The New York Herald Newspaper, February 28, 1866, Page 9

SUPPLEMENT TO THE HERALD. cannot be questioned Of the contact with foreigners more speak French English—at least in Co to French cafes, French people who -_ casinos and French financial com- panies are quite common. The English are very envious Stall thin, “There inno doubt if it were Bot ousy existing between these two nations government would years ago have ceased Present form, The places of amusement in the city aro | a ne Re na - ie perform! inos are each provided with @ company the latter Turk. oa he ena for oneness the Lat eg | i partics Lo hich, watder ‘the best, of circ ces, 18 comforticns and barely repays an ordinary traveller for the voyage. ‘of the American mission at’ Ahmed- death took while on bis wi ‘Mr. Ballantine has always sustained a hi y drawing away RECONSTRUCTION, co-laborers in tho mission wor! wey bape dy smi on hee oe es re ee The Texas Convention. table! Immense hunks of or rk Gatveston, Feb. 24, 186@, The faneral of Hon. George W. Smythe was attended by the members of the State Convention os masse, pre- vious to which resolutions of respect to hie meméry and condolence and sympathy for his family were adopted. Mr. Smythe ia pronounced one of the ablest Statesmen fm Texas, and his death ie regarded ase great publi¢ calamity. In the Convention a resolution was introduced and re- ferred to exempt certain property from attachment, and Prevent forced sales of the same on executions until twelve months after the service of the writ of execution shall have expired. A minority report declaring the secession ordinance null and void was discussed and referred, as was also & resolution requesting the government to provide a treaty with the Indian tribes of the State to secure protection to white settlers and relief against Indian incursions, tet ne i | ‘The regulations are another feature in favor of the French line. The managers of the company show them- selves liberal minded gentlemen by extending to passen- \d general comfort Children's Aid Seciety. ‘The annual meeting of the Children’s Aid Society was held on Monday afternoon at the Metropolitan National Bank, Wm. A. Booth, Esq., President, in the chair. The annual reports of the Secretary and Treasurer were pre- sented. The Secretary’s report shows that there have been provided with homes and employment during the last yoar 925 boys, 432 girls, 46 men and 47 women; total, 1,450 persons. Atthe Girls’ Lodging House, 205 Canal street, the whole number of girls lodged was 1,017; whole number of lodgings, 15,251; whole number of meals, 46,726. Averace cost per meal, five and a half canta. Girls sent to situations, 121; found employment, 45, sent to other institutions, 21; gone West, a? returned to friends, 36. About 3,000 garments have been made. The receipts Pi brghend were $2,217 02; the total expenditure, ‘At the News Boys’ Lodging House, 128 Fulton street, durivg the year 7,256 different oa were lodged and fea; number of meals furn shed, 32,867; number of lodgings, 43,797; boys provided with homes, 660; truant and lost boys restored, 633; average — (nightly), 120, > av- ings of 520 boys in the bank the institution, $2,496 Bxpeneitart: $10,068, towards which the boys con- tributed $2,127, The society have @ lodging house for street children at 196 West Twenty fourth street, and earnestly ask for special subscription to this useful charity. ‘There are thirteen industrial schools, one for German and one for Ialian children, connected, with 2,182 children on the roll books. cE ! i i Average time from % nts for the shipment of freight the Company are another dee an by and occasio! an extra steamer is put on for the of cotton, carrying four thousand bales at rates are a8 follows :— ‘under one foot and under 100 rupees be ly cubic fect. y to forty cubic feet. five tons of iorty feet.......... ry and other valuable property, on ia about forty-four and a half cents. line is much favored by the public and will emdoubtedly moot with success, Pont pe Gaxtx, Ceylon, Jan. 9, 1866, iy ‘various odors of which are generally mron; way an hour in a ‘‘quiet smoke.” The company are in