The New York Herald Newspaper, October 28, 1865, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, errica N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.—Sau. Matinee at 145 0'Olock. | SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 585 Broadway, opposite Metronolitan Hotel.—Ermioriay SINGING, DaNciiG, &¢.— ‘Byauisa Caritanists on 4 Lanx. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA, HOUSE. 201 Bowery.—Sixz- in, Dancing, BuaLesques, &¢.—OLD Dawe Gaines, Mati- ue at 2, o'Clock. DODWORTH HALL, 806 Broadway.—Biino Tom's Piano Concerts. Matinee at Two o'Clock. BROADWAY ATHENAUM, Broadway. —Movine Dioxa- ma of Nowrucay aNd SouTHERN Euxors. MONTPELLIER'S OPERA HOUSE, 37 and 39 Bowery.— Mosyrauisy, SINGING, DaNcinG, Pantomunes, &c. HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Erarorian Mix- STRELST—BaLiads, BURLESQUKS AND PANTOMIMES. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway. ‘Open trom 10 A.M. till10 P.M STEREQSCOPTICON SCHOOL OF ART—Corner of Grand und Crosby atreets. NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION. Receipts of Sales of the New York Daily Newspapers. OFFICIAL. Year Ending Name of Paper. May 1, 1865. HERALD. ....ccceee cee e ener sene eee ee es $1,095,000 Times..... seeeeee seeeee 368,150 ‘Tribune... 252,000 Evening Post. 169,427 pT RRR PO Rtn roy ye Ra + 100,000 Bun..... - 11,079 Expres + 90,548 New Yorw Herat. -$1,095,000 Times, Tribune, World and Sun combined., 871,229 NOTICE. New York Herald Building. TO MASONS, IRON, MARBLE AND DORCHESTER STONE WORKERS. Proposals will be received until Monday noon, October 30, for a Fireproof Building, to be erected for the Nuw Yous Heeaup Esvapuisamext, on Broadway, Park row and Ann street. Plaus and specifications may be seen and examined at the office of JOHN KELLUM, Architect, No, 179 Broadway. THE NEWS. ‘The Hirai of this morning contains the fuil details of the arrangements made by the government for the tril 0f Jefferson Davis. The trial is to be before the Supreme Court of Ure United States, The charge against the pri- souor is to be that of treason. The government has re- tained as counsel the following legal gentlemen:— } Hon. lames Speed, United States Attorney General, (Hon. John H, Clifford, of Massachnsetts, Mr. William M. Evarts, of New York. $Major General Lovell H. Rousseau, of Kentucky. “The counsel of Davis will consistoot— Mr. Charles O’Conor, of New York. ‘Mr. Ransom H. Gillett, of New York. "Tho rotnrns of the South Carolina election on the 18th iust,, « Charleston despatch announces, show that Wade Hampicn, ex-general of rebel cavalry, has been elected Governor by a large majority. The South Carolina Legislature yestorday appointed @he i6th of November as the time for electing members of Congress, and took measures for tho appointuent of a commission to collect evi of unwarrantable geixucos of cotton and other private property by government officers and lay their statement before President Johnson. Provisional Governor Perry transmitted the report of the commission ap- pointed by the State Convention to draft a system of Jaws adapted to the new order of affairs, embracing bills for the regulation of labor and the protection, govern ment and adjustinent of the domestic relations of the colored population, . + ta the Goorgia State Convention, on Thursday of thie ‘week, Ure secession ordinance was repealed, a well a= tho eaactments of the secession convention in coniict with the national constitution and laws, This action 1s in conformity with that of the South Carolina Conven a the same subject, but not with the manner fu whicl :t was treated by the Conventions of Missiesippi, Alavama and North Carolina, which latter did not regard the secession ordinances of their States as possessing the “validity requiring a repeal, but pron 4 them null nad of wo offect. The Georgia C ‘nt also passed ordinances redistricting the State into seven Congressional hh of November as the vernor and members districts and appointing the 1 time for holding an election Of Congress and the Legislature. A committee of five ‘was appointed to memorialize President Johnson for the release of Je’. Davix and all other rebels now held as Prisoners ANew Orleans despatch reports that Maximilian of Mexicw has publicly adopted as his heir to the thyone Doo Auge Iturbide, who is the elde of the first Mexican Emperor, and who is wow in this city, Ag this Romination is said to have been made on the Ith of Jest month, and as in last Tuesday's Henaio we pol. lished copious city of Mexico advives to the 7th inst ‘whieh made no mention of il, at is probable that to some Now Orleans seveat/onist, and not to Maximilian, Itur- Dido is indebted for being named for this rather myth) eal pos tiow + The atarm of the Canadians over the anticipated Fenian Outbronk appears to have reached 9 high pitch. A raid of the Order on the banks, after the manner of the foray from the province on the Vermonters as St. Albans, fis expected, and yesterday one of the Toronto papers aargeat!y catied on the government to yike the arms ‘from tho volunteers, lest they should fall into the hands Of tho dreaded brotherhood; have patrols placed on the frontier, and esiablish @ paseport system. Tho democrats of Kings county held @ mow meeting fast ovoning at the Brooklyn Acadomy of Music, to ratify he State ticket nominated for eicetion in November moxt The Academy was densely crowded, while in the stroot outade a large crowd assembled, who were treated to music, bonfires, calcium lights, &e. The meeting ‘was organized by the appointment of Mr Henry Murphy @s presidont, who, after a ‘ew remarks, stated that the committee were dikappointed inthe pon-atiendance of Geoeral Slocum and Mr. James T. Brady, who bad Deon announced. The meeting woe subeequently ad- @ressed by Mr. J. W. Gerard aod § & Cox. Ail remarke Pulogistic of President Johnson and pledges of the @peakors to support his reconstruction policy were en- Shasiastically