The New York Herald Newspaper, October 11, 1865, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. a lar of Secretary of the Navy Woltes, heretofore alluded to in the Hxxatp, and upon which Admiral Bell, of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, acted in his recent order prohibit- ing collections of money for political party purposes from workmen in the yard, The Secretary notices the itempt to justify this practice by the claim that it has heretofore prevailed under all parties; but he does not consider the excuse of any valklity, and thoreforo orders that an immediate stop must bo put to tho abuse, Tho navy yards are to be kept free from political manou- vring, and no persons will be allowed to resort to them OrPICE VN, W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS, Volume XXX AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. President Johnson's Views and Policy on | fherefore, a fine opportunity before them \ the Negro Suffrage Question. to sid in restoring the country to ils com- ‘e have reason to believe that President | mopeial and agricultural prosperity. Senator Johnson accepts with great satisfaction the | Or, of South Carolina, desires his State result of the late Connecticut election on negro | ty emetate the enterprise of New England ; suffrage as a popular endorsement, by a New | while Governor Andrew refuses the Presidency England State, of his Southern policy of recon- | o¢ Antioch College to provide labor tor the struction. And why not? The issue was fairly plantations of the South. Singularly enongb, joined between his policy and that of the aboli- | yaseachusetie and South Carolina are thas tion radicals, and they have been emphatically | ranged side by side in the promotion of the BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.—Sam. THEATRON, Pourtesnth street.—Kaurstaian AND Feats—Tuk Ricas or Mx. Buiags. Matinee at hee SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 585 Broadway, opposite Motropolitan Hotel. —Bra BINGING, Dancing, &¢.— Youne Araica on tax Tits. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA Hi - 20h im@, Dancing, Burixsques, &0.—Toxy Bupext. Bowery. —Sixa- Paston's New DODWORTH HALL, 806 Broadway.—Buixo Tom's Piaxo ‘Concunts. VANNUCHI’S MUSEUM, 600 Broadway,—Movine Wax Figones or Paxsipxnt Lincoun, Jur. Davis, &¢. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— Open from 10 A. M. wil 10 P.M. “New York, Wednesday, October 11 Mecelpts of Sales of the New York Daily Newspapers. OFFICIAL. Year Ending Name of Paper, May 1, 1865. HHRRALD. .....ccceceesececeeceeees ces» $1,095,000 Times. . 368,150 ‘Tribune. . 252,000 169,427 100,000 151,079 90,548 World. ....... Express... eae $1,095,000 871,229 New York Herany..... ‘Times, Tribune, World and § NOTICE New York Herald Bullding. 76 MASONS, IRON, MARULE AND DORCHESTER STONE un combined. . WORKERS, Proposals will be received until October 25 for # Fire- Proof Building, to be erected for the New York Henin Estasusement, on Broadway, Park row and Ann street. Plans and specifications may be seen and examined at the office of JOHN KELLUM, Architect, No. 179 Broadway. THE NEWS. THE ELECTIONS. Wo have partial returns 0: the elections yesterday in Yeonsylvania and Obio, In Pennsylvania the repub- licans have elected their ticket, apparently by a stall majority. There has been a gencral increase in the re- publican vote throughout the State over that cast for Auditor General in 1862, McMichael, republican, is elect ed Mayor of Philadelphia by about five thousand ma- jority. Ohio, of course, has gone republican, Genera! Cox being elected Governor by a majority estimated at twenty-five thousand; but the returns indicate a reduced vote and considerable gains for the democratic ticket. The demo- crats have gained twenty-Gve hundred in Cinciunati and Hamilton county. From Indiana and Iowa, in which States elections were alxo held yesterday, we have received no returns, At the charter election in Newark, N. J., yesterday, the republicans carried the city by a large majority, gaining twolve hundred on the vote of November, 1864. MISCELLANEOUS. Tho Inman steamship City of Washington arrived at ‘this port yesterday with our European files to the 27th ult. The news is mainly confi ed to matters connected with the Fenian movement, which still progresses ‘briskly, in spite of the eilorts of the goverament to put rit down of the newspapers to turn it into ridicule, The cat'le plague has suddenly exhibited a new develop- moat in England, the disease having broken out among the sheep, accompanied by all its most fatal charac- Aeriatics, Mr. J. N. Navarro, Consul Gonoral of the Mexican for the purpose of electioncering or to collect funds to advance the interests of candidates for office. The Sec- retary has also issued a circular, which we have already noticed, directing that hereafter al! applications for the positions of master workmen must be made to the Burean of Yards and Docks, in Washington. ‘There was not a quorum present yesterday at the hour for the meeting of the Board of Supervisors, and an adjournment subject to the call of the chair took place. An action was commenced yesterday in the Superior Court in this city, before Judge McCunn, by the Water Commissioners of Detroit, against Henry A. Burr and Charles St. John, the securities in the sum of fifty thousand dollars for Messrs. Edward N. Dickerson and Frederick E, Sickels, engineers, who, it is alleged, failed to comply with their