The New York Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1863, Page 4

- NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BESTETT, porroR «AND PROPRIETOR Orrice ¥. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND WASBAT SP8. TERMS 28d wm atvanoe, at the ak of the seuder New Vors taken. THE OALLY ABRALD, lanes copie per copy. THt WERKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at Piet come Anaual subscriptios price — Nae bai bam bide & per coy. One Copy ad Three (Opies. By Five Copiee . Ten Copeas. 7 Votume XXVIII ..... AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING AOGADEMY OF MUSIC, Irving Place —Tee Orema—Dow Gror anne NIBLO'S GARDEN. Broadway —Farny Cineie—Oerront OF THY Counra¥ Pat's BLUNDERR, WALLACKS THEATRE, Broadway.—Rovan aut WINTIR GARDEN, Broadway.—Katuceme Maroum ween—Yoone ACTRESS. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway. -Deee's Yore~ Avy: Caagiores’s Marp, NEW BOWERY THEATRE. Feion 5 Deata=Tue Pours. Bowery—Mararra BOWERT THEATRE, Bowery.—Fonrer Giy vote —Gorpes Axe—Stare Seerers or Bovor— BARNUM’S MUSEUM, Broadway —Giaxt ¢ Bor, Liccrotiay Kina, &0., at all hours, Se Diamoxomatternoon and Kveming. BRYANTS MINSTRELS, Mechan’ MLOrtAN Songs, Dancas, Bi re WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, Si Broadway. —Eraiortan Boxes, Dances, d¢.—Camier, GEO. CHRISTY'S 3 2 585 Broadway Umsques, Soxas, Dancus. LS. Misomterous Mowae AMERICAN TREATRE, No. 444 Broadway. —Balurrs, PanTowes, BURLEsquEs, de.—MOUNTAIN OWL BROADWAY AMPHITHEATRE, 485 Broadway ~Gra. swe AnD Equesretan Penrorwances, ‘OPE CHAPEL, 718 Broadway. —Tue Syreeoscorrcam NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway. «omositigs aND Lycrures. from 9A. M. UL 10 P.M. eg oe ORERA hw ad Biookiyn.—Etmiorias y, Nov. 23, 1863. THE SITUATION. There is no change, in the Army of the Potomac. The different corps occupy the same positions which they did ten days ago. The enemy are working like beavers on their defences at the Ra- pidan. Meade’s troops are in good spirits, and eager for a fight. Mosby’s guerillas made a dash on a party of our cavalry near Bealton Station on Saturday, and carried off three commissary wagons. They were pursued as far as Thorough- fare Gap. and five of them captured. Doubts having been expressed in regard to the; 95 slaves, The States. each for itself, can only trath of the statement that General Burnside was a The Restorncion of cine Rebotitous Statce— Phe Geesiion Betore the Cabinet. We expect ia the Presideat's aanual message t Congress an exposition of bis views in re- god to the restoration of the rebellious States, in congection with the slavery question, Mean- time cording to the Tribune, “ the attention of (be President. of the more prominent mem- bers of the Onbinet, and of other gentlemen whowe counsels are valued, bas been largely given of late” to this momentous subject. It further appears that the © precise course to be theories claim the President's ear,” but that recent utterances of the President, and in- structions approved by him. to recently com- meosgned represcatatives of (be goverument in divtriet of the South sow in our possession, leave mo dowbt that the policy of the adminis- tratioe to permit noae of the vagraat States to come back with a slave constitution is fixed,” and that © the present discussion relates to the ways and means of effectuating this result” ‘These positive declarations, we will assume, are not made without some anthority; and thus the subject becomes the most important issue of the day. !a an editorial which we submitted to our readers in yesterday » Hesaco, we gave them, from the lights before as, the conse- qaeaces of the war, actual and probable, in reference to the institution of slavery. From the frets, figures, estimates and conclusions thus presented, the reader will have perceived that, while the prolongation of the war muat in- evitably bring about the extinction of slavery, it will almost as certainly involve the most de- plorable com-equeaces to both races throughout Which alternative is it the part of wisdom (o sdopt-—that of the destruction of the social aad industrial iastitutioas of the re- bellious States, in order to restore them to the Union. or the policy of saving their industry and their people white and black as far as possible, in the work of restorstion’ The ques tion needs no answer; for the declared pare mount purpose of the war is not the reduction of the rebellious States to chaos, but their res cue from the destructive gripe of the rebellion. Let us supposg that, ander the manipula tions of the administration, all the rebellious States are restored, and each with a new State constitution declaring slavery aboliabed within the South its borders. We shall beve gained the aboli- tion ultimatum: but how long will this millen- ninm of universal emancipation last’ Re- stored to the Unien, South Carolina, Georgia and the other States coneerved will have the undoubted right to re-establish to-morrow the institution and its appeadages which they have abdlished to-day. Kestored to the Union, they may each call another State coavention, revise their State constitutions. and