The New York Herald Newspaper, February 5, 1866, Page 5

‘The Reeent Interview Between Secretary Sew- ard and President Baez. Sketch by the President of the Troubles in His Country. Recognition by Our Government the Greatest Need of the Republic. Mr. Seward’s Promise That a Dominiean Re- presentative Shall Be Well Received in Washington. ‘Why Hayti and Domingo Were So Long Offi- dally Unknown to the United States. Our National Policy Until 1861 Dictated by the. Slavery Interest. President Johnson's Appointment of a Minister to Dominica. &e. ke. &. ‘Wasaixoton, Feb. 4, 1866. A letter has been received here from St. Domingo giving the substance of a conversation held there on the 14th of January, between Secretary Seward and Presi- dent Baez, at the national palace. The Cabinet of Do- minica were present, The respectability of the source whence the information comes entitles it to credibility. President Baez said he was very happy to have the honor of receiving the Secretary of State of the United ‘States at the national palace; that a revolution has been made in this republic, and that the whole people having acquiesced in it, it lacks nothing to give stability to the Present government but that it should receive the recog- nition of the great republic of the United States. Mr. Srwaxp replicd—I see before me a person (Gen- eral Cabral) who, I may say, has heretofore, not im- properly, but most loyally, been the obstacle to the re- cognition of the government under your administration. When the power of Spain was cast off by the people of Dominica they announced to all other nations the resto- ration of the republic of Dominica, and General Cabral at its head. Satisfied that the revolution was as successful as it was just, and believing that it was permanently established under General Cabral, the United States did not hesitate a moment in instructing their consul resid- ing here to recognize the republic by putting himself mto political relations under General Cabral. Before those instractions couid be executed there was a change, an irregular without the forms of constitutional action, and General Cabral was not President, and in his place you, General Baez, were found at the head of the republic, in antagonism, as it seemed, to the will of the people, as it had before been exprossed in favor of Gen. Cabral. We were loyal to General Cabral, though not hostile to you. We sougnt to‘know how the goverument of the republic was to be permanently reorganized, and under whose administration, in due execution of the nationat will, which is for alt foreign states the supreme law. General Cubral is no longer President by the voice of the people, but you are President in his stead, and the acquiescence of the people is guaranteed by the Presence of General Cabral, acting in full harmony with you as a member of your administration. President Barz—I was in France. [came to America on my way to my country. I heard that the Spanish rule was cast off, and that the republic was prociaimed and suocessfuily established by the people in arms, I was prepared to accept and heard with satisfaction that condition of things. General Serrano had been pro- claimed President—Provisional President, I was pre- Pared to acquiesce in his administration. The people considered again, and General Pimental was chosen Pro- visional Preeident. I was ready to acquiesce in that. While 1 still remained abroad the people considered again, and called General Cabral to the Presidency. I ‘was content with that arrangement; but then came a declaration of the popular will calling me to the Prest- dency. That call was sustained by General Serrano, General Pimental and General Cabral, and it came ina form so solemn that I was oblied to regard it asthe will of the people. I caused the Congress of the republic to be convened. They have ratified that desire and I mistration under the guarantees Lg Id give us its reco n Dominica separated from Hayti, in 1824, many other States recognized Dominica; but the United Stat for reasons doubtless of their own, have never Teoogalzed Domini The enjoyment of their favor is essential to our and peace, aud I have always thought it a hardship that it could ‘not be secured. Now, however, since I learn the United states have pro-lalmed that iberty for ali classes of men, I hope that the ob- ‘Ott of relations with us Oar own ant-siavery people of ail classes, present Hired pry don and a. cost, years aco estab- ooh fA Ts to iy for su von eo ‘can sage ene Thee i ‘Liberia were citizens, { the American people; but the ebold veevauted in the councis of the United Tenses 28d toe Bee cost of #upt ng the attem, dismember: pe eg She eS bat it is a source of the objectonable expressed its concurrence. band tmand of the President wrote those acts was equally pre- red and afxions to recognize the republic of Dominica, Bur, unfortunately, Wet at that moment the repablic one down in nd this fait and beauttfal land faa become, with it consent of ite a portion of the Spain: We could not deny to fotce to thelr exeretee of (hat choice ot to com~- J them to reconsider i, We nowhere intervene to os Bibi institutions by forte. We deny the right vf DTT Pane gd gg lg arehical, or any form of ; ter under pretence it is effected or ‘by what it is invoked. No f State can extabliah oF guarantee im any other State by force. A pry ey Oe en. dure intervention in its political is un- worthy, and therefore incapable, ot being free. A brave people need no intervention. SS Sei ainsi foreign tntervent.on, though in friendly guise, is no Prestiont fs true. Bot the of Do- minica Mane oak that, when bave re- hear they be eo. Ana could give to our whee tugether, Une aso ance ial We ve ~ Tocognieed ‘by the United Btates, all our troubles would ir “See ano—out of the Capit out of my oun cnt action of public. , I understand that your visit is personal and Mr. Sewarp—Yes, it is so; nevertheless, I feel assured in harmony with the of the that I shall speak y sentiments fnibe sraccen goveramans ood people when I say that the condition of 70 bare explained to me is all it seems to require. We have built up in the northern of the We have laid our hands RENTS AND REAL What Shall We Do for Houses !