The New York Herald Newspaper, February 3, 1864, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFIOK N. W. OORNEB OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. ACADEMY OF MUBIC. an Orgrs—Dow Gidv arm NIBLO'S GARDBN, Broadway. —Covvin Soocam WALLACK'S THEATRE, oadway.—MAnniep Lira. Psa GARDBN, Broadway —Ticker or Lusva AN OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway —A Byut wr 4 Cuind Bnor—Marerrs NEW BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery —Rooxwoop— Lovor oF THs Buanwon—Tnuxw Fast Mev BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Houss tnar Ja0x Buir—Avorres Gminp—Luex tak Lanonen. BARNUMS MUSRUM, Droadway.—Faexcu Gravy, Grane Gru, Bor, a, as ali Bours, Camita’s Hes: . Craee wane, AlS and 7% I. M. ANTS! MINGTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad peeerorcan bongs, Danoms Buttxsquas, 40.—Tum Bunsovs Faure, = woos HALL, 6 Bréhdway —Semorras Bone, Dincna aoe katroaD KPLOSION. AMERICAN TREATBB.. No 44¢ Sroedway.-Bassarm siiinaen Semaeeres, Beis Breree BROADWAY AMPHITHRATRE, 635 Broadwav.—Gra- 4 PeRTOBMANcas. “Afteruoon and masrio ane BQumetetan Erebing. NIBLO'S SALOON, Broadway.—Englasu Oreei—Ma- wmitand. HOPE OHAPEL, 718 Way. =Ta® Sramoscderoan ceMimnor or raw Universe, $ OOOPER IXSTITUTE.—De. Corton’ i _ ano Ooncant BY THs Lp. Fouts oo” MAVONING, Gas PRRHAM'S, 585 Broadway.—Srarnorcorricon awp Min- now OF THE REBELLION on nae NEW YORK MUSBUM OF ANA 18 Broad CunosmEs aNd LvcrunEe. (0a Te MONE HOOLEW'S OPERA (Bouse. 0 Brookiya.—Brarortam Ponas, Danons,, BuRisquns, wow York, Wednesday, February 3, 1864 ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY Advertisomonts for tho Werxty Hravo must be band- ed in bofore ten o'clock every Wednesday evening. Its Circulation among the enterprising mechanics, farmers, merchants, manufacturers and gentiemen throughout the country ia increasing very rapidly. Advertisements in- sorted in tho Waexsy Herasn will thus bo seen by a large portion of the active and energetic people of the United Beaton i . THE SITUATION. The rebels in General Kelley's department met with a serious discomfiture yesterday. Col. Mulli- @an advanced up New creek and reoccupied Bur- lington and Moorefield Junction, driving the enemy bofore him. A party of General Rosser's rebel cavalry, five hundred strong, reached the railroad at New oreck and Paterson's creek about noon and commenced to destroy the bridges and tele- graph wires. They did not succeed, however, in doing any considerable damage, a3 our troops drove them offand extinguished the fire on the bridges. The telegraph linos were also being rapidly replaced. ‘The desertions from the rebel army into our liaes on the Potomac continue to increase daify, and the reports confirm the stories of distress in NEW YORK MERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, after some discussion, was sent back to the Judiciary Committee, in order to give opportunity for further amendment, In Com- mittee of the Whole several subjecta were under consideration, including the Niagara Bhip Canal bill and the Dill making an appropriation to enlarge the locks of the Oneida Canal. The other matters considered were only of local inte- rest. The annual report of the Cooper Union was presented, An evening session was held, but was devoted entirely to a discussion of the Governor's message. In the Assembly the tenth annual report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction was present- ed. In Committee of the Whole the Niagara Ship Canal bill was discussed, and had progress report- ed, Other measures of little general interest were discussed in the committee. The bill noticed as being introduced in the Benate, to pay a State bounty of $300 to volunteers for the army, has also been introduced in the Assembly. A bill bi also been introduced for the incorporation of a railroad to sun from @ulton ferry through Ful- ton, William, Beckman, Ann -and other streets to Broadway. The report of the Adjutant General of the State, which has just been presented to the Assembly, shows that from April 15, 1861, to De- cember 31, 1863, this State furnished to the armies of the republic, to fight the rebellion, a totat of 292,962 men, wbat¥er.n f A despatch from Washington announces the amicable agttlement of our difficulty with Japan, The Japanese have revoked and annulled their decision to disregard their treaties with foreign Powers and expel foreigners from the country. _ The Board of Supervisors have already. entered upon the work of filling up the quota of troops |. called for by the President. ' As a preliminary step, the Board yesterday adopted a resolution calling upon the Volunteering Committee for a statement of the number of men required. This information will doubtless be forthcoming in a few days, when the Supervisors can appropriate the necessary sum of money for bounties. Since the call for three hundred thousand men the city has furnished be- tween eight and ten thousand recruits. Asa number of recruits were being taken on board a steamer early yesterday morning, several of them attempted to desert, when the guards fired on them, and by accident one of the shots took effect in the hand and arm of a citizen named Dennis Sullivan, who was conveyed to the hospi- tal. The recruits were all secured. Three colored men entered the barroom at the corner of South and Fulton streets yesterday morning and called for drinks, but were refused, the rules of the house forbidding the sale of liquor to persons of their complexion. An altercation ensued, which terminated in one of the negroes, named Daniel Brooks, keeper of a saloon at the corner of Wooster and Canal streets, shooting the bartender, named William Smith, in the right breast with a pistol. The wounded maf was taken to the hospital, and at last accounts the physicians were of opinion that the wound would prove fatal. Brooks was arrested immediately after the shoot- ing, and is now in the Tombs, ‘ A meeting of ladies was held yesterday after- noon in the rooms of the Christian Alliance, New York University, to devise means for extending the work of caring for soldiers’ families. The gist of the meeting may be summed up thus:—Ig was resolved to take care of those not provided for by other agencies, such as discharged soldiera and their families. The relief is not to be given gratis, but only till such time as the recipient is able to pay forit. The better class of soldiers’ the Southern ranks. The rations are reduced to © point little above starvation, -if we can believe the refugees, and the want of clothing is be- coming @ direful grievance. Disaffection is said to exist in General Lee's army to such an extent 44 to render a constant change in the regiments on picket duty an absolute necessity. The steamship Matauzas, from New Orleans 26th ult., arrived at