The New York Herald Newspaper, December 25, 1865, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1865, retirement of Mr. Geo. Brown from the Cabinet, con- ‘tinues to occupy public attention over the border. Our Montreal correspondent states that it was on a question of friendly or unfriendly commercial relations with the United States that the ministry split, Mr. Brown taking the friendly side, and bemg outnumbered by the advo- cates of the opposite policy. Mr. Brown’s resignation has not yet been accepted by the Canadian Administrator General. The difficulties between the South Carolina planters and the freedmen settled on the abandoned plantations of the sea islands and along the sea coast, tn conse- quence of the latter refusing to surrender the lands to the former, have not yet been adjusted. A party of the old proprietors, accompanied by two of General Sickles’ staff officers, recently went from Charleston to James Island for the purpose of having, a, conference with the negroes. 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A programme of some of the various exércises of a public character, te- ligious and charitable, which will mark the occasion was given in yesterday's Herarp, and we present this morh- ing reports of some of the proceedings by which the an- niver-ary has already been inaugurated. The private ox- ercises in the home circles~the bestowal of gifts and the enjoyment of the Christmas dinpers—none need any rem‘nder of. | A number of the places of anrusement, as will be seen by our adverii*'ng and néwa columns, give Doth day.and evening performances, #0 that if nny may flud time hanging heavily on their hands they ced not waat fot enjoyment. t A telegram was yesterday received by Secrotary Sew- ard from ex-l'rovisional Governor Holden, of Nortn Caro- lina, in which the latter expresses the pleasure afforded by being relieved from the executive duties of the State, and his thanks to the President for the confidence re- posed in him while he held tue important position which hho has just vacated. The Governor elected by the peo- ple, Mr. Jonathan Worth, will immed atelf assume the responsibilities of his office. ‘The memorial of the Messrs. Upton, of Hoston, asking Congress to take steps to force redress from England for the destruction of the American ship Nora, appears in this morning's Hinaup, The claim of the Messrs, Upton has bec refused by the English authorities, Among the other interesting points which {t presenta it will be seon that the caro of the vessel destroyed was wholly Engtich, and that Great Britnia hax, by refusing to recor- nize tho ela'm, © d the abominable precedent of permitting the the property of neutral Powers in the ship of o boiligerent without the said on property being taken into a port for condemmation. Acall, headed by the signature of General Grant, and signed also by a number of other distinguished officers of Doth the army and navy, has been issued for a public meeting to take into consideration the best meaus of providing for disabled veteran soldiers and seamen, and forming & permanent military association which shall have their welfare as its object, A New Orleans despatch of the 22d instant reports that nearly the entire population of the State of Oajaca, Mex ico, is in arms against the imperialists, and that the rv publican General Diaz is carrying everything before bit appeara to be like many other Now Orleans tete ¢ Mexico, merely a rebash of intelligence ubliehed some weeks ago. It Is also stated that the cans have possession of the whole coast from Tus Pan to Vera Cruz, and also south of the latter city. Marabai Bazaine, on behalf of Louis Napoleon, announces, we are ( (the latter shares equally with Maximilian tie imperial protection of the porthern Mexienn frontier, whieh can scarcely be considered news to the Hamaun readers. Further details of the recent withdrawal of the republ can General Escobedo from Monterey show that he effected that movement, in the presence of a supertor force, in good order, an without any of thos? diea trous resulta whieh the imperial journals have pictured A complete and mort interesting bistory of the late Fenian scare im Canada and the various govern montat and military movenents in connection with it is furnisied by our Toronto correspondent. The measures for organ'zing the provincial militia to which that excite. mont gave rise are thought by many tobe designed by ‘the Britieh government for the ulterior object of forcing ‘the confederation scheme on the colonies. The move. met (or annexation to the United States vegina to as- Burue Uireat~ning proportions, and {ts sdvocates are in croasing ia boldness, causing thereby qroat anxioty aud scvist in the minder of Enetish and colonial officiais. ‘Tho Conadian ministerial crisis, brought about by the of the navy for am increase of pay was noticed in our re- ports a few days ago, and ose matter of interest so many readers we produee in our present issue the document in fall, setting