~Increase of Prices Over Those of Last Ysar—Cases Instanced—Rise from Twenty-five to One Hundred Per Cent—Scarsity 0! Small Dwellings—The Prices Asksd for Lots on Broadway, sec. ‘The words applied to the Saviour:—‘The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of ESTATE. to bo an iinposing, possibly ‘a majestic empire, Ite sta- | Mun hath not where to lay his head,” are in danger of bility and per are essential to our ity, | becoming equally applicable to the present residents of erty, Denoe snd happinens. Take other structure | New York, Indeed, there will be many men and their oC eree peonertions, 5 aah ies Mt eivitimation in | families who will be without roofs to cover them, pro- os Tesnlanners, They will ae Fairy org man raed vided the late indications are the true index of what tho our own, in adjacent t. prices of tenements are to be on the first day of May en- men, To us {t matters ee Oe oe ae shall ber ‘They | suing. Instead of being enabled to ery out—A plague are necemary xe Gah seeNns Sareea ppre e ©’ both the houses!" the modern searcher after a house mn pny" Foca aad earangih will have to change the sentence to—‘0! fora lodge in some vast wilderness, some boundless contiguity of shade, where landlords and rents may never reach me more.” Japhet in search of a father will bea common-place relation compared with the tale told of the search of the father of a family for a place to make into the family nest, and the story of bd. yh ita it snall the guaran! stability. lo have 0 ‘been waiting at "Washington for endless toils of the Old Man of the Mountain the rors of our 1 ears, giving us satisfactory evi- | ineffectual fires before that later domestic drama, “The Hey dict a gr Adventures of a House-hunter, or the Unfortunate Ten- United States should enter into a permanent ant.” In fact, the subject, even at this early day in the Senete SR But it is a question whether we should | year, bids fair to become the absorbing topic of conver- nee tho aaa reeset Contyeas te pizctne | sation in parlor, hall and club, and tho theme for tho necessary authority. I should like to know if you are at | Pons of all the writors for the city papors, And notwith- liberty to give me your opinion on that question. standing the saying :— Mr. Sxwaxp—It is not competent for me to advise in “There's a divinity that sh ¢ ends, cepers 10 eg ernee_-3 con only my Satnbaneee & Bough-hew them how we wil.” Washington, either by the Presidont acting alone or act. | _Th® Aforesaid divinity does not shape our Iandionts and their interests to suit thoso who are not the fortu- nate possessors of houses and lands and “gold galore.’’ A year of trial of high rents may have a tendency to re- duce the prices, especially if some modern Howard should chance to come here and commence the erection of small and comfortable tenements upon a large seale. At present they are high in the extreme. THE ADVANCE. While thore is a considerable advance in the rents de- manded for business places and dwellings, commeneing as early as 1854, and continued with more or less regu larity to the present time, there does not appear to be ‘a well grounded cause for panic or excitement, Thore is prospect for a reduction in the prices of provisions, clothing and some of the luxuries of life, which, if realized, may ina measure compensate for it, and have tendency to keep up the equilibrium. Something in the condition of real estate may also be credited to fictitious transactions, and wild and extravagant rates paid for some especially valuable or much needed par. cels of land, or the biddings of some long estab- lished firms for their old places of business for the next five years, from the nm that even at the appa high rent’ charged they would suffer loss by a for removal, ‘The great immigration from Europe, the removal of many wealthy families from the South, where they have been penned up for four years, to enjoy the pleasures of Northern city life during the settlement of the difficulties, exvil and political, in their respective States, and other similar cau with the natural gro’ of the metropolis of ag ntry, undoubtedly have their share in the real advance made in landed property and the charges landlords seem determined to fasten upon their tenants. But this ts not all. There are other ex- planations, dependent only upon the conscience ef the piyeerty owners and the exigencies of the property olders, ing with the {concurrence of the Congress of Domin! that minister, I have ov reason to Neliere? will be received with all the attention and consideration which are customarily awarded by the gov- ernment of the United States to the representatives of friendly Powers. Whatever negotiations he may open will be conducted on our part with reference to the best