provide therein, or by law, that after a specified time all free negroes found within their borders shall be sold be restrained from this absolute State control to be relieved of his command by General Foster, it may be stated that r for the change wae issued on the 16th General Burnside is ordered to report Adjutant General fn Washington. . There ig nothing Chattanooga» We learn by the St the South, from New Orleans, that on the 13th instant the Thirteenth army corps, lately operating in thageche vy embarked to Brashear City for point in Texas, by wey of Berwick’s Bay. ~ A full history of the Rio Gi our special correspondent,fogether with import- ant arsyumpanying .aps, is given in our columns to-day. The Mexican combinations in Tamaulipas and the conflicts of Cortinas, Cobos and Ruiz, will be found very interesting. A second edition of the Johnson's Island con- spiracy found an exciting circulation in the neigh- borhood of Burlington, Vermont, yesterday, aris- ing from reports that a bedy of rebels in Montreal had ,planned to seize Fort Montgomery, destroy the drawbridge at Ronse’s Point, and plun- der Plattsburg and Burlington. Information of such a plot reached Governor Smith aud Volleetor Clapp on Friday. They imme- y took steps to, communicate with ‘the ofc mcharge of Fort Montgomery, who soon had its guns manned and re y to give the rene- gades a warm reception. Goveroor Smith is “ready for them’’—that is, when they come. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. We have news from British Honduras dated at Belize on the 29th of October. Two schooners, Jaden with cotton, had arrived trom Galveston, ‘Texas, having run through the blockade. The cotton sold ata high price. Vhe colonial cotton crop was satisfactory. A large emigration of free negroes from the United Stetes was expected in Honduras, the British Government having approv- ed of the action of President Lincoln agreeing to such astep. A vumber of families from Yucatan fad Carnpeachy bad arrived in Belize, in order to escape the ravages of the Indians, who are repre- 6eu'ca as having for their allies some French sot diers. [t was thought that the city of Guatemala would soon be united witp the Bay of Honduras by a canal. A banquet was given at the Maison Doree, on Saturday evening last, by the Italian residents of this city, to the officers of the Italian naval ves- tels now inour harbor. A large number of dis- linguished gentlemen were present, and the whole a was very brilliant. Admiral Milne, on the occasion of bis departure from Halifax, was presented with an address by the merchants of th In his reply the Ad miral paid a high tribute to the naval commanders and government of the United States for the uni- form courtesy manileste bimeelf and the officers under him in ali thei course | of am over the institution by a revision of the con- stitution of the United States. This is the only legitimate way in which this schome of compul- sory Southern emancipation can be made effec- tive; and the federal constitution must first be changed to suit the purpose; for the experiment may fail if delayed until the seceded States are reinvested with the right to vote upon the ques- tion. We conteud, however, that the federal gov- ernment lias no right to abolish the local insti- tutions even of the rebellious States. The war those States, but therein of « rebellious conspiracy. In the prosecution of this war slaveholders and slavery must abide by the usages and casualties of war, But, with the suppression of the armed forces of the rebel- lion, the States concerned are. de jure, at once restored to their State rights in the Union. We cannot abandon this ground without falling into Senator Sumner’s revolutionary theory, that (he war has abolished the rebellious States, that they have ceased to exist, and that all the cguatry covered by them will be, when recon- &: ed, in the condition of some new territory, inhabited only by savages, and added to the Union as the consequence of a successful fo dian war. We should regret to believe that Mr. Lincoln | is drifting towards this monstrous theory of | Sumner. We cannot believe it. The views of the President, as enunciated in bis proclama- tions, speeches, messages and letters, rest upon a better foundation. We cannot be mistaken in the opiaion that the Secretary of State spoke by authority in suggesting to the French gov- erament the Congress of the United States as a joiat convention always opea to the revolted States. The emancipation proclamation is de- clared fupon ita face to be nothing more than a military measire. [t does nol assume to be bind. ing upon the government. It was thrown out a3 a tub to the abolition whale, and has served its purpose, The slave States exempted from this proclamation are proceeding to the work of emancipation, and will be the first to abolish slavery, while the States included in this de- cree of freedom have only been made more desperate by it in the prosecution of the | war. We earnestly admonish President Lin- to stand fast to those great land- matks which point to the integrity of the Uniou, and to avoid those treacherous guides who would lead bim off into the broad road to Mexico anaret | | cola or Asusement.