The New York Herald Newspaper, March 17, 1866, Page 4

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SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 585 Broadway, opposite Fieropoliien Hotel. —£THiOPiAN Singing, DaNnciNa, &C.— T ‘LYING TRAPEZS. : TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 201 Bowery. —Sixa- io Dancing, BuRLE<gues, &C.—IRELAND IN 1830, OW, TUR Dan Hour Beronx DV. Matinee at 234 o' Clock, GEORGE CHRISTY'S—Op, Scuoou oF Minstretsy, ve Musica, Gar Fifth Avenue Opera House, Noa, 2 and 4 West Tr rin sireet.—Tax Contra+ Baxo Scnoow. Matiner ‘Clock. BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad- way.—NucRo Comicatitiis, BURLESQUES, &C.—JACK ON DE Guern. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUs staeisy—Battans, 1 Qt NEW YORK MUS) @pen irom 0A. M. tll BRADY'S GALL! Broadway, corner of Tenth mreet—Open every day and evening eek. —NEW Cou xection or Wak Vinws anp tistonic Poxtnaits. Free to the public Brooklyn.—-Eratortan Min- AND PANTOMIMES. ATOMY, 618 Broadway.— DERBY FINE ARTS GALLERY, 625 Broadway.—Ex- WIBITIONS OF PAINTLNGS, &C. 625 Broadway.—Keutoce's L PRINcess “AFTER THE FINE ARTS INSTITUT! Guat Painting Tux ( Bara." HOPE CHAPEL, 720 Broadway.—Cornie’s InucstrateD ‘Tour oF Scortaxn. SEVENTH REGIME Coartimnrany Co} ARMORY, ‘Tompkins Market.— New York, Saturday, ¥ TES NEWS. CANADA. The Canadians were yesterday rejoiced by the report ‘that Secretary Seward has promised that there shall be no violation of our neutrality by the invasion of the province from this country by armed Fenians, It is nbw apprehended that an attack from Detroit will be made by Fenians to-day during the St. Patrick cetebration. Tho intended parade in Montreal has been forbidden by the authorities, Volunteoring and all the other pro- vincial operations for defence continue, and it is said that ten thousand troops from England are shortly ex- pected to arrive, The British West India squadron has been ordered to sail for Halifax, with all the disposable troops ia the West Indies. ‘Tho Canadian Reciprocity treaty, which has regulated trade for a dozen years past between this country and Canada, greatly to the advantage of the commercial community of that province, terminates to-day, in ac- cordance with the notice given by our governm: y . This will be a severe blow to the provincials, and in order in some measure to repair the damages which it will inflict their authorities are prosecuting with great energy thelr efforts to effect a confederation | of ail the British North American colonies, and have despatched commissions to the West Indies and South America to endeavor to concert regula- tiovs for increased trade with those regions, In another portion of our present issue we present an extended and interesting collection of facts and statements showing what tie Canadians prepose to do in order to enable th m to survive the shock of the treaty’s expiration: CONGRESS. Among the petitions presented inthe Senate yesterday was one from the New York and Brooklyn dressmakers for a redaction of the tax on their business, Resolu- | tious were introduced providing that army and navy pen- sionera, of their widows or heirs, shall not be deprived of their pensions on account of holding office under gov- erument the yearly compensation of which is not over eight hundred dollars, and appropriating fifty thousand dollars to publish the Medical and Surgical History of the late war, The bill to reorganize the national judiciary was reported back, with a number of amendments, from the Judiciary Committee. A bill fixing the salaries of the United States district judges was introduced and re- ferred to the Judiciary Committes, Mr. Stew- art, of Nevada, introduced a preamble and resolu- tions prescribing conditions for the admission of the ex- cluded Southern representatives, which, after some de- bate, during which Mr. Sumner welcomed Mr. Stewart “with open arms’? to the ranks of the advocates of negro saffrage, were ordered to be printed and referred to the Roconstraction Committee, The resolutions suggest the adoption by the States lately in rebellion of amendments to their constitutions giving the negroes the samo civil and political privileges as the whites, including the right to vote, and repudiating all rebel debts and claims for slaves emancipated, and request the adoption of similar measures by the Legislatures of the other States, They also propose that when these terms shall have been complied with, @ general amnesty relative to those en- gazed in the rebellion shall be declared. The Deficiency opmiation bill was passed, and the Naval Appropria- bill was considered for some time, but was not fina'!y acted upon, The Senate adjourned till Monday. lo the Hoase of Representatives a proposition was offered, but objected to, for the appointment of a com- Mittoo Wo investigate the differences between the Secre- tary of tho Treasury and the Comptroller of the Cur- fency. Bills were introduced and referred to authorize the establishment of a mail steamship line between Charleston and Liverpool and to establish a post route from Idaho City to Rocky Bay, in Idaho Territory. The Commitice on Indian Affairs were directed to report on the @xpedioucy of concontrating the different tribes of Dakota or Siva Indians on one reservation. The House and Senato Army bills were both taken up, and, after the foriner had been ordered to be printed and the latter had been read twice, both were recommitted to the Military Committers, The bills for the construction of eus- tom houses at Jersey City, N. J., and Cairo, IN, were reported back