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

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NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 63 Broadway.— Open from 10. M. tih10 P.M é STUDIO BUILDINGS, Tenth street.—Exurmition oF Paxnow, Exousm axp Fixmisu Pictunns. New York, Monday, December 11, 1865. = = NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION. Receipts of Saics of the New York Daily Newspapers. OFFICIAL. Year Fnding May 1, 1965. «+ $1,095,000 368,150 252,000 169,427 100,000 151,079 90,548 Name of Paper «+ ¢ $1,095,000 Times, Tribune, World and 871,229 ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. Advortisoments for the Werxty Herat must be handed tm boforo ton o'clock every Wednesday evening. Its cir- culation among thp enterprising mechanics, farmers, merchants, manufacturers and gentlemen throughout the country is increasing very rapidly. Advertisements in- sorted in the Warxty Huraxp will thus bo seen by a large portion of the active and onorgetic people of tho United Btatos, THE NEWS. Tho steamship Queen, Captain Grogan, from Quoens- town on the 24th ult.; the Santiago de Cuba, Captain Smith, (rom Greytown, Nicaragua, on tho 2d inst.; the Matanzas, Captain Liesegang, from New Orleans, and the Zodiac, Captain Dearborn; the Varuna, Captain White- hurst; the Tybee, Captain Crowell, and the Constitution, Captain Greenman, all from Savannah, arrived here yes- terday. Milledgeville advices state that Provisional Governor Johnson, of Georgia, has been instructed by the Presi- dent, ua had previously been other Southern Provisional Governors, to continue to hold his office until specially advised from Washington to vacate it, and also not to dasue certificates of election to the gentlemen elected to Congress in bia State. ‘The two houses of Congress will reassemble to-day, afier their four days? vacation, and decisive action will no doubt soon be taken on some of the several import- ant subjocts already introduced. In consideration of those (acts, and in anticipation of the general course which the majority of the members will pursue with regard to the leading measures of the radical Programme, we give from one of our corres- pondents in. the national capital a comprehen: sive roviow of the present political situation there, with a statement of the feeling among the republi- can Congrossmen generally, aud some indications of their futare programme. Already the conservative republi- cans show signs of regret for their haste in rushing through the House'of Representatives the resolution in- stituting a special committee to determine whether the Southern States are entitled to representation. This resolution has not yet been disposed of by the Senate, whose action upon it is still involved in doubt, Its sup- porters are sanguine that it will be adopted, while its opponents feel equally confident that it will not. Per- haps to-day, or atthe furthest s fow days, will determine. A history of the incubation of this resolution, and ac- counts of interviews which its author, Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, and Senator Sumner, recently had with the Prosident, are also given by our correspondent, Mr. Chauncey M. Depew, Secretary of State of New York, bas declined the position of Minister to Japan, to which he was some time ago appointed by the President. From *t. Domingo we lave advices dated to November 7. Tho existing government is at a loss to know whether the Dominican republic ie truly an independent Amorican State Or stmply an apanage of France. A ‘somi-official meeting of the Dominican Congrees had taken place on the 2d ult, When the expediency of sending another envoy te Wasbington, with the proffer of a eaval depot on the bay of Manzanilla as a free gift to the United States, was discusted at length, but it was finally decided that no step should be taken in the matter if General Baes, the recently elected President, arrived at the capital as soon as expected. The new official, though elected shrough foreign influence, enjoys con- siderable popularity, and will accord all privileges to emigrants and settlers. The people of St. Domingo and their representatives in Congress complain bitterly of the Condact of the United States towards their country, and ‘Margo that the Monroe Doctrine has been trampled upon by the Union government, ‘whose Secretary of State,’ they allege, ‘endorsed the right of Spain to extinguish ‘an American ropublic.”’ It is suggested that if the Dominican republic were to obtain national recognition by the United States it might not even now be too late for the country to sustain its attitudeas part and parcel of the Amorican system. Anothor instalment of the vory interesting letters of one of the Henatp correspondents now travelling through what may be termed the oldest portions of the Old ‘World—the cradle of education, civilization, the arte and, selenoes—from whom we have heretofore given several entertaining epistics descriptive of his journey, ls pub- shed in our issue of thie morning. After concluding his account of the present condition of affairs in the ‘notont country of the Pharaohs and Ptolemies, our cor- respondent bide to it at Sues, and carrios us eoress the Red Sea, not exactly to the Promised Land, Dut at least to “Araby the blest,” the peculiar blossed- ‘aces of which, }, does not appear to have struck fhim at fret sight, and thence on to the East Indies, de. srribing, ae he goes, matters as they now oxist—tho their habits, customs institutions—in the regions rendered familiar to all by both sacred history. Not the least interesting por- i tion of bis Chronicle is an collapse, consequent on the termination of the rebel- this eountry, of cortain magnificent cotton and binds devised by the British at Bom. connection with which there was atone time the wildest excitement, the natives vioing with the Eu- ropeans in their eagerness for sharos in the joint stock land improvement companies which were to make mil- lionaires out of beggars. c ‘The reform being effected in American Fenianism is producing considerable atir ig this city and throughout the country. Most of the city circles, as now organized, adhere to the Union Square branch, under Mr. John O'Mahony, who will not abide by the Senate impeach- ment and deposition, and has called a convention in this city, which, 1t is supposed, will be attended by his friends only, The new administration and the Senate operate matters on what is-known as the war policy, and call ‘upon all to sustain the Military Secretary in his push for action. They have received evidence of the adherence of many leading Irish citizens who have stood aloof heretofore. Advices of ratification are being received from sevoral of the States. Delegates from city circles have issued an address and resolution signifying edher- ence to the old management. The two associations will be in operation to-day, and the work for the I. R. is ox- pected to be driven on rapidly. Special services in honor of the festival of the Imma- culate Conception took place yesterday im St. Patrick's Catholic cathedral, Mulberry street, in the presence of a Bumerous congregation.g§ Au eloquent sermon appro- Priate Jo the occasion was preached by Archbishop Mc- Closkey. Inthe Church of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, last evening addresses were delivered by Bishop Leigh, of Arkansas, and Bishop Potter, relative to the Protestant Episcopal Freodmon’s Aid Society, in which ita objects were explained and appeals wore mado in its behalf. The objects are the conversion and instruction of the freedmen in the South. Impressive religious services in honor of atl who fell in defence of the republic during the late rebollion took place last evening in tho Tabernacle church, corner of Broadway and Thirty-fourth strect, in the presence of a congregation which crowded overy portion O tho build- ing. There were musical exercises of a superior charac- ter, and a sermon recounting the heroism, sufforings and virtues of § tho fation, and sketching ‘the grand results which will follow to the nation from their devotion and sacrifice, was preached by the pastor of the church, tho Rey. Dr. Thompson. Tho Rey. Dr. Lebon, of Nashville, Missionary Seoretary of the Methodist Episcopat Church South, preached yes terday forenoon in Cooper Institute. The reverend gen- tleman, at the commencement of his sermon, alluded to the results of our late war, but disavowed any disposi- tion to touch on political issues during his discourse, Ho stated that he had held his present position of Mis- sionary Secretary for tho last twonty years, but that now the organization to which he belonged found itself utterly powerless to continue its missionary work, as all its treasure consisted of two hundred thousand dollars in rebel money. A collection was taken up in the audience for the benefit of the mission. Rev. W. W. Clayton, who has recently been on a tour among the freedmen’s schools in the South, dolivered a ning in the Twenticth street Univer- Zan account of his visit aud urging ticular denomination establishing educational i for the froed negroes. A lecture in aid of the erection of a new edifice by the congregation of St. Perer’s Catholic church, Jersey City, was delivered last evening in the old church building by the Rev. Patrick Byr abject being tho superiority of the musia, paintin architecture of Catholic p! of hip over those of all other Christian denomina- tions. Another as. Germans who lion in land bay, in ion of German voterans, composed of 4 in the Union armies dyring the in societies in the city, all of which are united ina Union organization. The Ove story building No, 35 Park stroot and a frame stable in the rear wore destroyed bya fire which broke out between nine and ten o'clock last night. ho total loss is estimated at between thirty and forty thousand dollars. Proposals for leases of a number of engine and howe carriage houses formerly. oceupied by the old Fire De partmont, but not needed by the now one, were opened on Saturday by the Collector of City Revenue; but the deci sions on the proposals of the applicanta have aot yet been rendered. Tus Coystrrvriovat, Amenpamyt %& Ken- TuckY—Stavery DecLarED ABoLIHED.