keeping. f the yreneh seameere comes quite up to ij u f nl then Bowbay. img on the steamer's quarter a perfect gaie. All the Bagi Ce in these waters rom : He Pi On Eu wa ad passe neludt mong our ngers, including my- ‘Mesars. Charies H. ‘Hap- , of Chicago, and William R. Robeson, of Boston, fravéling for pleasure; Francis Field, of Boston, eight “hemi 7 qgaeetee Japan; Captain W. Sands, of jew York, several years resident in China, and Mr. Hiller, from the Amoor river. We have also on board Adm ral Peter Kozekaevitch, of the Russian navy, Governor of the seacoast provinces of Siber.a, and one Of the suite of the Czar, “Admiral Kozekaevitch about twelve since speut some time in the United States, and ly in New York, superintending the con- struction @f the steamer America, bu.lt jor the Kussian @mlute of seventeen guns by command. The road be- ‘The steamer was sent out.to the Amoor in ‘The Treasurer's report shows receipts, $74,240. Pay- ‘tween hero and Colombo was gaily dressed with arches ‘We haveaiso v'*> us the | ments, $72,043. Balance on hand, $2,208 @ intervals of four miles, erected by s working party ‘The Gichursements are as follows:— siaest @eepatched for the purpose about two weeks since. The 1,712 ‘geeh immediately outside of the fortifications was a very = end was gaily festooned with the indigenous and vari_ | ing one is very forcibly impressed Refuge for Homelom @usly tinted grasses of the country, strips of the inner fusion must have followed in fourth street and eighth avenue... 1322 akin of the cocoanut tree neatly fashioued into beautiful bs cry es a — the a compensation to thirteon different die Migeres, while the whole was trimmed off with the fruits . Soe Gdneral expeuses-priaiing, ‘reat, postage, 0... 6, and productions of the island, conspicuously the cocoa- Our Suez Correspondence. wet, The two main arches faced the coach road, while Sons, Egypt, Jam 25,1000, | TO ey ees ‘the sides and covering formed a sort of triumphal bower. THE French Enterprises in the Isthmus of Sucs—The rsdn Ba front of the entrance 10 the “Queen's house’—the | ‘‘Swet" Water Canal in Connection with the Guy of | Total................-. dees iipan) eeee cane «STH 2M0 The Treasurer proposes that the public should place ‘Sues—The Maritime Canal Stationary—French Influ- ‘game by which the government mansion, an unpretend. the society in a position to remove Give thousand chil- fing edifice, is known—was another arch. In the harbor once: ny rn aren. to naw hosnee in the West during the next your; lesser . jt ‘several of the vousela were gaudily caparisoued with flags going on on great enter. PS en ~Saarei tod he #00) Piises of tiie French'th Egypt. The more important por- tion, however, seems to be entirely overlooked. This morning I visited the works at this end of the French canal, and found the “sweet” water work patiently pro- gressing ander the manipulations of a small corps of laborers, The stories set afloat, however, without dis- tinguishing the two, are true only as far as te fresh water canal is concerned in regard t4 an outlet into the Red Sea. The locks have beea completed and a chann«! opened into the backwater which forces its way some ‘pendiiure, could easily be met, provided two bund: ey erp] € lizens would pay $500 cach, say $250 Istof April and $260 Istof October, making the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, The following gentlemen were re-elected trustees for the ensuing year: jesere, William A. Booth, J ©. R. 9. Livingston, William L. King and ©. L. ~ and signals, Charies E. Whitehead was elected a trustee in Place of Charlies H. Trask, resigned. He ret Ht of Stonmahips. We call the attention of the public to the new steam: which term the northern, one hundred and sixty miks, | pany’s line), which arrived hore last Thursday from or narrow strip of water north of Ras Mohammed, is | Liverpool. This vessel has just made her first trip and more properly known. has herself a superior ahi, both as to nd The locks above alluded to are extensive works and | com! Sbe is of @ beautiful model, weil built and worthy of every praise in the skill displayed in the Bie Tis comcmoatons, pon