The New York Herald Newspaper, April 6, 1866, Page 4

eee (2. aa ili: ae/,:____—; ‘ NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. SS = Volume XXXI. No. 96 ISlIIaeaooooaoaoaouyoaoaoyxyxxyTooSea AMUSEMENTS THIS BVBN(NG, BROADWAY THEATRE, Broxdway, street. —Dor; on, Tux Caicker on THR néar Broome WOOD'S THEATRE, Broadway, the St. Nicholas Hotel.—East Lysine, authangr SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 535 Broadway, te Metropolitan Hotel — erator an “xinata pee ha td on Ways ann Muans, TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 21 Bowery —Sixa- D. —Sraruxn’s Escare; On ae oe See £0. —Starann's “CHRISTY'S—O1p Scuoow ov Minstantsy, bereng | Bautape, Muscat Guus, to.. Firth Avenue ‘Opera Howse, ion, 2 and 4 ‘west ‘rweaty-tourta strect,—Tus KxEx BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, pweNecRro ComicaLitics, BURLESQUES, Pakis Francais. #001 HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Ermorian Mix 472 Broate 4c.—lor On RK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway. oro a. M, till0 P.M BRADY'S GALLERY, 785 Broadway, corner of Tenth aireei—-Open every morning ‘and afternoon.—New Cou seotiox or Wan Views anv Historic Posraaits. Free to the public. IRVING HALL, Irving place.—Miss Mania Brawesrp's Granp Concert. COOPER INSTITUTE. Astor Place.—Great Farr or tHe Lapms or Sz. Ann's Cuvrcu, Eighth street, DERBY FINE ARTS LLERY, 625 Broadway.—Ex- muBITIONS OF VatNTLXos, &c. WITH SUPPLEMENT. New York, Friday, April 6, 1866. ADVERTISING OF THE CITY PRESS. The Herald the Great Organ of the Business Public. Annexed are the returns to the Internal Revenue Departmont of the receipts from advertising of all the daily paprs of this city for two years, In the first column are the receipts for thirteen months, being the year 1864, with one month of 1863, and in tho second column are the receipts for the twelve months of 1865:— Thirteen months For the Paper. ending Dez 31, 1864. Year 1865, Herald. $577,455 $562,192 260,960 301,841 251,812 284,412 163,177 222,715 128,056 177,204 109,595 173,046 Transcript... 62,644 164,461 Staats Zeitung. 67,550 126,330 Son... ee. 94,528 101,798 Commercial Advertiser 60,322 77,556 Daily News... 48,968 77,048 Evening Express, , 62,350 68,742 Now Yorker Demokrat. 21,052 25,734 Totals... ..sesecesseceeee $1,898,267 $2,483,724 This shows the Hxraxp to be, by its extensive and comprehensive circulation, the chief organ of the adver- tisers of the Metropolis, and the medium of communi- cating their business wants to the public, CONGRESS. In tho Senate yesterday, after the report of the joint resolution, with amendments, to provide for the expenses attending the exhibition of United States products at the Paris exposition, and the introduction of a bill to incor. porate the National Telegraph Company, the veto mes- wage was takon up, and Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, de- livered an argumentative speech, principally in reply to Mr. Trumbull, as to the constitutionality of the Dil vetoed by the President. Mr. Trumbull in reply read an extract from a speoch delivered by Senator Johnson on the Freedmen’s Bureau bill, in which, Mr. Trambull held, the views taken by Mr. Johnson at that time were io opposition to his present line of argument. Motions were mado to postpone; but the radicals pressed for a vote imme- diately, Senator Wade being particularly violent in op- position to any postponement. Finally a motion to adjourn was carried—3t to 12. Mr. Edmonds, the new Senator from Vermont, was sworn in and took his seat. There was very little business of tmporiance trans- acted in the House of Representatives, A resotation was adopted to instruct ths Committes on the Judiciary to report a bill more effectually to pro- tect United States soldiers and sailors from belag cheated by claim agents and attorneys, A resolution was offered, but objected to, instructing the Judiciary Commttee to inquire whether there was probable cause to believe that Jifferson Davis or the Siate prisoners ‘were guilty of treason, or whether any logislation was necessary to bring thein to trial. Tho Senato amend ments to the Naval Appropriation bill were reported back, and a committes of conference on the disagrecing vote of the two houses appointed. THE LEGISLATURE. Tac Now York city tax levy was passed in the Senate Yesterday, Bills were also passed amending the act for the extension of the Croton water works, to amend the charter of the Howard Insurance Company of this city gad for the relief of the New York Oxibydrogon Heat Company. Billy dectaring Tompkins “kquare a public parade ground, incorporating the Mutual Gaslight Com- pany and amending tho charier of the Aina Insurance Company, both of this city, were advanced to a third reading. The bill for the extension of the track of the Dry Dock, East Broadway and Broadway Railroad was favorably reported. Numerous remonstrances were pro- sented to the Senate against any railroad in Broadway. In the Assembly bills were passed for the better pro- Wen of sick and indigent passengers arriving sTihis port, to aifiéhd tho ae: creating the Metspolitan Sani- May district, authorizing the New York Common ‘Connell to raiso money by tax, and age porat'ng the Mjional Savings Rank of this city the Sov York Mercantile Library Now York county levy was mado the spocial order or one o'clock this atternoon. ills were advanced to a dread ny for a railroad In Essex and other streets, as aleo to octond the railroad tracks in Grand and other Streots cf this city aad to incorporate the Long Isiand Tunrel Raliroad Company. The Park bill was signed by the Governor on Wednes- day evening. The bill reappoints the Park Board for a new term of five years, The yreat