agreement to erect two engines for the Detroit water works, The defendants say that they were prevented from fulfilling their contract by the plaintiffs assuming direction of the operations. The case will be continued to-day. Tn the Court of General Sessions yesterday Elizabeth Jones was convicted of an attempt to steal a pocketbook © from Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, while looking at a stand in Fulton street, and sent to the State Prison for two years and six months. William Conway and Thomas Murphy pleaded guilty to burglary in the third degree, they hay- ing been associated with others in breaking into the premises of Charles Francke, a jeweller, of Greenwich street, Samuel Harris, indicted for breaking into the premises of Honorah Ryan, 345 Greenwich street, on the 23d of September, and attempting to steal one hundred dollars’ worth of property, pleaded guilty to an attempt at larceny, Mary Gangloaf was charged with stealing ninety-six dollars’ worth of wearing apparel from Caroline Watson. Daniel Crone was indicted for stealing three pieces of flannel, worth one hundred doliars, from the store of J. W. McCready, in Broadway. ‘These prisoners pleaded guilty to an attempt at larceny, and were remanded for sentence, John Marshall was placed on trial, charged with burglariously entering the store of Josoph Curry, in West Broaaway, and stealing twenty-five watches, It appeared that a sailor named Green was the burglar, who gave the watches to the prisoner to sell for him. The accused was acquitted. Ann Lynch, charged with stealing two hundred and thirty dollars from Charles Crouse, a returned soldier, was found not guilty, the testimony against her boing very slight. Among the indictments brought in by the Grand Jury was a bill for murder in the first degreo against John Ward, for the alleged killing of policeman Walker, to which the prisoner, on being arraigned, pleaded not guilty. Surrogate Tucker yesterday took up the trial of the alleged wills of Mrs, Anna Maria Forman, deceased. Two testamentary papers are propounded, containing various bequests, and thoir probate is opposed by the husband and stepsister of the deceased, om the ground of the in sanity of Mrs. Forman, The deceased was taken toa ic asylum about a year after the execution of the . The wills, as produced in court, were found torn in pieces, and the inquiry 18 made into their execution and the means by which they came into their present condition, as well as into the lady's state of mind Hor estate is sworn at one hundred and fifty thousand dol- lars. The will of the late Hagh R. Kendall was admitted to probate, the opposition being withdrawn and the will proven by the subscribing witnesses. Mr. Kendatl’s pro- perty amounted to three hundred thousand dollars. This ‘was the oid st contested ease in the Surrogate’s Court, there being now none left untried of an earlier date of issue than the Ist of July last. The will of the late Cap- tain Charles H. Marshall has been offered for peobate. ‘The citation is returnable on the 26th inst. The evidence for Mr. Harris in the singular divorce case going on at New London, Connecticut, was con- cluded on Monday, without the further introduction of anything criminating the lady in the: charges preferred. On the same day the witnesses-for the lady were called. Mr. Frank Chappell, being put on the stand, explained: away the story in rogard to-his having been admitted by a private entrance on giving the signal “One-of Gideon’s Band,” and having slept in the house over night, He remained, he stated, on account of a snow storm which was raging at the time, and at the earnest solicitation of Miss Harris, and not her mother. Mrs. Harris appoared: at the door of his room after he had begua: to- retire, to- give him additional covering for his bed: Mr. B F. rebuked by the people. The President, then, national welfare—another illustration of the may rest satisfled that upon this question of | fact that extremes moet, Many there are, of negro suffrage the public sentiment of the North course, who think that these two States should as well as that of the Southern States is with | undo the mischief which had a large band him, and that thus sustained he has nothing to | jn creating. If tmg baat induce fear. that “nine hundred thoasand” to invade the He has declined to enforce the condition pre- | south now will meet with a more accept- cedent upon the submitting rebel States of | able dar yy negro suffrage. He holds that this is a matter with which he has nothing to do, as it properly belongs to the several States, each for itself, to settle it. Nay, more, as we understand his position, he holds that the elective franchise is not the right of any man, white or black; but that it ia a privilege conferred, often in an arbi- trary manner, and always with numerous ex- ceptions and restrictions, in view of the general interests of the community. In this broad and comprehensive view of the subject he may safely contend that no wrong is done to the Southern blacks at this time in withholding from them the right of suffrage; that they are subject to the same arbitrary rules of expe- diency under which white males below the age of twenty-one and females of all ages are ex- cluded from the ballot box. Not only, there- fore, because this question of suffrage belongs to the States, but because he believes the con- cession of the privilege to the Southern blacks, at this juncture, would be productive of no good, but of