des apa bd. py workmanship, The walla are of massive masonry and*} in. ae foe & vessel as croses the Atlantic. the gates of iron. The outlet of the capal into the locks tonnace is 3,600 tons Knglish measure. and the outlet of the 1o8Ks on the gulf side are heavily | Ment. We recmmend this ieee tte ine Cunard ser. stone. The faced for about thirty feet with capacity of | vice, wo the attention of transatlantic travellers. The the locks by actual measurement is for vessels drawing | vessel is open to the inspection of the public at pier 47, ee North river. connect ’ E i ylon, silently entered the governinent man- pitt Eee carriage was a model in its way, and should monarchs, It was I ‘The Southern Tra TRIAL TRIP OF THE ATRA Lop. ‘The propeller 0. W. Lord, a new steamer, launched in November last from the yard of H. W. Goodapeed, of Goodspeed’s Landing, Conn. , went on a trial trip down the bay to Sandy Hook a day ortwosince. She ts a Sue spectmen of marine architecture, and intended for the i Astronomical. ‘TO THE BOITOR OF THR MERALD. In an article in your paper of the 26th you apeak of the fhon-sccurrence of «full mooa in February as an event ‘The cold weather in Egypt is not without ite salutary that haw ever occurred before and ts never to occur effects. and even in the indolent Arab or Egyptian ercitns a spirit of activity, Alexandria in the middle of July, with @ scorching sup, bot winds from the desert and that pestilence, the cholera, mowing down Ks hun- forms quite « comtgest to the same city in Jan- Plenty of overiand passengers in transit east and west and large numbers of pleagure seckers excite a degree of business and life more tn keeping with the ar ‘tual commercial importance of the city. The harbor is ful of ships loading and discharging cargoos, while il | f I E ‘The writer gives 204, 12h. 44m. a as of Tunation, and this, maltiphed by 235, give for 235 Junations 6.9904. 16h. 32m, The nineteen calendar , from 1847 to 1888 (recotlecting that this period embraces five leap years), comtain 6,940 days, or about Th. 24m. more than funations, Coanting back 236 Janations, from January and Mare y that full moon fett on the 90U of J i i ie @er Indian Ocean Correspondence. ambere of steamers, Fronch, English, German and Ras. : “ the Ist of March in 1847, consequently there was po fall sera yee —_ sian, for the conveyance of passengers, are in port moot! in February of that year. di Kgypt bas always been a favorite resort for Again, the sevouty-eix calendar years from 1906 to 1042 Whe Steam Lines of the Kast—Lreference of the Frenchin | poccane travelling for pleasure, but why it | (reevile ting that 1000 ie note leap year, contala 27 708 pred, Comfort, Courtery and Good Living—Engith |. 9, ig aiticult to wil, The relics of an are See ae re lee than 646 juations nee, Beamers Fit for Bnglish, French for the Ket fe) ons times are certainly wonderful, bet very | Other examples might be g ven, but eo gh has bera pte a difMeult to reach if the individual is of an amiable dipo. | Mel! @ show that the event in question i by 00 means « In the race for empire, and no less in the sccommods- | sige and sensitive on the questions of diseornfort and | “'* °° Mon of the commanity of travellers in the Kast, (he | aun this season Egypt is full of Americans. You fod Pollee Intelligence. Preach and English are unquestionably head and sboul- | engm represented at all the hotels. After ‘vloing’ Eyy yt ARREST ON BUSPICION OF ANTON Gers pre-eminent. While new provinces are boing sub- | iy advance at once upon the Hoty City, and Francie @. Flood, kooping @ liquor store at No. 118 Jeoted and forced by lack of discipline and intelligence to by way of Constantinople, taking Europe by | Roosevelt street, wan arrested ™ ht b Field a supple obedience to the yoko of Western intru- the back door. core McGill and Ontos, of t Fourth pr oo ion and oppression, new tines of steam commantoation | jee Alth and stench of Ajexandris, And, ho shetemont | Dicion of having wet fire to his promires. The, famea are being constantly set afloat to conneet these new con. | square in the foreicn 4) tolerable, but in come of | Were