—We have ia New York and its suburbs over twenty places ment. to this list we do not include ve concerts and gardens, but merely the gular theatres, which now reach the above number. Varis counts thirty odd places of London is not ahead of us in this Ove Puacrs re amusement N Territory is said to be the richest silver Dearing country in the we that |" d we doubt whether in either of the product this year will} 5.000.000 capitals there is nightly more The fuel question has been solved in Minnesota | "0 spent at such places than bere in New by the diseovory of immense beds of peat nearst. | York. ‘These twenty theatres contain nightly Paul. It is said to burn as well in agrate as coal, | at least (wentydive thousand persons, who | vad can be furnished for from two to three dollars | «pand 10 average twenty-five thousand dol- + cord. ‘ lars cach evening. Tt would be hard to con The first frost of the season in Mobile made its | vince w foreigner who might visit us at this pe \pearance on the 1th instar Ne ; | a Rishationd, lately, » bo 08 fox tone viod that the ntey is plu ged in o fearful Thee following appears in th imond J —_ atrif ropolis was never more A brilliant or more gay Overcrawn: nb Cars.--Now that the city ix being traversed by numerous lines of railway | levatth vllice. Price $250 cara. and that the public evince rmination | | The pala storm was 4 great rest a a ‘Baturdey, when there was very bitte movement any. where, excopt at the Produce Lxchange, where ox mont ran high im at least two articles. corn and why ywhich wore in aetive speculative demand at much higher | ices. Western mixed corn sold at the unprecedented | price of $1 20 por bushel. Tt was rumored that there are | imports on (he way from Farope, Whiskey was held at | 76 conts. Flour and wheat wore in demand, and prices | trade oa | to fully patronize this means of portation we hope that those in authority will make such | rules and regulations upon the number of pas sengers these cars are (o carry at « time as will avoid the overcrowding which now takes showed an ad . Outeide of the Produce Exchange. however, bot little war done. Petroleum, cotton, groce- ries, ke. ke., were dull. Freight: were dail, Provisions port, place in them, [t is injurions to health and exceedingly uncomfortable to thas fam into one vehicle what should be o load for two Th e should be proper reguiations upon this subject, and we bops that the matige will be acted upon at ones. NE le Po ae h Designs Ambitions on this Contincnt—Banks' Occupation of ihe Rie Grande. Aggtandizement by colonial possessions is a tradition of powerful governments, and it seems that thero are still statesman who, doapite the progress of civilization and the spread of knowledge into avery quarter of the globe, believe that the possession of extensive colonies is identical with national greatness, prosperity and wealth. Cicero said of Pompey that “his actions and gallantries extended through the same countries and bounds as the course of the sun.’’ That phrase expressed the extent of the colonial enterprises that were originated by Rome and ruined her. Some one has said the same for Great Britain in the kindred declaration that “the sun never sets upon the dominions of the British Queen.” Oppression and enslavement throughout India is the present development of the British colo- nial ambition—that and the Maori war—by which England asserts her sovereign right to slay all the natives of whatever territory she wants. France has the same tradition, but has not been altogether so successful with it as England has; and we may imagine the singular chagrin with which the French statesman of the present day, who may chance to have the colonial mad- ness, must run his eye over the map of North America, especially if he happens to own any of those quaiat old charts which show to what an extent this wonderful country was owned or claimed by France. How the history and fate of Canada, French even to-day, must fill him with regrets; and how he must grieve over the unparalleled loss of the whole country washed by the Mississippi down to the last foothold stamped for France by the name of Louisiana. Napoleon Bonaparte had these colonial ideas, and he looked to Louisiaaa evidently with the faney that when France, in a moment of weak- ness, had relinquished her last hold there she ought to take a new one. Ought we to wonder, then, if the repossession of that territory should grow into an idee Nupoleonienne, and the next of the family should endeavor to develope it? But now we must call Louisiana by the new name that a large piece of it bas taken—tpat is, Texas. Some time ago Richmond was disturbed by a diplomatic difficulty of considerable size, which required for ita settlement no less than an explavation to the people from the Davis government, ond even action on the part of the government of France. Recognition by France, it bad leaked out, was possible, was probable, and had its price. What was the price? Texas. Frauce wanted Texas, aad for the guarantee of its possession would recognize the Southern goverameat—wouid