The New York Herald Newspaper, February 27, 1866, Page 5

EUROPE. Arvival of the Arago and Her- mann at This Port. FOUR DAYS LATOR NEWS. THE MEXICAN QUESTION IN FRANCE, Marshal Forey States that the French Troops Cannot Return from Mexico as Speedily as Desired by Fran THE FENIAN EXCITEMENT. Several More Counties in Ireland Proclaimed. &. ke. &e. The steamship Arago, Captain Gadsden, from Falmouth on tho 15th instant, arrived at this port last night. Tho steamship Herman, Captain Wenke, from Bremen ‘on the 11th, and Southampton on the 14th instant, also arrived here last might, The nows by these arrivals is four days later, Earl Russell received a deputation on Monday from the Royal Agricultural Society in reference to the cattle Plague, A fearful gale had passed over the southern coast of England. Itis expected that many casualties will be reported. The Paris Presse has reccived a second warning. It intends to appeal to the Council of State against the two Warnings which it bas received. The steamship Queen arrived out on the 12tti, and the City of Boston on the 13th. France and Mexico. In the French Senate, on the 10th inst., M. Rouhor protested against the speech delivered by Bf. de Boissy 4n Friday's sitting. Marshal Forey stated that the return of the French troops from Mex'co could not take place so speed ly as appeared to bo desired in France, and he even advised that fresh r inforcements should be sent out. i. Rouber declared that Marshal Forey had expressed, In his spe ch, merely a private opinion, the views of the government upon this subject being those contained in fhe speech from the throne and the drafts of ‘the al- 7088, The frst eight paragraphs of the address wero then juptod, The Fentans. SEVERAL MORE COUNTIES IN IRELAND TO BE PRO- CLAIMED—CONTINUED SEARCH FOR STEPHENS. {Dublin (Feb. 13) correspondence of the London ‘Timea. A pol co inspector and four detective officers surround « & most respeciable house tn the neighborhood of Pleasant atreet_ yesterday, and made @ diligent search in it and shout it for Stephens, but without getting any trace of iin, A supplement of the Dublin Gaze'ts has hoen issued, and contains the announcement that the fol: Jowing counties ard parts of connties will be pro- claimed irom the 1th instant:—The county of Roscom- mon, the city o° Armagh, the county of Armagh, the county of Leitrim, the county of Cavan, the county of Wicklow, the county 0° Wexford, Longford, the baronies of Moydown, Hatheline aud Shrule. Accounts from va- tious parts of the country expres’ the great eatisfaction Mf the population at having thir respect.ve counties Tociaimed. Many Protestant families in the south and vest have for weeks afra d to goto b a. Dr, White, efty coronor, held an inquest to-day on the reay oF Clark, who was muniored on Friday night. From the evidence it app ared that the three Men who inveigled him to ths banks of the canal more Feujans, who beli ved him to be an in- former, but he denied tho fact, and ts corroborated Dy the police, A verdict of wilul murder was re turned aga’nst a person or persons unknown, and that Jolin Lowier, Semnat Zavanagh and @ man called ‘tbe Sosy” Word present at the t Gavin, WHO WAS ar rested as “the doctor,” has been d scharged, there being ‘BO proof against him: Corporal Mulyahill was tried to-day by court martial for treasonable language towards the Queen and guvern- men The British Reform Rill. London Times of Monday, in a leader, e draws near fur revealing the plans of t istry, it becones more and more certain that the Resurm bill of 1866 will consist simply of clauses lower ing the franchise in boroughs to £6 rating, and in conn- ti appears and ties to £15 occupation, It would 8 em, unless he bas been sadly belied, that Lord Russell Las acted upon the advice of Mr. Bright, and bas, greatly darng, resolved to stake the existeno of his administration on the suc o° 6a «(Cb «which «shall give us £6 £10 householders, and £15 for £50 cannot suppose — that pat such # bill as is now pre- 6 Fevorm it expresses f the for county tenants. the government believes ed will be wee pted as a setiiement of It 1s crude, yiclent and offe it corresponds to no aims. The conduct Ministry on r form seems to show that they are them selves conscious they are settling down, They pass from tide to side, and roll and plunge with every fresh gust and every passing wave; but such things are pren.oni- aster, and we can only Lope that if there 1 to sreck something Valuable may be left by way of f the Senate the Minister of ences of the couniry to be ina more favorable condition than was supposed, the ex pend ture of the ¢ rrent year being estimated at 1,400 Muiilion reals and the revenue at 4,700 millions, including the bonds represensing the national property The senate have adopted the drees in reply to the speech from the throne by a majority of sixty.two ‘votes. bs Poltey Towards Italy. Tho fol is the text o° the despateh dated Febru. ‘ary 