The New York Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1863, Page 2

OPERATIC AND THEATRICAL. Musical, We have as yet no good tidings to impart as regards tho resumption of Manager Grau’s graud season. It is hoped that during this work the artiste may report them- 03 ready for duty; but as yet, the,mattersemains in ertainty, and the scason seems likely to lose its attrac- tiveness, if only from the disappointments and delay hthe;ublic areenduring ia this matter, Manager holds back for the purpose of producing the great dat the commencement of the season, tus design he Closes the Acad io think that he is losing valuable time— spriviny Us Of & coveted enjoyment—and ber than fa most detinetly deem bait a loaf beter (nan not any bread at all. Wo fecl as ei that the pu would patrouize such eras a8 “E nani,” “1 Trovatore,” “Potiuio,’ and others they fire so familiar with, while awaiting {ne pro ction Of novelties, We think Manager Grau should net off our enjo ment entirely because he congot render overwhelming, and ball be pleased to har that during his Othello ag absurd. The trac rank which Mr. Band mann bas won duriog his three ni :hts at Nibio's is that of a most promising artist, who ws immensely success, in spite of treme:.dous disadvantages, whose conception ¢ neistently carried out, and was as original ns it was reforms on the stage, from whon very great very great triumphs with the public and very great {amo for biinself imay be expected as his powers are developed aad his popularity is ¢3_ unusual iatercat ; but we do not mistake the promise for the fulflimeut—the bud for the ripened fruit. At the Winter Garden the programme for the past week has drawn such excellent houses that it will be repeated \ithout change. We have previously commented at some longth upon “Tho Chimney Corver’ and te capital acting of Messrs. Couldock aud Davidge, and have but to repeat our praises of the play and the performers, Those who dislike so quiet, vatural and homely a drama as ‘The Chimney Corner,” where al! the effects depend upen the emotions and none upon the pilot aud situations, necd not stay away from the Winter Garden on that account; for +The French Spy”? is a sensation play, with plenty of red fire and burnt powder about it, and in Celuste’s famous: this week the .cudcmy will be once more opened to its patrous, We underetand that Signor Brignoli and Signora Lorini are quiie ecovered—the former, however, boing unwil jing to make ap. positive engagement to appear uy given night, fearing be might disappoint the public. na Let us hope tho clear, bright, fresty weather we are now wi crive away the, dark clouds which ver our Academy of Music, and enable the sume bis season with ela, It is really ng, tantalizing, to have such a bevy of artists ag , Kelto-g, Guerrabella, Cordier, Morensi, Macc. enjoying ferri, Amovio qd Susini all quite prepared to chi a with sweet sounds, aud yet the portals of our temple io stigic remain hermetically slosed. The publi tho cog in the wheel, the impediment, is Signor B », th’ artist must feel proud of his influence upon tas v York pera goers, We hope he will hasten to aa his entire recovery and the subsequeut com children gave on Wednesday oveuing last firs: concert at Dodworth's Hall, assisted by Mrs. N thei (lara Brinkerbow, Mr, Wa. Castle and other (favorite is. The perormance of the Brothers Bretto, aged seven, elevon and thirteen years, Was really extraordina ry. Thew mastery of the instruments they play so perfectly is wonderful, Bernard and Emil executed a Anett by Molleuhauer with go much nerve and 1/le ng to merit the continued applause they received. stey Richard, aged seven, played a solo upon the | cornet ‘a—the inetsumenut being almost as large as Limself—wiit a per‘ection of detail which rivalled the performance of the most experienced artists. We com d their -econd concert, which takes place next Wed" wing at Dodworth’s Hall, to the patronage of nesdi she public. ‘The second soircee of chamber music of Wm. Mason ud Theodore Thomas takes place on Tuesday evening next ai Dodworth's Hail. Some st: dents of the General Theological Seminary, who lately gave @ successful concert for the benefit of their chaper fund, will, assisted by some of the best amateur talent of the city, sing in Irving Hall on Friday evening, January 30, afew choruses by Cherubini, Rosin! and Mendiessobn, Madame Clara M. Brinkerhof and Miss Mary Hawley, well known in the musical world» have generously volunteered their services. Messrs, Johnson (of Dr. Mublenberg’s church), Trast, Frisboo, upson, Camp, Goode and Morrow, with many others, will assist. Mr. A: py, the celebrated violinist, will be there. Mr. Berge, the organist of the church of St. Fran- «is Xavier, has ccmsented to preside at the piano. MINSTRELS, Bryants’ costirue their successes. Each evening their hall is crowced to ove: fl wing, their mirth-provoking programme proving au irresistible attraction to those wishing to pags away an hour or two pleasantly. Wood's Hall is weil patronized, the house being filled each nizbt, The »e ‘ormance is really most attractive. The same may be said of Buckleys’ Serenaders, who certainly obtaiw a fair share of the public patronage. FORBIIN.. Verdi's new apern, ‘The Force of Destiny,” still creates the same furor at the St. Petersburg Italian Opera which marked its first appearance. The Czar, as a mak of his great approval of tho composer’s merit, has conferred upon him the Cross of St. Stanisiaua, an honor never before granted to any save ‘military or potiticul dignitaries. Tamberlik and Grazi- ani baveadded to their extended fame by the splendid | and are constantly on the watch for something rich,and | of the Printers’ performance of their roles in this new work. Tm Paris the great excitement produced by Adelina Patti still keeps at its zenith. The young artist bas be- come the centre of an admiration which almost approaches fanaticism. Itis true that some of the older critics there, past the jinfluence of the young artist's charming manner and beautiful eyes, carp at ber innovations and shako their wise heads at her casting aside tho worn-out trills and roulades which have become hackneyed vy long and continued use; but they overlook the fact that in this very daring, in this production of something novel, something origipal, lies the secret of her success: A