discovered by officer Mori il ptered the pie and extinguished them with the am f t tious of the ci mod in thy + fain is hot Ro UNCOMMON an eCcurreNce In Alex as eleewhere im Fgypt. Its rarity, however, is « excuse for s bed government to overlook epurely ‘@eainage of the streets, which, being without paying é f Ontos, An examitiation beng made some vid tent boten and ott materials had been placed the bar, and eet on thal Haker showed i 4 Oren! Rnglish) OF even maradamired, and full of hollows and rut, oy ) etoamers, 1 do not hevitate 16] form an odoriferous compound, particularly atior | YOry poor businors rig fm every rempoct, except in equal skilf Tan mixed bys cantinual, | streant ut, On his sock and fet igation, the Messageries Imperiales way. y doukeys aud camels, Inaarance a ee here a ee a 7 habits of the Eqyptians seem to te Company; bene detrand the tuera mitted the accused for f by fire was only about $1 ‘The French steamers show « thought for comfort, and st5 i Of things, and the shop keeper ‘the smoke their bookae an ahconcern, It te not at all surprising their richest harvest here. The w population is pot swept away of the eiviltzation of the remotest f flendor Alex- tf i arke Southern « Cotton frm ; middling, 91 qhantity of tonnage in 7 Xork Ke. and to Liverpool pd. fh in generally dull, i i lop very slowly an at present role ay ical d to encompass | Cotton, —Aalon t Og, ant Nothing may be | 9 49¢.; mirtdling. se Of things now prevading m qm & ie, Mole Modernized. Fronce will very opened at 125 Bering exchanve, | Cotton to New York oe. and t Liv much to may in Reypund a ie Preach Gomes ond elconce ml bh 104, AN EXTENSION OF THE CARNIVAL THE CARNIVAL IN BROOKLYN. Sce THE MASQUERADES IN THIS CITY. fellow citizens, notwithstaading the fact that the car- nival season proper has passed, The numerous German musical associations have not all had the opportumty yet to celebrate their annual dais masqués for want of a suMct hence the masquerade season had to be prolonged, During the present Week a series of masquerades, large and small, briMiant and indifferent, are to take place in various parte of this city and in the vicinity. gaged ip a grand masquerade at Montague Hall, in Court street, which was one of the fincst affairs of the season, #0 far as Brooklyn is concerned. The Brooklyn Saenger- bund has been in existence only a few yearn, yet it is already quite a thriving and enterprising musical associa- ton. members, the majority of whom are active singers, Tepresenting every imaginable character, and a number of splondid costumes were exhibited. Antediluvian and modern characters were intermingled with African ne- groes, Chinese, curious looking individuals and n. ide scripts. The ball room had been tastefully decorated, un- der the supervision of Mr. Klein, of this city. One of the man Michel—a rather mysterious pe invited to a lyn, with bis thirty-two representatives, to engage in a singing contest with the Brooklyn Saengerbund. Apollo, ‘one of the gods of Olymp, bad been invited to ay pear, with somo of the other gods of Olymp, in behalf of the Saengerbund of Brooklyn. formance, which included the grand carnival mareb, ever; accompanied by his con! character, | NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1866. THE MASQUERADE SEASON, CURIOUS SCENES AT HEADQUARTERS, # at Montague Hall on Monday Night. ae &c. &e. ‘The carnival, it appears, continues among our German number of suitable localities and ball rooms; THE BROOKLYN SAENGRRBUND, On Monday night the Brooklyn Saengerbund was en- It is composed of about one hundred and forty The ball room on Monday night was full of masks, principal features of the evening was » curious carnival tic performance, from which it appears that the Ger ad deen raonage— pear at Montague Hall, in the city of Brook- In this curious per- imaginable character was to be seen, including Brother Jonathan, who took an active part in the pro- ceedings, for he had to decide the result of the contest. The procession, which appeared shortly o'clock, moved through the ball room in jor: before eleven the following Policemen, rather curious looking » Somebody