interests of the United States and the most cordial friend- ship to the republic of Dominica, and nothing will be offered or exacted on the part of the United States that is not in conformity with the law of nations and the usages of civilized nations, Since the return of Secretary Seward to Washington, the government, tt is already known, has recognized the independence of Dominica, and the President has nom- inate@ to the Senate General Cazenean as Minister to that ropublic, He is there engaged as a merchant. FIRGS. Fires in the City. FIRE IN CHATHAM STREET. Betwoen 12 and 1 o'clock on Sunday morning a fire broke out in a closet on the second floor of building No, 206 Chatham street, occupied on the first floor by C,H. Zugalla, hatter, and John A. Searing, dealer mn gents’ furnishing goods. The ‘ire burned through the ceiling into the store, but the pri »al damage to the stock is by water, probably to the extent of $2,000; supposed to be insured. A man named Flynn had a hat factory on the third floor damaged about $300; said to be insured. The fire worked between the studding and got into the third floor of No. 208, occupied by Frederick Meyer as a carpenter shop; damage about $500; insured for $300. The second floor is occupied by Zimmer & Co., hat man- ufacturers; damage about $300; no insurance. The first floor 1s a porter house, kept by Daniel McNulty; slight domage by water, The basement is occupied by Dukes & Brother, trunk makers; damage about $150; insured m the Rutgers Insurance Company, The building is damaged about $500; said to be insured. The fire also ‘extended along the floor joist into No, 204, damaging the building to the extent of $600. Nv. 206 is damaged about $1,000; both buildings belong to the Laroque estate, and are uisured. ‘The upper part of No. 204 is occupied’ by Joseph Thwate, as a photograph gat. Jery; loves about $200, and imsured for $1,000 in the Kut- mon ta 2 i] ag damaged store, owns inner ‘ about $1,000, and insured for $30,000 in the Pacitic, Bal- tic, Astor, Morris, and three other companies, names not BUSINESS PLACES. ‘The best manner of stating the preci#e condition of the house market, as of giving the grain or stock market, is to instance a number of transactions, that those in- terested may compare the figures and’ draw thetr own conclusions. The following are among the many raises which have taken place:— The Amerean Telegraph Company formorly paid $10,000 per annum for their building, at the corner of Broadway and Lberty street. Thoy ure to pay, for 1866, $30,000 for the same property. A stors in Broad. way, near City Hall Park, which in 1865 rented for $4,000 a year, leased for $7,000. The entire ty wis recontly sold for $70,000." A business place street, whach was leased for $1,100 year, with d few improvements, brings $11,000. "A store in Broadway, near White street, four stories high, which fur five years had been drawing a rental of $13,000, this xpring has been remembered. By the prompt action of the firemen the | increased to $40, An up-town corn renting flames were ‘rom’ spreading nto No. 1 Doycr tor, $12,000, lll be advanced "to. $42,000." Lotte. it street. The entrance to the upper part of No, 208 | Broadway or Choreh street have been increased from $ ,000 to $1,200 for the now year. A corner basetnent on'Rronaway, well fitted up, brings in a yearly reronne of $7,000, A storo, corner of Broadway and Canal street, which has ronted for $25,000, hax been leased for $50, Chatham street, is through No. 1 Doyer street. Assist. ant Fire Marshal H. U. Baker discovered the flames com- ing into the Doyer strect building, and notified one of the assistant engineers, who immediately put a stream of water up the stains and cut the fire off, The origin of | 000. Several fine offices, which rented last year for tho fire is at present unknown. The police of the Sixth | $3,000 have been disposed of at $6,000. precinct deserve credit for their prompt action in pro- A firm dealing in dry goods, and which had enjoyed the tecting the property. Tle loss in the Messrs. Pinner's of the'r warehouse for some time ats yearly posresinon Tenlal of $15,000, were waited upon by their fandiord and infortned tha: they could continue in the place by pay- ing $40,000 and taking a three years’ lease. They were, of course, indignant, and d termined to seek another lo- cation. Meanwhilo’ the landlord coolly went aboct his business and readily found a sound customer at $50,000, ‘also for three years. Firm number one found out they had better compromise the matter. It was too late—the papers bad been signed. After considerable trouble and Tuning, baggling and parleying, the $50,000 firm agreed to give up the premises upon receiving a bonus of $10,000. They received it, and firm number one holds the warehouse. The assessor should make « note of similar transactions, Hy doing so the income of tie State and general covernment ean be largely increased the present twelveiouth BESIDENOE PROPERTY. store would bave been heavy by water, had not the Insurance ‘wateh Nol arrived quickly at the premises covered the goods with tarpaulins. FIRE IN LEONARD STREET. Between three and four o'clock on Sunday afternoon a fire occurred ou the third floor of No, 113 Leonard street, occupied by Philip Walters, a manufacturer of hair rolls and waterfalls. The fire was caused, it seems, by some cotton being placed too near the stove, and it took fire. Damage done to stock is estimated at '§800, Insured in the Pacific Insurance