The New York Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1865, Page 4

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AOVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. Advertisements for the Weexty Heratp must be handed fm before ten o'clock every Wednesday evening. Its cir- eulation among the enterprising mechanics, farmers, merchants, manufacturers and gentlemen throughout the country. ‘s increasing very rapidly. Advertisements in- @oried in the Weexty Heaacn will thus be seen by a large portion of the active and energetic people of the United Btates. THE NEWS. ‘Tho first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress com- mences in Washington to-day. No delay in the organi- zation of the House is anticipated, as Mr. Colfax wit! no doum bo elected Speaker on the first ballot, and the President's Messago may possibly be sent in this after- noon, It will not be a document of great Jength, and, though treating its subjects briefly, will be fully comprehensive im character. It is expected that the President will adhere firmly to his re- construction policy, and that, though he will strongly edvocate the principles of the Monroe Doctrine, be will t urgo # course calculated to involve us in complica ions with foreign Powers, not even in respeot to Mexico, Henator Wilson, of Massachusetts, has prepared, and it Ja said will to-day introduce in the Senate and press to a vote, a bill declaring null and void all Jawa of ony of the Southern States which re- cogaize any inequality of civil rights on account of color ‘The republican cancna, by its renomination on Satarday night for the Cicrkship of the House of Repre- @ontatives of Mr. McPherson, fully endorsed bis course 4n excluding from the roll the members elected by the , bately rebellious States, and it is not supposed that any {Df these gentlemen will be admitted to seats for some "ime at least, + The Treasury Department statement for the month of FKovember has been issued, and shows that the entire bational debt is now a little over twenty seven hundred mittions of dolars, It was reduced during the past month over twenty-six millions of dollars. A reduction ‘of nearly seven millions and a half was made during the month in the amount of legal tender notes in cireulation, Official advices received in Warhington agree with the etaiements heretofore published jn our columns regard. fing the withdrawal of the imperial troops in Moxico from the Northern and other fronticr States, with the object ‘of being concentrated at points in the interior. Infor: mation from the elty of Mexico to the 17th of November contains the announcement that Langlais, Maximil an's Finance Minister, has declared it impossible to carry on the imperial government under present arrangements, as there are annual receipts of only fifteen millions to meet an expenditare of forty millions, It is stated that the members of the family of Iturbide, the former Emperor of Mexico, have renounced their claims to the throne for one hundred thousand dollars each. A very interesting narrative of a visit to the camp ot the investing army of Mexican republicans near Mata- Moros, with a description of the country and incidents of the trip, is given in our Brownsville letters, Our corres- Pondent and his companions were cordially greeted, shown the utmost courtesy, and treated with much hos- Pitality by General Escobedo, the Commander-in-Chief, end his officers, who accompanied them through the camp and its defensive lines. General Escobedo was some time ago appointed by President Juarez to the com- anand of all the national troops in the Northern Mexican Bates, and has succeeded ton considerable degree in @flocting unity of action among the various liberal chiefs, ‘who before that operated very much on their sepa- Wate responsibility, and, by their jealousies and cross (purposes, prevented the accomplishment of any great Object requiring concert of movement. At the time of Our correspondent’s visit General Escobedo had in the ‘vicinity of Matamoros an army of betwoen three and four thousand men, of which Generals Cortina and Canalos Oock commanded a wing Offlorrs and mon all somed NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY DECEMBER 4, 18665. sanguine of the ultimate success of their cause. General | The Meeting of Congress—A Radical Re- Escobedo enjoys the confidence of his subordinates, and our correspondent regards bim as fully worthy of it; but Cortina, of whom we hear so much, is not regarded in as favorable a light. ‘The so-called camp of the army con- tained not a single tent, and presented not @ very favor- able appearance in a sanitary point of view; but the works were tolerably well constructed and mounted. Our Brownsville correspondent also furnishes copies of the correspondence which recently passed between General Weitzel and the imperial officers at Matamoros in reference to the complaints of the latter that one of their gunboats in the Rio Grande was fired on from the Texas bank, and that the Mexican republicans received aid and comfort from American soldiers. He likewise again assures us that the craft which was latcly the ob- ject of such a furious night attack by tho vessels and batteries of the imperialists, under the belief on their part that it was some Infernal invention of the republi- cans to blow them ap, was merely an American wood- boat which got adrift in the river. We have had several flaming imperial accounts of this