The New York Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1864, Page 6

JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDIQOR AND PROPRIETOR WeTMOE M. W; COREE OY FULTON AND NASSAU STS. me sae eee ‘None but bank bills current ta Up oder AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. IBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Connix Soocau. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway.—Rosenate. yg GARDEN, BOLIMPIC THEATRE, Brondway.—A Bout i 4 Cutxa |, Broadway.—Ticeer oy Leave — BOWEBY SHE ASR. Bowery. —Mazzrra~ Catom ALi tax Wortn’s a Stace. BOWBRY THEATRE, “Bowery.—Ric Wousx 4xp Hur Dowe=Lorn Lorei—Joun Worrs, ‘3. MUSEUM, Broadway.—Frexca Gu bs Bees, Gurr Bor, Liniirvrian Kiva, Gan. Gnaxt, @o.,a4 all hours, Yicxet or Leave Maw. At Sand 732 Pie TANTS’ MINST! Se ee ous Famicy, LINSTREL Hal Broad Era denen Dancsa decBaunoay Heresy Stores NIBLO'S SALOON, Broadway.—Bouxmian G ine. AMERICAN TREATRE. No. 444 Broad! —Batuers, PAanTomiurs, a —Hovse Thar dice Be ut, BROADWAY AMPHIT .B, 435 Broadwar.—Grv. ye AND Eqvms7nlax PxuronMaNcas, Afternoon aud HOPE CHAPEL, 718 Broadway.=T a en Miusos or tux Unieensn Ee Steaxoscovrican et, NICHOLAS HALL, Brosdway.=Minnon or tux Re- REM FORE MUSEUM. OF ANATOMy, 618 B Bs AND LECTURES. from 9 A. M. ‘till LO ee HOOLEY'S OPERA HO en Buniesquns, 46. Brooklyn.—Erwrorian TRIPLE SH “Sew ¥ York, Tuesday, January 19, 1864. ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE “COUNTRY. Advertisements for the Wresty Herat must be band- e6in before ten o'clock overy Wednesday evening. Its circulation among the euterprising mechanics, farmers, Morobants, manufacturers and gentlemen throughout the Country is increasing vory rapidly. Advertisements in- sorted in tho Wasxrr Herat will thus be seen by a large Portion Of the active and onergetic people of the United States. ©THE SITUATION. ‘Our latest dates from Charleston are to the 15th inst., and came by the Arago yesterday. Gen. Gillmore has removed his headquarters to Hilton Hoad until the spring. No firing on Fort Sumter thas taken place since our last accounts. The rebels continue to fortify the ruins as~best they can. The shelling of the city continues slowly and irregularly. It is said that the rebel rams are preparing for a raid upon our fleet in the harbor. A neval expedition up Morrell'’s Inlet destroyed @ rebel schooner lying there, loaded with cotton, rosin and turpentine, and drove off the enemy's cavalry from their lurking places on shore. A skirmish occured near St. Augustine, Fla., be- | | tween a small guard of our force—the Tenth Con- | necticut and the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts— and Dickenson’s rebel cavalry. The guard was protecting a body of men employed in cutting wood for the garrison; but they were surprised and worsted, Lieut. Walker, the commandant, being killed, together with twenty-one’of the Connecticut regiment and four of the Massachusetts. Our news from the South to-day is very full and interesting, includes very copious extracts from the rebel journals up to the 15th instant. The approaching spring campaign is looked for with solicitude, and the people are urged to make the most vigorous battle of which they are capa- ble, as everything isat stake and ‘‘a giant danger presses." A large party of Union troops, cavalry and in- fantry, under General Marson, lately made a raid from Point Lookout into Westmoreland, Northum- berland and Richmond counties, Virginia, destroy- ing large quantities of grain, pork and bacon, some tanneries, with all their hides and other stock; burning a bridge at Farnham’s creek, and taking twenty-five prisoners and a number of horses, mules, cattle and sheep. The flotilla rendered them much assistance at some points, EUROPEAN NEWS. The steamship Columbia arrived at St. Johns on Sunday evening, with two days later news from Europe. She left Galway on the 5th instant and sailed for Poston on Supday, at four o'clock. The London journals say little about American affairs. The Zines publishes a letter from its se- ceasion correspondent at Liverpool, admitting the progress which the North has made, but prophesy- ing greater difficulties in the future campaigns and the final collapse of its financial policy. It is again confidently asserted the Archduke Maximilian has positively accepted the throne of Mexico, that the understanding between him and Napoleon was perfect and that capitalists are ready to back him to any amount. It is said that he will soon visit Paris, and will start for Mexico in March, with strong reinforcements of French troops. The London News says that Gen. Forey obtained a promise from the United States gov- ernment not to dispute the Mexican monarchy, and that France has made promises in return rela- tive to the confederacy. The rebel steamer Florida had completed her repairs at Brest, and anchored about two hundred yards from the Kearsarge. She wouldjail in February. A French vessel will accompany each, at an interval of twenty-four hours. The Holstein question continues to be very