The New York Herald Newspaper, September 18, 1865, Page 4

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Buropean news four days later, and of an {mportant and interesting character, was brought by the steamship City of Boston, which arrived here yesterday, from Queenstown on the 7th inst. Great excitement and alarm had been created by the incroasing boldness of Fenian demonstrations in Ireland. Four counties in which the order was supposed to be strongest had been placed under a species of martial law, and many arrests had been made. In one of these counties alone it is estimated that there are fifty thou- sand Fenians. There were the strongest indications that the fraternity were preparing for an early and powerful outbreak. Many of the newspapers charge that the order was started in the United States and derives, its a'd and inspiration thence, the design being to effectithe. independence of Ireland through an embroilment of Amorica. and England in var, while one journal an- ounces that its headquarters are in Liverpool. A meeting of English holdors of rebel bonds was held in London on the 4th instant, to take action for the pro- tection of their interesis; but nothing decisive was agreed upon. One of this unsophisticated party of financiers expressed the opinion that the United States ernment was ‘‘internationally as well as morally este to pay this loan.” ‘The London papers publish a letter from President ohnson to an American gentleman resident in Berlin, in which the President says he trusts our national success Will prove the success of popular principles throughout ‘the world. A great fire in Stamboul, Turkey, had destroyed twoaty-five hundred buildings, and was still raging on the 6th inst. United States five-twenty bonds wore quoted in the ‘London market on the 7th inst. at 68 a 6334. Consols for money were at 89% a 90. Cotton, in the Liverpool mar- ket was buoyant, and had slightly advanced. Bread- atufts and provisions were quict and steady. THE NEWS. Regarding the Paraguayan war we have from Buenos Ayres journals some further very interesting items. ‘There ia said tobe much apathy regarding it among tho people of the Argentine Confederation, who are slow in joining the army. In order to stir thom up General Ur- quiza, formerly their President, has issued a proclama- tion, im which he says that he considers the contest against Poraguay so sacred (hat he would go to join the Jogions in the“fiold even if he should be deserted by his own children. The Argentine government has made arrangements for raising troops in Europe. In order to drive the Paraguayans out of the Brazilian province of Rio Grande, the Emperor has ordered that every ft man thore must be put under arms, and thirty thousand from other provinces must march at 01ce to assist them. There is a strong fecling against the officeholders and gentry in Brazil, because they do not exhibit a proper war spirit, President Lopez, of Paraguay, is displaying the most extraordinary vigor in his efforts to meet the aveaults of the three Powers by which he is assailed. Every man and boy capable of ser- ‘vice is being put into the army, and the necessary agri- cultural work is to be done by the women. It is thought that Lopez has nearly one hundred thousand mon under ‘arma, and he is well supplied with war materia of a vory excollent character. ‘An account of the meeting and organization of the South Carolina reconstruction convention is contained in our Columbia correspondence brought by the steamship Monoka, which arrived here yesterday, from Chanleston on Thursday last. Nearly al! the members wore original secessionists and rebels, and the rebel army is largely roprosented by them, many of them boing army officers of the defunct confederacy. Some of the dele. gatos, including Wade Hampton, belong to the classes exempted from Presidential uinnesty, and have not yet been pardoned. The convention assembled on Wednes. day last, but transacted litte bu-iness, adjourning over til the next day to await u message from Provisional Governor Perry. Judge David L. Wardlaw, of Abbeville istrict, wos chosen temporary presiding officer. Tho steamship George Cromwell, which arrived hero yesterday from New Orleans, brought our despatches from that city to the 9th inst., and from other portions of the Gulf region toa late ute, Additional details are given in our New Orleans and Brownsville letters of some Interesting facta in regard to Mexican matters heretofore briefly noticed in the Heratv. The imperial wagon train from Monterey for Matamoros which was attacked some time ago and driven back by the republicans contained ‘wo hundred and fifty thousand dollars in speci. A party of imperialists sent out for ite assietance from thre latter town was pounced upon by Cortina and routed. General Shsridan’s military display along the border is making Maximilian’s officers very nervous, and by balls ‘and other entertainments they are endeavoring to con- willate the dreaded Northmen. | ‘The abandonment of Chihuahua, his capital, by Prest Gont Juarez, of the Mexican republic, and its occupation ‘Dy tho imperial troops, has keretofore been chronicled Bn the Herat, After leaving the city of Chihuahua he and his Cabinet established themselves in the town of El ‘Paso, in the State of Chihuahua; but it was thought by ‘some that they would soon be followed thither