Corth-the reasons of the petitioners for ask- each membor of Congress. desolation wherever the Spanish troops penetrated. The Yankee enterprise is manifesting tteelf very plainly. their bill suspending the collection of taxes, on the ground that it would afford relief to thase who opposed the na- tional government, and none to Union men. The report of the majority of the legislative committee appointed to consider the necessity of calling a new constitutional convention nas already appeared in our columns, and to-day, in our New Orleans correspondence, we furnish the minority report. The former favored the conven- tion project, and the latter opposed it, for the reasons, among others, that the constitution of 1864 was binding on the people of the State, and that alf proceedings under it had been recognized as legal and regular by the Presi- dent. The bill brokers of New Orleans recently inauga- rated a system designed to impair the credit of the issues of national banks, causing thereby something of a sensation in the financial circles of thecity. The Pres. ident of one of these banks issued a card assuring the public that all who felt nervous about holding on to their bills could have them redeemed at the counter of the institution over which he presided. The condition of affairs in West Tennessee appears to be rapidly improving, and the people seem to be re- covering from the late-sociat chaos caused by the rebel- lion. Our Memphis correspondence notices the growth among the thinking portion of the population of » better national sentiment and a disposition to adjust them- selves to the new order of things. Though there is much hostility to colored garpisons and the continuance of the Frecdmen’s Bureau, it is believed that the mass of the people are prepared: to concede to the freedmen all privileges common to-white men except that of voting. In fact this course has for some time been advocated by three of tlie leading papers of Memphis, edited by men" whe supported the rebellion up to-the peried of its last |. .§0sp. ' The immense present business prosperity of Mem- phis is*alinded to by our correspondent. As conse. quehce of the influx of people attendant om this lively state of trade, the places of amusement are: fourishing finoly, J The continastion of our tabular statements ef the. joternal revenue, assessments and collections on the dealers and dallihoteneweot thie city, of various clannes, pdvlished in to-day’s Hxraxp, will be found to ceatain a ‘mass of information of interest to the business commu- ity as wellas the general reader. The siagte lino of cigar making in the metropolis gives occupation to about twenty thousand people. A list of the various cigar manufacturers id the Thirty-second colleotion district, with the number of cigars manufactured by each, is in- cluded in our statement, to which we also. annex a list of tho incomes of the richest citizens of Philadelphia - ‘Tho presentation to Congvess of a petition frem officers: ing the advance, snd also a paper drawn up by a commit- toe of their number, a copy of which has been laid before A very molaneboly picture of affairs ia the Dominican Tepublic te given by our correspondent in St. Domingo city. The recent Spanish invasion has loft havoc and invaders, it appears, did not confino their depredations to the possessions of the natives, but destroyed or carried off Property indiscriminately, regardless ef the nationality of its owners. Many Amoricanus and Englishmen are tn this way sufferers to very large amounts. Miss Dayton and W. H. Russ, the partiog to the tragic affair which ogcirred in Clinton street, Brooklyn, on Saturday evonipg, an account of whieh appeared in Sun- day's Heraco, are still alive, though in a very precarious condition. An operation was performed on Russ at the Brooklyn City Hospital yosterday by Dr. Enos, the visiting surgeon, Several piecos of the. fractured skull and thre» or four picces of bullets were’ successfully extractéd; but it is thought a portion of the bullet still remains in the brain, amd beyond the redch of surgical skill. Miss Dayton was suffering Jast evening from nor- vous prostration, and probably will not survive. The Dullot is still lodged in her brain. { Captain Bunker, of tue schooner, Lottie, lying at the foot of Jackson strect, East river, was dangorously woundod in ths face about four o'clock yesterday morn- ing by a pistol shot fired by one of a party of river thieves who boarded his vessel. The villains escaped. William Sutton and James Stoddard, second and third mates of the ship Jeremiah Thompson, lying at pier 46 East river, were severely stabbed on Saturday afternoon by members of a disorderly party of sailors and runners who came on board that vessel. Three of the supposed participants in the outrage were arrestod. ‘A burglar ontefod the residence of Mr. Francis Smith, No. 246 South First street, Brooklyn, E, D., about four o'clock yesterday morning, aud being discovered by the awakening of