applauded. )} Mr. John B. Haskin delivered ay address, which we jat this morning, before 4 large wud enthusiastic ification meeting of the democracy of Wortchester wounty, held in Morrisania on Thureday evening, in ich he ‘nstituted a comparison of the two opposing tickets and platforms, and handled the positions pod statements of some of the republican leaders jp & Pretty lively manuer. Jono Brown, who in May, 1864, contracted to superin- tend the construction of a sewer in Fiftioth street for threo doltars per day, yesterday brough! a suit before Pudge Loonard, of the Supreme Court, cireuil, to recover $f oxtra dollar for each day of the time that he was om ployed, in consequence of the Common Council, subse- QU60t to the formation of bis contract, having passed an Prdinance increasing the pay of sewer inapectors to four @oilars per day. After nearing argument the Judge Aovided to dismiss the complaint, with the understand fing that the question would be sppealed to the general term for final adjudication. Argument was to have been heard yesterday in the jor Court in the case of William Allen, of this city, Gonepel Ortega, Chief Justice of the Supreme wrt of Mexico, in which the former charges that by feasun of his acting a% Mexican recruiting agent in thie atiy the latter became indebted to him to the amount of Gee 270 heyend dgiiars, Whigh debt ig attoply NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OUTOBER 28, 18ve. —— ignored by the Genoral. ‘The matter, however, at the | The Approaching Trial of Jeff. Davis— request of the Goneral's counsel, was again postponed. ‘Tho controversy between the Detroit Water Commis- sionors and Mr. Dickerson, the engineer, relative to certain engines which he contracted to build for thew, under a penalty of fifty thousand dollars, and which has been before the Superior Court for over three weeks, was brought toa close at alate hour yesterday afternoon. After the summing up and a very lengthy charge from Judge McCunn, the jury brought in a verdict in favor of Mr. Dickerwon’s bondsmen, the parties sued. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday Recorder Hoffman sentenced George Wagner, who was tried and convicted of the murder of his wife, to be executed on the 15th of December next. It has been the practice of counsel in almost every murder case to appeal it to a higher court; but in this instance the facts were s0 clear and the horrible character of the offence so ap- parent that the only thing that can prevent the prisoner from expiating his offence on the gallows will be the interposition of Executive clemency. Hugh Gallagher, also indicted for the homicide of his wiX by cruel treatment, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fourth degree. The testimony for the prosecution was slight, and the Court modified the sentence to imprisonment in State Prison for two years, A number of other prisoners were sent to the State Prison for various offences. Mr. Van Dyck, Asalatant United States Treasurer in this city, has received from the Treasury Department the first instalment of the newly issued gold certificates of the five thousand dollar denomination. They are specimens of the arts of the engraver and printer of the most elegunt and elaborate kind, and are bound in book form, each volume containing one thousand of the certi- ficates, of the total value of five million dollars. Notwithstanding the withdrawal on Thursday by Mr. Dickerson of the steamer Algonquin from the dock trial between her and the Winooski, thé engines of the latter, without being stoppod for an instant, were kept running till the ninety-six hours agreed upon for the trial were completed, which was yesterday afternoon. Subse- quently the board of civil engineers who had ‘super- vision of the trial held a meeting and decided that Mr. Dickerson was not justified in stopping the engines of the Algonquin, and that of the two the Winooski has proved herself the superior vessel. The steamship City of Baltimore, Captain Manning, of the Inman line, will sail to-day at noon for Queenstown and Liverpool from pier 44 North river. The mails will close at the Post Office at half-past ten A. M. The new and beautiful steamship Neshanuock, com- manded by Captain J. H. Winchester, which was built for H. B, Cromwell & Co.’s line, will sail to-day at three ¥, M. for New Orleans direct, from pier No. 9 North river. Tho elegant cabins and large and airy staterooms of this fine steamer will no doubt make her a popular vessel with the travelling public. The mails will close at the Post Ofiice at half-past one P. M. The steamship North Star, from this port for New Or- leans, put into Norfolk, having sprang aleak and lost her smokestack on Tuesday last, in a heavy gale, off Hatteras, ‘The bark Statira, from Pictou for Boston, was qyan- doned in a sinking condition on the 20th inst. by her officers aud crew, who were taken off by the bark Susan jane. : The Fire Commissioners were in session yesterday and organized a new steam fire engine company, to be known ag No. 39, and located in Laurens street, and a new hook and ladder company, to be known as No. 11, and to be located in Fifth avenue. The members of volunteer Hose Companies Nos, 24, 47 and 59, and volunteer Hook and Ladder Company No. 13, were relieved from duty. ‘The term “ good standing,”’ as applied to men discharged from the old department, was defined, by a resolution adopted, to mean only those who have recently per- formed fifty per cent of duty, have withheld no depart- ment property and have no charges against them. A few appropriations for repairs and additions to engine houses were made and some contracts were entered into, and the Board adjourned till next Monday forenoon. ‘Phe recent seizure by government officers, on board a vessel lying at a Brooklyn wharf, of a considerable quan- tity of alcohol, for alleged evasion of the Internal Reve- nue law, has been the means of bringing to light some