boulevard, which has toon suggested, Inid out and adeptod as far as 155th street, can now be completed. ~ EUROPE. Tho steamehip Cuba, from Queenstown March 25, roachod this port yesterday morning. Hor news ts two diys lator. Our special correspondence from Berlin, with the English and Austrian journals, represents the aspect of tho German difficulty as very serious, Military pre. Parations on a great scale are spoken of, It is ead that Ansiria can place four hundred thousand men in the field, independent of one hundred thousand to be quar. fered in Italy. Italy was expected to join Prussia ‘actively in case of « conflict, A jomt mote, for modi- ation by England, Russi, and France, was spoken of, ‘ut its existence was generally doubted. Toe King of Prussia alluded te the crisis ‘na speech, delivered on the ‘anniversary of bis birthday, mwhich he said that the “hopes of a peacoful solution murt not be abandoned.” Napoleon received a deputation from the legislative ‘body of France, which presented the address of the Corpa. The Emperor delivered avery able bat rather singular spesch, in reply, in which he plainly demon- strated the growing power of the opposition by char- ‘Rctorizing the arguments of it# members as ‘vain Ahoories presented in a seductive.garb.'’ To France he ‘pleads his long and laborious services, and plants Lim. eit firmly on his “‘asefal mission." » Head Centre Stephens arrived in Paris on the 14h of ‘March, and remained the guest of Jobn Mitchel. He ‘waa to embark for New York. Ho had many hasards at An English writer saya Stephens was eo litte of the Irish pilice that he did not even on beard. Mr. Whiteside, MP, ox. Aianey Gelleral of Ivviand, ageerie’d in Porlupat 2 NEW YORK SERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 186i:—WITH SUPPLEMENT. and able revolutionist."” jail on charges of Fenianism in Ireland will released if they promise to return to America, The Fenian gunner Flood, of the Royal artillery, was branded, drummed out of the regiment and sent to jail for two years. The Madrid Zpoca bas an article on Fe- e grievances Of Ireland. Cardinal Tosti died in Rome March 21. He was libra- rian to the Pope and ninety years old. ‘The ex-Queen of the French, widow of Louis Philippe, is dead. Consols closed in London March 26 at 86% a 87. Cot- ton was dull and tending downward in Liverpool March 24 Brondstufts dull and unchanged. Provisions tn- active, THE CITY. Judge Barnard rendered a decision yosterday in the application to appoint commissionors for the Ann street improvement, He said that the improvement is ‘great and much needed,” and appvinted James H. Banker, John E. Develin and John Anderson commissioners for carrying out the work. From the consolidated report of the District Sanitary Inspectors, received at headquarters yesterday, a num- ber of orders were issued by the Attorney of the Health Board for the abatement of several nuzsances, amohg which are rag picking, sorting and drying shops in Wil- Jott and Stanton streets, The Board of Councilmen met yesterday, when Mr. Keech offered a resolution that further proceedings in the mattor of widening Ann and Fulton streets until all parties have an opportunity to be heard, which was made the special order for the next meeting. An ordi- nance to prevent the use of sewers for carrying off waste steam was presented and laid over, as was also a resolu- tion authorizing the Street Commissioner to make a con- tract with gas companies to light the city with gas. ‘Tho regular monthly meeting of the Chambor of Com- merce was held yesterday afternoon. Resolutions re- commending a reduction of the present protective tariff toarevenue standard were referred to the Executive Committee, A mass meeting of the workingmen of New York and Brooklyn was held last evening in Union square for the purpose of agitating the abridgment of aday’s labor from ten to eight bours. Four stands had been erccted, three of them for English and one for German speakers. The processions were numerous, headed by bands of music, and bearers of torches and Chinese lanterns. The pro- ceedings were throughout characterized by the greatest decorum. The speeches delivered were pertinent to tho oceasion, and fitly expressive of the sentiments of the Workingmen’s Union, The office of the Montauk Insurance Company, No. 7 Court street, Brooklyn, was entered by burglars yester- day morning, who forced-open the iron safe, and carried off about $12,000 in railroad bonds, soven-thirties and bank nots. The office of the Inspector of Police is only one hundred feet from where the robbery was com- mitted, Asuit for libel was commenced yesterday in th? Su- preme Court, Circuit, Part 2, before Judge Mason, brought by Mr. Honry W. De Puy, formerly an Indian agont of the government to the Pawnees, against Mr. Oliver P. Hurford & Brother, doing business at Omaha, one hundred and twenty miles trom the Indian reserva- tion, where plaintiff was stationed. Tho ground of com- plaint is that defendants wrote two letters charging the plaintiff with having forged two vouchers while trans- acting his business as ngent. One of these letters was written to Mr. Dole, formerly Indian Commissioner, who is charged with complicity in the attack upon Mr. De Puy. ‘the case of.the alloged privateer Metcor still oconpies the attention of the United states District Court, Yes- terday further evidenco as to the equipment and fitting out of the ship was given, after which the court adjourn- ed till this morning. The New York East Conference resumed its session in the Washington street Mothodist Episcopal church, Brookiyn, yogterday, Bishop Scott, the President, in the chair, The business of the day consisted of the pro- posal of eight candidates (deacons) for ordination, to whom the Bishop propounded certain disciplinary ques- tious, which being satisfactorily auswered the candi- dates were declared competent to be ordainod to tho ministry. Resolutions were passed relative to Method- ism North and South, in which the New York Confer- ence extends to the General Confergnce of the Method- ist Episcopal Church South, now in session at New Or- Jeans, an invitation to make next Sabbath (April 8) a day of special prayer for the peace and unity of the country. The annual missionary sermon was preached before tho Conference last evening by Rov, Dr. Androws, of Stamford, Coun, The session will ‘be continued to- “Tie Shipping Intelligence will be found in our Sup- plement sheet th's morning. ee ‘The stock market was on the whole firm bat excited yesterday. Governments were steady. Gold closed at 127% a 128. Bus'ness was light yesterday as a general thing, though Vhere was rather more firmness in the markets, and in some articles of merchandiso there was quite a move- mont. Cotton was depressed by unfavorable advices from abroad, and prices declined. Petroleum was also unfavorably affected, and prices tended downward. Sugar waa rather quiet, but prices were sustained. Coffee was dull and heayy. On 'Change flour was dull, and common grades ruied decidedly lower; wheat was dull, corn firmer, onts higher, pork heavy, beef steady, lord dall and heavy, and whiskey, as usunlgdull and nominal, MISCELLANEOUS. Poth houres of the New Jersey Legislature have agreed to adjourn vine die at twelve o’ciock to-day. The Senate still refuses to go into joint session, and the probabilities now are that no United States Senator will bo elected in the place of Mr. Stockton. Mr, Scovel has published a letter positively denying that he evor roccived a letter from the Preaident offering him any position under the government if he would defeat the eloction of a radical Senator from New Jersey. ‘A large and enthusiastic mass meoting of the friends and supporters of the President and his reconstruction policy was held in Washington last evening, at which speeches wore made by Senator Cowan and ex-Governor Johnson, of Pennsylvania; Green Clay Smith, of Ken tacky; Marshal Gooding, and others, Mr. Smith said, “Androw Johnson jg the Gibraltar of America, and every wan why 2ccnéd fils head against ‘that rock’ will get his brains knocked out.’’ Resolutions were adopted en- dorsing the President’s policy, opposing all attempts of the general government ‘to force universal suffrage upon the people of any Stato or Territory, and in favor of the | aduission of loyal representatives from the Southern Bigtes nowt delay: “Advices from Batdnow gST* ned that an Tralian ves. sel, on Which an embargo had Gey {11 vy the federal court at that had been taken out of the — under the protection of the guns of the Italian war steamer Veloce, which steamed into the inner ronds for this purpose, The action taken by the local authorities in the maiter was not ascertained prior to the departure of the South American mail steamer. A despatch from San Francisco states that the imperial Consul at that place has received official nows from Guerrero, Mexico, of the defeat of the liberal Generals Colona and Porfirio Diaz, the former losing sixty three killed and the Iatter having one hundred of his mn taken prisoners, Another despatch from New Orleans states that a new campaign was to be organized in Sina- loa against Colona, who was besleging Massatonpolico. Tampico has been reinforced, and the garrison was soot to be attacked. General Almonte had accepted the French mission.” The inhabitants of Toronto, da, are greatly excited over the reported sailing of the Feniah @xpedition, which the Roberts Sweeny wing of the Brotherhood pronounce A hoax, and state that the hour of action of the real military movement ia rapidly approsching, President O'Mahony has tesucd an address to thefBrotherhood, ap- Prising them of the arrival of James Stephens in Paris, and stating that he is coming to this country for the purpose of restoring harmony in the ranks AD ¢m- ae wvpsand of the Fenians of Albany was held in city lant evening, at which Mayor Perry presided. Spirited addresses wore made by General Sweeny and Senator Daly, of Indiana. Tt was reported im Toronto, Canada Wort, yesterday that an English company, with two million pounds sterling capital, was negotiating for ground to erect @ cotton factory in that city. The banking house of Ward & Brother, at Rochester, in thie State, suspended yesterday morning. They held deposits to the amount of one million dollara Three persone have been arrested at Nashvilie, Ten. Reseee, charged with being implicated in frauds against the government. Two million dollars is the sum named of which the wos defrauded in that vicinity. tach Cupnye. concicted of the murter of John Rhodenbaugh, on the ovening of the 24th of October, 1865, near his house in Franklin townsbip, Portage county, Ohio, is tobe hung to-day, at Ravenna, This murder was a coolly plotted deed of villany, for which the temptation was a paltry two hundred dollars in money and a gold watch. Joel Beery, Cooper's accom- Plice in the affair, is serving out a life of imprisonment at hard labor in the Ohiopenitentiary. =, The robel General Bradley T. Johnson was yesterday released from his bail bond of twenty thousand dollars by order of President Johnson, agreeably to a request made to that effect by Lieutenant General Grant. Asschooner which arrived at Mobile yesterday from Pongacola reports the total destruction’ by fire of the United States steamer Convoy. One person was killed and several injured, ‘Two persons were killed and eight seriously injured by the explosion of two boilers in