ina nutshell, who suddenty cl pearance, and turns out to be Prince Musicians, looking rather dilapidated The Committee, known to be a set of “fools,"” The Goddess of Liberty, followed by the Four ~easona, Brother Jonathan, w all bis glory, followed by a gay crowd of Young Americans. Master Apolio, in a drawn by four cocks. He is , Amor, Bacehus, Orpheus and Comus, a schoolmaster driving the wagon. The German “Michel,” who u an imaginary national e John Bull, Brother Jonathan, &c , aecom panied by thirty-four representatives of “United” Ger- mans—a sarcasm. The jon moved three times through the ball room and then balled, whereupon the Turnler, or singer’ ® contest, begun, When the procession baited Broiher Jonathan was made to say the following — Welcome, I bid ye, Dutchmen, now, My teliow ritizens any how! are united here, vereinigte land, i bekanot Das Blinget mit grossem Sa Jonathan, being rather nonplussed by this curious ma- sical treat, exciains:— beautiful song; te s something wror a different noe, ¢ more—my Yankee Doodle, That's at bow the same model. Whereupon be sings this famous national hymn. The German does not seom to appreciate this produe tion, but will abide by the deci#ion of Brother Jonathan in the betwren him and Apollo; whereupon, at the instance of the latter, the Brooklyn singers, in thun- dering voices and a full the “Ossian.” Brother cides in favor of Apollo and the Brooklyn singers. ws so inspired by thie production that be sudden!: menoes to converse in German, and makes the tah remarks :— ‘ots Welten! as int ja achiin, das Hers micht Venues Doodis mag sum Teufel gob ister br eet der Mann, clnig macten kana. rook ngerbund, Ing erat vollends sand. Drum lebe er hoch, und abermals hock, Und rum dritten Mal, und ein Tiger noch! Da lern ich selbst deutach eprechen! "im brechea. St nondeseripts conglomerate of ponsen se , however, joyed. A series of carntvalitic fontivition were | in until late, but oth ing occurred to disturh Qhe joyous proceedings of the evening ‘THE SEXTROVEN MAENWERCHIOR. This ts & thriving measical organization, which was engaged in an snncel masquerade of the Germania Ansembly Rooms on the 1éth inet, which on this ovom sion were visited by a gay crowd of perrons in masks and Arnarkiand Marschall, the the procemsion, while the le plane 4 grand Polonatne, ted by | whereupon a curious poem 7, im whieh, as anual, dieu! a privilege ral eeanob. Then the of carious looking in peared in the ball room, representing the mhasry, who apprated with «Japanese bears t win by the notne by latter acting a marshal former appeared ax may The bail commenerd > Meaers, Marechal) and Kia wan reed by the ma everybody had tot od WY persona representing | @ reomytion inetoded a anene 2 re in performan Y oa ane ean, took place, The egg was ple Py rea bal root, from which sprang, pot ' @ieaniic cocka ped bhews, & aber of bariequine; and nally, but « in the presance of Me. Mar erged from the Kg Theta were rently some + . ained im al dir wr director of the Jay wee (and, roll appenra agencies » niiewed wmtit tate at night, but nothing cemurred to dintar's the } ceedings The masquerade of the Beethos cms wa que A eaccessfal aiaie, TUR Gammnrwts. ‘This (ee hemoristic organization of some ten yeare ttanding, which * & masquerade st the Harmon « in Rene street, on the 11h inet, whieh wae « well patronized affair, The ball room was taste’ulig dere reted by bomoriat: tableaus a04 8 apiendid picture of Gambrinas, the heer got. Baveral masked performance had been arranged, in which Indiaas, clowns and her characters pated, The festivities 4 iemad cotton. THR SOCIAL BEFORM LIEDERTAFEL. This society, which gave a masquerade at the Union Assembly Rooms on the 19th inst, on this occasion en- gaged ina fine carnivalistic performance. Tho singers of the society rendered a comic quartet, entitled Der Nachtwaechter Ruf, which was sane vie ‘ great deal of Artistic effect, The rendition of this piece required some special scevic arrangementa, For instance, there had to be improvised an artificial “moonshine.” The Liedor- tafel has been in existance some eight years, and is com: posed of singers who