The New York Herald Newspaper, January 4, 1866, Page 4

4 N EW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Volume XXXI. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway. —Mosn-—Sau LUOY RUSHTON'S NEW YORK THEATRE, Nov. 728 aud 73) Broadway.—Tux Honermoon—A Max Wicuour 4 rap TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 21 Bowery. —Sixc- wa, Danouxe, Buetesques, &0.—Tux Victim, GRORGE CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS.—Tat Ovv Sonoor ov Minstagisy, Batrans, Musicat Gums, Ac.. at the Fifth Avenue Opera Houne, Nos. 2 and ¢ Weat Tweuty-rourth at. MEW NATIONAL CIRCUS. 37 and 39 Bowory.~Equrs- ‘TMs, Grunastic asp Acaosarw Feats—Tus CoNcgLin Grormuns, &0. — Sau FRANCISCO MINSTRE: M —! y Nortaies Bele Emmons BRYANTS MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad- way.—Dax Berineg New ‘Stowe Sracck—Necno Comivatt. ina, Buaiesqoas, Hiack Evan Wittian. - \ THKATRE COMIQUR, Tlope Chapel, 729 Broadway. — gorae Guna, Beuoraic rime Bacar awe None — 585 Broadway, 0 ke inate, Dasctuy ee GRAND STREBT THEATRE, corner of Grand and Cieaby atrecte—Deawa, Pastosime ano Barint—Tue Daongann. 3 HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—-Ermorian Mix- avvutar—Batians, Bunceseves any Paxrouimes. HOPE CHAPRL, 720 Fim Waar Covsrrrutes a H 4 Musa Lixars Doten ox How 1G," ke. AROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSI Wea—His Last Leas. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 619 Broadway.< Oven from 10 A M. UN 10 P.M Pugs IN TRE YEMPLE OF TRUTH, 814 Broadway.—Tux Ropr Fawiy asp Annis Logp Cuamern.atn in Spraitvar Stances. WASHINGTON HALL, Harlem.—Gusraves Geany's THE STATE LEGISLATURES. Soth houses of the New York State Logislature were sain in session yesterday. In the Senate bills wer) iu- roduced amending the Ranking law of 1838 by declaring | the banking privilege a matter of porsongl property, | Subject to taxation to an gmount nob exceeding the capital stock, and applying this provision to all | baukiag corporations and aszociatious in the State | organized under the act of 1858. A bill not ty District and Board of | na were introduced, | pus sentiments tained in the | th was given notice of. Re aid over, declaring that 1 caused the rebellion wre still States, and that, therefi s¢ the restoration of civil government there ple of equal rights to all, regardloss of color, the privilege of voting to colored men in Sho Disizict of Columbia, The Governor's nomination of Mv. George W, Schnyler, of Tompkins eounty, late State Croasurer, as Bank Superintendent, was coutirmed in executive session In tho Assembly the annual reports of the Superinten dent of Bauking, the Canal Department Auditor, the Acste Comptroilor and the Canal Commissioners were pre- weatod. Notices wore given of bills, among « mumber of Police act and the ighth As enue Rait- 3 in the oMces of y, to inaugurate a railroad nnd incorporate the Gross Town Railroad Company, to prohibit gaa companies charging ront on meters, to limit a day's Sabor to eight hours, to establith the Metropolitan B.vadsay underground NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1866. negroes of other Virstu!a towns, and all are said to have been of an orderly and creditable character. General Palmer, the military commander in Kontucky, addressed an open air assemblage of about four thousand colored people at Louisville on New Yoar's Day, con- gratulating them on the abolition of slavery throughout our country, paying # tribute to the kindness generally shown by the Kentuckians towards their late alaves, and prophesying @ happy future for the nogroes, and an early recognition of their civil rights by the white peo- ple of the South. Proceedings in the case of Robert Martin, charged with implication im the rebel plot of 1864 to dostroy this city by fire, and recently surrendered by the military to the civit authorities, wore yesterday commenced before United States Commissioner Osborn. The testimony was taken of B. M. McDonald and Jacob C. Martin, giving @ tement of the movements of the accused about the e of the attemptod execution of the plot, and con- taining allusions to the famous black valises which figured so conspicuously in it, after which the investiga- tiom was adjourned till to-morrow forenoon. Dayld Williams, assistant superintendent of city Post Office ststion H, was yesterday arraigned before Com- missioner Osborn on charge of abstracting muney from letters paasing through his hands, The tostimony of three or four witnesses was taken, and the caso was then adjourned till next Wednesday. An avtion has been commenced in the Supremé Court by James H. Maddox against the Seer-tary of War for alleged false imprisonment and destruction of a large quantity of tobacco at Fredericksburg, the property of ‘complainant, Maddox was arrested during tho war at Baltimore, on the charge of illicit traffic with the rebels. Damages have been lai at one hundred thousand dollata. ‘Tho case came up tefore Judge Sutherland yesterday, on a motion to strike out all or a v2 of the answer of defendant, In the Supreme Wourt, Circuit, before Judge George G. Barnard, an action was yesterday commenced by a boy named Charles Hindus, through bis guardian, against the Hudson Itiver Railroad Company, for injuries received by heing run over on the corner of Hudson and Canal streets, in October, 186$, by a fright car, Damages are Jad at twenty thousand dollars. ‘The case is still on. ‘The Christy wil! case, on an appeal from the decision of the Surrogate, was