6 aldressed by General dela Marmora to the Italian inister at Madrid in consequence of the declations con- tained im the panish Red Book respecting the policy of Spain towarde I “T request yor ad Senor Bermudez de Castro that if the September Convention, while acknowledging the principle © non-intervention, nevertheless placed certain conditions upon the application of that principle, those conditions coue*rn France exclusively. You w tl therefore declare that, as revards other Powers, their ‘pon-intervent on in the pol tical affaire of Rome always remains the unqualified principle upon which the con duct of Italy will be invariabiy based." Italy. A despateh from Florence of February 12 says:—The Commiesion of Inquiry npon the route to be selected for the railway through the Helvetic Alps bave almost unanimousty decided in favor of Mount St, Gothard. No vote was given for the Luiimanier route. The sess ou of the Chambers has been prorogued until Febroary 15, The committee upon the provisional exer cs: of the Budyet have accepted the prog of the ministry, extouding its duration untit the eud of April ext. ‘Letters from Rome to the Tth inst. give the epeech of the Pope at the English College, in which bis Holiness mont oned the prosper ty regretted that she shoul glorious title of the Holy Island. The Pope hoped thet her immense posseasions and boasted insti(utions would perve the cause of the true faith, veveral Engltla Cailolic prelates aud other distin- guished persons Were present. A te) — “Vp count Sydney arrived bere lant ai ing Loopoid IL the Order of the Garter, Today the Kinz received, in solemn audience, at the Royal Palace, ‘all the mombers of the mission Sasa ‘Queen Vie. foria to invest his Majesty with the ‘the Garter.” Priaset In the Chamber of Deputies ‘ebruary 10 the debate was reamed, on the motion protesting Inst the deri. Bion of the Supreme Court restricting lberty of speech fn the Chamber. ‘ount Bi During the debate, the Ministers of the Interior and Justee censured the a in strong terms, and stated that they opposed fae eye of the — < aounnnet ' a might be free to give vent toe cal ‘may. The House sabeequentty adopted the mo- n of Herr vou Hoverbeck, apanet the deci. ‘ion of the Supreme Coart, by 263 to 86 votes, Dep the the; * T Da ‘The Vienna Debate of the 11th saye:—'"The sensation wi ved in some foreign net of a Prus- an aliimatum upom the question of the [uchies Deen reco ved by the Austrian government is unfoo “Yesterday Count Mensdorff itched a note ta Count Karoly), the Austrian Ambassador at Berlin, in whieh be Qnvounced that Austria dectined to entertain the pro- ‘West of Prassia with refetence to the late public meeting & Altona.” The Preme says: —Count Menedorff, im his note to Count Karolyi, appeals to the Gastein Convention, by which the possession of the dachien is divided between the two gregt German Powers. He ly denies that Proseia is entitled to address complaints to Austria respecting the adminietrat on of Holstern, “The Prassian desparch declared the prevent state of things to be untenable, bat did not put forward any de. duand oF precise proposal.’ He y and Croatia. The Croatian Diet has agreed to the union with Hu Bary by 9 against 94 votgn — te Sweden. 4 The Franeo-Swedieh Treaty of Commerce har heen @uctioned by ail the four Chambers of the Swedish 1. eee Patient: ‘The debates on the treaty were most vio- Russia. The Budget for 1866 has appeared. Tho principal items are as follows :— Ordinary revenue, ‘ Extraordi ditto (including the surplus) of the last loan)........... secece 500,009 Issue of Treasury bonds, 9,000,000 Ordinary expenditure: 267,000,000 Extraordinary ditto 26,000,000 Fi i Commercial. LONDON MONBY MARKET—PRB. 14. for money, 87 a 87%. Til nois Central shares, Consols 14%. Erie shares, 6134. Five-twent os, 6734. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—FEB. 14. Sales of two days, 14,000 bales; market easier and quo- tations barely maintained. Of the above sales specu- Jators and exporters took 4,000 bales. ‘The Manchester market was casior and inactive. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET—FEB. 14. r firmer, Wheat firm at 10s. a 10s, 6d. for winter red and Southern. Corn advanced 3d., and tending up- wards; sales at 288, Od. for mixed. LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKET—FEB. 14. Beef active and firm, Pork—Stock scarce and prices tend upwards; holders demand an advance. m steady. Lard firm at 73s. a 74s. Tallow quict and steady. Cheese firm, LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET—FEB. 14. THE VETO. QACTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNCILMEN. Ex is Debate Upon the Veto Message of President Johnson—Presentation of Resolutions in Favor of 8) aining the Action of Congress=—The Sabject Re- ferred toa Special Committee, &e. The regular mecting of the Board of Councilmen was held yesterday afternoon, President Groen in the chair. After