by Maxi fmilian’s forces and compelled to seek safety on the (American side of the Rio Grande. Gonoral Canby, commanding the Department of Louisi- Ana, haa issued gn order directing the Brovost Marshal General of the Department to furnish the registers of vowrs, with @ list of the names of all those persons who. after an onrollmont for the draft Skave Daa Rava— NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1865. was ordered, left the State to avoid military ser- vice, and thereby became deserters; also of those per- sons who claimed military exemption on the ground of General Carl Schurz was in New Orleans on the 7th inst., engaged in the duties of his mission of inspection of the Southern States, to which he was appointed by the Pre- sident. He would proceed thence to Mobile. ‘A number of the leading men of Georgia on a visit to the national capital in connection with reconstruction matters last week had very interesting conferences with Secretary of the Interior Harlan and Commissioner of Agriculture Newton, The Georgians stated that there was great destitution among their people of, and great demand for, books containigg the recently enacted laws of the United States. The Secretary informed them that all through the rebellion the quotas of documents for all the States were printed with the same regularity as pre- viously. Those for the rebellious States had been care- fully stored away, and would, now that the national au- thority had been restored, soon be distributed. The Georgia gentlemen were very much pleased with the ro- sults of their visit in all respects, and represented to the Secretary that the people generally in their State re- garded the issues of the war as fully settled, considered slavery completely dead, and were desirous of being again able to take their proper position inthe Union. They said that recently there had been much improvement in the relations of planters and negroes. On frst acquiring thelr freedom, the latter, in the exuberance of their joy, were disposed to abandon their rural employments and flock to the towns; but now they have generally re- sumed their former occupations on the plantations, aad are working industriously. With the Commissioner of Agriculture the Georgians perfected arrangements for the distribution of seeds in their State, A continuation of the account of the Western trip of the European capitalists, by one of the Heraup corres- pondents who accompanies them, giving all the occur- rences and incidents of interest, appears in our columns this morning. The present instalment of this interest- ing chronicle carries the pecunious party through In- diana and Illinois, and leaves them in St. Louis. At the latter place they were introduced to Generals Grant and Sherman. The latter distinguished officer was one of the guests at a banquet given to them there, and, in re- sponse to his being toasted by the Hon. Mr. Kinnaird, made a brief speech. ‘The national Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will assomble in annual session’ in Balti- more to-day. This will be one of the most interesting conventions of this body which has been held for years, as several matters of great interest to the Order will ro- ceive attention. Representatives from nearly all of the lately rebellious States have been elected, and are ex- pected to be present. It will be the first time in four years when, on the recurrence of this annual assemblage, they have united with their Northern brethren, On Wednesday the handsome monument which has for some time been in course of erection in Baltimore to the memory of Thomas Wildey, the father and founder of Odd Fellowship in this country, will be dedicated with all the appropriate imposing ceremonies of the Order. Extensive preparations for this affair have been mado, and thousands of strangers willbe in the Monumental City to take part in and witness it. Last night the city was ‘alroady bocoming rapidly thronged with visitors, and arrangements were being made by the Baltimore merchants:to give a grand banquet to the Grand Lodge. The yachts Henrictta and Restless started on a race at eloven o'clock on last Saturday: night from Sand’s Point, Long Island Sound. Yesterday forenoon, at eleven o'clock, the Henrietta passed the lightship off New Lon- don, Conn., fifteen minutes ahead of the Restless. Augusta, Maine, was visited by a terribly destructive fire yesterday, supposed to be the work of incendiarism, which destroyed over forty buildings, comprising nearly the entire business portion of the city. All the banks were burned, but saved their papers and troasure. The loss is estimated at half a million dollars. ‘Afire last night at 475 Cherry street destroyed that building and astable inthe rear and did some damage to Nos. 477 and 479. A horse was burned to death in the stable The Rev. Mr. Marshall, of Mississippi, formerly chap- lain of a rebel regiment, preached a sermon yestorday forenoon in Cooper Institute on “The Shaking of the Nation,” in which he dwelt on the shaking which the nation had recoived by the rebellion. He considered that the suffering which the Southern people had endured | was the chastening of God, for their purification, coun- selled the cultivation of a spirit of brotherhood and Christian fellowship tetween the churches of the North and the South, and bitterly denounced all attempts to foster