argued at length yesterday bofore the General Term of the Supreme Court. The decision was reserved. Charles Baulch, an enlisted soldier in the national army, was yesterday brought hefore Judge Sutherland, of the Supreme Court, on a writ of habeas corpus, hav- n the ground of being « minor fon was granted without oppo- ing applied for dis tua when sworn in, The sition. An yest in the Court ot Common Pleas jon Was bre for five hund he late Rev. ©. J. ney, pastor of St, pan Catholic church, at Fort Hamilton, L. b; ck's I, toMr. ‘f, M. Connanghton, an auctioneer. The plain- tua’ was « brother of ihe clergyman, and adm’nistrator of his prop A verdict was rendered in favor of the plainti®: The Grand Jury of the Court of General Sesziona was sworn and charged by Judge Russel yesterday, his Honor stating in his remarks that crime is on the increase in this city. John Reilly, a liquor dealer, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with violating an act which prohibits any person selling ompty hogsheads having the brands of owners upon them without permis- sion of the latter, Zhe Court tinposed a fine of thirty dollars, A few unimportant cases were disposed of by the jury. ‘ ‘The propeller tug Neptune exploded her boiler while moored in the Lower Bay alongside of the tug Resolute at half-pact threo o'clock yesterday morning, by which two meu, Mr. McGinnis, the pilot, and a colored steward, were instantly killed, and tive others were severely scalded, Tho vessel sunk in three minutes avter the explosion, ‘The steamer Resolute, Captain Riley, ren- dered eflicient aid im rescuing several of the crew of the Neptune. The scalded men wore brought to this city and sont to the New York Hoepitel. The vessel was three years ofd and valued at thirty thonsand dollars, upon which there is partial iusnrance. The second anniversary mass in. inemory of the late Aoslth Diswict, for the prevention of fraud im the sale | Archbishop Hughes was oclebrated yesterday at Si. «os weadatutts in thie city, prohibiting non-residents bold- \@, market stands, regulating the sale of malt liquors, ant authorizng a ratiroad through Honaten, Grand and Boad streets. » Accounts are given in tuo savembling aud orgauizalion of tho Legitlatures of Maina, Massachusetts, Peonsylyania, Wisconsin, Min- telegraphic despatches of | m Patrick's cathedral, the Most Rev. Archbishop Mc- Closkey acting as celebrant. A large number of the clergym. ff the diecese were present and assisted at the cor ies, Mr, Gustavus Schmita conducted the portion of the exescises, the mass sung being Carcano’s Requiem in D minor. The Mdera wag sing by 4 full chorus, In the old Gregorian or plain chant style, wesola aod Fiorida, That of Florida, the firat one } and the Archbishop pronounced the episcopal benedic- ‘yal 4@ the oationsl government which the State bas had since the commencement of the rebel- Tou, mei in Tailahaesco on the 18th of December, pod oa the following day was addressed by l’rovistonal Moreno: Marvin and the Governor elect, Mr. DB. & Wadker. The Legislature of Wisconsin met on New Year's Day, when tho tnangural address of Governor Fairchild was delivered, and that of Minnesota on the fay Moilow'ng. The Legislateres of Maine and Masea snnsetia aamembied rday, and that of Virginia reas- rombied. In the Pennsylvania Logiclature yesterday « wensage was received from Governor Curtiv, dated on ihe 4Tth Of Noveinber, announcing the necessity of bit temporary absence from the Siate, he being now ona trip to Cabs for the boned? of Lis health. MISCELLANEOUS. The wual moothly statement of the mational debt has boon issued by Secretary of the Treneury McCu vl appears in our columns this morning. ‘The total amount of our national indebiodnsss is a Little over two thousand @ight hundred and seven millions of im. showing on increase during the montl of December of over ninety tvo milllona acd a half Later and interesting alvice: on Mi dated at v az to the 24th of Decen wechod ws. ‘The Emprees Charlotte reached Vera (ras on the 20th oa her return Crom hor visit to Yucatan, which was Pronounced to bo very satisfactory. The imperialists clam to have gained anather victory over the ropubl’- cand vader Porfirio Diaz, on the ath ult., near Comitlite i which thé femous foader Tomas Sanches was kilied. Macimitian bad appointed on Luis Arroyo Aaaistant ceoretary of Porsign Affairs, and Don Mantel B. Cane Reiw oxctusive enperintgndent of (he introduction into exo of oootie Ixborer:, Goneral Quintanilla and his pr cate seeretary wore assassinated on the 27th of No- vornber, on one of the highways, by their military escort, tho object of plunder. The republicans have taken vewosion of the town of La Paz, in Lower California ‘The announcement is made of the Mual prevalence of peace im the departments of La Sierra and Huasteca. Might hundred French troops whoee terms of service had etpired wero to leave Vora (yux on the Mth uit, The etcival there of others from Frence waa daily looked for. {. 