Company. FIRE IN WASHINGTON STREET. The alarm of fire at about six o'clock on Sunday evening was caused by the floor of an unoccupied room at 77 Washington street taking fire, caused by a de- In the case of residences the rine in rents has pot been fect in the chimney flue. The fire was extinguished | * noticeable, competition not running quite as high; bu with a few pails of water. Damage tr-fling. the advance has been ten to fifty, and even one hundred per cent, in ap:cial stances, over the rates for VIRE IN WOOSTER STREET. the same locatious in the year just clos@l, Many per- Between five and six o'clock on Sunday morning a fire | sons who have, as they pposed, expended year broke out in the cellar of No. 213 Wooster street, occu- | li they could possibly aflord in the matter of @ deinicile have been called npon to advane’ from five hundred to one thousand dollare more. Where they are going to get the money i# a problem only to be solved by the arrifal of the last of December, 1865. A number of dwellings timt have brought from $1,000 to $1,200 have been raised to $1,500 and $2,000. In the lower part of the First ward a room and bedroom which had been occupied by a party for several years for seven and eight dollars ed for from sixteen to seventeen y-cighth stroet are three three y uted last year for $500. They are t be advanced to $1,500. Two boarding houses on Ninth street, between Fifto and Sixth avenues, are to have an addition of ove thousand dollars per au n the shape of yearly rental. Some dwell rr in gv0d localities, which have been pied by Henry Bebrmann, who keeps a grocery on the first floor and occupies the second as a dwelling, The firemen were prompt and extinguished the fire before it extended into the store, Damage to the stock in the cellar will be about $150, Insured for $1,200 in the New Amsterdarn Insurance Company. The building is owned by John McCarty, and ix damaged about $200; sad to be insured, The fire is supposed to be the work of an in- cendiary. . Fire in Brooklyn. At half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday last a fire oc. curred in the stable cofnor of Bedford and Myrtle - nues, owned by John Mundell, The building and con yo At le tents, including a horse, Were totally destroyed. 1. are now put up to £5,000 per sinum sia Pau, duced” Kok offaraionre, worth $150, | owners ack this for then. "They wid. probably make which was on storage, was also destroyed,” The flames | leases at that price. Another instance; A corner epreatl to elias ving ious, enna ts Eolee NiDowell, bene on oe Nbrnng «ST Mpged morte tee at “pins 3 renta! & year. ume Of pak effected before the firemoa ex. ft es arb Large Fire in Oswego. Auuany, Bob. 4, 1865. “At vight o'clock this morning « fire broke out in Os- wego, In the upper story of the dry goods store of Morris Place, on the west side of First stroct, and belore the flames could be checked the eutire building was de- stroyed, together with the property adjoining. It was orcupied as follows:—Morris Place, dry goods; Thomas Movre, ary goods; Allen & Burchard, leather and na joldey, exchange ottice ; Muse Hall, \aw- A . yer’ otters, Ac. lone on the building is not leas Seaibe i al of tea Goa, than $40,006 , Jos Ob stock not yet aac Fire in Watertoo City, Ind, Werentoo Crry, Feb, 4, 1866. ‘Tne Union City Flour Mills were destroyed by fire this morning. Loss $20,000. be ple Whose jive.unes are below the prices of such build. fogs ts not to be contemplated. They will have to seek shelter in the streets or rent houses and cheat their land- lords out of their money. One would think that there pon tan Ixiand which could be ‘and shanties for the accommodation hou-es, will become a public benefactor There are a few good tenements in the city, belonging SEVERAL OF THE OPERATIVES INJURED—LORS | to well known extates, the price of which bax under. TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND TO THRKE HUNDRED | gone but ‘a number of years Of course THOUBAND scone re. 8 pn ‘The From rovidence Journal, ir rents. profi About Peer crocs et maples, eee owt but sure. Many of the buildings of the Rutgers estate, in the picker room of the Valley Worsted Mill, on rc te the Seventh Ward, arefa the hands of the occupants street, at the head of Atwell'® , and near ‘at the tates established fears ago. The same may be North Providence line. The alarm was sounded and the | aid of other property in Kew York. But these are the firemen hastened to the scene as rapidly as porsible, but | exceptions to the general Yule. The Lore of agents the flames bad headway that the main por- | of the lands in question work upon the principle that a tion of the will was almost entirely destroyed, Fie | good tenant at a fair rontal better than a doubiful one wooden part, used ax o Setaing room, alone remains | ata i rental. Those who, during this year, seek to standing. The mill was owned and run by Wm. Hudson, | compel their new tenants to pay unreasonably hich agent, nting Limeesif, Joseph Ci ter, Win. J. | tateay will probably wish, before the end of December or Cross, perbaps, one or two others, machinery | Apri of the next year, they bad retained their for- was fun night and day, employing about six hundred | mer capabie and honest occa ata fair and hagds, in the manufacture of woollen hoods, breakfast | fuily realize that they have by their shawls, sontage, comforters and such like goods. | own desire for speculation. The machinery was of an expensive charmter, much of ft