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a PEACE. @ee poaition in Mexico proceeding, Sinaevine maere “aiticult by bringing the dig- 3 vrestion, the hon- . terized im wishes been put forth for ten. From this passage it may be seen once more now ¥<., ill-informed were the writers and how false the course ¢aken by that part of the French press which very mis takingly piques itself on representing the views of the government, in violently making common cause with the South and loudly proclaiming its hopes for the destruc- tion of the American Union. The disavowal is not energetic nor the lesson leas severe for all those Fespondences and manifestoes which thought fit to praise the expedition to Mexico, by rapresenting it as one hos tile Lo the United States, and conceived specially for the Purpose of opposing an obstacle to their greatue=s. Pulli> apini.n will jeel indeed 1) the Syvereign for having thus disavowed (hos: who, during four years, hid so lithe under- stood and so ili expresied his ideas. PRENCH OFFICIAL TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES. {From the Imperial ‘sella Book” laid before the Corps ogislatit. Grea! changes supervened inde year in the general situation of the United States. In the presence of a con- flict between the North and the South we fonnd oar- selves, like the other maritime Powers, under the neces- aity of recognizing the existerce of two belligerents, and of announcing that fact by a public declaration, As soon as it became certain that the Union declined taking advantage of the laws of war to search neutral vessels we immediately revoked the measures which were ‘the consequence of our neutrality. The complete suc- cews of the federal fo brought back into the Gnion all the States which had attempted to secede. From that moment the solicitude of the Washington Cabinet was directed to the means of repairing the ealamities of so profound accrisis, We had anxiously desired the pacification of the United States; we rejoiced 4o see an end put to the shedding of generous blood, We now wish that great country may Le sperdily reorganized on the eonditions best calculated to secure its fulure tran- city and promote the resumption and development of the Fant commercial relations which it maintains with the while world. These happy events have been saddened by # heinous crime. which struck with stupor the American people. The Emperor's ernment, the Senate, and the Legislative body, in ir last session, and all France, shared the public mourning of the United States. So many sufferings and sacrifices have not been endured without benetit to the cause of civilization. Slavery has been abolished, both ¢m law and in fact, throughout the federal territory, The constitutional amendinent destined to confirm that grand measure, after being adopted by three-fourths of the States, has been soemnly proclaimed. In reply to the eificial communication addressed to it on this subject by the Minister of the United states, the French Cabinet sincerely applauded the sentiments whieh inspired a resolution 80 similar to the initiative which we had our- selves taken in our colonies. WECEESITY OF CONTINUED FIRMNESS ON THE PART OF THE UNITED STATES. [Paris (Jan, 26) correspondence London News.) The United States government, which has achieved a signal diplomatic triamph in the Mexican question, will yet have to,remain firm, and not suppose that impo- vial promises will be fulfilled further than imperious ne- cessity may compel the fulfilment of them. Already semi-oficial writers are frying to in away the plain purport of the Emperor's declaration that the evacuation of Mexico is at hand. The France to-night says that the latest deapatches beiween the two governments “will not be published so soon as was supposed ;” that “negotia- tions are still going on;’ that besides the “French interests” spoken of by the Emperor, which France originally went to Mexico to ’ protect, there are “now — interests”? ted, “under the shadow of the French flag,” and on behalf of which the “4noral responsibility” of France is engaged. This means that France must insure the full payment of all the Mex- NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1985. session until neirly four o'clock. Of course little or | chefs dauvre that hung upon the walls; but lower, and nothing can be known concerning its dvliberations; but the general impression is the Emperor’s address and Mexican affhirs aye at the bottom of its discussions. ‘THE BALL OF THE FRENCH MEWSTER. Brilliant Assemblage of Fair Women “0? Brave Mem—Statesmen and War- » 7 emaiseiles—The most metropolis, and is @ brigt ius 4. . associations that binds together the twe nations. Marquis bears u name historical in La Belle France, and is the son of the General of that name who was the companion of Napoleon the First at St. Heloua, and of Napoleon the Third when he was also a prisoner of State, while the Marchioness is the daughter of « gallant gene- ral in the old United States army. The house now occu- pid by the French Lega‘ion was built and fitted up by W. W. Corcoran, the banker, and the dast pub- lic entertainment given there was when his davghter was married to Mr. Eustis, then a moinber of the federal Congress, but afterwards Confede- rate Secretary of Legation at Paris. It is @ spacicn:, dia due elaborately oruamented buildiag, fronting Lafayette square, ‘ To-night, as if to impress upon:the guests that this was a French festival, the carriages rolled in at a porte cockerée, in true Parisian style. there was no sign of the gay throng within. The guests, ‘on alighting, were received by servants in ful! livery, and were escorted through the ball and up the grand Tn front of the house staircase, with its bannisters of massive carved oak. ‘The front room on the second story, used by the Marquis as his Cabinet de Travail, was set apart as the gentlemon’s dressing room, where gloves were put on and the hair bros& was applied to give the last touch. The adjacent apartment in the rear was the ladies’ dressing room, into which the fair ones entered in thelr cocoon- like wrappings and from which they emerged in the fall glory of evening attire. Descending the etair- cage again, the guests were shown into the front drawing room, on the left of the main hall, where stood the host and hostess, ‘The Marquis was attired in full evening dress, wearing around his neck the bright scarlet ribbon and decoration of a Commander of the Legion of Honor, while several other orders graced his breast, He is a tall, well made, graceful gentleman, and his Parisian politeness was con- spicuous as he feceived his guests. The Marchsoness, ag has already been stated, is. an American by birth and education. She