extensive frauds, and of implicating in them some of the Custom House employes. One of the clerks in that establishment is reported to have made ten thousand dollars within a short time by assisting distillers in their evasions of the revenue. The whole matter is now being investigated, and will probably be laid before the public shortly Lewis H. Van Schaick. an employe of the United States Appraiser’s office, 52 , Was yesterday, at the instigation of Collector King, arraigned in the Tombs Police Court on charge of stealing from the office a piece of silk valued at fifty dollars, and admitted to one thou- sand dollars bail to answer the complaint. It is reported that General G, M. Johnson, command- ing the Sub-District of Northeast Mississippi, has dis- covered stupendous frauds on the national Treasury in his department, and caused the arrest of the Assistant Special Treasury Agent at Columbus, Mississippi, and all his subordinates, and suspended their operations, Levi L. Farwell, who, as announced in yesterday's Hera.p, was arrested in a house in Reade street on Th ay afternoon, on charge of having murdered his mistress, Horriet Wells, in Washington, on last Monday, woe yesterday morning found dead in the eell at Police Headquarters in which he had been confined over night. He had committed suicide by breaking in two pieces the tin plate on which his vietuals had been served to him, and opening the main artery in hts left arm with the sharp point of one of thom, which resulted in his bleed- ing to death. A Philadelphia barber named Samuel York was yester- committed to the Tombs on charge of having stolen horse and wagon, valued at six hundred dollars, be- longing to Mr. William B, Eager, of Beach street, this da; OWT clerk in the Brooklyn Post Office, a young inan named Faward Petouze, has been arrested and committed for examination before United States Commissioner Newton on charge of opening letters in that establishment An order just issued by Major General Sandford tn forms us that on Wednesday next, the Ist of November, we are to have a parade and review by Governor Fenton of the entire First division of the State National Guard, comprising all our eity militia regiments. ‘The line will be formed in Fourteenth street, with the right resting on Broadway, and the route of march will be thence through Fourth avenue, Twenty-third street, Madivon aveane, Thirty-fourth street and Fifth avenue to Washington Parade Ground. -4ifth regiment of the National Guard, Colonel LeGal, underwent its fall inspection yesterday. There were about four hundred men in the ranks Twelve wills altogether have been admitted to probate hy the Surrogate daring this week There was an auction sale yesterday afternoon at the corner of Sixth avenue and 110th street, of a large num- der of valnable thoroughbred and trotting horses, Though the attendance was large, the prices realized generally were rather moderate, In the trotting contest yesterday at the Fashion Course between Dexter and General Butler, two mile heats, to wagons, the former won with great ease in two straight heate, making the latter heat in four minutes and fifty-six and « quarter seconds—the fastest time on record. The time of the first (wo miles was five minutes ‘and three-quarters of a second A fair in aid of the Home for the Orphans of Volun teers is now being held at the old City Assembly Rooms, 446 Brosdway. ‘The trial of Rankin, aliv Campbell, charged with ex. tensive counterfeiting, was concluded yesterday in ihe Hndson County Court, New Jersey, and resulted iu the conviction of the accused. Mr. Joseph Emerson Worcester, author of the Ameri can dictionary known by hie name, and other literary works, died at his residence in Cambridge, Mussachuretts, rday, aged eighty-one years ‘The members of the embassy from Tunis, who are now in Washington, were yesterday presented to the Secretary of State. William Gilmore Simms and Robert Brono have been Appointed by the Freemagons of South Caroline to virit their Northern brethrem, represent the destitute and helpless condition of the Order in their State, and solicit aid to restore it to ite former statu, Several places northward and eastward have already had their first snow storm of the eearon. he telegraph reports that snow fell yesterday at Troy, in this State; at Vortund, Maine, and at Toronto, Canad: ‘The stock market experionced @ further advance yox- terday, and closed firm, Governments were inactive, Gold was steady, and closed at 14544. Commercial affairs were very quiot yesterday, and the amount of business done outside of the Produce Ex- change was unusially small, In imported goods very little was done, and prices were almost nominal. Do. moatic goods were irregular, Potroloum was firmer, Cotton was firm, On ‘Change flour was again dull and lower, Grain was a shade firmer, with a more active in- wiry. Pork was somewhat irregular, and cl fi tard Wag Dopry, Whiskyy wap more atende. ong le Final Settlement of the Questions of Treason, State Sovereignty and Seces- sion. Public ‘inhib, for some time past, has naturally been drawn to Jeff. Davis, and to va- rious speculations and conjectures of the pur- poses of the government in his case. From the petitions from various sources in the South for a pardon in his behalf, it would appear that the idea has widely prevailed among the South- ern people that he will be released eventually as a bad investment, and that the only thing to be sought after in his interest has been the shortening of his term of imprisonment. In the authoritative information, however, that he is to be indicted, arraigned and tried before the Supreme Court of the United States for the capi- tal crime of treason, all such theories of the in- tenfions of President Johnson are dissipated. Davis, with whose capture the appeal to arms by the States involved in the rebellion was de- elded against them beyond any possible chance of reparation, has been reserved by the