fight, if there were need— and, as France and the Southern States together would probably be too much for Uncle Sam, France would have Texas and the South would have peace. Negotiations were in progress be- (ween French agents in Richmond and consuls in Texas. But this plan was known before the arrangements were mature; the Texans made a row; there was an explosiva, and the diplomatic engineers were “hoist by their own petard;” for Davis denied it all, and induced the French government to disclaim on the surface the ection of ity agents, So ended the first chapter, and General Banks has just now prematurely let the light im om the second. France, f would talked Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, has meant Mexico alone, but Texus, too. ico was the means, Texas the end. But for France to suddenly place a body upon one of the frontiers of the United States, without a very obvious reason, would be an act that would give us the right to inquire what was meant. France, therefore, could not do that. If, however,” there should be a revo- lution ia Tamaulipas. and tae Mexican people, weary of Juarez, &c., should invite the Preach forces to their assistance. could Frauce, as the was the pro- gramme, But General Bonks, whose whole management of this Texas campaign bas beea in every ceapect admirable, came on the scene just in time; and as the development of this plotted revolution depended in some measure | upon the preseace of rebel forces at | Brownsville, the “revolutioni«is” were forced to a prematuse at onsequcat failure. ‘Thus the troops now on the Rio Grande are ours, and France can ouly place troops there by a direct menace to us which we will hardly make. Thus also the exception of Tamaulipas from the French blockarle, which was a price given to the confederacy, fails to be of any benelil, inasmuch as Banks’ occupation entirely ends the contraband trade there, and thus leaves no port in the South, cacept Wilming- ton. opea. Tue Preseoene ano tae Ragas Prost dent Lincoln is constantly cutting of the beads of the radical officebolders ‘» 4 quiet way and adding new evidences that be intends to | follow the conservative course marked out in | his Missouri letter on General Schofield. A | short time since he removed all the Opdyke and | Chase men engaged with the Provost Marchal in the Sixth district in this city, and appointed republicans of another stamp The rumors that | Opdyke is to be appointed Collector are, from the best information thal we can obtain, with. out foundation in fact. The qearre! over that ie an old story, commencing immediately after the State Convention at Syracuse, when the Custom House employes all went against (p- dyke and for Seoator Morgan. An effort was made at that time to bring about a change ia the Custom House; bat i proved @ failure. | The radicals in this locality have not gained any strength at Washington since. if any reli ance can be placed oa rumors If the President desires to cut loowe from the radical influence, be is very foolish fn «pe his time over euch «mall fry ae New York o@ cials, when the great evil is ne, and in his Cabinet. This conve looks very much as if the Presidewt was waiting for the other | side to make the issue, Io thus waiting he allows matters to drift along. While waiting he loves the confidence of ait parties. Gover nor Seymour wavered and hesitated, and ia doing so he threw away the greatest opportu nity that any man bas bad since the days of Jackson. If President Lincoln intends to a complish anything against the radicals he must make the issue, He has the opportunity in bix Cabinet. Let bim strike at the foundation at once; but if be allows the leaders or the roots | to flourish around bim, and amuses himeclf by cutting off a branch here and knocking off a loaf there, which will soon fall of its own ac- vearer | ™ cord, bs will gad ia degoping gf himself, The | : HEAMAYOM YA w YORK HERALD, MONDA | to send food and clothing to our soldiers in Richmond. 11 will come to this: that the rebel prisoners wil! have to be treated precisely ax the Union soldefs in Richmond are; and then Mad Y, NOVEMBER like bold and decided men. This was the secret of Jackson's streagth aad power. He never waited for his opponents to make the issue, nor hesitated before acting, but boldly made it himself, and acted. No man at the present time stands in a better position to make himself a great man than President Lin- coln. Will he size the goidea opportunity, or allow it to slip away t A Few Facts Modesty Stated. American people are now carrying on the greatest civil war the world ever saw. We are sustaining over a million of men in the government service. We are supporting thirty- four thousand rebel prisoners taken in battle. We have just contracted to feed and clothe all the prisoners whom the rebels have taken from us. We feed all the rebels in those portions of the confederacy which fall into our possession. In many cases, as at New Orleans, the rations issued to starving rebels exceed in number those issued to our own soldiers. We have assumed almost the entire charge of the black rage, Two hundred thousand contra- bands are now