The New York Herald Newspaper, September 24, 1865, Page 1

THE NEW YO , WHOLE NO. 10,618. THE PACIFIC. ARRIVAL "OF THE NEW YORK. END OF THE PANAMA REBELLION, * Fighting in Santa Martha and Peru., Death of United States Con- sul McKee. Ex-President Barrios, of Salvador, Tried and Shot, DISORGANIZED STATE OF THE COUNTRY. British War Steamer in Pursuit of the Pirate Shenandoah. &e. ‘ &o, & The steamship New York, Captain Tinklepavgh, from * Aspinwall, with the mails, passeogers and treasure from California, arrived at this port yesterday morning, The New York sailed from Aspinwall at twenty-four minutes , Past eight o’clock on the evening of the 16th inst., mak- ‘ng the run in the unparalleled time of six days, eleven hours and thirty minutes, The following is the spegie list of the New York:— FROM MAN FRANCISCO. Eagene Kelly & Co$298,000 Driscoll, Winthrop & Lees & Waller... ..483,877 23+ olaipes tes 000 Panama R. R. Co... 29,789 YROM ASPINWALL, Flint & Hall....... $3,000 8. L. Isaacs & Asch. 1,400 Hoadley, Eno & Co. —'300 Trevor & Colgate. . #19 Totab. ........-$1,088,877 00, L. Brandeis & Co... 13,267 Duncan, Sherman & Well & Co... Qur Panama Correspondence. ti Panama, Sept. 16, 1865. Bnd of the Panama Rebellion—Death of United States C.n- sul McKee—Disorganized State of the Country—Threw- ened Reteliion in Santa Martha—Proposed Increase of the Chilean Navy—-Approaching End of the Revolution in Peru—The Ex-President of Salvad-r Shot, &c. * | The uneasiness which prevailed at the sailing of the Yast steamer in reference to the revolution in this state has at length given way toa fecling of general ratis‘ac- «tion at the official announcement that the ‘backbone of the rebellion isbroken” and the leadors captured by the government forces, who are expected to return to Panama im triumph to-morrow. It is to be hoped we will enjoy a little peace now before another row occurs to br'ak up Dusiness, Lregret to announce the doath of the United States Consul at this port—Colonel. A. R. McKee. He bad been Suffering from dysentery for a length of time, and finally « yielded to the discase on the 3d inst, This is tho first Consul who has died here for about thirty years. The faneral procession was the most imposing ever witnessed im Panama, It was attended by tho Unjted States admiral and all his officers who could be spared from the ships, # body of marines and the marine band, all the foreign consuls, and almost every respectable citizen of Panama, The Prosidont of the State, with his officials, went to the consulate to attend the ccremony, but see'ng the United Btates marines in front of the door he took umbrage at their being landed, and withdrew. Reor Admiral Pearson has detailed Commander Daven- port, from the Lancaster, to take charge of the United States Consulate until a new appointment is made at We It is to be hoped a good man will be sent out, as is now & most important in many re- pore and tho government should fll it at. random. A few evenings ago the young men who have been doing militia dcty in the city during tho absenco of the troops: Be sinoren at the President for Liga oe some of the prisoners, and refused to serve any longer. » The result was that the Attorncy Geucral shouldered a musket and stood guard at the barracks all night. The commander-in chief of the forces on the Atlantic of the United States of Colombia, General Santa Guiter- -~ goes'to New York on tho present steamer. ‘rom’ Santa Martha we have news that that’ place is threatened by a rebol invasion, and families were flying ‘trom to Darrangyille. Tie whole country ap- Pears (0 be in @ imost disorganiz d and disturbed state. ‘There ia little news from South America, Everything $s quict in Chile, and business rapidly fmproving. of the Marine Department has been pre- sented to and ‘the public. From it we learn that the Chilean naval Yorco is about tobe increased by the addition of two corvetics of one thousand two bun- dred tons each, of nine guns of the bewviest calibre. ‘the fortification of the undefended parts © coast is being pushed on with vigor, and a wonderful stimulus is being given to’ naval affairs by the enterprise aud zeal of the present minister. ‘The revoli:tion in Pera still continues, but there now appears some prospect of the government getting the wpper band, ‘the entire fouth fs stl in the hands of the rovolutioniats, including the Cbinchas. Business is ata complete standstill Uroughont the country. From Central America the intelligenes hag just reach-d as that the tof Balvador, General Barriox, hasbeen shot by order of thet government for his con- nection in th» late revelation. a was on — liberal man, audwgrent frieud of foreigners. His Seach is generally re, tyne no doubt will lead to a revolution. in falva'or. Farrios liad been arrested in Nicaragua and handed over—to Salvador on an express treaty stipalation that his life should be spared, which was broken as sdon ns he entered the bee Nica. Fagua is very indignant at the breach of faith, and is about to demand satisfaction, The other Central Ameri- can States are at present tranquil. he mt The Press Correspondence. g P. Ma, Sept. 16, 1865, » The death of Mr. G, R. Hopkins, Chief Engineer ofthe Cali and Beneventura road, ts also reported, He died at the latter place August 26. Trouble appears to be brewing throughout the repuolic, and from Santa Martha we have news of further revolu- tionary movements there—the seizure of that place boing threatened by the rebels, under Fuentes, It really looks ag if these States are quite unable to take care of themselves, for they live in perpetual strife. From Peru we learn that the prospects of the rebels there are not so bright as by previous accounts, and it is now thought the government will succeed in quelling the insorgents, Meanwhile business reinains in a most ruin- ous condition, From Chile there fs little of {mportance. The passage the law tolerating religious worship of all kinds has at rh ‘boon snciatuctorily petted. Government has given notice that it will receive ten- dors for the long talked of scheme of steam communl- + cation to Eneland, via the Strut In Valparaiso business has greatly