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

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Brooklyn.—Etatortan Mrs- ano PANtoMinEs. Broadway —Nicora, Meus: Matinee a Two O'Clock. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Irving ov vam Paunanwome BocwerTr O'Clock P, M. .—Posii0 REMEARSAL New Youx. Three IRVING HALL, Irving place.—Ma. Pr. Jenin Pruux's Concrar. BROADWAY ATHEN.ZUM, Broadway.—Nicova Mxis- ex's Guamp Scenic ILLusioxs IN SOUTHERN EuRory. Mati- nee at Two o'Cloe! New York, Saturday, November 18, 1865. "NEWSPAPER OIRCULATION. Receipts of Sales of the New York Daily Newspapers. OFFICIAL. Year Ending Name of Papen May 1, 1865. Heravp.. + $1,095,000 ‘Times.... se. 368,150 Tribune.... 252,000 Evening Post. 169,427 World.. 100,000 Bun.. 151,079 Express... 90,548 New Yoru Heraup $1,095,000 Times, Tribune, World Sun combined.. 871,229 THE NEWS. Later and important news from Mexivo is furnished us by telegraph and in our correspondence by the ateam- ships Manhatten on@Eagle, which arnved here yester- day from Vora (rus and Havana. The capture of the -city of Monterey by the republicans is announced, and Their siege of Matamoros was Mill closely matntained. The latter place, toa, they were confident would soon be fn theur hands, as they had been reinforced there to the extent of eighteen hundred men. A Matamoros imperial paper says the republicans have promised to give all United States soldiers who will jota them four hours in which tO pillage the town, and warns the latter against engaging in the enterprise. Heavy reinforcements for the imperial garrison at Matamoros were reported to be at the mouth of the Rio Grande, and a republican force was marching to meet them. There are reports of two or three small impenalist victories im the interior. ‘The rebel ex-General Shelby and a company of his Southern followers have settled down in the State of Cordova as farmers, Tho Imperialists in Vera Crux had a rumor of President Juarez beimg in Texas, on his way to Piedras Negras, 3 Toxas advices say tliat directions Lave bees received thero {rom Washington not to muster out any more A-oops or to diepose of any more army property until the receipt of further orders. It is said that Provisional Gov- ‘ernor Hamilton will soon issue his proclamation for the election about the middie of December of State Conven- tion delegates, who are to assemble about a month after. The Indians along the northern frontier of Texas are cansing considerable alarm by their movements. It is announced in our Havana advices of the 1dh lost. that the Haytien troubles are at an end, a settlement having been brought abont by the American and British oficials. Whether this implies a complete termination wf the rebellion in that republié is not exactly clear. The Cubans, our Havana correspondence states, are expocting a new Captain Genera! next month, in the person of General Lersundi. It was anticipated that the United States naval steamers Hornet and Rhode Island would leave Havana in a few days for ths country, bringing with them the ex-rebel ram Stonewall. Additional particulars are presented in to-day’s Hewat of the negro revolt in Jamaica, showing the savage scenes which characterized the outbreak and the prompt manner in which retribation war visited upon the partt cipauts by the; authorities, It is estimated that alto- gether over 4wo thousand rebels have been hanged and shot nader court martial sentences. Some further interesting particulars of affairs oon- nected with the fall of Uraguayans are furnished in our Rio Janeiro correspondence and South American vewe- paper extracts published this morning. The Emperor of Bre7il hed iss¢ed a proclamation urging ® vigorous coo- tinuation of the war, The allies are very sanguine that Lopez, the President of Paraguay, must soon succumb, and it is thpir inteniion, on the occurrence of such event, (6 compel him to submit to liber)! navigation arrangements for the interior waters of his country, which will creste a heavy demand for American steam- rs, Thore ws a considerable number of men from our Southern States, ox-rebels anc malcontents, in Rio Janciro in October, some of whom repre sented themselves as agents for Southern fami- Jies who propose to emigrate to Brazil if it gives promise of Ueing a good place for settlement. Bat tt 19 thought we greot succoss will attend this movement, as its moving spirit * the desire to perpetuate unmolested the slave system, and that institntion Is rapidly growing in disfavor in Brasil. The Brazilians are much more de- sirens to bave as colonists intelligent agriculturists who will introduce tho best kind of napleroents and rfikohinery and all the latest Yankee improvements than thoso who come merely to enjoy the privilege of holding slaves Admiral Godon’s United States squadron, bound for the Bast Indies, was at Rio Jansiro on the 9th of October, where it was expected to remain about two weeks. The Hartford, the flagahip, atrived there on the 7th uit., hav: Ing had very quiet passage durivg moat of the voyage. ‘To relieve tha monotony the old