Mrs. Smith, compelled the delivery to him of over twelve hundred dollars in greenbacks, which were concealed about the bed. As the villain was about making his exit he was grappled with by Mr. Smith, when he drew his revolver and fired several shots, two of which took effect on Mr. Smith's person, producing severe but not fatal wounds, The burglar then eecaped, and has not yet been arrested. A young man named Joseph B. Conklin, aged about twenty, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor yesterday morning, at his father's residence, No. 493 Hudson street, Depression of spirits, caused by ill health, is supposed to have led to the rasb act. The weather of yesterday in this city and vicinity de. stroyed all the delightful anticipations of a grand and continued season of skating which the clear and frosty atmosphere of the few preceding days had fostered. Early in the morning we were visited by a snow storm, which lacted for two or three hours, and was succeeded by acoptous fall of rain, continuing till evening. A mild und cloudy, but not rainy, night succeeded, The Rev. Dr, Chapim preached a most eloquent and appropriate termon yesterday on the advent of the Saviour, viewed in a throefold light—personal, spiritual and historical, The reverend gentloman, after elncidat- ing bis peculiar.opinions on this subject, closed with an earnest appeal in behalf of the many who need the help- ing hand of charity at this inclement season, A lecture was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Schoff last evening, in the Rey, Dr. Adams’ church, in which the lecturer related much of his experience in a recent visit to Switzerland and Gerinany. He added bis testimony to that fréquently before given, that the aristocratic and governing classes were all on the side of the late rebel lion in this country, while the mass of the intelligent people everywhere sympathized with our national gov- ernnient. The gentiomen engaged in constructing a telegraph among the Andes mountains, to connect the cities of Bo- gota and Honda, in the republic of Colombia, have sent us copies of the first messages which passod over their Jine, one of them being a congratulation from Prosdont Murillo on the success of the enterprise, ‘Three Amorican centiemen, Messrs, Mores, Bleock and ‘The Legislature of Louisiana adjourned on Friday last to the 22d of January, without having put through the usual appropriation bills, Governor Wells has vetoed of Bornoo, East Indies, by the Sultan, » grant of a large tract of most valuabic land, yielding largely various rich staples of commerce, together with pearl fishenes aad extraordinary water facilities, rendering them wealthy almost beyond the power of estimation, and causing great chagrin on the part of certain Engtishmen who were scheming to secure these favors for themselves. Mr. Moses is the American Consul, and Messrs. Elcock and Hoes served as officers in our army during thelate rebellion. An account of their wonderful good fortune ig furnished by our Labuan correspondence. A story of his adventures at sea is sent to as from Ma- tanzas, Cuba, by Captain Drevar, of. the little steamer Shamrock, of only twenty-eight tons, which recently arrived at Matanzas from Portsmouth, England, encoun- tering on the ways fearful hurricane and stort, and narrowly escaping destruction. Mr Sothern, the actor, who has made hinrself famous “as Lord Dundreary, has written @ commanteation in answer to an articlé in a London spiritual’ paper stating that during his residence in New York that while in this city he formed one of a party of gen- tdemen who associated themselves together forthe pur- Presented by.the Davenports or any other of the mest notorious mediums. Ho, . however, . denies. that they ever exhibited for money, and declares that the spirits had nothing to do witty their performances, and that the whole matter of spiritualism is @ mockery, a delusion, a swindle and a snare. The Present Congress and the People. It must be apparent to all who have watched the course of Congress that the majority of the members of the present. body do not repre- sent the true sentiment of the people of the country. They were elected under an entirely different state of affairs, political and every other way. The Congressional elections took place during one of the most excited periods of the war. They were held atthe very time when the whole country was agitated over the re-election of President Lincoln, and the continuation of his administration until the war could be brought to a close by the sup- pression of the rebellion. The passions of our people were more: fierce against the South than at any other period, and the de- termination to prosecute the war tu a success- ful issue was. the. marked. feature of the can- vass. This fact alone brought to the surface the most positive and extreme mem in all localities. Aside from this, the army, the navy and all other contractors and shoddyites threw the weight of their influence in favor of the candidates brought forward by the: administra- tion party, without stopping to consider any other point. They imagined that the more fierce the Congressmen elected were for war the better would be their chances for contracts of all grades. Hence we find in this:Congress men who think more‘of jobs . than: of restora~ tion—men who seem to profer to stir up the animosities rather than conciliate end har- monize. There was. another element! whidt oxerted a great influence in the ‘election of mon of this class.’ The action of the Shert-perShent de- mocracy at’ Chicago in declaring the ware failure, and thereby in effect repudiating it, out- raged the public sentiment to that extent that the individuals who placed. themselves...in - the. fiela| for Congress, and took the other ex- treme and held to it with the greatest tenacity, were. everywhere elected, regardless of all other qualifications. All of these facts com- bined secured, the return of a set of men de- voted to one idea. Had -the--war continued, and they, in the capacity of legistatora, been called upon to provide for its prosecution, they would ‘have, no doubt, been’ the right men to represent the sentiment of the: people: But the war was brought to a close: long before they were called upon to- act im an official capacity. The whole nation: lias im the méan- time undergone a complete revolution in senti- ment. The excellent spirit manifested by the South, the disposition shown: by those engaged in the rebellion to cordially acquiesce in the result, hag brought about » complete modifica tion in the tone of the North The fierce animosity which existed during the canvass of 1864 has disappeared. The feelings for re- venge, the demands for confiscation and relent- less punishment of the Northern leaders, have given way to. concilfatory feelings and a desire to heal all diffevemces ag soon as possible. These facts the majority in the lower House of Congress, at least, do not appear to compre-: hend. They have seen that the people in the: late elections have firmly stood by the repub- lican party, and interpret thut as'a reindorse- mont ot the issaes upon which they were elected, when, in-fact, no such questions arose during the ‘political oanvass of the present year. . "The same general principle caused the repu- diation of the democratic party in 1865 as that which secured the overthrow of the federal party aot the close of the war of 1812, and the whig party at the conclusion of the Mexican war. The opposition of the federal party to the policy of the administration during the war with England at the period referred to, and the attempt of the whig party to throw obstacles in the way and embarrass the govern- ment while the Mexican war was pending, caused the death of those two parties. The en- dorsement of the war party by the people at those two periods was not a declaration that the war was to be revived, and that the same spirit of animosity should be continued on the part of the government; but it arose from the belief that the party which had sustained the administration during the war could be the best trusted in adjusting the questions which would arise in settlement. The democratic party of the present day is placed in the same position as that occupied by the federal and whig parties during the periods referred to. The result furnishes still further evidence of the fact that the party which attempts to op- pose the government while engaged in a war can never again become the. ruling power of the country. The great error on the part of a majority of the dominant party in Congress at the present time is, that they do not make this discrimination between the sentiments of the people expressed when they were elected and at the elections recently held. It is upon this rock that danger not only threatens them, but the country. The failure of the republican party in Congress to comprehend and profit by these philosophical facts will prove fully as disastrous to that party as the blunders during the war have to the democratic party. There has been in the last nine months a complete revolution in sentiment in all seo- tions of the country, North and South, East and West. We seo it manifested everywhere, pri- vately and publicly, in social and official in- tercourse. It is true that there are a fow Hoos, bave recently had conferred gn thepo, ia the tyland , one idep meg in each gogtion wha gontinue to he belonged to a spiritualiatic circle and became @ celebrated. and poworful medium. -- He- indignantly denies being a spiritualist in belief, but acknowledges pose of tavestigating spiritualism and fer their own ficient that they could produce all the phenomens cling to the ofd spirit of animosity, hatred and revenge. It is manifested in the North by de- mands for the execation of the rebels and con- fiscation, and in the South by a disposition to stir up strife. But amy person of observation cannot fail to see that this feeling is held only by comparatively few people in each