soctionglism. The revorend Southernor prayed fervently for the President of the United States; spoke im high terms of William Lloyd Garrison, the veteran abolitionist, whose hoart ho said was big enough to fill the universe, and warmly thanked the people of Now York for their generosity towards him since his arrivai in the city. Mrs, Ella Hobart, who was for nine months chaplain of & regiment in the national army, delivered a sermon last ovoning in one of the rooms of the Cooper Institute. Sho did not say anything, however, about her experience while in tho military service, but there’ was spico in some of her ideas. Tho Catholic Bishop and clergy of Now Jersey yester- day laid the corner stone of a new church in Jersey City. The ceremonies were of an imposing character, and there was a large procession of German and Irish societies. A discourse was delivered at the church, and there were evening services in St. Mary's church, participated in by Fathor Sonez, the pastor, Dr. Brann and other clergy- men. The affair croated much interest in the city. The spirituatists hold their usual Sanday discussion at Metropolitan Hall, Sixth avenue, yesterday. Rev. Hugh Dunn made an elaborate argument, quoting largely from Dr. Adam Clarke, to prove the reality of the phenomena called spiritual manifestations, but contended that they ‘were all evil and came from evil spirits, Afterwards several other persons addressed the audience, and one of the learned and reverend doctors exhibited some very “striking” manifestations. The demonstrative antago- nists finally, shook hands and parted in the greatest good humor, agreeing to continue the discussion on another occasion. ‘The Seventy-fifth New York regiment, en roule for Al- bany, and the Twenty-sixth Masaachusotts, Colonel Chap- man, on the way home, arrived in the city yestorday and passed on to their destinations. J. Bt. Leger Grenfal, tried amd found guilty in Chi- cago of being a rebel conspirator and hotel burner, and sentenced to be hung, arrived in this city yesterday under military guard, on his way to the Dry Tortugas, his punishment having been commuted to imprisonment for life. The cricket match at Hoboken on Saturday last be- tween the second elevens of the St. George Club, of this city, and the Boston Club resulted in the victory of the latter by a score of one hundred and thirty-five to one hundred and twenty-five. A journal of a voyage in the upper air is givon in this morning’s issue by one of the Hxra&p correspondents who ascended on Saturday last from the Park in Profes- sor Lowe’s balloon Quaker City. After a pleasant excur- the serial voyagers landed safely at Harlem. The Upper Canada Fair commences at London to-day, and continues all the week. That for Lower Canada ts to commence at Montreal on the 26th inst., and wil! close on the 20th. Atapama on Repupiation.—We perceive that the Alabama State Convention has adopted, by a vote of fifty-eight to thirty-five, a resolution .in opposition to the repudiation of the Con- federate debt, It is posstble that those fifty- eight gentlemen who are opposed to the re- pudiation of the rebel debt may have a little personal interest in the matter, a few rebel bonds, and wish to bolster up the remnant of Southern credit in the English market by mak- ing pretensions to an intention to pay off the debt. Be that as it may, it would be well for these gentlemen, and all others who think with them, to make arrangements for the liquida- tion of their indebtedness as it existed before the war; and also to provide by taxation for the payment of their share of the national debt which the United States government has incurred in consequence of the rebellion. These little bills must be settled first. If Ala- bama and all other Southern States can pay off both their share of the Union war debt and the whole of the rebel war debt so much the better; and we hope their resources, as being now develoved, will enable them to do go. Important from England—The Fenian Excitement. The City of Boston, which arrived yesterday, brings us four days’ later news from Europe, the most important of which is that rolating to the Fenian movements in Ireland. It is already reported that the English gov- ernment had proclaimed four counties in Ire- land, meaning, we suppose, that they had been virtually placed under martiallaw. This re- port, published in the Hunarn of yesterday, is somewhat confirmed by the extracts which we publish this morning from Cork and Dublin papers that the proclamation affecting Tip- perary had been recalled, and that several cities and towns were to be placed under sur- veillance in accordance with the “Outrage Act.” The movements and developments in Ireland were evidently producing considerable effect in England, and creating some alarm in official circles. The London Times, which copied one of our reports of tho Fenian organization in | this country, characterizing the affair aa a joke, and vehemently insisting that the drills in Ireland were drills of men in buckram. has since changed its tone, and now speaks in threatening language of the severe punishment that will be meted out to the Fenians if they attempt a revolution. All the fine sermons preached to the United States, when our rebe!l- lion broke out, about mercy and conciliation, are forgotten, and the way to punish treason is only thought of by this organ of John Bull. We give pretty full accounts, from the Eng- lish and Irish papers, of this remarkable move- ment. While these demonstrations, so alarm- ing to England, are being made in Ireland, the Fenians here and in Canada seem to be quite active in maturing their plans, whatever they may be, for future operations. The Republican State Cenvention—Pre- sident Johnson or Robespierre Stevens? The Republican State Convention, to be held at Syracuse next Wednesday, will present a very curious contest. The radical and the conservative wings of the party will struggle bitterly to decide who shall control the plat- form and the nominations. The prompt and patriotic action of the loyal democracy of this. State has forced the republicans to take equally bold ground in regard to the Presi- dent’s policy. Since the democrats have heartily endorsed President Johnson it will not do-for the republicans to shirk the issue and say nothing about bim,-unless they are ready to give up the election and allow it to go against them by default. If the conserva- tive republicans should triumph, Andy John- son will be endorsed as heartily by the Repub- lican Convention as he was by the democratic. In this case there will be no party im opposi- tion to him, and he will loom up, like Wash- ington during the first Presidency and like Lincoln during the latter days of his adminis- tration, with the whole country cordially united in his support and vigorously carrying out bis plans of reorganization. If, on the other hand, the radicals rule the roast, the President will be coolly pushed aside or bluntly condemned, and the negro suffrage, confiscation, blood and thunder, military government theories of Robes- pierre Stevens will be displayed as the repub- lican creed. In this case the party will of course be beaten before the people; but the quarrel will be at once transferred to Con- gress, where the radicals are numerically strong, and every seceded State that presents itself for admission through its Congressional representatives will meet with the most deter- mined opposition. Assuch important results, not only to the two political parties, but to the country atlarge, depend upon the contest for supremacy in the convention, it is well worth our while to con- -sider the relative chances of the conservatives and the radicals. In this city Thurlow Weed is the leader of the former faction and Horace Greeley leads the latter. By a skilful change of base Weed has secured for himself a city organ in the Times, and Greeley relies, as usual, upon his Tribune. A preliminary newspaper squabble between the two leaders has already occurred; but as the public have apparently accepted each of the combatants at the other's valuation that squabble may be set down as in- decisive, and the matter will have to be fought out atthe convention. A very reasonable de- duction to be made from the recent contro- versy is that there will be no compromise he- tween the factions; but circumstances over which neither Weed nor Greeley has control would have prevented a compromise from availing them anything, even had they been disposed to make one. Now that the demo- crats have endorsed the President so emphati- cally, the republican who is not for him amy be safely counted as one of his opponents, according to a well known scriptural rule. But, while neither faction has gained or lost by the Weed and Gueeley controversy, it is impos- sible not to concede that the conservatives have made a strong move by seizing the Cue- tom House, ousting Draper and installing Preston King, who is Mr. Johnson’s personal friend. This is equivalent to a move in chess that captures your adversary’s queen and places your own in a favorable position for a checkmate; or it may be compared to that brilliant advance made by Grant upon Lee when he stormed the rebel works at Peters- burg and turned their own guns upon the ene- my. Whetber or not Weed can follow up this advantage may be doubtful; but at present he certainly seems to have the winning side. Such distant guns as that of Robespierre Ste- yens cannot counterbalance such a battery as the Custom House; and unless the radicals can silence Preston King they are lost. It is a remarkable fact that at all the conven- tions the questions of importance hinge upon President Johnson, and he holds the balance of power, This shows with what unanimity the people approve of his character and his policy, and with what force his firm, steady, conserva- tive course begins to impress itself upon the country. This is the era of politics, of political transformations and developments, of new parties and of new politicians; and we must not be astonished at any phenomena or even at any political miracles, The republican party may choose to stand aside and let the democrats aweep everything before them, thus returning the compliment whieh the democrats paid the republican party, under the war pres- sure, in 1861, Should the politicians decide upon this piece of strategy they must remember that it will not be so easy for the republicans to regain power as it was tor the democrats in 1862. An overwhelming triumph now will decide the next Presidential election in advance and put the democrats in possession of the govern- ment for many years to come. The victories won by the republican politicians during the war were merely temporary ; but.a victory