wore a dress of white tarlatan, elabo- rately trimmed, with « superb necklace of diamonds, and the cross of some regi! Order on her shoulder. The drawing rooms of the Legation are elato- y decorated. Prominent in that in which guests were received are three-quarter length portraits of the present Emperor aud of the lovely Empress Eugenie, which were the objects of marked attention. Leading from the front drawing room is the Ubrary, which is fitted up with carved oak, and mot only contains a large collection of standard works, but many rare works of art, prominent among which is a veiled bust, so wonderfully executed that it would seem that the bust is covered with a white veil. Connecting with the library and with the back drawing ican loans. The interests of the speculators who, tempted | room is the dining hull, To-night this is the supper 2 exorbitant interest, invested in that bad security, the terms “reepectable,”’ and, forgetting how em- phatically the government orators denied iu the Corps Legis! that France was in any way responsible for Maximilian’s loans, it now affirms unblushingly that “French credit stands aseociated with that of Mexico.”’ ‘The question raised by the France is, I believe, now the only serious = AU chivalrous we aucesas in Mexico are abandoned, but a desperate s'ruggle is to be made on be- half of the money which French subjects were encouraged lo risk in the venture, ‘STRENGTH OF THE FRENCH PORCES LN MEXICO. (Paris (Jan. 26) cor London Times. } ‘The passage in the Emperor's speech on Mexico gives eapecial interest to the following details, The French army in Mexico under the command of Marshal Bazuine forms two divisions of infantry and « brigade of cavalry, with artillery and commissariat. ‘The infaniry regiments at present in Mexico are the Fifty-first, Sixty-second, Eighty-tiret and Ninety-tiith of the have all wo who the “seventh and Ei th battalions of Chasseur a Pied, the Second and Third battalions of the First regiment of Zouaves, and the First and Second bat- talions of the Third ra wees of the same corps, the Second battalion of Atrican light infantry, and six bat talions of the foreign regiment, making altogether twen. ty-one battalions of infantry, forming the divisions of Generals Castagny and Douay, and the brigades of Gene- vals Aymard, De Manssion, Neigre and Briancourt. The cavalry, composing a bri: » under the command of General De col of tour squadrons of the Twelfth Chasseurs a Cheval, two of the Fifth Hussars, the First, Second and Sixth squadrons of the First Chas- woure d’Atrique, the Second and Fourth of the Second regiment, and the Fourth and Fifth of the Third regi. ment—being altogether thirteen squadrons of light cav- artillery in Mexico, under the command of General Courtois Roussel d’Hurbal, is composed of ihe Ei Dauery of the First regiment, the Second of the Third regiment, the First of the Fourth and Fifth regiments on foot. The First of the th pontonniers, the First of the Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh and Tweifth regiments, of mounted artillery—altogeiher nine batterie: When these troops jl have returned to France the army at home will be reinforced by a considerable number of oli! aoldiers, There are, moreover, » number of counter. guerillas in French pay in Mexico; but the ma of which they are composed are mostly natives, and will remain in Mexico after the departure of the French troops, together with the six battalions of the Foreign regitoent. THE NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. EFFECT OF NAPOLEON'S SPEECH. The Supposed Conditions Upon Which che Emperer Will) Withdraw the Preneh Troops from Mexice—The Com- mittee on Foreign Relations Express Convictions That the Document is In- sineere and Calculated to Delay Geov- ernment Action—Opinions That Our Berees on the Rie Grande Will Be Im- mmodiately Increased, Ke., dic. Wasmtxcton, Feb. #, 1866. ‘The Emperor Napoleon's address to the French Scnate end Corps Legisiatif t* attracting much discussion. ‘The fret exprossion of mosi readers was one of unquali- Qed commendation, but a clover scrutiny and more ava- Sytical examination of the language used has failed to onyincs them that he intends the absolute and unconditional withdrawal of French troops from Mexico, it would bave been «0 enay to declare this intention nnequivocaily if he really entertained it that movi people now suspect its tence. No one knew better than be the anxiety felt on ‘4he subject tm this country amd in Europe, and no one is anore able to expres himseifeles.iy whenever inclined to 40 so. He @ never ambiguous, unless purposely a, and bis ftanguage never admits of doubt or double construction when there are no doubts in bie, own mind and no reason for iplomatic daplicity. The reactionary belief now is that hie withdrawal of support from Maximilian will be bused on one of three cenditions—our recognizing the Mexican empire; our guaranteeing payment of the pretended claims on which his intervention was based, or on our giving him some material indemnity for the expense in- curred by the French government in the effort to vecure them. The debates in the French Chambers are expected to establish the trath of this interpretation of hiv ad- dress, and will be awaited with extreme solicitude by all. ‘The Committees on Foreign Relations have had no for- mal meeting since the publication of the Emperor's ad- rest in this country, but different members express heir convictions privately that the document is specious and insincere, and purposely worded to deceive the public and delay our governmental action, How ‘ar it) will affect or legislation cannot now be foretold. The extreme limit of submitting funcombe resolations and inflammatory denun- jations hae already been rewehed. ‘The probabili- View are that the address will not occasion more than & cipple on the Congressional surfer, and that no decisive measures will be immediately adopted, Military men express the opinion thatonr force on the Rio Gronde will be Inereased at once, ind everyibing prt om & War footing im that quarter, Others, again, and among them such personner: ae Senator Wilson, avwert tiiat the whole Mexican territory would not compensate for the jos of one ifn, and that any complication which threntetis hostilities should be avoided. Secretary MePulloch te also waderstood to be opposed to the adop. fon Of aay resoittions or policies looking toward war enil we have weathered the Onancial equalls now beset. ding oad 2 §=One bigh official expressed it oo tle thet the eddrese wae unsatisfactory, and Devefore make wares thee none at al). room, and the carved oaken buffets are loaded with gas- tronomic wonders, Pastries, ices, and the many palatable