salts revived the anciont fand Indicrow ceremony of introducing the novices to Neptune. The squadron prosented a formidable appear ‘auce ia Rio Janeiro harbor, and attracted much atten. tion Tt would next proceed to Batavia, touchiog at Cape ‘Town, Capo of Good Hope, on tho way. ‘The steamship Pung Shuey, from New Orleans on tho Oth ivst., arrived here last night, but brought little ad- ditional news of Interest. General Canby bad issued on order reminding army officers who have occupied as thoir quarters the abendone* houses of rebels that they are responsible for the Turnitare and other property found therein, and they are advised, therofore, to take Proper receipts for the same before they pass into tie Bands of the persons to whom restoration may be made. Tt is reported shat the steamship Twilight, which left hore for Wilinington, Wi,4., on Inst Satutday, with thirty ‘Give passengers aud a valuable cargo, was wrecked near Gho mouth of Cope Boor river, and will Ve a total tom, ‘Tho passeagers anderew wore saved. * Tete stated to our lost night's despatches from To- Ponto that a quictér freling bexins to prevail there ta r6- gard to the Fenian movemeauts, it being thoughs that Phe nocessary precautions to meet a raid have boon taken. Goneral Grant received large additional number of viaitors at the Metropoliian Hotel yoatdrday. During the day ho drove ovt to Washington Heights and the Park, and in the evening dined with the membors of the Union Glob, The preparations for the grand Feception to ‘he General on noxt M@day ovonting at the Fitth avenue vote! ar peogreeing emp diy and aceon. Bees hs se iene OF BoLU TAGE 10 he GUM De NEW YUKK MEKALD, SATUKVAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1865, says tho invitation ia vory gratifying, coming, a# it does, ‘from tho citizens of the motropotia of Our country, and twenty yoars hence of the world."’ ‘The curious things wluch a countryman eaw and heard atthe Astor House, in connection with the plottings, counterplottings and complicated manmuvrings of the Politicians for tho purpose of Aiting the now vacant place at the bead of our Custom Houge with a man of their own choice, are aptly deacribed in his epistle in another columa of this morning's Henano. In the Coroner's investigation tm regard to the death of Henry L. Gordon, one of the victims of the Newark rait- road disaster on Wednesday morning last, the jury, attor hearing all the evidence, found a verdict of maa- siaughier against the switchmaa, Edward O'Brien, and also roquestod the Common Council of Newark to further restrict the rate of speed at which all railroad cara shall ron through thecity. The ordinance which is now In foroe regarding the speed of care on this line limite the mail and express trains to @ rate of twouty miles per bour while running through the city of Newark. Ed- ward O’Brieu, the switchman, now stands committed to await the action of the Graad Jury. ‘The parade of the First division of the State National Guard, comprising our city regiments, which was at frat appointed for the 1st inst., and subsequently changed by General Sandford to the 25th, has had another alteration of date, and has now been fixed to take placo.on Friday next, the 24th inat., in commemoration of the evacuation of thts city by the British in 1783. The line will be formed in Fourteenth street and Ninth avenue, with tho right resting on Broadway, at half-past one o'clock in the afternoon, and the route of march will be through Fourth avenue, Twenty-third strect, Madison avenue, ‘Thirty-fourth street and Fifth avenue to Washington Parado Ground. Governor Fenton will review the troops in Union square. ‘There are no reporla of amy additional cholera cases among the steamship Atalanta’s passengors. The cabia passengers have sent us another communication pro- testing against their being stil! prevented coming to the city, and Dr. Murphy, in an Interview which he yester- day had with Mayor Gunther, insisted that their further detention at Quarantine is unnecessary. The Mayor said it was not in his power to effect their release, but that ho yori raise no objection to it if the consent of the Health and Qcavantine Commissioners could be obtained. Dr. Sayre, Resident Physician of the city, haa, at the roe quest of the Board of Health, issued a statement of facts in regard to the nature of cholera aud the proper means to be used to prevent its spread. At a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors ay, the minority report of the Volunteer Com- ¢ subject of paying the State census enumer- ators was prescnted. From this it appears that the commitice have had three districts of the First ward enumerated, and found a deficiency in the State censas in ¢ districts of two thousand five hundred and , and they state that if they were authorized to go on with the work, judging from this, they would find the Population of the city to bo considerably over a million. Tho Bonn adjourned to Tuesday, however, without taking any action on the report. ixtensive frauds on the government by evasion of the Maternal revenne are