ex- citing. The Danish government has called out fourteen thousand veteran troops, and the King in & recent proclamation says that the motto of “Honor to the Country” shall be upheld by force of arms if necessary at any sacrifice. Meantime the Danish troops had evacuated Hol- stein, including the six villages north of the Elder, whioh"are geographically part of Schleswig, but had been incorporated with Holastein. The London Times eays that peace can hardly be said to be unbroken even now. The Austrian proposal to the Federal Diet that | highly satisfactory. the Prince of Augustenburg be immediately sum- The Board of Councilmen did bot orga NEWYORK HERALD, TUESDAY, qanvaRy 19, 1864,=TRIPLE Bat Easter, It. Shares were taken briskly in England, and it was said that both the French and United States governments would bid for her at auction on the 14th. Tt was announced that four fast screw steamers, twenty-five hundred tons each, are to be placed on the line between London and New York by the 1) basen Money seat by mail will be | British and American Steam Navigation Company in March, gene CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday a resolution was adopt- ed requiring the corporations of Washington and Georgetown to establish a general system of vac- cination. The bill to promote enlistments was reported back from the Military Committee. A bill to establish an emancipation bureau was in- troduced and referred to the select Committee on Slavery. A resolution was introduced by Mr. Sumner to abolish the color qualification in carry- ing the mails. Mr. Wilson's resolution for the expulsion of Senator Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, ‘was referred to the Judiciary Committee. A reso- lution was adopted requesting the Secretary of the Navy to communicate the action of the inves- tigating board in regard to the grades of naval officers. Petitions for a ship canalaround Niagara Fall were presented and referred. The resolutions of thanks to Generals Hooker, Meade, Howard, Burnside and Banks, and their officers and mon, were adopted. Mr. Sumner’s resolution in refer- ence to the taking of the oath by Senators was made the special order for half-past twelve to- day. A bill for the incorporation of the North American Land and Emigration Company was introduced and referred to the Agricultural Com- mittee. The Enrolment bill was then taken up, and after some discussion and the agreement with a few amendments, a vote on the bill in its entirety was taken, and it was passed by thirty in the affirmative to ten in the negative. A vote of thanks to Mr, Cornolins Vanderbilt, for the pre- sentation to government of the steamship Vander- bilt, was adopted, and after an executive session the Senate adjourned. In the House of Representatives Mr. Dawson, of Pennsylvania, offered a preamble and resolution to require the President, by proclamation, 'te declare that when any State now in rebellion shall submit to the government, all hostilities against her shall ce and shall be considered again in the Union, with the full possession of all her former rights and institutions. They were Iaid on the table by seventy-nine yeas to fifty-six nays. The resolution in favor of an inquiry into the ex- pediency of exempting clergymen from the draft was tabled by a large majority. The resolution of Mr. Cox, for the appointment of a Board of Com- missioners to negotiate with the rebels for an ex- change of prisoners and to take the matter out of the hand: of General Butler, was laid on the table by 91 to 56. The use of the hall was granted to the Christian Commission to hold their anniversary mecting. The Senate resolutions for a revival of the Commit- tee on the Condnet of the War was reported back from the Military Committee, with an amend- ment authorizing thrm to inquire into all contracts made with any of the departments, and to sit at such times and places as they may think proper during the recess, and in this form was adopted. The Ways and Means Com- mittees were instructed to inquire into the expediency of abolishing the import duty on printing paper. A resolution for an ad- journment on the third Monday in April was of- fered, but, objection being made, was laid over. A pill to give chaplains tlre rank of cavalry cap- Committee. Mr. Cox offered a resolution, which was objected to, and laid over, calling on the Secretary of War for a commu- nication from General Morgan to Adju- tant General Thomas in reference to the evacu- ation of Cumberland Gap. Leave was asked, but refused, to make a report from the Committee on the Rebellious States. A resolution, offered by Mr. Harding, of Kentucky, in reference to the rights of States, as against the supreme control of the general government, was referred “to the Committee on the lious States. A resolution was adopted in- structing the Military Committee to inquire into the expediency of placing General Robert Ander- son on the retired list, with full pay and allow- ances. A preamble and resolution offered by Mr. Smith, of Kentucky, declaring it