are mostly mechanics, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. were brought to A Spicy Mecting—The Court House Com- mittee Charged with Gross Corruption by Supervisor Ely—An Investigation Refused—The County Financial Es- timates, de. ‘The Board of Supervisors met yesterday, Supervisor Smith presiding, The meeting was the first since the 9th of January last, The Present announced the standing committees of the Board for the present year, A resolution to authorize the appointment of a mes senger in the County Clerk's office ata salary of $1,200 @ year was referred. The Comptroller transmitted his budget of financial estimates for the county for the yoar 1866, as follows :— RXPENDITUREY, Legislative Department. , Department. .. RI er, For fegs and fines for 1866, estimated an: amount to be raised by taxation $6,703,024 Supervisor Twxep moved that the Board proceed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Recorder Hoffman by electing a Recorder by ballot, The motion being carried the result of the ballot was announchd as follows:—\ harles 8. Spencer, 3; Isaac Dayton, 2; ex Judge Stuart, 1; John K. Hackett, 5. Supervisor TwaxD moved that, as none of the candi- dates had received a sufficient number of votes for elec tion, the subject be referred to a special committee of four. The motion was carried, ‘A resolution offered by Supervisor Ety to inquire if the Comptroller was authorized to pay bills without be ing in all caves signed by the Auditins Committee or other proper authority, was referred to the Tax Com mittee, after some opposition from the mover of the re solution. The Comptroller the amoant expended on the new Coart Hause from the Lat of June, 1866, to the Slat of December of the same year, was $449 140 54 ‘The xpecial committee on the new ¢ House mado Avoluminous report on the bu td! was chiefly n of what it will be wh hat he did fin tated hink the report be one ‘oved the re. reference to ® ence to another committee oF wh Supervisor TwRep opposed th > “fall and con-ine special mmittee he conic course as that kuggested by th spectfal to the committer. Supervisor Tween moved to lay Supervisor Ely'# mo. disre- we ORnary motion would be tion on the table, This motion wax adopted by a vote of Twe Supervisor ELY presented a paper to which Mr. Twoed objected. vr, Evy—T have ted acharro against the Com- mittee on the new Court House, and | rise to « question Of privilece to have it read, Supervisor SnorkK—The gentleman offered the paper first as a resolution, and now he says it is a charge, Tises to a question of privilege. ‘Supervisor ELy—I have not apoken of a resolution, The Caim decided that the paper was out of order, Thon if there i« corruption in the Supery harged the committee with corruption and und situres of the pablic money in the erection of ‘ort House, Supervisor Knoox objects neral CharKon. Supervisor Twrep made a long, wander ng epeceh, -. Ing that the Supervisor was cnkind and anjast to Board in presenting #uch charges, He thought they were made fur effecting some politic . Supervisor Srawant mpoke to much Mr. Evy said he was under the impression that the building of the Court House was not conducted in a pro per manner; that gross mistnabagement and corrupt com tracts for iron, marble and other material had been wmarte , and he asked that s commitice be appointed te | gate the matter, with power ta send for pe papers, He then made a motion to that effect, w was lost by a vote of six in the negative to five in the affirmative. The special Committees on Claims, Banks and Ineur ance Offices, to who jan referred the erroneous aanens Menta on there institutions, reported that an act should be submitted to the Lagisiature providing for the reim- bareement of those inatitutions: the amount errone- ously collected from thern. Several minor mnatiers came up and were dixposed of, afier which the Board adjourned, subject to the call of the Chair, ANOTHER RRNSION. At half-past fve P.M, the Board held a second special session, at which Mr, Blunt stated that the meeting bad been called at the request of the Committee on Volunteering, to whom was referred & statement of