affair, in which it was asserted that a number of republicans were killed and wounded. Our city election will take place to-morrow, when the voters will be required to choose a Mayor, Corporation Counsel, eight Aldermen, twenty-four Councilmen, and School Commissioners and Trusteos, making altogether #ixty-threo different officers to be elected. Much inter- esting information regarding the doings at the various Political headquarters, the chances of the different can- @idates, the opinions entertained of their respective merits and the plans and movements of the party leaders will be found both in our news and advertising columns. We also give a list of the polling places throughout the city. Mr. John W. Farmer has withdrawn from the Mayoralty canvass, and urges his friends to support Mar- shall 0. Roberts, There still remain before the people four candidates for Mayor—Messrs. Roberts, Hoffman, Gunther and Hecker. Some idea of the extent of the interest felt in our city election throughout the State, by the Executive and other officials at the State capital, and even by the ad- ministration at Washington, may be gathered from our Albany correspondence. The discussion in regard to the Mayoralty has already eliciied practical propositions for the abolition by the Legislature of the corporation de- partments, and the organization of a new fiscal govern- ment for the metropolis, The proposed removaly vy the Governor will probably not be brought to a head until he sends in his message to the Legislature at its opening. In the Herat of the 26th ult. was published a letter of one of our correspondents from the little Swiss village of Fourneaux, descriptive of the railway tunnel now being bored through tue Alps, and in this morning's issue we give a continuation of his chronicle of observa- tions, taken on the other side of the mountains, and written at Bardonneche, im the valley of the Dora. Fur- ther interesting particulars are given regarding the pro- gress of the work and the advantages of compressed air, which is here exclusively used, as the motive power for piercing the solid rock, Those having charge of operations on the tunnel anticipate its completion through its entire length of about seven miles and a half by the close of the year 1869. According to the Toronto Leader, General Michel, Ad- ministrator of Canada, has been informed of the contents of the papers seized on the Head Centre of the Fenians in Ireland, and this, it states, is the reason why the riflemen, nurabering about six hundred, have been con- centrated at Islo au Noix, tobe ready for any attempt of the Fenians by way of Lake Champlain. An address was issued by the late Fonian State Con- vention in California to the Irishmen in the Pacific States, in which they are urgently called upon to con- tribute of their'strength and means towards the struggle forthe independence of Irland and the establishment of the Irish republic. ‘The die is cast,’ the address proclaims, “aud, come weal or woe, we must abide the hazard.” Irishmen are requested, wherever there are ten of them who can meet together, to form a c'rcl>, and give their influence and material aid to the effort which, they are informed, will assuredly be made to free their native land, Detectives Wonderly and Eatinville, of the Forty-fourth Precinct of the Metropolitan police, arrived in Brooklyn from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, early yesterday morning, having in custody Charles Comby, alias Mercier, sus- pected of being the other man engaged with Gonzales and Salvador, alias Pellicer, in tho murder of Mr. Otero. Mercier waa traced by the detectives from this city, he having enlisted in the army here and been sent to Car- lisle Barracks, whore he was arrested. He is now at the Forty-fonrth procinct station house, in Brooklyn, await- ing an examination, If he is proved innocent he will be returned to his regiment in Carlisle. Archbishop McCloskey preached last evening to a crowded audience, in tho St. Vincent de Paul's Catholic church, in Twenty-third street, on “The Propagation of the Faith,” reviewing the work of the ministers and missionaries in different ages, and describing the manner in which they go forth from Rome, in the performance of their spiritual labors, to every inhabited section of the globe. At the conclusion of the sermon a report of tho amount of funds received for missionary purposes during the past year was read, and it was announced that nearly four thousand dollars remained in the hands of the treasurer. The Rev. Mr, Stephenson, rector of St. George's Mis sion chapel on Nineteenth street, was ordained pricst yesterday by the Rev. Bishop Potter, according te the Titos and ceremonies of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Bishop Leigh, of the Southwest district, preached, and the Rov. Mosars. Walker, Schreihen and Jones assisted in the ceremony. At Si. Ann's church, in Fighteenth street, near Fifth avenue, confirmation was yestorday morning administered toa large number of deaf mutes. In both the forenoon and afternoon there was preaching in the sign language to a namerous congregation of the deaf and dumb by the rector, who at times, judging from his animated gestures and the effoct produced on those before him, became quite eloquent in bis discourse, The congregation of St. George's church yesterday worslupped in the Church of the Redemption, in East Fourteenth stroct. Dr. Tynz preached on the orcasion. In the