this port yesterday. She brings the news that an important expedition is fitting out at New Orleans in which the army and navy aro toplay important parts. Admiral Farragut and General Banks have ad a conference, and the the matter of an attack on some point—supposed to be Mobile—has been discussed. Mattera in Texas are quiet 3 CONGRESS fa the Benate yesterday the amendments of the Finance Committee to the House bill to increase the internal revenue. were reported by Mr. Fes- senden. They strike out the provision for a tax families, wl:o are too proud to beg, are the objects -Who are to receive the assistance alluded to. In the Gourt of General Sessions yesterday, City Judge A. D. Russel presiding, a panel of twenty- three Grand Jurors was sworn, and Mr. Coraclius Matthews appointed foreman, Judge Russel, in his charge, briefly defined the powers and duties of Grand Jurora, and, after explaining the neces- sity of exercising great caution in all investiga- tions, he concluded by directing their attention to the usual topics prescribed by law. No case being ready for trial, the Court adjourned until thia morning at eleven o'clock. The will of Archbishop Hughes has been offered for probate before Surrogate Tucker. The docu- ment does not contain any bequests except those of a private nature. As many of the parties in terested reside in California, it will be some months before it can be admitted to probate. Surrogate Tucker yesterday resumed the taking of testimony aa to the two wills of the late Mra, Sophia Dayton. The question involved relates to the mental! capacity of the decedent at the time of the date of either or both of the wills. During the month of January fifty-eight wills were offered for proof at the Surrogate’s office, and of twenty cents additional on rectifed spirits, and also that which taxes Whiskey on hand after Janu- ary 12. They increase the tax on whiskey after July 1 and prior to January next to seventy cents, aud after January 1, 1866, to eighty cents. The duty on imported whiskey after July and prior to January next is increased from forty to fifty cents, ead after January nex! to sixty cents. Resolu tions of thanks to Commodore Ringgold and Gen ora! Thomas and his army were agreed to. The House bill reviving the grade of lieutenant general ‘waa received and referred to the Military Com- mittee, A long and interesting debate on the cor- ruptions aod expenditures oWthe Navy Depart- ment arose during the consideration of the reaolu- tion requiring the attendance of agents of depart- ments before investigating committees. The bill to encourage the enlistment of colored troops was ‘taken up, and Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, delivered a radical speech on slavery and the war. After an executive session and the confirmation of a num- ber of appointments the Senate adjourned. In the House. of Representatives, the bill to fa- cilitate the payment of bounties, arrears of pay and wounded and deceased soldiers’ dues, was passed. The Army Agpropriation bill of 9, 500,000 was reported, and made the special order fov Tuesday next. A resolution calling for infor- tion a4 to whether the supplies for the navy ave obtained by contract or purchased in open market was adopted. Mr, Freeman Clark offered a resolution, which was agreed,to, instructing the Committee of Ways and Means to inquire into the expediency of raising, by tax on imports and do- mestic manufactures, the sum of $350,000,000, to pay the interest on the national debt and defray ‘the ordinary and extraordinary expenditures of the government; also as to restricting the amount of ank circulation, &c. The Judiciary Committee ‘were instructed to inquire whether any legislation fs necessary respecting the organization of the Fisctoral Coflege. The Confiscation and Enrol- ment bills were then debated till the adjournment. THE LEGISLATURE. In the Senate yesterday the bill to legalize the action of the New York Board of Supervisors in forty-six have been admitted to probate. The United States transport Mary A. Boardman, Captain Graffam, from Hilton Head, 8. C., with three hundred and sixty privates and sixteen offi- cera of the Thirty-ninth Lllinois regiment, arrived at this port yesterday. $ Misa Anna Dickinson ivered a lecture last night at the Cooper Institute to an immense au- dience, who throughout seemed to be highly pleased with her address. She waa very denuncia- tory of the old generals of the war, but paid a high tribute to the strategy and ability of General Grant. Her speech, condensed, will be found in another column, Alex, L. Van Buren, republican, was elected Alderman of the Tenth ward, Brooklyn, yester- day, by seven majority over Kelly, democrat. The Board of Aldermen now stands a tie. There was no material variation in the prices of stocks yesterday; but the market exhibited more weakness and was less active. Goveroment securities were steady, but not much in demand. The gold market was dull, and the premiums only fluctuated between 157% and 157%. Sterling exchange was quoted nominal at 171K a1T2, No change in the money market. There was but a moderdte business done in commercial ‘Circles yesterday, particularly in imported merchandise, the difference in the views of buyers and sellers having had the effect to check business in articles for which there was any demand, while for most articles there was scarcely any inquiry. Domestic produce sold quite well, at about Monday’s prices. At the Produce Exchange there was more firmness in nearly ything, though the demand was not especially active for anything. Brendstuff were a trifle better, owing to the favorable foreign news, as likewise provisions. Cotton was steady. Groceries were steady. Petroleum was Grmer, but not active. Freights were firm. The cattle market wan dull and heavy this week, and prices receded from 1c. to 2c. per pound, the greater de- cline on the common grades. The speculators lost very heavily—how beavily may be inferred from the fact that one drove of Illinois cattle sold at the original cost in Illinois, the owner losing all tho cost of transportation, ‘kc, The cattle were not all sold. Milch cows Were steady. Veals wore less active, but umohanged. Sheep and lambs were very plenty and correspondingly dull and lower; On the average about 60c. a 76c. ahead. The sales va- ried from $4 to $15, chiely $6 560 0 $375. Swine wo in demand at 6X6. « 7%. for corn fed, and 6%. a Tige. Sssuing bonds to pay bounties to volunteers and for damages by the July riots wae brought to a vote, and defeated. A motion to reconsider the vote was tabled. The bills amending the Brook- lyn Fire Department act and the charter of the New York ible Society were passed, Bille were introduced, among others, for @ railroad on Broadway and Blooming- dale road, and providing that an action for violation of any of our city ordinances, if brought foto any of our district courts, moat be broaght Soto the court of that district in which the offence was committed. Billa were noticed providing for a State bounty of three) vired dollars to volun doors ia place of all covsly bounties; relative to prroare of taxes and ausessments in this city, and 77 the uses of our slips nnd piers leased we Gompanios. The Genera! Bounty wee ep for ite third rewtog, hur po ae ” for ati! fed. The receipts were 6,200 beef cattle, 168 cows, 369 veals, 15,079 sheep and lambs and 16,796 swine. Twsevteoum ano Twrepteprr..