Paris critic says upon this subject:— It is in this renovating power of genius that the great charm of Mile. Patti's pinging ond the secret of her wonderful success really lie, 'e may quote one @inion against all such censors ipiaese ought to carry conviction ‘With it—namely, that of i Gran’ Maestro, Rossini bim- self. The great composer has beard her with delight, anc expressed his feclings with all the geverous cnthu- siam of tru genius, windmg up with an‘ emphatic ial cauticn against listening to tne and opinion of the class of critics we speak of, «Let her not seek the style 0! A——, nor of Mme. B——, but let her continue to she does, like Ade- lina Patti, and she will etand . Her triumpb ts as- sured.” Other musicians of eminence expressed the vor! same opinion on the first night of her appearance in Par afraid of the host of professors who surround our theatres, and who persuade themselves that ts enly to be loarned in this city, aud this is spite of allour daily evi- dence to the very contrary. It is oly fair, however, to add that they scar ever fail to accompany their under grow! with a fuil admission of the fasciaation of ber man- ner and matchless powers of execution. Anew baritone bas appeared in Paris tn the ‘Matri- monia Segreto.”” He was not very successful. Theatrica’ ‘The event of the past week was tho first appearance of ‘(he German tragedian, Mr. Daniel Bandmaon, upon tho English stage, at Niblo’s Garden, on Wednesday evening, in the character of Shylock, before a very large and cri- ‘ical audience, We have never seen a more successful debut. Before Mr. Bandmann bad spoken ten lines the question whether or not he could speak English well chou gh to play English parts was decided in the affirma- ‘ive by the enthusiastic applause of the audience, among whom were many of the leading actors and actresses in the city, As this was the point tobe settled during Mr. Randmann’s brief engagement of three nights, he is now at liberty to add to his English repertoire indefinitely, Although this engagement was a mere experiment, it would be doing Mr. Bandmann great injustice not to re, cord that his Shylock was a performance of great merit ‘This character is not the best which Mr. Bandmann plays, and in other parts be bas far surpassed it on the German stage. Fully aware of this fact, and knowing that in Phylock Be would lose the advantages of his fine person and hie mobile, exprosaive face, he yet sacrificed these attractions to the single consideration of appearing io a part in whieh his foreign accent and pronunciations if noticeable, would be excusable. Those jonrnals, there fore, which land Bindmagn’s Sbykck to the exies, aud pronounce it better than any ever before seen in this city, not only etultify themselves, but offend the artist they endeavor to praise, and their opinions are as tit regarded as they are lightly expressed. Mr. Pandmann’, chief merit ts bis total unconventionality. Some persons object to his entrances and exits as not effective; but Mr Nandmasn seoks rather to be natural thaw effective, The result is that be eften appears tame in comparison with «ther actors, who shake like paralytics or prima donoas fhiteh themselves about by what is called ‘a stage walk, aud make “pointe” at the side scenes wheuever they obliged to leave the stage. We prefor tameness to rai and, although Mr, Bandmann’s trial scene seemed to lock spirit, we give him credit for preventing us with @ most natural, intense and Jewish Shylock, | which bie dress, mask, manner, veloo and motion wer' ail novel, bus all consistent, and, we believe,*Sbake- perean, part the beautiful Cubas is more beautiful than ever. Cubas has already moved+ the town by her wonderful danciag; but her pantomime ia no less grace!ul and attrac- live. In many of the seones she proves herself an actress of no mean powers, and in others her statuesque attitudes aro most bewitching. Theatre-goers who hayo often se2n Celeste declare that Cubas is equally briliiaut, and the geueral public seems to be of the same opinion, Another of Celeste’s pieces, “Namarattah, the Chusd of the 1 rest,’” {8 in rebearsal, At Niblo’s the charming tragedienne, Miss Kate Bateman, begins an engagement this evening, and produces ber new play, “Lean, the Forsaken,’ which created quite a furor in Boston, This drama is a trausiation from the Ger man of Mogenthal, and is splendidly cast. Mr. J. W. Wal- Jr., Mr. Edwin Adams and Mesdames Chaafrau and rrett support Miss Bateman, in addition to the rogutar any at Niblo's. Mr. Wheatley has prepared new scenery und costumes for the piece, with bis usual taste and liberality, and lr, Robert Stoopel bas written the descriptive music. We have no doudt, therefore, thi drama will be most superbly rendered, and predict for it a success, At Laura Keene’s Mrs, John Wood appe week in “An Actress by Daylight’ ana “Smo body Els This theatre is well attended but we think that Mrs. Woed would draw larger houses if she quisbed ber ambition to appear in comedy, and gave burlesques, farces and vaudevilles in her own rollicking, humorous sty! We know that Burton always imagined ho couid play tra edy, but that is no reason why theTemale Burton should share his delusion. Among the “number of new picocs" an, nounced by Mrs. Wood we trust to fiud something in he, old, popular, spicy, low comedy vein, and the sooner the better. At the New Bowery theatre ‘Gil Blas” aad “The Bravo of Venice” will be performed this evening, and the gor- geous pantomime, “Harlequin Jack Sheppard,” will be revived. Mrs. W.G. Jones and Mr. G. €. Boniface are the leading actors at this theatre, aud their popularity i> as remarkable as their morit. They are supported by a very large and powerful company, and every play is handsomely put upon the stage. At the Old Bowery Tho Miller's Maid," “Jack and the Beanstalk” and The Wizard Skiff’ aro the attractions: Mr. Fox’s pantomime, ‘Jack and tho Beanstalk,’’ is hav- ng @ great run,and desorves it, Monsieur Bihir, the Bol gian Giant, and Jackson Haines, the Champion Skater, have parts in the piece and contribute largely to its suc- cess. Miss Fanny Herring and Mr. G. 1. Fox appear nightly and are immense favorites. All the curiosities may be seen at Barnwmn’s Museum» as usual; but the greatest curiosity is Miss Lavinia War- ren, the miniature lady, who {3 engaged to be married to Tom Thumb, The crowds to see this lady aro wonderfully large. In the lecture room Boucicault’s drama, “The Phantom,” will be played every afternmoonand evening. In producing “The Phantom” Mr. Barnum undoubtedly has an eye to the excitemont about ‘the Twenty-seventir street ghost.” 