8 reported that Matimilian's Foreign Affaire Minister ocently stated that the only hope of the Imperial gov- rumen! rested on the success of it# toam In the Londen nerket, Intelligence bas boen received in Washington of the otarn to the city of Chihcahus of President Juares and he mombers of hig Cabiuet on the 20th of November ‘ast nd (ho re es'ablishment there of tive goverament of the Mexican eepubdlic. The citizens are seid (o have been very onthumantic io their reception of the President and his re. Our Mesican advices, through imperialist ublivhed fa fast Thareday's Hanaco, reported nua had deeu again oecupled by the impe le sis, bat, ae no dates of partioutars were given, we are (erermine whether if is Juarez or Maximilien wh) now that city The w on board, soothorand Vaeetay e The Now Hampshire Rey in State Convention waa eid at Concord yasterday weruor Frederick Smyth ea unanimously nominated for re election, and Lieutea- ant Colonel George D. Savage waa chosen candidate for Raltroad Cominissioner. The resolutions atopted endorse » to Copgrena, pledge nstruction polley, Prouident Johuson and hie rm: support to hi wiministration and r naurpation of Max ace to the United Sta aD steamers now tu the Taman n December 21; the Moreviag, st Portand, December 22 nnd Londonderry 22, and tue Cunardor Canada, at Malfar, with advices trom Liv: roo! 10 tue 23d December and Queenstown to the Mth There expected arrivals etubrace news (rom Europe + woele later. An gecount {s gyvon in our Richmond correspondence f (hd emtbusastic celebration by the freedmen of that tity of Mew Year'a. Day aad the santversary of omanci. * pact The pal ceremonies on the occasion wer rand veted tn rlean cheb, were participa by aber four thousand persons, and included religions and | © wical ererci-es and aa addres by a colorad orator & . : ivan fo Mexico aa | portance to thoge interested in the movement, port, from Liverpool } tion. Alarge deloza'ion of the late attaches of the Mayoralty on New Year Day proceeded to the house of ex-Mayor Ganther and presented to him # highiy complimentary vet o° resolutions, adopted at a general meoting of citizens, convened for the purpose of expressing their esteem for him on the occasion of Lis retirement from office, Mr. Silas EF. Hurrows, the great American traveller, bes favored us with another comm inication descriptive of his late Kuropean exporiences, in which he dwells principally on the srbject 0° the choiera’s visit and ea during last summer, avd pays 4 tribute to the ap and charitable conduct of Louis Napoleon and Empres Kugenie in visiting the cholera hospitals, in acctedance with the praiseworthy exkmonle set by the Emporer Nicholas of Reesia daring the time that the disease raged in St Petersburg in 1848. Mr. Burrows was s presenger on board the steamship Europe, one of the vessels deta'ned at our Quaruotine in November last, as (ho feaders of the Hematp may remember, as a pre- ventive meavore against the tatroduction of cholera’ He dogs nét complain of this personally unpleasant deten tion, bet gives it as bis opinion that individaals cannot arry th) disease from av infected to an uninfoeted atmosphere. Mr. Abia A. Selover's statement in reference to his inst William HM. Boret was y by Jaeiice Dorling, in the Tombe Police Gor Phe awault in question is alleged to have been com- milied on the 2d of December, in one of the portors of the Hoffiaan House, Broadway. Farther proceedings in the matter wore postponed till Monday wet. Tho follow'ug were among yesterday * commitments by the police mngittrates:—A German named Manassa Goldie, obarget with having stolen @ case of caps, valved at oleven hundred dollars, on the £2d of tat month, from No. 109 Broadway; Jomes Rogers and James MeCarthy, on charge of stoaling a five bmndred dollar diamond breasipia from Mr. Alva M. Bertrand, residing at the Lafarge House, on Tuesday evening, on board a University place car, near Twollth street; George Keppler, charged with being one of a party of two or three who on Tuerdey night aneaulted a discharged soldier, named Thomes Murray, in Seventeenth etrect, near avenue A, and robbed bim of bis overcoas, dit charge papers and money, and Joseph Coulter and Willem H Saunders, on complaint of hat- ing bees detected ta forving a burg'acious outrance to tho premises No. 13 Park place. A disabarged sol-iier, named Jemee Mevarty, wae ar. rested Im Brookiyu on Tuesdsy evening on charge of having shot in the head, etent to ‘ill, James McAvoy, barkeeper in a liquor «| -¢ » the corner of and Chapel streets, in that o''; sword inflict thoagh gevere, ts not conalderst } William H. Russ, the cbtes «ot |. tho laf (ragtest affair in Clinton stron’, Brovic), 4. us eich he attempted to kill both Miss Frances Dayton and himself, died early yesterday morning at the Brooklyn City Hospiial. A De Solo, with Secretary Seward | few days previous to bie death ho bequeathed his por Cheeapeake copes and went to sea | sonal property, worth from four to ix thousand dollars, to his brothor aud Mies Dayton. An explosion occurred yestertay morning ainong a lot of cartridges in “a shanty in Filty-third street, betwoen Madiaon and Fourth avenues, demolishing the structure aud ser{busly injuring its occupant, Patrick Burns. Iu today’s report of the deliberations of the Fenian Congress we give a synopsis of tts proceedings, on far ar onr reporters could collect. The meeting t* full of im. The det egater soos resolved on restoring tho orgauiaation to ite former postiton, Under the government reguiaiions permittigg ship ments of frearms and amununition to Whe So ith, there ors oont to the various Southern States frow thie city during the month of Docomber seven thousand three hundred guae and pistols, over ninety-foar thousand pounds of sporting powder, cight hapdred and turty two (hoarand ponnds of shot and thirteen willion per. | onesion caps There Was an increase im the city revenge from Croton | Water reate during the past year over that of the year | preceding ty seven thousand dollars, The receipts | for 1845 wore