the duty of the government to put down the rebellion, at all hazards and atall costs, was adopted by 112 in the affirmative to 16 inthe negative. Some other business of a miscellaneous character was adopt- ed, aod the House adjourned. THE LEGISLATURE. The State Senate transacted no business yester- day for want of-a quorum. In the Assembly a petition was presented from gas consumers for relief. Bills were noticed to regulate the rate of interest charged by pawn- brokers and to amend the Assessment laws, and one was introduced to rebuild the locks on the Chemung Canal. A resolution was adopted calling | upon the Harlem Bridge Commissioners for infor- the act of 1861, for rebuilding the bridge. solution calling for an investigation into the condi- tion of the soldiers on Riker’s Island was also adopted, and the House adjourned. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The steamer Mlinois, from Aspinwall, arrived | at this port yesterday afternoon. She brings us interesting news from South America. From Sal- vador we learn thet at the latest date matters looked better, and the Christmas festivities passed off with great rejoicings at the new capital. Some suffocated the idea ina moment. The elections were to commence on the 3d instant. ernmental monopoly for the sale of liquors had again permitted. A serions revolt had broken out in the State of Antioquia, in the republic of New Granada. Some four thousand revolutionists were in connection with the party of General Flores. Taking everything together, Mosquera was mak- “ing very slow progress towards the incorporation of the three independent republics into the an- cient Confederation of Colombia. Nevertheless this seems to be the only chance for the trne vital- ity of the independent governments of South Ame- rica. Our correspondent in Salt Lake City sends ug a copy of the message of Acting Governor Reid, of Utah, to the Territorial Legislature, and other in- teresting matter from that region. The condition of affairs in the Territory is represented ae very flourishing ; the mining interesta are attracting unusual attention, and legislation is recommended to meet the ‘‘new era’’ which the Governor says is dawning upon the Territory. The progress of the Pacific Railroad is the subject of congratala- tory allusion. Indian hostilities have ceased; a sentiment loyal to the Union generally prevails, and the financial condition of the Territory is moned to leave the Duchies was rejected by a vote evening for want of a quorum, ~ ‘ of nine to seven. fit is the general belief in Copenhagen that the Hon. A. D, Russel, *@ newly Judge, took French and English (feet will soon appear in the | | of Tah ’ Danish WAters. Large reinforcements will be sent | pleaded guilty of stealing & to the island of Funen. carpe Magiledt wa tis cae A was sentenced to the for one year, the | terfeit five dollar bill, con pay Bak ap oon bre y Neer }d In the | Gotlieb Schoen pleaded pit te Ba ar erat hope that beneficial results may pase be dee j prison for two ik rived by France from the Chinese and the Mexican expeditions, It is very pacific in tone towards 40r's acuome for a gougresg, victed or ® gold Mpite, oad se Se aT "Beveral Rawis and Poland, and loudly extols the Emp@ | other cases were disposed of, and the journed until this morning at eleyeg o’clecks tains was introduced and referred to the Military | Rebel- | i | Times sent to Richmond expressly to bolster mation as to what steps they have taken, under | The re- | cheers for Barrios were attempted, but the people | The gov- | been abolished and the exportation of tobacco | nize lay g of Noth : ieee city marae tombe ad The hearing in the Olmstead case was to have adjourned till to-day at three P.M. Counsel for the accused has placed in the hands of Marshal Murray quite 6 long statement, written by him in self-defence, and which will be submitted to-day. The final decree in the case of the prize steamer Stettin will be rendered ina few days. There was 4 hearing before the Prize Commissioners yester- day as to the vessels entitled to a share fee Proceeds. The Surrogate yesterday heard testimony rela- tive to the will of the late Henry H. Raymer. The estate is valued at $50,000, and the will is contested by the widow of the deceased. Ac- counts have been settled by the Surrogate in the estates of Caleb Kirby, Patrick Kerwin, Joseph Rushton, John C, Hunter and Ann Gregg, de- ceased. ‘The stock market opened activeand buoyant again yes- terday morning, with a further rise in prices, Heriom Railroad was taken hold of by the speculators and run up to 101—an advance since Saturday of five anda balf per cont. The excitement in the gold market continued, and the premium touched 594%, which is less than twelve per cont under the highest rate yet obtained. The bank statement is very unfavorable, and fears are entertained that trouble in the money market may ensue in conse- quence of the increased contraction in loaps and discounts. ‘A crisis of some sort in monetary affairs is evidently ap- proaching, sad outsiders are