Bethesda Baptist chapel, in Fifty-third street, y, the ceremony of immersion was performed, sixty-five new members were admitted and a sermon on Christian union was preached by the Rev. W. H. Ven- dleton, ‘The forty-ninth anniversary of the Macdougal street Baptist church was celebrated in the church building last evening, the exercises consisting principally of addresses by several gentlemen and singing by the scholars, A fire was discovered early yesterday morn ng in the shoo store 165 Division street, kept by John Rosenblatt, but was extinguirhed after doing a small amount of dam- age, The flames and smoke cut off the egress of the tenants on the upper floors, compelling them to jump from the windows, and some of them had narrow escapes. The circumstances connected with the fire appearing suspi- cious, Rosenblatt was arrested and held for an examina- tion, which will take place to-day, A supposed incendiary fire occurred about one o'clock yestorday morning in a stable at 156. Christopher street, and extended to an adjoining building, both of which were partially destroyed. Tar APPLavse aT THE Corrernfan MRETING.— When the name of Robert E. Lee, recently the leader of the rebel army, was mentioned by a speaker at the Cooper Institute meeting on Saturday evening it was received with vigor- ous cheers, Mr. Lee is now in charge of a little college in Virginia, and obviously these cheers were not called forth by anything con- nected with his present position. Neither were they occasioned by any admiration of his personal character; for, although we believe him to be an amiable gentleman, there is nothing in this fact to recommend him to the especial plandits of the Northern copperhead faction. Evidently, then, Mr. Lee wag cheered by the secessionis's in the andience because he had been a rebel and had done his utmost to de- stroy the Union. Such cheers were not only in the worst possible taste, but they were In direct antagonism to the Union sentiment of this great city, and an insult to the brave Union soldiers who have survived the war, and to the relatives and friends of those heroes who died for the country at the hands of Mr. Leo’s forces. It is impossible, therefore, to pass over such an absurd, foolish and unpatriotic de- monstration without administering to the silly copperheads concerned in it the rebuke they ! so richly deserve. Publican Programme. ‘The two houses of the Thirty-ninth Congress (first seasion) assemble in the national Capitol at twelve o’clock to-day. As our readers will have seen from our issue of yesterday, the re- publicans, in a joint caucus of the House and Senate on Saturday night, agreed upon their programme of organization, and this pro- gramme will, in all probability, be put into practice to-day. It involves the re-election of Mr. Colfax as Speaker, and Mr, McPherson as Clerk, with the total exclusion by the latter, in his preliminary roll, of the members elect from the late insurgent States, and their exclusion by the House itself. The first proceeding of this caucus, after the election of a chairman and secretary, was the appointment of a committee of seven, consist- ing of Mesars, Stevens, of Pennsylvania; Ray- mond, of New York; Spalding, of Obio; Wash- burne, of Ilinois; Payne, of Wisconsin; Bout- well, of Massachusetts, and Blair, of Maine—a radical committee, from which, already cut and dried by Thaddeus Stevens, a resolution was presented which at once, for at least a twelve- month, If adopted by the two houses, disposes of the excluded Southern States. This resola- tion provides that, after the organization of the two houses, a joint committee, of fifteen more members of the House and six of the Senate, “shall be appointed to inquire into the condi- tion of the States which formed the so-called Confederate States of America, and report whether they, or any of them, are entitled to be represented in either house of Congress, with leave to report at any time by bill or otherwise; and until such report shall have been made, and finally acted on by Congress, no member shall be received into either house from any of the so-called Confederate States, and all papers relating to the representatives from said States shall be referred to said com- mittee without debate.” This is the programme, and this radical reso- lution in the caucus was adopted without a dissenting voice. It will, we infer, unless arrested by wiser counsels, be adopted in both branches to-day, and in the House on motion of Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, who thns, from the start, takes his position #6 leader of the body. His plan of operations, therefore, is open to the broadest radical interpretation. First, it ex- cindes from Congress for an indefinite time every member elected to either house from Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Tennessce—eleven States. They are to stay out, all of them, until this joimt com- mittee of fifteen shall have finished its investi- gation, agreed upom its plan and made its report, and thence wntil that report shall have been adopted and shaped into a law of Con- gress. That this business, if entered into under the lending of Stevens, will occupy the two ‘houses for the next six months, or more, there is every reason to believe. Furthermore, to make their conrse of action decisive, no member from any of these excluded States clected to either house is. to be admitted while this joint committee is engaged in batching its