govern- menf for the final settlement of those pernicious Southern abstractions which gave birth to the rebellion. His trial for treason before the Supreme Court will necessarily involve a decisive judg- ment upon those Southern constitutional ab- stractions, with the decision upon the charge of treason. The counsel retained on the side of the government, in support of Attorney General Speed, are, as we learn, William M. Evarts, of New York; John H. Clifford, formerly Attorney General of Massachusetts, and General Lovell H. Rousseau, of Kentucky, whose quali- fications as a lawyer are said to be hardly inferior to his abilities as a soldier. The counsel retained by the prisoner are Charles O’Conor and Ransom H. Gillett, of New York. Here we have a sufficient array of legal strength on each side for an exhaustive discussion of the great constitutional ques- tions involved in this case. The arguments | of counsel and the decisions of the court will unquestionably form the most important and the most valuable judicial chap- ter in the history of the country from the foundation of the existing general government down to this day. It will settle all those dis- turbing and revolutionary Sonthern heresies which ought to have been settled in the trial of Aaron Burr, fifty years ago, and it will fix the government within the impregnable ram- parts of established constitutional law. The line of defence in behalf of Davis will probably embrace that of Lord John Russell in his correspondence with Mr. Adams, in his reference to the responsibility of England for the damages inflicted upon our commerce during the late war by Anglo-rebel cruisers. We presume that it will be urged in behalf of Davis that in the blockade, and in the ex- change of prisoners, &., he was recognized as a belligerent, a de facto foreign Power, and that in being so recognized he ceased to be a traitor—if a traitor before—within the mean- ing of the constitution. We do not suppose, however, that the defence of Davis will be limited to this argument, but that it will com- prehend a plea of acquittal in consideration of the prevailing public opinion of the country on State rights, from the famous Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of 1798 and ’99 down to the last quarter of the last year of Buchanan’s State sovereignty administration. But, whatever line of defence may be adopted in behalf of Davis, we expect that the decision of the court will be that, as the constitution declares that “treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemics, giving them aid and comfort,” Davis is guilty of treason; that the right of secession on the part of a State is not a constitutional right; that it is the duty of the federal government to maintain the Union to the extremity of war against a seceding State or a combination of seceding States in warlike array; that the Union is not a league of States, each possess- ing the sovereign right of secession, but that it is a sovereign nationality, formed, not by the States, but by “we, the people of the United States,” in convention assembled, and so rati- fied by the States, We anticipate the settlement of these points as the substantial results of the trial of Jeff. Davis before the Supreme Court. We do not see how Davis can escape the judgment of treason; but we expect tha! he will be let off with his sentence in his pocket. The great object of his trial is to obtain from the Supreme Court of the United States a decisive settle- ment of all these Southern heresies of State rights, from which, in connection with the agi- tation of the slavery question, we have reaped the heavy harvest of blood and fire of the laie fearful rebellion. Slavery is out of the way, State sovereignty will be settled in the trial of Jeff. Davis, and thus he will be made so immensely serviceable to the Union that his re- lease to go his way and sin no more will meet with no objection. The war has decided that State secession, even under a powerfal armed combination of States, cannot prevail; and by the Supreme Court, in the trial of Davis, it will be decided that under no plea of constitutional authority can secession here- after be agitated. After this decision we shall have no more resolutions of ’98 and °99, no more Hartford Conventions, no more South Carolina nullification experiments, and no more attempts to break up the Union on con- stitutional grounds. The guns of disorganizing politicians will be spiked, and on Siate rights as wellas the slavery question revolutionary adventurers will no longer have the power to deceive and betray their people. The consti- tution will be authoritatively defined, and the people and the States hereafter, North and South, will seck to remedy its imperfections in « constitutional way. Thus the trial of Jeff. Davis will be a great thing for President Johnson’s administration, and a great thing for the future peace and harmony of the country. Tux State Desrs or Sovrn Canouiva ann Groraia.--Governor Perry’s message to the South Carolina Legislature is good in many things, but deficient in regard to two of the most essential things, He says nothing, as reported, of the ratification of the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery; and he warns the Legislature against the repudiation of the State debt, Now, if any one thing will secure the admission into Congress of the South Carolina members it will be the ratification of the aforesaid amendment, and we guess that without it nothing else will avail. In regard to the State debt, we must conclude that Governor Perry, hen he ont in his megsage, bad not nogn President’s late despatch to the Governor of North Carolina, or that Governor Perry does not mean that his rebel State debt is to be recognized. We wait for further information from South Carolina. Governor Johnson, of Georgia, on the other hand, is emphatically opposed to paying the rebel debt of that State. A Batch of Spicy Lettere—The Politicians