The New York Herald Newspaper, April 19, 1866, Page 2

2 positive order, under the power conferred In this act he may sweop two-thirds of a legitimate and taxpaying business out of existen ‘This fe , among the liquor dealers, who number somo sovou thousandin the city of New’ York, has ex- ‘ited great resentment, and no means will be left untried to dofoat the bill. Large sums will be raised to test the law, and if defeated, to secure the return of such mem- bers to ihe Senate and Assembly as will at the next ses- sion repeal the obnoxious law. Meetings bave been held of the diferent associations, committees appointed, and they are preparing to act with vigor and determination to defeat the unjust law at all hazards, AMERICAN MANUFACTURES. Toachings of the Census—Future Loca- tion of Mamafactures—Proximity to a Commereial City Preferable to Proxim- ity to Coal Mines or to Water Pewer= Fature of New York ss o Manufacture ing City, de. Hon. Mr. Hogan, member of Congress from St, Louis, made a call, through the House, on the proper L ccepsranlglahaptalmaheyscs cai! |b United States having ten thousand inhabitants upwards, ccompaniod by a statement showing, first, the number of inhabitants; second, amount of capital employed in manufactures; third, numberof bands employed ; fourth, the value of the annus! product, “This called forth an ‘official document in reply. ‘This official document the St. Louis newspapers bave Dubsshed im full. It appears from the report of the Seorotary of the Interior, who compiled it from the ‘Consus roturns of 1860, that the following seven cities manufacture moat:— Value of lanufactures. $61,212,757 $150, 107,360 73,318,886 979,777 Worse serio ois 12,320,876 241,520 11,926,540 22,647,406 91205, 21,772,323 Total... 456,304,151 . 268, 190, 707, $450, It is seen at a glance that the cities of Philadelphia ‘and Boston are as badly distanced by New York in the race for manufacturing supremacy as in that for com- mercial, and that, too, not from mere weight of capital, nor yet from overwhelming numbers of operatives, for Philadelphia actually employs more of each, and Boston comparatively more of each than New York employs, Dut because of the real advantages, and because of the superior skill possessed by New York, Adding Brook: lyn, Jersey City, Paterson and Newark manufactures to those of New York—for it is substantially one interest— and the annual value created largely exceeds that created by Philadelpbia, Boston, Lowell, Lawrence, Fall River and Lynn all put together. Largely exceeds them. Manufactures in this country, like everything else movable, are rushing into the commercial cities—into the markot places of the count The rush is no longer to distant waterfalle and to coal mines, but to the places where any article, when finished, can be sold. The manufacturers of coods who have located near cheap fuel, as at Readinz and Pitteburg, or neat water power, as at Lowoll, cannot sell at home, but are compelied to send their goods to a distant market. What does this involve? It involves railroad freights, drayage at both ‘endgof the route, storaze, insurance, exchanges, irrespon- aible agencios and vexatious commissions. In the mean- time interest on the cost of goods runs on. After the goods aro sold agents do not always forward the proceeds of the sales promptly; in selling agents are not always a oompetent nor as diligent as ownors. If, instead of aending by railroad, owners ship their goods by sea, or Jake or river, marine insurance is dear and delays in transportation frequent. Hence the large profits made ty manufacturers at Western points like St. Louis, Chica- 9, Louisville, &e., who are subject to none of these drawbacks, Ina leas dogree, but still very marked, these facts remain in the case of goods sent from the interior to Now York, Boston, and other commercial cities this side of the Alioghany Monrtains, An engine maker in this city aelis his goods at lis shop; so with nearly every Manulacturer in the city. What ia the result? The result 13 that manufacturers in New York and other Kastern © mmoercial cities, make larger profits on 'y opetative they employ than do those Ts who have located in the interior, near coal mines and waterfalls, and © to employ agents in commerctalcities to sell their grods. This fact is so important that we must establish it be- youd the power of controversy, ‘Todo