the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, the resolutions which were adopted im the Aldermen, endorsing the policy of President Johnson in vetoing the Freedmen’s Bureau bill, were presented and read. Mr, Winre proposed the following substitute :— Whereas the Congress of the United States, in seeking to secure to the nation the fnst fruits of its recent victory over treason and rebetlion, adopted by a decisive ranjority: ‘a bill to continu> and confirm the protect on of the loyal population of the Fouth, both black and white, and whereas the President has seen Ot tof veto the afore zaid bill, on the ground that it is unnecessary, dangero to republican liberty and unconstitutional, Resolved, That the people of the city of New York, speaking through the'r representatives im Common Council, do hereby express their profound regret that this difference should have arisen between the Executive and the national Legislature, and their surprise at h's ob- Je tions toa measure so manifestly calcula'ed to allay the disorders consequent upon a great social revolution, and to oblitera’e (he inhuman distinetions established by slavery among the ¢i'izens of our common country. Resolved, That while there is nothing in the nature of our domestic institutions that should lead us to repose more faith in the wisdom and sound judgment of the President than of the representatives of the people of the several States which compose the Congress we are compelled om the present instance> to sympathize with the latter, and to azreo with them that t of the States which wer Ny nevi dence of sincere repentance and gennine loyalty, or of A d spos tion to respect the rights and per ons of the newly enfranchised sufficient to justify the nation in re lingnishing its charge of those whom it is mora’ pl dged to endow with all the privileges and blessings of freedom; and, therefore, bo it further Re-olved, That we thank the Senators who voted per- sictently, though unsuceessfuliy, to pass the so-called Freedmen’s Burean bill, no'withstanding the President's disapprobation and veto, and heartily endorse thelr patri- otie netion, Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing preamble and Tes tutions be appropriately ongrossed, duly anthentt cated by the Clerk of the Common Council, and trans. ted tothe Hon Lateyette 5. Foster, President of the Senate of the United “tates, ‘As soon as the paper was read a number of mombers rose in av excited manner and made severa! motions in Teference to its disposition, Motions to refer and to lay on the table were oat. Mr. Penman expreved his pleasure that the resolutions were not referred to a *p cial committee, for he wanted to embrace that cccasion to @fiue his views upon the question. He proceed d to argae in favor of the adop- tion of the substitute in place of the original resolutions alopted by the Board of A'dermen, and read two ex- tracts from Pre=ident Johnson's spsech, Mr. Kenxaw asked if the Board were there to listen to the reading of the President's specches. He, for one, did not desire to rit there and l#ten to what every mem- ber had previously read in tho papers, Mr. PULLN continued to say that President Jobnson Aldcruranic resolutions attrth ited (6 hina by vetoing the Freodmen’s bill and by bis laie speech, and he desired to show the Board by those extracts that the subsutute presented should be adopted Another member called the speaker to order, The Pexsiomvr dec ded Mr. Pullman in order, who re. gamed his remarks by saylvg that the Presidént caine down from the dignity of ‘his position by and scaut pliras if using auch low as was expressed in his apeech, Ho Senlightenment” in the specch when he ) ters to Sumner, for the name of Sum. ra on dems: rm) 1 not elect Mr. Ue tat Mr. Petia that be did not wonder that the members of t about this mate wore the men that wer hy end) He admitted that there were 1p some of whom voled for him to be a member of that 4 with the Pros in the vet But when he saw that tho men 1863 in this cit ght It was time for 1 ree what company he was in Had of the United States come down t or were those p up to him that the had come Principles Which thore men believed in, Ho thougit the voto message was wrong, because he re a letter n few days since from an officer, who stated that nine-tenths of the cases which came before him were charges of maltreatment of freedmen. How were the freedmen to be protect Were they to be left to the tender mercies of the re Were they gong to allow South « codes? It seemed to him that the Pres wed showed sympathy with the trattora, ¢ speaker) was in faver of a measure which Was passed by two-thirds of the Senators and nearly three-fourths of the Represeniatives. Mr. Herrnien at this juncture offered a resolution pro vid ng for the appointment of a commitioe Lo draft reso: lutlous endorsing President Johnson s action in vetoing the wo-called Freedmen’ Buteaa bill Mr. Stacow replied to Mr. Pullman by reminding bin of the interview which Mr. Lincoln bad with the rebel commisiioners at Hampton Roada, when they proposed comprutnise. He frankly tald them he bad no compro vitor; bet in substance told them Lo go home and attend to their business —that the war wae over, and that they should send Congress: President Johnson had ené his prede % en’* Bureau he (Mr. cessor, In respect to the Freed Sta om) said (lat ath; but th red to the evident boandless power, diguantly ee. peiled and threw back into their faces, saying to them, “J want not your power and patronage; J am going to stand by the constitution of the country.’ (Applause.) He began to doubt whether we would ever again seo tn this country such noble patriots as Clay, Webster, Doug ttenden and otuer#, bat oud to way that inst found one man, who, against a tremendous majority, bad the manhood and patriotism to stand up w the offer of power In their faces and say to “Tam an American, and while Iam Exocu. ‘ountry 1 wilido my duty.” That is lan evinge cannot be imputed to Mr. Stevens Who degraded the President of the United States by Scorning to mention his name whenever it was necer sary to do #0, but designating him “the man at the other ond of the avenue.’ He (Mr ©) desired to say that be was not a member of the President's nor of Stevens party, and without previous consuliation with bis aaso Ciaies Of the democratic party, be would, if prewed wa vole pon the resolutions, vote to sustain the man that stood by the constitution and the country. The resolution in favor of appointing the committee was carried, acd Messrs, Hettrick, McKay and Fiyon ‘were appointed to carry out the provisions of the req tation, . ‘An ordinance was presented for the better protection of passerigers on ferries tn this city, providing that such gates be provided, which, whew closed, will prevent per sons from passing to or from the boat, and that all the gater shall remain closed until the ta are securely fastened to the siip. The paper was refersed to the ap- propriate committee. ‘The ordinance which was d last week aod re ferred, requi: street railroad cars,to carry lights on the frows plosformss sod to dc pied de my LT of other ruada, was called up and adopted. i ‘The Broekiyn Common Council and Pre- sident Johnson. At the stated meeting of the Brooklyn Common Coun. eff held last evening Alderman Sherman offered the fot lowing preamble and resolutions which were adopted on diviston — Whereas in the late war for the restoration of the Un! the vindteation of the. #uj of the constitution if Brooklyn never failed in responding to rnment of the L States thee the President and high in the fnictaration to the support tthe present janet ure of of men in the coniidevee of founcile of the pation, it le eminently proper that public fon sould find #€prestion on the great qu Of the ih the # to their wie of this rity, loving for fC party, hereuy pie ® it confidence part vs 58 rape n polly, believ that that potley wil r Salt in the epeniy w the puryor *n the people of Brook * the reatrrauon of ihe | fl 4 ine constitution under which we have enjoyed xo many bless. ings, and fidelity to which is the first duiy of every American citizen, Res 0. And further ‘solved, That the members of this body will cheerful ‘both as aldermen and aa citizens, in any public ma f hte BS Veto Salute at Auburn, Aunury, Feb, 26—11:30 P. M. One bundred guns were fred in this city on the Presi- dent's voto message. Arrangements had been mado for the reception of Secretary Seward, who was ex peated here but did not arrive, Endorsement of ¢ President in Balti- more. Barroons, Feb. 26, 1866. A meeting called to endorse the President's policy of reconstruction and his veto mossage was held to-night at Maryland Institute Hall, which was densely crowded. Lieutenant Governor Cox presided, and speeches were made by Senators Cowan and Doolittle, ant Colonel Webster, Collector of the Port of Baltimore, and others. Resolutions wore adopted fully endorsing the administra. 2. The Massachusetts Legislature and Pre. sident Johnson, Bostow, Feb. 26, 1866, The following is among a series of resolutions intro- duced in the lower branch of the Legislature to-day, and referred to the Committee on Federal Relations :— Resolved, That the recent public attack upon one of the honored aid beloved Senators of Massachusetts by the Pre- Aident of the United Stites in a ech in the city of bo n of that State, to died for the salv: tional captial, when those who beard and ap- planded that attoek were traitorously plotting to plant the standard of treason upon {ts walls wad to desiroy the con- stitution and the government, IN CHRYSTIK STREET—FOUR - NEARLY SUPFOCATED, About eleven o'clock on Monday morning a fire broke out in the tenement building No. 128 Chrystie street, It originated in the premises occuptod by Samuel Cohen, in the rear room, on the first floor, Itappcars that Mra, Cohen went out and left her