delicacies which have made French cooking renowned the world over, are lavishly supplied, with an abundance of rich Burgundy, sparkling Champagne and other wines of the rarest vintages, All the eatables, we learned, are home productions, from the kitchen of the legation, and ere highly appreciated and enjoyed by the guests, many of whom are accustomed to the scanty fure of our Wash- ington hotels, The drawing rooms, the library and the dining hall are on one side of the main hall of the house. On the other side is a spacious apartment dedicated to art, It is ighted from above, and the walls are covered with choice pictures by the first American and European artists of our generation. At the end opposite the door, in a spacions reeess, surrounded by flowers, stands the original Greok Slave, by Powers, as fit presiding gortdess for @ temple graced by the loveliness of the land. Above her, gracefnlly entwined, were the Stars and Stripes and the tri-color—those glorious ensigns that have floated over victories on the two continents. In addition to these spacious apartments there were others of less size. In one those fond of the card table were enjoying their favorite games. In another a host of politicians were discussing whether or vot the President would make further disclosures of his policy tomorrow to the Virginia delegation. In another, which was evidently the boudoir of the Marchioness, several couples of young people were always engaged in ¢arnest conversation; neither should we forget a recess in which a table was graced by two buge punch bowls, from which. two attendants were ever replenishing glasses of « compound which appeared ac- ceptable to all who imbibed it, Sueh another display of beauty, glare of jewels, shim- mer of silk and satin, and withal a grand crowd and tush of crinoline, has not been known in Washington for many aday. The genorality with which the invita- tions had been distributed in official circles xerved to render it more than ordinarily marked and pleasant, and brought together a company made up of the members of the House of Representatives, United States Sonators, Judges of the Supreme Court, the diplomatic corps and all the generals and admirals now in Washington, toge- ther with a large number of distinguished officers of a lower grade from both branches of the service. Added to these wore the scions of many of the oldest fumiltes of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore. A marked feature was the presence of the officers of the French man-of-war l’Admirat d’Estaing, now at An- Rapolis, They wore the handsome naval uniform of the pire, with the graceful epaulets and the brilliant | xcanpente! the Tagion of Honor, In the hall stood a voatewain, with his broad turned over collar, ‘who appeared to take pride in thé gay acene, and who ‘wae well pleased when any of the passing throng ad- dressed a Cow words to him in the language of Lo Belle Prawe. The guests began to assemble about ten o'clock, though Up Lo eleven comparatively few of the large number in vited had arrived. So admirably had all the minutia of arrangements boen perfected that, although the current of gentle folk flowed in more swiftly and voluminously as the hour grew ister, no one, however much a Bovice in regard to the evening's programme, was at a moment's lows how to dispose of himself. For the tirst two hours there was nothing especially marked in the entertainment save a confused tide of beautiful women and ther cavaliers ae they wended their way im and up the grand staircase to the retiring rooms, and later reapppeared for presentation to the Mar. quie and Marchioness Montholon, who received, as has already been noticed, im the front drawing room, im- mediately opposite the base of the stairway. Your respects paid to the host and hostess, an enticing vieta of inxury and enjoyment awaited, turn whiah way you would, ‘fhe special mark and felicity of this delightfut event w: undoubtedly a result of the numbers and variety of classes through which the cards of invitation had been diffused. Here were the Majority of members from both Houses of Congress, many of the Justices of the Supreme Court bench, owe leading Generals and navat officers, a drwlng array of diplomats and celebrities in every dis. tinguished Walk and position in life, Grave Senators found themselves talking courtly nonsense to bewitching young ladies in the sequestered recesses of an aleoye; ominent warriors and stern old seadogs chatted ip knots together, and fought many a battle over again by land and sea; foreign and native diplomats took more than kindly to one another, and moved, gayly decorated, m and ont of the mazes of the throng; younger men, with irresistibly lovely women, were treading baoyantly the measures of foreign and do- mestic danger to the melody of the softest strains, and over all havered such a poesy of light, shade, color, mirth, congeniality and delight as would have tempted an anchorite from his cell and ted a daughter of the church to forget her vow, After the first formal tour of the rooms a majority of the company tended towards the dancing saluon, wherein ® particalar set were already blithely moving to the be- witching harmonies of i Janeiers. This apartment, abore sil the rest, wae perhaps most motice- able and attrectivea, Mere was ® pot pmurrt of Drosdcioth, lace, satin and brocade, animated and grace- fo), warping hither and thither, giving voice and gesture to a splabie refrain thet bewildered and allured. You sa a a upon your own Jeyel, was such @ marvel of loveliness and refinement that the eye, once caught, could but sur- Tender witbout discretion. Witnin a circle, aot magic, but gayly alive with begirded sprites and handsome men, hedged about with beauteous women and happy attend- ante, moved easily in and out the mazes of the dance. Music soft and inspiring issued from within the recesses of a grove of rare exotics, through whose “branches the symmetrical shape of Powers’ Greek Slave gleamed white and ngidly. ‘ ‘toda transferred itself into adjoin- were in vogue and deli- ’ ‘*. ‘empt the appetite. Fi “vals had ceased te inuudate . ‘ ooity departing equipages had to criticise the toilets of the t many of the ladies belonging u ‘ ‘\ were dressed a la mode de Paris. Miss Binucwe Loiler, of Massachusetts, in white tarietan trimmed, with a blue beddice twimmed with flowera, was a decided belle, and opened the ball with the first Secretary of Lega- tion, Miss Blondem, of Missouri, in a white tarletan speckled with gold, and with her raven heir powdered with gold dust, was much admired. Miss Doolittle, of Wisconsin, young and fair, contrasted favorably with some of the more aged and overdressed spinsters, Rhode Island was.well