—We published yesterday, from Louisville, a some- what startling despatch on the slavery question. It is known that Kentucky, as a loyal slave State, was exempted from the emancipation proclamations of President Lincoln, and that her local authorities have held fast to their cherished inatitution notwithstanding it has been rendered practically worthless by the damaging effects of the war. Our military commanders have thus had more trouble about slavery in Kentucky than with rebel guerillas; but it appears that Judge John- ston, of the Jefferson county Circuit Court, has cut the gordian knot with a single stroke of his pen. Before his court, in the case of the Com- monwealth of Kentucky versus Major General J. M. Palmer, for aiding a slave to escape, Judge Johnston “dismissed the indictment on the ground that the requisite number of States had ratified the constitutional amendment abol- ishing slavery before the indictment, and that therefore all criminal and penal acts of the Kentucky Legislature relative to slavery were null and of no effect.” This is Judge Johnston’s short method of settling a knotty question. Following up his decision, General Palmer has issued a pro- clamation declaring that slavery has ceased in Kentucky, and advising the colored people to apply to the courts for redress if the public conveyances, in disregard of their rights to travel, are denied them, provided they con- form to reasonable regulations. Now, making all allowances for the slaves in Kentucky lost and set free by the operations of the war, it is probable that between Judge Johnston and General Palmer two hundred thousand have been turned Idose in a single day, and that a hundred thousand of them, in order to test their new gift of freedom, are now on their travels, heading for the Ohio river. Kentucky, in brief, may be considered as turned upside down by this concurrent action of Judge Johnston and General Palmer. In point of fact, we apprehend they are a little too fast; for, if we are not mistaken, the con- stitutional amendment lacks yet one State of the required three-fourths of all the States— Towa having ratified it by only one house be- fore the final adjournment of her last Legislature, Practically, however, it will be useless to at- tempt to repair the work of abolition done in Kentucky; for slavery in that State, though abolished by mistake, is dead and gone. Call- fornia and Oregon will soon settle the ques- tion. Waert Ang toe Meratiic Tunes Osyt Pinces?—The cent and two cent coins are as plentiful as blanks in a lottery; but where, the copper end nickel three cent pieces are stowed away is a mystery that probably no | one but a coin broker or « Jewish miser can solve. Since the lst of this year seven million four hundred of these much desired coin have been issued from the United States Mint in Philedeiphis, ag¢ yet ore aa ‘seldom seen 96 6 who are boarding them will by fg ah, far thelr is igs cone of Seeey Dams 8 ncton ip roudiate ‘ seceunt of the completo | to-day. We presume that the leading question before the Senate will be the joint resolution of Thaddeus Stevens, from the House, in refer- ence to the excluded Southern States. That resolution, adopted in the republican joint caucus preparatory to the organization, was passed in the House on Monday last, under the previous question, by vote of 133 to 36—more than two-thirds in the affirmative. It provides that a joint committee of nine members of the House and six of the Senate shall be appointed to inquire and report whether any of the lately insurgent States are now entitled to be represented in Congress, and that until said report ball have been made no member from any of said States shall be admitted into either house, and that the com- mittee shall have leave at any time to make their report. This sweeping resolution thus rushed through the House under a suspension of the rules and by the enforcemen t of the provioys question, before the reception of the Presi- dent’a Message, involved, first, an insult to the Executive, and, secondly, 4 violation of the constitution of the United States. The