now is @ permanency. Thousands of demo- crata left their party in the war times because all other issues were subsidiary to the war issue; but now they are marching home to their old political quarters, just as our veterans are returning to their farma and their stores. We gee gome of their names conspicu- ous upon the democratic State ticket, and we shall see nearly all of them voting this ticket at the polls, When the country is in danger we all join the national army and the national party; but when the war is over the army and the party are disbanded together, and our oitizens resume their old political affiliations with their old avocations,or else they strike out: for themselves new parties and new ocoupations. The republicans must learn that we will have no standing parties and no standing armies. The democratic party is now ag national as the republican, and if the radicals prevail at Syracuse they will make the republi- can organization as sectional as it was when it first took the field. We should not be surprised, in that event, to see the democrats become the administration party, and, assisted by Presi- dent Johnson, put the republican opposition to total rout. But if the conservatives run the convention, adopt some of the democratic can- didates and imitate the democratic platform in its support of President Johnson, there will be, practically, no contested election here, and but little, if any, trouble in Congress, and the seceded States will be restored to the Union without further squabbling, greatly to the satis- faction of the President and of all the people, North and South. Tae Warertnc Prace Season Enpep—TaE Merropourran Season Beaun.—When “the swal- lows homeward fly,” and the leaves put off their green garments, to assume the orange and carna- tion robes of autumn, the fashionable summer resorts begin to thin out. That time has now arrived, and Broadway begins to bloom again with the beauty of face that Saratoga and Newport only witnessed enshrouded in um- brella-shaped hats, and glitters with costumes unknown to rural haunts, This summer has brought an improvement in many of our fash- fonable watering places. Hotel keepers have been more courteous and less extortionate than usual, There is, however, still vast room for improvement in both particulars. While the favorite places—such as Saratoga, Newport, Long Branch, and so forth—have been exten- sively patronized, as usual, people have dis- covered many new spots where the summer can be passed agreeably and economically, These places will loom up by and by and ac- quire as much notoriety as the older watering places; but for a few seasons to come they will no doubt be reserved for the few sensible peo- ple who believe that ease and comfort are the most precious gifts of country life, and that fashion and dissipation belong to the city and ought to be left there. In no feature of our city enjoyments is the return from the summer resorts more ap- parent than in the Park. The scene there on Saturday was about as suporb as anything which Paris or London could produce. The vast assemblage, the elegant costumes, the magnificent equipages, all presented a coup d’ail which was perfectly delightful.’ Added to these were the pure, fresh atmosphere, pel- lucid and fragrant; the foliage, so delicately touched with “death’s decaying fingers; the music on the water, on the land and in the air, and the picture of beauty was complete. The halloon ascensions which have been introduced this season are among the most attractive enjoymenta of visitors to the Park. There were many ascents made on Saturday, one balloon being attached to ropes, and the other soaring at the will of the wind, of which there was so little stirring that the majestic air ship remained for nearly an hour balanced and tionless over the Park. In one of the cars an instrumental band, which treated the tra- vellers in the balloon and the angels above them to a concert in the clouds. There is stil! a month or more remaining for the autumn pleasures of the Park, where the re- turn visitors from the watering places may pro- long at intervals the enjoyment they commenced in the country. Uncle Sam’s daily business, At many of the theatres powerful accessions have been made to the original list of actors and actresses; in some instances stars have been added to the usual stock company, thus giving promise of some- thing unusually excellent in the performances in store for us, We have no doubt that this will prove one of the most brilliant theatrical sea- sons we have had for many years. The Revolution in Political Parties— Preside Johnson’s Opportunity to Form One that Might Goverm tor Fifty Years. In all great political and social convulsions old party issues undergo ® change and new ones are raised. And generally there rises out of these convulsions some representative man aa the chief of the State, or in some other con- trolling position, who reflects, or is the embodi- ment of, the spirit and necessities of the times. History, throughout all its pages, shows this to be true. Without going back to remote ages for examples with which every student is fa- miliar, we will advert only to a few in modern times that come within the recollection and knowledge of almost every one. In our struggle for independence, when pub- lic sentiment was changing from reverence for monsrohical