tmproved, as wo charters for shi Exchange on Engiand at Vaipartes was 45% 463,a. From Central America we have the intelligence of an- other piece of barbarity, Salvador, following in the stojs of Keondor, where the Prosident recently shot twenty-seven persons in Guayaqall, bas held a suintnary court inart al on the ex- ident of the State, General Barrios, as a revolutionist, hos shot btm, He was notified of his sentence at eleven o'clock at night, aud was shot at four o’clock the next mornin Barrios was one of the roost liberal and intel! men in Central America, and hie cruel and uumerited death hat created general dissatisfaction throughout Central America, i = United States fagehip Lancaster remains in the arbor, ‘The Cyane is expected to proceed to sea shortly. British War Steamer in Pursuit of the Shenandoah. the Panama Ftar, Sept. 16.) As soon #8 the despatch reached Acapuloo giving the ws of the destruction of Ai a whalers by the I pirate Shenandoah, tue eommauder of the Engiish war steamer Lege Mg lying in tho harbor, sought an interview Captain 6 P. Scott, of the Unitgat steamer Saranac, and informed ti hho should set sail immediately with the Devastation in a Shenandoah, ani should treat the rebel _ be foo, ee a gee she wort ad hs tho pet 6 n00n ts haxehip Coult be got Undor ny, i The Consul MeKee. 0 Wag an foe. Born and bred in ' of adventurous apie, —— ooo he practisea law with Tom Marshall, Judge, Burton and other notabilities; he conducted a newspaper with whe famous Prentice as a contemporary; he speculated in coal and Western produce, buying lands one day and “stumping” the State the next; writing as clerk of tho courts during one month and then drawing b's sword in the Mexican war in the following, and with that versa. tility of genius peculiarly American, be found no branch of indastry ainiss to him, amd he tried them one, by ove as the whim dictated, On the installation of Mr, Lincoln into office as President of the United States of America, in 1860, Coiolel McKee was appomted to the Consulate of Panama, At this port he hag remained over feur years with but a short absence, once, of a few weeks to Aca- pulvo and back, in r. During the Colonel McKee in this city he never mot any ohe who was not glad to meei him with cordiality. His kind heart was visible to all with whom he came in contact; rg spirit reached even to ex con, and sometines: him an object of whom the wiley sought to take advaniage. It was his aim to deal fairly and honorably by all men at all times, and indeed it was this inspiring feeling of his nature that led him to 80 over exert Limeel! ata time that Lis foeble frame re- quired repose that induced his fai prostration and end, He could not wilfully wrong any one, Even those who but Jaiely reviled bim are forced, standing on. the verze of hia grave and gazing on’ the Md that covers his remains, to accord him the word of praise; and those who but a few days ago so malgnantly assailed the dying man are now repentant of that malice, and are making atonement ior their waywardness an haste, The death of Colonel! McKee is felt by these with the pangs of remorse for haying wronged a more honest man than themselves, The remaing of the Colone] were accompanied to the foreign cemetery by the officers of the United States squadron in this bay, thie marines and band of the Laneasier, by the cont who acted as pall bearers, and by a long line of native apd foreige friends of the de- ceased, making the. procession the finest ever seen in this city. The body has been preserved in alcohol, and will eventually be taken to his old home in Kentucky, to be finally buried by the graves of his fathers, THE NAVY. THR NAVAL RACERS, ‘The Winooski and Algonquin are still working their engines 1m fine style, and will not stop the trial until Tuesday afternoon, Thus far the engine of the Wi- nooski has given the best evidence of its superiority over that of the Algonquin. Mr. Dickerson's ‘cut off” on the Jatter vessel does not come up to the expectations of many prominent engineers who at first thought it was a vory good thing, ‘The affair attractghundrods of spoc- tators to the scene of the trial at the foot of Delancey street. Nothing definite, however, as to the, results of the affuir will be known until the close of the ninety-six hours, which occurs on next Tuesday afternoon. SALE OF SURPLUS STBAMERS. ‘There will be another auction sale of surplus naval steamers on Monday noon, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Fifteen vessels of various sizes will be put ander the hammer. CITY INTELLIGENCE. Fine 1 Spruce Streer.—About half-past twelve o'clock on Friday night a fire occurred in the printing establish- + ment of Williams & Scott, No. 15 Spruce street. It originated in a room in the sub-cellar, used for keeping waste paper, and the flames spread up the shoot to the first floor, damaging the presses and stock to the amount of $5,000, Insured for $20,000 in the following insur- ance eompanies:—Grocers’, $2,000; Firemen’s, $1,500; Stuyvesant, $2,000; Howard, $2,500; Importers’ and Traders’, $2,000; Tradesmen’s, $1,500; Brevoort, $2,000; Hoffman, $2,000; East River, $1,000; Northwestern, $2,000, and Irving, $1,500. ‘The flames ext:nded to the second story windows from the outside, damaging the stock of Thomas Owen, machinist, about $100 No insurance. The printing office of Tueodore H. Gray, on the second floor, rear part, is dan by water to the extent of $600. Insured for $2,400 in the North River and another iusurance conten y, name not remembered. ‘Yho building is owned by Mrs. Saulsbary, of Now Haven. It is damaged about $1,600, and insured for $12,000. ‘When the alarm was given the night gang of men were at supper; consequently most of them were out of the bulldi The engincer in Mr. Green’s f agpevand (No. ». ou hearing the alarm of fire immediately connected hi hose with the force pump of the establishment, and quickly et ice the flames in the first story, and prevented their spreading to the eee eee, thus saving the premises from destruction. 