House, under the whip and spur of that violent radi- cal, Stevens, declared by its action that it cared nothing for the views and explanations of the President in regard to his Southern policy; that the House flatly repudiated that policy, and wished Mr. Johnson eo to understand it, whatever he might have to say in his Message. Had the Senate heen guided according to the wishes of Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, this offen- sive resolution would doubtless have been hurried through that body; but, as there is no previous question in the Senate, it was thought best by Messrs. Sumner, Wade, Wilson and Company to let the subject lic over under the rule, instead of attempting 8 suspension, and to sit it out and worry the minority into a surrender. But, to say nothing of the insult levelled at the President by this joint resolution, the con- stitutional question involved had doubtless something to do with the Senate’s postpone- ment of the subject. The constitution ex- preasly declares that “cach house shall be the judge of the elections, returna and qualifica- tions of its own members.” The intent of this provision is plain enough. It is that the Sen- ate, for instance, in regard to the qualifications of its members, shall not be subject to a con- currence of the House; but that erch house, in rogard to the elections and qualifications of its members, shal! be entirely independent of tho other. That such a provision is essential to free inquiry and legislation on the part of each house is very clear; aad il is equally clear that the Stevens resolution, in proposing that beth houses, acting together, shall de‘ermino the qualifications of the members of cach house, in- voives a palpable violation of the constitution in one of its mos! important legislative checks and balances, So perfectly conclus've is this simple state- ment of the casa that it becomes a mstter of some surprise that the republican caucus and the House itself, under the guidance of such constitutional ignoramuses as Thaddeus Ste- vens and Henry J. Raymond, should be led, without a remonstrance, into the stupid blunder of this joint resolution. The temptation, how- ever, to put this thing in such a shape as to re- quire the President’s signature was too strong to be resisted by the radicals. They would compel him thus officially to repudiate his own policy in subscribing to theirs, or they would show up his impotency by passing the resolu- tion by a two-thirds vote over his veto. But wo suspect that this constitutional difficulty will result in the defeat of Stevens, in 8 modifi- cation of his resolution, through the action of the Senate to-day. As it stands President Johnson could not desire a better issue on which to appeal from Congress to the people. At any rate, if this resolution is thrust into his face, he has but one alternative, and that is bis constitutional veto. But, as wo have already shown to our readers, there was on Wednesday in both houses a perceptible cooling down of the radical spirit for an “irrepressible conflict” since its violent outbreak on Monday. The -President’s Message had been read to both houses on Tuesday, and its calm and,convincing arguments had evidently made a good impres- sion. Thus Senator Doolittle was enabled to check the fanatic Sumner, and to bring the Senate by a few well-timed words to a proper frame of mind for a tomperate consideration of this Stevens resolution, in the suggestion that it needed an overhauling by the Judiciary Committee. There will probably be this morn- ing, in advance of the meeting of the two houses, another republican caucus, and a re- vision therein of the blundering Stevens reso- lution upon which the action of the Senate will be based. Thaddeus Stevens, in the last Congress, in his gold bills and other absurdities, showed that he was too visionary and headstrong in his notions to be the leader of the House; but in this joint resolution, proposing to take from each house its constitutional right to judge of the elections of its own members, and to make the President a consenting party to the transac- tion, he eclipses all his past achievements in folly and stupidity. It is to be hoped that the Speaker, in his report of his standing commit- tees to-day, will place Mr. Stevens in a position where he may be useful without being a clog upon the business of the House. On the main question, this aforesaid joint resolution, we anticipate s good resultfrom the “sober second thought” of both houses. Barrsa Homantry ann Brrtisa Pracrice.