adversely from the Com- mitiee on Commerce, and Iaid on the table. fier the transaction of some other business *. of particular importance, the Loan bill was again Lakon up, and its consideration occupied a great part of both the day and evening sessions, Several amendments were offered, some of which were adopted and others rejected. Finally a vote was reached on the Dill itself, as amended, and it was defeated, there being ght negative votes against si ty-six in the afirma. Pending a motion to reconsider, the House ad- aixty mneasage was yesterday received by the Senate from Premdent Jobnson in response to its resolution request. ing information regarding the alleged kidnapping of frevdinen in our Southern States, and their sale into slavery tn Cuba The message covers voluminous cor- reapondence, including letters from Secretary Seward, Gen- eral Canby, ovr Consuls in Havana and other places, and the Cuban Captain Gener, Jast mentioned of whom pronounces § ts relative to kid nappiog nutrve. olved by the re search regarding the ma there ts nothing to show that more than « vory few, if indeed any, negroes have been abducted in the manner charged, Tho President has signed the bill, recently passed by Congress, extending the time for withdrawal of goods from public stores and bonded warehotses. THE LEGISLATURE. In the State Senate yesiorday bills were introduced authorizing the selection of a site for a new State priron 4n euher Broome, Tioga, Chemung, Steuben or Allegany. feounty; empowering the Park Commissioners of this city to close existing streets and open new ones in that part of the city between Seventy-second and 156th streets and Kighth avenue and the North river, appropnating ouo Lundred and Ofiy thousand dollars to continue im Bh te ph ren oso provement of Hudson river navigation, and authorizing the establishment of additional normal schools, A num- ber of local and private bills were reported from commit- tees, and some other matters of minor interest received attention, after which the Senate adjourned till Monday. In the Assembly a few bills were passed, including those amending the charter of the East India Telegraph Company and requiring our Park Commissioners to con- struct a stone stairway at the junction of Fifth avenue and Eighty-sixth street. Some bills of no general im- portance were ordered to third reading, and several were reported from committess, Among the latter were those to incorporate the New York Floating Dry Dock Com- pany and for refunding to certain banks and insurance companies of this"city State taxes collected in 1863 and 1864 on national securities exempt from taxation. The Assembly also adjourned till Monday, THE CITY. Preparations have been made by the Irishmen of the metropolis and surrounding cities for fine demonstra- tions to-day in honor of Ireland’s patron saint, and the occasion will no doubt be celebrated by them in a spirited and creditable manner, In this city there will be a large procession, composed of both civic and military organizations, The line will be formed in East Broadway atten o'clock, and Broadway and the other principal thoroughfares will be included in the route of march, of which full particulars, as well as of all matters pertain- ing to the display, are given in another portion of this morning’s Heratp. Besides the procession there will be various other suitable observances. A solemn pontifical high mass will be celebrated in St. Patrick’s Cathedral by Archbishop McCloskey, and there will be appropriate services in several other Catbolic churches, In Brook- lyn the day will be similarly observed. At the meeting of the Board of Councilmen yesterday, the Tax Levy, as amended by the Aldermen, was read and laid over, as was also a resolution directing the Cor- poration Counsel to stay proceedings relative to the widening of Ann street, until otherwise ordered. The Corporation Counsel was directed to appeal from the de- cision of the Supreme Court to the Court of Appeals, in the matter of a mandamus against the Common Council for the creation of market stock to erect a markot in the Eighteenth ward. An ordinance providing that the owners of ferry boats shall provide gates which, when closed, will prevent any person from passing to or from a boat, and that the boats shall remain fastened while the gates are open, was adopted. > Tho special committee of the Board of Supervisors ap- pointed to investigate the charges of corruption and frand in the erection of the new Court House, continued their work yrsterday. There were three witnesses examined, bul the evidence was of the usual character. The counsel for the prosecution announced his case closed, and Supervisor Fox adjourned the committee till Monday next, at the request of the counsel for the de- fence, The Board of Health met yesterday afternoon, and the standing committees were appointed. The suspension of four different bone, fat and offal boiling establishments in this city was ordered by the Commissioners, as being public nuisances, Two hundred and eighteen carcasses of unwholesome meat were seized by the Sanitary police yesterday and disposed of at the offal dock. ‘The case of the United States against certain distillors of this city, charged with bribing a detective revenue officer, with intent to defraud the government, was yes- torday up before United States Commissioner Betts. A great deal of interest is manifested in the case, the Revenue Department being largely and ably represented. The defendants, by advice of counsel, were not present, it being the intention of the latter to confine the pro- ceedings