3 Dr. Macgowan delivers one of his popular dectures on Japan at the Cooper Institute this evening. The Toctoy will bo found no less amusing (han instructive, and we join with the Geographical and Statistical Society in re. commending him to the public. ‘The Broadway Monagerio is thronged every day and evening. With commendable enterprise the proprietors continue toincrease their collection of living curiosities this rare. They have not yebsecured the first slave emancl. pated by the President’s proclamation, however. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Davenport, the well known dra- matic artists, announce a gerics of readings from pocts and dramatists at the Brooklyn Athenwum this evening, It ig unnecessary to say that these readings will bo very attractive. = Mr. Haskett, tho famous comedian, will play an engage, ment at Springfield, New Haven and Hartford this wees, under the management of MY. Martin, of Niblo’s Garden. Messrs. Shewell, Fonno, Collier, Canoli and others of the Niblo company will support Mr. Hackett. E ‘The Philadelphia theatres are doing well. ‘Extremes’ has been the attraction at the Arch, and the Williamees are crowding the Walnut. Tho Richingzes are now engaged at the Arch, and Miss Coombs, John Wilkes Booth and other stars follow. Wheatley expects to open bis new theatre next week. The theatre at Norfolk is prosperous. « Rip Van Win, le”? was the leading play last week, with Mr. S. W. Glenn in Jefferson's part. The siock company is very good, in- lading Mrs. Berrell, Miss Mary sfitchell, Miss Morgan Mr. H. W. Sossin (leading business), Mr. J. A. Oats (joing proprietor), Mr. 8. E. Browne (stage manager), Mr. Graver (old men) and Mr Herndon. Laura Keene, Mr. Blake, Mr. Wheatleigh and their comedy company are at Bosten, City Intelligence. ‘Tux Havuxten Hovsr—A Porvran Hoax—Tae Pouce GUARDING THE CAOst,’'~~lor several days end nights past the vicinity of a house in the fashionable neighborhood of Twenty-seventh street, between Sixth and Seventh ave- nucs, has been in a perfect storm of supernatural com- motion, owing to @ rumor having gained curt rency to the effect that a “spirit from the vaety deep” er somewhere cise had manitested itself in @ corporeal shape to the passers-by on sundry nocturnal cecasjo So deep was the interest manifested by tho denizens of the locality in this discovery that they congregated en mare tor several successive nights, for ihe purpore of witness ing the apparition of the grim spectre whose unearthly debut in their midst became the sour ror to some of a very fipe nervous temperame the scorn and ridicule of others of a eironger more material calibre were only aroused sufficiently to draw them to the ecene for the object of gratifying thew curt osity, and have a bearty laugh over the fret real intimation which the ghost gave of bis pene sublunar society was on a dark night immogiately Christmas, when a party of ladies and geutiemen were enjoying themeelves sociably with whiskey pul wine, oystora, &c., in @ large roow of the house, forn y aga bedroom, but which was subsoqneatly tranefrmed joto a sitting room, Among the party were a tnwyer c'ergyman and doctor—a irio which one might Snppoge to be a mateb for any guost, even thong! from the invereal regions thems) possible. About ha irohe were at their observed to grow suddeviy drop, ed ber Wine glass, extending jowards the door. All locked king represontat ya wil @ ¥ espeet cf countenance, and dreaad fs ofe in io walk Of life, strode towards them, and finally seoted itself iv ao arm: ing 18 luge: ° f eoutr grim, eal | the bis Jeequence was A nes, whilst a few of the nvr! to the foor, vot daring to ask it wheilec A spirit of aic or gobi Ono of the party, screw ing bie cow ing ible, at length apo once supposed ave been the tenem vt im y hed in thin a: mortal shape 10 afar off corner of Voyoud measure at th: Te the whole party made a exit from the room, the door of which wen imme iatety ted banged to wih terrific force, sending «a hollow echo through the se. Every attempt to ov capy t room either by sleeping or sitting up fa it bas proved on entire failure, the parties wodertaking anything #0 reckless haviva shown the greatest courtermation on ewergiug from the baunied apartment Shrieks, groare. and wild hovgoblin exciamations have been frejwent!y heard. issuing {rom the infested chamber, and no pian of exorcism had up to eon. | We must most decidedly repeat, however, that it is wofair to judge Mr, Bandmann by this debut. He is capa bie of mueh better things than his Shylock, full of great morits as this performance was. When Mr. Bandmano agin appears—as we hope he soon will—in some other character, be will achieve ® triumph Greater than bis present onlogists imagine. He is yet a very young man and bas genius. There is no hecorsity, therefore, for incontinently kicking Kean, Kemble, Booth od other great artists from their pedestals to make room for this young stranger. He may take big eo among there immortals by the force of his own bot unwelcome, fulsome paffery will retard rather | tu) adlvanoe him. Let we romember that those critics ' Fechvr's Mawes subiime coudemned | | ghost is all a hoat—that the vicinity of the last night been ._ The Po'ice Commiasioners sequgptly ha ther Of their men piaced on duty about rth yf vigil And see what was to be seen. Laat night ‘ashingtou Market Social Club were to bave to the house aud taken oot the nolens 4 they did not appear to be equal to tho teak, to the witching hour of night they did not make their . From an early hour in the evening almost the whole strength of the police of the Twenty ninth precinct were on guard in the vicinity of haunted house, armed with dark lanterns, and re ht ‘ae ofMficions abd uncommunicative as porsibie. advanced crowds of enger seekers iter know'e: sembled, but their {i to Twenty seven both from i ht an ae nk was strong: ly opposed by dark "yi Sofie tt to say at this late hour that tho siaer geet house (No. 88 Twenty-seventh street) is inhat v Women O easy virtue, Who yeud thelr Virtues w (he tablished; We regard