admonished to make ample Preparations to méet it. Tho sudden and radical change in gold quotations had the effect to unsettle the markets for merchandise apd render prices fluctuating and uscertain yesterday, and the amount of business reported in most articles was consequently light, In somo articles a more active trade was occasioned, however. At the Produce Exchange tho effect was apparent in the higher prices of flour and grain, Provisions were without marked change. Gro- cories wore beld at higher prices, and business thereby restricted, Cotton was firmer, Petroleum was bisher, tho result of a pretty active export demand, Freigbta were firm. The War and the Presidency—Immediate Submission the Only Policy of Southern Safety. The military preparations of the administra- tion broadly foreshadow a crushing campaign against the shattered diminished, divided and demoralized forces of the. rebellion with the return of spring.. The loyal States, from Maine to California, have declared themselves, with unmistakable emphasis, in favor of an overwhelming prosecution of the war, The administration, pledged to this po- licy, is thus bound to carry it out. Upon this issue President Lincoln is in the field for an- other term; and, having the men and the means at his command sufficient for the grand purpose in view against al! probable contingencies, he will undoubtedly employ them to any extent that circumstances may demand. In a word, President Lincoln must put down the rebellion before November next or be defeated as a Pre- sidential candidate. We see, accordingly, that he is preparing for the spring campalgn a cordon of armies and a system of combined operations which can hardly fail of complete success, ‘and that the War Office, in view of the Presidential election, is working wifh extraordinary | energy and sagacity to win the prize. | The time for trifling, for doubtful enterprises, | rash experiments, serious disasters and waste- Tul delays has gone by. and the time has come | when nothing but decisive action will save the administration and the party in power. They know this: but they are confident of complete euceess from the overwhelming advantages | which they command for a decisive military | campaign. Nor can there be any doubt of the issne if we look but for a moment at the pre- sent crippled afl hopeless condition of the re- bellion in this contest against the irresistible | and stil increasing forces and resources of the Union. What says the correspondent of the London up the sinking cause of Jeff. Davis? He says substantially that unless the rebel Congress can rise to the power of working miracles there will soon be such fearful suffering and misery | throughout the rebellious. States as the world has never seen. But we have, to the same effect, a more potential voice from the State capital of North Carolina. The Raleigh Daily Progress, in an editorial which we transfer to this paper, opens an appeai for peace in behalf of the suffering Southern people | with the pointed and significant declaration that “peace alone can, prevent starvation.” He says “it is folly to talk of there being supplies } enough in the country” (the country under the | dominion of Davis); for there are not sup- | plies therein to keep its poor people from starv- | ing. He says, too, that “when the currency of | the government ceases to serve asa means of trade, and will no longer buy what the soldiers | and the people want, the army and the people will resolve themselves into 2 mob, and those who have misied and ruined them will have to | fly for their lives.” This editor speaks thus | from the interior of the rebellion; and we may | be sure that he would not so speak with impu- | nity if there were not a sustaining public opin- | jon behind him too powerful for the bayonets of Davis. We say, therefore, let the people and the exit diers of the rebellious States revolt against | their rebel rulers, turn them sdvift, and submit to the Union withent further delay. The peo- ple concerned have thus offered to them an in- | viting way of safety and their only way of escape from impending famine and raim. Let them overthrow their rebel despotism, bring back the rebellious States to the Union and they will secure at once not only peace and plenty from the abundance of the loyal States, but the balance of power ie oyr Presidential election. Let a popular revolt be started in North Carolina against Jeff. Davis, and his exhausted and intolerable | despotiem will come to an end in twenty days. Within three months thereafter every rebellious State, from Virginia to Texas, may be fully re- stored to the Union; and thus the South, in the | exercise of its balance of power, may elect our next President and restore a constitutional con- servative majority to both bonses in the next Congress. The alternative of continued submission to Davis, involving continued resistance to the Union, will inevitably result in bringing the pd and all its borrors of spoliation, subjuga- agation, fire and sword into the heart ‘olina gud the