to a motion of adjournment. Upon this motion a spicy debate followod between counsel on either side. Ultimately the case was adjourned till the 23d inst. In the United States Circuit Court yesterday, before Judge Shipman, Charles Teitjen was tried ‘and found guilty of having in his possession a quantity of counter- feit currency. It appeared that the accused kept a small grocery, and was charged with passing spurious currency to his customers for some time before being fully detected. The proofs of guilt were clear; but in consequence of the prisoner's previous good character, the jury, in returning a verdict of guilty, strongly recommended him to the clemency of the Court, Judge Shipman sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment, with hard labor, in the State Prison. An action for the recovery of naval prize money was tried im the Supreme Court, Part-l, before Judge Mason, yesterdays ‘The plaintiff was William Daly, formerly geaman on board the United States gunboat Somerset, and the defendants Thomas L. Braynard and partner, claim agents, It appeared in evidence that the latter ad- vanced three hundred dollars on a prize claim of the for- mer, which ultimately proved to be worth six hundred and eighty dollars, Payment of the balance was denied, on the ground that Daly had signed a receipt transferring his entire claim to the agents, The jury gave a verdict for plaintiff for three hundred and ten dollars, the full amount claimed. An application was yesterday made in the Supreme Court, Chambers, before Judge Barnard, for an injunction restraining the landlord of the building known as tho City Assembly Rooms, lately destroyed by fire, from knocking down the ruins. This application is made on behalf of the tenants, who claim that a portion of the premises is not wholly destroyed, and thet by the terms of their leases the landlord is bound to put the place again m repair, payment of rent to be suspended, and their leases to hold good in the meanwhile, The motion will be argued at length this morning. Judge Ingraham has denied the motion made to dis- charge the attachment issued against the property of James T. Lioyd, the map publisher, on complaint of Patrick O'Beirne, who claims to be @ large creditor of the dovendant. The jury in the case of Lawrence Burke against the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad Company, in which the complainant sued tor loss of services of his son, a child six years old, who was run over in Thomp- son strect, and bad his leg amputated, yesterday brought in a verdict for plaintiff for five hundred dollars. ‘The Chambers and Special Term of the Court of Com- mon Pleas will be closed to-day. No business will be transacted until Monday in any branch of the court. An important motion was made at the Chambers of the | Superior Coart yesterday, involving the right of parties to place the names of hotels on their carriages. An in- junction torestrain a man named Lamb from putting the name of “Prescott House’ on his carriages was ob- tained a few days ago, and yesterday a motion to dis- solve the same was made. The matter was adjourned to enable the parties to procure additional affidavite. Sponcer Pettus was fally committed for trial yesterday on a charge of larceny, for having in his possession, as alleged, a number of five dared dollar bonds, said to have been stolen from Mr. Louis Sonneborn, of Philadel- phin. The accused is hold to bail in the sum of five thousand dollars. William O'Neil, Van Rensselaer Bernhardt, Mary Kane and Ellen Mahar were yesterday committed for trial by Justice Dowling on charge of having, on the Sth inst, committed a robbery at No. § Varick street, and then, to cover up the theft, set fire to the premises. A large and demonstrative assemblage gathered last ‘evening at Clinton Hall, where an “Anti Fenian meeting” was being held, The sentiments uttered found partwans in the spectators, and before the gathering dispersed an “Anti-Fenian League’ was partly organized. As a dis- turbance was expected, a large body of police was held in reserve, and several sections were present in the hall. Perfect order, however, was maintained. At tho headquarters of both of the wings of Fenianism yesterday business continued to progress in ite custom. ary vigorous manner, and there was no diminution in the usual influx of funds, The work of organizing new circles still goes on, and a number of meetings were held in different parts of the city last night. The final report of the Now England Soldiers’ Relief Association in this city, which was established im April, 1862, has been published. Among the interesting items of this report is the statement that during the existence of the inatitation it lodged, fed, clothed and aided over eighty-six thousand sick and wounded soldiers belonging to nearly every State in the Union, The Inman line steamship City of New York, Captain Loiteh, leaves pier 44 North river, to-day at noon for Queenstown and Liverpool, The steamship Bornasia, Captain Schwensen, for Southampton and Hamburg, also sails at noon to-day. The mails for the above steamers will close at the Post Office at half-past ten A. M. The fine new steamship Star of the Union, Captain Manchard, belonging to H. B. Cromwell & Co's line, will sail from pier No, 9 North river at three P.M. | today for New Orleans direct. Mails close at the Post | OMice at the usual hour. The stock market was firm on the whole, but some- what irrogdiar, yesterday. Governments were firm. Gold weakened from 131 to 1 at the close ‘Trade was very duil pt and prices current showed no improvement, qenoral