much mischief, does President Johnson hold to his doctrine of negro exclu- sion. The political institutions, ideas, castes and classes of a hundred years of cultivation in the South have been suddenly overthrown, with the institution of African slavery upon which they were founded. The people of the rebel- lious States are now, in one sense, all on pretty much the same level, whites and blacks— they are all free and all impoverished. But the impressions, the convictions, distinctions of color and prejudices of a hundred years are not so easily removed. The Southern blacks just released from the darkness of slavery are not in a condition to take a hand in political affairs, and the Southern whites just relicved from the absolute control of masters are shocked at the bare mention of negro political equality or negro suffrage. If President John- gon were to attempt the condition precedent of negro suffrage in reorganizing the Southern States there would be no reorganization. . The whites would stand aloof, and the blacks, in attempting to assume the management of polit- ical affairs, would bring on a conflict of races, which would end, most probably, only with the extermination of the blacks. Is this the entertainment to which our abolition fanatics would invite us? It is certainly the rock which President Johnson is laboring to avoid. Taking things as he finds them, and adapting his policy to the circumstances which he can- not control, he‘is making rapid progress in his great task of Southern reorganization. He fully understands the difficulty of negro suf- frage, and leaves it to the influences of time, deliberation and discussion. He fully com- prehends the great necessity of bringing the Southern States to law and order, and the de- velopment of their vast resources, as soon a8 Senator WILson anv THE Herat PLatromus.— The leading republican orators begin to wan- ifest symptoms of abandoning their cramde against the reorganization policy of the Presi- dent, They have apparently seen the folly of their course in urging immediate and uncondi- tional negro suffrage as the corner stone for the reconstruction of the South, and are coming around on the side of the Henaup and Presi- dent Johnson. Senator Wilson, in his speech at Yonkers, declared in favor of our original platform on the negro suffrage question. This is certainly triumph. It is an encouraging sign. The position taken by Senator Wilson on that occasion, we understand, is on- dorsed by Governor Andrew, of Massachu- setts, and in fact by nearly all the other leading republican oratona, with the exception of Chase, Greeley, Sumner and Stevens. If so, it reveals a mighty revolu- tion in the Jast three months, and we aay yet be able to record the conversion of Greeley and Stevens, Their change of front would be no more remarkable than what has already taken place with their colleagues—Wilson, Andrew and associates. Revolutions never go back- wards ; it is, therefore, with great pleasure that we chroniele this important change in the tone of the republican orators. Senator Wilson has deliberately placed himself on record, and whem he comes to act and vote, in his official capaeity as United States Senator, upon the admission of the Senators from the Southern States, he will, as a matter of course, favor and vote for their admission, and thus sustain. the President’s policy. This reduces the opposition to: Mr.. Johnson in that body one more, and is therefore an important gain. Now that Wilson. and his republican friends manifest a disposition to take a practical view of this. question and abandon the visionary theories: of the: Jacobins, they should go to work and educate the negroes whe have served in the army, and all others of sufficient intelli- gence; to the proper standard that will enable them to exercise that right prudently. By the time that this.is accomplished the Southern States will have the machinery for their local govern- ments adjusted, all other difficulties will be set- tled, animosities will die away, and the blacks thus advanced will be by common consent ac- corded the privilege of voting, and thus this whole question: disposed of without any bicker- ing or hard feeling on either side. The danger of anarchy which threatens the country, if the radicals persist in:their policy, will be avoided and an important step: gained towards placing the country on: the: road: towards unparalleled prosperity. Is not this, after all; the wisest and best policy for the republicans to pursue? Tar. ConstrruTionaL. AMENDMENT ABOLISHING Stavery.—Before Colorado was admitted to the repubtic in this city, sends us a positive contradiction of | Brown also testified im favor of his sister, Mrs. Harris, possible, to aid us of the North in bearing and | Union it required the vote of twenty-seven States lessening the burthen of our national debt. | to ratify the constitutional amendment abolish- the absurd and malicious story of a Philadelphia journal, Noticed im yesterday's Hxratp, to the effect that Presi- dont Juaroz had deserted his country, and was, with his Cabinet, onthe 34 of last month, located in the town of Franklin, on the United States side of the Rio Grande. Mr. Navarro says ho has official advices to the 8th of last month, fivo days later than the time at which this impe- ral story reports Juarez to have been in this comntry, and that he was then still in El Paso, his new capital, and had no thought of abandoning his country or the republican cause. Our