four children locked up in the room. During her absence one of the children, while at play, sot fire toa piece of rag, and thas com- municated flames to the bed. The other occupants of the house diseovered the smoke and broke open the door Jnst in time to @ the children, who were nearly suf- focated. of the four is'only six years old. The prompt ival of the firemen, although no bells wore rung, prevented the spread of ‘the fire to other parts of the building. ‘The damago to tho furniture and padier goods owned by Mr. Cohen will be about $400; no insurance. The building is owned by E. Brown, [t is damaged about $75, and is insured, Destrvetive Fire tn Philadelphia—Seve- ral Lives Lost Panapenrnia, Feb, 26, 1366, A destructive firo occurred this evening in Third street above Race, It originated in Roberta’ hardware store, and communicated to Messra. James, Kent, San tee & Co.'s extensive dry goots warehouse, Tho upper stories of the latter balding wore destroyed. Mr. erts’ store ix entirely destroyed, and ar firemen and others reported killed or injured by falling sand side walls, Messrs, James, Kent, Santen & Co, were insured, mostly in New York and New England companies, Edward O'Neil, of Columbia Tose Compan’ k'lled, being crushed by a falling wall, A nui firemen in the fourth story wore precipitated iato the cellar. Many were severely injured. SECOND DESPATCH. Piniapenriia, Feb. 26, 1866. The loss by the fire to-night amounts to over three q ‘ar ters of a million of dollars, George A. Roberts’ lose is $40,000; Thowas & Brother's $20,000; James Kent, Sontee & Co., one of the largest firms in the Stal ocenpied th ores and had a heavy stock of goots, valued at $700,000, which was totally destroyed. The drug store of Shoemaker & Smith; loes $25,000. One member of Columbia How was killed aud several others reported killed and a nambor injured. Altogther twenty-five firemen were injured ‘Of non-partiz-nahip, designed Bodied in these resolutions. FIRE CHILDREN Destructive Fire at Louisvil LOSS TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Dd [From the Loujevitle Courier, Feb. 23.) One of the most destructive conflagracions that we have had to record as occurring In our © ty broke out yestorfay morning at twenty minutes past three o'clock, in the establienment of Merarr, Neweomb, Buchanan & Co., Wall street, between Main and the river, the largest grocery house ip the The building was one of the Most extensive in the city, extending from Fourth to Bullitt street, and had been bu it expressly for the trade M Neweomb & Brother, anan & Co, i in heavy grocer representatives of the Cannellton Cotton Mille, and had ia store a large quantity of the sheetings, shirtings and Other prodnets of that factory. These were, as wis the other stock, entirely consumed Tho total loas by this fire will fall not far short of $200,000, wh is covered by insurance in the follow companies to the amounts enumerated — ON STUCK OF NEWCOMM, BUCHANAN AND 09, oward, N.Y N.Y. a) $90,000 000 + 10,000 ” 10.000 o nt 16,000 on Metropolitan, 6,000 009 20,000 hangs, N.Y, $5,000 erwriters’ Agen ey, N.Y 5.000 a“ ‘ 0.000 Total insurance on stocks of | groe aud coon goods, $175,000 The Projected New Rattroad Between New York and Newark, MEETING CITIZENS AT NEWAWK LAST VIGOKOUS KATIFICATION OF THE MEAS RVENING Ure, ey 4 enthusiast last evening at and ratify the measure now before the at Trenton for the construction lc meeting of citizens of New ashington Hall to endore State 1 of a ne telat road be tween Newark and New York, whereby th the project hope to obtain more salistactory C facilities between the two cities The bill incorporating the new company bas posed the lower branch of t iro, and comes up for the Anal action of the on Wednewday next. whoee proceedings were intersperied with the performances of a band of music—was ized by the choice of Mr. Bigelow ax Chairman Mr. G. ©, Sewanee, the first apeaker, dwolt at length upon t y ‘of the new road. twent eight millions of 4) Hy ort three m Ilions of people be w York, wien the came labor could eo milliony by the new line. This estimate did not consider (reighting charges, which might aleo be greatly reduced. ‘On motion, a committee was appointed to draft reaota tions expressive of the sense of the mee ing Dr. JH. Ctarx was the next speaker. He showed pitance of a charge of forty cents fare between the two cities, and said aa un-American on the pert of eighty thousand citizens to permit themsolves to be ruled by any monopoly ‘of Hudson eonnty, promised the stp. on in bebalfof the mearnre, The would yet in rgan starting pont woald become the metropolix of The Coramittee oo Resolavions now reported a series thanking the House for ita favorable action, impressing the denate with the importance of seeonding the mons ure, which war among the first of the improvements in contemp.ation for the welfare of Newark, declaring that its adoption was essential to the inderwats of the © Ly, which Was insuMeciently farmimhed with travelling (aril! ties by the New Jersey rod. Remarks were aiso made by Memers Connsellor Pome roy, Agens, Jones and Blume, Aconnittes of two dred and fifty was on motion selected to go to Trenton nd ahd the pareage of the bill, and the meeting edjvarn The following anies of real estate were made yesterdey ot the Exchange Halestooms, 111 Broadway - Maller, Wilkins & Co. 4 tote 70th wt, {h, west 11th av. 252102, each 92 00 4 Jotw 80th st, 20010. weet 11th av., 252104, each. 25 Lat and boiid. oor, Gil ay. wad 6Tub ’ 00 . tee seeeeee AT 000 pings oe No. 49 sud 26 Mercer street, Property No. 12 Wi on piace, 42.0206), Clad No. Gs Sonth shrest, Mxlé,...... 