institutions to democracy, and while there was still existing in the old colonists @ conservative veneration for the laws and forms of the government and society they had been born under, a man eminently representing this transition state was providentially raised up to give direction to the Revolution and mould the new order of things that was to come out of it. Washington was ina remarkable manner the representative man of the period in his views, sentiments, habits and tastes. He reflected in his whole character the spirit and temper of the times in America. When society in France was torn in every part and fearfully disorganized by the revolution, when every one was look- ing anxiously for some mighty hand to save, the little Corsican captain loomed up, sword in hand, from amidst the eontending elements, and slew the factions. Two things were spe- cially needed at that time—restoration of order and a proper vent for the fierce, rest- less and ambitious military spirit of France. Napoleon Bonaparte represented fully that state of mind, understood it thoroughly, and became both the restorer of order and the military hero for which society craved. We might mention Andrew Jackson, at a later period and in another sort of revolution—a political revolution—as being eminently a rep- resentative man of the ‘spirit and necessity of the times in which he lived. Or we might name others as examples in proof of the proposition stated; but these are sufficient for our purpose. We have been led to make these remarks because they are applicable to our own condi- tion at the present time. We are passing through a more remarkable revolution than any the country has experienced since the foun- dation of the government. It commenced years anterior to the war, and the war was but the consequence of it. The conflict, however, gave to it certain new phases, which are still fermenting, and of the precise results of which we are yet ignorant. But fearful as the shock has been there is one gratifying fact that stands out prominently and astonishes the world, and that is.that the republic has passed through the ordeal without disintegration, or any serious change likely to. endanger its institutions or our liberties, and now is more secure and pow- erful than ever. To this extraordinary state of things there is no parallel in history. The astonishing and unprecedented shock passes away like a harmless earthquake, and leaves us where we were before. But though this is so, as far as our institutions and liberty are concerned, it is not so with re- gard to political parties. These had their foun- dation heretofore in sectional issues chiefly, such as the slavery and tariff questions, and the slavery question particularly. A peo- ple homogeneous by race, language and other things became estranged and antago- nistic. Now all that is changed. As the smoke of the war clears away and the asperities it has created vanish under the wise and conciliatory policy of the government, there will be no sec- tions and no parties based on sectional issues. We shall become homogeneous in feeling, as we are in race and language. That is the philoso- phy and natural course of things. Still there will be political parties, though not sectional ones, as before. There will be parties on various questions of home and for- eign policy, and there will always be, probably, two great ones which might be properly termed the constitutional and latitudinarian parties, the former assimilating to the old democratic party and the latter somewhat to the whigs of former days. The Jacobin, agitating and fanatical conglomerate faction, that has had such a dis- astrous though short reign, must disappear to be seen no more, for it will have no aliment to subsist upon. And this is really the revolution now going on. President Johnson, with his immense power— @ power as great as that of any potentate in Europe—is in a position to give form, body and strength to the new constitutional party. He may be if he will, and we think he is, the rep- resentative man arising out of the convulsions of our day, to restore peace and harmony, and to lead the country into that course of gran- deur and usefulness which destiny has essigned to it. He can form a party that would govern this country for fifty years, which would raise it to a degree of greatness unequalled by Rome or Great Britain. He occupies, beyond all ques- tion, a more important position for doing the greatest good and gratifying the highest ambi- tion than any of his predecessors, or, perhaps, than any monarch in the world. Will he take this course? Will he form this constitutional Johnson party, and put his heel on the mis- chievous factions that want to control him? We think he will, and that his whole policy indi- cates such a glorious success for himself and destiny for the country. Geverat Hosrirans.—We are informed that in August last Miss Dix resigned the office of super- intendent of women nurses, the general hospitals being nearly all closed, and orders for the final closing of all at anearly day having been an- nounced. Misa Dix’s resignation was to take effect the lat of September. She has occupred this diffi- cult and laborious position for more than four years, and the importance of the varied services she has gratuitously and faithfuy rendered is too well known to need comment. We also learn that on the lst an order was iseued from the Surgeon General’s office requiring the immediate mustering out of all women nurees, consequent on the rapid closing of all the general hospitals in the United States. Thus is dissolved the institution of women Tue Potice anp THE Rowpies.