this we submit 'a table showing the sum? employed in important manufac! al States, and the aunual oarnings of 1) use operatives No. of Operatives, An’t Marnings. ote 236 : Wilmington, Louisyiile nat Milwank. This oxton, in product: ; ho matt r how ? what skill they command, | most citios lying weat the AfAetuTes more Pro b manufacture goods y. We will sub. vo earned per rding to the actual as- But tet us look at this » Mit ane lier tal, D year i aacit of Certa tinents of the at const Earnings of owh No. of op ratios. Gross earnings. Operative, Now York ........4020k $169,107.69 $1,988 78 Brooklyn 12,7 34,241, 520 2.683 Jorsey ‘ity. 6,700,500 Newark 22.847, 4968 Fates... i Pbitadvipbia . 26,088 Pitusburg “8 Reading Boston... Lowell Ciwomnati St Lowa poe er} Chieno ; 6,69 Any reader, by d x tho uafweturors of | ployed. can ase tite in such ¢ 36,119,018 in @ commercial city geo how much tore romunorat those 0 w Eng whether t New York, ° they are than are are located in Boston or inl the si ower Bo also tospect 5 ia, and) you will tid thom far ot New re, no eds of anthra of bituminous five miles from mar It has been general'y supposed that New York was almost wholly commerce al. it fuch tm the teuth—chat a large pe sowed upon our manu! The tables ala sie, their manulsoturos 1 oval market place « ures, Aud how profitable ! st to persons about to remove the interior to this great na. Teabouts to locate, They must focate in tho itself, of potnia te Sorney City or Brooklyo, where they ‘au obtain cheap lot, and yet pon And inexpensively roach our businges streets. lotice the offeet of distance from our bualness streets apon manufacturing in Brooklyn, Jersey City, Newark and Paterson. if our readers will stop and’ consider @hich of the two last named cities can quickest reach our business streets, nud at the least cost, thoy will know at which place manufacturing’ ts moat pac meg and th» tables will prove it. A manufactory Jorsey City, opposite Coridandt treet, or in Brooklyn, Opposite Fulton street, can seud manufactures imto ont Business streets much quic city manufacturer at Ninetiot streot can send to the same point; and this truth ac Counts for the mv-lation .n the table that manufactures (tough so profitable with us in the city) are yet more a nag g them. But why distinguish? The manu. of New York, Brooklyn, Jersey Ci Newark and Paterson compose but one interest. of the ownors of our city manufactories live in those cities, and many of our citizens possess large, pay, the chief Interesta in their manusactories, This unit anufacturing in- terest mauufactures more ge per year than an; twonty of the manufacturing cities of New Rogian fi and ina few years will manufacture more than all New put together. yea iow York city Maaufantures exceeded im value those of four out of the @ix Now England states—oxcoeded them by $28,000,000 ! Articles inust be sold whore nude; otherwise, small and and at les cost, than a , oF Sixtieth, or Thirtioth uncertain profit: w York is shown by the census to be by far the 4 acturing place in the New World, and bids fair to own rival the most famous in the Old; for anyth ag made here can be sold here; vo distant And wakDOWD ageucios need be employed. ft is cash at ploy ‘Tae Runognrest ty Isniasa.—With feelings of profound Gorrow wo aro compelle! to announce the appearance of the rindorpest in the cattle around Indianapolis. Some gort of an auimal diptheria is visiting a large number of Calves, and on this account a few of our conscientious Dutchors have « al, A friend of Ours Owned & with this malady, and the sympt responded very much to that of Gipthoria in a lume. The calf pants and gaepa for Droath, wntil it ie relies od of ite y by nat frat’ death oramorcifal kiliy What development the disease ‘Will take we can ouy surmise, but its ravages so far Havepoon sufficient ty cause Some uneasiness, and wo ‘almost totally banish eal cutiots and splendid rib from our sharbies — Im. Fonats, with calves’ kidooys, Bianaplis Journal, Apr We NEW YORK ht A | time a raid upon the costumes for last night's perform- THE LATE DANIEL §, DICKINSON. Meeting of the Bar=Resvlutions a: Ad@ressés. ‘The Bar of New York assembled in very large numbers yesterday, in pursuance of @ public call, to testify the sense entertained by the legal profession at the loss they had sustained in the death of the Hon. Daniel