 1 rue Woor—Rewvervoss. RE, Broadway, opposite Bend ot BARHOMS AWERICAN MUSKUM, Brosdway—After- woe - Cxrramiia Evening—Cispwras—Dear a8 a Poer. @H0. CORISLY & WOOD'S MINSTREL, 444 Broseway— Wesioruas Pesrtemssce—New Ynen Oss. BUCKLEY'S GERENADERS, 8% Brondway—Hrmiorian Wempoak akcrs- Ore peneres. Rew York, Saturday, January 3, 1857. Mails fer Eerope. WAS NEW YORK BEKALD--<ERTION POR EUKOFR, Fhe Collice mat! seamen Laliic, Osptain Cometook, WHE lesve this port to-day, a neon, for Liverpool. ‘Toe Burepean mails will chee ip ibis city at Daltpect Wer o'clock «x ibe morning. The Poropean ecition vf Wee Fxr..n, printed up Fresen! wd Engle, will be publiets! a: ter o'clock i the morn. BE Singic copies, in wrenpsra, sixpence. Bebsoriptions and sérerwsoments jor any cance ef the: Brew Yous Bensry will be received #2 the following places! = Barcye — jemor—aw & ) cropoen See press Ue . ti King Wikiew ot. tax To. do. t Pine de ix Bourse. iavesrom— Tc. co. ® Chapel sereet. Levemrcoi—Jobr Punter, 12 Exchange areet, East. ‘Fee centenie of the Farepear edition of the Hiern Wit ccambine the news ~~ by wail and telograyt at We Wiles ccring the PTT eee meek, and up to the Sour WS potlicacy. The Puropean mailo brought by the Niagara weanbed this city at an early honr this morning. @cr files contain nothing of importance taat was got entioned in eur telepraphic summary of the sews pobliehed on Thursday morning. The steamship Vige,from Havre for New Yerk, encountered a heavy gele when seventy miles weet of Cape Clear, and put-Lack. She arrived at Mil- ferd Haven on the 15th ult., and is reperied as bas- t snd making water ip the engine room. ence will retieve the anxiety of those who were apprehensive that she had met with a woree fate dnring the dete gales which have prevail- ae on the Fuglich coast. Both honses of Congress met yesterday, but no business of special importance was transacted. The Genate adopted resolution calliog tor the corres poudence relative to the refusal of the Doteh Minis- tes to tertify before the courtin the case of He-bert, who shot the waiter at one of the hotels at Washington last spring. The course of Mr. Dubois, the Minister alluded to,/Lae, it appears, met the dis approbation of his government, ani he hae, there- fore, Leen peferred to Gapenbacen. Among the ousomani sent to. the Senate was one from we Seer War, sulumitting a le‘ter from the Buresn of Con and from the Engineéria- @biet on the enbjoct of greater safety from jo the construction of steam vessels. To of re make pemerous suggestions, but the gi of Meemuall is the use of metal upon the floors " apd decks, and the eurroun: iug of the fornaces witha Water. The House was ooo dd excine J abe conrideration of private bills, thirteen of which were poesed. Both houses s@journed till Monday, be session will, if the nigger commence {1 introduced earnest. Gov. King and Lieut. Gov, Be den wore duly tn- anguratd ot Albany on Thore}, addrewes szere delivered by Gov @lask, reports of which are given The Legieletuze will convene on The of sppeets bes de eortested Vaxadway Railroad bat the grant to Jacob Sharp and others ie void, and that the corpo. vation of New York has no pover to authorizes wa jroad in Broadway. Bot as it did no> appear from the cave that the plaintiff weve owners of property on she street, the judgmen: of the Superior Court bas been reversed and « new trial ordered—costs to abide the event. This tact of ownership was «tated i the complaint and proven on the ) before <ge Ducr, but as he did not consider it « material fect it was pot referred to in bie decision, and there- dure did not appear in the case presented to the Court of Appeals, Heewhere we publish a s‘atement signed by thir- Seen of the crew of the ship New York, who are in prison at lreehold , for assaulting their Cap- tain while the ves shore on Barnegat beach. Their account y differs in many respects from those nitherto published in regard to it. Our oo ondent at Carthagena, writing on the 29th of November, states that the yellow fever was evaibog wit virulence amr the shi sping at Savgnilla, some vessels having lost tie majority of thei Mr. F his correspondence to the Cons (itulamne of i, ttates thet there ie no @oubt that the idea of forming from the several States of Coutral America and Mexico a rival con great crews. det federacy to the Northerm States of the Union ha deen enggeded to Walker by Ms. Soulé, as ten years ago the same idea war openly advocated by the ex Senator from Louisiana. * ‘om Buenos Ayres to ratue had swollen the rivere and f land, destcoying an im , and cattle, and preventiae he shearing of the flocks, The warlike bands of Indians im the sonth continued their depredatione Notwithstanding the euppression of the revolt at Sante Fé, a civil wer was regarded as certain, in” volving the downfall of Urquiza and the dissolution of the comfederat on. Wihe winage bil, which we pablish in anothe column, was reported & the House by Mr. Phelps from the Committee