-Mr. Tram- bull, chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, has made up a report on the subject of that fee of three thousand dollars accepted by Senator Hale as the legal adviser of a State prisoner he assisted in getting out of the walls of the Old Capitol prison. In this report, we undgretand, Mr. Trumbull and his learned legal committee take the ground that Senator Hale is rectus in ceria; for that while it is improper on the part of a Senafor to accept compensation for the prosecution of claims, or for obtaining con- | tracts or offices, or for transacting business in [t+ eRecuties departments, It is vot Improper to accept fees for services in judicial bodies. This is a very nice distinction, A Senator may pocket a fee of a thousand or two for using bis personal influence euccessfully in favor of re- leasing from prison an alleged rebel, and it is all right; but if he pockets anything from a government contract it is all wrong. This is whitewashing; or, if not, we can only exclaim— 'Tis strange there should such difference be 'Twixt tweedicdum and tweediedes. The Question at im the Noxt Prest- dential Election. Never, in any of our Presidential elections have the people been called upon to determine upon an issue do clear and distinct as that which they must determine this year Events have decided or put out of the way all merely political points. Evea the nigger is dono with, would have been as certainly done with without the President’s proclamation. Our po- litical questions were questions of opinion, and war always settles such questions quickly. Great struggles brush away the minor divisions that are between a people, and put in their places grand and often unminageable facta. So positively are political questions dead that there aré even no parties; for the democratic ~paaty was Snathilated in fhe last eleotion, aad 4 r ae Tepublican-party in the Gae before. But in place of these little party questions we have now only a great national question, and that ia upon the war and the necessity that we should ‘end it. Though @ great deal has been said about a divided North, nations have seldom shown greater unanimity than the Nortbera people have shown in this war. Men have offered themselves with a devotion paralleled only in the annals of the French Revolution, and money has been given with a readineas and to an extent never before seen; and all that the people have required in return bas been that the administration would put down the rebellion—put an honorable end to the war, and give the country peace. But the administration cannot doit. Surrounded on all bands by contractors, with the very reins of government in the hands of men eager only for personal ‘aggrandisement, the admin- istration of Honest Abe is a miracle of cor- ruption. Through the Treasury, the Navy, the War and the Revenue departments, the wealth of the country is poured into the pockets of sharpers, énd the army of fellows who, are thus fed by the war have deterniined that it sball not end if they can help it. In this way whatever good intentioa there may be on the part of the Executive is embarrassed by corrup- tion; and when corruption has not been the difti- culty imbecility bas. Through one or the other of these influences the plans by which the war would have been ended ere this have been set aside, and the administration has given us, io their place, its advances to Rich- mond by way of Bull ruo, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsyille. Half of the money so far spent in the war haa been squan- dered in this way; one bundred thousand citi- zena ofthe United States have beea murdered in this way; and in this way the war has been dragged into its third year, and will be kept up until the war debt will equal half the value of all the property in the country. Attempts enough have been made to show beyond all question that Mr. Lincoln cannot end the war; and what the country wants is a man who can. Such is the issue of the next Presidency. And upon this simple and distinct “Issue there is to be this year one of the grand- est revolutions that the world ever saw. Ap- parently the people are now soniewhat indif- ferent upon these points; but it will be found that this apparent apathy is only the usual ominous quiet that precedes a great upheaval. It is always 30. Only the week before the tre- mendous excitement in which the country rushed to arms when Sumter was fired upoa the correspondents of the Loudon papers wrote that the Northera people bad no interest in the questions at stake. So it will be in the present case; aod the apparent indifference with which the people now con- template the political mancuvres of the party in power will lighten into a revolution that will sweep away the last vestige of that party. There is, therefore, but one question for the people to decide in this matter; and that is. who is the man that will end the war? Gene- ral Grant and General MoClellan are the only men of any promise in that way. Unfortu- nately, the radicals have caballed and intrigued #0 successfully against General McClellan that they have arrayed against him the minds of a great many good men in the country; and his comparative want of success—though also the result of the machinations of the radicals—will weaken him in the popular view. And thus the field is left to General Grant, who is pre- eminently the man for the occasion. Nevor before had a people an opportunity to place, by their own will, so grand a conqueror at the national helm. Certainly it would be the last evidence that we were a besotted and blinded people if, with a man like General Grant with- in our reach, we should coldly pass him by to re-elect the imbecile joker who has dragged the country into the slough of slaughter and cor- Tuption that it has been ia for the past two years. Tae Pay or THe Frenca Agr ty Mexica— We see it stated that the French government has assured the members of the Corps Legis- latif that since the Ist of January the Mexican government has paid all the expenses of the French invading army. If this be so, it is the first time the Mexican government has ever paid anything. Hence the statement is worth making a note of, for its accuracy OLYMPIO THEATI