Mr. Bandmann, therefore, with | the | widen | comer, and that the p»lice have j WeMaguard the morality” of tne erty. | | AmRnicaN Hints Sogr-TY. —A eycei) meeting of te Bagere was be! al the //bie House om Oho 16th inst., at half-past 1 ev pther Bro ei Lev. Dr, Ferris read the thirty- ccd prayer. Tbe call for the mect ing was rea’—\iz: to consider app.cations for Seriptares for the use idiers im’ the dei nd Tor the sick and | wounded in hosjatas Tbirty-oue thousand Tosiaments in various languages were grapted for distribuuon among the armies of the Southwest and of the Potomac and in | the hospitals. The meeting was one of grest iuterest. ‘The war bag produced 22 Buireordinary distribution of ; tho Scriptures, and the it Changes oi the armigg | and casualties of the sorviee keep up the demands up this national and c ¢ institution. Nearly 60,000 vo- | Jumes have been groited for regiments in she field and | for the sick aud wounded in hospitals since this new year | began. Over oneanil-in Of volumes huve been sent out by this soolety for these objects from the beginuing of the war, These Scriptures, in several lunguages, have been distributed chicily through auxiliary Kible societies at central poiuts—as at Washington, Baltimore, Philadel- Phia, Louisvilie, St. Louis, aud throush the Christiau Com- mission, whose facilities of access to ail the armies o the Union baye evabled them to co-operate eiticiently with the paregt society and its local auxiliaries. Phousauds of soldiers have been thus supplied who could not otherwise have ben reached with the Word of God. Ampie tosti- mony for the valuab‘e results of this great distribution is being constantly regoived at the Bible House. OVERUAULING TUS MOOK AUCTIONEERS AD TUR Moos PAWN prokers.—The oft attemptod work of putting down the practice of mock auctionceriug scems tobo ia a preity fair way of success, at least temporarily. The police oil. cers detailed to took after the Peter Funks are attending to their busisess apparent!y in earnest, making arrests e: of an attempted swindle. A tiew mode of making money and defrauding the government came'to light yeatorday At appears (hat for a long time certain small pawnbroke: 8’ establishments have becu malging a handsome | rotit from suldiers deserting from the army, by turnishing the ske- daddiers with miserable clothing in exchange for the bran new wnifirms supplicd by the government. The deserters are content to get anything in the shapeot a disguise by which they may be enabled to escape detec- tion by We officers of the Provost Guurd at present on duty fo this clly. ‘ihe; awnbrokers thus drive a pro- fitable busine-s, and itis said that thoy are in jeague with certain deulers in clothing, who are interested iadirectly in supplying tho goveruimeut with uniforms for the army's How true this is will, of course, only be ascertained by | investigation before the prcper tribunals, [ places were vicvied yestorday by squads of soldi der the command of proper oficers, and vigilunt se: were made to recover the government clothing Sepp: to Lave been improperly obtained, a8 showu above. or three places in Baxter street were thus re: hauled, the doors being guarded and every pr taken to prevent avy govds which might be 7 from bei svealthily transferred to more quarters. ‘The Provost Guard tntgmd, it is up the offending pawnbrokers without mercy, Dismree Artoexrt Hau. AND THR Dsxocract.—The conservative up: of tue people throughout the entice Union seems to be drawing many remarkable converts from the ranks of the radicals to the side of the old de- racy. In this State recently we have had many remarkable conv ng, out the most notable is that of our present Dist:tet Attorney, Mr. A. Oukoy Hall, ouly a fow weeks ago one of the chicf managers aud must ade mired apostles iu the temple of ropubiicanismm., Mr. Hall bas ca-t Satan belind him, and is now an humbee peni- tent scokivg admission into the fold of the sheplerd. ‘To-morrow evening Lo is to make a full confession of his sins. having consented to deiiver an address before the } Young Men’s Democratic Union Association, in their pew | hull, corner of Broadway und Twenty-first streot, ‘The subzect of his address will be «The Potitical Grimes of the Radicals.” It is supposed taat he can do full justice to this theme, and it is expected, therefore, that there will be a crowded house on the occasion. Mevicat Hosrrtat at Gitex Cove, L. .—The Pavilion Hotel at Glen Cove, Long Island, has been converted into « medical hospital, under the direction of the mana. gers of the Home for Invalids io this city. This new institution ia designed for the care aud treatment of pe:- g0n8 addicted to excessive indulgence in the use of spirit- uous liquors, and alvo for porsous alilicted with chronic diseases, nervous affections, &e. ‘the hospital is now ready for the reception of patients. Swattna INretiiczNcs.—The recent cold touch bas once moro congealed the ponds around this city, and Beek man’s pond and its neighbors wore well patronized y: terday by a merry crowd of male and female skaters. break occurred in the former pond, which gave a gratui~ tous cold bath to about twenty persons, but did no other damage. A splendid sheet of ice covered the Fifth ave- nue skating pond yesterday, and was fit for use; but as the pond {s not opened on Sundays, the ice will therefore ‘de in fine condition pts ‘The ponds on the Central Park are fast closing up, but stilla few breaks are ob- servable on the upper pond. We cau scarcely they will be closed to-day. But perhaps the Park authoritics may allow skating on that part of the ice which may be good. Our skating friends had better make good uso of thetr time, for the winter is already ball over. Franatis’s Binrtpay.