said to have recently been disco- vered iu the Yennsy!vania oil regions, near Pithole. The government Claims amount to one hundred and forty- eight thousand dollars, and some of the largest wells have been teken possession of by officers, application waa made befor Jadge Clerke, of the Sa art, yesterday, to remove the trial of the owners of (he steamboat Arrow from the Court of General Sosaions to the Court of Oyer and Terminer. The charge, it will be romombered, i manslaughter, in causing the death of Macy ®. Kricksom by the explosion of the steamer’s holler au August Jast, in the North river. After hqwting the argumeut of counsel, Judge Clerke granted the motion, da the of Rosulie Hardonbrook veraus Wm. Har- danbroos (uivorced parties), which was an application by the pinint their m: Judge Barnard has rendered a decision denying tho motion. An cinminetion of atudents for admission to the Su- prem (ourt bar took place on Bhoraday, and lasted from three u'clock in the afternoon until eleven o'clock at night, Some forty appleants were admitted. Another en stton will take place at one o'clock to-day, for suet a+ were absent on Thursday. Ths trial of William Keefe, charged with the murder ‘of John Abrams, was concluded yesterday in the Court of Gonoral Sessigns, After deliberating for two hours, tha jury convieted the prisoner of murder in the second do- grea Judge Russél remanded him for sentence. ‘The examination of the charges against William Chase Burney and Benthan Fabian, of attempting to defraud the government of forty thousand - dollars by procaring the rolease from the Custom House, by means of forged bonds, of a large lot of alcohol, was proceeded with yes- terday before Justice Dowling, in the Tombs Police Court. Considerable testimony for the prosecution was taken, and the case was then adjourned over until next ‘Tuesday. In the case of Captain Reginald Chauncy, al Jeged tv be implicated with Barnoy and Fabian, anew coinpiaint 18 tg be made out Surrogate Qe yesterday denied the motion to re- open the EK. P. Christy will case, on the ground that, the procveding having been appealed to the Supreme Court, the case ia no longer before him, end Le bas lost juris diction over it. The will of Trad Hawley tas been ad- milited to probate by the Surrogate, [t gives two hua- dred and @tty dollars to the Congregational ehurch of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The estate was a large ono; but, with this exception, it is distributed among the | tosintor’s relatives. ‘The late rebel Attorney General, George Davis, who, as noticed in Thursday's HxRaun, arrived here under guard on the previous from Key West, on board the accordance with orders from Washington, seat to Fort Lafayette. ‘ Among the Southerners at presentin this city is Jo sep K. Johnston, late general in tbe rebel army, who commanded the forces surrendered to General Sherman in North Carotive. Genoral Johnaton has had many visitors since his arrival in this city. He is in excellent | health, and representa the submiasian of the people of | the South generally to the vational goverament as unre- | served aud in good faith. Governor Brownlow, of Tennessee, in a late letter, says the entire State of Tennessee abounds with thieves and robbers who would murder a man for his watch or & five dollar bill, He has no faith in the rebel professions of loyalty, thinks the war ondod at least two years too soon for the good of the comntry, and adjures the re- publican majority not to admit to Congress indiscrimi- nately the representatives from the lately rebellious States, Those States, be maintains, will net olect loyal mee to Congress, nor can loyal men be elected Govern- ors of them. He believes that the political leaders there have pot abandoned their idea of a separate confederacy, and that they are now reorganizing to make another effort at rebellion, Dr. Oliver Wendel! Holmes, of Boston, lectored last ovening before the Mercantile Library Association, in Irving Hall, on the “Poetry of the War.’ The audience ‘was very large, and gave the distinguishod post a warm reception. ‘The Inman line stesmship Kins, commanded by Cap- tain Tibbetts, sails at noon to-day for Queevstown and Liverpool from pier[@@ North river. The mails will fone at the Post Office at half-paat ten o'otork. The United States mail steamship George Cromwell, Captain Vaill, will leave pier No. @ North river at three P.M. today for New Orleans direct. The mails will close at the Post Office at balf-pest one o'clock. © The Fenian Brotherhood, having outgrown their conteal office in this city, bave procured the large and comtly building No, 8% Seventeenth street, oa Union square, capable of accommodating all the departments into which the exocutive work of the society was appor- tioned by the late Congress at Philadephia, The building 1s a capactous five story one, decorated and appointed in the highest stylo, Possession was taken by the Fenians om Thursday, and their usual business has been trans- acted there since noon om that dey, There isto beh grand opening when overything is property