of Ways and Means, and wa made the apecial order for Wedoeaday, the 7.h inst ‘The bill is one of great importance, and will wn Coulted'y elieit considerable discussion. When the bill Was reported an attempt wee made t> put it SPOn 6 Peesace, but Chrongh the instrumentality ot ‘Mr. George W. Jones {t was poetponed for two weeks. It will be observed that the bill changes the Whole system of coin: ge, foreign and otherwice. We publish to-day « sme interesting extracts from cox Foropean filee relative to the British declaration of war ageipst Persia. Sixteen thousand tome of merclant tbipping had been hired at Som my for NEW YORK .HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1857. From Chins we learn that there wae every proba- Dility of « rupture, occurtimg between the govern- ‘ment of the Emperor and that of Queen Victoria, and .it ie orged that the jast named Power should demand a free admissidn into the city of Canton. It Fa tore Villed by bie sen follogecn nee Gat at? | wealzh—-or the show of wealth—which ie just as “tonal divisions were destroying the strength of tee | £°°d 48 long as it laety—hes ite natural effect vevolutioniata, It was rumored ‘that the Emperer of | upon the women, who are more extravagant ‘Russia had tendered the aid of the Rusmum troops } than ever. stationed on the Amoor river to the Fimperor‘of'| borders until two ladies ‘ill up the width of a China, in onier to pat down the rebe's. Teasofe'] drawing room, fine description were dearer tm October last. ‘The cotton market war active yesterday, the seles having reached about 6,600 bales, 1,000 of which were sold in transitu. ‘Prices elosed at an advance of jc. per Ib. The qnotations reported were 13j}c. jor middling uplands, and 13}c. for middling New Orleans. Breadstafté of all kinds were heavy, with- out change of importumce in prices. The asking rates, ‘however, did not differ materially from those current on Wednesday last. Pork was in moderate request, without change of moment in quotatione. Sugaie were firm, but quiet. Coffee was firm, witn sales of 900 mate of Jaya and 200 bage Rio, on terms given elsewhere. Freights were fim, with moderate engagements for Liverpool. To Lon don 3,000 bbls. of flour were engaged, at 2a. 1044. @ 56 The Washington Cabinet Makere Again— General Caes Stili Ahead. As Lowell is celebrated for ite factories of cheap cottons, pitin and printed—as Coeanecticut, is famous for ber pumpkin pies, Yankee clocks an a wooden nutmegs—as Ohio takes the lead in the great staples of pork and whiskey—as Penneg)- vania.phimes herself upon her iron maaufactures, j and as Kertacky is celebrated for her large sized mules and jackasses—so doee the City of Waabing- ton at present stond pre-eminent and beyqnd ali competition in the manufacture of Cahinets for Mr. Buchanan. Every member o° Congress ef; sufficiert importance to hawe little clique around him—every ex-member or ewisider consilered a¢ possibly within the range of Mr. Buchanaa’s seareh for Cabinet timber; in fatt, every desiga- ing Cabinet maker, great oremall, at Washing-’ ten,as made « vew Cabiaet fer himself every day or two since the fourth of November. At Jast, however, s by common conzent, these | Washington Cabinet makers eppeats to have agveed that Gen. Caes shall ze Mr. Bochanan’s: Searetary of State; yes, shell be—and thatif “Oid- Buck” don’t hike it be witibave to Jomp it, as, the decree of his maasters. Thie is a very curious, 2 wery remarkable, apd a very exiraordinary pivee of harmony on the part of the:e Washington Cabinet, makers. We are inundated with their des patches—pradently qualitied upon other points of: news—but all alike emphatic, plump and positive in segard to.Gen. Case. But they do not sop here. We bave something more than ibe selec tien of Gen. Case for the State Departmen. ‘Gen, Cass has been eppointed Premier and ac- cepts,” is our lateat information fros: Pennay)va- nia avenue. This news, too, we mast confess, would be most important if we could feel sati fied that it were trac. Bot we cans. Wee tainly. do feel assured that if Gen. Cace bas been appointed, « he accen He alwaye “ He never refuses an ©! great or y the appeintment big or little, eo that it payr a . “he accepts.’ Onr doubts, bowever, stick upon the first clause, or the appointasent j: question, These Washington Oabinet makers are unanimous: but whence theie information? Is it known that Me. Buchanan has oppoicted Gen, Case premier! Not yet We rely upoa better authority than mere conjee upon tKe ap; tary of Stat his Cabine ton, and r from the the tion in fgan was a tion againet him? Upon that g son of Jiinols, Tonzey of Coanec Evans of } of New Y« and Di democrats >, Mar 1 varions oth claime to 2 place in the ¢ If the President elect ist killed and wounded 2 battles 0! rious despera istration will be little else than a d pital, and hie @ ort of retired it his first or second duty to provide for those unfortunate brethren whom the people have set aside. Let us