represented by the accomplished Mire Jencke, who was dressed in white, with pearl orna- ments in her bair, “Ono of Onio’s fairest daughters, Miss Denison, was deservedly admired and charmingly dressed; and from the far Pacific there was Miss Haverly, of California, whose dress was an ingenious combination of white muslin and flowers, Taken as.a whole the ladies were dressed with exqui- site taste, and there was a brilliant display of jewels, rich and rare. The dresses were almost invariably fresh and evidently made for the occasion; but some of them will never be wearable again, for stupid men will tread on trailing skirta, tearing out gathers, and rendering it no- cessary to retire to tho dressing room and repair dam- ages. A noticeable feature of the entertainment was the cor- dial fraternization of the politicians from the Capitol. Senator Saulsbury chatted cordially with Senator Wilson, while Representative Boutwell held friendly converse with Senator McDougall. The democratic Guelphs and the Repubhcan Ghibellines hobnobbed at she punch bowls, while the Western economists sipped champagne with the Eastern protectionists. Judge Kelley, of Penn- sylvania, did uot seem unhappy, because the ball was “without distinction of color;’? while Mr. Blaine, of Maine, improved bis own constitution by partaking of the gastrominic delicacies, As for the oilicers of the army and navy, they went through the mazes of the dance as if it was a battalion drill, and showed those at the supper tables how to “fire and fall back.” An enthusiastic few, how- ever, who were mostly given to the plea- sures of the terpsichorean art, were plainly of 2 mind to continue the hilarity of the occasion by using the vacated space of their more moderate fellows im keeping it up to the sinall hours when “daylight should appear.”? NEWS FROM THE RIO GRANDE. General Weitzel Superseded by Colonel Brown in Command of the Rio Grande District—Arrest of Participants in the Bagdad Affair—A French Man-of-War at the Mouth of the Rio Grandc—More French Troops Expected—Rumors of the Movements of Liberal Generals, &c. Browssviis, Feb. 2, } Via New Ontxans, Feb. 8, 1866. General Wright arrived from Galveston on the Ist inst. Colonel Brown succeeds General Weitzel in command of the Rio Grande district. * Colonel J. G. Perkins succeeds General Smith iv the command of a division of the Twenty-fifth corps. Tho United States Provost Marshal is busy in arresting and disarming partic: in Brownsville and ils neigh: borhood. Colonel Reed, Goneral Crawford’s adjutant, has been arrested for complicity in the Bagdad uffair, Captain Sinclair, of the Hberal army, bas algo been ar- rested on the charge of violating the neutrality laws, General Cortina and his forces have Jeft for parts un- ; known, Itis reported that bofore he left he received from Presideat Juarez the appolutinent of General-in- Chief of the liberal army. Four pieces of artillery taken from Bagdad by the libe- rals and brought to Clarksville were seized on the Ist inst, and held by the United States Collector of Customs. A French man-ot-war has arrived off the mouth of the Rio Grande. Two thousand French troops are expected on the Rio Grande, An aid-de-camp of the Emperor Maximilian was at Matamoros on the 1st inst, It js rumored that General Canales is at Reynosa with a liberal army; that General Escobedo with another 1s besieging Monterey, and that General Mendera with an- other is besioging Tampico, None of these stories ave believed here. The Texas Réconstraction Convention, Austix, Texas, Feb. 8, 1866. The Convention organized to-day, and will incérporate into the new constitution the tots! abolition of slavery, und give negroes the right to testity in all courts, bold property, sue and be sued, &. The Convention is divided between original secessionists and straight-out Union men. Some members are in favor of negro suftrage, The President of the Convention voted against s»cession in the last convention, but was subsequently an officer in the Confederate army. News from Fortress Monroe. to-day. , Good prices were obtained ; but a ¢ number of articles had to be withdrawn on account of the bids made not reeching the minimum rate establiahed bend yaa ment. About tive hundred old cannon, iy ‘wise, were sold at {rom one to two and a half cents per pound, Three Gatling guns broaght thirty-one each; twelve stoel guns two and elevon-sixteenth cents per pound; Burneide’s carbines ton dollars each. There was also sold 2 misceliancous collection of old muskelx, famoothbore rifles, blacksmiths’ tools, &c , &e. The stormy westher stil continues. The wind in northeasterly. A fleet of some forty vewols is in the harbor awaiting a chance to sail, among which are the barks Delaware, for Rio Janeiro; Eliza Raymond, for New York; the Susau Jane, for New York, and brigs Clara Ellen and Navarino, for New York, Ha wna, Pa, Feb, ‘The bill appropriating $300,000 for the reli the Chambersburg sufferers passed the House last aight. latare. Feb. 9, 1886. TMORE, ‘The Maryland Logislatnre adjourned Inst night. They refused to entertain the p ition to amend or repeat the Registration law. The Susquebanna Boom bill was also defeated. Legisiatare. A, Territory, Feb. % 1 The Logiriature has framed a state coustitution, to be submitted to the i¢ on the dof June wext, Av election for Stale officers ito take place at the same time. cr, Feb. 9, 1866, Charles 3. Bradley, a leading democratic lawyer, wae to-day elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Vourt by the Rhode Island General Assembly, Mr. Phelps, agent of the American Express Company, has absconded, taking twelve thousuud dollars, He bat gene to Europe. Mall Robbery. Wittameront, Pa., Feb. 9, 1866, ‘The mail that should have Jeft here this morning at two o'clock Was robbed after being dolivered at the rail- road depot. The bags were found above the depot, out open, and all their contents gone. Movements of Europea: Portia The steamship Hibernian bas arrived and will sail for Liverpoot to-morrow. The steamship St, George sailed for New York this morning. jw York Sori See ee Fis tn rm out of provi with and sunk neer RAILROAD SLAUGHTER. The Disaster at Bloomfield, N. J.