arranged. A Gorman nemed Conries Gordon, alias Garten, keep- fog an intelligence office ot 28 Amby street, was yester. day neraigned in tho Jefferson Market Police Court and required to give OMesn hundred dotiaes hail to answer charge of having swindled bout ope bundred and any mon out of @ dollat and a baif ach by peomiaing thom, through an advertisement inserted in a German paper, highly romungrative sitoations in South Cardlina, and free pasaage thither, with which promino, aa alleged, ho neglected to comply, after receiving thoir money. Gar: tam wae also roqaired to give Afteon handrad dollars ball On ap additional charge of having etolen a vajuable aoe of mathematical instruments from Mrs. Bally, liviog in the house in which he haa bia office Tho akoloton of a man was discovercd on Thursday Taut in a aeeta tad pot tA mile from Mitdie Village, Ve ous Coulis. fe wae oe government supply steamer Memphis, was yesterday, in || from rag au UG tie 6 ‘mains thas death had boon produced by violence; but whothor it was a case of murder or suicide has not yot ‘been determined. The stock market was dull yesterday morning, strong tm tho afternoon and rather heavy at the close. Govern- ‘monte were higher. Gold was steady, and closed at 147. Commercial affairs were rathor quict yesterday, and business was light, both im foreign iso and domestic produce, while prices tended in favor of the buyer. Grocerios were firmer. Petroloum was scarcely eo firm. Cotton was Armor. -On 'Change, flour was dull and lower, Wheat was dull, and a shade lower. Corn was aolive, and a shade higher. Pork was heavy, clos- ing lower, Boof waa steady. Lard was firmer. Butter ‘and cheore wore without decided chango. Whiskey waa dull and nominal. The Activity of the Western Hemisphore— ‘The Six Grand National Dramas. The Heratn of yesterday gave @ remarkablo ploture of this continent, tnd of the intense activity of life in the Western hemisphere. If we except some of our own numbers dur- ing the war, no paper has crowded into-ono issue the recital of so many atirring events. Wo had news from Hayti, Canada, Jamaica and Buenos Ayres, and our.local news even was of unusual interest—inoluding the reception by our “horsemen” of the Hero of the War, the particulars of the contest for the place loft vacant by the death of Preston King, the core- ner’a inquest over the last railroad slanghter in New Jersey, and our oriticiazm on the opera played the night before in Chicago. Our nows from Jamaica gave a full history and desoription of the horrible revolt of a part of the negro population of that island. This revolt was gotten up by ambitious white men, who went among the ignorant and credu- lous negroes preaching just such doctrines as the radical negro suffrage sbriekers are now preaching among the recently emancipated slaves of our own Southern States. Like Wendell Phillips & Co.,. the men who got up this Jamaica murdering carnival were mere demagogues. They did not care a pin for the negro, but they used the negro asa means to make an agitation, expecting thereby to secure a political triumph over a more con- servative party. They were warned by the press, just as we have warned Phillips and his fol- lowers, that they were playing a dangerous game; that they were trifling with a power that if they moved it at all they could not oon- trol. They went on blindly, however, and tho horrible scenes, the atrocious butcheries re- corded, were the result. The news from Hayti was of peculiar inte- rest, as it gave us the particulars of the inter- ference of an English captain between the Sal- nave and Geffrard parties, and the conse- quences to the captain and his ship. This captain must have had more than the usual share of pompous self-complacency that is so often a characteristic of the commanders of English men-of-war. The captain of o Salnave man-of-war had captured, a3 he supposed, one of Geffrard’s vessels; but the English capiain~ asserted that the vessel taken was an English ship. He would not per- mit the capturer to take possession of his prize, and, as he had the power to prevent it, might for a time made right. Then the rebel authorities retaliated upon the English captain by refusing him the privilege of landing at Cape Haytien, and straightway he bombarded the place—forts, town and all—and sank two vessels of the rebel navy. His ship in the melee got aground, and though te bad begun this fight in the most barbarous way, and ia d@fiance of his promise not to fire on the town without due notice, he now appealed to the United States ship De Soto to help him out of his trouble. The captain of the De Soto properly refused to do so, and the English captain was compelled to blow up his ship. That will settle his case in London. His government would listen to his story, however outrageous, if he had only been successful in bis attempt to as- eert British power; but to make that attempt under such questionable circumstances, and to end with contemptible failure, seals his ruin in England. - Our news from Canada is the laughable side of the story. It shows us the