over nlue hundred and seventy-four thoa irs, and for 1963, 1964 and 1965 tigether about militons of dottars. rperionced om the 22¢ of Dacom . ‘aor a Tuoaday nightfrom Glugow, her, ceptatn, Jobn Camp- | The Southerm Voyage of the Secretary of | any rate they have been of a0 real valae to boll, was lost overboard and the vossel was cunsiderably ‘Pho stoamships Genoral Sedgwick, Captain Sanger, for Galveston, aud Eutorpe, Captain Eldredge, for Mobile, both sail to-day at throe P, M. from pier 37 North river. Aconvention of the Wool Growers’ Association was held in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuceday, at which resolu- tions were adopted approving the termination by our government of the Canadian Reciprocity troaty. calling for legislation to protect wool growing, urging an oxten- sion of worsted wool culture, and proposiug an internal revenue tax om the wool raiser's uncompromising eno- mies, the dogs, The steam chest of the government double-endor steamer Agawam exploded om Tuesday on a trip from Fortress Monroe to Norfolk. The veasel was much damaged; bat fortunately no person was injured. As an indication of the immense trade carried on across our great Western Plains to and from the towns of Kan- sas, it is stated that the aggregate amount of shipments of merchandise during the past year of twenty-seven firma in Atchison engaged in this business was twenty-one million and five hundred thousaud pounds, giving ¢in- ployment to over fivo thousand mon, five thousand wagons and thirty-five thousand horses, mules und oxen. Intensely cold weather is at present prevailing on the Plains, causing much suffering to men and animals, ‘The stock market was unsettled yesterday, but closed firra, Gold was heavy, and closod at 14343. _ ‘Thero was not much activity, but a good deal of buoy- ancy, in commercial circles yesterday, and, though the tendency of gold was downward, the tendency of mer- chandise was upward as. genoral thing. Grocerjes were more steady, Petroleum was lower for crude, but firm for refined, Cotton was active. On 'Change flour waa without decided change. Wheat was dull and nominal. Corn was easier, York wasirregutar. Lard was weaker, Whiskey was a trifle firmer. The Independence of Canada. - The old colonial system of England has been greatly modified in later times. The successful revolt of the United Colonies, which became the United States, gave it the first great shock. Still the old fogy politicians, who imagined the colonies gave strength to the mother country, and the placemen of the arisivcracy clung tena- ciously to the Downing street government of these distant possessions. But the progress of more liberal ideas, caused chiefly by the wonder- full success of this country after it became inde- pendent of England, overcame in a measure the prejudices of British statesmen and the in- fluence of interested place hunters. The con- sequence has been that the colonies of late years have enjoyed # much greater degree of self-government than formerly. So great has beeri the change that some of the most liberal minded English statesmen begin to regard them as nurseries of future independent States. They are aware that the United States have been of much more value, not only to the world, but to British commerce in particular, than as colonies they could ever have been, and this has made the pride of imperial dominion give way to some extent before commercial or indi- vidual interests. These ideas, together with a Sense of the folly of attempting to coerce colo- nies which desire to be independent, have made rapid strides within a few years, and particu- larly with regard to the Nofth American colo- nies since our war. b Every great revolutionary e¥cat produces s remarkable change in the sentiment of man- kind, and the nation which ig the | of the revolution impresses its views upon the rest of the world. It is the spark which elecirifies the whole lump. Such a nation becomes the prapa- gandist of new ideas, which make an epoch in history. Our own position at the present time is something like that of France during the revolution at the close of the last century. hat event upheaved society from the very céhtre; it was a social and political esrthqnake. “The old order of society resisted it; all the nations of Europe combined against it; but they could not prevent the progress of iis Influence. The mighty events of the last five years in this country have produced an extraordinary effect in the world, and the leaven is etill work- ing. The resnits may not be fully foreseen at Present, but they will surely appear. The laws of nature are ag inflexille in the moral as in the physical world. The greatest and ear- liest effect will be seen undoubiedly in those countries which are near tous. The colonics and States of the American continent feel move immediately this influence, thongh it bas reached Europe and will continue to act there. Canada is now in a state of political ferment- ation and change. The Brillsh government, with that conservative monarchical instinct and foresight for which it is remarkable, essayed to hold in check the republican revolutionary in- fluence to which the evonts in this country gave a new impulse. In fact there was a general movement ‘of European monarchies for this purpose. The confederation scheme of Eag- land to unite all the American colonies aud create a vice reyalty, or, probably, in the end, a kingdom, was a part of the general plan. The whole programme is 4 failure; and it is aurprising that