The Bull in @ China Shop and Mazoppacoatinue to draw on the public patience and that large fund of good humor in virtue of which the people are dieposed to look kindly on whatever is ollered in thaway of fun in the former piece Mr. Mortimer coatinues to “rattle around” in @ part that only an actor of oxquisite appreciation of character and taste could adequately “li Bagshot is a refinement upon Paul Pry, aod from the vature of the part he plays be is always on delicate ground. In such a part a gentieman, at least in mavners, t necessarily implied ; for otherwise no one could understand why (he ot kicked of doors a dozen times before the play Plays like this depend tor thow exeel- lence upom the niceness with which certain fine points of character are given. Unfortunately, when Mr. Mortimer is let loose at these fine poi be proves to be more decidedly @ bull in @ china shop than i« intended. Ta Mazeppa Mrs, Wood shines in dress, bat not otherwise. Hitherto we have bad in thiscity an abundance of the ‘tar’ muisance, Our (ate nas been to wee une actor OF actress Of tolerable merit supported absolute ponentities. It is pleasant to be Mrs. Wood feversed og EL, her theatre ail the minor parts are protty well Mled, bur in tue « ” there ipa wonderful lack of lustre |" “4 “*AtS The Reported Rebel Ra Potomac. Piavaena, Foo, 2, 1964 Te following despatch has been (eeived (rou Gover for Curio. — Your telegram ia the frat notios that! fnve race vod of the rumor of a raid acrose the Potomac by Imboden. Gonoral Couch would giv6 me Ki'ormaton if avy auot thing occ used OF waa HUremtoned aC tN companies of le tonny that Acrosa the . NEWS FROM THE. STATE CAPITAL. visited Important Devclopmemts Renard to ow York Legisiation=&. °tters from Messrs. William H, Aspisen c's A- T. Stewart, and Others—Repiy 6s * Se- mator—The system of Municipal = worldge ann Bridge Railroad—Phtindeiphia #—Violation of Ordinances Arrears of Taxes—Defeat of the Hill jing the Ordinance of the Board of Supervisors of New Yor’ Relative to the Riot and Bounty Bouds—The Parity of the senators—Canal Dam- ages—Niaga ip Canal—The Kepert of the Adjutant G: ral, dc. Ataaxy, Fob. %, 1664. The mombers of the Senate have received a printed circular, signed by Peter Cooper, William &. Dodge, Waa H. Aspinwall, A. T. Siowart and some ton other mor. chants and capitaliata in Now York, in regard to legial tion for tho city of Now York. Thoy ailude, in the frat place, totho enormous increase of taxes for the laat twolve yoars, and ask of the mombers of tho Logistaturs to favor such measures a8 will aocure a reform io ths ad- minwtration of tho municipal aifairs of Now Work city. ‘They give the following table ia régard to tho increase of taxce:— Toiat Value of Beal and Amount Raised al , Tar by 7 28 v Sivenate ; 11,566,072 The then refer to tho departments bili of (ast winter, aud state that legislation is now neoded to remedy these evila into which our city governmont hag been plunged, trough the active exertions of politicians, who, for their own purposes, have thus Hot only made their official tenures, in some sense, a perpetuity, but, by removing {from them ali restraint, have givon those officials almost unlimited control over their departments and their ex- penditures. The above and aoveral other points are dwolt upon, and an appeal ia made for legislation to re- mody the evil. ‘One of the Senators has ropited to the circular, and augeested advice which the citizens of New York would do weil to take into consideration. » Ihre are some home thrusta in the reply, and of @ nature that will not be altogether patatable to Now Yorkers, although they are home truths. The following is a copy of the letter:— Dear Sir—f am in recetpt of @ printed circular, with your name aud those of several other tuliuential gentlemen of New York, attached, which circular contains a table ex- hibiting the fearful increase in taxation in New York for the Fears. iat thirteen years, and appealing to (he Legislature for re- Hef in that and other matters. The tax payers of your city owe it as an imperative duty to themselves and the State, to deviae some well digested plan for reforining your entire city goverament and placing it in condition that will ene able the city to govern itself intelligently, and with fidelity to its own interests, Until this abail be done, the ditficu'- ties under which you now remediless, representat matters of legi clusively affecting the I ent; and if they betray you, or are ngt_suflicientiy intelligent to appre- ciate their responsibilities, I cannot well gee how you are to derive relief from the Legislature by an occasional spas- tmodic action bearing upon some particular grievance, fash, perhaps, more for political eitect than a due revard heat interests of the city. If some plan cannot ba devined by which the government of the city cab be placed under the centro! of 113 intelligent business men ‘and tax- pagers, ite future ts indeed gloomy enough. ‘Now, I suggest that the highly intellizent and respectable men whose names are attached to this circular, resolve them. selves into a cominittee on thie subject and see if they cannot present@or the consideration of the Legislature a system or lan by which New York may govern itself, do its own local legislation and intelligently take care of itsown needs end ts, I would most cheerfully give my vote and best exertions in favor of atch a meamire. Any plan of this kind must restrict the right of suff your municipal elections to the aciual taxpayers; to this it must inevitably come at Inst, 8 unpopular as it may now be, and the soouer that conclusion is reached the better for all concerned. Le! the oity cease calling upon Hercules for help; or, a other words, appealing to the Legislature to patch ‘up lated ances, and iet the business men for once iar loug enongh to attend to aad York saved; but let it be negiecte tad More ead irraqetres mo prophets vision to read your awift and inevitable doom. > This {s my answer to your civculaysmade in good faith and with auncere desire to ee, the gormnment of your cit all its departments, plac ser Ue eter local interests and. theretm acting inde. provide for rol ot r pendent of Albany legisiation=a consummation deyoutty to be desired. The bill te incorporate the Roosevelt Hospital has both houses, and is now in the hands of the Gov. ornor, his signature being the ovly thing wecessary for the bill to become a law. ‘A Dill was introduced into the Senate this morning in- corporating the Kingsbridge, High Bridge ana Blooming dale Railroad. It provides for a horse railroad to rua from Kingabrides past High Bridge, down Bloomingdale road to Seventh avenue and Forty-second strect. An- other bill was introduced giving the Philadelphia Steam- boat Company the same right to lease piers as is now given companies of this