martial race of people that tately hurrahed over the victories of the Southern army, and organized raids across our border, now trembling at the shadow of invasion. How brave the Cana- dians are on the Queen’s birthday! How they strut when the soldiers of the garrison parade up and down, and what a pride they take in the red coats and tall shakos of the Scotch fasileers or some other crack regiment! And yet how pitifully little the fat fellows are when there is only the ghost of a chance that they may haye to fight themselves. ‘The news from Buenos Ayres also illustrates the present active movement of political life on this side the Atlantic. By the war of Brazil and her allies against Paraguay that republic is already well nigh crushed out of existence, and already her annexation to the dominions of the Argentine Confederation is mooted. Active as this glance at the news in yeater- day’s Heratp shows the continent to be, there are yet two other great national dramas in progress that were not touched upon in that issue. One of these is the war now waged against Chile by Spain; the other that grand Siasco, the attempt to found a French empire in Mexico. Counting these, we find that we now have in progress on this western side of the world no less than six considerable national sensations, more or less serlous—in Mexico, Chile, Paraguay, Canada, Hayti and Jamaica. And Europe, meantime, seems to rest in com- parative quiet, the Fenian slarm in England having somewhat blown over, Undoubtedly this restlessness of the people in this heml- sphere has grown in a great degree from our own foarfal straggle. Our war inflamed and unsettled mon’s minds everywhere, and made turmoil epidemic. The strife, the activity, the contention going on in all directions, are the spreading circles that go out from a great cen- tral event; and as the circles on the water spread and grow larger and larger til) they move 8 ripple In every little inlet, ap the effect of the great strife will extend till it reaches Europe aleo.and raises equal disturbance there. Europe is quiet enough now, but it ture will come, ‘ Sr Preacnwve Versus Pascrion.—British philan- thropy and humanity have been largely em- Ployed during the last four years in behalt of mercy and Obristian charity to Jeff. Davis and all concerned in bis bloody rebellion. This ia British preaching, On the other band, tt ap- pears that the biack rebels of Jamaica are hung up In rows as fast as they are captured. This is Britieh practice. Now this preaching of humanity and brotherly love may be a very good thing; but it is practice that makos It perch ‘Tho Four Groat Operatic. Centres—The Mctropolis im the Background. New York, ‘the metropolis of the country, has been surpassed in opera by the city of Chicago, which has sprung up as quickly and blossoms as beautifully as a prairio flower. In- stead of ranking with London, Paria and St. Potersburg a4 one of the four great operatic centres of the world, we are forced to assume @ secondary position, and @ comparatively in- significant Western town pushes boldly for- ward into the front rank. Although we are the centre of civilization, of refinement, of com- merce, of business, of society and of the arts, wo aro temporarily eclipsed in operatic matters by a City of yesterday, a mush- room municipality, that suddenly starts ahead of us and leaves us far in the background. We are thus disgraced, not only in our own eyos, but in the eyes of Europe. It is useless to endeavor to conceal the facta of tho case, and we shall gain more credit abroad by frankly admitting them and by diligently attempting to retrieve the rank we havo lost. What the enter- prise, liberality and tact of a single impressario have done for Chicago wo can only offset by the display of equal energy and ability. We must either offer Manager Grau auch inducements as will attract him to the metropolis next seagon and retain bim here permanently, or we must create some other manager, ad we created Grau, to revive and roform the opera in this city, and provide us not only with first class artists and with good orchestras, choruses and ballets, but with new opera houses of convenient and comfortable size, and free from the pest and nuisance of a couple of hundred stockholders, who monopo- lizo all the beat seats under pretence of en- couraging art. The criticisms by telegraph which we pub- lish from day to day show that the good people of Chicago know how to appreciate Manager Grau and his triple company. They attire themselves in full dress—that is to say, they put on their best clothes—and crowd their new opera house nightly. Our. critic reports that the building is in every way beautiful and ad- mirably “adapted for opera, and that it has but one atockholder—a gentleman named Crosby— who erected and furnished the edifice out of his own private means. According to the same excellent authority the company which Man- ager Grau has imported from Europe is one of the best ever heard in this country. Five prima donnas, two contraltos, four tenors, three baritones, four bassos and two