—In- quest om the Body of Milton B. Holt— Testimony as to Unsound Railread Structures—The Jury Charge the Com- pany with Gross and Culpable Negi. gence, dée., Ke. An inquest was held yesterday at the village of Bloom- Gold, Essex county, N.J., upon the death of Milton B. ‘Helt, the young man who was killed on Thursday in the railroad wreck which occurred near that place by the breaking-<down of a bridge on the Bloomfield and New- ark Railroad, as reported in -yesterday’s Heraup. Coro- ner Sandford, of Newark, opened the proceodings at hali-pastoue o'clock, the fallowing sworn jurors being present:—Joel M. Hubbard, Horace Pierson, Horace Pedd, Samuel Moore, James McCracken, A. H. Hulbert, | E. B. Crane, R. N. Dodd, J. S$, Colfax, J. G. Post, ‘The testimony as given by several witnesses our want of space prevents us from publishing im detail, It appears the young man was at a wedding party in Bloomfiefd the evening previous, and while retnrn- ing to business in Newark was so frightfulty mangled as to be recogmzed only by a paper in his pocket which bore his name. It appears that the timbers of the bridge were entirely unsafe, being affected by a dry rot, which defects, noticed two months ago by the engineer, were only remedied by putting ina new cross beam underneath the long timbers, Whose span was thirty fect. Two experienced master builders testi-, ‘fied that they thought the rotten long stringers should have been taken out altogether. The Bridge Superinten- dent of the company testified to dais being notified by the engincer two months ago, and also to his belief that the repairs mande at the ime would’ have been differemt had -he known the decayed condition of the timbers as seen since the accident. He said he had not tested their soundness, except with the eye, A master builder of Bloomfield and others testified thatthe decay could have. boen discovered by sounding or boring. Some blamed the iron supporters as being affected by the frost or as otherwise defective. a THR VERDICT. The Coroner then instructed the jury and they retired. After deliberating two hours they returned the following vardict:— That the said Milton B. Holt came to his death on the 8th day of February, 1866, at about eight o'clock A. M., at Bloomfield, in the county of Essex, New Jersey, in consequence of mjuries recived while riding in a rail- way car of the Newark aud Bloomfeld Railroad Com- pany, his. death being instantancous; the said car being precipitated tnrough a bridge over Tony’s brook, in con- sequence of the breaking of the timbers forming said bridge, the said timbers being rotten and unsound; and that the sald company are guilty of gross and culpable neglect in not employing competent persons to oversee and keep in repair the bridges on their road. JOEL M. HUBBARD, Foroman. The inquest consumed all the afternoon and evening. A good many citizens went from Newark to witness the proceedings, and tuch interest was manifested. It being very Jate when the conclusion was reached, and the village being isolated as regards railroad travel after a certain hour, some difliculty was had im obtaining vehicles to reach Newark. The other sufferers by this accident are getting on favorably under treatment. There are six or eight in all, most of them being residents of the village and vicinity. Mr. Davis is the mest dangerous case, being injured internally ; but he is expected w recover. Another Railroad Accident in, New Jersey. AN ENGINEER KILLED AND A FIREMAN SEVERELY SCALDED. {From the Trenton (N. J.) Amorican, Feb. 9.] A severe accident, attended with logs of life, occ on the Flemington. Railroad, ou Wednesday’ evening. ‘The accommodation line which leaves this city for Lam- bertville and Fiemington at seven o'clock ran off the track, owing to the breaking of a rail between Copper Hill and Flemington. The locomotive was crossing a bridge at the time, and was precipitated over the side and demolished, an explosion of the boiler taking place. The engineer was killed, and the fireman waa very goverely scalded. Fortunately the coupling between the Joromotive and the forward car broke, which saved the train from being thrown over the embankment. There were but few passengers on the train, all of .whom escaped injury. The remains of the en.imeer were taken to Lambertville. They presented no outward marks of injury, and his death is supposed to have been caused by stiffocation. The fireman was, at last accounts, in a fair way of recovery. This is the first accident that has ever occurred on this road, © Jersey City News. VENTURE OF A NEW YORK MERCHANT. In the Hudson county Suporior Court, in the case of James C. Jewett vs. Henry Schofield, which has been pending for some months, asheriff’s jury was empanelled to fix the sum due to plaintiff. It appears that in De- comber, 1864, Mr. Jewott, of the firm of James C. Jewett & Co., shipping merchants in Pearl street, New York, chartered and loaded with a valuable cargo the brig Ex- pert, and despatched her for Matamoros, Mexico, with, a3 aupercargo, peu. Schofield, who had been in busi- ness in South street, New York, and who had been in- troduced to Jewett & Co. by one of the first commercial houses in Halifax, recommending him to their fullest confidence. The bills of lading and invoices of the goods shipped were made to tho order of Schofeld, and he was delegated with full power to sell the cargo at Matamoros and to invest the proceeds in cotton. and gold co! and return the same to Messrs. Jewett & Co., at York. The brig Expert arrived at Matamoros in January, 1865, The cargo was found to be salable, so much 80 } that'an offer in gold was made for the currency value, ed which some eighty thousand dollars would have been btained for the New York firm, and @ large proilt realized. Schofield declined to accept this offer, and pro- ceeded to dispose of the merchandise by the package, thus obtaining the fullest valne. Someconsiderable time elapeed aud no returns were forwarded to Mr. Jewett, and meanwhile the vessel that took-out the goods re- turned to New York, partially laden with freight, but with no golden proceeds of the outward cargo on board. In May, Sehotield, without having rendered any account or forwarded any remittances, left Mata- moros for Cuba. The vessel in which he took passage was wrecked on a reef on the Mexican coast, and the crew and Schofeld proceeded by steamer from Sisal to Havana, and thence the Britixh Consul sent the officers and crew to New York on their way to Hatifax, where they belonged, Scholicid accompanying them. They arrived in New York in July lust, and Schofield, without reporting to his employers, came to Jersey City, where he was followed by Mr. Jewett, who caused his arrest on & whrraut tasne@ by Jndge Chambers, on a cl e of grand Jarceny. Failing in holding Schofield on this warrant, for want of jurisdiction on the part of the court, proceedings were taken in the Superior Court for dam- ages for embezzlement, and Schofield was arrested, and in default of $40,000 bail was committed to the Hudson county jail, wher@he has since been confined. The award of the jury to Mr. Jewett was the sum of 969,656 81. News from the Sandwich Islands. San Frawenon, Feb, 8, 1866. dn punlatenes net tose tens tg nhacoene doors, e