8 is the second time within afew months that this stationary en; and pomp have eon instrumental in extinguishing a fire. a the former occasion—at No, 9 Spruc> street—it will be recollected, some of the firemen ordered tho hose to bo detached because it did not bgt to the depart- ment; last night, however, a better feeling existed, and everything worked harmoniously. The Fire Department were soon at the premises, and had great difficulty in getting at the fire, which was driven back to the sub- cellar, and, owing to the great smoke, it required several hours of severe labor to subduc the flames. Some of the effets of the new Department were visible last night. Every one not the absence of the usual noise of everybody hallooing; but there Is still room for other improvements, and the sooner the old badge system is abolished the better. There are too many idlers at and around fires for the police to preserve good order, or for the firemen to work to advantage. The firo is reported to have been caused by one of the press boys throwing a igce of lighted paper accidentally down the shoot after ight ng the gas. New Ives cr Jurtice.—About throe months ago the Superintendent of the Harlem Railroad had occasion to discharge an engineer from the employment of the com- puny for some offence of which he had been gulity, since which imé the officers of that road have been subject to numerons ennoyances from this man, who has frequently been heard Lo threaten the lives of several of thom. On one occasion he jumped npou an engine and attempted to start it; but the driver of the engine coming up at the moment sumunarily ejected the fellow. Last Saturday it is alleged that Le again attempted to ran of a locomo- tive on the same road, and having been put off, as on the previous occas.on, he deliberately de-w a revolver aud fired three shots at ths engineer, Ho was immediately aurested by: potice officer Stover, who brought the pris- * before Justice Connelly, of the Fourth, prec:nct, ‘The Justice, on hearing the case, re the ofiender aiter placiny him under five hundred dollars bail to keep the peace for x months, Navnow Escars.—The owner of one of those city nisixaees, mat and vegetable vender’s carts, had a nar- vow escape yesterday morning at the corner of Fulton and Pearl streets. He had whipped his horse into a gallop and found it inipossible to stop him. The cart came in contact with tue curb stone, and the driver was ‘thrown under the wheels, Fortunately the street was #0 slippery and dirty that he slid along with the wheel and not beneath it, and so es_aped with a severe fail and some bruises, He will probably be more careful in futare, ag he has had some painful experience in the treatment his class have freq ently been visiting upon other people, Peso ror tae Cavnen Or Sr. Joserm, Sratex 1.4Np.—The last picnic of the season, for the benefit of the Catholic church at Rossville, 3 I., will take place at Elm Park on Tuesday next, The expenses recently under- taken by the pastor, Father John Berry, in the decora- tion and enlargement of the church, having be-n consid- erable, render it necessary to raise funds to defray them. ‘The cutertainments, under the Rev. Mr. Barry's ment, for several summers have been the most delig! ful within the vicinity of New York, and this will un- doubtedly be no ers lerve Cortlandt street re two. Fesias' Demonstnation.—An address, from W. R. Roberts, Eaq., a well posted momber of the Fenian or- ganization, which is to be given at the Cooper Institute on Wednesday evening of the hp weok, will prove of sui ‘ing inter to all who wish to know who and what this great may be. Mr. Roberts will also speak upon the Days of °76 and their influence upon the past and the future of Ireland. Ts Eiout Hoon Movemrxt—Mxerixa or Worx: INGMEN at Metnorourran Hait..—A large meeting of work- ingmen was held Jast evening at Metropolitan Mall, 95 Sixth avenue, to discuss the question of cight Lours as a sufficient time for daily toll, Speeches were made by Hr, Shophard, Messrs, Foy, Thompson, Taylor and Mcl- hsh, Mr, Thompron declared that the shortening of the hours of it would throw all power in the hands of the cApitalints. The rest spoke aga net this, and showed that the adoption of the eight hour ruie would give more work to be done; but algo said that ft was tot asked by the workingman’ to do any less in eight hours than he did in twelve or sixteen. A very interosting time was had by the participants. The meeting will be continucd* every Saturday night, Aquatic, —The Pittsbarg, a beat of four oars, built by Mr. Roberts, of Harlem, N. Y., #n8 carried past the Hanaty oMice yesterday and attracted great attention from the beanty and symmetry of its model, as well as from the fact that the champion scullers of the United Ftates—the Hamel brothers—row in it from Pittsburg next ‘week for several prizes, The boat is built of the finest cedar and elegantly varniehed; js forty-two and a half feet in |} twenty-one inches in width, and signe only one handred and fifty pounds. Tho oars aro of the spoon pattern, made of spruce wood, and are twelve feet and six inches long. A week since, Mr. Roberts & boat of corresponding dinentions with the above for the Wood brothers, of Newburg, who i using it on Monday next in their contest with the The Banquet to the Odd Fettows. Bavgmonr, Sept. 28, 1805. The banquet to the Grand Lodge, by the merchants of Baltimore, inst night, wasa grand affair, The Southern Tepresentativer appegt to be particularly pleased with Sloir entertatomens ————— NEW YORK, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER. 24, WASHINGTON. Wasuinaton, Sept. 23, 1865. - | THE SUBJECT OF PARDONS. The President has concluded to stay bis hand for a sea- son in the matter of Alabama pardons, and to grant few if any more to citizens of that State until the wheels of civil government have been fairly put in motion. The Attorney General has decided not to consider ap- plications for pardon in the future from individuals who have domiciled outside of the territorial limits of the United States, Such persons must first return and sub- mit themselves in good faith to the action of the govern- ment. The practical working of the rule will probably be to forever expatriate many prominent rebel