section. The question then is, will Congress. jeopardize. the interests ef the country by pandering tv this miserable’ minority, or, like statesmen, labor for-the complete and early adjustment of all our internal trombles by secure an immediate restoratios of the Union? President-Johnsop sees and comprehends this change of tone in the public mind. “He reslizes that the people desire above all things that @ settlement shall be reached, and that’ in accomplishing. this. the people. ars: ready’ to that the, majority of the. present Congress-have: failed to represent the people or appreciate. their duty to the country. They are not there- fo do the - bidding: of: contractors; to: devote: their attention to jobs’ nur to widen the: breach desire them to tear down and destroy, but. to Harmonize. and. build-up. - If,. therefore; - they’ continue to do the Bidiing ef such destructive radicals as Mr. Stevens, and follow him in all” his schemes again: the President’s policy, | they will find thenwelves repudiated: by tlie people and their party destroyed. . Taxation AND REPRESENTATION IN THE DNITED™ Srarss.-From the time of the first’ pro-| test against the British’ stamp dutics—from the very origin of our government—it: has been one of its positive’ principles that taxation and representation go together, and must be proportionate’ to’ one another. The good reason at the basis of this is thatthe fedoral government knows nothing of the peoplo-except as it sees ‘them at Congress. It has no-power to inquire into such private concerns es what incomes they have. It recog- nizes each Congressional district asa Congres- sional district only, and when: it proposes to raise a givem revenue by dirsct taxation on the people the’ sam must be divided equally among the’ Congressional districts, each dis- trict raising an equal share, witliout reference to the relative wealth or poverty:of its popula- tion, The provision of the constitution on this subject is distinct that Representatives and di- rect taxes shall be apportioned‘among the sov- eral States “on the same basis,” that basis being the census taken to find out how many Repre- sentatives each State is entitled:to.. Elsewhere the constitution declares that ‘no capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, uniess in - pro- portion'to the enumeration: hereinbefore di- rected to be taken.” The same enumeration to in Congress. must. adcertain what. propdrtiqn: |- we ate to bear of the public burdens, ". How..does the operation of the Internal Revenue law answer to this constitutional re- quirement? Notatall. It is outrageously in mie derived under that law is by direct taxa- tion, and the simplest consideration will show that it is enormously burdensome upon this city. The receipts from: internal revenue for the Iast year were $211,000,000 in round numbers. This, under'the constitution, would require from each district’ represented in Con- gress $1,200,000. New York. city, having six Congressmen, ought, therefore, © pay as her share of the whole sum, $7,200,000. But the truth is that this city did mot pay less than $20,000,000, and, perhaps, paid nearer $30,000,000. We paid! the proportion of at least twenty districts, where we ought only to have paid for six. We paid a tenth part of the whole sum, instead of paying o thirtieth part of it. The Internal Revenue law is, therefore, un- constitutional and oppressive, and onght to be repealéd at once. - Pawnee tax Imrenie Jewers—It is sig- nificantly stated in « Inte Londpn paper that the Empress: ©urlotta of Mexico has sent her imperial jewels to Paris ostensibly for the purpose of being repaired, but in reality for the purpose-of being pledged in order to raise money to enable her imperial husband to rule the Mexiean empire a little longer. This may bé true or it may not. But there, is one thing, pretty clear aboat the imperial. establishment ia Mexico, and that is, the Em- press, and not the Emperor, is the real mon- arch. | Evidence of this is furnished in the let- ter of Isham G. ‘Harris, éx-Governor of Ton- nessee, giving an account. of his interview with the Emperor and Empress in the city of Mexico. On this occasion, according to Mr. Harris, the Empress acted as interpreter, speaking in English, French and German, and transacted all the basiness of the interview. Therefore, if she chooses to send her jewels to Paris or anywhere else out of Mexico, it shows that she is a sensible woman and a good house- wife—one who appreciates the advantages of laying something by for a rainy day after her husband’s reign in Mexico is over. That coun- try, from all appearances, will in a short time be one of the unsatest places in the world as a repository for imperial jewels. Seriously, Madame Carlotta evidently contemplates an early visit to Europe, and it is no wonder she sends her valuables there in advance. In the meantime the Empress is moking a pleasure trip to Yucatan, Honduras and somo other principalities of the empire: Is this alone 4 pleasure