ome iron works at Pome- toy, Ohio, yesterday. Eight stores in King street, Charleston, and six dwell- ing houses at Sedamaville, Ohio, were destroyed by fire yesterday. The loss at the latter amounted to thirty thousand dollars, Fifty thousand dollars’ worth of pro- perty was burned at Mobile on Wednesday, Senator Trumbull on the Civil Rights Bill—He Falls Short of the Real Iss: Mr, Trumbull, chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, and the framer of the Freedmen’s Bureau Extension and Civil Rights bills, has put in his vindication of the latter measure in opposition to the President's veto. Whether he will be more fortunate in the test vote of the Senate in this case than upon the Freedmen’s bill remains to be seen; but from present appearances the President will be again sustained. . Mr. Trumbull’s argument in support of the bill is that of a skilful lawyer who knows how to present in bold relief the strong points on his own side and the weak points of his adver- sary. He contends that all persons born in the United States, not subject to any foreign Power, and excluding Indians not taxed, are constitu- tionally citizens of the United States; that this was the opinion of Mr. Lincoln’s administra- tion; that the Secretary of State, in his pass- ports to black men as citizens, has adopted it; that Mr. Marcy, Secretary of State under poor Pierce’s adininistration, held the same opinion in reference to free blacks, and that President Johnson himself does not come into conflict with this construction. He only holds that, while the bill does not purport to grant any other rights than-those of federal citizenship, it still makes invidious discriminations against certain classes of persons and invades the re- served rights of the States in regard to State citizenship, and the powers of the State Legis- latures and judicial authorities over that sub- ject. Against these objections of the veto message Mr. Trumbull says that they are perversions; that the bill is for the relief of persons who need relief, not for the relief of those who have a right already; that the objectionable ma- chinery of the bill was copied from the old Fugitive Slave law, always.held to be constitu tional, and now used in the interest of free- dom as it originally was in the interest of slavery ; that the measure does not interfere with the reserved constitutional rights of the States in any way,and that, unless this bill can be passed, nothing can be done to protect the freedmen in their liberty and their rights, These are among the leading points of Mr. Trumbull’s lawyer-like, compact, yet minute and elaborate review of the Pregident’s objec- tions to this Civil Rights bill. : ; But, giving the learned Senator the fall bene- fit of his legal authorities and conclusions, and the full value of Senator Andrew Johnson’s argument against President Buchanan’s veto objections against the Homestead bill, as “the ad captandum of the mere politician or dema- gogue,” and asa veto involving a violation of the spirit of the constitution in being inter- posed against a two-thirds majority of each house, we must remember that the opinions of publiggmen are shaped by the positions in which they are placed, by the duties devolving upon them, and by the circumstances and pub- lic exigencies by which they are surrounded, Thus the views of Andrew Johnsom as a Senator, devoted to a particular Dill, and bis views as President touching the veto power, devoted to a particular policy, may be widely different; but still in each case they may be perfectly consistent with his convictions of public duty. That they are in the case of Andrew Johnson we have no doubt. Wo apprehend, too, that in all the learned speci- fications, authorities, precedents and argu- ments of Senator Trumbull he does not reach the real difficulty in the case. We apprehend that the real trouble is this: that this Civil Rights bill, in proposing to enforce by the executive, judicial and military powers of the United States the rights of the blasks in all the States as citizens, opens the way to the placing of whites and blacks in this country not only on a° basis of political but of social equality, and the consequent deterioration of this people to the condition of General Scott’s undesirable mongrels of Mexico, Presi- dent Johnson, in fact, holds fast fo the idea that this is “the white man’s government,” and that, in order to keep the dominant race una- dulterated, vigorous and effective, the colored races must be held in a subordinate position, politically; for that otherwise the next step must be gn indiggriminate social admixture and general decay, as in Mexico and the South American States. This fs the issue FRich is now defore the Fenate, and Which, however settled in that body, will assuredly be settled before the masses of the American white people on the side of President Johnson. This is the real issue, which Senator Trumbull has failed to meet. Tux Constrronion provides that the President shall veto all bills of which he disapproves. Is President Johnson “a usurper” because he has vetoed two bills out of the forty-two presented to him by this Congress? ——>———. Pourrictans are #0 accustomed to corraption and rapacity that when @ President declines power and patronage they call him “a usurper.” They do not know a patriot when they see him, but the people do. Tur Civ. Riots Brit would have enabled President Johnson to imprison all State judges ‘who disagreed with him ebout the negro, Yet he vetoed tho bill. Was that usurpation? Tnovsaxps of new offices could have been created by the Freedmen’s Burean bill, and under it the President could have filled these offices with his favorites, He refused to take this immense power and patronage. Was that the act of “a usurpert” Crvm. Wan is favorable to the projects of o usarper. President Johnson has just pro- claimed peace. But the radicals accuse him of usurpation The Propricties ana »*Propricties of Journalism. 