radical eggs of recenstruction, and all papers relating to the clection of members from the excluded States are te be- handed over to this joint committee, and without debate. All the work done in the way of reconstrnction under the auspices of President Johnson goes for nothing, except as the work of raw apprentices beginning to learn their trade. Eleven States of the Union, disorganized, helplese and ex- hausted by the war, are anxiously awaiting thoir restoration te established law and order, so that confidence and industry may be revived within their borders, and yet not only are the doors of Congress to be shut in their faces, but they are to be put in the exclusive keeping of a joint committee of fifteen for consideration, and with a carle Wanche in regard to time. If this isto be the game of the republican party let them look welt te the ground on which they stand. We hold that the late rebellious States, hav- ing laid down their arms and submitted to the sovereign authority of the Union, should be readmitted into Congress without unnecessary delay. The general government is imperfect without them, and their restoration should take the precedence over all other business. The members elect presenting themselves from the Southern States, if not admitted by the Clerk, should be admitted by the House, subject to an investigation of their qualifica- tions, as in other questionable cases. The sweeping action of the republican caucus evi- dently rests upon the fundamental error that the States directly concerned are out of the Union, and subject to Congress as Territories, and not as States; as Territories conquered from a foreign enemy, not as States in the Union all the time, but just released from an insurrection. The republican caucus has thus placed itself on the side of the radical and revolutionary programme of Thaddeus Ste- vens and Senator Sumner, in opposition to the wise and conservative restoration policy of President Johnson. What is contemplated by this programme of the radical Thaddeus Stevens? He has de- clared himself, without reserve, in favor of the enforcement of a system of confiscations in the South as sweeping as those of William, the Norman freebooter. His plea is, that such con- fiacations are needed to pay off the national debt. We cannot doubt, however, that the ox- periment would be followed by political anar- eby, financial confusion and repudiation. With the merciless inclinations of Mr. Stevens upon this subject, radical abolition fa- natic as he is, we may guess that the Dill of his committee of fitteen for the recon- struction of the late slave States will be so stringent and exacting in regard to their eman- cipated blacks as to delay through all this Congress of two years the work of reconstruc- tion proposed. Thus, from the continuance of the present unsettled condition of the South, the country and the Treasury, from the con- tinued prostration of Southern industry, will fose hundreds of millions in substantial wealth which otaerwise might be gained. President Johnson's policy looks to the de- velopment of the vast commercial resources of the South, for the purposes of local harmony, prosperity, law and order, and for the strength- ening of the national Treasury. The policy of the republican caucus leads to the continued prostration of Southern industry, luw and order, with the inevitable consequences of heavy losses in Southern products, and increased burdens upon the Northern States, Finally, this impe- rious Congressional caucus menaces the Execu- tive with a revolutionary system of reconstruc- tion, against which he mav vrotest, and thus carry the issue before the North in éhe elec- tions of next fall for the next Congress, Such an issue, if guided by wise counsels, the House of Representatives, in its proceedings to-day, will avoid; but we confess that Thaddeus Ste- yens seems to hold the majority in his grasp- The whole case is involved in this caucus reso- lution. The Preset 's Message and Policy. To-day os to-morrow we shall probably have the usual ¢fficial declaration of the domestic and foreign policy of the government in the President’s message te Congress, No similar document since the foundation of the govern- ment ever excited more attention than this will, or ever treated of questions more important. The people everywhere, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico, will watch with deep interest the throbbing of the telegraph as it conveys the words of the chief ef the nation. The subject of paramount importance, and the one on whigh the President undoubtedly will speak more fully than on any other, is that of the restoration of tie Southern: States. Judg- ing from his action in this matter up te the present time, and from:his different proclame- tions, letters of instructions and conversations on the subject, we cannot be ata loss to per- ceive what the tenor of his language and recom- mendatiens will be. First of all he will no doubt reeommend the earliest restoration of these States to their normal condition in the Union. He is opposed to the infliction of un- necessary or retributive penalties, and does not wish to exact anything more than is neees- sary to give us security for the future: Like a skilful physician, he would heal the wounds that have been niade, by timely applications and restoratives, before they gangrene and the patient becomes exhausted. Believing the Southern people valuable to the body politic now that