trip? That is an interesting ques- tion. It is not long since Maximilian by impe- rial edict reannexed the State of Honduras to his dominions. Belize, the principal seaport, had for a long time previously been under British dominion; in fact,it was considered q very valuable transatlantic gem in the British crown. How that question has been settled we are not aware; but we have no doubt it has occasioned no little irritation in the British Cabinet, and has served to complicate matters between England and France on the Mexican business, This visit of the Empress, therefore, to that region may not only be one of pleasure, but one involving very important political sub- jects. She is evidently mistress of the situa. tion, however, and will take a careful and phi- losophical view of the whole matter. Meanwhile the rich Yueataneso and the Indians will havo an opportunity to exhibit their loyalty by sub- scribing liberally to » magnificent donation in bullion; 80 that, if the Empress has really been obliged to pawn her jewels to some Parisian Shylock, sac will have the means to redecm them, In any view, howover, the eyes Of the world should now be directed more to the : Emvress than tho Emporor of Mexico carrying out the wishes of the masses, aad thus” ZF corps, charging our Washington correspon- dent, who was called “Mr. Callender,” with bribery. This’ {etter has called forth the following prompt reply from Mr. Cadwallader, our principal Washington correspondent, who imagines-himself meant by the allusion to “Cal- myself the person alluded to in ant Thornton A. Williams, Veteran Reserve 's Haran. lished 7 pag cto Teal om General Fry this morning to ascertafm the iment and. whereabouts of Lieutenant: Thorntow A. iams,- He declared there was no such officer in the tion he posseaged. following 18 the original’ iv my. Bane hy m “There is wad never has been, sudh: poe Ree eae manner, % canta a Mee, aetaat “general, in ‘Veteran Reserve Corps Bureau.”’ T also called’ om General Gile, form: the Veteran Reserve f f ink the last of November; that since that time enlisted man of tho. Vateran Reserve.corps has sta. tioned at those barracks; also that during tWe above mentioned period no offiver named Williama was on duty at that post; also that Mr. Woolley was not the sut- ler (or had any connection whatever with the sutler) at ics. +Respectfuri those barrac ity, CHARLES F. JOHNSON, Colonet Eighteenth regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps.’” The letter was probably written ander this fictitious mame to damage the corps, or myself, or both. T have endeavored to te strictly impartial in speaking of the merits or demterits of the Veteran Reserve corps, and have offended individuals on both sides of the ques- tion, who might resort to this procedure, Téhall probably send you some additional letters bear- ing-on the subject within a few days. Yours truly, 8, CADWALLADERY The letter from Thornton A. Williams wasa forgery, doubtless concocted by some .member of the infamous and. unscrupulous lobby at Washington. The lobbyists at the capital are engaged in an effort to'make the Reserve corps @ part of the regular army, and would not hesi- tate to use any: means: how to accomplish their purpose. Taw Unrrep. States. Revenve Commission.— A disposition has been: manifested in several quarters to reflect with some severity upon the Revenue Commission in not having their report ready on the assembling of Congress. All such have but little idea of the vast amount of labor to be performed by: the gentlemen who compose ‘that commission.’ There are almost an inconceivable variety of questions to be con~ sidered. Our revenue'taxes are now assessed upon 0+ many interests, business of every variety, that’ the’ lwbors of investigating’ the different points in, all their ramifications are almost’herenlean: In order, that. the report of Wy ‘A superficial report is not wanted... Such‘a- one’ the committee-of Congress cam make, without the commission. . The: object. simedy at» in thorough and efficient.investigation might be had in order that Congress may place a tax’ on the general or more important articles. There are many things: under the present law which in shape. of cost and petty. annoyance. aré really a logs to the government in collecting. Tas New Bangeorr Law:—Evory session of Congress for a number of years past has. had under consideration the: subject-of -e general bankrupt law. Last year the pressing. legiala- tion relating to the war preoladed suitable de- liberation on the matter, and a bankrupt act, |. carefully prepared.and.caloulated. to meet the then commercial exigencies, was suffered to lie over, We perceive thatthe subject has ‘been already introduced in the” present session of Congress, and that a new and lengthy act has been submitted, and referred to o committee. We trust it will not be allowed to mect the fate of its: predecessors, and be smothered in committce;, or loft te the tail end of the session and then passed