Washington correspondence states that Mr. Romero, the Mexican Minister, has intel- ligence that | resident Juarez was still in El Pase as I as the 15th of September. If ultimately forced to leave that place, he designed removing to Sonora; but in no event did he contemplate giving ap the contest or quit- tag Mexican soil. ‘Tho birst District of Columbia colored regiment, which F cently returned from service in the South, yasterday marched to the Executive Mansion and passed in review ‘bofore President Johnson. The P’r-sident, on the concla- sion of (he review, took the occasion to address the members as the representatives of the four millions ot thoie race in this country, at considerable length, telling them that this was their country as much as atybody’s else, and that it re- { inained for them to show, by habits of indastry and honesty, whether they are worthy to take their part in peace, as they had in war, in the maintenance of the re- public, the development of its resources, and the education and elevation of themselves. One problem in regard to the colored people, he said, hed been solved by the war and the emancipation p oc: mation; bat another remained yat to be disposed of; a: d that was whether the colored raoe could be incorporated and made a permanent and ‘harmonious ingredient in the populution of the country. Ho himself trusted that {t could, and conjured his audi ‘tora to work with him in good faith while making the experiment. The siatement of the receipts and expenditures of the national government for the quarter ending on the 30(h of June last was yesterday issued from the Treasury De partment, and appears in our colamas this morning. ‘The North Carolina Convention on Monday reconsid- ered the ordinance fixing the time for the election of Governor and members of Congress and the Logislature, and, without other amendment, changed it from the 9th of November, as at first agreed upon, to the 2d. No other business of importance was transacted. Yesterday ‘was spent principally in a discussion relative to the State debt contracted in aid of the rebellion, which it is thought will bo ignored, The supposition is that the Convention ‘wit! remain in session during all of this week. Provisional Governor Sharkey, of Mississippi, on the 25th ult. issued a proclamation in regard to the reception of the testimony of colored witnesses. The Governor says that in all civil or criminal casos in which the rights of the negroes are involved them testimony may be re cvived in the courts of the State, sutject to the same | rules as govern the taking of the ovidence of white per- sons. This was issued after an agreement had been en. tered into with Colonel Thomas, Assistant Commissioner of the Freodmen’s Bureau in Mississippi, by which that officer consented to transfer ail cases affecting negroes from the military to the local civil tribunals. ‘There was a warto and earnest debate yesterday in the Howse of Delegates of the Epivcopalian Convention in Philadetphia over a resolution proposing to concur with the House of Bishops in accepting Bishop Wilmer, of Alabama, as the regular presiding ecclesiastic of that dio- comme. Bishop Wilmer was consecrated by the Bishops of stating that Mr. Harris had admitted to him that he had ill-treated his wife, and that on one occasion he-had choked and would have ‘killed her if he had had @ weapon.” He also testitied to the fact that Harris had frequently and persistently abused her, by deed and word. He stated that he was not satisfied or certain that the letter purporting to have been written by Mrs. Harris to Major Williams was in ber handwriting or had ever been sent bg her. The Forty-fifth and Fifty-eighth regiments of New York Volunteers, consolidated and known now only as the Fifty-eighth, which arrived in the city, from Alabama, on Sanday last, had their formal reception yesterday at Atlantic Garden, in the Bowery. Speeches were made on the occasion by several gentlemen, who warmly wel- comed tho heroes back to their homes. The One Hundred and Fifty-third New York Volunteer regiment, numbering about four hundred and fifty men, arrived in this city yesterday from Savannah, en route for Albany, to be mustered out of service. ‘An exciting and ultimately melancholy affair occurred in the East river about ten o’¢lock yesterday forenoon. A bookkeeper named Bernard Straub, late in the employ of the firm of Hughes & Co., of Reade street, was on board one of the Fulton ferry boats, in charge of an of- ficer, being conveyed to this city from Brooklyn, where he had been arrested on charge of defrauding b's em- ployers. When the boat had about reached the middle of the river, Stranb, rushing away from the officer, jumped overboard, and, though a small boat was lowered, ana every exertion was made to rescue him, he was drowned. He was a marricd man and hved in Brooklyn. The Tunisians yesterday visited a number of our char- itable institutions, among them those on Randall's and Blackwell's Islands, On their return they declared themselves quite delighted with the day's tour, A grand temperance demonstration took place in this city yesterday in honor of the seventy-fifth anniversary of Father Mathew’s birthday. A large number of so- cieties participated in the procession, which was of a very imposing character. The match for five thousand dollars to one thousand that the trotting horse Dexter could not trot a mile in two minutes and nineteen seconds was won by the horse at the Fashion