Photographing Each Other. We publish in another column this morning anice hot batch of very spicy letters. The politicians have begun to photograph each other, and they completely justify the worst things that the independent press has ever said of them. Thurlow Weed leads off with a let- ter in the Times, in which, after roundly abus- ing General Slocum and Comptroller Robinson, he winds up with a paragraph, which we copy, stating that the latter gentleman had offered him his hand, which he “spurned,” as it “reeked with foul personal calumny.” Comp- troller Robinson replies that this story is “as false as it is silly” and “pure fiction,” and states that he has never offered his hand to Weed since “the infamous legislation of 1860,” of which Weed was “the chief engineer.” In- cidentally Mr. Robinson mentions that Mr. Weed describes the political friends of the late General Wadsworth as “a nest of hissing vipers.” This reply seems to have exasperated the universal Warwick, the man who winds up the sun, and he insists upon his original state- ment, and asserts that Comptroller Robinson has “placed himself beyond the pale of truth,” and that “the truth is not in him.” The Post happening to quote a passage from the Comp- troller’s letter, Weed turns upon it like a fury, calls it “perfidious,” charges it with lobby ope- rations, threatens “to reopen this shameful chapter of official dishonesty” with which the Post is connected, and more than insinuates that the publisher of the Post ought to be in the State Prison with Kohnstamm. This closes the Weed-Robinson correspondence, and allows the independentvoters to look right be- hind the scenes and see the actors with their masks off. Another pretty little quarrel is opened by a correspondent of the Tribune, who says that Governor Pierpoint, of Virginia, uttered dis- loyal sentiments in the office of the Hon. Free- man Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency, and that Mr. Clarke ordered him out. Governor Pierpoint thereupon writes letter stating that the Tribune report contains “two gross false- hoods;” one, that he uttered disloyal sentiments, and the other, that Clarke ordered him out of the office. The Governor further says that “Freeman Clarke knew these statements to be false when he procured them to be published.” This naturally brings out Comptroller Clarke, who affirms the original statements of the Tri- bune most explicitly, and thus sends what Shakspere calls the “quick lie” back from him- self to Pierpoint. Not content with relying upon his own word, Mr. Clarke gets a brother of Judge Smith, of the Supreme Court of this State, to make an affidavit to all the material facts; and unless Governor Pierpoint can get the brother of some other judge to come for- ward and make another affidavit in direct con- tradiction to Mr. Smith’s we are afraid that he will get the worst of what we may politely call the discussion. In this case, as in the case ot Weed and Robinson, charges of falsehood are freely exchanged, and it is impossible to know whom to believe. A man must certainly know whether or not he offered his hand to another, and whether or not he was ordered out of another’s office. There can be no mis- take about these matters either on the one side or the other. In old times pistols and coffee would have heen called for, and we should have felt bound to believe the survivor; but now “cards” have been adopted as substitutes, and the more the parties write to the papers the deeper the fog becomes. It is certaia that somebody is lying under a mistake; but who that somebody is we must leave to an impar- tial public to determine. We can say but a few words in regard to the last card of Mr. E. N. Dickerson, who com- plains that the Navy Department has “taken advantage” of him, and committed all sorts of outrages upon him. It appears that the | Winooski has been “throttled” during the recent trial, and gbat the “stop valves” have been used, and that a coal barge has been wilfully, maliciously and surreptitiously col- lided with the Winooski, not in order to injure her, but in order to help her by breaking off her paddle wheel. Mr. Dickerson’s sorrows are as plentiful as those of Werther, and we have no ; more space to devote to them. Cholera Morbus Depew, the hero of the late census, publishes a report of @ conversation with John Van Buren, which is more interesting. Mr. Depew begins by praising Prince John for “his well known modesty.” He wiates, and we can very readily believe, that Van Buren praised General Barlow before he was nominated by the repub- licans; and we may add that Van Buren has praised the gallant general ever since. Prince Jobn, it seems, agrees with us that Seymour “spoiled everything at Chicago, and has been the cause of most of the diasters of the demo- cratic party.” If Van Buren said that he uttered a very sensible though not a very original remark. He made a slight mistake, however, when he declared that Seymour “would have been out of sight long ago, but every time he is about going under Bennett pitches into him in the Hzraup and 80 catches him by the hair of his head and hauls him to the surface.” The fact is correct—the simile very appropriate; but Van Buren is not quite right in regard to the manner in which we have caught hold of Seymour. Often he has gone so far under that we were unable to seize his hair, and have had to get a long pole and fish him out. At present he is beyond the reach of our pole. His head was chopped off by Jobn B, Haskin, and he ought to be decently interred; for the presence of his dead body in the democratic party makes it seem corrupt and offensive. With these remarks we turn over this curious batch of extraordinary letters to the candid consideration of our readers, ‘Yar Exection 1x Sour Canotixa.