over for anothor year. The |; nim oe f their proper application. And-stiit a third {a tho Working Women's Protective Union. One of the: mercantile: community feel a deep solicitude on this point. . They ask Congress to trike hold of the subject.and. act. promptly. and decisively upon it. There is no occasion to.use the old arguments; pro and con, on the propriety or: impropriety of such a law. ' The topic has been fully . ventilated. and. completely. exbausted.. No new features are presentable othor than what may be-used in support of the proposition. There should be no delay in: Congtessional xe tion on the matter, for the passage of the act cannot help imparting a healthy and beneficial tone to all our commercial and manufacturing interests. Invotoxtary Senvirvpg AND Stavery.—Tho framers of the constitution purposely avoided introducing into it the word slavery, and the recently accepted amendment observes the same delicacy. It forbids “involuntary servi- tade, except as punishment for crime.” In North Carolina, a few days ago, a negro was found guilty of some petty offence, and under a State law was sold into slavery for a term of years, This is practically the same slavery that existed before, and it is within the law— since the constitutional amendment clearly permits it, The freedmen had better behave themselves. Hatr a Toy or Sitven nom Ipano.—For two years past we have been hearing accounts of the wealth of the mining districts of Idaho; but most of the silver pro- duced there has hitherto been used in California, or em- ployed in the China trade. A few days sine», however, a shipment of half a ton in silver bricks was received by @ house in this city direct from the Owyhee mines. This mass of bullion is the product of ninety tons of ore, and was the accumulation of two weeks’ work at the mines. It is valued at about two dollars and a half an ounce, being: largely impregnated with gold, making the aggregate of the shipment over thirty thousand dollars. pcslhchl-inmna darian 3 Affairs in Loaitsville. Lovravitue, Dec. 22, 1866. The morning newspapers publish an elaborate article upon the subject of taxing leaf tobacco, written by a entioman fully conversant with the sulject. It takes strong ground against the posttion assomed by the Tobacco Convention recontty held at the Cooper tnstitute ‘at Now York, ..Tho. writer. coutouds. that. the propose taxing of loaf tobacco would be iujurious alike to the government, the planter and tho mannfacttrer, In the Common Council the charges of bribery N. 8. Glave were not sustained—6 aifrmative to 18 nogative; but he was unanimously expelied from the Council for having so acted as to seriously Compromise his associates, Fire at Rutland, Vt. Retiayn, Deo, 24, 1865. The gas house of the Rutlan¢ Gee Comyany took Ore this morning about. one And wos ontirely con- eumed, | This fre cuts df fos the'predbut: who supult of “mas for this vinow, m8 Wasmxcrox, Dec. 24, 1865. PROVISIONAL GOVERNOR HOLDEN'S VALEDICTORY . TELEGRAM. ‘The following telegram has been received :— Raseion, N. C., Dec. 23, 1865. To Hno. Wa, H, Sxwaagp, Secretary of State:— Sm—Your despatch of this date relieving me of my duty a8 Provisional Governor of North Carolina has bees received, It gives me ploasure to be relieved of the responsibilities and labors of the office. Iwill at once transfer the great seal; the papers and property of the Btate now in my poss*ssion to the Hon. Jonathan Worth, the Governor elect. Be pleased to convey to the Presi- dent my sincere acknowledgments for the hener he has done me and the confidence _ in me in calling me to this | position, with the of the hope thas his plan for reconstructing the insurgent States to their | natural and appropriate places im the Union may be crowned with entire success, have the honor to be, with high respect, your obedient servant, W. W. HOLDEN. PROPOSED ABOLITION OF THE INCOME Tax. Severat important changes im revenue mmiters are likely to be proposed whem Congress convenes, and among them the abglition of the income tax. The Se eretary of the Treasury and other promment officials are .geperted.to fayor this change, a8 sbout one-fifth of our revenue recerpts is derived from the:tax on incomes, Ite abolition would entail ad alinost emtire reviaion-of present : TREASURY REDEMPTIONS. For the week ending December 23 the Treasury Bey partment redeersed $258,090 in outstanding certificates of indeUebdnoss, and $3,942,706 68 mi interest bearing: s notes, EXTENSION OF THE NATIONAL OURRENCY. Last. woek tho Comptrolle? of the Currency issued $4,014,0501n currensy of the rational banks. INTERNA REVENUE DECISION. ‘The Commissioner of Internal Revense has decided that twenty-five cents ts the highest rate of stamp daty” upon warehouse receipts, whatever the value of the property deposited or stored, ENTIRE CES®ATION Cf CONGRESSIONAL LABORS All the leading committees are broken up by the abe ~ sence of members, and Congressional work in any form: will bean impossibility till the 