they are cured of their heresies, and that they and their rich section of the country cannot be Kept down by severe or vin- dictive measures without bringing incalcu- lable evils upon the whole country, he wants to see them restored. In other words, he wants to see the rebellion closed’ up: a8 soon as possible; and this cannot be so long as the States remain unrepresented in Congress and disabilities are imposed upon the people. The President believes it to be the part of true statesmansbip, as well as of humanity and’ phi- losopby, to preserve the manhood of these: people, and not to bumiliate or depress them unnecessarily. It is only in that way we can obtain permanent‘peace at home end proper respect abroad. That is the course to bring harmony between the different sections, to save us from financial difficulties, to develop the resources of the country, to pay the. national debt and to make us the most united and greatest people iim the world. A different course will lead to anarchy, financial troubles and the desolation:of the fairest country on the face of the globe. Such, we believe, are sub- stantially the viewsof President Johnson, and ench we think we may expect to see expressed in his message. The whole domestic policy of the President is basedson broad, conservative and statesman- like views, and it is to be hoped that Congress will act in. harmony with him. The first pro- ceedings of the radical republican members at Washington ond the somersaults of a portion of the republican press do not augur very favorably for such liarmony; but when we con- sider that these radicals were first on the ground, and are inthe habit of making a great noise for the sake of effect, we do not think there is any great reason for alarm. We hope and think the conservative portion of Congress will be strongest, and will sustain the Presi- dent. Should we be disappointed in this, how- ever, we do not doubt Mr. Johnson will remain firm to his principfes and policy, and that in the end the people will come to the rescue and overwhelm his opponents. With regard to our foreign relations, and particularly as to the Mexican question, we suppose the President will speak very plainly, and enunciate such a broad American policy as becomes the power and dignity of the country. If he should not deem it expedient to. enter specifically into: details of the acts of foreign governments on and relative to this continent, we doubt not he will be very clear, leaving nothing to be misunderstood, as to the prin- ciples involved and the vicws of the-govern- ment. The question of our national finances will be treated, we imagine, with the caution such a delicate subject requires, The desire and pur- pose to return to specie payments will be qualified, we hope, by recommerdations to take such steps as may not cause a monetary crisis or seriously derange commerce and the revenue. If the above should be the progyamme of the administration, as we suppose it will, and Con- gress should aid in carrying it out, as that body ought, our troubles will have culminated, and we shall enter at once upon a fresh career of unexampled prosperity and glory. A few hours will tell us the views of the President, and in a few days we shall know what the course of Congress will be with regard to them. The time is pregnant with mighty issues, and the people wait anxiously the result. ‘Tae Frexca 1x Mextco—A Fine iv Tur Rear.— The news that the French have retreated from Chihuahua and Sinaloa, abandoning the whole of both those States to the republicans, and tbat the imperial troops at Matamoros are 80 pressed that it has been found necessary to reinforce them, certainly does not look as if the friends of the Mexican republic need despair for her cause. The United States Minister to ‘the republic will now find President Juarez in better accommodations than any that were possible at El Paso. If the public should find in President John- son’s message two or three vigorous American sentences on this subject, the prospects of the liberal cause will be far brighter than they have been for many months. But these sen- tences must not be of the doubtful kind spoken of in the London Times’ account of Mr. Seward’s remonstrance. The country does not want to protest against France’s sending troops here because they are negroes; it would rather pro- test against negroes becanse they are troops. It does not want quibbles and diplomatic dodges, It wants a broad, open, bold declara- tion against F’ Decause she has violated in the most outrageous and impudent manner a policy cherithed by our government and ap- proved by the people. It is worthy of notice as one more fact in favor of the liberals that the French occupa- tion is likely soon to receive a severe fire jn the rear, By our news from Paris {t appears City Amusement’ that the opposition in the French Legislature is determined to make a savage onstaught against that part of the conduct of the govern- ment. The opposition view is, that as Maxi- milian has declared the revolution ended and the country pacified, and has selected an heir to his throne, and is about establishing a national theatre in Mexico after the model of tle Comedie Francaise, he cannot possibly need French aid any longer, and their purpose is to protest against any furiher support of his empix, The War ta Chtle—Spain in Danger. The Spanish blockade of the Chilean coast has recently undergone» material change. It is now declared to be only