—On Saturday last, January 17 occurred the one hundred aad fi{ty-seventh anniversary of the birthday of Benjamin Franktin, the philosopher, triot aud printer. In the evening the members of the lew York reopens Society assembled at the rooms ’ Free Library, No. 3 Chambers street, and commemorated the event by a social literary reunion, Edward M. Skidmore, Clerk of Jefferson Market Police Court, was chosen Chairman, and addressed the society upon the annual return of the natal day of Franklin, and t year they would be able to resume their Remarks wero made by other members on Franklin's connection with the (ge ned art, and tho esteem in which his memory is held by those following the vocation throughout the world. aid, Wy hunt | A The Rights of Neutrals, FRANCE PURCHASING MATERIAL AT THE NORTH FOR HER MEXICAN CAMPAIGN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE mERALD. New Yorr, Jan. 16, 1863. In your edition ef to-day there is an article under the following title :—'Useful Reading for President Lincoln,’ in which you recommend to him the reading of Napoleon the First’s letters, on which Napoleon the Third has writ- ten a book, and in which I notice these words :-— A couple of the letters ia this eleventh volume are particalarly apropos of our own present affairs. ‘Tous, on the [0th of August, 1806, Napoleon writes to M. Talley- rand :—‘ The despatch from Washington has fixed my attention. You will tell the American Minister that it is time all this should end; that it is scandalous that the Americans should be supplying provisions to the brig- auds, * * * and thati can no longer see with indit- ference the armaments, evidently directed against Franco, which the American government allow to be pre in their ports.” Napoleon, the great master of war, ought to kuow something of the rights of neutrals, and if bo condemned us for doing fof his enemics whet England ts now doing for the rebels, would not President Lincoln be perfectly justified in intorming the English ambassador that it {9 time such “scandalous” procees 8 the Atting Cut of pirates to devastate our commerce and the supply- ig Us Reagead with provisions and arms should alo oud As in the editorials of your Bewspaper you dicuss th, doings of all governments, iucludiug your own, callins upon them to do justice, allow me tu ell your attemtion to the claims made by the Mexican Legation to the Cabi net at Washington, in relation to the prohibition of ex- Porting armaments bought by the Mexicans, although wwe French are atlowed to purchase their vessels in your porls, together with all Kinds of provisions. Last week three vessels left this port loaded with hay for the French cavalry, It was published in the Havana papers and in those of this city that the Freneh bad received irom the United Siates ove thousaud three hundred mu!cs and two hundred and ninety wagons, and as many more from Sautingo de Cuba (Spanish dominion), for which materials the French were in uced to drag their field pieces and to enable them (to advance on Puebla and the capital. These proceedings bave drawn the atieuti c every one, aud the Senate in Washington bas asked the gbverument for the correspondence passed on this subject, aud to give am account of the resoiuiion agreed it was also published that the Department Of State hart petitioned the Department of War to declare which were contrabant of war. In your jr ment i* vot this case similar Lo that objected to by Nupo- leon 1., who, according to your opinion, a great fas of war, and ‘onglt to know somet ot the right } meutrals’ If there i® any diderenco you would oblige by potting itout. And if you do not tin plea: ¢ me if, in your opinion, the President of Mext Denptced mel] S HP ™~| ae jb, resident of | of offenders whenever they can get theglightest evidence | |! aa sof ; Wi be im the right to give orders to bis Min jairs to notify the American Envoy, thi y the Secretary of State onght lo announce to the Minister of Kegland, virs—(qvoting your own words, snd { Napoleon that tt ie time that ail | =) H r us? - fthe Cabinet at Washington, saying Ubet Un the Mexicans the same privileges granted to the bor stating Unit wage ond mules are nett | 2 ua ors the ides of mente: ud that, 1 ob | Mow want eeeutog Ub neve eending } countries, and to prevent the b ropcan Power op thie iuient. Mexico will de'end herself, « to dogo, but net ¥ /thout arn depying to aid ber ina ca prevent the exportation to) chased. giving at the sawie time invader in order that be shoul! ba the merit of vanquisbirg a dy caception, @ matter which cals oud iluatration, a8 much as it js stances unparalleled in history, wisi this war of France against México, ond whieh wi! abame of the nations who have wituersed it iu the mid dle of the boasted Nineteenin cent: sod will bave a great iwBuence upon the future reiations of b I furthermore you t bag Napoleon th government pply: fa i Four A Agarene yout jo Your paper as a war west. aa the Upited States will allow their citizens to i jong to the French which the Mexican govern- way from tbe territory they ocou| A he joans to exportarme, and 1c boy vessele and all what they peed for their defence, neither you, nor Congress, nor even the government at We have a right to clamor against Rogland, nor to callscanda- lou conduct, because she furnishes provisions to the nfederate States against the Voited States. A MEXICAN SUBSCRIBER OF THE HERALD, qt x. Dg states that which is uatrue. He says the Ni: Africa... City of Balti ‘Pentonia,. ARRIVED. U S steam*frigate Colarodo, Joha R Goldsborough, Fortress Monroe. soll, Antwerp and Flushing Dec 2 sith mdse and 22 passengers, ts Has experienced very rough ‘eather Tithe passage; strained ship, causing her to eak Tih inst, labad 06, ion 30, ‘spoke Br ship Che- ¢ for Liver poo! be aa dike SW, ‘Stoughton, forse. Goawny, Cardin, th coal, to master. § Brig Cos'n Rica, Peel, Aspinwall, Deo 90, With hides, ko, IB Joy. vodrig Harvest Queen (Br, of Bermuta), Holla Matamuras es, Ae, to Middleton & Co, Jan 16, 8 ¢ point of Sandy Hook, and was gor steamti, w hou! (Rr, of Kemp, NS), Smith, 16.) batiast, tod B Whi 1 Br sehr Siv Colin Cayspbell, oud farnegat, spoke brig Keoka, henee lilliken (of Philadelpula), Norden, Matan- AMAL, tO mast A Pituinan (o. M. St Tuomas Jat ark Noy 19) Ww: th Ly the aid of ty ee. Beg k Haven: ,, Torne: i toRe Queen (Br), Smith, Cornwallis, NS, 14 days, 1 DR Dewoll Whoater, New Orleans, 16 days, Pensacola, 12 daya, in ballast to )," loa 7565, passed tho 3 ng down the Gull Strasm: she was rights My, about Wwoor three . above and her deck locked fo be awept clean of houses, orhi}l. Fortress Monroe, 24 hours. ortiand, Me, 7 da ayn, y, Warebam, 3 days, Sclir New Deligit, Scovill, New Haven. Schr Pennsylvania, Ladd, Norwich, 2 days Sloop Harvest, Corwin, Providence, 2 days, Steamer Wm P Clyde (US trareport), Laughtiv, Washing- ton, in bailast, to US Qua ster: Steamer Ospray, Kenn Steamer Petrel, ¥ Steamer Falcon, Jou BELOW. Bark Gazelle, from Trinidad. Also