State. Also a bill providing that Olfences and trials for violation of the ordinances ot New York shall be tried in the district where the violation oc. curs. Among the bills noticed was one to alter the map of the city of New York, passed April, 1859, relative to the Seventh avenue; aiso a bill reducing the interest on ar- rears of taxes from fourteen to seven per cont. The bill to legalize the acts of the Board of Supervisors in raising money and issuing bouds for the payment of bounty r riot damages, and forsubstitutes under the draft, came up for a third reading in the Senate. Nearly all the republicans voted against the Dill, and it therefore lcat. Senator Fields moved that the vote rejecting the Dili be reconsidered, and that motion be laid on the ta- bio, which was carried, thus leaving the question open for further action. The ground on which the republican Senators based their opposition to the bill arises from the fact that the bill legalizes the ordi- nance appropriating money th pay commutation for drafted men. These genilemen do not seem to al preciate the position that they place themselves in. The money expended for commutation was almost exclus ly used and paid direct to men who entered the army os substitues, and in most instances the committee refused to relieve ‘the person drafted until be bad presented a anbstitute, and then tho money was paid to the subati- tute, The idea of Senators taking upon themselves to force upon New York city a repudiation of the funds raised in good faith for this purpose is perfectly absurd. The local authorities during the trying hours of last summer felt that it was their duty ai Jeaa and came forward and paid over their money to save everything from wreck. ‘They bad uo ides that a portion of the Legislature would fai! to legalize this orainance, which at the time of Its passage was con- sidered vitally necessary to the city of New York. In the first place @ number of policomen were among the moa conscripted. Certainly no perton could for 4 moment entertain the idea = that any of that class of our public servants could be soared from the city during these wzieg times, ‘The capitalists and mea of property 60 looked upon thé subject, and considered that the service of every police- man was needed in New York to pretect the property of the city, and invested the money im these bonds for that purpose. Probably one of the sticking pointe of the sen- ators from the rural districts arises from the fact that the Dill gave the power to further actious of that kind, ‘The Niagara Ship Canal bill was tak ip in the Assombly this morning A motion was by Mr. Benedict, of New York, to strike out the section legisiat. ing the directors into office. Some cousiderable debate was had on the motion, but before any vote token Progress was reported, and on motion of the opponents of the bill, The whole action this morning indicating that the opposition was full as strong, if not stronger, than the friends of the measure. The balance of the session of the Assembly was taken up in considering local and unimportant bills in Committee of the Whole. “A spicy debate took place in the Senate between Sena tors Uook and Shafer, on a Dill for canal damages, the former taking the ground that the State was not respon aible for the negligence of its agents, and the latter, that they were just as much responsible asa raiiroad com- pany was for injury done to a passenger in a railroad accident cause, By. the negligence of the company or its agents. Mr. Shafer drove bis opponent into tight corner, ‘Adjvitant General Sprague’s report was to day sent into ee The document is replete with facte and compliment; allusion to the system organi by Governor for the mp gander 4 troops = It then has a well arranged table of a list of the thirty elit regiments or two years’ men that returned last summer, giving the ommanding officers and the dates and places ‘where they were mustered out. These regiments loft the State and entered the field with an e force d returned with leas than 11,000, or abou ir original number. Many of these have To-enlisted, forming in several instanees abont one-half of anew regiment. ‘The report ia made up to the 25th of inst December. Tt gives the number of br od organized for the Geld (rom dannary 1, 1868, up to the date of the reports as twenty- five thousand three hundred and twenty-four men; also that seven thousand two hundred and six commissions had been issued from the department in that period. On the date of the report there were three iments of ar- tiliery, eight of cavalry and twenty-five ins dent com- ies of infantry im process of formation. With those exceptions the recruiting in the State since September has been under the control of the United States Provost Marshal General, who is reeruiting for old regimente. The tables furnish a coocise statement the troops sent from this State since the war co! |, of from April 16, 1961, to December SL, 196%. Orgavived and sent to the field by State authort +9 depvveesseoe, a, 196,909 regiments ia the held through the intendents of the volunteer recruiting ser- 32.053, Hotlist marshals Re-enlistments in the field. Drafted men and snbstitates....... Organizing in the Btate on Mee, 81, 1862.. Militia under three calls for short service of the Atate under the call of 1BOL was 1 0 tate responded to thin call by Rending 117,17 men The quota of the State under the call of tho Praai- 1664, “& “a tho Btate for volunteers furniahod, tho War Dopartmont {2 6 communication dated May 10, 1863, the feduuinusice . stated that ove three yours’ man would be cowutod #4 four nine months’ mon. Tho State already bad a sur- lus Of 24.440 three og Men, those, muitipliod four, made it oqual to 97,796, nine months’ mon cy dition to that twonine months’ TOgimonts wore organized ‘ud cont to the field. Thus it was that Governor nee ho the filled the two quotas with three years’ mon, whi'o Sent @ large proportion of ping When Lwo quotas of that year wore filled. the report of General Soregue shows that ie Sew | bad | Surplus over and . Without nba (baa, i dirs es counting militia, of 0,937 “Do roport bLill further shows (hat from June 1 to Juno 11, 4, the “tate had forwarded 2,078 three years men and 034 Nipe months man, oat 0 2,913 three yoars men, which made ¢be surplug of the Stale, when the drast was Pat into eperdtéyn, some Ly mae three years mon, oxolu- Sve Of the Service Femtorad by tho wilitia regimonta. fn 1, service under three calls The report furnishos some valuab'e atatistics in regard © the militia or te progress of the national guard organ- ivation ia’ the State, aud gives the correspondence with tho War Devarimont in regard (© the riptia regiments that wont to the aid of Ponnayivavia last July. Also the correspondence with Governor Curtin. Tao corrospond ee geberal