suppose, however, that there kas been ¢ tort of diplomatic compromise among the Uab’- net making cliques at Washiagion upon Gen. Case, does it follow that Mr. Buchanan ie to be bound vy Not at all. The melancholy decline and fall of poor Pierce will admonish bim, " and day, of the dangers of trusting to the sels of this or tha® peddling clique of Cabinet makers and party mw Io suspect bhat these Cabinet makers are atiem) the tame game which they played 8 sace bot we Mr. B a- era, pon our foolich man ¥ y well convinced ti ave as yet to make their firs in the We should suppése, too, t insteat of a Premier past the sore = yeare and ter Mr. Bachana would nate ally = pre nparatively young } act mar 1 that men in the vigor and activity of life would be a featare as conspicuous the new Cabiovt as the venerable aud d | fied appen acing the Pre whe is to voatrol Tf any of the Washington Cabinet makers can give w DP proot that Gen. Case has heen determined upon by Mr. Buchanan ag | Secretary of State, we will concede the accept ance; but in the absence of any satisfactory authority for there Washington Cabinet reports, | we may at least take the liberty to inquire what | political principle, what domestic party quarre), what sectional controversy, or what foreign en- tanglement ie to be settled by the appointment of Gen. Cass as Mr. Buchanan's Premier? [Let us, at least, have the reasons for this appoint- ment, if we cannot have the proof. We have our reasons for believing that no such appoint | ment has been resolved upon, and ofr reasons for hoping that # man at least twenty years younger | than Gen. Cass will be placed under Mr. Ba- | shanan in charge of our foreign affairs Finally, vervice ip the Pers Comm sariat Officers | igking a bird's eye view of Kinderbook, and - (heen a hed Anh ene of contest in order | considering the writings of Martin Van Baren | de ter the victaalling of the Kogl at troops. } \ 1 he speecter of John Van Buren, io favor of | J+ Nevd,of Brussels, states that the Sheb bae & d the speeches of Job . | else the trea'y Mr. Buchanan, after hie nomination, we ¢caa D te ¢ ay pace ¢ dly believe that he wikt ty <o cruel as to tara streng)y ot the war, The jersiane were in Here, | bit luck vpon K nderhook in the xppyintment of | - wstary Of Sate. } POP OT A ae Flag Rg Comal yf GGm Vue as Se EEE Tre Gay Season—Fasmonasis Pagties.— Atter the holidays contes the saturnalia of the fashionable world, which goes up to Lent. The great prosperity of the country and the compara- tive'ease with which sharp business men obtain ‘Crinoline expands and extends its and robes are until the pase ie dafly ewept with the riches: and etiffest xioire antique. In the gay world Jewelry See gradually been going out for three or four eeesons, bat the money once invested in diamoms is new expended in mss goods, which “are growing more rich, more ela- borate and more expensive every year, Your fashioneble lady’s mental powers ‘are cov Amntly taxed to the atmest to know what she, “shall wear, while her ‘husband's ‘bugi- ne es capabilities find foll scope in his effor'a ‘cy raise the money to gratify her extravagance, 1 fer ambition is to out do come one elee—to we ar +# dress or @ set of laces which costa great deal more money than those of her dearest fricmd who is thrown into convulsions of envy wher the dgure is mentioned, and to give a party which so crowdser house that everybody is “eontinually treading on everybody else’s toes. The fashionable party is of several kinds. Theretis the soirée dansent, with supper, which ie genem lly considered the correct thing, Oards must be issued at leset one week betor 3 engraved on cop- perplate, and nothing but full dress, both for gentlemen and ladies, -will do. The gentleman west be black from his shirt collar to the tip ef bis toce. The lady must have a very expensive dress, which the ie not permitted to wear bat- ‘j-once ; it must be very much spread out in the), , Very low-in the neck, and very short in the | eleeves. She must have.a ten duilar bouguel, | roses and camelias are -sélon les regle just now. ) Her duties are to dance a great deal, flirt a great dea, and eat a great.deal of supper. The gentle- man can go at eleven—make hie salaam to the tady prioress of the establishment, and then pitch into the supper, hiding a bottle of champagne under a chair, 80 that .be may refresh himself aiter tlie German, which ie.2 dance that has only bané. They must %e & beginning, with no middle or end, until the dancer are exhausted. To be able to lead the Geman is the highest effort of a society man, and it is the sole object ot hie life. There has Jately been a good deal of eom- plains among the Jadies that the young mea only come for supper, which anakes the parties dread- fally slow till one or two o'clock in the morning— @aocing men being very scarce. Talking men and inte!eetual ladies are unpopular, but some- times a literary man is invited as a show. There is a great deal of money pent on these