two ships, two Larks aad two brigs, unknown, Ith—Schrs O H Boot “, Jno Ross, Lady Emily, Alice Coun:e, O P Bin agene, F Schreover, G Lonse: veptre, Merriu.ac, St Louis, J Van Zandt, NW Smit sell, Alexand: t, 2 1 Snow, “i va, Anue Mead, rks, MB Brambail, Fe Yau M! Atkins, JG W Dati Brow's, J Lavinia, # Rogers, C White, E Biimore, P Corson, Also'steamers Empire City, Pocahontas, Colnmbi: FB Cwrg, Ladoga, Lisbon, © Magnus, Aan EB Thi Hazard, Princeton, Gurolt fihe Sra; bar: p Indus (Fr). Highlander (Br), Port a (Br), New. Brunaw! Lenox, Wm Stewart, Pride of the Sea, Maria White, Sea, T W Holbrook, Zingareita, D Colden Murray: brigs ‘Achilles Utal, Australia (Dutch), Sarah Peters, Catueo. Lucy Ano, GF Geery, Janet Kidston, LM Mereitt, Surprise, Caimuck, Three sisitis, Rovt Mowe, Alice Mande, 2sth—-U S gumboat Iroquois, monturs Weehawken, and Nahant (and anchored off Sandy Hook), Wind at sunset E, u Miscellancous, Captain WS Tyler, of brig Stephen Dunean, has ony thanks for favors. Brave Orrickx—On Livery the Trarih' | it the steamshi fist one of the pasvengers tett over wuen she third oficer of te ship jumped into the stzeam aod eld the man’s. head ‘abore Water vntil both were drawn lo the deck by a, rope thrown overboard by officer Preudy, of the Castle Gauden squad, The US steam transport Atlantic is on the great Balance dock, and wil be stripped, recauiked and wewly copprred, Jacol Appley, of Southhold, bas purchased the scht ste eeneT gee Gs ce about 100 tone Bankes” Tic following table gives a summary of the vessols in the harbors. of Now York, Boston, Pivindciphine Baltimer Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans and Gaivestou, at the latestaovoiints frem ea those ports:— SHOAL OFF CAPT LOOKOUT, NO ‘uvev Orrtoe, Dec 31, 1862. ar reports haviug on A shoal wih Noveinbe but fonrtee Cape Lvo Whateme A letter from Capt Waite, of b Robert Morrison, NB, reporis er of Bodesique Nov 3, with 24) bis sp oat! tola: had taken but70 bbls since arrival in the Indian Ocean, all ‘om Capt Vinal, of bark Waverly, NB, Oni Sept 2. o'l as before reportad; bad ‘Ot © Bouthern right home ta, . Reports at 160 sp lant CPulse—s00 sp 1000 the’ eriise, aud w yround 4 woud w " do, bark Wia Gifford. Hake wh all (old, to be ac howerin’ February, Foreign Ports. Cannrvas, Jou 6—In port berks Jos Fish, Gray, for Port land; Chikun, Vennell, wig, B Powuta'n, Chariepa, Méans, Ann, He: vi soo rs James H Stra Groaby, for tor do; nt—In port ships Reynard, Seymougefor Car ad for Caleuite Rights, Knowles, and nodward, for Brt 1, to load for Aden; i Hi, 3 k Oth; for N sing; 1 nisverg, Sulphen, unc, Sir John Franklin, id Ocean sale; Louisa, Otaronihe, Aran JO, ane sold: Chernbim, Skinner, laid ep: Piying Chi Vict ria Reed, Thompson; Gen Putnam, Babso rank Flint, Colley; Uncowah ‘a, Horton; Wak as Pritce, York; bean, Snow: F Joho Bryal NOW Dy a; C8 Penne Webs in ot . Wilson, di —1u pot ship Aristides, Bockman, for others aK bet we} In port. Shi Dec 7, Wiiliatn Wilson, 1, Batavi Arion. ¥ ! t rad. ¢ ' MePadden, NVors : KD vehr Svean Jane, Taber, # meen & NEWPORT, Jan 16—Arrschr Nathan Clifford, Shute, Re fast for NYork. idtheare thip St Mark, Crabtree, mouth Grove, KI, with 37¥ sick and Wounded sol ERSACOLA, Jon 6=In port steamship Tennesse: bo vi mei nes homas ia irk, Joka —There aro at ¢ 1m, ing America, i Belle bon 'S—The brig Lonteay, rman, & rks Hol. are disposed to help them by making fulse statements. Com, Va Brent, who had the supervision of the Banks fleet» bas boen sworn before the Congressional Committee as to the Niagara, aud if he stated what tho committee reports, iagara wad built in 1945, and was rebuilt in 1849. She was built in 1844, and 80 far ax rebuilding in 1849 goes, that was in | consequence of lying ashore six weeks upon rocks near the mouth of out river.—Rochester Union, Jan, 16. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. f Scspay, Jan.J8, 1863. The aggregate import of foreign (exelu- sive of dry goods) at this port during the week ending yesterday was $2,745,576 add to which $1,074,124 of dry goods entered at the port, and the product ix $3,319,700. Against this we ex- ported $2,752,407 of produce and merchandise and $1,441,878 of specie—in the aggregate $4,194,280. It is thus apparent that nothivg in the condition of our foreign trade can justify a premium on gold. On the contrary, we must be—as the trade tables for 1562, published.a few days since, show clearly enongh—creditors of the world at Large, and more likely, under ordinary cireum- stances, to draw specie from Europe than to send specie thither. Still, so long as the war lasts, it must be expected that gold will continue to flow outward, independently of the course of trade. So’many of our merchants are imbued with fo- reign views regarding the collapse of our finances, and there is so mach uncertainty and fear with regard to the future, that this unnatural drain of specie cannot be avoided. The first indication of peace will be followed by an active movement of builion hitherward from “urope. Money was in pretty fair demand last week at about 6 per cent on call. K3 aud bankers are now exacting margins of 20 and 25 percent on stocks—a wise precatition, in one point of views but a very silly proceeding if designed to arrest, the specy @ fever which has broken out. The course of the money market cannot be othe: than easy for some months to come, and it will be West Vind | - mY 1 in the lender who will have to go in search of a boi- rower, Money is accumulating in the bank yaults, and must continue so to accumulate, Gold advanced last week to L48, closing atabout 146% yesterday, The immediate future of the gold n te appeehend that onr national paper into equal discredit with the ‘Continent es of our Revolutionary struggle ‘orthe Frenoh ite. im the first place, the credit of the government, which is intinitely better than that which wasenjoyed by the United State* in 1776-80, or by France in 1792-8, is pledged for their payment. No possible issue to the present conflict can forever ruin the credit or impair the resources of so mighty a country as the loyal States of the North. A debt of $4,000,000,000 was borne safely and firmly by England when her population was only two-thirds of ours, and her resources not a tithe of ours. And, secondly, all the legal tender issues of government are aud will be receivable