provided for within our lines. We have established schools for the picanin- nies, and ar® teaching them to re: snd write, and cypher and sew. We work all the planta- tions which the rebels have abandoned. We spend about as much in philanthropy aa in fighting. We have almost a3 many missionaries as generals. We send provisions not only to our own poor and the poor rebels, but also to Treland and to the starving operatives of Eng- land. Seldom before have the necessary cruel- ties of war and the beautiful charities of peace walked so closely hand in hand. We are building a tremendous iron-clad navy for ourselves and another navy for Italy. We are feasting and feting the whole Russian navy ‘at New York and San Francisco; and, although the fleet came here for gunnery practice, the Admiral says that he has not yet found time to fire a shot. About two millions of dollars, in- cluding dresses and diamonds, have been ex- pended upon these festivities. Taken in con- nection with the facts above stated, this will give some idea of our wealth and our resources, At the same time we liberally patronize the drama, the opera, the arts and the sciences. We send many vessels to fight, but we also send out exploring expeditions to the North Pole. Our discoveries and inventions in the art of war are changing the military and naval sys- tems of all Europe. We have cannon, against which fortifications are as fragile as paper, and ships which are almost impregnable to the heaviest shot. Pulaski and Sumter are bat- tered down off-band, and our Monitors shed shot as a duck sheds rain. No European navy is of any account in comparisen with our own, and no European fortress is secure if we choose to attack it. To take Gibraltar would be child's play to the army and navy which have taken Vicksburg. Our first move ina war with Eng- land would be to anchor a Dunderberg oppo- site London, and proclaim our ultimatum of Greek fire or instant capitulation. We have won for ourselves the title of the Hercules of nations. We are cleaning up our own Augean stables at present; but we shall be ready for those of the other continent when our services are required. Perhaps I'rance and England will want to be whipped by and by. If so, we will accommodate them; and we have no objections to throwing a few puoy ers; Hike “Spria, “into tapas of what we shall do by what we have dome. Brother Jonathan is no longer a boy. He ia beginning to get his growth. His present dress is too small for his rapidly developing muscle. He has had to take off his coat to teach the rebels to obey and respect him; and before he puts on that garment again he may feel in the humor to square accounts with the rest of mankind. Tae Exosance or Prisonens—Contaoversy Berwrey rae Commissionens.—The correspond- ence between the commissioners for the ex- change of prisoners on the Union and rebel sides, which has been published, is of a curious and interesting character. A wide difference of opinion exists between them as to which side is in arrear in paroles and exchanges, General Meredith claiming that Mr. Ould is in his debt over five thousand prisoners, and Mr. Ould de claring that the Union government is acting unfairly by the Jeff. Davis concern. and ad- misisteriag to General Meredith some very severe rebukes for want of candor and so forth. itis a quarrel which, as it now stands, may be iMimitable, as both parties are at direct an- tagonfem as to facts. But it is evident that the rebel agent, for seme reason which does aot appear very manifest just now, is not willing to settic the matter by a fair adjustmont, but eather resorts to crotchets and quibbles to spia out the controversy. The rebel government now holds fiteen thousand Union soldiers as prisoners, and it is clear, from ali the facts which reach us every day concerning the state of affairs in the South, hat they are not able to keep them. The pri- soners in Richmond have been in a state of star- vation, not having had a supply even of bread } and water to keep soul and body together till our government seat forward a cargo of provisions and clothing. It is clear that (he rebels cannot feed them. We hold thirty-four thousand rebels in our prisons, and if the course of Commis- sioner Ould is persisted in we shall only have to see which side will have the largest number in six months from now. Bus there is a great difference in the treatment which the rebels receive and *thatto which our men are sub jected in Richmond. The rebels in our | are well fed aad clothed. comfortably housed, and furnished evea with comparative luxuries, such as rations of tobacco and so forth, while, at the same time, we are compelled } perhaps the rebel government will see the evils of the inbumanity they are exercising towards those whom the fortanes of war have left ai their merey. There is nothing like a little ap- | plication of the lee tilionis in desperate cases, | such as this, to bring people to their senses. | But there is one way of effecting a release of | our soldiers and setiling the question of ex- | change without any more correspondence on | the subject: let Mr. Lincoln give General | Meade the order to take Richmond Ficewe Ur ran Raves ov Ovm Amures.