the atateemen of Kurope had not sagacliy enough to perceive itwould beso. The breaking down of the English confederation acheme and the events that are now taking place in Canada are only the tirst symptoms of that leavent which is to change the destiny of that country. ‘The desire to he annexed to ihe United Stales is growlng rapidly. The more fer-secing por- tion of the British press perceives this, and be- gins to discuss freely the question of inde- pendence or annexation. An astonishing change bas como over England in a short tina, It is now admitted by the leading organs of public opinion that if the Canadas Patiy wish to be independent, or to be annexed to the United States, England should not attempt to prevent them becoming #0. So far as we are concerned we should he pleased to see the Canadians independent, for we consider it is the proper destiny of the Amcric#n conti- nent to become entirely emancipated from Furopéan control F tbs, and we might not object to their annexation when they become thoroughly purged of their silly agnarchical wnd aristocratic notions and alrs. But we have no great desire to possess their cold, semi- arctic and inhospitable country, We have an tm- mense domain in a temperate and genial climate, with the richest soil, and overy variety of pro- duction, sufficient for a population of several handred millions, What, then, do we want with Canada except to have it treed from inati- tations antagonistic to our own? If the Cana. divns will be independent —and i) is better for them than to be as they are—we may take their case into consideration. But the best thing for them to do is to pack up their little effects and cross the border, Let them leave their shiver- ing country aud emigrate to the teeming West- ern States or to the sunny South, The lands are rich, cheap and in the greatest abundance, In « few years the arctic frosts would be melted out of them, they would become happy and prosperous, and they would wonder why they remalned so long in thelr present isolated and desolate condition. This ix the best advice 2 crn ote to opr Connd hbo State—The Mexican Question. Our latest information ofthe Seoretary of State is that he and Mr. F. W. Seward, Assistant Secretary, on board the De Soto, had passed, on the evening of the 24 instant, the Capes of Vir- ginia, bound for the West Indies.’ Whether his Southern destination is Vera Cruz or St, Thomas it remains to be seen. Accepting the report that he intends touching at Vera Cruz, the conclusion inevitably follows that his voy- age is an affair of State, and involves a confer- ence and perhaps a settlement with Maximilian on the Mexican question. It may be, however, that Mr. Seward has put this business in such a shape as to give'him the privilege of a few weeks’ furlough. If this is the case wo may infer that the Mexican problem isin the way of a peaceable and satisfactory solution. One way or the other, we shall, doubtless, soon have some very interesting disclosures of our actual relations with Maximilian and Napoleon. The information from Washington that there bas been no agreement entered into between France and the United States is liable to several constructions. The Governor of Ohio would hardly take the bold ground _which he has taken for the abandonment of the Mexican republic without some powerful in- fluences behind him. ,At all events, the present situation of things in Mexico cannot be pro- longed. Louls Napoleon’s expenses have heen heavy and his dividends light from this unpro- fitable speculation. But he will hardly with- draw and leave Maximilian to his own resources without first obtaining something, if possible, in the way of Collateral securities. These, we guess, will be involved in the final settlement, and may be the subject of pending negotia- tions. It appears that it is a subject of comment in the political circles at Washington that at the President’s New Year’s reception none of the diplomatic corps recognized or spoke to the Minister of the Mexican republic, Senor Romero, they evidently not considering him as the repre- sentative of any government, although he was received hy the President as the Minister from the republic of Mexico with marked vordiality. The diplomatic corps in this matter acted consisiently as the representatives of their re- spective governments, which no longer recog- nize the Mexican republic. Senor Romero was present as the visible embodiment of that re- public, but they did not see it. That is all. Mr. Buchanan, when our Minister to England, on more than one occasion if we are not mista- ken, at the Queen’s diplomatic receptions, gave the cut direct to the black ambassador from Hayti, whose government was recognized by the United States; but this was not consid- ered as an offence to the Queen. Official and private receptions are governed by different rules. The diplomatic corps on New Year's Day, in paying their respects to the President, could not be expectod to recognize ihe Mexican republic. “They ignored it, and the President waraatisfied. He recognized it with marked” cordiality, and they were satisfied, . Bat in.thia cordial reception of Senor Romero by the President we have another assurance of | his fwith in the Mexican republic and the Mon- roe doctrine, and that he tolerates the empire for the time being as a usurpation destined soon to be removed. How far the views of the Presi- dent and the diplomacy of his Secretary of State harmonize in this direction we are curious to know; for Mr. Seward in his ideas of the propagation of republican institutions has here- tofore looked, not towards Mexico, but iowards Cannda. He may, perhaps, have left the bud. get of a satisfactory correspomence behind him to lay before Congress at “the proper time,” ‘for It may not yet have come. We must awail for definile information the reassembling of Congress and the cruise of the De Soio. Lost Trtes To Prorerry ix tHE Soure.