S. Dickin- son, late United States District Attorney, in this city, Among the prominent gentlemen present were Major General Dix, Chief Justice Davies, of the Court of Ap- peals, Ex-Judge Moncrief, Edwards Pierrepont, William M. Evarts, Samuel @. Courtney, Marshal Murray, Judge Davis, United States District Attorney Silliman, of Kings county; Judge Mason, United States Commissioners Betta, Osborne, Newton, Chas. K. Kirkland and Metcalf, Judges Jones, Monell, Daly, Sutherland, Ex-Judges Peabody, Allen, Bosworth, Ex-Recorder Tallmadge, Ex-United States District Attoruey John McKeon, Judge Backus, James T. Brady, Edwin W. Stoughton, Captain Toone, ‘HL D. Lepaugh, Counsel to the Prussian government, and others, Mr. Evwaaps Prerarront called the meeting to order, and nominated Judge Betts, of the United States Dis- trict Court, as Chairman, which was agréed to; + Mr. E. W. Srovanron nominated the following Vice Presidents:—Judges Shipman, Benedict, Davies, Bar- nard, Robertson, Daly, Davis and Mason. ‘Mesars, Samuel R. Blatchford and James ©. Spencer were nominated Secretaries, . ‘ ‘Mr. Pummasrow then proceeded to address the meet- tng. He said it might not be known to those who were not intimately acquainted with Mr. Dickinson that within the last four years ho had hecome a religious Mau, and united with the ehurch. He had long been married, and just five days before his death he wrote some Paco to his wife, in which he jave better insight into his inner life, im a few than could posstbly be given in any lengthened speech. It is proposed that these feel- ing lines, which he wrote to his wife but a few days ior to his death, as if he anticipated the near approach of his end, should be read here, ag they have a peculiar interest on this sad occasion. The speaker then read the lines referred to in a slow, impressive vove, which at some passages Was broken with emotion, the attentive audience also exhibiting symptoms of deep irterest and feeling. Mr. Pierrepont, resuming his remarks, said: — Mr. Chairman, on bebalf of the members of the bar we propos r deceased, and that 4 the late Daniel 5. D the following resolu Resolved, That by the sudden death of Danie! S. Dickin- fon, while ‘in the high and responsible oitice of District At- torney of the United States, the bar bas been deprived of one of its brightest ornamenis and the government of one of ‘ul ofleers. afaint tribute of their r , the Bar of New Y ork adopt ed, That in the late Daniel S. Dickinson we re- cognise an eminent example of a zealous, fearless and able ad- vocate, and of a sagacious, incorruptibleand patriotic stat man. ‘That we shall ember him as a man larged understanding, of perceptions, of nob) Of generous and kiudliest sympathy with bia sa true and devoted friend, of a warm heart mest mind; as one of the purest domestic virtue: every relation of private life as faithful, loving and beloved and in the places of public trust which he s0 often and so Ronorably filed as always upright, courteous and just. Resolved, That while we vender dur ayinpathy aud our eon. dolenee to the bereaved wife and the attiicted family of the deceased, we find mingled with our sorrow consolation, from the faot that he died after an active and useful life, devoted to the service of pis country and the goodot his fellow men; and thas from the busy sceues of bis earnest life se- rene and peaceful, reposing with unfaltering trust upon the Christian's hope of a glorions ‘mmortality. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting, duly at- tested by its oflicers, be presented to the family of the de- ceased, and that a copy of these resolutions be published in the journals of the city. The resolutions were put to a vote and carried. Judge Boswortn, of the Superior Court, next addressed the meoting. He said:—sympathizing with the family and iriends of the deceased, and sharing in the respect which a-quaintances and friends entertained for him, I cannot but regret that my ability is not commensurate with my desire to do justive to the merits of deceased aa a lawyer, acitizen and a statesman, Judge Bosworth then referred to the early life and history of Mr. Dickin- eon, briefly sketching hig public and political career, and the offices he filed with rare talent and ability up to the moment of his unexpected death, His @e: maqo the community in which he lived a sad ono. On Satur. day last bis