refugees. The foliowing pardons were grauted to-day by the President:—Mrs. M. L. Longstreet, John R, White, Jas. R. Crenshaw, Wm. @. Crenshaw, J. H, Crenshaw, 0. A. Crenshaw, Robert Crenshaw, E. 8. McCall and Thos. M, Jones, of Virginia; Mra, Mary Deas, of Georgia; Jas. Henry Ware and Samuel B. Marks, of Alabama; Louig M. Van Meter and John M. Van Meter, of Kentucky. INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS, ~ The receipis returned to the Internal Revenue Bureau to-day are given at $900,000, and for the week at $6,807,421. The gross receipts to date from the 1st of Tuly last are given at $64,661,430, PERSONAL. Hon. 0. A. Lochrane, of Georgia, left for New York - this evening for the settlement of some business growing out of the war. He is’ expected to address the prblic on affairs in the South, and especially on matters concerning the State of Georgia. i General John Cochrane and Alderman McClosky of ‘New York are among the arrivals at Willard’s this even- ing. Sefior Azambuya was to-day presented as the new Brazilian Minister to the President. COLLECTOR PRESTON KING IN WASHINGTON. Hon. Preston’ King is in the city, for the ostensible purpose of learning the precise extent to which the ship- ment of arms and ammunition to the lately rebellious States is permitted or contemplated by the recent Trea- sury circular, but in reality, it is suspected, to confer with the administration concerning the delicate but im- portant subject of distributing official patronage. THR INDIAN COMMJSSION, Commissioner Cooley telegraphed, Secretary Harlan on the 21st inst, that the Indian council at Fort Smith had closed that ovening, and that the delegates of the depart- ment, with the exception of General Harney and Mr. Trwin, one of the secretaries, would start for home the next day, via Little Rock. The two latter have been designated to co-operate with the government delegation sent to the mouth of the Little Arkansas river to enter into new treaties with the Indians of that section, The remainder of the Fort Smith delegation will be home in ten or twelve days at the farthest. The despatch alluded to wlirms very briefly that tho results of the council just elosed have been of a most satisfactory nature. REPORTS TO THE FREEDMEN’S BUREAU FROM NORTH CAROLINA. ‘Tho first report of the sanitary condition of the freed- men in North Carolina has just been received at the Freedmen’s Bureau. The colonies reported upon are two in the neighborhood of Newbern, containing seven thon- sand five hundred negroes; one on Roanoke Island, with 8 population of thirty-five hundred, and one at Beaufort with five hundred. Out of these numbers four thousand three hundred are stated to be dependents upon the gov- ernment. At Newbern and Roanoke Island a large pro- portion of freedmen are attacked with fevers, and in the vicinity of Beaufort the smallpox has appeared among them. RETURNING VETERANS. The Third New York Provisional cavalry left here at six P. M. to-day for New York city. The Second and Fourth New York heavy artillery will be mustered out on the 26th and will leave for New York immediately. APPOINTMENTS. The President this morning made the following ap- pointments:—J. B. Walthall, Postmaster at Lynchburg, Va. ; Geo. Dudley, Postmaster at West Winstead, Con. ; Geo. Allen, United States Marshal Southern district Florida; Forbes Gooden, Surveyor of Customs of Port Teocomico, Va. BXAMINING SURGEONS OF TIIK PENSION BUREAU. J. C. Cawood, of Danridge, Tenn. ; George A. Tobet, of Canneltown, Ind., and Gatos B, Bullard, of St. Peters- burg, Vt., were to-day appointed examining surgeons to the Pension Burean. THE CHOLERA AT CONSTANTINOPLE, The United States Consul General at Constantinople, under date of August 23, reports to the State Department agensible abatement in the.cholera since his last des- patch. The number of deaths on the 2st was one hundred and forty three, while heretofore it exceeded two thoueand in a single day. OBITUARY. Captain Charles H. Marshall. Captain Charles H. Marshall, an old and well known citizen and merchant of New York, died at his residenca in this city yesterday, He was born in North Easton, Washington county, in this State. He had a passion for seafaring life when qu.te young, and commenced the life of asailor when only fifteen years old on board of a whaling vessel called the Lima, of Nantucket, Keturn- Ing after an absence of over two years, he entered the merchant eorvice for a short period, but subsequently returned to the old homestead, whero he farmed it in summer and taught a country school ina log hut in winter. During the war of 1812 he served for a sort period on board a steamer on the North river, and finally settled down to a seafaring life in the spring of 1816. At this period he commenced ag second mate, and was very soon promoted to the station of first officer; and, at the age of twenty-six, was «| appointed to the command of the Julins Caesar, an East Indiaman. Afterwards he commanded a London packet called tho Thames, and finally joined the Old Line of Liverpool Packets, then owned by Isaac Wright, Jeremiah Thompson and others. In the Old, or Black Ball Line, as it is more familiarly called, he commanded successively the James Cropper, Britannia and South America. In the year 1834, having—with the woll known firm of Goodhue & Co., Captain N. Cobb and others—become the purchaser of the Old Lino, Captain Marshall retired from the rea and took the agency of the Mine, which till his death cont’ xed under his manago- ment. When he commenced going to sea, the sum total of his cash capital was eleven shillings, At his death he was one of the wealthiest merchants of the city.» The La ote ships were built under his superintend- = the Old Ti, eee ata ee Wright, ‘ork, Montezuma, Yorkshire, Fide! [sane Columbia and Manhatian, IN" Marshall also Built the steamship United States, of which vessel he was the largest owner. After she had A ogg Sewn two voyages to Southampton she was sold to the Prossian government, to engage in the contest that was raging between Denmark and Sehleswig-Holstein, Captain Marshall was distinguished for his firmness, decision of