cotton States, to be rll oobi rath to oe eae ii . oe ees for his overthrow, a8 own deliverance. a9 rd Unjgg is, in truth, Southern , and the Carolina, on their own account, queation in a single day. followed by just such terms of iy le of settle SEbSekce Messi ees ESSERE Of the Blockade ne IE Sn izing the exaction o,° bonds on ‘aie to Nassau and other sus; ated ports, that thoy shall not be reshipped ia aid *f the rebellion, has not only utterly failed to er) the result anticipated by the friends of the messure, but it bas deriously interfered with and injured the trade of this port. It is woll known that the business of block- ade running has been and atill is as sys- tematically and regularly carried on @be tween Nassau and Wilmington aa our trade between this port and Nassau; and the commu- nication with the rebels by this means has been more complete and the mails more frequently and regularly trapsmitted between these points than before the commencement of the rebellion. Not only this, but thero has been a greater number of arrivals of vessels at either Charles- ton or Wilmington from foreiga ports within a given time, and a greater amount of goods im- ported there, than was ever entered during a like period in their palmiest peaceful days. These goods consist of everything needed by the rebels to aid them in prolonging the war, the greater portion of which were shipped di- reot from Great Britain, her North American possessions and France. It is. true that our trade with Nassau and many other ports of the West Indies has increased very largely—at least one hundred per cent—but ft is well known that the bulk of the goods carried Into the rebel ports is direct from ports in Europe. Steamers and ships of the largest class have been regularly plying between ports in Great Britain and Nassau, bringing immense cargoes— more, perbaps, in one single vessel than is shipped from this port during an entire month. The distance, it is true, is greater; but there the business is conducted openly. Stock com- panies age formed to carry it on systematically, cargoes are insured against capture by federal cruisers at Lloyd’s, and traders find no reatric- tions placed on their business. Here it is different. Under the rules and regulations adopted by our government the honest and loyal trader, as well as the rebel from any of these suspected ports, is met by almost insurmountabte obstacles and hin- drances at every turn. He comes here, not be- cause he can obtain goods cheaper—for all that he wants, except provisions, can be obtained as cheaply on the other side of the water—but be- cause he has been accustomed to trade here, and can. do so with less loss of time. After his purchases are made he must,~on shipping his goods, give bonds in double their value. that they shall not reach the rebel States, and he may be held for the amount of his bond through all subsequent transfers of said Goods, and until he obtains a satisfactory certificate that the Iast barrel of flour and the last remnant of calico has been consumed outside the limits of Rebeldom. These stringent measures and regulations have had the effect not only of crippling our export trade to neutral ports, but it has very seriously affected our imports, and tended ma- terially to decrease our revenue. When the restrictions here amount to a prohibition our customers must go a little further to obtain their supplies. Take, for example, the trade in cattle between this port and the West Indies. A year or two ago ulmost weekly shipments were made to different points there, and it has never been claimed that they were ever sent to the rebels. Yet now our customers are compelled to go to the British provinces for their supplies, and the trade isso great that a line of steamers has been established between Halifax and Bermuda, the principal business of which is to carry live stock, the profits on which, for some reason, have been denied our own citizens. Practical, common sense and loyal business men ask our government why these restric- tions are continued when it is found that they so utterly fail to accomplish the end sought. Why seek to drive customers from our markets when we have the goods to sell? Let our markets be opened to the trade of the world” Take off your restrictions, on everything not contraband of war, and not attempt to block- ade the entire coast of Rebeldom at the New York Custom House. Let trade resume its old and natural chan- nels between Europe and our port, and the revenue from duties on increased imports will be sufficient to equip and send out enough ves- sels to capture every blockade runner on our coast. Take off your restrictions, and, if neces- sary, issue letters of marque to a thousand light draught, fast sailing steamers and vessels, send them on their mission, with orders to hang the first and every American citizen caught in making the attempt to give aid and comfort to the enemies of his country, and ero three months have passed blockade running will be known only among the things of the past. Avroonapn Henxters ano Oruer Bores.