con- ductors, besides a full orchestra and chorus, make up a very strong and efficient force when, as in this case, they are all good actors and good looking, and their voices are all "young and fresh. No wonder that the citizens of Chicago eagerly rush to. see such singers and to bear such singing. If a troupe of that quality were to ‘appear in this metropolis, where we bave grown so weary of worn-out organs and automaton artisis, they would cause @ positive furor. A few months ago the people of New York were very anxious for opera. It was wittily remarked that they could not be kept out of the Academy even though sticks were employed. But 4 brief experience convinced them that it was better to do with- out opera altogether than to undergo the fatigue of listening to execrably bad music, and they are now obliged to envy the more fortunate fashionablea of Chicago and endure as best they can the mortification of being outshone by the denizens of the prairies. So, while New York is in the operatic dumps, and London is too busy with Fenianism to care about opera, and the Empress Engenie and her o@urt charitably desert their favorite amuse- ments to visit the dufferers from the cholera, and St. Petersburg has not been heard from, operatically, since the government withdrew its subvention, Chicago gallantly sustains her- self as one of the four great operatic centres, and with her new opera house, ita liberal and independent manager and his triple company, fairly carries off the palm and merits: the numerous compliments she receives. If the striking contrast in operatic affairs between this metropelis and the leading city of the Weat produces its legitimate effect, New York will not be in the background very much longer. Chicago has at least one citizen who can afford to build an opera house out of his own pocket, and Now York is certainly not destitute of equally wealthy and enterprising gentlemen. As may be seen by an account which we publish {n another column, the Messrs, Turner, of Dayton, Ohio—a city of not more than twenty-five or thirty thousand peo- ple—have erected a similar edifice without calling upon the public for subscriptions. In fact, opera houses are springing up all through the West, and if we do not seize time by the forelock and provide ourselves with compe- tent artists and buildings to scoommo- date thom our operatic inferiority will become permanent. Within the coming year three or four new first class theatres will be opened, and lovers of the good old English drama and the lively and sparkling French comedy will thus be amply gratified; and there is no reason why two or throe new opera houses should not be’ erected within the same time. If Chicago or Dayton can support one opera house New York ought to support at least three. The difficulty, however, would be to find the proper managers for such establish- ments. Impressario Grau may be relied upon to begin the list; for we believe that he could be tempted to leave Chicago if the temptation were sufficiently large; but where are we to find the other twot There is no other operatic manager in the country at present who can for company of young and fresh voices to inaugu- tate an opera house on the distant prairies, the direction in which public opinion in this olty is tending. We must not be content with rate a roform in our approaching election, or thy Lewelatuco ws cama to our colicl or wa may have « popular upbeaval and a vigilance committee, according to the successful example of San Francisco. The first suggested move- ment of relief may fail; but, if we fail in the second, the third may he expected. As things are going we can hardly pass through the com- ing winter without a break up in the spring _ Very Inrorrant News rrom Mexico.—We publish this morning stirring intelligence from Mexico. It will be seen that the liberals have captured Monterey, destroyed an imperial gar- rison of one hundred men, including a number ber of French troops; selzed an imperial trans- port, and at last accounts were closely in- vesting Matamoros. Maximilian will now bo obliged to import more troops if be can got thom; for his ranks are continually being de- picted by sickness, desertion, death and all the other casualties of war. In the meantime Gen- eral Sheridan will have to exercise the utmost prudence in restraining the American troops under his command on the Rio Grande and the Mexican border from obeying the impulses of their.nature and rushing to the assistance of the liberals. The theatre of war seems to have been transferred from the central to tho border portions of the Mexican territory, and it behooves our government to see that American interests are not endangered in con- sequence. Wo await turther intelligence from Mexico with considerable anxiety. Tan Cotectorsarr.