Rovornment in regard to the draft ® Tho report thon gives tho necessary pointa for logiala- thou in rogard.Jo obtaining Tocrulls: alo to ae the National Guard Of tho State on a footing that will enable them to be propared for any omorgoacy , fd Tho democratic mombers of tho Assombiy frdua tho ‘Motropoiiten Police district mot in’ caucus this afterno for the werner ot marking ont policy ‘in ‘rofercuce to tho Polico iaatonors that meanvre comes into tho House. Atter @ short consultation they appointed a om ittee, composed of Menara, Iagrabam aud Pinckooy Set eeenLemeeet ane ae ae C8, a sideration of (he nubject aud the Auterente: «i Conder mécenaary: ‘There ero many 4idicatious that thd ropublicaus of tho Assembly will not sustain. the action of the Senate on this question, but givo it an ovorbauling. ‘Tho Renate €< mmittee on Cities this afternoon took up the Police bitl, but poatponod tt until day after to-morrow without taking delinite action. Senator White, republican, from Syracuse, addressed the Seuate on the Govornor’a message. His apeech was & fair literary offurt, and oxbibited groat knowledge of history—a point about which most of our lawmakers at Albany usually manifost groat ignorance. Hia--apecph was Erie pal pigs me and free — thé party slang 80 gonorally palm for @ epeech, but very siroug in theoretical abolitionisin. 7 J Tho annual mocting of the State Medical Society com- monced hore to-day, the opening address being delivered by the President, Dr. Bissoll, of Utica. Tho afternoon Res3i00 was devoted tothe reading of re On medical and surgical science. Upwards of one hundred physi- cians are in Attendance. The mooting will continue to- morrow and Thursday A Bartender Supposed to he Fatally Shot, THE PRRPRTRATOR A COLORED MAN—HIS ARREST AND IDBNTIVIGATION—ANTH-MORTEM = BXAMINA- TION OF TAK VICTIM, ETO. ‘Tho barroom attachod to the public house of Mr. John H. McKinley, 93 Souta street, cornor of Fulton, waa tho scene of @ abcoting affray at an early hour yosteraay morning, which, ia all probability, will resuit in the death of William Smith, tho man then bebiad the bar. Tt appears that at six o'clock in the morning three men (two of whom, at loast, were colored) entered the sa!oou and called for liquor. bir. Smith, who was tending bar, refused to give it to them, as it was against tho rules of tho house tofurnish negroes with atrong drink. Being thwart- ed in their object, the men commenced abusing Mr.Smith, one of them in particular making use of the most offensive aud opprobrioua language. They wero then ordered out, and as the most iogulting of the two was near the door Bmith threw a piece of ico at him. This man turned, and was ordered out throe or four times more. Smith then advanced to execute hig order, whereupon a pistol was drawn by the blackguard, and Smith retreated bebind the bar. The man with the pistol followed ia pursuit, and, reaching over the counter, doltberately shot Smith in the right breast. Fortunately for the ends of justice, the shooting waa witnessed by officer Mulcohoy, of the Second precinct; David Nagie,au assistant barkeeper in the saloon, and cae or two others, Immediately alter dis charging the pistol the three men rau into the street, aud when pearly a block distant officer Mulcohey arrested * guilty man, whdégave bis aame aa Daniel Brooks, used to shoot Nemith was {ound on the beside the prisoner, wherehe had dropped it. Brooks was takea to the’ station house aod locked up, after which the officers removed Smith to the New York Hospital. Atter examining the wound, House Surgeon Foster gave itas his opimion that the patient had been ‘shot through the right Jung, and that death must result from the injuries. ter inthe day Coroner Naumana empanuelled a jury aod took the victim's ante-mortom examination, which ia as follows : William Smith. being duly aworn, deposes*and saya:—I reside at Prescott Houge, Houston street; { aia bar- keeper at Mr. McKin‘ sg treet, corner of Ful. ton; about six o’ciock (this morning three colored mon came in, one of thom vory light, who might bave been @ waite man; they camo to the I said, “Geotiemea, | cannot wait on of them, the light one, who shot mo, said “Niggers are as good us white men;’’ one of them said, “You dirty son of a b—h, do What you please with your rum,” they Btarted to go out, and thoy got as far aa the-segar siore, in the front of the store, upou which | took a piece of ice out of the ice tub and threw it at one of them as he went out; {told the two-that remained to go out; I ordered the light one out four or five times; they commenced to abuse me: I put my hand on the light one’s shoulder and ordered him oat; he then drew a pi coat pocket; I should think it was ingle barrelled pi tol; I then ran to get bebind the bar, he followed me up, and reached over the bar aud deliberately shot me, at the shot I fainted: 1 could recognize the man; tt was the light man who shot me. 1 recognize the prisouer now present as the one who shot me; the barrol of that pistol now present looks like the one used; I believe that I shall die from the effects of the wound. On this testimony the case was submitted, and the jury rendered a verdict as follows:— That William Smith came to his wound by a piatol shot, received ut the bands of Daniel Brooks, at the corner of Fulton and South streets, on Tuesday, February 2, 1864. Brooks was then committed to the Tombs to await the Tresuit of Smith’s injuries. Brooks is a gcod looking negro, nearly white,and says be is well known in the £ignth ward. lie lives at No, 80 Wooster street, and keeps a saioon corner of Wooster and Canal streets. ‘The accused, notwithstanding the evidence against him, denies shooi- ing mith, and sags the shooting must have been done by one ot the- other persons who escaped. Mr. McKinioy , who keeps this public house in South street, is a son of Mr. Wm, McKinley, who has obtained some unpleasant notorioty in the Cora Hatch-MoKieley scandal case, which 4 bey investigated before Justice Dowling ot the Tombs lice Court Tus Mxmory or ARcunmuor Howers—Tar “Movia'a Minty’? 18 MorxtnG.—A most impressive service will be celebrated this merging at St. Patrick's Cathedral [t ts termed “tbe Month’s Mind,” a form of mortuary service for the repose of the soul of the Inte archbishop of this diocese, The Moat Rev. Archbishop Connoily, of Halitax, is expected to celebrate tue solemn High Mass of Requiem on the occasion. Should the prelate arrive in time to otficiate, the Very Rev. Father Starrs, Admin: trator of the Diocese, will be assistant priest; tho Rev. Father Maguire will act as acou, the Rey. pr. McSweeney, of the Cathedral, as sub-deacon, and the Rev. Futher McNierney as master of the ceremonies. The sermon will be preached by Loughlin, of Brooklyn. No chat the decorations of the cathedral. An entirely new ceno taph bas, however. been erected in the place where the catatalque stood on the day of the original fanerui ser- vices. No one will be admitted to the church this morn. ing except by ticket, so that people need not wasti their time congregating about the doors, crowding out those who baye lawful modes of entrance. Ratroap Comission ix rae Crry.