a hot ere. Pineda ‘States steamer Jancaster arrived at Hono- of January, Lieutenant 1 bes was thrown from his horse aud ep. financial affairs of the kingdom were creating con- itement. The Honolulu Chamber of Com- morce favers the plan of issuing Treasury notes to raise mony, Striking Of! im Australta. San Fraxceoo, Feb, %, 1966. Ansiralian dates of the 17th of November stato that oil has been strock near Hartly, New South Wales, ’ reat orade or one undred gallons of refined oil ‘The company pepe ne beans property calculate, when \i% get thoroughly at Work, to refine fyenty thoitsand gallons of oj! per week, and supply consumers of it at per gallon. Evasion of the R 1 Bax Fraxcnco, Feb. 7, 1886, The Virginia City (Montana) /*o and Pionerr of the 90th of January states thot a large quantity of merchan- dise hae been seized by the revenue collectors for not Dwving the inspector's mark upon it to show that the duty had been pad thereon, The merchants will saiter severe lows, forty-three conte Devrer, « Feb. 8, 1866. One hondred and fifty pounds of bullion from Colorado: ores Were obtained from the first runsof a smelting process on exhibition bere, The process exeveds the Most sanguine expectations, News from Nash le. Nasnvinix, Feb. 8, 1866, ‘The river here is falling rapidly and navigation is nearly anspended, ‘The water is but three and a balf feet deep on Harpeth shoals, Cotton is flat and inactive; prices range from ST yc. to 400, Receip's to-day, 354 bales; shipment, 154 bales. Marine Disaster, Bostox, Feb, 9, 1856, The brig FW. Grade, from Rotterdam for Bo: , with a cargo of gin, went ashore dering the storm to- day on the beach at Chatham, Cape Cod. She is full of water, The crew were saved. Execation of Murderers. orn st erp on Sa 5 murder lam Demi! wero executed in Parkereburg to-day. The broke in the frst attempt; but the men mounted the scaold and stronger ropes were procured, when they again, were hanged separately, RYT Conve As! ; urder of ‘teason Parsons, The Capital of West Min Oy bil ota acct, at location of the ‘ey passed the House yes. Aen eee SS ® the Union. Was negro mate a ‘UNITED SERVICE SOCIETY. - ton of Peonirclon eh early Reorganization jatiomal | enthusiastically endorsed the of Andrew Johnson?: oe Ween’ a Did Connection, when abe deaied. sufiage to her owm Union address by born free, and as much enlightened as the freed. Colomel W. 8. Hillyer om the State of | men of ibe South can expect to be in half a tos the Seuth. ee Did Miinoie, ~ Bae ~- “yy war re A mocting of thts association was held last evening at clause in her constitution: by one hundred and seventy Masonic Hall, No. 114 East Thirteenth street, for the two thousand majority, forever to the black, Purpose of reorganizing on « gational Union platform, dod wit er tacos force "the South to acknowl, The meeting, which was well attended, was called to | edge tho equality of her en ancl slaves? I do not omer by Col. G, D. Kellogg, who stated the objects for ae ar cepmaenanh or Tilinols did right in those: enactinents; bui 8a which the meeting was called. Colonel J. D. Macgregor | Sct sip ¢ atiectn WOE eee ae aa ‘then offered the following preamble and resdlution, which were unanimously adopted :— Whereas, the United Soctety Service organization im the city of New York the surrender of the rebel armies and fere. There is no inan who understands this subject betier than the Chief Magistrate of this nation. the people of the South that C did not represent the sentiments of the people ot tbe North, nor of the res portion party, “Why, then,” they asked me, “don't e ‘wae the frat political whic! at Sybseqnont to wf of the war, adopted « platform endorsing the reconstruction policy of | the people of the North, im mass convention, en- Fronident Andrew Johnson, ‘aa maiurod upon the views of | dorse’ the President aud “rebuke” their” mie. gue wie ive acuon, has. disagresd representatives?’ I rofer that question to you to-night, Is there no one to take the lead in th s matter? Where are the thousands of office holders who live on the patronage of the Executive? Are the places of trust and emolument all .n the hands of his encmies ? ‘The radical element of the republican party have given to the conservatives the expression of popular sentiment in the party platforms which they eould wot control; but they have taken as their share the power and patrovaye of the offices, and have used them to defeat the carrying out of the popular will of the party. Well might Horace Greeley say, “What's the use of electing a L-gislature when you can buy one cheaper?” Aro there uo party leaders of the conservatives ‘out of oftive who will organize the friends of the President? foo many of vse are seekers, who dare not publicly avow their endorsement, even while they are asking place at. his -bands,, from # cowardly fear of » tue rod non-confrmation by the Senate. As this was the drst i. yam ved Lie York that Gat dagra gee mealer 6 Audrow J us @ party with «platform browd enough to iota arery every patriot, whether be be Se cn alien, republican. or democrat, Norshera or Southern, and call forth such a demonstration.of popular sentiment as will sileuce the forebodings of te patriot, and -oonvince: our brethren of the South thut the nation will redeem the pledges made by the President, with the approval of the ty and the people. It only needs seme one to arouse the people of the country. At least three-fourths of the party that Mr. Johnson feol that he is carrymg out their poll ‘The eutire party who opposed him in 1864 staud by hia now. He received 2,223,035 of the popular vote. Add three-fourths ot these to 1,811,754 democratic votes, and you find that there are to-day at least 3,478,000 out of 4,350,000 voters of the loyal States who endorse fully and heartily the policy of the President. There is to-day a conspirs- cy hatching iu Washington to depose the President of the United States. The conspirators are cautiously but untiringly at work to get Congress commitied io the pro- Position that the disloyal States have ceased tw be States of this Union, What is the logical consequenvey Ten- nessee, being a disloyal State, was not one of the United States. Andrew Johnson, being a citizen of ‘Nennesseo, is not a citizen of the United States, and was ineligible 46 that policy and seems to iusist upon conditions being applied which did -not emanete from the people, are disregarding the popular sentiment, and usurping the power to direct, instead of obey- tng the dilty wo carry out the judgment ‘of the nation; there- (are Resolved, ‘That wo re-aflirm the principles adopted by us July 10, 1865; and, in addition thereto, earnestly endorse the views of the President as exhibited up to the present