Course yesterday, he having accomplished the feat in two minutes, eighteen seconds and one-fifth, making the fastest time on recond. Mr. J. C. Watson, of the observatory at Ann Arbor, Michigan, announces in @ communication which he bas sent us that he discovered a new planet on Monday even- ing. Five wealthy farmers, charged with being engaged ‘in manufacturing countorfoits of United States silver coin, have been arrested near Stirling, Canada. Dies and bogus money were found in the possession of the prison- ere, who it is said belong to a very extensive gang. The sentence of Champ Ferguson, the Tennessee gue- Filla, tried some time ago by court martial, has been made public. He is to be banged on the 20th of this month, ‘The stock market was strong carly yesterday morning, but atterwards receded a fraction, and closed dull but | steady, Government gold bearing stocks were strong. Gold was heavy, and closed at 14534. ‘The decline in gold exerted an unfavorable influence in trade circles yesterday, and though sales were to a fair extent prices generally ruled in favor of the buyer, par- ticularly for domestic produce, Foreign goods were, as A general thing, without decided change. wore steady. Cotton wag in fair demand. Petroleum Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia during the rebel Hon, and did not, therefore, of comrse, on his installa. tion in oMco, conform with the laws of the Church, which require that a bishop shall take the oath of allegi- ‘ance to the national government, Compliance with other oharch ceremonies and regulations bas also been neg- Jooted in his case Counter resolutions, declaring Dr. Witmer's jurisdiction null and void, were offered, but not @aally disposed of, 1nd tho discussion was continued till ‘the adjournment, No vote on the matter was reached. ‘Thore will be no session of the convention to-day, a va- cation being taken for the consecration of Dr. Quintard an Bishop of Tennessee. Wo publish this morning in full tho lately issued ciren- was dull and lower, On ‘Change flour, grain and pro- visions were the turn casier, but whiskey was firm. The market for beef cattle was depressed this week by heavy receipte, and prices tell nearly or quite Ic. a pound, ranging from 10c. to 18%c., including some very choice offerings at the latter figure. The reported fail- ure of a heavy speculative firm created a good deal of excitement. We understand the losses by this failure are heavy. Milch cows were steady. Voals wore steady. Sheep and lambe sold at from $4 to $8. Hogs were lower, ranging from 130. to 14c. for atill fed, and 140. to 14K¢. for corn fed. The total receipts were 6,023 beeves, 97 cows, 1,496 veals, 26,968 sheev and lambs and 17.000 hoge. Groceries | He thinks it is not so important to grant uni- versal suffrage as to do all we can first to avoid universal bankruptcy and national dis- grace and ruin. In any event he holds that this is not the ‘ime, and that neither the South- ern whites nor Southern blacks, nor the people of the North, are prepared now for this pro- posed sweeping concession of Southern negro saffrage. This is the issue between President Johnson and the abolition radicals. They have been threatening all sorts of terrible things against him, even to the extremity of impeachment; but since the Connecticut election they have become more rational. They are welcome to: such consolation as they can draw from the: State elections of yesterday—for the game is: in the hands of Andy Johnson. Entirely satis- fied that we have rightly defined his position, we are as well convinced that he intends.to “fight it out on this line,” and that, with the masses of the people of all parties to sustain him, be will be more than a match for the radi- cals in Congress, and will organize the winning party in 1868 on the platform of his adminis- tration. Emroration To THE Sourn—Tue New Ixva- stox.—All the accounts from the South unite in representing the condition of that section to be such as to need an invasion of agricultural labor to render perfect what was accomplished by the miljtary campaigns. The people still feel the hardships entailed by a tesrible war, and, in their despondency, are anxious for the advent of Northern labor and eapital. Their prejudice against black labor is one not casily effaced, and it will be difficult to remove their impression that the freedman is useless in his new condition. Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts, pro- poses to colonize the surplus labor of the North, if there is any, on plantations now 80 extensively advertised for sale throughout the South. The advantages arising from emi- gration to and cultivation of these lands are most promising. It is stated that the South, next year, left to its own resources, cannot pro- duce more than a fourth of the usual crop. The production of the complement can be obtained by white labor. In the State of Georgia, ac- cording to the report of a gentleman who re- cently made a tour of the South and made the subject a matter of particular investigation, it will require in the neighborhood of ten thou- sand men to bring forth even half a crop. The emigration of white labor would be bene- ficial not only to the Southern people, but to those who went South, while the mutual good of both sections would be the result. Politi- cally it would aleo have advantages, since the Southern Union men wonld find a fast friend ing slavery.. It happened that there were just twenty-seven: loyal States at