— A good deal of confusion exists as to titles to property in the South in consequence of the destruction or loss of the documentary evi- dence during the war. In many cases the proper title papers were uiterly destroyed by fire or through reckless matilafion by excited invading armies, and in some cases they were | stolen with the motive of making the owners some day pay for their restoration. There is reason to apprehend considerable difficulty in this matter. But we are guutified to see the government at Washington bas taken initia- tory steps to remedy the evil. The General Land Office has ordered its agenia through- out the Southern States to carefully collect all vestiges and remnants of the records and for- ward tiem to the Commissioner at Washington, in order that new plots and evidences of title may be supplied, as tur as possible, at the earliest practicable period. This ix very important to the Southern people, and shows the earnestness and vigor of the ad- minisiration In its restoration policy. Presi- dent Johnson understands thoroughly the con- dition of the South, and his hand ix plainly seen in this order, He intends to make his amnesty effective with regard to property, and puls his foot down on any nefarious attempt that may be made to extort money from the Southerners by those who have stolen their records, The Land Office will be able (o settle mapy of the claims ; but there may be difficul- tigs that will require a special commission to adjust thew. is no doubt, however, thas shoukl this be necéstery & commission will be appointed. In the meantime Southern people should diligently and at oncd produce all the evidence they possess to establish their } titles, and, where the evidence is lost, make the best exhibit possible. An carly settlement is not only necessary for their individual wel- fare, but is an important part of the restoration policy of the President. The step taken by the administration is another encouraging sign for he Southerners, and ought to make them loyal ‘and deyoted to « government so liberal and magnanimoyg %* that of onr common conatry. ae | Peruxa Tan Revece Seevick %9 Pract. Usr.—We are gratified to learn that of the beat steam eniters in the revenue servic? bas just left this port, under the command of ail experienced and energetic officer, to cruise on the Atlantic coast between Cape May and near Cape Cod for the purpose of relieving vessels in distress, This is putting the vessels in the revenue service to a praiseworthy and practical use, For years past, with but few exceptions, the revenue vegselsat all points on the const have served simply as private yachts for the accommodation of collectors of districts and other revenue officers and their friends, When they are not engeged in thie pleasurable pas- time they are laid up im some out of the way harbos. er rotting’ on some mud hank. At b the country in any instance that has reached public notice for a long time, an@ we hope the example of making them useful, as aunounced above, will be followed in all the custome dis- tricts of the country. A Distinguished Virginian ‘Travels. Dr. R.B. Bradford, late Public Administrator of the city of New York, did mot create any very great sensation while in ¢fice ; but the circumstances connected with his retirement will give him s universal reputation. After using every effort to secure his reappointment to the position he has occupied for three years, and after publicly promising to leave his bureau in “ perfect order” and “ with » pure record,” he found his removal inevitable, and signalized it by informing the Common Coun- cil, in a neat little note, that he was defaulter to the amount of thirty-five or forty thousand dollars. This note is a model of coolness. In January its merit in this respect may be com- paratively unappreciated; but had it been pub- lished in August it would have chilled the sir like a sea breeze. Unlike the confessions of common criminals, it is as-elegant and polished as the best specimens of diplomatic corres- pondence. Although Dr. Bradford forgot his honesty be could not forget his politeness. Belonging to one of tbose first families of Virginia of which we heard «0 much before the war, he could rob a safe like the lowest mudsill; but when his offence was discovered he owned up to it with an air so exquisitely chivalric that nobody dreamed of arresting him. He is like those highwaymen of the Claude Duval school, who were such perfect gentlemen that the ladies whom they robbed fell dead in love with them; or like those refined Lialian banditti, who deprive unarmed travellers of their gold and drafts, bat shrink with abhorrence from the meanness of stenting a watch or a ring. And so the*gal- lant Doctor has gone off to St. Thomas, instend of being conducted to the Tombs; and we pre- sume that immediately upon his arrival he will present himself to Santa Auna, and be pre- pared, at short notice, to take part in the re- ception of Secretary Seward, showld that digni- tary drop in on his way to Vera Cruz. But although Dr. Bradford has left the city, for its good and his own precions health, his