— Accounts received through British channels by way of Halifax confirm the ‘statement that up- wards of two thousand insurgent negroes have already been executed. From report made by the officer in command it appears that mapy had been put to death without trial or investi- gation of any kind, there being, it is coolly added, “‘no time for such forms.” During our injustice of the course pursued towards us by British sta‘esmen and journals during the late war than the pteeent proceedings of the Jamaica authorities. Coupled with the atrocities per- petrated during the Indian mutiny, they should be sufficient to shut their mouths forever on questions of comparative humanity. At all events, after such acts, they will not prevent the world arriving at the conclusion that when their passions are aroused and their interests assailed there are no people capable of more dreadful deeds of savagery than the so-called bumanitarians and philanthropists of Great Britain. ‘The War in Fonia. We published in yesterday’s Hanatp an an- count of the proceedings of the Fenian Senate at their session in this city. From this it ap- pears that Mr. President O’Mahony end Mr} Secretary of the Treasury Bardey Killian have been deposed from their several offices. We do not exactly understand how they do things in the realm of Fenia, but it would be no Hibernicism to ssy that they seem either to do nothing at all, or make sweeping demon- strations or blunders whenever they attempt to do anything. No doubt these proceedings will excite considerable wonder among the Fenian Brotherhood all over the world, and it may be amusing, as well as instructive, to speculate @ little in regard to the causes which have led to this hubbub in Fenia, So long as the Fenian leaders kept quietly transacting their business in humble and unob- trusive quarters they were but little noticed by the public, and excited no feeling of jeal- ousy mong other aspirants for Fe- nian honors and emoluments. But. when they occupied ® sumptuous palace in @ fashionable and conspicuous quarter of the city for thoir headquarters they at once attracted the attention of the public and awak- ened the envy of their rivals. In other words, when they left off drinking superb Irish whis- key in Duane street at ten cents a glass, and became addicted to pony brandy in Union square at seventy-five cents a rider, the whole apparatus of the Fenian concern collapsed and the inevitable explosion occurred. Tt was all well enough for the Fenian leaders to gather in money from all sections of the con- tinent for the attainment of a legitimate ob- ject—namely, the liberation of Ireland; but when they aspired to the grand operation of revolutionizing the entire world and smashing up things generally they went a great deal beyond their capabilities. The little bubble that first started from the Fenian pipe expznded gradually until it met the dazzling rays of the sun, and it looked so bevutifyl in its rainbow hues that its blowers could not resist the temptation to give it an extra gust, and then the radiant globe burst into thin air. Itis a pity that such great movements shonld be intrusted to incompe‘ent persons. I) was the casa in 1848 in regard to the Slievegammon fund, when Horace O’Greeloy became the irustee or recip- fa handsome amount of money, of some of h there appears to be a coasiderable baiante still remtining unaccounted for. The Irish people in this country open their hearts and their savings bank books whenever an appeal is made to thom in behalf of the green and beloved land of their birth. Credulous to a fonlt, they ave ready to donate everything they possess that will cause the dews of liberty to drop upon the blessed old sod and expand the blossoms of freedom. It is there- fore scarcely to bo wondered at that they so frequently become the dupes of sharpers and those designing mon whose labors in securing Irish freedom are limited to the amount of money they can make ont of the transaction. What the Fenian leaders should have done before exposing their organi- zation to the dangers of the present. collapse was to have made a practical demonstra- tion upon the vitals of their hereditary foe, Jobn Bull, by taking Canada. Instead of doing this they have been palavering about this and that trifle, assuming the functions of a mimic government, and have taken the best course in the world to fasten tighter the shackles that bind their brothren at home. We believe that this Fenian organization is about to be smashed up, and that nothing in the futuro for the redemption of Ireland will be likely to arise from the movement. ‘Tho O’Makemoneys have, until now, had nearly all the cream and the poteen that could be squeezed from the Order. What the honorable Fenian Senate should now do is to order the distribution of the funds on band ‘among those charitable objects which abound 80 abundantly within the sphere of the Brother- hood, and, by thus assisting in ‘ameliorating the condition of their poor and suffering Irish born kindred, esiablish a reputation which will stand nobly until the opportune hour ar- tives for the erection of the monumont to Em. met upon Irish soil. American InreREsts IN THE Pactric anp In- pian Oczans—Ovr Enterprise AsroaD.