thing; but they ave atadually settling down to the basis of gold at about | 130. Dry goods were dull, and nearly nominal. Cotton, groceries and petroleam were dull and nominal, On ‘Change flour was dull, and common grades were lower. Wheat was lower. Corn was more active and firmer. Pork was dull. Lard was in good demand and firmer. Whiskey was nominal, MISCELLANEOUS. The Democratic State Covention of Indiana was held at Indianapolis on Thureday, and was largely attended. The highest office to be Milled at tho ensuing Indiana election is that of Secretary of State, and for this posi- tion the convention nominated General bi. D. Manson. Candidates for other offices were also chosen. The reso- lutions adopted endorse the President's reconstruction Policy and voto of the Freedmen’s Bureau bit, condemn Congress for excluding the Southern representatives and for its course generally, oppose secession, the payment of the rebel debts, negro suffrage, protective tariffs and pro- hibitory liquor -and Sunday laws, condemn the “frauds committed by abolition State and federal officials,” favor religious toleration and the eight hour labor system, and express thanks to the national soldiers, It is reported that about forty thousand colored troops now stationed in the South will be mustered out of service within the next two weeks, including three thou- sand in South Carolina, Additional particulars regarding the recent revolu- tionary outbreak in Cuba and the cargo of Africans cap- tured off the coast of the island, alluded to in our issue of yesterday, have been received by the steamer Corsica, which left Havana some hours after the departure of the Morro Castle, on the 10th inst., and arrived here yester- day. The republican demonstration appears to have beon a movement of little consequence politically. Of the captured Africans, numbering in all, it is sald, fif- teen hundred, seven hundred had been landed at San Antonio, and sold to a prominent planter at the rate of two hundred and twenty-five dol- lars each. In connection with the privilege recontly granted by the State of Florida to an American company to land and extend telegraphic cables from the Florida const to Cuba, it is stated that the exclusive right to land telegraphic cables on the Cuban coast was conceded to a Spanish company by a decree issued in Madrid, in June, 1865. One of the Havana dailies, in discussing the subject of public education, gives a strik- ing contrast between the free schools of Cuba and those of Now York. A joint stock company was being organ- ized at Havana for the purpose of erecting a building consisting of four stories, the first of which is to be devoted to stores, the second to a Cuban athenwum, tho the third to a theatre and the fourth to a hotel, Baron Beauliev, the new Envoy of the King of the Belg’ans, was yesterday received in his official capacity at the Executive Mansion by President Johnson. President, in response to the speech of the Minister, con- gratulated him on the present peaceful condition of Bel- gium, and expressed a hope for an increase of the friend- ship now existing between its government and our own. The Orders have been issued for the discontinuance of the Military District of East Tennessee and for the dis- mantling of a number of the forts comprised in the de- fences of Washington. The question of the constitutionality of the test oath of the new constitution of Missour! is now before the United States Supreme Court on the appeal from de- cisions of tho courts of that State of Rev. Dr. Cum- mings, a Catholic clergyman, and Mr. Garesche, a law- yer, who were fined and excluded from the exercise of their professional functions for refusal to subscribe to said oath. The Civil Rights Bili—Its Probable Ap- proval by the President. The Civil Rights bill, as amended by the House of Representatives, was on Thursday last agreed to by the Senate—yeas 30, nays 7—so that it only needs the signature of the President to become a law of the land. The question naturally recurs, will the President sign the bill? As we can find in it nothing conflicting with the constitution as it now stands, and nothing in conflict with the de- clared opinions and policy of President Jobn- gon, we have no doubt that he will approve the measure. The bill provides, first section, “that all per- sons born in the United States and not subjects to any foreicn Power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States; and such citizens of every race and color, without regard to any. previous con- dition of slavery or involuntary servitude, ex- cept as @ punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have the same right in every State and Terri- tory to mike and enforce contracts, to sue and be sued, to be parties and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property, as are enjoyed by white citizens; and shall be subject to like punishments, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, re- gulation or custom to the contrary notwith- stonding.” This is the cream of the bill. The other sections, in the powers and duties con- ferred upon the District and Circuit Courts of the United States, the President, the Freed- men’s Bureau, &c., simply provide the ma- chinery for the practical enforcement of the measure by the general government. fn a word, this bill, in regard to his civil rights, places the black man throughout the United States upon the same footing with the white man, and furnishes ample facilities for the enforcement of the law everywhere by the executive, judicial and military authori- ties of the United States. This is a