—Yesterday evening one of the city railroad care of the Tenth avenue line, when going up town from the Battery was at the corner of Canal and West streets by a horse of the Hudson River Railroad, which was just then turniog the curve fram West into Canal street. The locomotive cur ran right imto the city railroad car, breaking it up and slightly injuring some of its passengers. A considerable crowd collected ut the spot, snd the prevailing impr sion was that the blasne o; the accident attacheu to the Tenth Avenue Railroad car, ‘Tne New York Patera’ Astociation.—A meoting of the New York Painters’ Association was held on Monday evening at Mozart Hall, Mr. P. Keady in the chair, and Mr. Phelan acting as Secretary. The privcipal business transacted was the reception of the report of the special committee appointed at a previous meeting to solicit sub 10), swelled th ext elected Ww set of officers, whose ‘ollows:—0, T, Fiat President; C. MceMa ‘ scent: J.T. Bolton, Recording Secretary; T. McManus, | inaucint Secretary, and Lawrence Andre: Treasurer. A Crrmex Suor sy Moat ocr. —About six o'clock yestor day morping a number of recruits who were being taken oa board a steamboat lying im the North river attempied to desert at the corner of Dey and Washington streets, when the guard fired on thom. By accident one of the i shots took effect in the hand and arm of Dennis Sullivan, a y conveyed to the New York Hospital. The recruit secured and taken om board the steamer. ‘They were under escurt of M Arnold Wyman, First Rhode Island cavalry, who had brought them from New Havex, Coa. News from San Francisco. WRECK OF THK BARK JENNY FORD—TWENTY LIVES San Faaveroo, Feb. 1, 1805. The bark Jeany Ford, which aatled from this port yes terday for Puget Sound, wae wrecked on the North Breakers a (ew hours after leaving port, and will, it is feared, prove a total loss, Twenty lives-wore lost by this disaster. The Jonny Ford was avout four fundred tons burthen, and belonged to partios at this port. TOTAL LO33 OF THe SATP AST HRION ALL HANDS SAveD. San Fassomeo, Fob 2, 1964 dent of July, 1362, vas 59,705, The oumber of men fur ished cinder thin call waa 96,56, or a aarp Above tie quota ot the State of upwards of aod a surplus of 24,440 attor deduct the two years’ men average the ame The quota of tho Stata under Lhe om! oF August ¥, U wae 99,77 ofn@ moatan axe wong Che orodite wover and nat y Sears, from New York. Hoao. ln A re tie eived vo tho 14h Of Jeuuary.. Tucy bet ‘Of the total tons of the Now York ship Aa. terion, with e ot by the northeaat part of Yq inland, on the wth of Sep- tonbae. Tho ora wah W@vOG, BAG R DUFL'O” OF LunmRtorOR, ww Yoric; Lockwood, of Weatchostor, and U'Connor, ‘ fair gon- ; bimay “man, about five feot Sight inches ry eh with a Ape, Sh, THE GENERALS ON FURLOUGH. The Dinners to General Grant in 8t. Louis and (o General Sherman in Memphis, GENERAL GRANT'S GREAT SPEECH, &e., &e.. &s. Tho Grant Dinner at St. Louli ‘ai U. 8. Grant te this city, last Tuesday, ow a visit to a sick child, took our tizens by surpriso Had tis coming bocn Kaown be. Preparations would have been made to receive and entertain, with the bonor duo to his name and servi- Ces, the distiuguished soldier who bas givea to the Ameri can aru Buch world wide rewown, and whuse achieve ments bave done s0 muck, Dot only to shatter the power of the Southern rebollion, but to rescue the reputation of our volunteer service from the cloud which Atiantic re. veraes had brought upon it, and to impress forcigs powers with a salutary respect for our Citizen sold erg. ‘This pleasure bei deniod them, our citizens tendered to General Grant a public dinner, which, though-not tial Cee Eoveeasaiies, his Lepage re homor was intended ecarcoly less for the men ‘Wrenchod the Mississipp! trom the grasp of the rebeus, than for the modest Lisutenant whd, as a formor. resident of St. Louis county, was the personal fri foe mer ‘litany, tall tio Lindel! Hotel Ipat Seca ag. APPBARANOR OF GENERAL GRANT. ‘The ; the otal at hat it Bix o’clock. Muel foalty wae exhibited to seo General Grant, and when he ‘bis appearance, arm in arm with Ju mn , all wore eager tw go forward and be presented to him, Ho weat the protracted. ceremony of shaking bands with crowd, And passing a word: or two with each, witt far josa.o€ pretensions apd jpous deportment than ‘acquaintance. He is a oll knit and frame, brown hair ahd’ whiskers, cropped fn @ mauner as utterly destitute of manner as could be com- coived. His sharp bose, beavy lower jaw, and firm get lips are tbo only features wherein one would suspect lurked the qualities that drove-the Western armies like a resistiess avalauche down the Mississippi and over the Southwest, in that caroer of consecutive victories that broke the power of tho rebellion, even whilo it was boast ing of triumphs at the Kast. i GENBRAL ROSECRANS, Gonoral Rosecraus attracted much attention as the now: commander of the department, and as the boro of ot tho moat brilliant and bloody fights of the war. ‘Ho is man of square colid head, a brow denoting strong Intel leét, and a beavy long nose that indicates tho rugged for- titude and persoverance ho exhibited on tho flold of Stone river OONTRAST BETWEEN GENERALS GRANT AND BOSE CRANS, The curiosity of the company centored upon these of ficers,’mainly upon General Grant, to honor whom the demobatration was specially intended, As they lodge in the botol, anything like an ostentatious arrival or recep- Uou was, of course, out of the question, General Grant had a visibly mild, modest manner, and received the cordial greetings tendered him with evident embarrass ment. The lady tmates of the house took possession of au adjoining parlor. through the open door of which they could see the General, and several of his most ardent admirera among the fair spectators took the op Portunity of bis pear proximity to the door in question to congent ‘to an introduction. General Rosecrans was evidently moro at home in public, and was talkative and communicative to the dogroe of decided sociability. During the procosa of the dinner the contrast continued equally marked in their demoanor, the former remaining still in big seat, and apparently an impassive and uoin- terested spectator of the proceedings, while Rosecrans laughed, applauded or nodded assent to the various som timents and speeches, and entered heartily into all the jollities going on in bis immediate vicinity. heey in brief, a decided debmnatre, whilst bis distingul