7,100 on Greene street, just south of Washing ton place, 45.1228,9......... e 0 SALE OF BROOELY® Crry FRoPRRTY An anction sale of city property took place verttrdey ander the direction of Comptrolier Faron. The wie tonk piace the rotunda of the City Hail Two lots oo Her iter atroet, 26116, sold to Mogh MeLauglilin at $000 each. One lot on Gates avenne, above Marcy, 251100, (0 James Wild, for $625. The terme of wale were ten yer cont down, | lhe property broug! worth The Virg v The bill incorporating the Covington and O} pamed both houses Ww dey The House passed the Senate b| law #0 a8 to authorize contracts for per cent interest. They Teporied some daye since bation of the anqes Henator « ne ed appr Vader wood. ted to nway night, when Jodge F Svea 1B taDHErt of the Pree demt’s vol cy O_O S_ Oe GRANT. MAGNIFICENT GIFT T0 THE GENERAL. One Hundred Thousand Dollars Pre- sented to Him by New York Millionaires. THE LIEUTENANT GENERAL IN BROOKLYN. Splendid Reception by the Twenty-third Regiment. The Academy of Music Filled with the Beauty and the Brave of Brooklyn. DEPARTURE FOR WASHINGTON. ke ke. ae The visit of the Lieutenant General terminated yoater- day, and our sister City of Churches had the houor of being the last to bid him goodby. Tn the forenoon he accompanied Mr. Vanderbilt on a visit to the stables of that gentleman, The General, like all soldiers, if an admirer of horseflesh, and in Mr. Van- derbilt’s stud of animals he found much to gratify bia taste. In the afternoon he visited the establishment of Messrs. F. V. Baughwout & Co,, and apent considerable time tn inspecting the manufarturing and salos departmonts, At four o'clock ho left the Metropolitan and proceeded to Brooklyn, THE GENERAL IN BROOKLYN Grand Reception third Ma The reception given by the Twenty-third regiment to General Grant at the Academy of Music last evening was as successful and catno off with as much éclat as the most enthusiastic of its designers could have hoped for. ‘There was not the great rash of people, nor the great fiven by the Twenty- Regiment at the Academy of exvitermont and popular enthusiagin which have marked the the “0 ovations so worthily bestowed upon who bronght our late troubles to & termination, elicited by the presences of 1 in the City of Churches lost evening, Bat the gallant Twenty third regiment have much to con gravilate themselves for—tiret, in the aveeptance of their invitation by General Grant under the press of engage: ments and the limited time ho bas at bis disposal, and, secondly, in tho succesful earrying out termination of the whole afair, To the o of the regiment the heauty and fashion assembled in the Academy of Music are indebted for the opportunity afforded thom of paying thetr ro apeeta to the hero of the day. It was for some time acherished hope of the regiment that they would be first in the fold in tendering the « tion to visit their city, and, clreumetances favoring them, their hope was fulfilled itations in othgr qnartera were thought of, but all were abandoned inthe face of tho Pressure on the General's time, aud thas the eld was left open to the gullant Twenty-third, who, consequently, and ors whieh neral an in ear of the palm bringing th eneral to Brooktyn. TUK DROOMATIONS OF THF aAcCaneMyY The time allotted to make suitable preparations for the reception of the distinguished voldier was ¥ very brief, but it was enough to know that the Gen had coutnjed and would honor the presence ddiole them to call forth « easarily al regiment with hit aid wrt that w moet the emergency. The result proved that notbi was left w to make the ace tories to ¥ jesired by the friends of th fal citizens ty of doing b The interi e never before looked so beat tiful. Times there have Leon when the bost taxte of the decorator has been taxed, when and banners and gay penne heen elaborately used in the ¢ tation of t t never before was there comp eye in the Academy Brook! produced Inst evening by ne and bauners, bunting and elite that prinespally m the auditorium w The whe ndelier, fo eoronsly a From the hack of thy A presenting the en postion any larity of the bomen th Praised & handsome loft a epace of abou down whieh the pr and genileman with bim. On the oth on the auditorium, was (he of the