letter remains as one of the curiosities of criminal literature. “Gentlemen,” he says to the Common Council, “I regret to inform you that the annual report of the Public Adminis- trator for the year 1865 will show # deftcitof between thirty-five and forty thousand dollars.” Any other man would have been quite crushed under this revelation; but the Doctor sendy his regrets to the Common Council with as graceful an ease as if he were merely declining to at- tend an evening party. As for the um he has abstracted, it is “hetween thirty-five and forty thousand dollars.” Like Mantilini, he cantiot remember “the dpmnition total.” A few bun- dreds more or less make no difference to an aristocratic F, F. V, The hiroling clerks can make ont the little bill and the Doctor will give up his wife’s property, even to her jewels, and go off to St. Thomas. ‘This ‘romiuds us of a famow hero, whe was willing to sacri- fice the lives of all his relatives rather than see the Unfon dissolved, but started for Canada at the first announcgment of a, But what- ever the amount is, adds the it “has been improperly used by me ‘while holding office, and was lost im stock speculations in Wall street.” Here is snother name to add to the list which embraces Windsor, Jenkins, Lane and Ketchum. Here is another victim to that mania for speculation which ruined so many people that a foy broker might be en- riched. Here is another crime to inérease the account of the numbers which these stock gamblers have caused. Just how his defalca- tion occurred the Doctor proceeds to explain. i “was entirely from the use of securities be- longing to various estatés, which were de posited in the safe of the office, and taken therefrom by me, and bypothecated ss mar- gins in stock operations.” Whether the Doctor met hia fate at the Harlem cor- ner, or the Prairie du Chien corner, or the Michigan Southern corner, or whether he drib- bled along from loss to loss, as Wall street in- nocenis generally do, he does not inform us. But he reveals enough to show that bis Wall street failure was “a slanghter of the inno- cenis” in a double sense; for the sacarities which he absiracted belonged to widows and These poor people, and not the city, will suffer; and it is this feature which lends to Dr. Bradford’s crime s singular enormity. We reserve our comments upon this phase of the case, however, until the tnvestigation pow In progress is concluded. Our present object is merely to call atiention to the Doctor's extra- ordinary letier,and to the fact that he has been allowed to depart tor St. Thomas anarrested, there to enjoy the pleasures of the beat society, the delights of monte with Sante Anna, and the honor of receiving Seward, until the news ot hin stock operations arrives and makes that tropical island too warm for bis comfort. —s s-a2->- Paes Mover to Nava Ovricens.—We pub- | lished yeaterdoy @ partial list of the prize money paid to fing officers of squadrons and com- manders of vessels for captures during the rebellion. This exhibit displays some curi- ons and interesting feote. It seems that those who have done the most hard fighting and nn- dergone the most hardship are generally set down for the smallest gmount of prize money. The mention of a few of these instances will serve to establish the truth of this, Vice Ad- miral Farregut’s prize money is set down as thousand four hundred and forty-three dollars, Rear Admiral 8, P. Lee's prize money {s set down for ninety-nine thousand four bun- | dred and fifiy-six dollars—or ® balance of up- | wards of forty-four thousand dollars {n favor of @ naval officer who was luxuriating tn the rich | velvot lined cabla of his splendid flagship in | Hampton Hogg, stpping champagne avd fonst- | ing on fat Lyn Baven bay oysters, while | another, and his ranking gficer, was bofure the enemy, facing tron-clads, aide! rams, shot and shell from fortifications and thd deadly bullets of shatpstooters in the fiercest marine engage- menia of the war. In the list we also observe that Rear Admiral Porter receives upwards of ninety thousand dollars, Dupont over fifty-eight thousand, Bailey over thirty-nine thousand, Stringhom over fourteen thousand, Bell twelve thousand, Green ten thousand and Dahigren nine thousand. Next to Dahlgren comes Rear Admiral Wilkes for nearly eight thousand dol- lare. Wo thought Wilkos had been laid on the shelf as an act of complalsance on the part of Poorstary Seward to the eovornmont of Great Britain for the capture of Mason and Slidell; but it seems he bas been slyly taken care of by the government, just as the English take care of their representatives when they commit acts likely to embroil their government with other nations, but for which the government secretly entertains great satisfaction. Rear Admiral Goldsborough is set down for a litile over three thousand dollars. The names of the gallant Capteins Craven, Marston, Breese, Barnes, Taylor and John Rodgers are down for amounts varying from four thousand to eight thousand dollars, while we observe that of Captain W. M. Walker down for over thirty-four thousand and Captain B. F. Sands for over twenty-eight thousand. The commanders’ amounts range from three hun- dred and fifty-one dollars to fifty-four thousand. Among the highest on the list is that of Com- mander John J. Almy, for upwards of fifty- four thousand. In this list is included the name of fighting Commander 8. C. Rowan for only 8 little over one thonsand dollars, The Meutenant commanders named received from five hundred and