4t was the theory of the Inquisition, and of other institutions equally intolerant, that all human thought must be brought to the ‘atel- leetual level of some one or two men, and that for any individual to go beyond that level and pretend to have opinions of his own was mis- chievous anda crime. Under that system any undue temerity in the use of one’s reason worked inevitable divorce between his head and his shoulders, or involved the equally un- comfortable consequence of expiating all little blunders. at the stake. That was a simple plan, and saved a great deal of argument and disputation. It was so much easier, on the average, to find the joints in a man’s vertebye than the points in his argument, and even 80 much to slash through bone and all than to give him an answer. But that was the plan of a darker age than ours, and it has been generally thought that we had done with it. Quite another theory is certainly supposed to underlie our Amerioan system. It is the theory of this system that differences of opinion are not crimes, one way or the other; that men may differ from one another honestly enough in thought, and that such differeftces are entitled toa courteous hearing and a reason- able answer. The tendency of this more moderate theory is humanizing. While it makeg#iscussion freer and gives the world a better chance to know the truth on any given topic, it also, by involving a certain respect for one’s adversary, softens the acerbities of dis- pute, and modifies, if no more, that rancor and extravagance of expression which call down on those who use it the contempt of all thinking men. It is a pity that this good modern and American theory as to freedom of opinion is not generally received by the press, It is to be regretted that there are those who set up for censors of public opinion who still act in the same spirit that made the Inquisition atrocious, and lack only the power of that institution to give the world another illustra- tion of the extremities to which men will carry the tyranny of intolerance. But, deprived by the progress of knowledge and eivilization of all the old machinery with which it tortured humanity, we yet see that this same tyranny of opinion, this intolerance of all differenees, is willing to use the one contemptible weapon that the law has left it—vituperation. We see this in the recent course of the Tribune: That journal has lately endeavored to break the force of cer- tain utterances of ours by describing them in disgracefal terms, of which, fortunately for the American press, it has the monopoly. “De- liberate, atrocious, scoundrelly falsehood.” “Yon lie.” “The writer does lie—means to lie.” “Wicked, deliberate, villanous lie.” “A gigan- tic lie—a Ile with circumstance and deliberate intent.” “Wilful, conscious liar.” These terms of intemperate passion, these ravings of in- sensate fury, are printed in 1 paper of reputed decency. These lessohs in blackguardism go forth as part and parcel of American journal- ism. We know very well that they excite mainly the contempt and indignation of the public against the one guilty of their utterance, and'they are far from reaching us; but in the interest of the simplest proprieties of discus- sion, weregret that there aremen on the press 80 ready to take the easy reayrt to this style of language whenever a matter of fact happens to be against their prejudices. Though we find these words in the Tribune we readily acqnit Mr. Greeley of all participa- tion in their use, We know that a journalist of his experience would not descend to describe in such phrases even"the moat obnoxious state- ments, or to reduce political discussion to the billingsgate fortunately so nearly excluded from public journals. Some time ago it pleased a President of the United States to offer us a fo eign ministry, and in the reference to that event which we saw in the editorial columns of the Tribune we recognized and appreciated Mr. Greeley’s view of the courtesies and amenities of editorial life, “We can see how impossible it would be for the author of that article to stoop to sneh wordsas we quote above. Therefore we impnte to the senior e@litor of the Tribune no other harm in this than that of not miking his influence more felt on the paper; that of not reducing the raw exuberance of his juniors to such a line as his own experience would dic- tate tp be wise and proper, Let him compel his evidently very young and unreasoning writers to drop coarsoness and personality, or otherwise to carry personality as far as their signatures, Any reference to “hoots” made from bebind an editorial “we” will hardly draw the admiration of the public, for it is open to the imputation of being a very safe indul- gence. Aaoranpizement, both personal and political, is the motive of a usurper. By his vetoes Pre- sident Johnson has voluntarily deprived him- self of the golden opportunities for such ag- grandizement placed within his reach by Con- gress. If this be usurpation make the most of it. Supreme Conrrot of the Southern States was placed in the hands of the President by the passage of the Freedmen’s Bureav and Civil ye pins. re yetoed the bills, And yet he is called “a usurper.” Vict-artons of constitutional rights distinguish all usurpers, President Johnson obeys the constitution to thé letter. Is this usurpation ? Parsipent Jonson has restored the right of habeas corpus. Does “a ustirper” relinquish despotic powers in that way? Tae Socra Recoxstavcrive Irserr.