regiment ured eloquent muri, alersbiy of M. Pape: and L Conerno. ARRAY OF BEAUTY AND PARTON At half-pact sia the door were opened, and at ¢ firt opportunity of ingress ladies caval began to flow in. T galler 4 the preserved emis be Tay of the we beanty and fashion of yrought together on any oorasion Mfally and rienly dremed, the men also turn ng out in ahiat eqoal parubers with t fair com After being trease the programine of the beautiful piece a ba few aif pest eight Captain Havie announced THR ABEITAL OF COENPRAL ChanT He I have nt in the the ploneure to um e RRCETTION This annonncement wae gindiy ree and af omer the galeries were etoptied Of their (alr coeupante, » he with thet earaiers, were noon promenumding on ihe yd preening an ever changing variety if fostroments giving fmtitnated the approw farmed in the ditection of tne ee The General war» ( the Twenty third, » tall, bright be b Hwee . There war a oot fed cmtavie the be ding Lknown featares and form of the ing dow the narrow paraue cried. The assemblage gave a hearty ere, while (he ladion on @nthustast cally | 4 spoke theit welcome in NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1866—WITH SUPPLEMENT. who loudly and onthuatastically cheered the Gonoral as he was driven away. DEPARTURE FOR WASHINGTON, At the close of the ceremonies in Brooklyn the General was escorted to the ferry, where & special steamer ro. colved him and conveyed ‘him around to the Jersey City depot, His family already preceded him from the hotel, and were bere joined by him, when the party em barked in a special car, attached to the midnight tralia, which then started for Washington. MAGNIFICENT GIFT TO GRANT. According to the suggestion made in the Hxratp some wooks since, a number of the leading citizens of Now York, representatives of its wealth and commereial in- fluence, have presented Lieutenant General Grant with & purse containing one hundred thousand dollars, Among the principal subscribers we may mention A. ‘'T. Stowart, William B. Astor, Commodore Vanderbilt, J. B. F. Lanier, L. W. Jerome and others, Thirty thousand dollars of the amount were used to discharge the mortgage on the General's house in Washington city, the balance, seventy thou sand dollars, beng invested in five twenties Major General Danio! Butterield was the ageot who collected and paid over the sum, an additional amount of two thousand dollars bélng tendered the Lieutenant Genoral at the same time wherewith to purchase the landau already referred to, The money was pro- sented without ceremony. Genoral Graut, since tho close of tho war, bas been Présented as follows:— By citizens of PWiladelphia, with a houte and furniture, valued at, .... By the citizens of Galena, 1l., ahonse, form. ‘ture and “that sidewalk,'’ valued af... 15,000 With swords and equipments to the value of... 10.000 Horses....... Niaeervanaeeeet ; 10,000 Library by citizens of Boston, 8,000 In cash from the citizens of New York. . 100,000 MN so naans pared - $170,000 The total of this sum is lows than the annual income of the estates presented to the Duke of Wellington by the British government and people, It will doubtless be ro- membered that, after the battle of Waterloo and the fall of Napoleon, the English Parliament voted an estate to the Iron Buke to coat two hundred thousand 4 million of dollara (not in greenbacks, but Duke was to select his estate, Several were offered him, many of them princely. Among other was one offered by an old nobleman who had. two, and who prided him nd condition it, and promt lon for that purpose the k of the gout 4 tothe Duke, ands a+ he could himself, be had sent his) steward or to show him the “fwrm.'! “Very w the Duke, “all right;" and off ‘the started to nee it, Several hours after leaving bis lord the steward re tnrned, covered from head to foot with d mud, and panting as if bi tnade the tour inatemd of on horseback. He explained to hia lordebip that he had w'arted of with the Duke and his orderiy—That nd Athe steward, “the Duke started off, and t ged’ to Keep within stcbt and hailin twas all. [don't know what hi ed the estate, but the last I hear tell your lordship that he thought or how'h of bin was his shout to me would tnke tt Grant and the Tron Dake have certain peculiarities in common. Neither will ever be noted for loquacity. Like Wellington, Grant says little in return for the gift prof ferod him, except that “he'll take it,” and goes olf about bis bodness And se the whole matter ta all right, ox copt That the gift isnot bait large enough, bat will do fur the present BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Our Streets—The FE once of the City T xpector'’s Department Doubted—Alleged IMegal Proceedings of § ry Gaslight Companios—Threatencd Vlolence to City Fathers New City OMe Created— ‘The Mayors First Veto Overr The Toard met at two Jock yerterday afterueon. President Hrier occupied th ' Alderman Fry offered the following, whieh was mtopted