tremendous transformation of the old order of things, when it was decreed from the Supreme Court by Chief Justice Taney that the negro, bond or free, was not an American citizen, and had “no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” But this decision we find under the constitution as it was, when these civil disabilities of the African race were accepted or tolerated by all departments of the government as necessary to the protection of the Southern institution of African slavery. With the abolition of this institution, the foundation upon which all these distinctions rested, they too are all swept away. Under the donstitution as it is slavery is abolished and interdicted over all the States and Terri- ries, and Congress has “the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” But does the power to enforce the freedom of the blacks involve the power to enforce their equal civil rights as citizens over the legislation of the several States? It seems to us that such is the scope of this constitutional amendment. Take away slavery, and as there is no color in the constitution, all men of every color stand upon the same level as citizens of the United States. The enforcement of this amendment, therefore, abolishing slavery, in- volves the power to enforce this equality in civil rights. Upon this subject it follows that not only are all the old slave codes and black laws of the South abolished, but that the re- constructive legislation of the late rebel States, from Virginia to Texas, embracing one system of laws for the whites, and another for the blacks, must all go by the board. Does this interfere with the reconstruction policy of President Johnson? We think not. On the contrary, it relieves him of a vast amount of troublesome work in the protection of the civil rights of the freedmen. ‘This Civil Rights bill we regard, accordingly, as a practical, jnst and beneficent measure, and one which the President will cheerfully approve. Tt does not touch the question of negro suf- frage, and it does not provide for the en- couragement of lazineas among the Southern blacks and white refugees by inviting them to laugh and grow fat upon the public treasury. The President is entitled to great credit in bringing Congress from the vagaries of its Reconstruction Committee to this practical bit of legislation, and with its approval we dare say the radical scheme of the continued exclu- sion of the late rebel States for several years to come will soon be found to be utterly out of the question. Under the impression, from the reasons indicated, that this Civil Rights bill willbe approved, we know of no good and suf- ficient reason why, with this law in force, there should be any further delay in admitting the loyal members elected to Congress from the lately rebellious States that have ratified the great constitutional amendment. The National Currency Bureau and the Treasury. The letter of Comptroller Clarke, criticising the official reports and the course of the Seore- tary of the Treasury, has developed a very singnlar state of affairs at the national capital. It reveals, however, only what hes been for some time past known to exist—a direct an- tagonistic policy between those two financial officers of the government. One is in favor of contraction, and asks for legislation which will enable him to control the money mar- ket and carry his views into practice; while the other is opposed to any such legislation, or the adoption of any arbitrary measures to secure the resumption of specie payments. It isfrom this disagreement that the corres- pondence between Secretary McCulloch and Comptroller Clarke originated. The former was appealing to Congress for the passage of a bill that would confer upon him unlimited power, both in exchanging one class of bonds for another and the retirement of the Treasury notes of all descriptions, and also in nego- tiating loans both at home and abroad. This was the measure which the Secretary proposed to use to carry out his contraction ideas and secure a return toa specie basis. This mea- sure Comptroller Clarke strongly opposed. Secretary McCulloch ascertaining this fact,wrote a note to Mr. Clarke, stating that he had been informed that he (Mr. Clarke) was opposing the Loan bill and advocated a policy contrary to that which the Treasury Department was laboring to enforce. In conclusion, the Secre- tary requested the Compiroller to favor him with his views, either in person or in writing, in the hope that in so doing they might be able to agree upon one and the same policy, and act together in harmony. To this note Comptroller Clarke replied on the 24th of February at some length, giving the substance of his reasons for opposing the Loan bill. Secretary McCulloch subsequently denied some of the facts siated by Mr. Clarke, and the result is the rejoinder of the latter—published by us a day or two since—which has proved to be the financial sensation of the hour. It appears, however, from the explanation of Mr. Hooper in debate in Congress, that the Comptroller was in error in his statements, in his assertions in reference to the Secretary’s report. The correspondence has developed on ano- maly in affairs at Washington. That there should be an open rupture between the two principal financial officers of the government, and both retain their places, is looked upon as extraordinary. It has been generally supposed that the Comptroller of the Currency was a subordinate officer of the Secretary of the Trea- sury, and amenable to him. That the Secretary should retain a person in office under him who is openly