parties, and people wonder where it comes from. They are occasionally enlightened by the police re- porte, © Next to the soirte danscnte is the bal costume or Gal masque, both of which are generally melan- eboly failurea, Very few people have taste in the relection ct fancy dress, or power to sustain the characier they aseume. Thus you will hear Charles the Seeond saying that he thinks waltzing ie very immoral, or Sir Jobo Falstaff talking about two per cent per month, or the price of that corner lot on Murray Hill. Thea there are private theatrical parties, ama- teur concerts, whiet parties, dinuer parties, “slag,” or bachelor’s parties, eurprive parties and various other devices to spend money and Kit up late at night. Nor are all the diversions of our fashionable people co innocent as those above noted. Gam- bling hae become a farbionable vice, and has ex tended to the ladies. In all the clube, play, though forbidden by rule, runs high; and we have heard of one where the aristocratic amurement of © poker” being tabooed, the teure at that ateletic exercise met in a eee ana- ve detached from the main ment. There are, it ig said, very exola- sive gambling places where womeo play a: the Frevch games w bave ladies in Pa Nov to suppreve gambling and pul + cache ted inquiry ae to -vhere does ali the money go to. It goes over the green cloth and inte the pockets of the sharper, who may be found almost as often in the Fifth ave- mue ae on the Five Polnta The present ge ¢ fair to exceed in frivolity and ¢ pee any that hasever preceded foundation of the republic, Let it o gotico that the effeminacy of a people it the sarest forerunner of the decay of a nation. Tulned some of the riche Tue Dery ox Scoar—Our venerable cotem porary, the Journal of Commerce, had a violent pronunciamento On New Year's day against the removal of the duty on sugar. ite argument it says Cubs charger wiand for the | view to bring the We have shown on a former occasion that thie statement is erroneous, and we advise our Wall street friend to ack some of the § b street merchants—Moses Taylor, Peter V. any one else who is authority in the suga about it. They will tell the Jowrne! th rt duty on sugar in Cuba is 87) conte x of 400 pounds, and has nothing to ds prices here, As for the duty on engar, we are opposed to it in toto. The amount of tax paid by the citizeas of the United States on this article of uecesary uae ie, beyond measure, excessive, We estimate the total consumption of sgar and molasses, and duty paid on it in this country, at present prices, as follows 850,007,000 Ibe. suger, at two om £40 000,CO gations moinerer, Total Here we have a total tax upon the coneumors sow... 0 Coo de | of suger of nineteen millions of doliars, of which about six millions go into the pockets of the Louisiana planters, and thirteen millions into the national treasury, to feed the barpies that cluster round it. We do not nged it for revenue, and the confederacy would be much benefitted if we could do away with some of the excessive ia- come that now overloads the treasury. And we are sure the people would take care of the nine- teen millions now eweated out of their pockets much better than Mr. Gathrie ie able to take eare of it at Washington. As there isa diffe- rence of opinion about the sugar daties—some wanting them off and some wanting them on—we Propose for the satisfaction of all parties, that Mr. Buehanan ehai) bring Cuba into the Union, even ata ten yeark’ purchase of our sugar tax. Tha the conrumer will get cheap sugar, the planter will retain bis pwotection, and the only Joser will be the wv a) treasury, which Joss we sulumit will be @ national gain. Lot ua hare Cabe in the Union, and go settle the eogar question, ‘The Memmoth Scheme for a Railrecd Kingdom tn New York. Very few of our readers are likely to be aware that a scheme is en foot for the sabjursation of thie State, by a eorporate association, and the erection upon the rains of our libert*.es of a com- pany woly paralleled in history ‘#7 the East India The plan in aa Rilows:—The two great railroad companies «f New York—the Central and the Erie—are to be fused into one. ‘Their present capital and’ debt are in round num- bere forty millions eacks on the strength of the consolidation, and im strict accordance with the precedent established at the consolidation of the various tinea constituting the Central, the capital of the sew consel#lated company will not proba bly be less than ene hundred million of doliara; the ertra twenty millions (again according to Central precettent) being divided between the projectors of the scheme as a reward for their labors. ‘Thewext step im the scheme is to be the parchase of ‘the Hudson River Railroad, the link Ae this has cost abont fourteen millions, it will probably be ‘represented in the vonsolidatien concern the extra ix being, Preeented to the schemers ay a ‘compliment, and a testimonial ef whe gratitude of the shareholders. These preliminary opera- tions