ii ed, and none of it was saved. Considerable st mauufactured and unmanu- factured, was got out. The loss is estimated at than $200,000 to $900,000, altnoogh tm the Hight an int formed abyatit, ‘there is inaw to the amount of something over $120,000, in which most of the city offices share. When the tire ooourr indred sah spp hate the it panic prevailed the ‘oany of among whom were females, refused at tcond” and third on mre themnselves from suffocation. Joleen cabotes com bop oae some of | from serious injoties mie ne id noe socage, ves at the late hour our — and the fire was he it was i wo painful rumors were relative to the injured night, as cath one was taken pos. sible, It was stated that o~ broken. Kate Donahus Lj broken. It seemed mare those who oF, seriously burt ‘We trust . ‘Yelteve many of these circumstances from, ‘ugly aad tnbuman eo. pearance, : THE SKATING. The Ice and its Visitors—Who They Are and What They Do—Carnivals and Skating Matches—One Million Skaters Out in January, &. Skating is at its height, while the ice is at its depth. The former is plainly discernible from the immense crowds daily at the various skating parks, while the lat- ter is plecod beyond all dispute by the assurances of all the proprietors of ponds that it is “perfectly safe."’ The sport itself is @ universally popular one, Each place the Winter King condescends to visit turns out in his honor, and few modern monarchs, with all the power posseswed by them in right of the circulation of blue tNood through,their gilded veins, spread more hap- piness rouvd about them or receive so large ovations from their subjects. A glorious old fellow is his Majesty with snow spun hair and tee clad form, suggestive of immediate jouyneys to skate emporiums or rabid on- slaughts on “Tom and Jerry.”” Nowhere is his Majesty 80 well received as in Sur democratic country. One con- tinued carnival wafts to his royal ears sound of homage in merry and joyous shoutings. And this year he favors us muchly. Not @ flying visit does he pay us, but a long and uninterrupted fe Vive & Koi, although he must be of Celtic origin, or why Hiberniate? THE ICK AND ITS CONDITION. To say that ice is thick would not convey a correct idea ot its depth. It is almost at its thickest, and in ponds where there is little water it ix not ice but isolate, as in pana places the water is frozen through its entire depth. frequent frosts have heaped up layers like so many Ossas upon Pelions, so that thero ts but little danger of any of the skaters “coming to grief." How- ever smooth the ice may have been, a visit to any of the ponds will show it is not 80 now. fissures de- note where, in the carly stages of the freezing process, the wilful ice yawned, These have been filled up time and again; but thore is one peculiarity about ico— two layers of it cannot be made to amalgamate without considerable difficulty ; that is, the work of flooding the surface of ice is almost labor lost, as always some air will remain between the old and the newly formed sheet. ‘Then, when water is placed in the fissures the expansive force gonerated in the frigorific attempt will more likely increas? than diminish the fissures, To catch the toe or even the heel of one’s skate in one of these is a sure pre- monition of aceriain tall. To have « glace or smooth, glassy surface at such a season is also akin to the impos- sible. Skate runners will cut in even when the owner i a lady, whose form is light as Ceres, and the surface of each pond now presents a peculiar and not uninteresting appearance. It is ax cov ered with dashes as an editor's blotier, out of which so little can be made and yet which means so much. We know by thow straggling, uneven lines that the owner of these skates was but a beginner. Here he stepped upon the ico, made an effort, staggered; here his legs went from under him at right angles, and here he fell, alap us siateri, The owner of the skates that marked these graceful curves and dashes must have been a lady; no one else could have described that true lover's knot, though trath compels us to remark its absurd propor- tions. ‘Then those firm and deeply cut lines—be was a man of musele—perhaps one of the P, R—and had heavy boots on; he can't torn round on skates, for these lines are unchanged as regards direction. If the 1e were not #0 hard he would go through it, as perhaps be has often through less animate material, Here are the marks and t ens of the practised skater—the master of the urt, The initials of his name are here, and a figure of 8" and several mathematical and architectural ele- vations and a number of wide curves, establishing the proportions of hia lower extromities—these are indis- putable signs of skate-ability, Indeed, the surface of the ice tells its own tale, and as true a one as any, THE SKATERS AND WHERE THEY GO. Reprosentatives of all tho different ordors, families, genus and even species of hi skating. You soe the oddest people possibl « pond, people at whom one cannot help la , Who look ridiculous anywhere, and nowhere so ridicuious as on the ice, They don’t Mind laughter, even if they know themselves to bo the umocent cause of it. You see persons of all aes and every appearance; some awkward and clumsy, others graceful and light of foot—the latter generally ladies who have made skating this season a xpeciaity and are as fond of the skating pond as the ball-room Every nationality, two. The biundering Irishman, courteous Frenchinan, beayy and solld Dutchman, not w speak of the simpering Englishman who looks upon of thing as devilish odd, you know, but doosed am! ."’ The Park is, of course, the headquarters of the #kating pablic this year, ax it has been since tt was opened, and in this, as well ax in everything els:, the Commissioners have sought to meet the wishes of the possible way. Each day sees the Park thore are three, more crowded than tts pe Testing onc, both to the observing and observed. a day ia ali a great day at the Park, and yesterday was a great : aokey here. An immense number of persons visited the various lakes and remained in the enjoyment of the sport ull after six o'clock, when the ball was lowered, to go up again at daybreak. Ng accident of any kind whatever has happenod here since the season com- menced, aud the regulations of the Comminsioners are such asto provent all visitors from running inte any danger Whatever. It was astoniebing with what facil ty the immense crowd wes dispersed Yesterday, and only Heemen, whe, imstead of nen, used foond it\yto answer better. Ye blur-couted learn of them. Wor the élite of is the Fiith avenue pond, which wed whep there is ice, and which i# con- tho most approved principles, by Major Oat- Then in Brooklyn there is a host of thom, of which the Union pond, Williamsburg, and the Capito line, struggle for the superiority, There is room enough for all, a# the manager of cach hax ascertained long wince," from hie supply of turgry verdant And in Ho bok sb, under the hill, Sylvan lake affords to all honest and true Jerseymen a piace on which to oxercixe their limbs, There are pleuty of ponds and abuudanoe of skaters VISITORS TO THK PARK AND OTHRR PONDA. ing the month of January, during which ti nearly 700,000 persons visited ii, the largest ber in any one month since the opening of the The following tx a detailed account of the visitors on each day during the past week, with a total for the mouth :— Peder Bques trian. triams. Vehicles, From Jan, 3...--.411,268 2,344 January 26° 403 15 Jan: 1,181 a Jan Oe OAL low January 69,273 8 January 8 6 Jaquary 16,452 oo January 25, 708 100 40,566 rain 6140 2822 “gee 51,565 {skating aud sleighing. % Drizzly any of the various skating groanda, bat at all there war a large number of visitors, The following i a correct siatement, of ax nearly so ax possible, for the month of January: Avenue papd. ow... n , Willtarebury Lake winter pastime A SKATING CARNIVAL Perhaps there is no sight so truly attractive an a skating carnwal—he pond, brilliantly lighted by lamps which reflect their brightness upon the faces of a thou rand animated beings, who, hurrying over the jcy sur face, make the ait ring with thew merry laughter. A number of these pleasant gatherings have already taken glace, and several are announced to come off this week, hich wil be a gala one if Jack Frost holds hix own This evening a grand affair of this description comes of at sylvan Lake. Already Mr. Linford has held two on the grounds, both of which were splendidly gotten up and very brilliant. This ix intended to excel both in grandear, @& several lady visitormto the pond have jostructed Mr. Linford as. to novel species of illumination by which one can see stare a often on he likes It will be « great night in Hoboken if Allah wilix it, Though yet um announced, it is probable that at one or other of the Brooklyn ponds there will be one or two carnivals this week, A SKATING MATCH. It is bat nataral that devoters even to the skating god should wish Wexcel, There is always jealousy where there is love, and as & large number of persons, ax we have shown, love skating, there it mock jealoury. Ac cordingly there are kating matches, always interesting the looker on. One of these comen olf this day om Union pond, Williamnsbarg, when a valuable ¢s mera will be offered to the best lady skater. On Wednesday Major Ostinan announces & grand competition, and another on Saturday, on each oeeasion for a handsome medal and championship of the pond. one on Wednesday is for tadies, that on Satarday for gentleman, om each of which oe easions the eomapcteten wil bo een Wo all nom-profes sionals, As at all the skating matches thir season in yn the priges wore earried of "a academy, the interest wi , FEBRUARY 5, 1866. : for @ prize of a gold medal. The competitors on the list are young ladies from some of the wealthiest families in Brooklyn, Manager Cammeyer has made the most ample eenntione Ww have the affair conducted with a spirit of irness. The prize is a valuable one, as well as chaste and appropriate, A band of music will be present on the occasion. The pond fs accessible from Brooklyn by the Greenpoint cars, and from New York by all the Williams. burg ferries, WASHINGTON POND. The South Brooklynites have broken away from the mock religious restraint that teaches men that it is sinful to recuperate the failing energies or indulge in healthy recreation on Sunday, after spending six days in close ap plication to professional or mechanical business, as was evinced yesterday by the manner in which the Wasliing- ton skating pond was patronized, The ice was in splen. did condition and the and devotees of the art numerous. The md was thronged throughout the whole day and all seemed to enjoy themselves, The pSnd will be planed early this morning. From pros- ent appearances there will be skating throughout the entire week. The Washington 1s wccossible from all the ferries, , Amusements. That the spirited undertakings and excellent arrange- ments of the managers