opposed to his policy is looked upon as mysterious, But when we come to examine the bill creating the bureau and office of Comptroller of the Currency we find that he is not a subordinate officer of the Treasury, but holds an independent position, responsible, in fact, only to Congress. His official reports and communications are made, not to the Secretary, as those of the heads of bureaus in that depart- ment are; nor are they made to the President, as is the case with the members of the Cabinet, but to Congress direct. There is no official or power between him and Congress; no provision for revision, save with the lawmaking power. The appointment, it is truce, is made by the President, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury; but when once ap- pointed no removal can take place except upon a written statement of the reasons, which shall be satisfactory to Congress. With the present temper of Congress it is doubtful if the President will be able to furnish reasons which Congress will deem satisfac- tory. We cannot therefore fail to look upon the precedent established in creating this bureau as detrimental to the interests of the government, and a serious mistake. It is the commencement of the system of disintegration which has brought all the trouble, corruption and profligacy in our present city government. It is opening the doors to the sume evils that we have experienced in this metropolis, and the first step towards a similar state of affairs in the national government. The bureau is a creation of ex-Secretary Chase, and was adopted by Congress at the time that the majority of the Senate sided with Chase against President Lincoln. It was no doubt purposely made an independent branch of the government to sub- serve the political interests of the present Chief Justice and enable him the better to make the national bank system a grand politi- cal power to advance his claims for the Presi- dency. Hence it was removed from all danger of interference on the part of the President or Secretary of the Treasury. Just as the inde- pendent bureaus were created in our city gov- ernment to advance personal ends, so was this to subserve private ambition, instead of the interests of the country. One of the first fruits is now seen in the disagreement of two financial officers, and want of harmony in the executive departments. This evil should be corrected at once, or still more serious and alarming results may follow. Raw Uroy Ixrant Veats.—The extensive seigures of unwholesome meat, or what has been termed “bob” veal, is evidence of com. mendable vigilance on the part of officials which we hope will be encouraged. Our people have but # poor conception of the amount of this kind of meat that is every year sent to this city and distributed for food. Some of the farmers in the river counties, and even back in the interior, along the line of the rail- roads, have been in the habit of killing their calves when only twelve hours old and deliver- ing them to parties t& bring to this city. They manage to secure five dollars per head for all they furnish in this manner. Seizures have been mate in this city duripg the spring NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARUI ‘17, 1866. ee months for several years past, but we believe never quite as extensively as at the present. This faot either shows greater vigilance on the part of our officials, or else that there is a more extensive business done in the “bob” veal line than heretofore. If the latter is the correct version, then we are fortunate in being pre- pared to meet this effort to flood the city with this unwholesome stuff. It is, how- ever, @ somewhat singular eoineidence that the rural gentlemen in the Legislature, in their anxiety to reform and purify this city, should have adopted a measure to accom- plish that reformation, which ia its applica- tion strikes first at the deleterious practice of their own constituents. A few more reform measures will no dcubt throw additional light upon the impositions practised upon us from this source, and enable our eitizens to protect themselves, But, in the meantime, we trast that the Board of Health, or pelice, or whoever is looking after these “infant veals,” will eon- tinue their search and prevent their being dis- tributed throughout the city. This is the only way to put a stop to that kind of trade. St. Patrick’s Day. The festival of the patron saint of Iretand has always been observed in this city with a great deal of earnestness as well as a very large display of pageantry, the most com- mendable feature of which has been the order and sobriety which prevailed, and among the component parts of the processions there were none more beautiful than the immense bodies of the Father Mathew Temperance Societies, In view of the indirect influence which the Fenian movement will undoubtedly bring to bear upon the celebration of to-day, we may expect to see more enthusiasm and larger num- bers of participants than ever. The Fenians themselves will, we understand, not be repre- sented as a body, having resolved to make no display of their numerical strength, and pro- bably finding that they have work enough to doin their headquarters at this critical junc- ture. The Irish people regard St. Patrick and his natal day as we do Washington and his birth- day. St. Patrick, whose origin is not very clearly accounted for—historians being divided in opinion as to whether he was born in Gaul or in Scotia—was the first great ameliorator of the Irish race. How well his labors as a pro- pagandist of the Christian fuith and the pre- cursor of a