—Wade Hampton is elected Governor of South Caro- lina, and it may be supposed that that home of the fire-eaters is reconstructing itself to its full satisfaction. It is of course not doing so to the satisfaction of Phillips, Stevens, Sum- ner and the rest; and no doubt this election of Hempton, the most incorrigible of rebels, will he made tho text of numberless diatribes against the Prosident’s reconstruction policy. Phillips, ip the vein of his “South Victorious,” will ask who olse South Carolina would have for this place if she had won the fight, Row Caroline and Massachystiye wore the representatives before the war of the extreme opinions of the two sections—Massachusetts, vaunting that she was in the extreme advance of civilization, ran wild for abolition; and South Carolina, —- her pride that she was opposed to all liberalism and “pro- gress,” stood by slavery and asserted its divine right and excellence. Massachusetts, relying upon the intelligence of the people, was always ready to extend the suffrage, and South Caro- lina kept the whole power of the State in half s dozen hands, her Governors generally being elected in a very small circle. But now South Carolina has utterly broken away from her old system. She is no longer the haughtiest of the oligarchies. She is a re- public in the full sense. She has given the power to the people; and, possessing still the same natural character that made her extreme one way, she will now be extreme the other way, and will go far to be more radical even than Massachusetts. She will push the Bay State hard in the field of physical develop- ment, and having, as she will, plenty of North- ern capital and energy to help her, and an un- limited State pride to gratify, it will be yet a fair race of the two extremes. Wade Hamp- ton, once the most intense of fire-eaters, will be the most earnest of all in this new sphere; and this is the evidence that the South is not victorious. Theatrical Intelligence. Broapway Taxatre.—‘“Sam’” Marin! The successful piece that has been put on the stage during the present season is, decidedly, Mr. De Walden’s drama of “Sam,’’ atthe Broadway theatre. It has run now through its third week, with unabated houses and im- mense applause. During the whole of that time there has hardly been standing room in the house, either at the evening performances or the matinges. To-day it will be repeated at a grand matinée, commencing at half-past one. We advise every ono to go early in order to obtain a seat. ‘Taare FRANcats.—M. Edgard, the popular comedian who, as a member of M. Juignot’s troupe, has contributed so much to the enjoyment of our public, takes a farewell benefit to-night at Hope Chapel. ‘The pieces selected for the occasion are Alfred de Mussett's charming little one act comedy Un Caprice and the favorite vaudeville Egard et sa Bonne, Between the two pieces there will be a musical intermede, in which Madame de Lussan, M/ Fanfer and Edgard himself will take part. The benefl- ciaire will be assisted by M. and Madame Larmet, Mlle. Natballe Dumas, Mile. Maillet, Mile. Berthe Morel and MM. Rousseau and Chol. We need add nothing more to insure a full attendance. ‘The Buchanans, with Miss Flora Myers, gave London Assurance in Utica, N. ¥., October 20. The Merchant of Venice was to be played at Mechanics’ Hall. Manager Van Arnum has produced the Corsican Brothers at the Griswold Opera House, Troy, N. Y. Ingomar; or, the Barbarian and Greek Maiden, is given nightly at Templeton & Brother's theatre, Vicksburg, Miss, The play is followed by the farce of Kiss in the Dark. The New York Champs Elysées Circus exhibited, for the Inst time, it was said, in Louisville, Ky., October 21, The Zavistowski dramatic troupe was at Wood’s theatre, Louisville, same day. They have comedy, dance, song and burleaque every evening in the theatre (old Canack Rooms), Montgomery, Alabama. Miss Hathaway played Madeline in “Saint Mary's Eve, or a Sister's Love," at the Varieties theatre, Si, Louis, Mo., October 19. Thayer & Noyes’ United States circus will goon visit Loulsville, Ky., to exhibit and reorganize for @ tour in the Southern States. A Vicksburg (Miss.) paper, speaking of what may bo termed the morale of the majority of the theatrical andi- ‘ences in that city, says:—If betier order was kept in the hall, and blackguards made to keep thoir mouths shut, it would be a great advantage to the decent portion of the audience, and doubtless a great relief to the actors. Miss Lotts sustains five characters in the Female De- tective, at Duffield & Flynn’s circus, Nashville, Tenn. Liddy Lanigan and McGowan’s Reel conclude the enter- tainments, The mystic drama, the Flyiug Dutcuman, with the farce of Turn Him Out, are given at Wright & Seller’s new theatre, Nashville. Dan Costello's circus troupe exhibited at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Monday, October 16, after enjoying 4 good time in Nashville, Rosedale, with 1.. P. Barrett ax Elliott Gray, bas been given in De Bar's Opera House, St. Louis, Mo. Poter Piper Pepper Podge raises a hearty laugh at Morris & Wilson's now Opera House, in the same city. Miss Jean Hosmer will commence her winter season at Norfolk, and gos thence to Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Cin- cinnati, St. Louis, Louisville, Nashville aud Memphis, returning to New York about April, 1966. ‘The new theatre (South End) building in Bostou for Messr#, Morris Brothers, Pell & Trowbri is being pushed rigorously towards completion, It is thought it will be opened at Christmas, ‘Tory Pastor's Orena House Mavixex To par. —The splendid pantomime “Old Dame Grimes” will be given ata matinée to-day at Tony Pastor's Opera House, The pantomime is put upon the stage in a manner not ox- celled by anything of the kind in the city. wine Star, which was advertised to # this afiernoon, has not yet arrived Probable that she called at Key sequence. Tuesday, the 3ist THe SreaMe leave for New Orle trom that port, It Atiuntic and Great Western Rail- way. THK DIRECTORS TO THR LOvOMOTIVE WORKS IN JERSEY CITY. ‘The directors of the Auiantic and Great Wostern Rail- way—a roud