charactor, perseverance and manly independ. ence. Like many men, who bave from early life been pow yr in navtical pursuits, and accustomed to com- mand only to be obeye, he had an air of sterness about him tha® was somewhat repulsive to strangers; but to those who know him best he displayed in his inter. cour all the amenities and attributes of a perfect gen- tleman, He liad boon for many years, connected with the Ma- rine Society of the port of ‘New “York, and always took a lively interest in ali that concerns the welfare of scilors, Me was also Commissioner of Pilota, to whieh office he was re-olected only a few days before his death by the Chamber of Commerce. At the time of iuis death ho was President of the Union Lengue Olub of thiy city. News from Now Orleans, New Onteaxs, Sept. 21, 1905, The steamer Kensington haa arrived from Boston, Governor Wella’ proclamation cailing for the election of Congrosamen and State officers for the first Monday of Novoraber was Jesued to. General Carl Schursz has arrived from an inspecting tour in the interior of Georgia and Mississippl, en rowle North, ¢ a General Osterhans has assumed command of the Depart- mont of Mississippi. General Slocum has gane North. Cotton firm, Sales, 2,000 balos at dic. a 430, Fales of the week, 10,000 bales; receipts, 15,000 bates; stock, 04,000 bales, Sugar and molasses quiet. Freight on cotton to New York le. a 1c. i New Onneane, Sept, 22, 1865. Cotton stiff, Sales 1,700 balen Exchange unchanged. 1865. PRICE FIVE CENTS: T Taspectors and Canvas in the Metropolis. How They are Selected and Their Duties. POLITICIANS LEFT GUT IN THE coLe, HONEST MEN GET* THEIR DUES. THE REFUSALS AND ACCEPTANCES, A Duty Every Man Owes His Country. &e. &e, &e. ‘The Jaw passed by the Legislature of the State on the 18th of May last, and which placed the management of the important matter of clections wholly and entirely in the bands of persons to be appointed by the Board of Police Commissioners, has already been published and considerably eommented upon in these columns. By the provisions of this statute it became incumbent upon the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police and the Board of Sapervisors of the city of Brooklyn to appoint four persons for each election district in the county and city of New York, to be known as inspectors of registry and of elec- tions. These appointments are provided to be made in the month of August or September in each year, The Board of Registry, thus prepared, is to mect annually on Tuesday three weeks preceding each general election, at acertain specified hour, for organization, and for the further purpose of the registration of the names of all the legal voters of their respcctive districts, The result of their labors shall be known as the Register of Electora ofsaid districts. Tn@law further provides for the ap- pointment by the said Board of Police Commissioners and Board of Supervisors of the city of Brooklyn of two Persons from each election district to act as canvassers of the votes cast at elections, who shall take and file a similar oath to that taken and signed by the inspectors of election. WHO ARE ELIGIBLE. The law specifies that no person shall be cligible to be nor shall he be appointed inspector of rogistry and elec- tions or canvasser fur any election district of the cityand county of New York or city of Brooklyn unless he shall be a qualified voter within the assembly district in which such election district ig situated, and liable to jury duty in courts of record therein, nor unless he can read, write and speak the English language understandingly; but such pemson shall not be required tobe a regident or voter in the election district for which he shall be ap- pointed. Inspectors of registry and elections and can- vassers appointed im pursuance of this act shall receive compensation at the same rate and be paid in the manner now provided for the compensation of inspectors of re- gistry, inspectors of election and canvassers, and during the time they shall hold such offices shall be jury duty, The law also provides for the hold- ing of the meetings of building must be one in no part of which any spirituous or intoxicating Nquors shall be sold, or have been sold within sixty days next preceding tho time of using same for the business of the board. THE COMMISSIONERS commenced procecedings with a view to preparation for the next election some three months ago, and, with a large clerical assistance, the utmost of attention on their part and almost unremitting labor on the part of the oftl- cers and men of the police force, they have thus fur been unable to see the end of their undertaking; and, unless the people most vitally interested im having a fair elec- tion and those who are always ready to prate of the purity of the ballot box and the sanctity that should surround the elective franchise come forward manfully to the! sistance they may never see the end of this task, which proves of gigantic proportions, THE FIRST THING to be done on the part of the Commissioners was to secure a list of persons whé were eligible, and who, by position and natural endowment, were bést qualified to ably and honestly perform the duties of imspectors and canvassers of elections. There were thousands of men in the city who would readily sorve, would bo glad to serve, and who could probably bring forward the best of rea- sons, in their opinion, why they should at once be ap- pointed to the position, But the law had been purposel framed for the beheading of just such gentiemen as these. They were not the men the Commissioners wanted, or whom the Commissiorers knew the people who made the law had stated that they wanted; and hence they, although very accessible, and, like Backus in the play, “very willing,” could not be used, At last A PLAN was hit upon by which it was supposed the very persons they needed would be procured, What this plan was, ‘and how it was carried out, is immaterial in the present issue; but, by using tho means at their command, and calling to their aid the captains of the police, the Board of Commissioners wero placed in possession of a list of from twenty-five to fifty