higher civilization have been appre- ciated, we have evidence in the veneration in which his name is held after such a lapse of time. While the patron saints of other nations are almost torgotten, and many of their heroes are neglected, the memory of this Christian bishop and civilizer is remembered all over the world. This may be accounted for in part by the tenacity with which the Celtic race cling to their traditionary history, and their gratitude to the man who led them out of the darkness of paganism. It may be accounted for, per- haps, in a measure also by the fact that it was from the Irish church established by St. Patrick that many of the missionaries came who spread learning and religion over a large part of Europe, and founded colleges and monas- teries where the most valudble relics of ancient literature were translated and preserved. In this way his name and his popularity became wide-spread. It is somewhat curions that, whff@ the titular saints of most countries were of the military order, men who fought with dragons and com- bated giants, and so forth—the famous “Seven Champions of Christendom,” to wit— the patron saint of the greatest fighting people in Europe should be a man of peace, whose high- est deeds of valor were converting pagans and banishing reptiles. St. Patrick was evidently not a Fenian, for the Fenians were of Pha- nician origin, while the saint was a Gael; but had he lived until this day he might have been found in Union square, only for his religious scruples. However, turning from St. Patrick of a thou- sand years ago to the celebration of his birth- day in the metropolis of America to-day, we have no doubt that it will be a very imposing spectacle, and whatever increase there may be in numbers or enthusiasm may be attributed to the exciting circumstances of the times. That it will be an orderly, sober and respectable demonstration we have sufficient guarantee in all former celebrations of a like character. Prrvnzoes or Learstators.—A city con- temporary is excessively severe upon Judge Scrugham, of Brooklyn, for postponing a libel suit in which an ex-member of the Legislature is plaintiff and the editor of a Brooklyn paper the defendant. The case has once been post poned at the request of the respondent, and It seems but a fair thing for the Judge to post- pone it again upon the motion of the plaintiff, if any reasonable grounds therefor should be presented. A number of the witnesses in the case are members of the Legislature; and we hold that the Judge was justified in deferring the case, if he designed to respect the privi- leges of legislators, who are exempt from ar- rest and should be from attachment, as wit- nesses, while in the exercise of their legislative functions. The people of the State pay legisla- tors a certain sum per session; and if the time of members is to be wasted in vexatious law- suits, that can be tried at any time; and in at- tendance upon courts, subject to the courts’ delays, and the procrastination and subter- fuges of counsel, it would not be difficult for combination of evil disposed persons, upon trivial pretexts, to subp@na witnesses from both houses, and, by preventing & quorum from assembling, impede the operations of the State government. We wish there were no stronger grounds for complaint against our elective judges, particularly the police justices, than the one preferred against Judge Scrugham. Joun Bors. Incuixep to Pay Ur.—We see by recent advices from Europe that Lord Claren- don is now anxious to reopen the Alabama discussion and come to some definite settle- ment. Ashort time ago the noble Lord de- clared that this subject was “ exbausted”—as his side of tt was—and his anxiety to discuss it again simply means that, in view of the pos sible contingencies of the Fenian question, John Bull is pretty nearly ready to pay our little billin hard casb. But, on the whole, we see no reason for pressing our claims just at present, and we cannot allow Mr. Bull to settle with us so soon. He is a good debtor; he has plenty of real and personal estate in all parts of the world, and as onr mortgage upon his pro- perty brings us very good interest and can be foreclosed at any time we wish, it is merely & matter of prudence on our part not to let him pay wa off when we really do not need the, momey and could not invest It to such exovt- lent advantage anywhere else. Tne Reciprocity Treaty—The Position of the Erritish North American Provinces, The Reciprocity treaty expires to-day, Trade between the British North American provinces and the Wnited States has been carried on un- der this treaty since 1854, By ils terms a commercial union practically existed between the two cov\ntries, and, as is always the case with such untons, it was most advantageous to the poorer people. Certain privileges im the fisheries on thie northeastern coast were ac- corded to us, aitd the St. Lawrence was thrown open, and for th.