--Dr. | Johnson, when asked which was the better of two contemptible rhymers, answered that ‘it was impossible to distinguish between a louse and a flea; and we should have the same dif- ficulty if we attempted to distinguish between the littleness of the autograph hunters and the “correspondents” and “letter writers” referred to in the annexed note. All are bores alike, and it is unfortunate, in relation toan appeal to such fellows, that no bore can possibly be made to fancy that he is the person referred to. Some Bohemians in the city are regularly re- tained as correspondents by country papers, and often the same one writes to a dozen dif- ferent provincial sheets. Kvery now and then these fellows have up men like General Scott, and recount his opinions, “expressed at their interviews with him,” &., &c. General Seott gives us an idea of the authenticity of these stories. Though we hardly believe the veteran can get rid of the noble army ef bores by this mild process, we print his note with pleasure:— eLwereNanT Gpara Beort, & third time, ontreats the forbearance of correspondents. Ho stil! recelves thrice the amber of letters he can read, and a multitude more than he can acknowledge. To open applications for autographs alone he finds oppressive, though it is long since he bas ‘answered one; and be hopes to be pardoned for adding that bis observations on men and events are often mis- reprosented by letter writers he has not seen. As soon as aman gets a great name every vi men who have become it, bAloe i always been eunoyed in this man- ner. Just as “ Lieutenant General Scott” pro- tests against the nuisance, co “Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington” had very often to do the eathe. Indeed the great Englishman was 60 Ba way toa bo bea notes aes junters ste ledge = ote te t pdt he rages seo ine Trae ace yopaie, Gus 1 the todltens ek law Benai My race, aaswored 4 note full of re. | arriving now in this city could author. {-Lustl & give de aatoftaph, to which pat Ghas Se country ie engaged in the ae fusat Se bis name. We know of @ gohtlo- Ml rugs Sn orld sot 01 man whose Sutograph fs io considerable de- mand who receives @hite & sum in postage stamps, enclosed to propay the postage on the desired treasure. He has @go been able to make a very nice colleotion of note paper from the game source. At the present pricd of paper this last is quite an item, and we commend fhe idea te those who suffer in this way. Ickmoraiit! Our Publig Schools, Only @ few days ago we were shocked by the revelations éf gross immorality and dis- graceful mismsnagemient in tho Boston House of Refuge. Men and women, boys and girls were compelled to strip and bathe in the same room; and the females were horribly beaten and half-atarved by « brutal Superintendent. But in our disgust at the uncivilized conduct of the Boston authorities we must not overlook that of some of our own officials. At the meet- ing of the Board of Education of this city on Wednesday evening last a communication was received from the Thirteenth ward school officers showing that the representative of that ward had been requested to resign his position in the Board of Education, and urging that, as the member had not resigned, he should be igno- miniously dismissed. No doubt there must be very serious facts to justify such an unusual and important communication, and the whole matter ought to be at once investigated, par- ticularly as reports are current concerning some of our school officers which prove New York to be no furthor behind Boston in im- morality than in anything else. It appears, from these recently published re- ports, that rumors were in circulation some time ago in regard to an improper intimacy between a school officer and one of the lady teachers in his ward. Theso rumors were so plausibly stated that the school officers appointed a committee of investigation. The committee proceeded to a little place on Long Island called Waverley, and there took testi- mony and collected evidence. Several persons deposed that the school officer and member of the Board of Education referred to had come to Waverley with one of the lady teachers, passed her off as his wife, slept in the same room and bed with her, indulged in milk punches and fornication, and otherwise disgraced himself and the Board to which he belonged. Upon this evidence, which seemed to bo considered indisputable, the school officers passed a reao- lution requesting their associate to resign and dismissing the lady teacher. Their asso- ciate refused to hand ie his resigna- tion and persisted in participating in the proceedings of the Board. The school officers then appealed to the Board of Education, and the Board appointed a special committee of investigation, for whose report we must wait before farther action is taken. But, as is usually the case, this scandal has brought out others, which have long been whispered about, but have not been publicly stated. It is sald that some of the achool officers abuse their privileges by securing the