which has recently been completed, and is under the patronage of the party of European capitalists headed by Sir Morton Peio—visited the locomotive shops in Jersey City yesterday forenoon, for the purpose of in- specting the establishment. ‘These works are the preperts, of Mr. Semea McHeury—a gentleman well ‘nown in connection with this and many other railway euterprises—who has invested about a million of dollars im their constraction. The vast resources of the estab- lishment are fully employed in equipping the road above mentioned. Fight locomotives are completed here every month, and the iron work for over one hundred and fifty cars. The latter are built at wi the tron work prepared in the Jersey City shops is sent. ‘The establichment in addition hae an extensive tire- rolling mitl where the locomotive wheels fey 0 ree number of roads are red. So extensive has this branch of the locomotive mannfacturiug art become this country that the demand is now fully supplied home and importation is In the various de- partments Mr. McHeary the services of over seven hundred men, and immediate supervision of the establishment is ably sscisted by Mr. William @. Hamilton. A couple of hours were occupied yesterday in inspect- ing the shops, after which the party sat down to a colla- tion, well pleased their visit. — visiy Or the Treasery In Mississippi. The following despatch was received by « gentleman of this city at a late hour Inst night:— ‘Waar Pony, Mist, Det, 26, 1466 General G. M. 1. Johnson, formerly Volonel of the Thirteenth Indiana cavelry, commanding the sub-dis- trict of Northeast Misasisippi, has discovered the most stupendous frand ov the Treasury Department and has arrested Harrison Jobnaon, aseistant special agent at Columbus, Miss, and all hie avb-agente in the counties of Monroe, Octibbeba, Loundes and Noxubee, and has taken possession of their books and papers and ans. pended their operations, It is rumored that the investi. i Will be damaging to porgons in high placer, ‘The General has beon some tit gaged in ferreting out these frauds, and deserves the commendation of hit government and every honest mui The Tonnessee Leg! Nasi To the House to-day « motion was made to reconsider the vote of expulsion of Mr. Cameron, and it was laid ow the table by 4 vote of thirty-six to thirty-one. This set. Ues the question finafly of his readmission, The Fair for the Soldiers’ Home, Parianrienta, Oct, 27, 1866. ‘The fair for the Soldiers’ Home proves thus far a great success. The Academy of Muste iy crowded to excess day and evening. The receipts thus far have exceeded the expectations of the most sanguine. Arrangements have been made by nearly all the railways leading to the City to soll tickets covering the paagge ond giving Al nNangge 19 Ms Vase EIT Fare it Aw or ras OnrHans ov Oox Vouuwramns.~ A fair im ald of the Home for the Orphans of ou | Volunteers is boing held in Alker’s (formerly tiie City Assembly Rooms, 446 Broadway. The ‘‘Home’’ has bee: im operation since 1961, aud Is situated on Vifty eights street, near Eighth avenue. It is chartered by the State but mainly dependent on the charity of the public fo its support, Since its establishment over one thousan children have been received beneath its roof and care for till claimed by either of their ‘or prov’ lay. ‘And. thon the fay eg) wi how ‘morceaus £0 as to endow with fairy wings whi, deceive you into thinking hours but moments. 2 ‘Among the principal articles on exhibition and © | sale is the splendid catafalque used during :the wing, é state of the late donated to the bed the Common Council, To see this in itself would reps, a visit, and esger relic hunters pay fabulous sums f portions of it, Six Ene sewing machin which obtained the medal at the Ameri Fair, have also been generously donated by | al | facturore, A floral temple, in Which the presiding deij is Miss Fannie Hoyt, is also remarkable for its beaut ‘These constitute a few of the many attractions the fr ‘aa before stated, it closes on Wedheada, ‘All who wish to enjoy an evening, as well as to help t! orphans of the heroes of the late war, should visit it. ‘Fam vor tux Benxrir or Tan Unsoiine Convanr.—T fair for the benefit of the Ursuline Convent, Morrisani terminates to-night with an interesting auction sale articles which the ladies of the exhibition have been ov able to dis] of to visitors, The Sisters of this conve being mostly foreigners ‘and having but few substant frionds have thus far been compelled to use the utm« economy in order to sustain ives, Every sm contribution to their fund, through the fair, will bo much offered to a real, deserving charity, and will a) be duly appreciated by the Ursuline Sisters and tho p¢ | ple of Morrisama. § InsPEcTiON OF THR CuNTRAL Bripar at MAcowa’s Daw) Yesterday soveral members of the Board of Suporvisy j visited the Central bridge on invitation of the Presidg © of the Bridge Commission; Mr. Cummins, and Colo) Long, of the Harlem Gas Company, also of this comn) sion, for this county, and Messrs. Hatfield and Cauldw: of stchester county. This structure has been recon, remodelled and painted at the exponse of these U/ counties, and under the supervision of the above a Ss who yesterday extended an invitation to ‘ jupervisors and other influential and experienced ¢ tlemen to inspect the work, among whom were Cen! Park Commissioner Green, Richard F. Carman, Es Hosea B. Perkins, Esq., and J. P. Fagan, Superintend) | of Ward's Island.’ After having minutely inspected ¢ bridge, which ig a neat and substantial structure | wood and masonry, crossing the river at Macoml, from the Eighth avenue, they expressed their appro) of the improvements, and repairing to Florence’s Ho) they partook of an excellent diuner, at which spooc! were made by Supervisor Purdy, R. F. Carman, Es H. B. Perkins and others. The Supervisors — ww Messrs, Ely, Davis, Little, Whilomn and h. ” work of extending Seventh avenue, from the Parl the river, has alroady commenced, as provided by a) cent act of the State Legislature, and a new ands _ stantial bridge will shortly be extended across the from that point. . ‘Tux Mextoax Loax.