\s Canada and the other pro- vinces enjoyed free trade with a customer always demanding’ more than they could sup- ply. This commence was a great source of wealth to the provinces, but they did not ap- preciate it. They wre always declaring that the treaty was not ad vantageous te them, and on several occasions when its operation was found unequal, and the question of abolishing it was mooted on this side of the line, the provincials were always loud in their declara- tions that we might:abolibh it at any time, and that they did not care to retain it. Wo'have recently had a chance to! see the sincerity of those declarations. Since the period was fixed for the expiration of this dreaty the several provinces have sent delegates to Washington instructed to retain the treaty or get anotier on any terms. It was even said im the Cana- dian papers that the delegates were furnished! with the means to buy a treaty, and the dele~ gates, thus instructed and prepared, went so far to attain their object, and did. so much to keep the benefits of this despised treaty, that their friends at home were madeashamed by the ex- travagance of their promises, For weeks and months past, moreover, anticipating the ex- piration of the treaty, all kinds of Canadian products have been rushed over the border with the greatest energy. Very large arrivals of Canadian flour are noted in Boston, and there is great activity in the transmission of Canadian products over Western railroads, The abrogation of this treaty meets with the hearty approval of the whole people of the United States, By extracts elsewhere it will be seen that the Boards of Trade in Canada fume greatly over our illiberality in this mmt- ter; but the dissatisfaction is confined to their side of the border. If the treaty had been equal . in its effects—if its abrogation were ever a se- vere blow to our own commerce, the people of the country would be quite ready to accept and endure that blow in order to make an effective discrimination of any sort against the people of the British provinces. Canada and her sister provinces can easily enough forget their acts toward us of the past few years, but it is noe the same with the people ot the United States. We know that the whole people of the British provinces were our active, earnest, open, inso- lent enemies; and while Canada enjoyed agrent trade by our generosity--while she enjoyed the exclusive benefits of that trade and grew rich upon it--while, for atl commercial purposes, she stood in nearly the same position as a State of this Union, she yet connived at plots, ar- ranged within her territories, for the burning of our cities and the murder of our people; she encouraged the plotters and urged them on, and, even in the very so-called courts of justice, assisted their escape. This is what makes the very word reciprocity, as between Canada and the United States, offensive toour people. We shall get on very well without our part of what was given by the treaty, and the provinces will doubtless make the most of their position by the grand scheme of contederation or otherwise, We would recommend them to try the scheme of confederation. That has in it the promise of making them a respectable power. As they stand they are in all national respects so many nonentities. Confederation will give them a national existence at least. It may make them a British viceroyalty, and sandwich the United States between a monarchy in Canada and one in Mexico, The United States will be amply able to meet any such difficulties when they menace it. A Voice rrom tar Sovrs.—A nemerous and influential meeting of the citizens of Norfolk, Va., was held a few days since, the Mayor in the chair, at which resolutions wore adopted strongly endorsing the restoration policy of President Johnson. In a spirit of reconcilia- tion it was, among other things, resolved:— That, having in good faith ace the result of the late contest between the North and the South, we desire that all traces of alicnation shall be obliterated, and we cordially invite enterprising men from every State of the American ion Jo settle among ua, asearing them that they will be received as fellow citizens of our common country, and co-laborers in building up that commercial greatness which we believe our city is destined to attain. ‘This is the proper spirit,and we hope similar meetings will be held in other portions of the Sonthern country. A large number of enter- prising people in the North are deterred from going South and engaging in the labor of de- veloping the vast resources of that part of the country, in consequence of apprehending that their presence will be unweleome and thatthey will be subjected to irritating taunts and in- sults from the native residents. We do not Delieve that this feeling prevails to any extent among intelligent communities in the South; and if expression be given to the Southern voice in the manner it bas been in Norfolk, mach good will accrue to the people of both sections, Provistonat. GOVERNORS OF SOUTHERN Siw TES.— President Johnson has submitted to Congress a message, communicating information respect- ing the Provisional Governors of Southern States, The documents make quite a large volume, and embrace the newly formed con~ stitutions, correspondence, local enactments, reports of legislative proceedings, and other official operations of several of the Southerm States since the rebellion. The whole matter constitutes a very valuable history of the times, and amply vindicates the policy of the President in his initiative measures of recom struction and restoration. Sexator Scuver os Coxwors.-The resolu- tion reported by Senator Sumwer, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, protesting against the action of those Buropean authorities who pardon criminals on condition that they will emigrate to the United States, is well timed. This country is not » Botany Bay. To emigrate to America is an honor, not ® punish. ment. Burope must thke charge of its own erim “Hit were not for the fact that the practice against which the Senator protests has been pursued for a long while, we should not have,half sq much orime in + United States, lution be so amended as Teas Sane indignation excited by the in- Mize to which it refers, and thea poy 4 adopiee