appointment of kept mistresses and “other women of bad character as teachers. It is said that some school officers endeavor to seduce the teachers in their schools, and make vice the price of promotion and advanced salaries. It is said that some school officers take evory occasion to insult the teachers in the schools under their charge, and, by improper proposals, threats of removal and invitations to ride, continually torment and annoy the ladies who are there employed. Whether or not such rumors can be substantiated by com- petent witnesses we do not propose to say. It is sufficient for us to know that such rumors are in circulation, and have been for a long time past. This knowledge justifies usin demanding and insisting upon an imme- diate and thorough investigation. Whitewash- ing committees will not do; the subject must be probed to the bottom, and the facts, what- ever they may be, must be officially given to the public in a succinct and comprehensive form, 60 tbat no one can possibly misunder stand them. The public schools are the most important institutions in the country. He who tampers with them and corrupts them aims a most cruel blow at the liberties and the pros- perity of the nation through all future genera- tions. e But we do not wish to lose this opportunity of saying, as we have often said before, that the people of this city are themselves very much to blame in this matter. Year after year, at every election for school officers, we have called upon the voters to select their candidates judiciously, and to care nothing for politics and everything for character in choosing men for these positions, We trust that our appeals will be more generally regarded here- after. If the people put a bad man in the School Board, and that man appoints his mis- tress as a teacher, and such a teacher comes fresh from a honse of assignation and debauch- ery to educate and vitiate the young daughters of the voters, it really seems as if this result were a sort of Nemesis, of which the people cannot justly complain. ‘The evil begins with them, and they suffer, through their children, from its effects. The dreadful taint of politics and party has ruined most of the institutions of this country and imperilled the existence of the nation, and it is the duty of every good citizen to see that our public schools ore secured against its influence. Ifthe citizen sends his children to suoh a school he is directly and personally interested. If he js rich enough to send his children to a private achool, or is un- fortunate enough to have no children to edu- cate, then he is almost equally interested as a citizen and a patriot; for otber people’s chil- dren cannot be corrupted without injuring and corrupting society and the nation. These are traisms which every man ought to understand. Let us hope that every man will show this un- derstanding at the next election, and in the meantime let us insist upon these investiga- tions. Our Paces or Amusement.—New York has never been so gay, so extravagant, as in these days of war and strife. High pricea seem but to have increased the demarid for luxuries, and, to judge from the immense crowds which fill nightly our theatres and concert rooms, money was never so plantifal or so lavishly expended. In this city and Brooklyn there are some thirty- five or forty places of amusement, and one and all turn away of people each evening, filled to replotidh. It is computed that in Poris are not léss than eighty thousand franos ( Aoliars’ for am pone it thon, oy tha public, “4 atranaer ag OF led with reageihceniy. wp ts a Raum sever s66n in New York such pumvers of private and splendid equipages, such eviderces of great wealth and prosperity, »..cely we hive not as yet realized the anaoyances or privaticns of war. Tae Votonreers on Roxunr’s Isanp.>-We had occasion lately to comment in severo terma on the manner in which the volunteers on Riker’s Island are treated by those having charge of them. The statements that we made were either denied or attempted to be explained away. Since the contradiction eared we have been overwholmed with from volunteers corroborating all that we asserted. In these commutications we have the one general complaint that the colored soldiers are. treated much better than the white volunteers. The former are furnished with Sibley tents, each having a small stove, whilst the white soldiers are quartered in what the veterans call “A tents,” made of twilled muslin, sever feet aquare, holdiag six men lying spoon-fashion and packed tight, Tho drinking water in the well is frozen, and all that is consumed in this way and for cooking has to be brought from the city, and is put up in dirty oil casks. For several days the men went without coffee for want of water to make it with, and the cooking had to be done with the salt water taken from the river. It is stated, in addition, that only ono bundle of straw is allowed to every six men to sleep upon, which is entirely insufficient to protect them from the dampness of the earth, If these complaints are well founded