—When the late rebellion collapsed the Haratp found itself in command of a large number of veteran war correspondents, for whom no longer existed the painful duty which had called the corps into existence. With a promptitude which was equalled only by that of Secretary Stanton in mustering out the eight hundred thonsand vete- fans which were left on his hands without further work to do, we began to dispose of our war correspondents. None, however, were mustered out, Their work was not finished, but extended—the field of labor becoming the world, not asingle continent. As some few soldiers were retained to garrison the South so also were correspondents necessary to inspect and write up the country which had been for four years almost as a sealed book to us; and hence various correspondents were despatched to the State capitals to attend conventions and Legislatures and watch the work of reconstruc- tion. Huratp correspondents were the avant courriers of Weiteel’s corps on the Rio Grande, and others were despatched to Maximilian’s capital to witness and Chronicle the vigorous enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine. The fleet which was sent by the Navy Department to demonstrate in European waters found one of our old naval correspondents awalting its ar- rival when it came to anchor in the harbor of Qherbourg. Tho arts of peace as well as those of war demanded their attention qlso, and other correspondents were sent to chronicle the Progress of the Atlantic cable, the Bustas| with him telegraph and the Mount Cenis tunnel. Among others we sentoue of our zr with ‘w roving commission through the Bast—~over the Pacific and indian Oceans and China Seas— with inggructigns to Took after American eater] from this the Egypt, more than usual interest. The President's Course Plainly Marked Out. Whatever Congress may do, President John- son has but one course to pursue to restore harmony to the country and to preserve the principles of oyr government, and thst is the one he started upon. We have 8 better opinion of the majority of the conservative men, both in the Senate and House, than to think they will follow the lead of the Jacobins who jumped up and cracked their whip so triumphantly the firat day of the session, We cannot believe they will betray their constituencies and the beat interests of the country in such 4 manner. They know how universally the President's restoration policy was and is approved. The or cynical radicals, and they only in murmurs. Nearly all were elected as avowed’ supporters of the President and his policy—a policy that was well under- stood, and which looks to the earliest restora- tion of the Southern States to their normal con- dition in tho Union. To follow Stevens, Sumner, and the few other Jacobins now in opposition to this policy, to spurn and kick away the plat- form by which they reached their seats, would be on the part of members an act of unparal- leled treachery toward the people. We cannot believe the majority would be guilty of such a fraud, or that, for mistaken political or party ends, they wish to keep the country in an un- settled and agitated state. There are evident indications that the conservative portion are dissatisfied with their own conduct, and the position they were spurred into the first hours of the session. It is to be hoped, therefore, they will speedily cut loose from those cynical, fanatical and revolutionary disorganizers! who endeavor to drive them into opposition to the President. Should we be disappointed, however, and Congress adopt the proscriptive programme laid down by Stevens in the House and Sumner in the Senate, Mr. Johnson ought not to change his pur- pose or alter his course. It is very desira- ble that the executive and legislative branches of the government should act in harmony, and particularly at the present time, when euch im- | portant questions require attention and co- operation. God knows we have had strife enough—sectional strife far too much—and the country prays for repose, for oblivion of the past as- far as possible, and for an era of bellor fecling. To bring this about it aske for concert of action between Congress and the Executive to heal the wounds of civil war; and it expects the happiest results from the broad, liberal and conciliatory policy of the Presi- | dent. Harmony, then, is most desirable be- tween the different branches of the government. But not harmony in @ mischievous and destruc- tive course—not barmony in violating promises to the country and cheating it in the expecta- tions that have been