—While the radicals in Congress are endeavoring, with all the malignity they can command, to impede the progress of reconstruction in the Southern States, it is nevertheless going on steadily and practically. The State of Alabama has just asked to pay her portion of the twenty millions of the State tax imposed by Congress on the real estate of the South in State bonds, or that a delay of payment may be authorized until the State can raise the money by the sale of its bonds, or by taxation. The President and the Secretary of the are, it appears, both in favor of allowing all the Southere States to assume gnd pay their proportion of the taxes now due to the general and we trust that Congress will throw no obstacle in the way of this plan. There can be no doubt that the South is wil- ling to fulfil all the pledges of Joyalty which the people, throngh their Legislatures, have given as guarantecs of their future fidelity; and if these nledges are not redeemed it will be ho- structionists may do to prevent it by hostile legislation, there is a practical reconstruction going on among the people of the South which no action of Congress can stop. — the radicals, becay tion, refused to the command ofthe army. This is what Presi- dent Johnson has done, and he is called “a usurper” for doing it. is “a usurper.” Can anybody tell us what he has usurped ? surrendering all military power, as President Johnson has just done in his peace proclama- tion. Collectorship of this port. Every day the ru- mor is circulated that this or that man has been appointed, and every other day all pre- vious reports are contradicted by the announce- ment that no appointment has been made. The President has done well to take a long while to carefully consider this subject. The commercial and the political importance of the New York Collectorship The office requires a first man, take care of the vast interests of the merchants of this great emporium of trade, and also a man so strong, so experienced and so popular in a political point of view that he can hold the whole State firmly to the support ‘of jhe President’s policy. We remember that when Bronson held the Collectorship and Red- field was appointed in his stead the democratic party in this State was cut in two and suffered an ignominious defeat at the polls on accoufft of this quarrel. A bad appointment now would affect the dominant party in precisely the same way. is the citadel of our State politigs. from considerations of public good and of the success of the President’s policy. When a Collector is selected we hope that he will be some man like Mr. Littlejohn, who is prac- tically acquainted with the details of business, and who, at the same time, understands the politics and the politicians of New York thoroughly. incumbent as General Slocum, if he were chosen for his military services and his ad- ministrative ability, and if he were separated from the evil companionship and obnoxious political influences thet defeated him when he ran for Smythe, a high-toned gentleman, is altogether too judgment totally incapable of performing the es etn a restored, will throw sone factious opposition in the way. i eae Another evidence that reconstruction is progressing in a healthy fashion, as @ patient just recovering from fever gains strength day by day, is the fact that post office communica- tlon is being rapidly restored in the States of North Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia and Texas. ‘Thus it appears that whatever the radical ob- Wasurvaton was “a usurper,” according to he obeyed the constitu- a king, and resigned Tax Raproars charge that Prosident Johnson Usvrration, according to the radicals, means The New York Collectorship. The politicians are all agog in regard to the over estimated. class business can properly appreciate and eannot be who The New York Collectorship Onr interest in the appointment arises solely Nor should we object to such an Secretary of State, Mr. although “H@" is a merchant and weak for the position, and his own friends acknowledge this. But, above all, we beg of President Johnson not to give the place to such a person as Mr. Depew—a man obnoxious to our citizens on account of his record in regard to the census, and in our duties of the Collectorship. We cannot con- ceive of a more ill-advised, unpopular and im- politic act than an appointment like this. Of course we have nothing to say against Mr. De- pew’s private character; but if any of the state- ments in regard to the recent census are to be credited he is notoriously incompetent to deal with facts and figures. There is not another person named for the position—even including Mr. Dana—who would not be in some respect preferable to Mr. Depew, and most of them would be preferable in every respect. If Sena- tor Morgan has been consulted in relation to this matter we hope that he has not been so ignorant of public sentiment here as to favor Mr. Depew’s appointment, and if he has been deluded into so grog 1 misrepresentation of his constituents we appeal to him to reconsider the subject and retract his endorsement. We want to have the best possible man for the New York Collectorship, whoever he may be; but, failing in that, we want to have anybody else rather than Mr. Depew, the worst possible man. Conaness opened tho Treasury of the United States to President Jobnson and authorized him to take ont as much money as he liked and distribute it among his political friends. He declined to touch a penny of it. Is he a patriot or “a usurper ?” A Usvunpzre is a person who seizes power which does not legitimately belong to him. President Johnson sternly declines all such power, even when Congress urges take i. How, then, can the radicals call him “a usurper ?” Grant