the County Treasury, relative to war expenses. and for the purpose of trene mitting which statement to Albany In time, It was ensen tial it should be approved at once, He moved such ap proval, which was agreed to Supervisor Twmen remarked that since the after noon adjoarnment, be hed consulted with mem- bers who had served the New Courthouse WALL STREET TROUBLES. Suspension of the Morris In- surance Company. An Injunction Served Upon Its: Officers. Statement of Assets and Liabilities on the Ist of January Last. ae. — Tt has beon but a very short time since the failure of the Columbian Marine Insurance Company. Thin event occurred on the 22d of January last Yorterday afvor- noon the suspension of the Morris Fire and Inland Ingurance Company, located at 31 Pine street, was reported in Wall street, and upon tracing the rumor to the office of the corporation It was discovered to bave a foundation in fact Hon, William Barnes, Superintendent of the State Insurance Department, lately reported to the Attorney General that im hie opinion the condition of the affairs of the company would not warrant its longer contiuuance tn business, and he therefore applied for the dissolution of the corporation. It was yesterday expected that the company would no® contest or in any manner oppose the application, Am effort was being made by the partion interested to have Mr. Stansbury, who assumed the presidency of the Morrie Company in December last, appomted recetver, AN INJUNCTION wan served upon the directory of the Corporation yess terday afternoon by P ty Attorney General % HL Hammond, upon an application made before Judge G. @. Barnard, of the Supreme Court, and the insurance offeers: and clorks immediately uapended ail business operations for the prompt settlement of + will undoubtedly be de- ae he. and proceeded to arra their affairs, The rece fignated during today, and the legal eteditors of the company will #oon thereafter come mence to receive thelr return premiuma Mean- while policy ders who desire to bo mandi recure in the event of low by fire wellto rein establiehroent Thin is advice which would undoubtedly furs on the mibject, even th resutnption of their own b ATATE OF THK YINANCES ON THE VIROT OF JANUs re any Tho authorized capital of the Morris Fire and Inland Insurance Company was $5,000,000, and on the fret day of January Inet ts off ported @ cash and paid in capital of £600,000. The following brief statement of ita finances was printed as an advertivement in the Bos ton Trave ior und r the date of Jansary 1, 1866 were reent gold t Tr wary ne market va » war bonds (market value neiaine -» 4.000 O18 mloms written at the offce., 63,908 28 # of a « a 0,0 Interest a crucd a iy s Amount of ail other wae Amount of lowes claim 4.6, and all e'company bad a br bie Cuviness was being dally transacted. agent was Joseph Morrison, @ resident director, FIORE AND PIREOTORS. President of the compa or when the afta OFporsiiun Wore mall to bad & condition to be Kucemmfally repaired. Mr, ‘omjany anaser. of the Morris Company Montauk Company, aud & good Guancier. The foil and diree ore of the Morris Company yeat-rday — Direr a see George Miln, J. ©. Macria, Robert lire Jobin D, ates, Kaward © ‘Bates, Joveph Mr. AM. Kirby, the Vice President waa formerly Boerviary of the M steed ap to Albert an, , Kore &, ‘Morrvom, Wile liam Mackay, B.C. M dr Teller, Heney J. Caraman, 8 N Derrick Cherles Hickon, EA Bienes bury, Preedent, AM K ry v Vresider RK Thowas, Secretary ,G. M Harwood, General Agent HISTORY OF THE COmMran® The Morris Fire and Inland Insurance Company bee bat a brief history among the Onan ini inettotions of New York, having bean in existence only aboot eghteee by in 4 weasure joined the Columban and M Juterent and ihe other in the pied name offices and name Inco as officers, though they were generally con sidered (wo separate and distinct institutions, The off core of the Morris Company, ax ie allege!, met the dims tor which hag overtaken them by & loo reckhewe and ime iscriminate style of insuring They ran very risks, Loping for Commensurele profs, but were com- fronued the very a the millon of dolinrn, bat jocky (in meeting some very sud these were portions of the rock upon which th finally wpltt. If in bet jaxtion to say that after Mr Mane assumed the heim the craft was slecred more care- Committe 6 various timer, and it seemed to be p—¥ ‘nr 1 mitiow “lawsle Mi com “Aineash (be had “ook shanged i xi i f i i ! | i I | i i a & fr ee were ey deere an they Genired to lay before the com nition i A Pam oF Beane Cnet —Mr George T arom, of Hea Hide House, Rockaway Hench, Long Isiand, um Pun. Gay lam baggrd ene of the Buowt game that has tenn shot ip thie vicinity for wane time He was erarching for wild fowl, when he mw two benetiful white ewane in & eight feet from tip Wo tip of their © mg five feet in height, and the pair weighing tw pounds They will be placed im the hands of tat iderm mt, who will prepare them for preservation, fereane Cocer—Cimcerr.—Pan 2 one Judge Ceres —Caase on, Part &—Refore Jodge Foster 500, 585, OU4, 158, SEL OT, #26, GRO, 421, S41, 990, TT, ’ aa ort, 7% , nome — Wetore Judge low: a 7, #6, 06, OF, 108, La0, 121, bea, B84, Las, beT, 109, m6 i MAILS FOR THE PACIFIC. The Import fperehes of Pr Johnson and Seerstary few South American eneee Proceed. ings of Congress—The La! we from Kurope, &e., de. The Meamahip Arizona will Weve thie port to morrow at voun fer Aspinwall ‘The male for Central America and the Routh Patfic Wil) Clone at balf-past ten o'clock We metrew morning ‘The New Vout Hrase dives for the Pactico—witl be ready at ten o'cicch im the morning It IU contain —The important Bpesches of President Johneon and Keeretary Reward on the present ampect of political affeirs in the United Mates, Report of the pro. coetings of Comgren; Seether of the varlons feaih American repubbes |p league against Apsin, wth e Map showing the mone of Wer on the Mate, sed the position of the counterion reeeutly denominated vy feoretary Reward as (he buttrennes of the Union, Late end impor tant News from Berope, eed reports of ell interevting eventa of the Gay Hing)e copies, ia wrappers, ready for mailing, sft conte fully; but che was too badly crippled before his sirens to be saved by the beet of mont able commander It not tbat (he actual love to tnewrere wil pry: very large, and it is pussible that within ® short time the compauy may be by romunse operations COLCMBIAN MARINE INSURANCE COMPANT. Litigation os te the Cancelling of etro—t mearned Premiame—The ment of Loses, de. CUTRMMR COUNT—CUAMAERS, Before Jeige GG Rarnard. Fes 1 —As application was yestertay mate by firm of Memre Stevens & Co, to compel the Maries !nerrence Company to cane. 18 polctaw bed the former under cireumstances which will hereafter pear. It wOl be remembered that the receivers recent! obtained an order from Judge Satheriand, directing canretiation A catetanding polciee Yesterday Menere, Larned & Warren, a eounel ( tare of the motion and Une pense laid down io ru thereat — Ramet Revens & On, who make this apptication } “ p tm the Colambian Iewuranee Company veel ® are now eters, come of whieh be been beard frow for several seeks, and the tom Hold ther premigm notes to the ot of O18 Lemmas may have oreutred om somes a the policies befor the recetvers were appointed, the versie ma tar been heard from On the 1h of February Ruevens Co. applied Wo the receivers to have thet a p cancelied upon the terms sated in abeduie A. ts wit Htevens k(n proprmed to reheve the company from « Hability for © home (heroafter eee wpm the sever policies, upon the reretvers eudoreing wpm earh of th premiam ware the sineuht Of enesreed promin cairn ating from the tine mars mae wi - been oiignd to rein have and had at the (te of the eppedotmner near dae prranium ke the pe the preewe ground we cau bere power to give wech Mrections Wo the reve (Vincent ve Parker Toh Oyen Wet these polices, as before mu Hime thane vemeis were last heart from then 6 tal, a8 in our rent projmrioom hi A, ‘that the company codore on each of © owinmn Botan the unearned premiem ap tothe day eapeetiation, leaving (be Company's Laviiity to veme & Co for any we thet may bere of peer eter te the hands of the recetvers any Claim Ubey ) egaicet the company ot oe imme of be ay potetim os