—Several subscriptions were tw to the new Mexican loan during yesterday-—one by 8} Babbitt; another, of ten thousend dollars, by an av officer; and still another, by a New Bedford gentlen! for two thousand dollars. It is reported that im about twenty-six banking houses have made apphicat) j to become agencies for the sale of the bonds. Hoxorauiy Acqurrrep.—Some timo in May peg account of the arrest of Mr. Francis Byrne, of V Hoboken, was published in the Herat, as well a other papers. The action was taken upon charges by s clerloal gentleman of Hoboken. After due ex nation the Grand Jury failed to find any bill against| Byrne, and he was discharged. | Fei. Dows Srais.—An unknown woman, do | morning of the 25th inst., fell down a flight of stair the rear of No, 27 Leonard street, and received @ con sion of the brain. She was picked up insensible taken to the New York Hospital, whore she died yer day ere regaining consciousness. Coroner Wildey notified, aud will oid an See to-day. Deceased about twenty years old, a blonde, and quite handso ‘The body is held to await identification. | Mosic at rae Parx.--The Park Commissioners: nounce that if the weather is fine there will be must the Mail at the Park to-day, at three P. M., by the | band, under the leadership of H. B. Dodworth. Fine ix Savexta Avesve.—The alarm of fire for | Second district on Friday morning, xbout two o’ef | was caused by the discovery of smoke issuing from porter house on the northeast corner of Seventh avé and Fifty-first street, kept by James Nevin. On oy ining the premises, after the fire was extinguished, | dent traces of turpentine were found on the floori behind the bar, and apparently three separate fires been made in the store, leaving but little doubt of ( incendiary origm. The damage to the premises will, be over one hundred and fifty dollars; thousand dollars in the Manhattan Insurance Comp Fire Marshal Baker has the matter under investiga THRY ARK TO BE REVIEWED ON THE 18T OF VEMBER BY GOVERNOR FENTON. On the Ist of November the entire First divistd the National Guard, under command of Major Get Sandford, are to be reviewed from the Fifth Av) Hotel by Governor Fenton and staf. The follo orders have been issued relative to the parade ;—~ GRYERAL ORDIBI—NO. 13. Heanquanrens, Finer Division, N. Y. 8. N. Gd. New York, Oct. 25, 1866, i ‘ ‘This division will parade on Wednesday, the Ist di November next, and will be reviewed by his Excell! Governor Fenton and the general staff of the State. ) ‘The division line will be formed in Fourteenth hy | with the right resting op Le apr at eleven 0’ A. M. precisely; and the review will take place at | | past eleven o'clock, immediately after the salute is; in Union square, The salute will be fred by ade | ment of the Fourth regiment, Colonel Teller, unde’ direction of Colonel Burger, commanding the Seq brigade. Brigadier General Hall will detail a troop of horse | his brigade a# an escort to the Commander-in-Chic report at his quarters at a quarter before eleven A. » The line of march will be up the Fourth avon Twenty-third street, through mty-third stree Madison avenue, up Madison avenue to Thirty-fc street, through ‘Thirty-fourth street to Fifth ave down Fifth avenue to the Washington Parade Gre — paying the honors of 9 marching salute to the Comm er-in-Chief in front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel. i ‘The division staff will assemble at the quarters of, — Major General at half-past ten A. M., and Captain troop will report for escort duty at the same timo. ‘The Commissary General will issue ammuni the Governor's salute npon a requisition from ¢ —— ‘Teller. By order of General CHAS. W. SANDFOH Caas, H, Tours, and Aid-de-Camp. if Avex. Haustor, Division Inspector. i INSPECTION OF THE FIPTY-PIPTH RROTMENT, TIONAL GUARD. i This regiment, ander command of Colonel Ey Le Gal, was inspected at their armory in Lafayette yesterday. There were four hundred and seven present. The Fifty-fifth is increasing in num! discipline. The ps rauce of the men cidediy indicated both. WENDIX'S ZOUAVES. Five companies of this 6ue r ent of Zouaves, being organized by Colonel Bendix, formert; Tenth New York Volunteers, were mustered in last at their drill rooms in the Masonic Hall, street, ‘The regiment now musters two hundred and the ranks are fast filling up, and will be, organization is completed, one of the Gnest militia ments in the city. Colonel Hamilton, of General ford’s staf, wax the mustering officer of the ‘The mon presented @ very govd and very efficient im drill é ‘ 1 aaaeel Wear Steamer Haytt. i PURCHASR OF THE SCREW ATRAMER GALATS THY HAYTIEN GOVERNMENT. . 5 Wo understand that the screw steamer Gelatea, re ly sold from the Brooklyn Navy Yard, has heen chased for the government ot Hoyti, and will so ready to gail for thet port, The Galatea is ; | two yoara old, and bax been until recently in the “| | ‘of the United Mates navy, having been engaged o: ‘of the West India stations, She now lies at the fr Catharine street, Brooklye, and is undergoing a complete orerhenitiog, ‘The dimensions of the Galaiea are:—Length, 20 Ginches; breadth, 36 fwet 4 inches; depth of ho feet 6 inches; betweon decks, 7 feet 6 inches. ‘a double scrow engine, diameter of cylinder 44 ju stroke of piston 36 inches; sha bas also two hor tnbular boilers and four farnaces, She was bu Messre. Van Dusen & Co. of this city. Her armament when complete will be one one . dred-pounder, two Lp 92 id rifled and sight t praneer smooth bore guns, With carriages to su be from the manufactory of Messrs. Parrott,‘of — mo are p -3 aay oe P; yf untieg | Yt ir jenars, Kalor, of the Atiantio| Srou Works, Brooklyn. She is expected to be roar wea in about twenty days, aug her Ay" is oxpa taka ages Of lage ia He gues of a few dave.