— Tt is to be noticed that at present our armies are being rapidly recruited. Deserters are re- turning to the ranks. while conscripts are also assuming their places in the different regiments they are assigned to Since the last demand of the Provident Cer valuateges Ye marks bas bogua * Should the winter pas inactively by—which of these self-evident facts, the people of the South are mad to longer delay a submission | cocas:ons took medictne to proc mouths ago she suspected that | and seemed Hn SHO Wey 1863, are weekly join It is evident that ere long we force in earnest! and ing our forces abal! have a moat numerous and we sincerely bope may votbe the case—we shall have in the spring at least eight bundred thousand disciplined troops under arms, aod the work of crushing the rebellion will thea prove a matier of short duration tn the face which in the eyes of all sensible men is inevite- ble. Our good cause, backed by eo much over- whelming power, must sncoeed Frastr@tion Of Amother Rebel Sememe for @ Foray om Our Sorthers Borde: Bomuaworos, Vi, Now. $2, L805 Cousiderable ets tomsut was Caused youterday to (ha villages of Rouse # Pout aod St Atbaos by reports that & body of rebels ia Moutraal bad planase to see Fort Montgomery, destroy the drawbridge at Kowse® Poot, and plunder Plattsburg aad Burlingtow Information of such a plot reached Goveraor Ganith ‘and Collector Ciapp, of this port, oa Priday. Thoy imme. diately took stops to communicate with the offer ia charge of Fort Moatgomery, who s90a had ita guns manned and ready to give the reargwies a warm recep tion, ‘Tui soheme was probably liviced with the Jovem fiand proect. wwe Fas anti aw» Ample proparationa have made by Govorane Smith to repel auy attack which may be made upon our bofders Marotzek's Orst season will close this wook, during which the long promised and anxiouaty oxpectod ( wat"* will be produced. Tho soasoa wilt thus oad with groat eclat, and spite of the drawbacks which seem eyor to at- wad operatic affairs here, with a satisfactory result to tho management. There bas beea a squabble betwoea Maretzek and Madame Sedori, a3 wa “have announced be- fore, atl about a dgmino, and, a5 far as we cao ascortaia, the matter is not as yet settied. In the meaawhils, that tho Public may oot suffer any disappointments, Maretrak bas engaged the favorite prima dovna, Madame Virg'nia Lo- rini, who made ber first appearance here for the seaavn on Saturday evening last, with immensefsuccess, in Doni- zotti’s groat opera, ‘“Lucrezia Borgia.”’ Wo have already givon an account of the performauce, which was au ad- mirabia ono Mme Loriai is bayoad doubt a most accomplished artist. Her voice is trash aud py the highest degree. Sho vocaliz’ with @ aicety and Preciaion of execution auch as are soidom equalled, and has aa extended a repertuire as any of the most colebrated Europoau artists. Asa proof of this may be cited the act that Mme. Lorini sang last season. while the pruna donna of Mr. Grau's troupe, twenty di‘forent operas in aa many night3—a jmusical feat of ao email importance, and proving beyond a doubt the great capability of the We dweli with pleasure upou these facts, be- cause Mine. Loriai is an Amorican artist, who haa by caroful study so cultivated hor great taleat aa to ‘Sbo hag sung with succoss ia Europe, and hag thus addod to tho prestige gained by American art abroad. ‘Tho good peo- ple of tho Old World are waking up to the fact that we caa produce great artists as well a3 great machines, and we artist. assume by right a front rank in hor provession, are naturally duly gratified thereat. opera will be given every evening thia week. ‘To-night-Mozart’s “‘Doa Giovanni’ will be repeated. Ou the cocasion Of its frat represeatation this seasoa, last Friday evening, the Academy of Music was crowded to overflowing. Evory seat in ths house was taken, and hundreds of persons stood in the lobbies. The perform ance was very succossful. THE POPULAR MATINERS. loss attractive for that. Tho Qthostra playod wi groat ensemble and effect tures, quafriiies and polkas, Mr. boil, the favorite baritone, sang ia concert waa a great success Wo rocommend this under- taking to the patronage of the public. matter of popular amusement and beset + THE MINSTRELS. taiomonts. They attract immense crowds nightty by jn- tive of amusements. ‘The Park Yeaterda —More Donations. evergreens a commerce the construction of tholr house, near the Con sorvatory Pond, this morning. Oui therefore, need not fear they will be put to any incoave the seasou opens. and others areon the way. in the grousds:— T. Daly, Esq. Six coal black ducks fram Hravil, proseated by Thomas Richardaon, kay. One heabawk (a foe bird), fom Hugo Farrelly. Ka. A large ringtailed monkey {rom Costa Rica, by Captain Joseph Scott, of Hudsoa City. ‘Two parroquets, of a fine green color, from Porto Rico, presented by George Latimer bay A very large opossum, presented by Miss G. E, Tread. well, of Red Bauk. ‘Those who have rare animats and birds will sooo fod that by contribating their specimens to the Park collec: tiowthey not only confor a public beueilt, bat have the