remains were taken to be interred in the cemetery of the town where bo had resided so Jong with increasing honor. All business was suspended ; private dwellings ax well aa public buildings were draped in mourning. All classes of the'community were waiting the arrival of big remains, and to accompany them, with every token of respect and honor, to his late resi. dence, No more need be said to {ilustrate the at ate regard cherished for him by thoee who kn than their grief for his death, Men who admired and respected him without having ever onterea his dwelling may desire to know something of his life in tho relation of + husband and father. Mr. Dickinson was a man of domnest ¢ habits and tastes, He was hospitable without the slightest Altempt at ostentations display, He was emphatically ect onate father, ever mindful of the interests and ren, who reciprocated hie love and the most sincere personal 4 widow and afflicted enildren must como the consolation that the riend has gone to his eternai rest 9, full of years and houors. They lat on thot he died in the well aud happier life beyond the bigh grave. RLAND Wai the next speaker, and welt more particntarly ain the go when both were great! per. y eventfal phases of sed, Mr. Dickinson | most memorab! ond polit 4 by “Major occasion was one | dd © four e Union than an un- dtothe esteem and gratitude of his | N lifled!y entitled ker, who closed a very the following d largely on the f the gentlemen assembled here, M: over in the bri ood manti we, ti il directed and ‘on of official and profes. nal fam r, Jaws T. Brapy m very neat aud eloquent addres, In referring beautiful lines of pootry written by Mr. Dickinson and addressed to his wife, but a fow days previous to his death, and which Mr. Pierre. to the meeting, he sald, we are told what I waa that almost the last act of Mr, Dickin- ld properly be communtc was that ‘1 this springtin k wile before him, he went’ out, not among the fields, whom the post #0 ally calls the stars of earth, to make a cluster f flowers to place on her delicate hand, bet he culled them out of his own heart, and he bas gone unto the presence of his Maker with the odor of that intellectual maquet pervading his soul, He (Mr. Brady) was sure that their de-eated friend had a deep and instructed seuse of feaponsibility to Him, Who sees with equal eye aa God of ail, A hero perish and a «parrow fall And I know from his love of poetry he munt hav» read And frequently repeated to himself those exquiae nem: — There ia @ God on high who stoope to feed the humming And catch the tiny seed whieh falle from the lonely wilt lower, And, in turn, he'll garner up man's soul, th Which but takes roet on earth to bloom oa A bright, immortal Gower that cannot die. Mr. Wa. Evants also delivered a beautiful oul; on the services and virtues of the deceased, at the close of whieh Rinneatt offered a reselution appointing « vision Mr De committee of five, to act with similar committeos, in Twsing a monument to the memory of the late D. & ickinson, The resolution was adopted, and a committee » pointed 8 ™ The meeting then adjourned, nat Mr. Leonard Grov 18 SCRD BY ONR OF HIS FORMER SINGERS FOR SALARY. CPR COURT—CTAWNRAA, Before Judge Clerks, Joueph Tamaro w. Lemard Growr,—Tho plaintiff in this action, a# alleged before the court in affidavita sent in on the motion for an attachment, was engaged by the defendant in November last to sing for the space of five months in several operatic performances to be given in various cities It further alleged by plamtiff that ho was discharged by Mr Grover, without any just cause, that three thousand dollars was due hit at time Upon the application of Mr. Henry H. Morange, neo! for Signor Tamaro, an attachment was tau wat Mr. Grover, the same placed by the Shertff in f le patios, Mesers. Thorp and Dunham. Music on Taos fod aftor waiting until eight o'clock P.M. they soveral ticket offices and seized nga the han Thowe gonttemen visited the Academy o day quietly entered tho the moneys collected by the ticket agents, which Amounted & come nioe hundred dollars “The perform wae rot io any Way interfered with: but at one HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1866.