—Every day we hear of policemen being assaulted in the dis- charge of their duty—some of thom fatally, and nearly all more or less severely. There was a time when the police officer was all powerful in quelling disturbances or making arrests; but it would appear that such is not now the case. Criminals have become so conscious of their power to resist lawful authority that the police- man has in most instances to risk bis life in the attempt to prevent the commission of crime or to arrest the criminal. This fact ought to sug- geat to the Police Commissioners the necessity of prohibiting officers from going alone into those dangerous haunts where a number of ruffians are congregated, as in the case of the officer who was attacked and beaten to insensibility the other night. It is no safeguard for the policeman that he carries a revolver, because, in nine cases out of ten, at the present time, bis assailants are armed also. It is an injustice to efficient officers, anx- ious to perform their duty, to submit them to the dangers to which they are exposed in many distriets of the city. In such haunts policemen should patrol in couples. We presume suchan arrangement is quite within the means of the Police Commissioners. If adopted it would give confidence to the officers in the discharge of their duty, and would have a salutary effect upon the rowdies, who now evidently feel their capacity to cope successfully with a single po- liceman. Tar Taratre Srason.—This week is de facto the opening week of the theatre season. By Thursday night they will be all in full opera- tion, Last week the Olympic had its opening pight. On Thursday Wallack’s inaugurates the winter term. All the houses have been undergoing the manipulations of the scene painters and decorators, carpet fitters, white- washers and scrubbing women. They all there- fote come out now in their new costumes as bright ag a dollar used to be in the almost for- gotten dave whep silver coinage was a vart of | during the faye “yrs! war, nurses, so important and so valuable ip ita results THE GEORGIANS 1 WASHINGTON. The Work of Reorganization Goes On. The Georgians Have a Good Time with Secre- . tary Harlan and Commissioner Newton. Secretary Harlan Furnishes the State with Books. &o. &o. &o. A party of Georgians last week waited on Secretary Hiar- Ian, at the Department of Interior, to pay him thois respects and to represent to the destitution of the ‘State in regard to the books of the statutes of the United States. After tendering him the respects of their State and of themselves, which was gracefully received by Mr. Harlan, Judge Bigham opened the conversation by sey: ing that one of the greatest embarrassmenta the people of Georgia were now laboring under was the scarcity of books in the State to give them information of the laws of the United States; that the desire for early reorgani- gation, not only in form but in substance, on the part of Georgians, was earnest and sincere, and that, as true aad loyal citizens of the United States, they desired now te obey all laws, and to that end to inform thomselves of what those-laws were, Mr, Harlan inquired as to the extent of the dostitu- tion. , Judge Bigham said, “I will make you the same reply I made to similar inquiries of Provisional Governor Joba! son. The district concentrating upon and including the city of Atlanta, over which I preside, is, perhaps, the most populous, as it is the most accessible portion of Georgia. Colonel Whitaker, proprietor of the Intelli- gencer, is the only man that has a copy of the Statutes that I know of. By this illustration you sec our desti- tution is great.’’ “The government,” said Mr. Harlan, “has not beem unmindful of Georgia, nor will we pass unheeded the respectful appeal you make to-day. The object of the government is to foster and improve, and to do even handed justice to all. Throughout the rebellion the books, papers and public documents of each State have alike been prepared. To all that were accessible and in proper frame of mind to receive them they have been! regularly distributed. Those of Georgia are here, and we will at ence send a quantity to the Governor for distribution. Like distribution,” said he, “will also be made to all the States lately in rebellion, and, in addition to this, copies of the needful public laws will soon be published in two of the newspapers of the State.” Tho gentlemen expressed a high sense of gratification at the course of the government. Mr. Harlan then inquired if the people had fully ae- cepted the issues of the war, and what the condition and prospects of Georgia were under the new order of things. Judge Bigham said “there had been occasionally some repinings and some manifestations of inimical feolinge; that this, howeyer, had almost totally disappeared, and that the good men of the country were vieing with each other in advancing the work of restoration; that all-re- garded the issues of the war as fully settled, and now sincerely desired the inauguration of the era of complete — union and good feeling. The negro was held to be un- conditionally and unquestionably free and regarded with kindness and sympathy. He believed that healthy | public opinion existed there that, would insure him pro- tection and justice. This was as much as he was au- thorized to say. No man had a right now to speak for Georgia or commit her to any particular policy.” Mr. Harlan—‘‘I am glad to hear so favorable a report, and hope, the great issues of difference being once fully adjusted upon the results of the war, that the union of the States would be more perfect and harmonious tham ever.’ Ho inquired the details of the arrangements made with freedmen, which Colonel Fannin (who is him- ‘ self a planter) gavo at length and ina very satisfactory way. Mr. Harlan apoke in high terms of General How- ard, at the head of the Freedmen's Bureau. He referred to the fact that the law creating the bareau made it tom- porary, and inquired what ought to be dono about the freedmen when the time for the existence of the bureau expires. Colonel Fannin expressed the opinion that by that time the freedmen and their former owners would both mutu- ally understand their rights and duties muob better than | now. He sald there had already been a great change ia that particular; that when first set at kberty the negroes had flocked to our little country towns and thronged oer Cities, but thet now they wore ‘returning to their olf © homes and settling down to the idea that they must, like | ‘all other members of sootety, to be ufbful, work; that they regarded tneir former ownors ag their best friends,, and in most cases they were. In this opinion Judge Bigham expreesed his concurrence, and said:—“By the time to whioh you look forward with so much concerm, Mr. Seoretary, our Convention will have met, and like- wiso our Legislature, and I have no doubt but that a good, safe code of just and liberal laws will have bees framod. They cannot be expected to be perfect at Gre, for no human system or work ever was; but you may Tost assured that in Georgia a just, liberal and equitable policy will prevail. Our courts will punish the freed- man with even handed justice for what he does wrong, and protect him in all his rights to property, liberty and hsppinoss.”” 4 Somo pleasantry arose as to the capture of Colonel! Faa- nin by the Union forces and his treatment by Colonel Lagrange. Colonel F, sald that on the occasion of the 5 passage of the Union army through his vioinity the freedmen on his place hid his stock and took care of ad his valuables, thus demonstrating their attachment. Judgo Bigham said he had a man, raised with him, _ who was working away from home, and who, knowing | he was away, upon hoaring of the approach of General Wilson wont two hundred miles by rail home, to be with his family and assist thom; that he was intelligent, could read and write, but consulted him upon all that | concerned his welfare since he was set free, and treated him with the utmost kindness, deference and considera- tion. He reciprocated his attachment, and asa general thing the attachmont between freedmen and their for- mer owners was touching to contemplate. ; ‘The Georgians were very much pleased with thoir in- & terview with Secretary Harlan, who also expressed grati- fication. ‘They went next to the Department of Agriculture, where they bad,gan agrecable interview with Hon. Issac Newton, and perfected arrangements for the distribu- tion of seeds to the people of their State. Mr. Newton playfully remarked that if it was left to him and the agriculturiste of the country, the work of reorganization would be soon perfected. It was replied that the interchange of such civilities — and mark of care for the good of the people as emanated | | from his department would have great influence. One of the gentlemen said, “You will have to send the ladies | some nice presents, for they were, many of them, the most uncompromising rebels we hed.’’ ' } “Yea,” said he, “and they wil lead you all in the path of duty, too, and set you a good example of love to the Union of their fathers. At all events leave me the , names of some of the fair daughters of Georgia, and I will sond them some choice varieties of garden snd flower seed. We aro expecting a large order from Burope in a few days, and will remember thom when it — arrives.’ \ Thus the Georgians had a goed time of it, and another | link was welded in the chain of reorganizing patriotism. r —— Our Returning Vete 5 THE TWENTY-SIXTH MASSACHUSETTS. | ‘This regiment, under command of Golonel Chapman, \ ape i passed through here yesterday. They numbered thred hundred and sixty men, and came here on board of the steamer Empire City. THR SRVENTY-FIPTH NEW YORK. ‘The above regiment also arrived yesterday, and imme- diately left for Albany. ’ THE FOURTEENTH MAINE. The following is a list of officers of the Fourteenth Maine regiment, which passed through the city on ~ Saturday and arrived at Portland yesterday, on route for | Augusta, where they will be mustered out, Colonel, A. K. Bolom; Lieutenant Colonel, J. ‘RK. } Laing; Major, J. M. Wistwell ; sauna Dr. J. P. Sweat; Assistant Surgeon, Peter Gomatiors Adjutant, A. J. Chap. man; Quartermaster, R. ll eA Roxy firat lieutenant; Company B,J. J. Qaimby; Compan 6r'W. T. Crowell; Company , R.A. Logan; Company B, J.0. W. Paine; Company F,'J. 0. Fowler; Go y G@, —— Barnard ;’ Company H, J, H. Freoman; J, Labbex, pany & A, Ly Sender: {