Whereas by an act of the mable | anery or expedient lo y condition. wing resolution, place the streets Alderman Exy offered the fol! whieh d of three A revolution by Comin Alderman > report issia requesting the Street Board by what an ty the fa rrivauia and F Ka troad mpany are laid the temporary ge by what a ¥ the sald eon en uh this aide of the Harlem river Company pay any Viceume or York, was A rod by Alderman Rtvernt the opinion Con the Cory 7 arian, York » grunt from the eliy) bad any ' t the the city wit . t on lamp 1 rypremines, be, was alot orman Nowrox moved w take from the table the 4 veto againat the propemed prnting t arted her n he artied au Hrovkiyn City Proneste Meeeme,—at ball pas thr tay morning the romidents in Ma for hetp. From the ton Offoors Murry s won? he had recived fron op of the bend = The wife ghet tion, her har haaging down * that git the injuries th * oamned Jomeph Vergusen tb ~ v © oad Controversy Decided. Poascetrme, Foe 2. or The creat controversy betwere the Penmaytvania Raut toad Compeny and the At ond Great Wevtern Me road and the Catewiess and Mead’ tided thin morming by Justion Me Cont, tn fever of the Peamey ivan ‘ og erented one “¥ wiret © Avante aed Gres Wee ol red wbares oR rieing THE FENIANS. Indignant Note from the Head Centre. TO THE BDITOK OF THE HEKALD. Hrapgva! Fenian Broruennoos,’ No. 92 Kast Sevayreastu Stamer, Naw Youk, Fob. 26, 1866, T beg leave to call your attention to the following stase ment in your iarue of this morning, and request your i+ sertion in the Hexatn of to morrow of my unqualified contradiction thereof, ax it has not the slightest found fiom in fact. It is there asserted that “O'Mahony about to dismiss Kilian, in response to a sentiment veegr ral among the party.” This I pronounce to be gether uniruc, both with respect to my eateomed and talented fellow worker, Mr Killian, and with to my own eatimation of “ihe party” represented of the lato anti Fenian aod anti Irish gathering at Pitts bu nor do T now, contemy the dismiasal of Mr. Killian from te citce which be fille in the F. B. with so moeh ability aud honesty; feo | so far from ding 10 Any ‘sentiment’ entertasi by the “party” in question in bis regard, | here dolibee rately declare that I consider Mr. Killian of more pre | sent worth to the F. B. and of more future promine te Ireland than the entire of the so called senate. From the conduct pursued by the “party” for some tine past, with respect to the Fevian cause, and from ie total disregard of truth, justice and honor, | would come sider mynelt false to my country's cause and wy owe self-roxpect were Lever to ot into any compromias whatever with tt, either individually or collect! vol JOUN O'MAHONY, H.C. ¥. Be t Letter from John MoCafferty. New Youu Cery, Feb. 25, 1804, To Tam Faxias ov Amenica:— Brornxns—In the tolegraph'c reports of the proceads ingw of the Pittsburg Roberts Sweeny Convention pule liehed in thin day's New York papers it is stated that “an envoy from Ireland!’ was present at that ** Com- xresa’—thua leading the public to believe that James Svepheay and the Fenians ‘in the gap’ recogoize We Re Toberts and party. [beg leave to may that no man ie America to-day has soon Rusphens ata later period thas myself; and | know that no envoy from him haa boom fent to hut convention. A man may have peneniel himsolf wit wa; bat ie any such om WW Any connection: whatever betw James Blephens of the LR. B., or any portion therec by pronounce hit or and © tray eaune of Ireland, on charged with th our brothens: here that James Stephens and our frieuds at howe re- ard the Roborta faction as oitait> of tho Fenian Broth hood and traitorous to our cause, 1 am, De rm, f ternally yours, JOUN MeCAPFERTY, Captain L ROA. and Military Envoy. News from the Pacifle Coast. San Faaxeroo, Feb. 26, 1868 with Now York dates of Janawy tor, spoke In the A ing. He we i the lead bellten to politica ent events « made it unoertain whether the Con erates had anything bu the late stra gle or pot There was no ne comsity for baste in recunstriction He review d a6 Jongth the prevent situation. Mining stocks are firm, Savace, $840, Ophir, $4205 Imperial, $122; Chollar-Potom, $490, Yellow Jacke Hale and Norcross, $1,010. Leg on mux New Yore ayy © Ranroan— nian ulted fre A Coxpuctow axp Excise Heo rom M wren — A collinon, whieh ts alleged to have re carole occurred at a late hour on Friday nig ad Erie Rai at Lordy tite, on the , by which on was kil From i pnt », No 3, w ty y n@giit, ran into a freight team wh belind tite siforms of bol trainn wore broken up, aed ® biukemnn was jammed in between two freight eare. It required an hove end a half as to remove the body of the ty meantine bad expired, The 0 of thy froight train were arrerted for ui wore required to give ball in the sum of $10,000 aah te await the action of the Grund Jary ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. 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