against six ports. This is because the Spanish admiral bes only six ships. His blockade of a whole const with six men-of-war was so manifestly a mere paper blockade that no nation could be required to respect it as-effective, and if under such cir cumstances, he had seized the ships of sny maritime Power, Spain would probably have gotten into trouble with somebody stronger than Chile. Se; lest his whole blockade should be invalid, Admiral Pareje restricts it to six principal ports. But even this blockade of one ship to a port must be far from effective. The Hmitation of the blockade does not improve the state of affairs for commerce, as the six ports (Talcahuano; Tomi, Valparaiso, Coquimbo, Heradma and Caldera) are those from which alt the foreign trade is carried on. The British press, therefore, wil not roar any Tess against Spain on account of this change. It will mot apparently reduce tie price of copper.. The arrogance, tie disregard’ of all sense of right and justice, with which Spain has rushed into this Chilean quarrel shows that the old maxim still has its application to the conduct of | natrons—“Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.” Spain’s last, and perhaps best, foothold of dominion on this. continent was already in danger. Cubs, so: manifestly ours by all natural laws, was growing rapidly into the circle of the States by all the processes of inter-communication: and trade. Perhaps the fact that Cuba is the-last home of slavery in our neighborhood, coupled with: the reluc- tance of our people to see European nations hold’ slaves at our doors when we have our- selves: refused, at such terrible cost, to hold them—perhaps these considerations would have soon enough deprived Spain of that fair possession. It was her part, therefore, to move softly in this troubled hemisphere; to let us for- get her presence here if possible; to avoid all complication that brought her up in any light antagonistic to the rights of others; but she has forgotten or scorned that wise course; and must take the consequences. European politicians often: take a short- sighted’ view of the possible consequence of their acts. We have scen this once strangely illustrated in the late history of Italy. The Emperor of France, urging on the-King of Sar dinia, never seems to have considered how far the events he started might go. He never dreamed of all Italy rising into one grand unity, and if he had he would have left Italy to her former political insignificance. It will prove that a similar mistake has been made by Spain: im inviting war in America. It will go farther than she thought. With whatever idea it started—whether Spain is only a catspaw to | pull some one else’s chestnuts out of the fire, or whether she is in South America to divide the attention we ought to give to: Mexico—it matters not, the consequence must eventuality be to drive-her out of this hemisphere. THE BROOKLYN TRAGEDY. ‘The Chase and Capture of the Supposed Third Murderer, &o. Rarety has any criminal case been worked up with more skill’ and success than this one in the City of Churches. The handiwork of Providence has never been more signally displayed: than:in the discovery, by the officers engaged in the case, of nearly every cir- cumstance: connected with it. The murder of a foreigner and stranger, committed under the cloak of darkness, in spot which the assassina thought was the fittest for their felt purpose, lonoly and unfrequented, was known to the polieo; and the body discovered by ex-potice man Milla and detective Wonderly in an hour after it had taken piace, The ly tt clue of a pair of blood stained gloves led to-the-arrest of Pellicer, and his confoasion. 10. of Gonzales, But tho strangest feature im tho entire matter is the-capture of the third party on of by Pollicer and Gonzales from the meagre jue of his signature. Detective Wonderly went to work on Monday last to on the track of party. He visited the Barcelona fotol in company with officer Latinville, who was de- tailed by Captain Waddy tonssist him. Here they made inquiries about this ice of Gonzales, and were shown his siguature. He had been out of em- on aa for some time and had left his address at the tel. @ was Charles Comby. They Emquonys tt Prentnnnged twenty ve Pear, MPSODY, AN a wenty -five about five Tost eloven imehos Ans end vory stoatly: Duilt, The detectives procured the slip of paper on which his was written, and a written statement made by the bookkeeper to the effect that this Comby came to work at the Barcelona Hotel some time ago. He was discharged fer interfering with the ‘and om the morning of the 224.0f November he was seen talk- ing to Gonzales. Om the day after the murder he came to the Barcelona Hotel and asked the bookkeeper whither he could see the gentleman in room 28, which was Otero’sroom. Mr. psony told him that he ought to know what had happened to Mr. Otero, and charged him with being concerned in the murder. ' The man got very much excited, and instantly left the hotel before an officer could be procured. The detectives as- certained also that Comby had attempted to snip in the merchant service Mt No. 107 Cherry street; but tl found there that he had not shipped. They then went to the recruiting office in Jay street, and were informed that no man by the name of Comby had en- listed there, ‘egg chen brn of the officer in charge to show them the descriptive list of the men enlisted for the past fow days. On this list they found