is “a usurper,” according to the redll- cala, because he disbanded the greater part of the army and declared that the war was ended. Tesident Johnson has only restored us to ¢ peace pclicy, and if he be “a usurper” so is Grant. be The vy: TRE SLOOP-OF-WAR PENSACOLA, Orders wore received on Monday at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to equip the slocp-of-war Pensacola immediately as & flagship. Accordingly » Jarge number of workmen from other work urgent and put to work on the Pensacola, The dest! of this vensel is not known, bat it is certain abe isto be the flagship either of the South Pacific squadron or of the fying fleet that fs to craise: ‘among the hashing fleets on the coast of British North America, News from New Orleans, New Ontmaxs, April 4, 1966, ‘The Methodist Qenferenco has orgaaieed, Bishop Au- as goctetary, A standing committee of one from each State was appointed The city clergymen com prise the Committee on Public Worship, Preaching has been arranged for every night. A hundred delegates ‘wore present and another hundred are coming. It i# a venerable body. A letter from Bishop Saute advives that the name Southern be retained. This is the con- ference held in cight years. A newspaper in the iierest of the conference is to be published. A dangerous crevasae has appeared five iniles below the city, but on the e bank. Twenty fect of the vank has gone out and the gap is increasing. The river is neing. The Levee Commiss oners are stil! in sexston, Recorder Gatnell, of the Second district, was danger- ously stabbed in the court room by an insane man to- day. Tie Grand Jory tation of Governor Wells and Coroner Getser, for lett ng off Gruver’s murderers, pro- duecr much excitement, * ; lent ton amnesty, a Renin. iin aad Sige will eM TO Lontsinga, cause a radical and revolutionary Go.*Tess, not acknowledging the President's proclamation declaring that the war is over and the Union |. with the scriptural passage referred to will appreciate NEW JERSEY POLITICS. No Action Yet on the Senat rial Question. An Editor Ordered Out of th Senate. - &. Our Trenton Correspondence. ‘Trenton, April 5, 1866, The political contest which has been agitating hitherto quiet people of this staid city for some da; past was renewed again this morning, in public and in private, with unabated vigor. The cariier morning] view embraced knot-gatherings in front of the hotels, composed of members of the Legislatare and distin-| guished political visitors, all engaged in earnest discus- sion or in reading the comments of the daily press. As the hour of ten approached the several parties, hav- ing comfortably breakfasted and taken a clean shave—(this latter is not to be understood ip @ political sense)—moved lowly to the Stat House, still all intent on convincing gome one, or being perhaps, convinced themselves, as was vory evident b¢ the peculiar manner in which fore fingera were brourh one over the other, or, a (+ German style, to the sido¢ the “proboscis.” The Senate met at ten A. M., when prayer was offered, tho chapinin invoking God to endow the Senators with great wisdom and to cuide them in all things aright. In the course of the prayer the cvaplain introduced a quo- tation from the Bible showing that those who remain firm to the dictates of good will be made rulers over many things, and can enter “into the joy of the Lord.” This was thought as quite applicable’ to Mr. Scovel and his “faithful? course. ‘Those who are fully couversant &e. &e, the application, Immediately succerding the divine invocation Mr. Scovel said :—‘The Sergeant-at-Arms will inform the editor of the Stule Guz:tte that he is not entitled to the floor of the Sonate.” é This at once created a lively sensation among the meinbers and the lobbyiats and those who occupied seats in the gallery, * Senator Buckley discussed the question, and held that the editor of the Sut: Gacetle was entitled to come on the floor of the senate for the purpose of transacting the business asatgned to him by the Senaie. Mr. Scovel tuen took the floor, and fully and forcibly expiaiped why he had given the order above cited to th> Sergeant at-Arms.’ Ho said that the editor in quest'on had mnsalted the dignity of the Senate, and abused the privileges granted him by continnally ‘publishing false- hoods and slanders azanst a member of the Senate (lim- seif), and had refused to give him (Scovel) a chance to reply to such statements, when he sought to do so, through the columns of the State Gazette. Mr. Scovel referred to the following ariicle in to-day's Gaxe'te:— Wo have already demonstrated that James M. Scovel ie = hypocrite, a turncoat and a falsifier—a man of much preien- sfon and little brains, Lt would seem that little more could added to this catalogue of vielousness, but we to add our solemn conviction that this'man of 1 seience and.Litule principle has been Lought, and ha: 4 portion of the purchase price. * ® * When he came to the Senate this winter he w reli mouse, and the circumstance that op visit to Wash- Jogton, after the rejection of Mr. St ckton, he visited Mr. Vannatta, t ‘Camden, and ordered a'tin box made to States Treasury noves, using one re, and the case is clear. bed. * * *' Alexander Gi. Cattell, the finish:d gentleman and noble patrict, is the people's joice; and, if not elected now, be will yet be sent im triumph to the United States Senate. Mr. Scovel denied these charges made against him, and entered into a series of explanations. He said he acted in this matter this morning only because th» repu- tation of those dear to him was assailed, referring to where the editor of the Gaze, in an urticl», gaid:—“We would not wound those who are intimately connected with him, but go far as he 18 