completed, the consolidated company will then proceed to their greatest undertaking—the purchase of the State works. Their power in the Legilatare will enable them to do this when- ever they choose; and po doubt they could bay thes: almost at any price. But it will not be a chavacteristic of this great coneern to be small vor mean in apything. If the canals have cost ‘forty millions, they will probably be ebarged to the consolidated company at fifty, the extra ten “being used like the former additions of capital, and the politicians and newspapers at Albany and elsewhere getting their share. ‘This pur- chase eflected, the capita) of the consolidated con- cern will stand at the modest figure of one bun- dred and seventy millions of dollara, But it will not stay there. So enterprising a corporation will undertake new And, as it is pretty clear that it will aot do @ good business—its left hand being always striving against ite right—it will follow the ex- ample of the Central of our day, borrow money to pay ite dividends, charge the same to construc- tion account, and some day find itself at the head of no less @ sum than two hundred millions of dol- tars in capital stock, bonds and other secarities. Company. required te complete the Central. by abort as before, twenty, cannot. remain idle, worke—it will extend its old onea, The public is aware that the Central and Erie Railroads have always, when they wanted, con- trolled the Legislature. The new mammoth con- cern will always do #0. Hitherto, we believe, the only measures which have been spoken of as likely to be forced through by its inftuence are, a law repealing the present railroad law, and raising the rate of travel for passengers to four cents a mile, and for freight, to teu cents a ten; alaw framed on the model of the charter of the struction of any rival line between New York and the West; and a law giving to the rules and by-lawe of the company the force of law ia all places and with regard to all persons indiscrimi- nately. We submit that this scheme is wel) worthy the spirit of the age and the magnificent concep- tions of our New York financiers, If there be anything to regret, it is that provision has not becn made for the raising and equipping of an army by the company, for the purpose of carry- ing on any wars which may break ont, or of sup- pressing spy insurrections among its subjects the people of New York. At firet sight, the careless observer might be inclined to question the shrewdness of the operation in a financial point of view, as of course no such corporation as this could do a profitable business, and it would necessarily eu)minate in ruin to all con cerned. But this is a superficial view. No one knows better than the schemers how the scheme will end. But dey reckon that long before the catastrophe they will have sold stock enough among the people of the Western part of the State—who, they say, are simple and easily delu- ded—and among foreigners, to enable them to withdraw with a handsome profit. Sueb is the last fruit of the epeculative spirit of the country. 1¢ is, we ventnre to hope, a tywptom that the inflammation bas reached ite climax, and may some day be expected to burst. In the course of the last five years railroad building has increased almost in geometrical pro- from 9,000 miles, which we had open ia ave advanced tu nearly 25,000 at the close of 1856. Five years ago, when the country was at the height of prosperity, the amount laid out in railways fell somewhat short of $350,000,- 000; yet it almost broke the backs of the leaders of finance. Within the past five years we have had two very bad years agriculturally, two yeas of war in Europe, and one year of great com- mercial distress here; yet during thie period we have bnilt 14,000 miles of railroad, at a cost of over $550,000; and now, the projectors and capi- talists tell us they don’t feel it. There is a day of reckoning coming for these people, which neither newspaper puffs nor mammoth schemes eam postpone. Happy will he be in that day whose connection with railways has been the pos- session of land opened up by them, and not th: poreession of a Collar of their stock. A New York Lavy Crasep ny a Herp op Berratovs.— The city papers, two or three weeks 9g0, called attention to the fact that a lady, oc- cupying a high social position in this city, wa abont to moke her dtu on the stage in a neigh boring city. The lady enbseqnently made her délut at Buffalo, as Juliet, in “Romeo and Jaliet,” and played at the theatre in that city during one week. From various accounts tbat we have re- ceived, it would appear that the d/bytane—Mra MacMahon—did not meet with that favor which could be called success. A correspondent in- forme us that on the arrival of Mr. and Mea MacMahon in Buffalo, he was advised by the landlord of the hotel where he took rooms, and by the manager of the theatre, to make such ar- rangements with the cditors of the papers as would secure favorable notices