a signature, Charles Mercier, and at once detected Comby's hand- writing. The description og the list tallied exactly with that of Comby given th the bookkeeper of the Barcelona Hotel. Tho nek ing they were informed that this Charles Mercier was sont to Carlisle Barracks, Pa., and started immediately after him. On arriving ‘at the barracks they had an interview with Colonel Roya}, commandant of the post, and stated their business. man was sent for and brought into the Colonel's room. ‘The oflicers arrested him inmediately, and the Colonel delivered him up tothem with the understanding that he was to be returned if he was not ae Py | of the murder, Comby stoutly denied at} knowi the crime of whieh he was accused, but admitted that he ‘was acquainted with Otero and Gonzales. He was hand- cuff d and brought into Carlisle, The detectives with their game then started by the two o’clock train from Carlisle on Saturday, for Harrisburg, and confined their | prisoner in the City) Hall thero until the eight o'clock train brought them on to New York. They arrived at the Forty-fourth precinct station honse at reven o clock | youterday morning, and delivered the porty they were | sent in pursuit of up to Captain Waddy. At the station house Bomb; become greatly agitated and burst into toars, but mui denied all complicity in the murder. Thus within nine days from the night of the murder all the parties on whom suspiciow rests as being guilty of the death of the yn Spaniard have been delivered ce. Captain Waddy, who has worked with commendable zeal throughout this case, placed the pmrsuit of the.third ty (Comby) entirely ‘in detective Wonderly’s hands, hether be is the party really guilty of the murder or not is a question for the Grand Suey to decide; bat at all events he isthe Freechman spoken of at the Coroner's inquest as the companion of Gonzales on the morning jous to the murder, and the highest credit is duo to Gaptain Waddy, detective Wonderly and officer Latinville for tracing aud arresting him. Accident en the Cape May Ratlroad. Paon.averema, Dec, 3, 1865. An accident was reported last evening on the Cape May Railroad, below Gloucester. Two cars were thrown into aditeb, No person was injured. The engine was badly damaged. Death of Hon. John Breed. Noawion, Conn., vec. 3, 1866. Hon, John Breed, a prominent residen<, and for a num- her of yoars Mayor of this city, died very suddenly at hia residence this morniag. : The proprietors and managers of the various resorts eff ‘amusement and recreation in this clty who conduct their establishments free from the demoralizing im- fluences which surround and pervade both the doors and stage of many of our metropolitan theatres, and who are impressed with the truth that public re- creations to be useful and healthful mast be moral im their tendency and of an elevating and instructive tone, performances of this (Monday), Tuesday and Wednes- day ovenings. The inimitable George will appear his special charaeter of Handy Andy. Mr. Green wilf give his “Mocking Bird Song,” is now so famous; s entertainment, with an instrumental operatic chorus, from: Stradelia, ‘The Carnival de Christy aad F. Abbott's deus, Budworth; Hall, Hodgin and’ George upa Committee of Four Maiden Ladies to collect to buy flannel shirts for bables tm Africa, after which there is a song azd’a dance, banjo-solv, with clog dances tothe end. The performance will commence at eight e’clock. Thanksgiing Day (Thureday) there wilt be @ grand matinee at the Opera Mouse in the afternoon, ‘Tarning from the Ethiopian: opera to equitation aad gymnastics, we have the New National Circus of Mr. Montpellier, at Nos, 37 and 30 Bowery, in which a power- fol antidote to the corrupting agencies of the political lel i number of nights, will appear in her daring and-thrilling acts; Fred. Lazelle, the well known gymnast, in his feats; Mr. Luke Rivers with hio Polandric ladder, Miss Robin- son im equitation, and the-dwarf Nebamo in his wonder- ful physical contortions. Phil. Sheridan’s Ride engages the entire company, and “Them Mules” provoke un- bounded laughter, A magnifloent Thanksgiving Dey matinee will be given at the circus Thursday afternoon. Tho whole world has heard'of Sam, but some people im it have not seen him as represented on the boards of the Broadway theatre by Mr, F..S. Chanfrau. Sam will be particularly popular during Thanksgiving week, for the reason that he will be, as wel? as his audiences, particu- larly grateful for the glory, grandeur, power and peace which surround and sustain our country. Mr, Chanfraw is supported by a very talented company, and Sam is an immense success. Seats are now-secured at the Broad- way days in advance, and there will be an immense rush to ite door from this evening. A fine matince-will be given there Thanksging Day. ‘Therpe & Overin’s Minstrels, with their talented com- pany from all nations, bave their doors open every even- ing to crowded delegations from.all nations, who go to enjoy themselves with music, buriesque and-dance. This evening they give Bellini Simplified; the characters by Mesers, White, Field, Gonzalez, Oliver and Guy; the Nerves, Masters Clark, with Mr, Mahoney and Biddy Mc- Ginazis, by T. Bolus and T. Donaldson. The performances will conclude with a new sensational local burlesque, written expressly for this company, entitled Retribution; or, The Downfall of Humbug, replete with wondrous effvets, demoniacal tableaux; music after Rossini and other