thousand names of residents of the city who were liable to perform jury duty, and who were supposed to have all the virtues'and good qualities sought to be concentrated in tho inspec- tora and canvasers of elections. HOW IT WAS FORMERLY DONE. In other days, known ag the paliny days of place and political corruption, it was customary for Tammany 8o- ciety, Mozart Society, the Democratic, and the Unionand the Republican party, to sendin the names of persons they wanted to be appointed judges of elections, and the thing was done. It was not always tho caso that the men thus appointed were the paid tools of the cliques or parties who placed them at the polls, But such accidents have happened in New York. It some- times occurred that a ward cast about a handred per cent more sufffages than it had residents, counting men, wo- men and children—but that waslooked upon as a lucky accident by the party which chanced to win in the con- test. This game has been tried upon the Poiice Com- missioners, But it will not work. They are too sharp for the professtonal wire pullers and the political gamblers who have go long controlled the destinics of partics and the failuro or success of those who placod their faith In their keoping. Tammany need not worry; Mozart need not squirm; democracy and Union need not “fret thelr gizzards;” for, if the able, honost and ro- spectable portion of the community come out and per form their duty, even without their ald, the inspectors and canvassers of elections of the requisite qualifications, will in die time receive their appointments and proceud to perform thelr respective duties. THE LEGAL PROPESAION, although not levally exempt from performing Jury daty, has, ag a genoral thing, been aliowed to pass as such and GO unscathed vy the oficers making the election, But its membors are not to escape on this oecavion, fhcy, with numbers of otier honorable professions, will be ralled upon to serve as inepectors and eanvaseers. And it is a compliment to the proverbial honesty of the limbs of th®law that tie Police Commissioners have exiled upon #6 many of them to perform this duty, It isto be hoped they will accept, toa man, and receive the re. ward, in cash, and the deserved plaudits, “Will done, thon good and faithful servant,” at the hands of tho public, THE NOTIFICATIONS, Aftor weeding out the few bad names that had crept into the list, the Commissioners selected the very gost among tlie remainder, being careful to use the utmost impartiality in regard to political distinctions, having the exempt from the performance of military and the boards in buildings lighted with gas, and especially sets forth that such nocrats and yepubl’¢ voLy of u MeraoPoLitaN Lick COMMIGAIONERS, | New Yoru, Sept. 28, 1865." j you have beow.y for ive Thirteenth die {Nice ae soon a practicable . HAWLEY, Chief Clork, Lk the vingle chauge of the nm” to ‘Tuspector of Regetiy ul to the remainder. TRE NUMBER YEEDED com hundred, fo, fill this, according to tho proportion of rejections and exeuses thus fir ro- ceived, should the kame continue, the Commissioners Will probabiy bave to send out notifications from the present time to about Christinas or the first of the new year. As (here is no law to compel the gentlemen to serve itmay rest within the scope of reason’ that we shal! fail to have any election at all, from the mere fact that we cannot have any inspectors and canvassers, or that the old.reign of bad men may come upon us, from the Commissioners being compelled to make hasty and, perhaps, ill-advised and badly qualified appointments. It vests with the people to see that sccb a state of things docs not prevail. Without the aid of the people the Commis- sloners cannot in themselves be supposed to have the power to purify the ballot box. ry REFUSALS AND THEIR REASQMB.e0\ie! sess ‘That there should be a number of persons in the city who would refuse to serve the public in any capacity, un- Jessa it paid them to do so, was reasonable to suppose; but that there chanced to be so great a proportion among the créme de la créme of society, in the best circles, in Walt street, in the law, in medicine, in the ministry, in mor- chant’s offices, at the artisan’s bench and even on the judgo’s bench, was more than Messrs. Acton, McMurray Bergen, Bosworth and Company had ever contemplated there conld be. Tho following are a few samples of reasons given for declining to serve as inspectors, registrars and can- ‘vassers by many prominent citizens, who ouglft to be willing to render this small service to the cause of good ‘government. The larger proportion who refuse, do #0 pe- remptorily, without giving any reason. Here are the ex- cuses:— ‘ “] regret that my professional engagementsare such a8 to prevent my acceptance. ’? “The nature of my business prevents me from attend- ing to the above duties.” Cannot spare the time." “ “7 am so very busy that it will not be possible for me to serve.” “Cannot serve on account of business.” “I am compelled to decline, because I will net be able to devote the time.” ‘Sly engacements are such that it will be impossivle for me to aitend to the duties.” “Cannot possibly—sure.”” There are plenty more of the came sort. If the names of these gentlemen were published it would appear that they are of the class of citizens best able to spare the time, and if there were a speculation in it they would be sure to arrange their business go as to accept, Not one man has yet pleaded the excuse “I have married a wife,” or “Ihave bought a yoke of oxen, and thorefore cannot come.” title and Bi tion’ was is about A FEW OF THOSE WHO ACCEPT. ‘While there aro many who refuse to serve there are a few who stand in honorable contrast with them, and who uphesitatingly agree to give a couple of days in the year to their country and the bullot box, upon which the palladium of our boasted liberty is supposed to repore. ‘The following aro among this public spirited minority :— Messrs. N.C. Ely, J. M. Knox. J. A. Stevens, 8. G, Court- ney, G. Palen, Edgar Ketchum, Waldo Hutchins, W. L. Pinckney, D. C. Birdsall, Stephen H. Pinckney, George Bliss, Jt., John H. White, C. 8. Spencer and others, THEIR