compatriot appeared to have the opposite tastes and maa- nor of a recluse. GENERALS SCHOPIBLD AND OSTERUAUS. Gea. Schofield wee warmly grected vy hosts of eae who wished him suctess in new aod important of labor to which he bas beon assigned. ~ Gen. Osterhaus, who arrived after bis advoot was Ge apaired of, received the hearty and friendiy congratula- tions which bis substantial and distinguished services: apd bis successful fighting deserved. He ta a tail, woll formed and Bae looking officer, of fine aociable character, and casy and graceful manners. THE DINNER. ‘There wore three elegant tables aproad wise in the hall, provided abundantly from the h of tho Lin- dol! Hotei. In the ceutre of the one on the north side were seated the — of tho Committee of Citizens, Judge Samuel it, with Grant noxt on his right, follow. ed by Genera! Schofield, Colonel Leighton, Col:nel and Lieutenant Uovernor Hall. Next on his loft sat Gene- ral Roaccrang, General Ostorbaus and Mr. F. Deng, father- in-law of the guest of the evening. Mr. Dent is a white haired; florid fine looking fmm about nixty-five years old. He resides in St. Louis county, on the Gravole road, Immediately opposite Judge Treat, at the same table, sat Judge Lord, of the Land Court, flanked on the soft by Major Dann, C, B. Hubbell, Colonel Morrill and @. Hoeber; and op the right by Colonel Callender, Colonet Myers, Colone! Haistca and C.Y. E. Johnson, ‘At the centre of the south table wore-weatod How. Wayman Crow, with General McNeil, Gonoral Fisk, General Brown, Genera! Totten, Genoral Gray. The remaining guests, to the number of two hundred, occupied the other seats at tho tabies. The hall, superb in the ceiling and wall colorings which embellished it, waa furtber decorated by the spirited drapings of the national flag from each of the arched windows, and presented e magniliceut appearance, After the guests were seated, Judge Treat called upom the Rey. W. G. Eliot, President of the Sanitary Commin- slon, to ask a blessing, and the reverend gootiomam oflered an impressive prayer. Judge Treat then aroge and spoke as follows:— JUDGN TREATS SPRRCH. Fentow Crrzevs—Tho thoughts suggested by this fom tive bour press for a fuiler utterance than is bocoming & prosiding officer; and yot what neod of words {rom me, when your bearis are aiready dtctating more than words can express ?—what need of words at all, sayo that the full heart wells over from the exuberance of its emotions? The presence of) your illustrious guest and of so maar war-worn- heroe® is more eloquent than the most gilted ice tells of battles fought and victo- country around whose fate clusters all that Nberty or af- fection holds dear, In that life are involved the most sion ot our day—the task devolved uj Statesmen. To those who have nobly guflered all, dared a}! for the nation’s rasens, our grateful homage te due—to each and every soldier from the bighsst in com mand to the aurtobiest private in the ranks. In the light, then, questioning coniidence the coming dawn which usher in full orbed day of a ro-established Unioan— the Union rendered imperishable and consecrated anew =~ and forever by the r t trials it bas undergone, the perils it bas surmounted, and the ism of blood through which it s passing to newness 0: life. The President then announced tbe drat regular toast — “The President of the United States.” Music— ‘Spangled Bauner.’’ : "3 SPBECH. M Dui q \dge Adi ite of the department, ie inn, Judge lvocat wee PR om inten veapeed. He snid the man who had’ called upon to meet the gravest responsibilities of this eneration wag not long since known as ‘A. Lincolm, fsq., Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Springfield, ili Rois,” now known as ‘A. Lincoln, President of the United (Great applause.) This fact exemplifies the simplicity ond democracy of our form of government, Rulers are not born to us, bu from the mass of the people. Called as Mr. was to assume the executive power of the government at @ time of immt- nent peril to the nation, who shall ie! be has not done well’ Of course he bas not done all for = wae for he is human; but who, of all our public men, have done better? He who, before his election, never, perhaps, @veu seen one thousand men in array, is now the Vommander-in-Chief of army on the globe. He who had not set his foot on @ manof-war, now wavy ‘= sun may avawer to whole Atlantic con: 8 predecessor, ed like @ troubled ghost through the: halls the White House, mumbling to himself Bhecns 9 ten was the tirst’ and | am the last of the Presidents the United States,” turned over the government to Mr, Livcoln weak and feeble as traitors could make it, little army—(A voice—16,000)—ncattered Lng could not be made available jo suppress and our naval force on-our Atlantic coast amounting, if recollect rightly, to just twenty-seven guns. Contras® our feebleness then with our power now, and say whether the Presidént, undor whose administration all has been accomplished, is not entitied to the gratitude, Let those cavil and find fault who will, bis- tory and posterity will do justice to the simple vi patriotiem and administrative ability of Abraham Lin- coln, (Great applause.) But po one is more ready than Mr. Lincoln to —-s, his obligations te the American people for heroic devot the Union which thoy played in great struggie. He would olaim nothing for bim- solf, bus give all praise to the people and that brave army of which we bave such a y Of great com. manders here this evening. (immense applause.) When thia great rebellion suddenly burst upon our astonished nation we looked around for leaders of our armies. Where were the men accustomed to high command, and whose military experience and genius were an assurance of vio- tory? We knew them not; but men 4s grent commanders have come forth from the body of our aoldiers and people, and now their farge fills the world, (Applause.) We have ghem here to-night. (Grout cheering.) History ne already recorded tl jeods of imperishable renown, and the muse of history, pen in hand, ie sitting in expectation of eoon having te record other deeds which, great as they may bo, cam searcely be hoped to in those already recorded. (Applaee.) This t# the heroic age of the re- public, and the events of this war will not only be re- corded in tistory, but romence aod story, pootry and song, painting Aud sculpture, will unite their cnet thie to tanke tho heroes of this war immortal. (App Ie advined those present to preserve their tickets to feast: for their grandebildren will be proud to know that their grandfathers: had the honor of sitting at the name festive lg witt the hero of ant ae ia great dooda bility Chat now rests upon him, he had ive him wisdom and strength in the ime of Aad. On him uaere chan on any obher commenter now e984 tha BOPOOT LIA uation For Lag viguorias, will