for the lady. Ra- mors of Mr. MacMahon’s wealth having reached Buffalo, some of the editors expected a chance at the spoile. Mr. MacMahon very properly de- clined to have anything to do with the mercena- ry journaliste, and the consequence was that his wife was unmercifully assailed, pereonally and professionally, in all the papers save one—the Courier —which opened its columns to Mr. Mac- Mahon’s reply. Our correspondent says that the Buflalo editors generally went to the theatre for the purpose of patting down the ddndante. They did not ensceed in eo doing, however. She | played the engagement throughout, and then re tarned to the regions of civilization, We are farther informed that Mrs MacMahon ie not at | @) dispirited by her reosption at the hands of Camden and Amboy Road, prohibiting the con- | the Buffaloes, She contemplates taking a theatre ine New York upon her own account, engaging a Company and acting to a metropolitan audience, which we are enre will give her fair play. Orexrse or tHe Leoistatore.—The Legisla- tare which will meet at Albany on Monday is of new material in part, and we do not think it will be 1ound 60 pliant as thy Seward and Weed clique imagine, The Senrte, which holds over, bas a republican majorligy of one ; and there ie a large apparent majeritty for the same party in the Assembly. But the repub- lican majority, e0 called, must not be considered in the same light as party majoy ities usually, For the purpose of electing Fremont, a Jerge number of leading democrats came out from their party and fused with persons from other parties, making 2 new party, ‘which received the name of republican. This prarty carried the State by sn upprecedented majority upen the simple igeue of Fremont’s name, and all the strong demo- cratic counties in the State, except New York, returned almost unbroken republican delega- tiene. Having done their work, the demo- crate lected asxcpublicane—and there must be a large majority—will not allow themselves to be made the tools of the Albany lobby. They will resume their old pofitical affinities, as regards State matters, and will not help hungry country Politicians to plunder the city treasury. Far- ther than that, they will understand that the me- tropolis bas suffered sufficiently from Albany le- gislation, and that the schemes which will be brought forward by the Weed clique this year— such as a new charter, adding still more boards and departments to the already too complicated scheme of our city government—will only in- crease our misfortunes, which are heavy enough asit is. We do lope and believe that the As sembly will not allow itself to be led by the nose by afew politicians at Albany, who desire to make placesand niches for their friends in the country, at the expenee cf the taxpayers of the city. We have been sufiiciently maltreated in that manner already, ooo THE LATEST NEWS, BY PRINTING AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPHS, Interesting from Washington. NEW YEAR'S DAY FESPIVITIES—REMOVAL OF THE DUTCH MINISTER—IMPORTANT MOVE OF COM. VANDERBILT— APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE—NEW YORE HARBOR OBSTRUCTIONS, ETC. Wasninetoy, Jan. 2, 1857. All the persons connected with the diplomatic corps, ta fall dress, together with the members of the Cabinet, paid their reepects to the President of the United States yester- @ay morning. At noon the doors of the White House were thrown open to the pebiic, And thouseads oF persons, in- eluding pro: etaveemép, judger, army and naval of «Boers, entered, the marine band meanwhile performing a choice selection of mutic. The reception continued for two houre, The hesds of departments aud mauy others hospitably entertained isiters at their respective reaiden. cen. Nearly al! secular business was suspended, and the Public offices were closed Several Executive c: nications were received by each house of Congress to day. The Secretary of War Save ® cotaliod statement of disbursements under bis Girection for the last fleca! year, amounting to twenty mylions of doliare. On motion of Mir. Siideli, the Senate adopied » resolu thon calling on the President fer whe correspondence be twoen this government and Netheriands, relative to the Tefoeal of Mr. Dvboie, the Datch Minister, to testify «m the Herbert trial. This correspondence is lengthy, and will exbioit the fact that both governments condemned his course. Mr. Dabo bas been panished by bis government by being transferred from the United States to Deowark, The Consular Appropriation bill was referred in the Senate, aud will be reported back next ‘ext week and passed as it came (othe Bouse. Numo- Fous notices of private bile were given im the Sonate, Mr. Walker, of Alabama, introduced @ bill in the House Providing for the pay of dietribeting Postmasters so that the sum reetived by exch since March, 1853, shallamount to fve hundred dcilare per quarter. Sundry private Dilla were considered in the & bot arne of im- Portance. ‘The folowing