they are sufficjent to account for the fact that nearly half the men on the island are sick and unfit for duty. We are aware, of course, that volunteers must be prepared to put up with some hardships from the outset; but we cannot see the polloy of subjecting them to unnecessary privations. Still less can we find any justification for ox- posing them at so short a distance from the city to extortions and bad treatment, Of course there may be some exaggeration in the statements that have reached us; but they come to us from too many sources for them not to be in the main correct. It will not do for the au- thorities to disregard them after what has o¢- curred in relation to the Park Barracks. The Provost Marshal General, or whoever has control over the authorities on the island, should order an investigation, and punish those who are responsible for so shameful a state things. Unless this be done promptly it have a very bad effect, and will tend greatly to discourage enlistments, Ovr Horets.—There are not a sufficient ‘aum- ber of hotels in New York to accommodate the mass of people who crowd to this gay metro- polis. All our hotels and boarding houses are filled, and, although prices have risen, they are importuned for further accommodation. In view of this influx of travellers we must have new and more magnificent hotels, There should be a number erected still further up town. The city is spreading like a giant, and we must keep pace with this immense grggrth. London and Paris have now gone ahead of us.in erecting large and magnificent hotels. We must not remain behindhand. There is patronage enough here for a new hotel, how- ever large and grand it may be, and the sooner one is erected that will eclipse all similar places, either here or abroad, the better will it be both for the public and those interested in the establishment. Those who cater for New York now must do so grandly, magnificently, The immense progress and prosperity of this metropolis of the New World demand it. NEWS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. The Harlem Bridge-The Treatment of Receuits on Riker's Isiand=The Re- publican Caucus on Pol: Affat Meeting of ti Cireuf¢ Court for the Northerm Dis. trict, d&o., &e. Axsany, Jan. 18, 1864. The only thing that transpired in the House to-nightjwas the adoption of a resolution calling upon the Commis- sioners of Harlom Bridge for a dotailed report of their transactions, financially and otherwise. The financial account to be fall and complete in all particulars. Mr, Pinckney offered a resolution for a special committee to investigate the treatment of the soldiers at New York, and especially the case of seven soldiers froozing to death at Riker’s Island, The resolution was amended 80 as to make the inquiries by letter, and in that shape It was adopted. There is a slim attendance of the Senators to-night. ‘The caucus of the republican Senators over the Police Commissioners did not take place. They will haves caucus some timo to-morrow afternoon or evening. There is now considerable talk of increasing the commission to five or seven. Mr. Thomson, who was nominated by the People’s Union party for Register last fall, and who withdrew in favor of Mr. Heyser, is mentioned ‘as one whose name will be presented to the caucus. The opposition to Acton has in a measure died out, and now exists only in the outside pressure, and does not exist to any great extent among the republican members or Sena- tors. It is evident, howevor, that there will yet be an interesting contest over this question before it is settled. The United ‘States ‘Court for the Northern District of this State commences its sessions here to-morrow. There are several important cases to be considered. There is a large attendance of lawyers and outsiders. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Senate. ALBANY, Jan. 18, 1864, The Senate was not in session, for want of a quorum. Assembly. Aupayt, 18, 1864. ‘The Assembly met at soven o'clock q By Mr. Bewrvict—From the Nationfl Academy of De. sign for release from taxation. Also from the New Yorte bs By Mr Piven ror sm From gas consumers for relief. 8 NOTICED, By Mr. Burkr—To regulate tho rate of interest charged by pawnbrokers, 4 Mr. SpRaksR—To amend the Assessment laws. Mr. Parxer—To amond ‘Section 860 of the sede of proveture. LIS INTRODUCED. pe. A Mr. Post=For rebuilding locks on the Ohemung’ a Mr. GiLAERT—To repeal the act to extend rial by ote, Benxpict—Incorporating the oh aes apace On motion of Mr. INoRAmAM, & resolution, bone bt the Hariom Scorch what stepa- isan for rebuilding said Mr, Preoxwmy’ condition of the by wordne & thet the ’ Aesembly then Court of Ay Reals, » 7 Jan. 38, 1000 Pon the act of In contigation of be conducted by ‘on Rikor's 1 Ms» paauaatal peste ae* ee ee, mw Tus Re v'iaitA, = The Ttalian fron-olad Re @italia, Capt. Dap d’imbert, R. 1. N., is now, 5 Droparatory to trial trip at eee. ‘Will proba. bly be gone two OF three days, simply her apeed; and after her be Will leavg Gur shores, galling dirent 10 Taig, ; a ~~ wth