5th of January. THE HOLIDAY HEGIA. The adjournment of Congress until after the holidays appears to have depopulated the city. In addition to the’ hegira of members, clerks from the departments and in- dividuals from every part of the city areleaving-by every’ train t visit their friends at frome. “THE TEST OATH ARGUMENT. Reverdy Johnson’s argument against the constitatiom> ality of the test oath’ is regurded as one of the finest efforts ever mado before the Supreme Coust bench, The bar speairof it in the highest terms, THE WO@K OF CUNSCIENCE ‘The Seerctary of the Treasury yesterday received! sixty aodhirs, accompanied-by the following note:— _ Place the enclosed sixty dollars to the eredit of the: government. It is from a person who believes that God! will punish in another world those who keep that’ which does not belong to thera. THE CLAIM AGENTS IN TRIBULATION. No busisess in Washington has snffered a eevorer blow recently than the claim agency profession. Charitable persons haye been putting discharged soldiers and sailora on ‘their guard against -these-sharks, ant as-a conse. quence tlieir correspondence has fallén off. Nearly halt tho:offices in Washington .at the cloae of. the war-bave: been ‘shut up, andthe balance-are doing-a-very meagre” ‘Thurlow Weed is again in the.city, probably ‘Christuaas,” and beping for thteor” the new ineumbent for the New-York Collectorship.. of appeals to the generous public, from whence all thet M princi) ts of this association ts the procurement \Rastabhe ¢ piestinent (other than household: working women of good character, who are in need i eee sono ter of employers ire emp! en + Certainty ‘® yery praiseworthy ‘andertakimg. ic Johnson's “Moray: of tho society are at No, 13 Chambors street.’ Mrs. C. ML Brooks is at prosent the Superintendent, * Brookiyn City News. " - Invortanr Excuanoe oF Govaesmest, Axo. Crrv Pro~ oriscty.—On Friday last Mayor Wood tonciuded am import ant measarein the transfor, or father exchange, of the Wallabout lands in the vicinity of the Navy Yaed, Boook~ ‘lyn. By the terms of the -agreement: the United States baptist! relinquishos all that piece of lind situaked : in the city of Brooklyn comprising Wasbit avenne, from Flushing avenue to Clymer street, and the land situe- ted on the west side of Washington avenue, exteading t» the channol of the East river. The government also that the city shall have and retain the right to ure ton avonue, from Flushing avorite to the East river, for three yenrs from this date; to complete Washingtow avenue, and remove during that time all the parumea ‘and curbstories-now on that avenoe, with tho under. standing that the city shall erect no houses om Lo erty so acquired, but shall uso it as a public th fare and landing, and that the United states shalt have sene city (Brooklyn) given the plooes or parcels of ana ¢ city (Brooklyn) gives the pi situate ab cea eine portions of Vanderbilt and Clin- ton avennes which lie north of Flushing avenue, and that portion of the street or Inne called Hospital oes oe the old Wiljamsburz road, situate between the Un! States Naval Hospital grounds and the Hospital Ceme- tery, and lying north of the tine of River street. Fewgrat, or Coronen J. 8. Dittox,—The funeral of Colonel Jos. &. Dillon, Mato of the Sevontieth regiment Néw York State militia, took place yestorday, from St. Lnke’s church, in Clinton avenue, near Falton avenue. It wag attended by a uumcrous concourse of among whom were many prominent military men merchants of Brooklyn and New York. Negro Panic in the Yazoo Country. New Ontraxs, Doc. 22, 1865. The Vicksburg Journal hi vices, which it deome reliable, of am alarming or, from Yazoo, The people of the country are reported to be flying to th towns for protection, and the negroes are represented to be arming themselves, who claim that between now and Christmas the land must be given them, or thoy wi @ take it by force. The colored troops stationed tn t pg country are espousing the cause of the nogrocs, * and serious trouble ts wmpprehented. to Break Jail. Povonkexrsin, Dec, 24, 4965, A desporata attempt was male to break Jail In dhis-onty on Saturday morning, at three o'clock, The att smpt waa to involve the GbAth’of Matter Pune The Parr ¥ attompt- ing to get out consisted of turee persons. O'4o of them + was armed with an iton bar, and stood at the entrance through which tho jailer would fiass to te gh the pron. ors’ quarters. “When that official openc’, the door lead- ing to the quarters he obsérved the ruil an gtanding with uplifted arm, the bar.in dia hand,.tead y to strike. With great presence of mind he quicklyy closed the door, theroby saving his life. The nipint police were thom called ih and the desperadopa we 4o secured and heavily ironed, The ruflians aro conn ed on the charge of rivor piracy, Their trial will take rjnce mext month, The Weather at Baltimore. ,/ Bautmone, Dec. 4—11 P.M. ‘There hkwbeen 2 troavy storm of snow, stoot and gal fo dad. 1hid nen four and thamiam, ine