of the well conducted and re- spectable pcos of amusement in the city were fully appreciated by the public during the past week was shown, im a very pleasing manner, by the crowds which frequented their houses at the evening performances and matinees, notwithstanding tho groat attractions of the exhilarating exercise and sports which were to be enjoyed inthe parks and on the frozen ponds of the metropolis and its suburbs, Tho annexed résumé, ax Well as the advertising columns of the Hrnaup, prove that this extensive patronage has stimulated the theatri- cal proprictors to the most liberal exertion to entertain thir friends to-day and on the succeeding days of the present woek. THE BROADWAY THRATRR. At this house Mr. John E. Owens commences this (Monday) evening the fifth week of his britiiant engage ment, appearing as Solon Shingle, being its two hun. dred and third performance by him at this theatre. He will also play tn the local extravaganza of The Live In- dian. In the latter piece, now offered for the first time this season, Mr, Owens appears in three characters, giv ing as Madame Krinolina a very amusing personation of a fashionable milliner, Messrs. Tom Owens, T. L. Don- nelly and 'T. W. Waters, three very clever actors, have been added to the company of the Broadway, The two plays will be given during the week, and on Saturday afternoon at a fine matinee. LUCY KUSUTON’S THEATRE. Mias Rushton announces a continuance of the musical comedy of the Black Domino, which hax proved a com plete success, at her neat and comfortable theatre in Broadway. Miss Rushton will personate the Black Dom ino, singing in her accomplished style the fine songs The Spirit of Good, and Guard My Steps. The p ance will conclude with the laughable musical burlesque entitled Between You and Me and the Post, ‘The and appointments of Miss Rushton's thi lont taste, and the orchestra of great power and har mony. WOOD'S THEATRE. Mr. F. 8. Chanfrau, the talented American comedian and dlineator of character, enters the last woek but one of his engagement ot Manager Wood's (new) theatre, opposite the St. Nicholas Hotel, Broadway. He will ap pear this evening in his famous charactor of Mose, in A Glance at New York in 1848. The elegant comedietta, called The Debutante, follows. In the cast we find Mona. Achille Dufard, by Mr. F. 8. Chanfrau, Emilie Antoin- ette Rose, by Miss Alice Seidler; Mise Arabella Fitzjames {an actress), by Mrs. G. F. Tyrrell. The grand Hiberuian farce, The Irish Tutor, will be given in conclusion, Mr. GC. Davenport appearing as Doctor O'Toole, with song and dauce. TONY PASTOR'S OFERA HOUSE. Tony Pastor has made another change in the pro gramme of his opera house in the Bowery. The well known and laughter provoking Ethiopian come dian, Johnny Mack, has been engaged, and will make his first appearance at the es tablichment this evening. Tho musical drama entitled The Mountain Devil, or the Dumb Countess, wil bo played, Mr. Josh Hart pormonating Strappado, the drunken corporal. During this pleco a terrific broad sword combat will take place, the drunken corporal, damb girl and Desperetya being engaged. The dances, flings, contortion net, songs, mutton trial, with Tony Pastor's budget of comicalities, constitute a wonderful and agreeable variety. THK SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS. ‘The comfortable ball No. $45 Broadway ix crowded nightly under tho attractive influence of the San Franet» co Minstrel Company. Moesra, Birch, Wambold, Her- nard and Backus enter the forueth week of their well sustained performances to-day, The following announce ments are on the progranme:—Anna Maria Jane, by J. Cooper and W, Field. Fat and Greasy, Cleeronian Dis- play on tho Stump, and Italian Airs by Native Artists, ‘The Wicklow Jig and the Flying Trapeze (burlesque) will aleo be given. GHORGK CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS. The now Fifth Avenue Opera House will be brilliant, according to carefully selected bills of entertainment ined by George Christy. The amusing farce, The Double Bedded Koom, enters ite last week. In the Phouroldcrows are Christy, Hall, Hodgkin and Budworth. George Christy personates Dulcimer Swypes, a retired woodsawyer and bass drummer. Handy Andy, Taking the Chances, with many songs and dances, wind up, the evening's entertainments ad YANN) MINGPRELS. After an Oe ine ‘overture by Bryant’ numerous company will be given this evening Sweet Love, Good Night t Thee; The Organ Grinder, One Silent Tear, Comic Ditty, I'm as Happy asthe Day is | Dan's varietion are indeed various, Including the Monster Con cert Tin-pan-onion, Conductor, Big Dano Bryanti, Sally Come Up (original), by Dave Reed, and Dan Bryant as the Stump Orator, The Hop of Fashion, « very laugh able sketeb, in to be given at the end. . HOOLKY'# OFERA HOURK, BROOKLYN. The magnificent pantomime of Jark and the Beanstalk enters on its inst week at Hooley's beawtifol house Use evening The extraordinary adventures of Jack and the clown will termihaie next Saturday, The senery, cow tomes and minstrel department of Hooley's sre now, Comtly, and of muperion merit ANOTHER LADY AS MANAORRNN®, Mim Lacovte not being able to find a theatre where rhe can appear, has not, we perceive, been daunted by the fat, She has not only arranged to appear, but she bas done something mach bolder she has become @ iman agorens—bas taken the Academy of Music, where she will bring out a new play in five acts on the 17th instant and will thus, if