nomizations were coafirmed by the re nate to day:—Jobr Underwood, Associste Justice of the Sopreme Court of Nebratks vice Harden, resigaed; Robt. W. Adame, Sorveyor of the Port of Now Orleans, vice Shark resigned; S. P. Ham!iton, Naval Officer at Savannah, Ga,, vice T. Ramition, resigued; Os :ar J, Dickenson, Col. lector at Dunkirk, N. Y., vice Wallon, resigned; J, J, Merritt, Consu) at Naatac, iw Providence, vice Baxon, resigned; Francia 8, Olaxton, of Virginia, Gonsul at Mon. cow, Russia; Charies W, Kimball, of New Hampshire, Consul at Pout « Piire, Istand of (sudaloupe, vice Pirsons, Fesigned; Read Fieicher, |) strict Attorney, of Arkansas, Vise Murray, declined; Geo. A, Gordon, District Attorney of resigned; Floyd Watton, District Attorney of the Western District of Louisiana, vice Bris. Cor, resigned; Thee. Cunningham, o'Penpaylvania, Asso- ciate Justice of the Sepremo Court of Kansas, Vice Bar. Tell, deceased, Erastus Corning, the iwomber elect from \lbany, wae in the lobby of the House to day. I Jearm that there is some foundation for the re- Port that Vanderbilt has despaiches an agent to negotiate a loon with Comte Rica, of five bund: ¢d thousaed dollars, a ee yy SHIRTY-FO'_a1m CONGRESS. np sues. Benate. m Wastwwatos, Jan. 2, 1867. Ou me’ gon of Rr, 12042, Pe sree a erctaelit TOQU’ ating Whe Prosi@tat, if not Odgnizant., This refers to Mr. ‘appear in the Berbert onse, Adjourned tl} Monday, Meuse of Representatives. Wasninatom, Jan. 2, 1867, The House was engaged in the consideration of private” bills, thirteen of which were passed. Adjourned tui Monday. From Albany. TBE INAUGURATION OF GOV. KING AND LIEUT. GOV. AELDBX—SPEEOHES OF GOV. CLARK AND GOV. KING Avuaxy, Jas, 1, 3887, The inauguration of Gov. King took place at the captiol et noon to-day, in the Assembly chamber. Before the hour arrived the chamber was filled by citizens, the gal- Tertes and body of the caamber being densely packed. At. a few minutes after 12 o'clock the Governor reached the capitol, and entered the Assombly chamber arm in arny with Gov. Clark, followed by the State officers, the Lieut. Governor elect, and the members of the staff—tbe Bar- gees Corps acting ag escort. Governors King and Clark took their seats at (he Speak- er’a deek, the platform being occupied by Lieut. Goy.. Selden and Mr. Seaman, the private secretary of Goy. King. The space in front of the Speaker's deak was oo- cupied on the right by the State officers and on the left’ by the eta, When order was restored Goy. Clark ad-- Greesed Gov. King as follows:— 8im—The time has arrived when Srom the duties and > 1am to be ot At the conclusion of Gov. Clark’s remarks, the Bou. Joel T. Headley, Secretary of State, administered the oath Of eftice to Gov. King, After which Gov. King, who was loudly applauded, spoke as follows :— Sin—The mement which relieves you from the duties of the chief of this me wi magistrate charge and responsibility of vernor of my ative and crowning bonor Provided the funds are used ie extermivatiag Walker from Nicarague It a understood that the administration are aware of the movement, and the objest of it Is to de- feat Walker, that Vanderbiit may got posscasion of steam- boats and other property which formerly belonged to the old Transit Company, for Marcy informed Vanderbiit when he wae bere that be could take bis property wherever he could fad it. In reply to the inquiry 0! the Senate relative to the bet- ler security of steam vessels against accident by fire, the Secretary of the Navy har tranem tied a communication from the Bureau of Cons:rvetion, in whieh |! is said no vs riation ie required in the ordinary const: uction of vesrels of ‘Wood for thie purpose, bet in that part of them where boilers and Ore rooms are situated, @ greater degree of mcurity can be given, To this end it le considered prac teal expedient (bat bollers for al! sea coing steam al) baring their bot'ere onder the main deck, or uring @ forced draught, to bave their furnaces surround. ed by the water of the bollere—or what is termed water dottome—that smoke chimneys extend above the con linnour deck rext over the bollers; that all fre rooms be Covered with irom, and that a eimilar substance be used tor the protection of other parta most exposed to combus ton The petition of the New Y Ye Military Associa. tion is in poeneasion of the Senate's Commitioe on Militia, Tv asks Jor a revision of the militia laws, and av anual Sppropriation of baifs million «f dollars for arming and equiping the militia of the several States, and that thoy be of the latest and most approved patterns—tho greater Part of thore mow being distributed being worthless. Among the bilis to be introduerd in the Senate is one by Senator Fish, providing for the removal of the ob. Atractions at the entrances of New York harbor, ia 20 cordance with the memorial of the Chamber of Oom- Mmeree of (hat city, and another, by Senator Clay, to re Peal the law granting bounties for catching codfish. ‘The documenta recently called for by the Senate are Yolum/inous, and include the heretofore suppressed letters Of General Scott and the Secretary of War, relative to (he former's pay an Liectenant General. Tne correspondence on both sides is particularly canstic and personal. Mech anxiety for ite perusal is manifested. Senator Hamlin will resign hie seat to morrow, and forthwith proceed to Maine, preliminary to entering on the Governorship of that <tate, The consideration of the Revolutionary Soldier bill will be resumed on Monday in the Senate. Mr. Seward bax the oor, and will speak im support of the bill, United States Supreme Court, Wasmrscrow, Jan. 2, 1867. Cane No. 16.