—The contest for the position made vacant by the sudden death of Preston King is becoming very exciting. The Qumerous applicants are pressing their claims with all the energy and skill in their power. The immense patronage of that office is a prize which each faction desires to secure, and it is not to be wondered at that not only the party managers, but the present holders of positions, as well as an army of applicants who expect to secure fat places in the event of the appoint- ment of their particular friend as Collector, are all watching with great interest the pro- gress of the contest. New candidates are con- stantly being announced, and the struggle has become ao complicated that it is impossible to tell who will be successful. There are several good men urged for the position, who would, no doubt, discharge the duties of the office satisfactorily to all concerned. We presume, however, that the President and Secretary of the Treasury will take no action in the matter at present. The important, work necessary for them to do in preparation for the assembling of Congress will leave them little or no oppor- tunity to examine into the claims of the nu- merous applicants for the Collectorship of this port. Tux Time Gerrino Saort.—The iuterval to the meeting of the new Congress is reduced to seventeen days. Within this time the Southern States engaged in the work of reconstruction must get through with it, according to the con- ditions laid down by President Johnson, or there. will hardly be a ghost of a chance for them to get into Congress this winter. Do what they may thoy will most probably be excluded from the preliminary roll of the House Clerk; but if they come forward witha clever fulfilment of the terms of Presi- dent Johnson his recommendation of their claims upon the House, directly after its organ- ization, will get them in. Otherwise the Southern members concerned will surely be sent back home, and their States will be re- quired to meet more stringent requisitions. Now ia their time for action, and they have not a day to lose. Nor Nowy, Bor Busy—-All the various fno- tions interested in the spoila and plunder of our December city election. Tammany Hall is in tribulation over the demands of Fernando Wood. If she had a single big Indian in her councils she would raise the war whoop; but the wigwam is ruled by old women, and they are afraid. The mountain is in labor. Look out for the mouse. On Drv yrom Wassrvaton--That Hon. H. J. Raymond is laying a line of pipe for the Speakership, aud that Greeley is tearing it up behind him, while Thurlow Weed is looking about for a New York Collector. Mr. E. L. Davenront’s Buverrr.—{t ts scarcely necw- sary for us to remind our readers that Mr. Davenport takes his bonefit at Wallack’s to-night. So accomplished and popular an actor does not require to have the fact drammed into thoir ears. Those who have not seen his Matthew Fimoro will have a yory great treat on this ocoasion, Broapway Taeatas.—The sisth ‘‘Sam’’ matinée takes place to-day. The popularity of these entertainments would be very much enhanced if they commenced earlior. It ia almost impossible for country people, for whose benofit they are principally got up, to wait for the conclusion of the performances unless they choose to miss the four o'clock boats and trains, which bat few people like to do. The consequonce is that the theatre loses hosts of visitors whom it might add to ite day audi- ences, Tae Lars Wissame Vorcent Wartace --We are glad to see that a movement has been eet on foot to raise sub- scriptions among the admirers of this lamented com. poser, in aid of the London fund for the benefit of bis widow and children, as well as fur the erection of a monument to bis memory. Personal Intelligence. {fo the Havana correspondence of the Heratp of June 21th it was stated that the steamer Wren had been seized by her crew and rum into Key West, and that Lioutenaat W. L. Gilley, U. &. N., had concerted the plotof seizing the vessel. Lieutenant W. L. Gilley called at the Herato office yesterday and expiained that the steamer ‘Wren was captured as « blookade runner, and that he Artlidge. Captain £. Seabed, aid-de-camp, bas been’ promoted to be loutenant colonel. He was recommended for this for gallant conduct as early as the battle of Ho ina noldior of principle, sud loft Gart- sale Ss. here, bearing Lo GRANT. for the Grand Receptions on Monday Night—The General's Lecter of Acco; deo. Distinguished calla upom Genoral Grant at he Motro- Politan Hotel continue to be the order of the Yo. torday thore was another rush of visitors. Among those wlio called were Judge Baraard, Judge Devies, Goneral Steele, Moses H. Grinnell, Johm Sherwood, Pres dent of tht New York Club; A. T. Stewart, Coleone Wallor, Fourteenth United States infantry; General Diss, and @ hest of others, In tho morning the General took # drive out to Weahing- toa Heights, and in the afteruoon wont to the Park wit General Dix, lady and daughter, and eome other frends In the evening the General dined at the rooms of the Union Club, whore were assembled quite a number of our leading citizens. THE SEVEPTION. The Commities on Reception met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last evening. The arrangements are new nearty comploted for the entertainment on Monday night, several others. To Licutenant Genoral U. 5. Grawr, United States