—TRIPEL SHEET. ance was threatened; but it is stated that a compromise or a cessation of hostilities for a short time was mutually agreed upon. THE PARK. Improvements ai Additions—Comple- tion of the Drives and Walks Around Harlem Lake=T Birds and Ani- mals—A New Stai Erected—Prepara- tions for the Summer Season—Skating Statistics, dc. The very pleasant weather—more like that of May thap April—with which we were favored last week wrought @ great change in the appearance of the Park ‘Under the inspiring tnfluence of sunshine and balmy atmosphere thousands of visitors made pilgrimages to the Park on Thursday, Friday and Sunday, giving to the ‘drives and rambles a most cheerful aspect, suggestive of the scenes witnessed there during past summer seasons. The roads and walks are all settled and are in the vory best condition. NBW FEATURES. Many improvements. have been made at the Park during the winter intended to increase the general beauty and attractiveness of the place in summer. The Grives and walks around and in the vicinity of Harlem Lake, at 110th street, are nearly completed and will be thrown open to promenaders and equestrians by the time the Saturday afternoon concerts shall have been inaugurated for the season. For the accommodation of persons visiting the upper section of the Park a saloon will be opened at Mount St. Vincent, where refreshments will be served up, The rooms of this saloon will be supplied with rich, old-fashioned furniture, similar to that in use at the beginning ef the century, A flower garden, diversified with bowers, walks and rustic seats, is being laid out in the rear of this place, where the patrons of the establishment may recelve their refreshments and at the same time enjoy the luxury of being mm the open air. The massive bridge across the valley has been com- pleted, and is well worth a visit to the Upper Park, A large torce of workmen is at present employed in putting the Park in order for the opening of the season. The mowing machines are at work on the lawns, the grass of which is being shaved down as close aa the lair on the head of a Zonave or member of the PR, A great va- riety of rustic stractures, for ahade and seats, have been aided tothe Park for the convenience and comfort of visitors. Thousands of new trees and shrubs are being planted, and the pruning knife is busily at work in both cutting away and grafting. Some of the early plants are in blossom, and with pleasant weather and4varm sun- shine the floral beauty of the Park will make avery brilliant manifestation by the firet of May. BIRDS AND ANIMALS, On the lake the swans and other aquatic fowl have made their appearance, after the long imprisonment of the winter, The brood of swans has been considerably increased since last fall, and the muscovies have suffered no loss by death. The peacocks and pelicans are #8 hale and hearty as ever. The deer and camels passed the winter very well, and are once more to be seen in the open air. An addition to the family of Cape buffaloes (African) has been made since last summer. the 16th of Mal a male calf was born, and bot) mother and babe are doing well, This es the vhole number four—the only members of the species ever brought to this country. The flock of sheep have grown considera- Diy, and_now constitutes one of the finest and largest to be seen anywhere. SATURDAY CONCERTS. Weather perm tting the Saturday concerts will be re- sumed on first Saturday afternoon of next month. The muzicians’ oda has been repaired and repatnted, and the arbor on the acclivity in front of it has also un- dergoue repairs. The same should be said of THE BOATS which will once more be launched on the lake in a few days, Two small craft, for the use of boys, will be put on the pond this season. The water there is very shal- low, and the boys will have \an opportunity to enjoy the sports ot rowing and sailing, without running the risk of being drowned. BOUNDARY WALLS. The exterior wall on the Fifth avenue side of the Park, near 110th street, will soon be tinisbed, and will add much to the beauty of that section of the Park. On the Eighth avenuo side the work on 4 similar scale has been discontinued, on account of the proposed regrading of that avenue. Tho steps and archway leading to the Cro- ton reservoir will be completed in a few weeks, STATUE OP COMMERCE. A very handsome attraction has boen added to the Park, by the erection of the statue of “Commerce,” near tho Eighth avenne entrance, which has been named “Merchants Gate,” This statue is of bronze, and granite pedestal, It