INSTRUCTIONS, Those who accept and qualify are furnished with the following certificate and copy of instructions: Orsicr oF THe MetRoroLitax PoLice This ig to certify that James Johnson Doo has been py" jnted an ner mt tery and of Elegtion for the ward of thy, clty of New York. Chief Clerks lace designated for i. Y, ‘the meeting of the Inspectors of istry and for holding the election in tho ud strict of tho Third ward is at ——, ‘The first image, re! the Inspectors of Rogistry will be held on Tuesday, October 17, at nino o'clock A. M , and they are empowered to sit two days if nece: » Pro- vided that at the annual elction next prior to sald meet- ing the number of votes in the district of which they are inspectors exceeded four hundred. ‘The second mecting will be held on Friday, November 3, at eight o'clock A. M., continuing on Saturday, No- vember 4, and Monday, November 6, remaining in soa- sion each day until nine o'clock P. M. (See chap, 740 of the laws of 1965.) ‘The law docs Hot, prox ide for the appointment or pay- ment of a clerk. The Inspectors of Revistry will there. fore appoiut one of their own naimbor to act as clerk. PUBLISHING THE REFUS. ‘The Commissioners have becn importuned by most respectable and responsible parties to publish in the daily papers of the city a complete List of the nemes of the persons who have boon notified of their oppolnt- ment as inspectors and canvessors, and who have refused to act, with their reasons or excuses urged for euch ro- fasals; but they have not yet decided upon such a course, Perhaps the better way would be to give the utmost publicity to those who, have done thomeelves the credit to promptly ace»pt the responsible and honorable position. COLLISION ON THE SOUND. A Sloop Run Down by a Steamboat—A Woman and Her Two Children Drown- ed=Two of the Bodies Recovered and Brought to Before Coroner Col About four o'clock yeeterday morning, #8 the steam propeller Oceanus, Captain William 8. Young, plying be- tween this port and Providence, R. 1.,.was olf Matinicock Point, somo thirty-five miles from the city, on her way to this city, she came in violent collision with the sieop Jacob Daryea, striking her noarly amidships, catting her nearly in two. The pilot of the Oceanus saw no light on the Duryea till within two or three hundred feet of her, when agroon light was exhibited in the starboard rig- ging, He instantly roversed the engine, but was unable to check tho speed of the steamer in time to avoid tho collision. ‘The Oceanus was soon backed out, whereupon the sloop commenced filling with water, carocned over, and for a time it was thought that all the passengers aboard the Duryex—three ladies, two children and two men—would be drowned, Captain Young throw a line aboard the Duryea, by means of which two of the malo passengers reached tho steamer; he also lowered his small boate and rescued the re. mainder of the passengers, with the exception of Mre. Sarah B. Davis and her two children, Hottio and Emma W., aged respectively twenty ana seven months, who were drowned in the cabin before aid could seach them, ‘The remains of Mra. Davis and her infaut child were subsequently recovered from the Duryea, but the other child of Mrs, Davis could not be found. Whether it is in the cabin of the disabled veesel or flosted away is an. cortaip, Captain Young remained near the wreck til daylight, when ho towed it into Glon Cove landing, afve which be sailed for New York, with the roseved pas songers of thé M-fated vowel and the remains of sare. Davis and her child, reaching hls dock, foot of Robinson street, soon after twelve o'cloe Coroner Collig was notified and procdeded to empancl a jory on board the Oceanns, Captam Young and seve. ral other witnesses were examined, and the inqnisition will be concluded to day From the testimony adduced ft woul! appear that Captain Davis, of the Duryea, uid Hot exhibit thy necessary signal lights, Mrs, Davia jived at, Port Jofivrson, Long Inlaud, and had been to the city to visit ber hadband, Mr » W, Davis, capta'n of the schooner Carle, Iying at pier 21, Rast river, Te was loading his veesel, and was to have salted for Porto Rico, |The feelings of Mr. I ar Jug that every momber of bis family hind bocn drowned, can be better imagined than dereribedt. He was nearly frantié with grie€ when eallod to look spon the bifelers forms of those he loved, whom he hod left joyous and happy but a fow hours previously, The wreck of the Daryes will be farther examined wi the view of finding the body of the other missing child. Mra. Davis was only twenty-two yoare of age, and @ native of Port Jefferson. Conflict of Anthority in Lowis Sunaveront, La, Sept. 23, 1865, The Provost Marshal of Freedmon has arrested the Judge, Sheriff, Di - ¢ Jury of the Tenth Judicial District for trying a negro on the charge of lateony. The Superintendent of the Freedmen suys Juriediction over the negroes during the existing inter. Pretation of the civil law belongs exclusively to his bureau. The judge gives notice of an appeal. THE ALABAMA CONVENTION. | Passage of an Ordinance Abol- ishing Slavery in the State. The Freedmen to be Protected in the Bnjoy- ment of Rights of Person and Property. An Ordinance Introdrced Granting hem the Right of Testifying in Courts of Justice. | &e, * &e. de, Our Montgomery Correspondcnec, TUIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. Mowigommny, Ala., Sept. 15, 1865, The Convention met and opened with prayer at ihe wsual bour, and the busincss of the day was confined to the handing in, reading and reference to'the proper com- mittees of @ number of ordinances and resolutions, snountingiuall to cighteen, whieh I will give. you an. idea of, taking them in the order in which they were pre- sented. . ACKNOWLEDGING SLAVERY TO BE DEAD. A resolution recommending an alteration in the consti- tution of the State of Alabama in the ariicle on slaves and slavery, by striking out every Uung relating to slavery or involuntary servitude, except in eases of crimes, Tho preamble to the resolution acknowledges the abolition of slavery by the military power of the general government, GOVERNOR PARSONS INVITED TO TALK 10 TH