Army. Mr. A. T. Stowart, on behalf of the citizens, presented: this invitation to General Grant at the Metropolitan Hotel. Mr. Stewart said :— Gengrat—We present oursolves before you as acom- . mittee on the part of the citizens of Now Y¢ to request that you will honor them with the presence you A your family and looags 9 @ public reception to be gives at the Fifth Avenne Hotel, on Monday greieg woe, a eight o'clock. Our citizens desire to ex] their deep sense of gratitude to the soldier, who, r cond the country safely through the perils of an uno! has not been less succeasful by his wise and dig- nified forbearance in promoting harmony and good wi and restoring to us the blessin and p 2 To Mrs. Grant tho Indies of New York ‘ae to esi their respect on the same occasion, aud we request this privilege and pleagure may be afforded them. REPLY OF GENERAL GRANT. General Grant gave his acquiescence, and yesterday sont in the following reply to the committee :— Murroroutan Horgn, New Yous, Nov. 17, 186% Comarrres oF Cirnzexs or NEw York :— GxxTLEM“N—Your polite note of this date, riage | my family and staff and myself to apublic reception of the citizens of this city, to be given at the Fifth Avenue Ho- tel, on Monday evening next, is recoived. It aflords me great pleasure to accept this allow me to oxpress the great gratification I feel ta re- ceiving such an invitation from the citizens ol the me tropolis co our wr. on Dang A zone heaco of the world, Very traly, your obodient servant agen’ U. & GRANT, Lieutenant General Untied States Army. NEWS FROM CUBA. Our Havana Correspondence. : Havama, Nov: 12, 1865. The Rffec's of the Recent Gate—General Lersinds, te New Captain General of the Liland—Fnd of the Hayties Owibreak, dc. 5 The, hurricane that swept ovor this city a few daye since has left fearful marks of its’ ravages in al! direc- tions, Many of the oldest and Anont trees are lying near where they #0 lately flourished, torn up by the roots, and in many instances saapped in two like pipe- stems, A large portion of the iron railing, with tte heavy stone supports, around thé Campo do Marte, bae Deon torn away. Nearly all one side is down. Io the bay considerable damage was done. The goveroment hae halghichet teen steamers to lok aftor veasola wrool or damaged between the Cuban and Florida coasts. Well informed porsons tell mo that General Lornundt will be here next mouth to assume the Captain Generaicy of the feland. Tho United States guoboat Hornet bas gone over to + Key West for coal. On hoe return, ap Ng two, the Rhode Island will likewise go there for the same pur- with the Stonewall, which went into dock to-day latier has her officers and crew here, and that all three vessels will go direct to Waab- * of undoubted tetout and poplatty i lent an The winter f of the best tm~ reszario in America, Grau. 7) ond of the Ha tien troubles is annoancod im the by United States and British officials. ‘The declaration of war by 8 Chile cousen be a shot fired. The Corsica arrived quoted at 26 per cent discou pose, and it is said that they will leave. on not atarday le ington city. ined foe the winter season, under the management news of to-day, a gett! at having been brought abouts against scarcely any comment here. It is not thought there wilt yesterday morning carly. There is very little doing in Cg on Now Kore, which ia NEWS FROM NEW ORLEANS. Arrival of the Steamer Fang Shuey. ‘Tho steamer Fung Shuey, Captain Hildreth, from New Orleans on the 9th inat., arrived at this port last night. — Our thanks are due the purser for prompt delivery of our OUR NKW ORLEANS CORRESPONDENCE. Naw Oensana, Nov. 0, 1866. ‘THB RLECTION IN LoUSHANA. ‘The election in this city and State om Monday last wae ‘Tronsurer; and R. M. Lusher, Superintendent of Pubtio St, Martin, the received a majority of 1,628 votes Abell, the candidate of the conservative Union party. In the Second district Jecote raat ranjority Sea on ‘Inthe Third @ ry . Inthe district B. 0. a, received a ity of 207 votes over Wm. the conservative TO OFfiCRRS COMPIBUATED OR ABANI HOvaKS. The follow ing order has been istued by Major Gonorat ite ARTERS, or Loci Besa ee hunane, Eas Nor. 4 1508, Officers of the ‘are in the ocoupation of cua- nay Bry or offices, ume Ine War General Orders bak City Tutelligence. Temvarsnce,—A meoting of the Sabbath and pebiie sohool chéldren wilt be held at Cooper Institute to-day ‘at two o'clock. A large number of clergymen and others will taxe part at the mesting. Several curiosities aa other attractions suited to the tastes of our youth wilB the King and Ministers in coundit ennaeay eon to this company $160,000 ta gold per annum for transporting the Italian mails, &e., be and Now York, Under the Taw yi 4 ae LA the Parliament. The on the company by Ohi is in connective with a similar one vont Pay co this ‘ocoun 10 notify the public T take ity the pa 4 4. have not ® prospect ee pany Dave. nor So 4 ey on wibecription of stock, nor do thoy intond fos degre the tbvenaen of the King mn ratided, GELEGE MACKAY. Directon, Ministry hes invitation, and, in doing 69, ” | /