fime, and invite the cordiat and generous support of all Joyal men in behalf of his wise and magnanimous policy. Col. W. S. Hillyer, President of the Association, who has but lately returned from an extended trip through- out the Inte seceded States, was invited to address the meeting-on his ideas of the position and feelings of the residents of the South, Col. Hitlyer accepted the invi- tation and made an eloquent addreas, of which the sub- stance is as follaws;— _ * SPEECH OF COLONEL HILLYWR. Ten months ago tox the. Lieutenant Generm ‘com- ¢manding the armies of. the oa States, in response to a note fxom the commander of the rebel forces, then in full retreat from Richmond, sent this significant reply :— “T will state, however, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same fecling. The terms on which peace can be liad are well understood.” A few hours atter the reception of that note Lee surrendered his army to Grant, and the days of the Confederate States were numbered. The words thus written were telegraphed all over the regions held by the rebel armies; and one after another they laid down their arms, to ac- cept those terms so “well understood.”” Shortly before this the President of the United States, accompanied by his chief Cabinet adviser, held an interview with the rebel commissioners in Chesapeake bay. He then an- nounced to those commissioners the terms to which Grant alludes as the terms so ‘well understood:’’ “Lay down your arms, obey the constitution of the United States, accept the abolition of slavery as an accom- plished fact, and you can have peace and restoration to your old relations in the Union.”’ The Congress of the United States had siveady formally and solemnly an- rly nounced ne ae vot Se om FP ghlabed bas to the Presidency. A joint resolution of Cousress then tnony ‘having. surrendered and iuid down thee | declares him a usurper, What could follow but. the re- enemy having surrendered an D ar { enactment of all the horrors of the French Revolution? arms, Abraham Lincoln, with a careful regard to the lessons of the past, with a zealous study of the temptations of the future, and yet with these terms so “well understood” as the guiding star of his actions, began to map out the course to be pursued by the rebel States in their return. This work was but just com- menced when he was called to join the army martyrs. Andrew Johnson took up the work where Abraham Lincoln left it, with the same plan and pur- pose, aided by the same Cabinet counsellors, and by that more intimate knowledge which he possessed of the Let us teach these radicals that the soldiers who fought the batties of the Union had thirty-seven stars ou ther flag ; and wo be to him who undertakes to strike one star from the constellation. The speech was well received and frequently most heartily applauded, the entire association seemiug-to re. ciprocate fully the sentiments expressed by thelr Presi- dent. A resolution was then adopted authorizing the appointment of a committee of thirteen to propare # basis of reorganization and take measures for a future miotives “and. character of the -Southora people. We | Getmonstracion, The committee appointed is as follows; ~ Anished and announced to the country the plan of ro- | Gaouel C. G. Haiping, Colonel fe C. Hawkins, General J” storation. The people of the loyal States accepted with H. Ward, General Joln A. Foster, Brigudior Ganerai {ready and enthusiastic approval; the people of the | ¢.” ” Graham, Colonel W. 8. Hillyer, Major General 'T, ‘yobel Stes one tt ante eta tnd de: |G: Devin, Colonel W. A. Lynch, Coldnel C, MucDouald, iberation, After due consideration, amid their deso- | Brigadier General M. T. McMahon and Colouel J. B. Beu- lated homes, with heavy hearts and crushed pride, they accepted it in good faith, and have performed their part honestly and manfully. 1 speak whereof I know. I have iately returned from a visit to the South. I tra- versed large portions of Tennessee, Mississippi and Ala- bama, and met men from Georgia, Florida and Louisiana. 1 talked with people of those States, of all conditions, determined a se hid their Lured felt son what they Before Judge Brady. intended, ‘The Southern people have vagy little love, si as but a great deal of respect, for tho Yankees. As long as | William Myers vs. the Washington Marine Insurane the new-made graves are unsodded, as long as there are | Company.—An action was commenced in the Court of dix. With three cheers for President Johuson tho meeting then adjourned. Does # Marine Insurance Cover a Cole lision with a Bridge! COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—PakT 1. empty chairs in every household, we cannot expect that | Common Pleas yesterday, before Judge Brady, by the they will be clined to kies the hand that has smitten . them; but the ‘manboot and courage and endurance | OWuer of the canal boat Flying Dutchman, to recover am which are essenti»| to the success of even superior num- | insurance thereon, the vessel having been sunk in Au- bers, and which supported them in eo many battle tlelds, gust, 1864, in consequence of colliding with the draw of raised the Yankee character in eae ete the Morris and Essex Railroad bridge on the Passaic what it was before the war. Whatever may the South, it must be abmitted that be fi a brave peo- | river. By the complaint it appears that in July, 1864, pie; to deny it is to rob gar heros of all that mude them } the boat was insured in the office of the Washington Ma- aoe Oe Tat cack other The peo, | Fine Company for a voyage between Belleville, N, J., and ple of the South accept the result of the | Philadelphia, Pa, Tho amount insured was $930, cover- war as the full and final determmation of ing the hull of the boat and the freight money to be the question of the right of a State to secede. Most of the original secessionists of the South are to-day earnest and zealous ‘loyalists, They say there were two modes of determining the question of secession—one Supreme Court of the United States, the other earned on the voyage. The Fly! Dutchman +tarted on its intended voyage on the 3d of August with a heavy cargo of stone, and, according to the complaict, was in a tight, stanch and seaworthy condition, The collisiom by the Py, the | occurred on the same day, and, a8 alleged, through no arbitrament of arms. They voluntarily a] 1c latter; they fought to the ‘ast paren (a, the decision | Mult of the pas, but owing to an unavoidable acci- was against them. They now feel that it is their duty | dent A was by the collision and the as good citizens to submit to the decision. Ido not | Vessel sunk. On thie statement a judyment of $950, think there is an intelligent man in thee ith to-day i ania from August 5, 1864, is demanded by the Fon eye dinpnted guection. 