for taxes. If the internal revenue law yields $200,000,000 a year, as is expected, thi market will prevent anything like a wholesal. depreciation of the government currency, No man will be inclined to part with his legal tender paper for a song when will serve topay his taxes, to say nothing of other debts. Tut, on the other hand, the law of political economy, ig clear and inexorable: es of muse enhance values, and the advance in values must be iu direct proportion to the amount of sach issues. ‘The more paper is issned the higher pri-ca must adyaace, Jt may be re- marked that this law has only partially géne into effect as yet. There has been no advance in wheat, corn, flour, meat, poultry, vegetables or other home produced food, Real estate has risen, and grogevies imported from abroad have risen cnormously; but the necessaries of life, in regard to food, as ¢ p as they were two years ago. Corn in Ilinois is cheaper than it ever was, and is being uscd as fodder. Gold has ad- vanced excessiy but the movement of stocks has not been uniform. Some, cheap stocks, of nominal or doubtful value, have risen prodiy iously; but it is quite likely that dividend paying seeuri- ties—such, for instance, ax New ‘ork Central, Erie preferred, Galena, Rock Island and Panama-- would, iu view of their present large traffic, have been selling at their presi prices, though not a dollar of paper moucy had ever been issued. New York Central, Galena, Erie bonds—now represent- ed by Erie preferred—aud Rock Island, all sold at higher prices in 1853-6 than they now command, The first tendency of a panic. stricken community is to iuvest money in gold as the invariable integer of value. We hear it constantly remarked that gold, whatever market depends so exclusively upon speculation and the accidents of the war that no one can ven- ture to predict how it will rule from day to day, The amount of money invested in speculations for the rise and full of gold js probably not less than is employed in speculating in stocks. Men of every degree, profession and antecedents may be seen from noon to two P. M. in William street looking after their “flyer” of ‘ten gold.” Exchange rose with gold to 162% a 163 last week. A fair amount of business was done at these rates for the steamer of yesterday. Rumors have again been current during the past week that attempts would be made at Washington to check the advance in gold by legislative mea- sures. We trust that nothing so foolish will be tried. Any attempt to frustrate the operation of inexorable laws of finance must lead to failure and mischief. Let the gold speculation run its course If the rebellion is crushed gold will fall some day as rapidly as it rose, and the keen speculators who bid it up day by day on the corner of Exchange place will need some smartness to preserve a ves" tige of their gains, The financial futare is the great problem of the day. Gold has risen fifteen per cent ina fort- night, or, in other words, the national curreney has depreciated ten per cent since New Year's. Where ia this depreciation to end? How high will gold rise, and how low will the currency fall? Are the legal tender notes t6 follow the example of the old continental notes, and the French assig- nats, and become worthless? Shall we see boots selling at $28 a pair? How shall a man mi to save himself from ruin in the impending crisis of the national finances? These are question, which engross the mind of every merchants banker, capitalist and moneyed man in the country. No one can assume to answer them all, with any degree of confidence. But there are a few points which can be readily decided, and they may as- sist individuals in forming opinions on the pros- pect for the future. The financial policy of the government may now be considered as settled; the expenses of the war must be defrayed by the use of paper money. Loans are stil, talked of in Congréss and at the Treasury Department. But in intelligent financial circles it is well understood that no loan can be nego- tiated at any rate of interest until one of two things has taken place—either the overthrow of the rebellion or thé saturation of the country with legal tender paper. It isan open question whether» if legal tender paper became so abundant as to sell, for instange at 25 cents on the dollar for gold» people would, without victories, have confidence enough in government to subscribe, even in depre- | ciated government paper, for public loans. at | Richmond gold rose last summer to 300; but the subscriptiona to the funded loans of the rebel con- f-deracy were no larger than when it was selling at 200. Within a week we have witnessed an ad- vance in gold of ten per cent, and a simultaneous fall of eight per cent in United States sixes, It follows that it is by no means certain that even a saturation of the North with legal tender paper would insure the negotiation of loans, independ- ently of military successes, as the very depreciation | of government paper would discredit government bonds In a word, there is no possible chance of new government loans being successfully negotiated under any circumstances, until the military situa” tion has essentially changed, and the entire ex gr | Benses of goveriment, over and above the product | of juternal and externaltaxes, must, if paid atall, be | detrayed by repeated issues of legal tender paper. It i# not worth while to stop to inquire how far the bauk scheme of the Secretary of the Treasury might alter the situation, as that scheme, though recom- mn mended by the ingenious but snperannuated finsacier, Mr. Robert J. Walker, has uot the ghost of a chance of being adopted by Congress. Nor is it necessary to examine whether the gratuitous * | payment of interest on Treasury notes would help schv Breeze, for Turks Islauci | (he case; for i is obvions that, nnless the notes » | circulated s money, the army and the public creditors would not reocive them, and if they were used as money (ho payment of interest upon them would only clog their circulation, and devolve upon th Treasury Pwescesare CXperee. Assuming mcut Will be compelled to pay all nees in logo! fonder paper daring the year 1963, “iy cther words, to issue, say $600,000,000 f ch r, vw what point will gold Ty { depty Will the national Phas chad ite se quetag®s May be ex. | aud chhor by the light of precetect® oF ona