Is a finely wrought , and was presented to the Park by Mr. Guion, an ent merchant of Liverpool, England, HACK DRIVERS AND HACKS. An effort is to be made by the Commissioners of the Park during this summer to pnt a stop the exo $ charges which the hackmen who have carriages at the Park often make for the nse of vel At present the hacks at the entrances are not u. the control of the Commixstonera, who are, thet worlers to remedy the evil. | Strangers visitin rk are fre- quently required to pay most extortic prices, choos- ing to suffer the imposition rather than be subjected to Any trouble or detention. The hack*nen, however, will probably find that they will be muable’ to pursue this course of business alter tte first of next month, SKATING STATISTICS. During the past winter there were twenty-eight skat- fad days, on which the number of visitors was as fol. lows — Pedestrians, 903,300; ighs, 45,5 that the people of New York embrace the or skating, and skate with a vengeance. equestrians, 2,659; carriages, opportunity Action for Damages Consequent on Ferryboat Accident, Francis X. Hayman, Appeltant, vs. the Hoboken Lond ant Improvemon’ Company, Responds This action was brought to recover of the defendants, as common car- ners . by steam Corryboats, between New York and Hoboken, the damages alleged to have been sustained by plainti® in consequonce of an injury to his leg, by the falling of a horse of the fen‘lants’ relay treet the defen tho horse to be driven omitted to give any notice of its » land the horses and carts before pla ntti on the boat, omitted to prevent 4 ot the boat, pier and bridge; omitted rv safeeuards ageinst the horse; omitted » of retreat .or Mid plaintiff from the 1 to take any precanton noces- safety of the plaiutif, The answer ts that an injory was sustained by the plainti® idental Colt a horse dr but allegation wh to the dofendanta, ned by the plain: aly exposiug himself upon use of horses vidence do landing. mits care appre admitting t the overcrowd own, nsel_ moved to disa MEXICO. THE SPLIT IN THE LIBERAL CAMP. Depredations of the Apache Indians. Paralyzing Effect of the New Tariff Upon. Imports, CONTINUED FIGHTING IN THE INTERIOR, ec EN RE Vera Cruz and Mexico. THE AMERICAN COLONY AT CORDOVA. Resignation ef the Belgian Min- ister to Mexico. &. &. &e. Our Mexico City Correspondence. Mxxico, April 3, 1366, Count Blondel, the Belgian Minister to Mexico, bas re- signed, and yesterday took his departure for Vera Cruz. The claim.of Ortega to the Presidency and bis denun- ciation of Juarez has alartaed the liberals, who see no way for peaceably adjusting the difficulty, Under a dif- ferent state of affairs in Mexico this country would be favored with another revolution. Ortega's address would assume the form of a pronunciamento, and he would find enough adventurers ready to aid him in raising the standard of revolt to overthrow Juarez. The attempt of Maximilian to found an empire in Mexico bas been pro- ductive of one good effect, if none other; ithas put an end to the pronunciamentos and revolutions of the num- berless discontented chiefs who for the last half century have kept this country in a state of anarchy and bloodshed, and at the preeent time life and property 1s more secure from the Gulf to the Pacific and from Monterey to Te- buastepec than it has before been within twenty years, and this security has been forced upon the country. The “people governed” by no means deserved or con- sented to it, and have been mada peaceable citizens against their own will and inclination; but the world is benefited by it, and Moxico herself is by no means tha least gainor. ‘A private letter recently received from Sonora the Apache Indians are committing the greatest outrag upon the people of that region. These savages have swept through a portion of that department, killing and robbing the inhabitants, who are mostly unarmed and completely defe: For a long series of years the Apache and Comanche Indians have been {in the habit of making raids upon Northern Mexico, extending their in- eursious through Souora, sees! Coahtila and Du- rango, frequently presenting themselves before the walls of the city oF Durango itself, plundering the people of their stock and movable property, carrying off children and women into captivity, and murdering whole communities whenever the least resistance is made. One hacienda, alone, in