pleasure of seeing their own animats and birds well cared for. Nor do thoy tose the opportunity of observing the pecatiarities of their own natural curiosities, but in- toad can also sea those of other contributors, which, but for the Park, they perhaps would never have Wed the chance of doing. City Polittes. Colunel Bagley, of the Sixty-ointh,shas received the Movart and MeKoon nominations, and Mr. Shandley the Banmmany nomination, for Police Justice of the Fifth dis- | trict Coroner's Office, Anornios Case In Graxo Stemet—Corunee Reuney held an inquest yosterday§at No, 264 Grand street upoo the body of Mra. Letitia Robertson. a native of Kngiand, aged thirty years, wu0 died from the offcts of an abortion, procured at her own hands Charles F. Robertson, the iwsband of deceased, testified that she had been in very delicate health for a loag time, Sbe bad been pregnant a number of times, and on two abortion. About two 9 was in the family way, almost ernzy at idea, and commenced to bring on an abortion. She took blood and on the oight of ber death ued a taking medye root, tanzy, wire, which ht on bleeding. Death totlowed in about five minutes after the bleeding. Witness was post tive that nothing was given to decoased except by ber self, aud that no violence was ased, except what le had previously stated, 1. Wooster Beach made a part mortem examination of tne body of the deceased, and gave it as lis opinion that death way caused by a nervous shock resulting (om the injary im question The jury rendered a verdict ia accordan: with the ov) dence of tbe physician xy DRowsen. —Ao unknown tan was (ound drowoed at foot of Market street, on Saturday. The body was sant to the dead house at Hellevue Hospital, (or weatih. cation, by order of Coroner Naumav Pours News or taroaraxoe—tv ston —SRoREraRy Crass Rienasien.—We liable authority that the resignation « ef Juation Hoger 1, Taney js now in the bands of the President. Wo resignation of Mr. (Baye, av Secretary the hands of the President, tors to pay our armies up to the first of the preseat moat rt POMSUMENT FOR ATTEMPTING TO DEFRAUD THs ro aad cultivated to ‘The groat success of Mme. Lorin in Brooktyo, in Verdi's “Rroani,” and hore in “Lucrezia,” should induce Maret- weak Lo produce these operas, with this favorite artist ia the principal roles, on our reguiar opera nights. That ho wou'd do 80 were the season not so noar its close is cor- tain. As it is, we shalt have tha pleasure of heariug Mute. Lorin’ on the off nights, as we are assured Lbat Mr. Thoodore Thomas soems to have offonded tho storm gods,as thoy invariably pour down showers of rain upon his newly started Satarday concert matinees. Of course there was a it audience Irv: aft hee Sine Weg was raged symphootes, over- Ss. C. Camp- fine styio ering uod ballads. Two young prodigies—Mastors Bornard and Emil—piayed the violin and coruet « piston in 60 au. perior a manner as to olicit great applause. Insbort, the {t is iatended to be music of a high order @ euch prices as shall make i & Bl ies Wood's, Beyanis’, George Christy's, and Alooley’s at Hrookiyn, stil! conttauo their uantially prosperous eatar- dicious changes wm their programms; aod by keeping their performances up to the bighast standard of thelr Although the apyroueh of winter is plainly (0 be seca ow the Park, still the grounds are very attractive. Tho now in thri¢ glory, their more briltians ighbors having dissppesr.d. Tho Park authorities havo already commenced eracting the buildings get apart for skating purposed, and the New York Skating Ciub wilt skating (rionds, nioncs this year, but will be allowed to skate as 000 98 Several donations have réeceutly basa seot to the Park, The following are alcoady A targe specimen of the snapping turtia, presented by Doubts baving boon exprosaed in regard to the truth of the statement that Genora! Buraside was to be relisved bis command by General Foater, it may be woll to ‘tate that the order for the change was isausd on the 16t4 saat. and Genera! Burnside is ordered to roport te tho Adjutant General in thia city. GOVERNMENTAL PAYMANTS FOR THE FISCAL Teak 1862-63. ‘Ths paymoate for all brancuos of the public service for he Gecal year eading with the last of June wore $993,090,000, of which amount $409,000,000 wore for the @OVERNMENT AND THB SOLDIERS. ‘Tus following oficial uotice of the conviction and sem (eoce, by court martial, of John K. Stetler, of Phitadet- tootiary at Albany, Now York, or at the Sscretary of War may direct, for ‘Toe ee sentence bas been approved tno pace of esatnenent, which han Noon the piace cont _wi (uo Prostdoat. E. D, TOWNSEND, THK SPEAKERSHIC OF THE HOUSE. indications at this time Mr. Golfax has the inside tracks He ia very confident of success, an also the friends of Mr. Waauburne pretend to be. Tus contest sooms to be aar rowed down to thease two geatiemen. No candidate promineatiy mentioned by the opposition as yol. down two or thre daye since om the Potomsc, on route» for Charleston, was discovered last night, about tweive o'clock, to bo sinking at thowhart. The Gre ¢agines wore rua oul, aud after throe hours hard labor the water wae suiicieatly lowered in ber hold