ninety dollars to over nineteen thonsand, R. W. Shufeldt receiving the lowest and Wm. S, Choee man the’ highest. Among the lietitenants, the tame of Wm B. Cushing (“ Albemarle” Cushing) appears for over sixteen thousand dollars, obtained by heroic serviced and great personal risk ; but young Cushing jp’ one of thoge American naval officers who prize glory and renown more than money. The largest single amount paid was the prize money of Lieutenant Wm. Budd for the capture of the Mompbis—Sirty-eight thousand three hundred and eighteen dollars. Although we find the names of officers in the list whose valor deserves higher pecuniary reward than there appears, yet we feel assured that if, by their il! luck or the want of proper consideration on the part of the Navy Department, they have not been placed in positions where their pecuniary for- tunes might have been bettered at some period during the war—after some brilliant action, for instance—the people of the nation will render unto them and their posterity all the more hopor and grateful memories. Tas Prorosep Incrwas# wv tHe Anmy.—By our accounts from Washipgion we learn that the Military Committee will shortly introduce = bill for the increase of the army to double the number calculated for the poace establishment two months ago. We see nothing wrong in thir. While supporting every measure tending to reduce thé public expenditures, and thus lessen the heavy burden of taxation now imposed upon the people, we see no good reason why we should disarm ourselves altogether, and thus place us, for no matier how brief a period, at the mercy of the allied monarchical Powers of Europe. It took us two years to get « real fighting army in the field to suppress the rebet- lion, We oan, of course, do « similar thitg aow in a much shorter space of time; and we should always keep on hand a sufficient quantity of the right material to enable us todo so. While this will. tend to insure domestic tranquillity, it will also satisfy European governments that we do not intend by any means to hazard the pres tige we obtained as = warlike nation during four years of oivil strife; and that, while we desire peace with all nations, we are neverthe- less prepared at any time to vindicate our posi- tion e@.a fighting Power whenever such an emergency sha)l arise. We hope the Military Committee will bring forward their proposition for the increase of the army at the earliest Practicable period. The Chilean Naval Hero. Don Juan Williams Reboliedo, the commander of the Chilean steamer Esmeralda, who fought and captured e scion, aa lt is generally understood, per Laps on account of hie family name Williams. Don Juan i@ the aon of an English gontioman of his same name and of Donna Isabel Reboliedo, s Chileae lady. He waa born at tho town of Chiloe, in the republic of Thite, ia 1833. He was educated at Valparaiso and cannot sheak the Eogltsh language. The Chilean steamer Esmeralda got her name from that 4f the Spanish frigate Esmeralda captured on the Pacific Ooaan by the Chilean Admiral Don Manuel Manes Borniada during th St. Patriok's Ca- 'y Mase for the Late Ha Be vel the second anniversary of the demise of Archbishop Haghes, a solemn requiem tnags was cole brated at St, Patrick's Cathedral, For some time be fore the ceremonies commenced the church edifice was bishop. Among the clergymen who tovk part im the ox ercises were Fathers Quinn, Curran, McKenna, ond Moo Ruy g congregation. were bung with the same drapory used at the Teneral services two . The ue was erected in the middie Sisle of the church, Just on tho sanctuary rails, and waa of Tt consisted of an waa an tmitation coffin, nively and festooned with sable On top of the cofim stood a large biack cross, with silver nails; over the arms of the cross was hung « beautiful aod ‘at the head of the coffin stood the mitre At ten o'clock the mass was commenced, the most Rev. Archi MoCloskey acting as celebrant, with the Vicar Rev. W. Starrs, as assistant priest, the Rev. Engene Me Guire acting as deacon, the Rev. P. Meswosney, Hegep, Teeeyty, ke mae sams and eS sistant. ' The Ceremmonten on the opeasion were of the the prion within the ausboary. “The Libera was sang Chant, and. was moet Tapreasire. The mas: performed chant, and was most ive, The mane a lee ad oe ie known as the requiem by Carcano ia D minor. nd or were sustained by Men Puuliteh, alto; Mr. i. Schmaus, Genres Soe plain or eer and itie almost needless, therefore, to way more about the excet- the vicnapel vonetictien, wun prenvenees ond te Tange Sambo devig taper Departure of Secretary Seward. Fortaes Mownor, Jan. 3, 1966 ‘The De Soto paased out of the Capes last evening. Hom William H. Seward and Assistant Secretary of State F ‘W. Seward wore on board. Frepean Steamers ‘The Expeeted NO SIONS OF DA OR THE MOK © Batuvax, N. 8., Jan, 3-8 P. Thore are no signs of the steamship Canula The weather is thick, with am appearance of snow. Mo, Jan 8-117 fhip Morevian ‘There are no sign ——$_{_———— Steamship Cuba Uutward Hoand. Bowron, Jaw, 8, 1806 The Cube sailed this forenoon, taking ‘wenty five passengers for Halifax and forty-.wo for L.verpeot. “ho carries out no specie. Newe from Nash je. The river ig falling rapidiy. Water vo the shoals ts ° only ‘ieieon toss deep. closed weak at a decline of lo. per pound ennreee i Cotton to-day on middi ng. Railroad communication on the fT aad Aisbame road is the Blk river bridge ie coe send vis Stevenson, ob Lora Governor General of Canada (now ab- want maa fa Orperiot to ret rn te bls dottes