raised. Better opposition than this. Some of our radical contemporaries begin to spoik of harmony. The Tribune even urges it, Since the President’s Message ap- peared and somo of the conservative republi- cans in Congress have evinced @ disposition to oppose the disorganizing measures introduced by the ultra leaders on Monday, the politic radical press speaks of harmony. It appears to bo alarmed at tho effect the presamption and extreme measures of its friends have produced. It seems to smell the trouble that is not far off. The meaning of all this is that they will drive tho President, if they can, into their destructive measures, and if they cannot they will endea- vor to cajole him. Harmony means with them using the President to the utmost they can to carry out their views if they should not be able to force him. Mr, Johnson is remarkable for certain qualities upon Which it might be well for these radicals to reflect. We will just men- tion them for the benofit of those gentle- men. Every one who knows his history is aware that he is an astute politician, We believe he never failed in any political contest he ever undertook., His whole career and. the developments of bis character through a long public life show him to’ be a remarka- bly firm mean. His honesty is proverbial. Such a maw ts not likely to be moved from his purpose or defeated. The ground he has taken for the ratoration of the Southern States was thoroughlyeamined. He proceeded upon broad, statesmanlike views and sound princi- ples. With the constitution as his guide, he says the rebel States never have been out of the Union, and could not be, whatever indi- viduals in those States may have declared or done. Then, looking at the principles and feelings that govern human nature, and at the history of other countries which have had civil wars, he sees that the most effectual remedy for the wounds that have been made, and to restore fraternal relations, is by a magnani- mous policy. We are a homogeneous people, and we should soon become firmly united in feeling and interests, notwithstanding the in- tensity of the war, if both sections rejoice in the same rights and privileges. This is the foundation of his policy towards the South. It is that of a statesman. He ought not to swerve from it, and we think he will not. In opposing his restoration policy Congress would be acting in opposition to the sentiment of the country, and contrary to what most of the members professed during the elections. We hope there will be a sufficient number of members to neutralize, at least, radical measures. But should this not be the case, he has an immense power in the veto, in the pat- ronage of the government and in his legiti- mate executive funotions over the South. He can bring the States of that section to the point where they may exercise all the local func- tions which the State of New York or any other Sjate may exercise, and leave them there. Should the houses of Congress refuse to admit members, that question would be decided by the people at the next elections, and there can be no doubt as to how it would be settled. The great majority of the people are with the President now, and they would be ‘overwhelmingly in such « contest. Let him, then, Grmly adhere to his policy and ‘pursue the even tenor of his way. The radical Gemonstration in Congress may do some good, afer all. The people ought to nes ty of promptly conforming We have already allude 1 to the English antl Fronch theatre, to be una’er the joint manage- ment of Messrs. Davenport a 24 Juignet, the pro- posed new establishment om ‘he corner of Twen- ty-third street and Eighth avea, ue, and the opers house of George Christy’s Mia ‘strels, slready in successful operation, near the , Fifth Avenue Hotel: In addition to these, sev, eral smaller but none the less commendable @ ierprises, which it is unnecessary to specify h 7 detail, are either in process of construction or, ‘pokes of as about to be erected. There will gla. ‘bee now theatre in the Bowery, a free museum‘ * Central Park, skating ad Ubitum, and wh? the theatres and musital halls already in pro * gress, the citizens of New York may not, all, be compelled to. go to the provinces for consistent intellectual recreation. It is are lief to be able to arrive at this conclusion. But the climax had not been attained in the establishments previously enumerated. The metropolis needed a first glass theatre, which, setting aside all the old and worn out an@ dangerous dogmas of the drama, should boldly atrike out in the path of advancement and re- form. Such a place of amusement will before many days be opened by Miss Lucy Rushton, se- conded by several gentlemen of known financial and administrative ability, on the site of the old Church of the Messiah, Nos. 728 and 