CONVENTION, A resolution that the Provisional Governcr be invited to give the Convention the beuetit of is opigions op mal- ters of high public importance was passed, SRCIMSION REPUDIATED, An ordinance declaring the ordinance of secession passed in the Convention of January, 1961, ty be nul! and void. LEG ALI“G REBEL LEGISLATION, . An ordinance that ail ofiicial acts by persone in office ia the State, done since the secession of the State, be de- clared legal, provided said ofice existed prior to Zannary, 3661, and provided such acts do not contitet with the laws Of the United States. ‘TAK DEATH OF ELAYERY SADDLED ON THR UNITED STATO COVERNMES An ordinance relative to ihe a@ilition of slavery, d= claring that the people of Alabama recoyiize the. aboli- tiou of the institution by the government of the Cnited Btates. AMENDING THR STATE CONSTITUTION, An ordinance relative to amending the State constitue tion. LEGALIZING MARTIAGES UNDER THE REPEL RGIME, ‘An ordinance declaring all marriages contracted sincg January, 1861, to be legal. REVUDLATING REBEL DEBTS. An ordinance declaring that ail debts contracted in aid of the late ion shail be considered illegal, unconsti- tutional and Void, and that the Legislature shall have no power to recoguize then as Jawful. LXGALIZING MARITAL SECESSION. An ordinance to amend artiele 6, rection 13 of the con- stitution, relating to divorces, and deciarng all decrees of divorce granted since January, 1861, valid. UNIMVORTANT RESOLUTLONS. An ordinance to amond article 6, section 10, relating to justices of the peace, An ordinance to coutinte In force all acts of the Legis- lature passed since January, 1861, not inconstitent with the laws of the United States, A resolution to vegas fl an engrossing clork and two pages. Laid on the table. GOVERNOR PARSOYS 70 APPOINT STATE OFFICERS. An ordinauce providing for the reappointment Provisional Governor of State oflicers, Attorney Solicitor Genoral, &c. s providing. that chanceHlofs and. judgos An ordinance i u et shail Lotd office for tw years, and that the Judges of the Supreme Court shall be appuinted by the Governor ‘and confirmed by the Legislature. RUECTIONS TO BE ORDERED. An ordinance providing that the President of the Con- yeution shall issue writs of election for 1se:mbers of Con- gress and the *ta'e Leg slature. A resolution reducing the area of square mil-s in coun- ties. Tabled. An ordinance in relation to contracts entered Intosince January 1, 1861, A resolution to appoint a committee on public print- ing. NN) DEBATING, ‘There was no debating ou any of the alove ordinances and resolutions, which were simply read and elther tas blod or reierred to the proper committee. FOURTH DAY'S PROCEKDINOS, Moxrcoxmry, Ala., Sept. 16, 1865, Tho Convention opencd with prayer, and the business transacted was precisely similar to that of yesterday. Resolutions and ordiuances to he numbexof nine were introduced. Here are the ordinances and regolutions presented and Teng to-day Ap ordin ¢ authorizing one of the Cireuit Judges to ev to alter the limite of countics. A resolation + ~ to contracts and the momey eat mates of such siuce January, 1861, WHAT 18 YROVER WORK POR THR CONVENTION, An ordi relative to the points of State policy proper to be ccnsidered by the Convention, 1. Toannat the ordinance of see ‘To recognize the aboti- of slavery... some weans of protection jabor pystem for tle chs of persons now emantle patel. There are one or twoothec paigts of mitog ahy« nific veo declaring yalld ail logisative acts sinde ry, 1861, sch a* anthorized testes oF bonds, met rovided such wets do not contiet with the Iaws dhe'United states wrdinanee legalizing ali decrees of divorce granted nuery, 1861. . wdinanee providine ‘hat the time which hae elapsed siuce January, 1:61, vhall not be cousidered in eas # Where the statute of lin tations applies, An ordinance authoring a eyceal cormittes of eleven from each Judicial circuit) to transeribe the alteras tions which may be made in the conetitution. . And lastly on ordinance proposing still another amenJ- ment to the const.tution, Next in order care reports from standing commattees ; but not more than two were presented. Oncof these, employ ng the services of two #horthand woud ivdicaie thet come of the delegates have come make speoches. Passage of an Ordinance Abolishing Slavery. Moxtcomeny, Ala, Sopt. 22, 1806. The following ordinance, reported by a special comunite tee, was passed by the Convention this alternos itera Jong and full discussion, eighty-nine voting in the affirma tive and three in the negative: Be it ordained by the people of the State of Alabama in convention essombled, That as the iustiiuion of slavery has been destroyed in the State of Al ater there shall be netther slavery nor invela servitnde State otherwis) than for the punishment of crim, whereof the party shall be duly convicted, And be tt further « , That the constitution be relation amended by stricng out ail provisious in to slaves and Flavory. s And be it fyriber ordained, That it ehall be the daty of tho Lexe next’ session to pase such taws ai will State in the fall enjoys rf of all their rights of person and property, end v1 Kiem and the State against all evil (gut may arisé from their suaden emancipation, ; Another ordinance hes been introduced granting to freodmen the rights of holding property and testifying im courts of justice, The Congressional Districts of Alabama. Mostaommay, Ala, Sept, 23, 1805. Tho convention has passed an orditmce dividing the State into olx congressional districts, ‘The committee on the secession ordinance will report carly next week. News from Fortress Monroe, OUK FORTRESS MONRON CORNNSTONDENGR. Fortress Moxnon, Sept. 22, 1865, SCHOONER BUNK, The schooner John Avm'ck, Captain Bonne, from Pal- timore, londed with coal, was run into last evening by the steamer Creole on her way to Norfolk, and sank, The collision occurred at the mouth of the Spit, One of the schooner's crow, Win, Russell, of Tom's River, New Jer- ey, was drowned, All the rest were saved and taken to, _—- Norfolk on the Creole. The steamer hit the charged to the steamer. oinouane a mart er for some time Sd o