the time the amendment passed. Congress, if we include East Virginia, Louisiana and Arkansas; and if each of these: States had adopted the amend- ment, as they all should have done, it would now be part of. the supreme law of the land. Delaware, Kentucky and New Jersey hung fire, however, and up to:this date only twenty-four States have recorded their votes in the affirma- tive. We place these facts before our readers in tabular form, as. follows:— RATIFICATIONS. Rhode Islend, Feb, i, 1066, ab. 31868, Maryland, F% Feb, 3; 1865. Massach ici is, pe fee F nnsylvania, West Virginia, pet aga Michigan, Feb. 4, 1! Maine, Feb. 7, 1865. Ohio, Feb. 8, 1865. Feb: 8, 1865 Minnesota, Feb. % 1865. “East Virginia, ®, 1865. REJECTIONS. ‘Delaware, Fob, % 1865 Now Jersey, March 1, 1865, Kentucky, Feb. 1885. The new State ot Colorado will, of course, vote for the amendment, as all new States are very naturally ander the influence of the admin- istration. North Carolina, through her Conven- tion, has embodied the amendment asa part of her State constitution, and her Legislature wit! ratify itat ence. South Carolina is now the most loyal State in the Union—far in advance of Massachusetts—and her vote will be cast in the affirmative. Mississippi and Georgia are equally certain to vote on the right side. Thus the amendment will be soon adopted by the votes of Southern States, like Maryland, Virginia, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Ar- kansas, North and South Carolina and Missis- sippi, while only one Northern State (New Jer- sey) and two border States (Delaware and Ken- tucky) oppose it. To us this is much more gratifying than if the amendment had been car- ried by a strictly Northern vote; for it shows that the South cheerfully acquiesces in what is inevitable. The position of New Jersey, how- ever, we cannot understand. There the demo- crats profess to support President Johnson, and yet they oppose this constitutional amendment, which is the leading measure of President John- son’s administration. Neither their orators nor their organs -have anything to say about it. We call upon them to come right up to this test question. Are they for or against the amend- ment? If yes, then let them pledge themselves to ratify it in the next Legislature. If no, then they cannot be considered the Andy Johnsom party. Now let us see where they stand. No Powrtics 1x Government Worksuors.— We heartily endorse the order ot Secretary Welles directing that na money shall be ex- torted from employes in the navy yards for in every Northern emigrant. Nor would it | political purposes, and that gangs of men shall compete with nor render useless the labor of | not be taken on just before election for the the freedmen, since the vast extent of the South | sake of their votes. We trust that President would absorb all the Isbor. sent there. The } Johnson will sec thatsimiler ordersare issed by land of the South, in fact, never was culti-'| all tho other departments, and that they are vated to the extent of even a fraction of its | strictly observed. The disgraceful political capacity. taxation of clerks in our post offices and cus- The organizations for emieratign. pave, NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1865. The whole country will support Seoretary Welles in his course. The order is the most popular document ho has ever signed. Tax Brack Hore or Catcurra—Awnperson~ vniz.—For a hundred years English writere have told fee world of the Black Hole of Calcutta; ard the English nation through and through las seemed to shiver with horror at the mere mention of that name. That ease of cruelty bas beer held up to the world as the most extreme instance of the bar- barons treatment of prisoncrs—as a type of all that is terrible ir inbumanity ; and number- less accounts have given emphasis to the theme. What was that frightful’ black hole? A prison room in which one hundred and forty-six Eng- lish soldiers were shut wp’ by the Nawanb of Bengal in 1756, and in which a large number of them were suffocated for want. of fresh sir. Although this occurred in 1756, and though a great noise was made over it, the English authorities inflicted greater cruelties, twenty years later, upon American soldiers in the old sugar bouse in this city and im-the prisonship: Jersey, putting thousands to an inhuman death where the more humane Hindoo had inadver- tently stain a emall number. But what can be said of the Andersonville prieon pen, If eo much has been said of what hap- pened at Calcutia? At Andersonville twelve’ or fifteen thousand men, the soldiers of. a civil- ized’ government, were deliberately, purposely, in cold blood done to death by the most inge- niously horrible device; and all this: by a power that, morally at least, was anally of) Great Britain in war against our government. Compared to the lingering, torturing, slow murder of the men at Andersonville, the deaths inflicted at Caleutta were merciful and gentle. But for these murders at Andersonville Eng- lishmen attempt to find palliation and excuse. Common decency requires, therefore, that Eng- land should never again mention the Black Hole of Calcutta, Axornen Cock axp Butt, Stoxy.