730 Broadway, opposite the New York Hotel. The building has been leased until the lst of May next as it stands from its owner, A. T. Stewart, Esq., and Miss Rushton, the lessee, has also suo- ceeded in making a contract, by the terms of which Mr. Stewart is to greatly enlarge and improve the property for a leasehold of a term of years. For presont use Miss Rushton pro- poses expending upon the edifice, in the way of scenery, stage appurtenances, adornments and necessary fixtures, some thirty thousand dollars, which will render it tenable for a place of amusement until the spring, when the per- manent alterations can be commenced. Mr. Stewart’s expenditure upon the edifice can hardly be estimated at present, but it will be large and commensurate with the demand and the gentleman’s well known public spirit- edness in affairs of the kind. Of his ability to make it the largest and best adapted theatre in America no person will harbor # doubt. In making” these enlargements and amendments the entire rear wall of the old building will be taken away and extended backward as far as Lafayette place. The space will be filled with one.of the largest and most complete of stages. There will be 8 free passage to Lafay- ette place. The hallway and vestibule will be in the centre of the edifice, and of a suffi- cient width to prevent undue stoppages in exit or entrance. The first floor of the Broadway front will consist of business houses. There will also be the best and latest improved pre- parations for extinguishing fires, and all the known preventives of combustion on end off the stage. The management of the new theatre, when all things may be prepared, propose engaging thé oréme de la oréme of the dramatic profes- sion, male and female. Having started forth untrammelled by the restraints of any end every combination, with plenty of material aid, possessing administrative ability of a high order, and intent upon doing everything poa- sible to be accomplished by lavish outlay of- money, it is her purpose to secure the best company and produce the best place of amuse- ment in America. The aim is of the very highest, and every well-wisher of the drama in the country will wish Miss Rushton the utmost success in her undertaking. The great incentive to superior acting in dramatic profession—combined with a love art—is a good salary and a sure one. It is the same in other professions. The’ monopoly of dictation in all things now merged in the Managers’ Association has caused the ladies and gentlemen of the stage to tremble and fear that they may be doprived at any moment of their pecuniary support, or, at best, a por- tion of it, should their owners choose, in thelr supreme wisdom, to decree a reduction. Those yyho may be engaged by Miss Rushton will be placed above that contingency. She will therefore secure the very best oftalent. Thie will redound to public and private credit. Miss Rushton must expect to meet with oppo- sition. It is the fate of all reforms. When we started the New York Heratp, years ago, we met with opposition. We had old and favorite sheets to overpower. There were well known editors to outshine. But, taking our own course, fearing none, truckling to mone, and mainly desirous of accomplishing some- thing that should be creditable to the United States and beneficial to the mass of mankind, we have succeeded. We made @ path for our own feet and walked in it, If Mise Rushton pursues such ® course, shunning the old byroads, already worn deep into the soil, and hence unworthy to be pursued by the spirit of improvement, and caters properly to the better instincts, the improving tendencies of the country, and tries faithfully to elevate the same drama that others so strenuously strive to degrade and belittle, she must also prosper. There should be no such word se fail. Affairs in Loulsville. Lovisviim, Deo. 9, 1885. At tho Jefferson Circuit Court, while the trial of Colonel Jaques was progrbssing, Captain Gibson, one of the eoun- sel for the defense, was seized with vortigo, and the case was postponed till the next term. ‘The Commonwealth Attorney filed an appeal from Judge Johnson’s decision in the case of the Commonwealtis against General Palmer, and the court adjourned sind die. ‘Thore was alarge and enthusiastic meeting in the Court House to-day in reference to the Inte impeachment’ of Mayor Tamphert for hia refusal to sign @ contract with jut su: ing , sates Oriana yaa haan the Legislature toamend the city charter, #0 that in case, of @ vacancy in the Mayoralty the Recital cern eng sn ng pop, ond te Cecio ae ‘Aldermen to postpone the trial Colorado sailed to-day, taking $1,910,000 ta treas. > Of which is for New Yorke: ; 1m at 68 366. Groonbacks, 6734. ‘$332 50; Gould and Curry, $060; Savage, $760; Yellyw Jacket, $297.