concerned the public indig- nation agaiust him cannot be too strongly expressed.” ‘AD announcement was received from the Assembly stating that that ven | had concurred in the Senate reso- lation passed y y to adjourn to-morrow, at twelve M., afler which the Senate went into executive session, and thus ended the business of the morniuy session. this morning’s malt Mr, Scovel was the recipiont of additional letters and from gentlemen of pra- minence all over the Midile States, urging him in the 84 terms to romain firm to the ceveral of the letters were from parti» r.sident i iladelphia, One or two were from Washington. ‘Turstox, April 5—5 P. M. At the afternoon session of the Senate the United States Senatorial question was again revived. Senator Horner, repubiican, offered a resolution to go into joint session at balf-past eight o'clock this evening, which was lost, the vote standing eleven in the negative to ton in the aifirmative—President Scovel voting against it. It was then moved to rescind the resolution requiring a majority of votes of all the Senators elected necessary. to pass a resolution to go into joint session. Several points of order were raised, which gave rise to am animated debate. It was finally decided, by a voto of leven to nine, that the resolution requiring a majority of the votes of all the Senators clected necessary to pass & resolution to go into joint session fur the election of « United States Senator was not a standing rule of the Senate. This now leaves the matter as confined to the resolution, #0 that a majority can rescind it at any time. Had it been decided a etanding rule it would have ro quired a two-thirds vote, together wth one day’s notice, to rescind it. The decision having been mado as abore stated, the republicans kept constantly on the qui viv: to jamp at their object when they ean hold a majority of the floor, at the time of the temporary absence of some of the democratic membors, and thes:, to prevent this, are necessitated to keep theit seats, or not to get so far Of that they cannot almost instantly be hurried into the Senate chamber to vote. During the ‘debate this afternoon Senator Winfield, of Hudson county, mad+ some remarks aboot party, when senator Scovel acked him to define how many parties there were in the Senate, Senator WinGeld replied by saying there were three—the demo rats, the republicans: and Scovel. This, of course, created a general lauch. ‘The “enato rewnained in session until Six o'clock in the evening, When it took @ recess untl a quarter-past eight. Durii afternoon Senator Scovel receivcd a letter from editor of the Siete Gasetie, Mr. Vannetta, tw whieh he said he would make the amende |. nora’. In all probability the Logisiature will adjourn to-mor row without ha: ing performed the important duty of eleciing a United States Senator. This evening a strong party ia working in favor of James B, Dayton, a brother of Hoa, Wm, L. Dayton. He comas from Caufden, aud no objection seems to be made against him by either faciion. Quito a large number of influential republicans have expresved themeel ves |avor- ably to Mr. Dayton, who, while a consistent member of that party, isa national’ man, enjoying the esteem of leading men of all parties, The Senate reass -mbied at fifteen minutes past eight o'clock to-night, The attendance was prompt and com lete, Indeed, it was well that the democrats were om good sea-on, as at the time whoa the Senate clock denoted eight precisely it was found oo fast by fifteen minutes, and had to be st b proper time, The pressure in the lobbi the attendance of spectators in the go as large as heretofore. Tn reply to the paragraph pabiished in this morning's Harp, under date of Wasbington, April 4, in which the radicals here aro reported’ to have boasted iat ey Ta gare. Whey geal Day two, democrat ¢ Sensiors of alelatuce, Tam authorized by them to that there \s not money enough in the country to make any of the Pony bolt the democratic line, The democrats say that if the republicans will agree to vend Stooxton pack and {0 vote for » Toburo . Mr. Wright's placo-wine latter Magness ¢% resign—under such circumstances they Yote to go into joint session at once. The most "4 pflorts are ‘now boin made to effect a P but the vrospect of an election taking place not by any "Means good. The Senate révoained in session anti! ten o'clock, thew went into executiv’ session, and afterwatts arjourned until to-morrow morn ng, Without taking (uriter stom on the United states Senatorial question than that cuca in the afternoon's proceedings. News from San Franet«co. Sin Prancteco, Apr | 4, 1866. paAtrived, brig Lara, Mower, from Shinghee vie Yoko. 5 brings a full cargo of Japan tes, of whicts the stock had become reau-ed. a Late Manila dates a fair quantity of leet year's crop left for shipment. The comlog crvp is likely to be an at one. Sierra Nevada bas arrive! from Port- Jand, with im treasure. Bay Praxcien, April §, 1866 Mining #tocks are weak. Beloher, $990; Ophir, 8745 Norerusa, 5 Imperial, 9197 Saving 010; Bullion, $115; Yellow Jacket, $415; Empire $200; Crawn' Point, $1,080; Chotlar-Potoet, Go." “Legal tender, 18 Hee Frands on the aw ‘ee x teow David Henderson, of this ety, ber the charge of being iroplicated in heavy. in the maim the government, occurring in vot th Ba horse and mule Nad vieinity. : a te Pitipe = Green Deorling wore sferword x rested on cl on Ft defranding the government held for waat of bail “he Wound of Tempero conc" tor here has recently discovered that tho / the government reach: two million of 4. fiom and Lew of tite. ae Civerxany, April 5, 1866. heavy boilers in the iron works at : = this morbing, killing t#o men = ‘Ya The darua@e to the vroverty was about #14, <<<