successful, prove a thorn in the siden of those managers who are dragging the dmuma and dramatic talent down to the lowest level, and will et an example by her courage that ought to stim others to go and do likewise. MIRCELLANROUS, Mr, Parton Hill bar made quite a success, before crowded andiences, tm the character of Brother Sam, tw Boston, Mis: Maggie Mitchell who bas concladed a brilliant engagement in Washington, D.C, appears in New York ‘on the 19h of Febroary The FF Arts. RXHIBITION OF PIRKOTADT'S NEW rloTU RE. This splendid work of art, one of the best of Mr Biorstadt’s pictures and worthy of the highest commen dat the American people, will be placed on exbibt tion today, at No #4 Brondway, and will be left there until the 25th inet, The proceeds of the exnibition Will be donated w the Narsery and Child's Howpital, » worthy institution in thie city, It m a pity that thie magnificent painting cannot be placed in a gallery worthy Of Hand retained in our midat, Instead of being carried way in triomph to England Such pietores should be mado nations) property, and guarded with the sme jealoory with which the great works of the lalise, French and Viet uate are cared for by thelt gow eromenta News From New Orie New Cneeeme, Fo 6 1608. The Governot bas not yet squad the tell ordering om deetion on the secoed Monday of March or rt fot pare Ghiei Beers throughout the Mtate, and musicipal ofhoers in New Uneawn. Vive or six of the gueritiae concerned wn thr vteam beat Tomtighes river arrived in Mottin on the Distingurenea ’ ed Visitors taltore at Amnapelte. Axsarenss, M4, Veo 4, 168. § on ¢l A Leetary by Mev. Father Hew Greek Church, The Rev, Father Hewit, of the Order of St. Paul the Apostle, delivered last night an ably written and inter- esting lecture on the above named subject, tn St Joseph's church, for the benedt of the poor visited by St. Joseph's Conference Soctety of St. Vincent de Paul. The edifice was crowded to suffveation and the address listened to with marked attention, The lecturer re. viewed the history of the Chureh from its infano; adverting at longth to the causes that led to the sebiat , to the religious condition of the uts of the Russo-Greek form of wor- ig ® discourse of considerable: eodings were brought to = close with the benediction, city In . ComrLarnt Diswissep,—The complaint preferred against Dr. Herman Camp, of No. 11 Carroll place, Bleecker street, some woeks ago, by Margaret Keuney, rewkling @t No, 150 East Tenth str who charged him with com- mitting an abortion upon her, was on Saturday disminsed by Justice Mansfeld, the evidence being insufficient to sustain it, Dr. Camp was therefore hoporably dis charged from custody. Lapras’ Fark at Monnwmasia,—The ladies of St Augus- tine’s church, Morrisania, have been boidiag a fair at Morrisanta Hall for the past few days, which wilt close this evening with a grand festival. A splendid band of music has been engaged for the occaston. The proceeds of the fair are to go towards liquidating the debt in- curred in the recent improvements which have bees made on that church. Speaker Colfax at Hartford. Hustvonn, Conn., Fob, 3, 1966. Mr. Colfax lectured last night before a very large au- dience, and stated that it was his last lecture this seasoa, public duties now accamulating He har declined ome jundred and seventy-three invitations, from Vortand aud Dubuque to Richmond Tho steamship Nova Scotian, Captain Wylie, sailed a& about one o'clock Unis morning for Liverpool Large Haul by « Pickpocket Cisoneant, Feb. 4, 1866. A gentleman from Xenia city, Ohio, his pook picked yesterday of thirteen thousand dollars in seven thirty bonds. NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION. Receipts of Saivs of the New York Daily Newspapers. OFFICIAL. Year Ending Name of Paper May 1, 1868. Henacp . $1,096,000 Times « 364,150 Tribune s+ 252,000 Evening Post. ........66. cece eeee 169,427 World. . 100,000 Sun 1079 Express. . 90 48 New Yous Hermann... ; tees . 91,005,000 Times, Tribune, World and Sun combined,. 671,999 ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY: Advertisements for the Weexiy Henaso must be handed n o'clock every Wednesday evening among the nufacturers and gentlemen through country is increasing very rapidly. Advertisements im ported in the Waexty Hiwato will thus be seen by a large portion of the active and energetic people of the United States enterprising mechanic merchants, In the Heart of enchanting valleys of anor, grown the * * fra Thome Waxen leaves PHALON & 80) mous perfume of that name ta derived. All the workt of ton by of new extract, PHALON & BON, New Vork A.—The Finest Ready Made Clothing ta nad Chtitren's afl quste America. Gen equal ty custom DRAW HIROTA RAGS, ite Cooper Union, = 2 Lafayette piace. Ask for Chignon Pomp trier Chiqnon and Persian Twist, at B20 Canal atrowt ATE. Atl Ube old styles Cor tale ata sacrifice & gross Cotls and Waterfalls, Ar, cheap. Lottery Prizes Cashed, Draw= sen CLAYRON, 10 Wall stehet, MY. All Prizes Cashed tn Legal Lottertes.— Clrculara and drawings sent J CLUTE, Broker, 176 Broadway A Silent Bewin, Mae colovra ted Wilcox & Gil-ba’ tite bie. WILCOX & GIB ith, 8 hevadway in Heots and A.—A.—Great HKedue Rhors -HROOKE’ has reduced the prices « bok of goods Vv LA ladles, gente and children at S73 Broad KA Hoon.—Ward's Ladies’ Paper Collare Also Gents’, wholesale and retail A wholesale so Hat, with drawings’ of aigeren nent free toe trae Hah. 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