1 beliore fips theSeatk | ‘The dofeudauts, in answer, admit the inserance, but regurd slavery a% dead beyond the revival, | Clutm that the boat was not in a good Condition when she ‘The suggestions 60 iudustriously circulated in the North | started, but. on the my leaking badiy; further, that the ple of the South are looking forward to the | that the accident for which judgment is »o time when they can re-establish slavery is false as false | Oblained is not one covered by a marine policy can be. — < an emit arf Pir mvns ban cont co The speaker cited the opinions of Governor McRea and | Such an insurance, and not gers can be provided other noted Jeter ars the South in support of | “gainst by human foresight and sagacity. The counsel his opinion. The people of the South are greatly de- | for the defendants cited a case to the effect that even a» sirous for Yankee immigration. want Yankee | lenkage caused by the operation of rats was not one that capital and labor and energy, to caltivate their neglected | Would enable an insured party to recover. still ong fields and develop their boundless resources. The gone- ral supposition that it is unsafe for Northern men to set- Died, Ue in the South outside of military protection is false. Camerox.—At Jersey City, on Thursday, lehruary 4%, ed speaker here quoted the opinion of General | Dvoarp Camenoy, chief steward of the royal mail steams ‘ebster and other officers, late of the federal army, who aig Tae aged 34 years. have settled in the South.) Asa general rule the people friends of deceased are invited to attend the funo- of the South bave noanimosity to the freedmen; on the’! ral, from the Atlantic Hotel, Jersey City, on Sunday contrary, they have a much more genuine sympathy | afternoon, at balt-past one o'clock. . and exercise a much more practical philanthropy towards Boston (Mass. ), Liverpool (England) and Glasgow (Scot. them than many of their champions atthe North. Ifa } land) papers please copy. war of races should ever come that people, and re- Frresimmons.—On Friday, bpd 9, Mre. Many Freee sult, as it necessarily would, in the extermination of the | suwoxs, a native of the parish of Kilbride, county Cavan; negro, what would be the result of the action of our zealous | Ireland, aged 92 years. friends abroad? The prevalent that there is no | The friends and relatives, and those of her sous, James sympathy between the master and the slave is a great | and Patrick Fitzsimmons, aro requested to aitend tha error. The history of this war should have taught us | funeral, trom tho residence of her son, 12 First avenu better. When it commenced we all thought that the | on Sunday afternoon, at two o'clock. sound of our armies marching South would be the key- [For Other Deaths See Phird Page. note for negro insurrection thi tthe rebel States, On the contrary, the relation master and slave was but little disturbed outside of the train of our army. L GREAT ou RE ‘ Slavery would exist throughout the South” to-day, not- I ener ets wibuenteg the war, were if always true that * PULMONARY CONSUMPTION “Who would be free, himself must strike the blow.’* ay scuexceg ™2*™ TOME ‘The people of the South desire such legislation for the PULMONIC SYRUP, freedinan as will secure him the just exercise of his SEAWEED TONIC mcenl inseam and St he same tise seduce the Sate manpadtR erezs. Saewtoe 0 hat freedom means freedom Seen © gem © rine toctienres at from work (the speaker ere the opinions of * Schenck vished. her aboot thes fat Governor Patten divers of the He found her tn the last iiagt undo wicked, thinga Jest s0' wo hore men ates and “abe. so oe pat ee argument is the awvente, chi me men do not repre- to be = pepees we. ie " decency of £ her o Sh are tot i hae Sor at ge "Ze., Those men's sy. eee a ais notes! oa maanaive feck in Dr. Hekenck’s, _ ipreemne 0) Cy hearty Tong sonnding P og tm Sok by vate | ih ome eh a tnt ge phemy sad obscenity of Senzert calc on Beeat. Tare ie was way. speaker here quoted the testimony 4 an and and other federal "a, om si? omcors,) Whose testimony have. we adverse to this? | mont imprybel ex Pirst, ‘whose ‘wore made 1 Snares te eae aioe | eet es ith a lewire ~ to be via of his importanity. ‘The President well knew a that — pogo t-¥ Ln Sepenties in the — mone rim or impartiality or @ trip through the States, to look into the Southern ‘were, heart or feel its pulse. His se before the war 4 was familiar to U Ss was known to them as pind Copiun in police and phitosopiy, aud. skeptical ta re in jos , Hon, with 5S; ‘whch elven acoomn ligton, with the narrow prejudic pany strong convictions, He hated most venomously, hot se much the political opinions to which adverse, as those who ent Regardi therefore, as their bigoted and implacable enemy, seeking not to ascértain merits but to exaggerate fanity, he was of course denied their friendship, their intercouse und their confidence, He has made his |- report. | have uot read it; | do not know any one = who has. It-was well known in advance what would | CMBNES! Wires della Syrup and Sonweed Tonic, wack be its character and temy 1 have no doubt it i# | $1 50 per bottle, or $7 50 per ualf dozen. Mandrake I’ ie. well writen, Neen van Pe ng ia far _ ier omer ‘all 4 eat @ a thi ral Sobura’s sword. His pen may a a lealers. victory over a disarmed enemy; his sword never did | ¢2 nina hee tea” 2 Fach row, weetente egret over an enemy in arms. | do not believe his im N. B.A full supply of Dr, ACHENCK'S Medicines sare however honest, however weil expressed, will have a | be obtained at all mes at his rooms, 88 Bond rireet, New feather's weight against the testimony of Grant, Sherman ‘bat more can ‘you ‘ork, and the Doctor be DAY, trom Pa. Met 3 id down her arms; she | -—-—~ —---_______ - - has deciared her ordinances of secession void; she has PRIVATE BYR AND EAR INFIRMARY MAY 9 repealed all laws inconsistent with her Telutions | 4% found at 94 Clinton piace, Hight sirvet, y to the federal governinent; #he has logistat inst the | f. “—O pm and Operate _ te payment of the rebel debt; and an i ei . utiknd, oe sane ‘Voplicarta for tntcesnatiog nod advice resafved PLiSt CTar® ¥ OF © Clty references always present, Hours from 9 to 4. pir her counsellor. his advice she selected her Senators. |. —--———-——_-_—-—____————- and Re 2 tential we beg N IMMENSE IMPROVEMENT IN STEAM, od er Waeatn on. .¢. HIOK® PATENT STEAM ENGINES i? ae grounds; | save i per eam apace wel and parte, j He aices tt ae ty street, MY, paste ncamattaaataaaplaatat chat 2} A, femora mavaga natn fa The pied 8 cbc “4 10 TO THOMAS R. Al W's, 20 AND 2 GREEN, = ora att Gran ead any store in New ii if | it ef é. i ae ORE me