great men, “whe have composed good tunes,’* with the scenery from the School of Design and fine painters. Tony Pastor will produce novelty after novelty, and combine his novelties, at his neat Opera: House in the Bowery, opposite Spring street. Not having the feic of foreign governments (ond in particalar) before: his eyes, Tony Pastor will play, every evening, sh em tirely mow drama, ‘called the Fenian's Dream, or Ireland Wree at Last. The scenery and costumes ‘are entirely new, and in a splendid allegovical tableaux will be seen the Genius of Erin, Vinegar Hill im ‘98, Tipperary in °48, Dublin Custlo in °66, Columbia an@ Erin, band in hand, and the Fonian Triumph, Not coa- tent with this, there is at the Opera House a racy budget of comicalities, songs, dances, and so forth. There wil de @ grand extra matinee on Thanksgiving Day. ‘The San Francisco Minstrel troupe is in Broadway, ope posite the Metropolitan Hotel, in its thirty-Orst week; musical, enchanting, and comic as ever. The entire company, including C. F. Shattuck, Backus, Wambold, Birch, Nevers and Bernard, will be out this evening tm song and dance. Sands will give a wild Irish jig. Lmite- tions of Halian airs, by native artists, will follow. The San Francisco Minstrels will give a matinee at one o'clock Thanksgiving Day afternoon. Professor and Madame Wiseman will enchant large audiences at Hope Chapel during the present week. ‘The provessor acknowledges that the feats enumcrated above are very fine, but he is determined to eclipse if possible the feais by his wonderful legerdemain an@ necromantic performances. The ovenings are spems im Vision and Mystery, and the realms of Fairy Land are made subject for the entertainment of the friends of they, professor, particularly for that of the great clas knowm as “Young America.’’ Among his thousand feats the professor will perform the Couch of the Angels, the Ro® of Moses, the Egyptian Pyramids, the Colossal Columns, tho Phantom Drummer, the Silver Rings, the Clock of Cagliostro, the Grecian Mouchoir, the Venetian Gobes. aud Gold Fish, the Crystal Casket of Prospero, &e. Madame Wiseman is truly wonderful in her supernatural vision, A magnificent matinee on. Thanksgiving Day. No “illusion” about the magnificence of the display. In this shape, and with such interest only, can places of public amusement subserve the cause of order, an@ aid the progress of religion and civilization while pre feoting domestic heppinees._ Brooklyn City News. Tanxsciving Proctamation wx Maron Wooo.—Am elaborate proclamation has been issued by the Mayor enjoining upon the citizens of Brooklyn the propriety of & strict observanc area day of general sel vi 4 serot tadinees nba public offices will be ‘on that day. Foserat. ov a Vermrax Soupien.—Mr. Joho Fraser, Jate a member of the Seventy-ninth regimem, New York. State Militia, took place yesterday, from the late resi- dence of deceased, ou Huron street, near Union avenue. The remains were interred in Cypress Bill Cemetery, whore they were accompanied by the Union League and, oe i Suoorinc Arrnay Amosa Covoren Fouxs.—During a die- pute between two colored hosters employed at Cook's Sunnyside Hotel, Jackson avenue, near Newtown, Queens county, about half-past six o'clock last evening, one of tee Gog scrace eb rare re other, ing ellect in the right a severo, though not serious, wound. The we man was taken the hi ad dispute: arose as to who should shed attached to the hotel one of the customers of the place, both men having an eye to the perquisites. Rownary or 4 Dainy.—About one o'clock yesterday the dairy of F, T, Weldon, 104 Atlantic street, was entered by burglars, who broke the panel of the door to gaim jan ey and succeeded in carrying off two kegs of butter, ed at $100. Both kegs were subsequently found ma ighboring cellar by officer Rogers aad returned te owner. As Iveaxr W s.—On Friday last a respectable loak~ ing woman, atout fifty yeurs of age, called at the Prerre~ pont House and engaged lodgings. Her conduet, how- evor, was strange, and so wild at times ase cause seri- ons doubts in the minds of those who witnessed her actions as ta her sanity. Consequently om Saturday the attention of Sergeant Beatty, of the Forty-tirst police, having been called to the above facts, le con- dueted the strange lady to thestation house, where medi- cal men who were called in e it ax their opi that the woman was insane, Qn her being searched by sone Jadies the sum of $267 and odd cents wasfound She ie» supposed to have come from Wireonsin or Eo. he refused to give pny sees of forther thea, thas bor name was Fidelin Wood. The iw abont five fect three inches in height, gray curly hair and gray eyes, false teeth and of rather spare build. Recuvixe Stores Proventy.—-A man named Johp. F./ Shandloy was arrested on Saturday, by offtoer Donnailyy charged with having purchased a gold watch and spate erty of Joseph Dat . nen ‘ron ons twee ‘Teun ta Rapioe Sbandley states that he purchased it from Latcouse ¥ Mr. Minature for Inrorréxt TO TAXPAYERS. —The taxes for 186% which are now ane, are payable daily, at the Collectae’s office, 6 long suffered great inconvenience from the iT the city cars, will be Tearn that Hints of the cl Goa fcelved bythe. Ciy Nallend Comme pany, La Se ‘bo immediately distributed on the various routes. place wood lines, where additional cars have long been noeded, The new cars, for comfort and beatty, havg a decided ed vantage over thgse gt prosompjnuye =~ =”