—The Bohe- mians who write letters from the city to coun- try papers have always got their wits to work concocting stories to make their letters inter- eating. Nine times in ten their storier are lies, but they’ pass for gospel with our innocent country cousins, who have wonderful ideas of the inner life of the metropolis. From the city letters of one paper these things are copied into the news items of another, and so they go the rounds, One of-the latest is a story that two or three papers. im this city have been notified: by the French Consul here that their circulation in France would be confiscated if they did’ not modify their tone in rela- tion to French policy im Mexico. This is a ridi- culous fabrication. The French Consul here has too much sense to meddle with such mat- ters of his. own account, and the French gov- ernment dees not proceed in that way. It con- fiscates a circulation: when it pleases, but it does not warn foreign journals ; so that the story is absurd as well as false. A: Stan or Tus Truxs.—We notice one of our Southern exchanges with » supplement entirely filled with the advertisements of Northern busi- ness men. If straws mfay show which way the wind blows, there is certainly some value in this sign of the great activity of the commercial reconstruction. Despite what the politicians may say, despite the desperate fulminations of the radicals, the people ef the two sections will trade with one another to an infinitely greater extent—because with more treedom—than ever, and in that fact lies the best possible assurance of practical reconstruction. these nights. Herrmann has grown in favor very much, evidently, from the crowded houses he cont.nues to at- tract. Those who have mot sen thore wonderful cards Personal Intelligence. The Washingtoa correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger writes that Senator Cowan, of Peansyivama, will unquestionably sastain the President's policy of recom struction. Earl Granville, Lord President of the Britich Privy Council, han just married a blooming girl of eighteen, daughter of Sir Waker il, @ Scotch baronet, Tori Granville te @fty years old, aud a widower. has been Ove years The Detrott Water Commissioners. ACTION AGAINST SURPTING FOR THE NoN-rhE FORMANCE OF CONTRACT. SUPERIOR COURT FART Finer Before Judge MoCann. Oct. 10.—The Board of Water Commissioners for the city of Detroit va, Henry A. Burr and Charles St John — This is an aetion against the sureties for the fulfilment of a contract for the coustro: 1:08 apd erection af engines to be used im raising the water from the river inte the reservoir of the city of Detroit, Michigan The com plaint states that on the 19th of Joly inet the Dewret Water Commissioners entered the well known engineers, the former of Algonquin and Winooski fame, for the construction and erection o two square engines in accordance with Sued spect! nnd conditions, Thee engneer, the complaint alleges, failed to pererm ther com tract manner upon, ant the an action against Meere Ror and Xt. Jobns, who at the time of the moking of the contrmet ewes emselves inthe sum of fifty A dollars for its faithful execution in every particnlar, The de fence set up is that the engineers plaintiff now their work to the best of their ability, and were prevented from aE ont to the letter by the interference of fee who assumed the direction and inonegement of & part of the operations, contrary to the terme of the agreement. The most volummous documents were por wented to the court, and the entire day wes ceoapied i the reading of these papers and the going through of the forms for their admission in a lege! shape br fore the court. The above, however, i# a Statement i brief of the salient potats in the case. | The * ay ar by Messrs, Burrill aud Nash, aod the defendant y Messrs. James T, Brady and Woodrof! The examine tion of witnesses will commence this morning. Cotten. A STEAMER LAREN WITH PIFTREN AUNPRED Fane OF COTTON DESTROYED—rae TEXAS COTTON cror, BTC. Carne, Oct, 10, 1866, The steamee Tycoon, frem Memphis for Lonisville, with fifteon hundred bales of cotton, was burned last night aa Little Praigie Bond. No lives were Jost, ‘Texan papers estimate that there wil! not be more than half acrop. The cotton of that State that was raleed Sp the Germans ie said to be cleaner and of finer qual” y than, that grown by slaves, V0 bs o#timated that twenty-five thousand ba! ton will be procured this year along the line of #y,.. ry. tom honges shquid cease at ouce and forevos. 1 nols Comtral Railroad, auajust Ave thouswnd lw”, year, mt. The value of dramatic criticism can be catimated be by its fidelity to the truth. Enmpariiality is the crowning virtue of the critic. Neither fuldomo panegyric nor malicious assault can save or damage a play or au actor with a discriminating pablic. Whom either course is adopted the eriticat ostrich may tide his head never se deep in the sandbank, but the tail amd body will inevi- tubly betray the churacter of the birt Since the time fut the seven foolish virgms—what are wo thinking of —we mean, of course, the eleven foolish munagers— went forth on # great adventure, with their lamps un- supplied with olf, the Bohemian press bas becw in the ‘Most disinterested manver attempling te convince us that thore were never such dramas presented on the metropolitan stage, nor never suck actor» and actresses known here as are to-be found nightly on the’ boards of the “leading” theatres, And this story is tol#in columms of stereotyped phraseology as familiar as Jacit- the Giant Killer or Kittle Red Riding Mood. Truth, however, is reat, and even in the cestasiosof the Bohemians occa- sionally prevails. Fronvthe rosy tinted flood of paffory we pick a fow waifs ama’ strays of truthful criticisny which the usdércurrent tias now and