to euable (he Gremen te rokindle the froe and start the aloamer’s pumps. As Ue voasel is perfectly now no tittle sensation has ‘beea Coda #:0ned, and @ commission bas been appointed lo imyeati- tigate the circumstances at once THE PAYMENTS TO THE SOLDMBS. ‘A oumbor of paymasters ace in tho. city, waiting Cor: funds with which to visit theatmy. The heavy draisa receatly made upon the Treasury (or payjng tho teGope have somewhat embarrassed the Departmont, aud ren- dored a trifling dolay unavoidable. A fow days will aaf- fice, It is believed, however, to obviate the diffoulty permanently. PHNSION OFFICE REGULATIONS. All porsous transacting business with the Pennies Of. | fice will be required to file in that office evidence thet they bave taken out the license required by the Bxotee - taw. The fect may be shown by a certificate from the Collector from whom the License wad obtained, or by & copy of the license duly authenticated, ‘ THR GOVERNMENT PBINTBRS AND BOOKBINDURS. At a meeting of the Bookbinders’ Association, beld last evening, 8 communication from Mr. Defrees, the Superia- (endeat of Public Printing, waa read, conceding thelr de. mand (or oighteen dollars per week from the tet of De- comber. Tho resolution to suspend work was resciaded, ‘and all who dosire to retarn to work previous to the txt proximo, at the old wages, until that date, are permitted to do #0. Accordingly at the governmeat WiBdery will be n - modiatoly returning to duty. This concession by Mr. Defrees upoa the ground that the private P Labments had agreed to the terms demanded, thus em.“ ‘bling bim to do #0 undor tho [aw, ‘Tho printers have not yet struck, tho rules of the Ty- pographica! Asgociation requiring that the resolution demanding an increase shouid lay over one month before final action. It will doubsiew be passed at the next wmouthiy mosting, and, unless agreed to, there wil! bea Geusral strike of tue typographical (ratoruity in this city. Brigadier Gonoral S. Moredith, who Waa injured at Get - tysburg, bas boon placed in command of the First divi- sion, First army corps. General Cutter returns to the command of the ‘Iron Brigads,"’ of that division THE COLORADO PUBLIC LAND Satna. To the case of the public lands in the Territory of Cote rado, eatered for pre-emption with thy Surveyor Goggrat, Previous (o the ostabliahiweat of the Land office, and the payment for which is required by aw to bo mide withia twelve montis from the date 0 entry, but which pay mont covid bot be mide the Lagi offi not having bem established :@ (| October , 1353, Judge B'monds, dom missioner of Public Lands, bas decided, aod his decision has beeo approved by the -eerotary of the tavertor, that tho twoeive months ta which paymoat must be mado alall be computed from the date of the opening of tbe Laud Nice in that Territory. THR COMMAND OF THR CONVALESORNT CAMP, Lieatenaat Colons! McKelvey haa been roliovod, ab his own request, from bis post as commandaat of the Coavaiesoent Camp, 20d is succeeded by Brigadior Gene. cil Aborcrompie. City Intetligence. Tuawasa:vinc AwoxG tan Co.orm Onrdana —We ace informed by the managers of the Colored Orphaa Asylum that their chilaren bave been removed to Car- maosville, This healthful location bas{doubtless promoted: an appetite for a gogd Thanksgiving dinner, to which the public are respectfully invited tocontribute. Poultry, stable tc. way be sent to Caroline Stokes, 3B stroet, Mrs. C. Tannon, No, 7 Padt Fiftecath Wright, 74 Rast streot,and Maria Willets, 2 West Thirty-tourth street. Covsrenvetr Mowny.—Well executed counterfeit “fves’’ on the Adams Bark of North Adams, Maas., were in ote- culation in this city on Saturday night. The pollcee made a number of arreats, and pul a stop to the game Wefore it waa scarce begun, Tam Fastivat ov St, Cxctisa.—The Society of St. Cecilia, of the church of St. Vincent de Paul, celebrated the feast of its patron saint, last evening, by a sscred concert ia the church. Srureosoorricos Exitntiova.—There are nightly exhidt- tions of the Stereoscopticon at Hope Chapel. These ‘viows take onc to all the celebrated places of the wortd— ia his mind's eye. Ansvat. Masriva of tae New Exotavo So.oues’ Reve Asociation.—The annual meeting of the New Engiaad Soldiers’ Relief Association will be held at the New Kiag- Jand roome, No. 194 Broadway, this (Monday) Rather by hialf-past seven o'clock, All members of the axsoc with their families, are invited to be present, as ail (rieods of thie institution, of Government Bonds. Paicaveuraia, Nov 22, 1468 ‘The subscription agent reports the sale of 61,019,050 ia five-twenties onBatarday, aud during the week $6,517 459. Moat of the subseriptions come from the Wost and border States. Maryland, Keotucky, Missour! aod Kansas coa- tributed largely. There is no better iatication of the aties than the continuation of theva The Comcussati, Nov. 22, 1943 Miles Greenwood's machine shops,on the corner of Canal and Walnut streots, were partiaily destroyed by fire at one o'clock this morning fos qhout $200,000. Toeurance $100,000. One dreman was cilled a0 covere’ wounded by the felling walle Shipwreck and Loss of Lite. Hrawwus, Mase, Nov. 28, 1865