—Mones ©, Mordecal, et al.; appellants ve. MW. AN. iindaay, owners of schooser Mary Rady, &c | argued by Pailtips for appelinote, and Hon. Reverdy Johnson Mr. Joberon, Jr, for ap et. al; argued by Jodge B: er for appellant, and Hon Reverdy Jobeeon tor sppeliees. My best wishes attend you distant bome, Governor King's address was frequently interrcpted by epplaure, and at ite conclusion the oath of office was ad ministered to the Lieutenant Governor, Governor King then retired to the exeoutive chamber, where be received the visite of a very large number of citizens. APPOINTMENTS BY GOVERNOR KING. The following military appointments were mace yes- terdsy by Governor King:— Albany Lenox. Com New Sore, holde over. thie office is mode by te Governor and Senate daring the eeerion of re PARDONS BY GOVERNOR CLARK. Aumany, Jan. 2, 1667. The following pardons have been granted by Gov. lark wince tbe 24th of December:— Morris Kings alias Miller, convicted of grand larceny. Term, two years—served eight monthe. Thecdore Hudeow, grand larceny. Term five years— served twenty montks, W. H. Delton, grand larceny. Term two yeare—served Iwo montbe. Robert Caruthers, grand larceny, Term three years— served eighteen months, Thomas oe Jercony, Term two yeare— ont grand larceny, Torm two yeare— ferved ern WT rerved five m J. A. Howard, grand larceny, Term four yeare—serv- ed one year. Marrinus Kopper, burglary. Term three yeare—eerved vixteen months, Uriah B. Low, burglary. Term ten years—eerved one year. Jerry MeCiair, forgery. Term three yeare and foar mopibe—served eleven moniha. Patrick Henney, rape. Term ten yeare—eerve! twenty- four monte. Jame Cole, rape, Term tem years and six ths — werved ove year Barned Rooney, rape. Term ten yeare—eerved iwen- ty-41x months. Hogan, mansisugbier, Term two yeare— served cleven mon‘ hs, as - The Governor bas also granted the following commota- tions, Jobe Hendrickson, robbery. Term ten_yoare—com- muted to four years Bnd two months. me expired December 34. Wm. Hickey, grand larceny. Term commoted from four = to two yearsand three months. [ime expired bth mber. Russell Jonneon, grand larceny. Term commoted from five years to four. Time expires January 29. Forrester Young. sy ne Term commuted from ‘Time ex; September 11, 1867 en to five years. Patrick Cox, arsavlt with intent to kill. Term com- muted from three years six moaths to two yeare two monthe. Time ¢xpirei January 1. Explosion of a Locomotive—Family Poisoned by # Sinve, Ciseixw ans, Jaw. 2, 1867. A freight locomotive on the Central Ohio Matiroad ex- A special derpatch to the Commercial saye thata fn. wily of cight persone, named sith, in Hardin county, Ky., was poisoned by a negre cook. Sia died, and the others are ot expeoter to live. Large Fire at Halifax. Baurax, Jam, 2, 1857. A Gre broke out here yesterday, at four o'clock im the afierncop. ip the vast bollding on the corner of Holle and Prince streets, extonding from thence sontn (>) tie residence of Dr. Allan, Oromsing Hollis street, aed bore rg nearly the lock betwoon that and Grant! le atroet, inclodirg St. Matthew's Presbyterian church. Twenty buildings were coneumed and thirteen partially destroyed. Two entire blocas, (rom Bedford row to Bar- rington street, were gutted. The scene ie most deviating. ‘The streets are filed with goode and fernitore. Severat were seriously injured, but mo lives were lost. ‘The estimated love \s $100,000. Sentence of 2 Homicide Departure of Mis~ stonartes, ‘Bowrom, Jan. 1, 1867. Jame MeDonsid was sentenced to-day to three years in the House of Correction for manslaughter, \9 killirg Michael Keagan, The bark Henry Hil sailed to day for Smyrna with & number of missionaries on board. Affaire in North Caroiina, Bartiwons, Jan. 2, 1887, Mesers, A. J. Dargan and T. L. Hargrove, members of the North Onrolina Legisiatare, went ont to dght ® deb on Tuesday Inet, but it war amicably adjusted on (he Sele without an exchange of ahots. Gov. Bragg wae reinstalled Governor of North Caroline at Raleigh yester Verdict on the Late Murder Case tn the Mase sachusetis State Prison, d&e. Bostox, Jan 2, 187, The Corcner's Inquest on the deat! . Tenney, iver werden of the State prison, rendered @ verdict this evening. it was to the eifect that Coariee 1. Deaton, » Wing Charlo L. Carer, Bigs tke warden wile & shop eA