then thrown upow the surface. For instance, the Fribune, criticising the drama of Lolsh, at Mrs. John Wood’s theatre, says: “The Olympic theatre was on Monday evening the scene of a most disgusting and huaniliating exhibition. Thoat- rieal managers are under an obligation to the publie which they have-no ‘right to» disregugd—an obligation to respect at least that sense of: decency which belongs to’ civilized men and’ women; and when, in the reckloss pursuit of gain, that obligatiomis thrown to the winds, it fw tho plain and unavoidable dety of the-dramatic critia to protest against such an outrege. There is no room for compromise or qualtiication, The present is a caso im: point. The play of Lolah is simply filthy, and its pre- sentation is an insult to respectadte:peopte. "’ The Times, in alluding to the same‘drama, says:—‘“Af- ter an ignominious existence of six nights the now sen- sation play of Lolah was withdrawn. from the bills of the Olympic theatre.” ‘Tho same journal (the-Times) saya of The Serf, by Tom Taylor, which was produced at Waliack’s theatro;—‘“Im hiv tatter productions Mre Taylor:devotes himself mainly to sensations, of which he is by no means a master. Tho Serf, lately produced at Wallack’s; is the culmination of this tendoucy, and a very unequal and commonplace culmination tis, * * * Mr. Taylor has tray- elled 40 long on his reputation that it seems tb us possi- ble that he may havo arrived at bis journey’s end.’ ‘The World has to say of the play of Miriam's Crime at ‘Wallack’s:—‘Miss Madeline Henriques’ Miriam was very prettily rendered, unless we-except a tendency now and then to be too dramatic, and: jast a shade Forrestiaa. Why can’t Mr, Norton avoid such: bothersome three- de-kor nouns as ‘magnanimity’ and‘vulnerability?’ The process of launching them over the ways of his unyield- ing tongue seems fraught with peril: to the entire man.'* The Times did not fail to observe: avsitnilar flaw in this performance, for it says:—‘Mr. Norton did not know his part, and in consequence neasly:spoiled the principal ‘situation of the second act." Of the Double Gallant, prodaced at Wallack's, the World-says:—The Double Gallant is a very long-winded five act aleir, with quite as extensive a population ag Rosedale, and proffering peculiar. advantage for the dis- play of much fine dress.” Speaking of Miss Rushton’s Rosalind in As You Like It, at the Olympic, the World says:—‘Her tine face and showy figure well become the mate-dress which the exi- goncies of this part require her:to wear, She fails, however, to catch the archness ands grace of this most charming of *hakspere’s female creations."’ It is refreshing W Gnd so many grains of wheat in se much chat. The Tuntsians. TOUR OF THR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. . Gur Tanixian frients are determined to see as much of Now York as possible for the short time they may be here. Yesterday, turning their attention from the Navy Yard and its surroundings, they made tour of the vari- ows charitable institutions in and about our metropolis. RANDALL'S ISLAND After leeving their hovel the Bey’s envoy, accom panied by Mr. Perry and the members of his suite, drove to the pier at foot of Twenty-sixtly street, where they were met by Comminsioner Bowen.and others. Having embarked on a steamer specially provided for them, they” wore quickly landed om; Randall's Island, On landing they were received by a party of two hundred boys, with @ drum corps, who exeurted: them: to the Reformatory. ‘The party. was then conducted though the various de- of the building, in the-course of which they object.of the institution, and: In many of the- | | “its HEL! i j i i t i 5 and its treatment. and in the course hat the previous day where our shij han in avy of the i i ie lr Te fe tli if se z i i «noble institution and one which would show must be im the midst of a people with whom 80 great a virtue. well’s Island the party was shown turough all and workhouse, with alt‘ gratified. It may be said thas crime among the Tunisians themselves is almost un- persons whe eommit crimes are, it is to be wes of nations who. Togretted, rwpresentati have been compelic! to flee thither to-escape the it of crime committed by them at Al this tcnds to. ‘lessen tae idea the- Tunistans are to entertain.of so-called civilized, éountries, and it is necessary for them to travel out of thetr own country mw order that they may )mave a correct, idea of foreig nem. HOMPITAL. ¥ & = E gi f [ Leaving Blackwell's Inland, the pext visited by the embassy was Bellevue Hospital. x were the resident medical offger through the The neatness of the arrangements, ag compared with similar institutions vrsiyed by them, ia other countries, surnck them as ferogskable. rickness with them is connected with unclear gess, and cer‘ainly the coppection bat snsteyied in this, probe ably the wedel world the LS hay ly) FA their hotel, hav more of Arwricea Grang their vise The Indiana. MOVEMENTS OF THK TREATY COMMIRSIONE WS HOB ‘TILE INDIANS EN HOUTA MR® TREAT, Kec. Crow Chan Annecy, Ort. 4, Vie Omgma, Oot 10, Lab. The Treaty Commicsoner s@ohed this ploee to-day a the steamer Calypeo Intethigence (rom General Selig at Fort fully yoater. day stat ethet © en hendred ledges of the Mignrsawgaa, Soper s and Agoiake hereohaee hostile are withia 00@ hundred and twenty miles amd coming 'e treat, tot the Chet ett they could co aay three dope, a@ thelr Sy OLN! miner from Momtane bring cae hum. Ared nome Mba Un qabd } : ' | ’ y