Nasi: of theory. We know that am isan. $200,0/0,008 of paper, assisted by the defeat be fore Michmoud, caused gold to rise to 193 in July last, and that the expectation of forther iseves has now caused it to advance to 148, At Richmond volimited issues of paper put gold to 320 last sum- v, and it ie now selling, if the Richmond papers are to be believed, at 226. In England, during the Napoleonic wars, @ suspension of specie pay- nients—onaccompanied, however, by unlimited issues of paper—caused gold to advance to 142. In Austria gold has Quctuated for years between 140 and 160. In this country, during the Revolu. tionary stroggle, continental paper fell to a mere nominal value, and at last possessed no value whatever. In France, during the Revolution, na- be Breakwater | tional assignate fell to a fraction of their apparent “ait | value, and ultimately became worthless, A single glance at the present condition of the country J pnd its prospecte will show that there is no good | stocks in gold;— Pinams . happens, will be worth 100 cents on the dollar— implying that other commoditics may not be worth as much. Time will correct this timorous reasoning. As between gold and food, the latter is the more essential to human life and the sure” of sale. As between gold and dividend paying stocks or real estate, the latter is the better pur* chase by so much as the dividend or the rent yield. No depreciation of the currency can de- stroy the intrinsic value of sound productive pro. perty, and, whatever fluctuations may occur in Wall street, it is mathematically certain thatag the end of the crisis the market value of such pro perty will correspond exactly to the apprecia- tion of the gold standard. We have seen Mr. Hooper's substitute for Mr- Spaulding’s financial measures, prepared at the re~ quest of and in accordance with the views of the Secretary of the Treasury. It authorizes the Seoretary to borrow $900,000,000 in any of the modes hereafter suggested. He may sell 6 per cent twenty years bonds at or above par, interest and principal of the bonds payable in gold; or he may scll or pay away to creditors interest bearing Treasury notes—rate of interest not fixed—the in- tercst on such notes being payable in legal tender paper, and the notes themselves to be interchange- able at any time for legal tender notes; or he may pay the soldiers, sailors and other servants aud creditors of government in legal tender notes. It will thus be seen that the only practical difference between thie bill aud Mr. Spaulding’s is that, whereas the latter restricts the new is. sues of legal tender money to $300,000,000, Mr. Hooper's bill authorizes an issue of $900,000,000, if the Secretary chooses. Under present circumstances the Secretary would have no choice. He would be compelled to pay the whole expenses of the war—spy $2,500,000 a day— in legal tender paper. He might issue some in. terest bearing notes; but, as they would not be a legal tender in payment of debts, he would be compelled to print a dollar of legal tender paper for every dollar of such notes issued, in order to redeem them on presentation. We see no essen, tial difference between this bill and Mr. Spauld- ing’s, and consider it immaterial which of the twe becomes a law. . The following table shows the course of the stock market for the past week and month: Dec. 20. Dee. 23. Jan. 3. Jan. 10. Jan. 12. U.S.6's,regist’d. 971; OT 98 ot 9 Virginias . + Os 61 62 4 omy, 3.006. O33 BGT 61 614? Missouri 6’ + OLR 63% «61% «65 Ay N.Y. Contral....1037%, 104 O74 «115 Lig Reading. 11% | 16 71% 86,0x.d 88 Erie « 62 OK 66 WK 6 Erie preferred... 0434 95% 100% = 104% Michigan Central. 914; 91% Mr 09K MichiganSouth’n. 405, 42% 455, 52 South. guaraut’d, 83 82% 927%, (99 lilinois Central... 78% WK 86% oly +2 8235 ex.d.80 5% 87 91ag Rock Island, 81, 82% 86% = OG ‘Toledo... Tl) ™ B35, Oh Panama 165, 170 190 180 Hudson River... 7614 J 90% = OBE Pacifc Sail 136), 135% 149 155 “ 192% (1925 1385 146% The stock market opened last Monday with an active upward movement, which culminated on Tuesday; during the three following days the mar- ket was unsettled and irregular; yesterday the upward movement was again resumed, and, though there was a good deal of realizing yesterday after. noon, and many sales to close accounts—as usual 4 on Saturdays—the market closed with a decided upward tendency. An attempt was made last week to check the excessive speculative move. ment in stocks by exacting margins of 20 a 25 per cent on call loans. This had the effect of com, pelling a large number of small speculators to sel, * their stocks at a loss—the buyers, in many in- stagces, being the bankers who contrived the in. genious change of policy in regard to margins. In view of the inevitable policy of the government, it is clear that money will rule easy throughout the year, and lenders will be more numerous than borrowers. The chances are, therefore, that no attempt to impose additional barthens upon the latter can be successful for any length of time.» Bank depositors will step into the market and jend on the ordinary margins of ten per cont, if the banks adhere to their rule of exacting twen- ty. Asto the general course of the market, in view of the certainty of issues of paper money to , Sndefinite amounts by government, there can be but little question. Dividend paying socurities must advance proportionately with gold, and in all probability they will carry non-dividend pay- ing stocks up with them. , The following table wil, show the present price of leading dividend paying ot Ber we Stocks. Dividend. Y. Central... 7 per cont, - | “ rte proterred,. 7 ‘Thes ‘real prices” in this table are lower than the average Prices of the same securities in time Of peace, and, ».'¢Fefore, as the traffic of the roads has increased very largely of late, from obvious causes, speculators for the rive look forward con-. fidently to # considerable sclvance, A very large business was done last week i2 the Erie stocks, Some of the great operators sold ect at a profit to new buyers, which for a time led to fears that the dividend onthe Erie preferred would be smaller than had been anticipated. The auditor of the y is settling the accounts for the meeting, which is to be held this week, and until his work is complete nothing can be ascertained on the subject, It is spprebended in the street wes