Durango, has during the last twenty-five os furnished these Indians with at least two hundred thousand horses, mules and cattle. The Comanche or Apache chief attacks the hacienda, drives off all the fall grown animals, and coolly tells the owner to take good care of the young stock, for he will be back in the course of atwelvemonth. The Indians claim the territory as their own, recognizing the Spaniards only as squatters, and teil them that this is the method they take to ‘collect their reaie.” Shoeo barbarians make their homes wichin the botery ol the United States, travelling hundreds of miles whifé upon their predatory expeditions, always returning well laden with spoil. oon after the close of the Texan rovolution Santa Anna conscripted portion of the able-bodied men in Northern Mexico. This left the frontiers open to irruption from Indians, who have beon gradually grow- ing bolder and stronger until, Gnally, ey now in fact rule a large portion of Mexico. Our Vera Crus Correspo mee. Vana Cruz, April 8, 1966. For some time a question of great importance has been Pending between the commercial houses of this city en- gaged in the foreign trade and the imperial government, By Maximilan’s decree of February 10th ultimo, an additional daty of thirty per cent was addod to the tariff then in foree. ‘The merchants of this port claimed, and with reason, that this could not apply to morchandise in store which had been imported months, and some of it even years, before the publication of this decree; that the very fact that such merchandise was on band and had been kept s0 long was a proof that it was in but little demand, and would probably havo to be sold at a loss, and that now to force it to pay an adtitional duty, not con. templated or known at the timo of its importation, would be to involve in min many of the merchants, and to ex. pose them to losses as unjust as injurious. ’ Tt was also ‘urged that such a meagure was in violation of the organ c law of the empire, wiffch established the principle that no law ever shonld have retroactive For these reasons the question has been a very gravo one botwoen the commercial houses and M. ubject), the Director of the Custom H f. it Maximilian, at the petition of the latter, and overriding the expreas provisions of the organic law, has ordered not ovly that the merchants must pay this ad ditional duty upon their effects uow on hand and pre- viously imported, but that if they do not dell full account of all andise on hand within the term of three days, they shall be obliged to pay sixty per cent additional duty in place of the thirty per cent fixed by the decree of the 10th of February. It therefore follows that not only are requirements established that on. trary to all the principlesof justice recognized thrngh- ont the world, but suddenly and on the moment thore are established, and oven in casos of doubtful interpre. tation, now gyaiems of penaltios under an arbitary legis- lation’ heretofore unknown. These ‘entirely new renees for this country, and have caused a profound tion throughout the commercial community. The tariff has been suddenly raised or lowered. before, rchants have been exposed sometimes to serious losses and at oth es have gained < their stocks 0 ground that the evi on hand; but they have never before exposed, in plaints injuries were ovcasioped by the | addition, to retroactive laws and the imposition of pen: negligence of the defendants, and b ue the | alties as new and unexampled as they aro arbitrar, a piaintif had contribsted by bis negligence to | unjust, What, however, makes this case more roma: produce the ace) The Court granted the motion | abie js that it is mblic notoriety that both sole y ou the latter ground. Counsel plaintiff duly pied. A motion for a new trial on the case made, her 14, 1865, and from the order denying such motion the plaintif® now The case was argued yesterday by Mesos Le. podent! and C. F. Santord for respondent, and (has, Welle for appellants, Board of Edacation. The Board of Education mot last evening, Commis. stoner McLean breading. The Trustees of the Fifth ward asked permission by a communication to close colored school No. 5 for the pur- pose of having It repaired. The communication was re- the Minister of m jaximilian recognize and it the justice of the position taken by the commer. jal houses of this, the princtpal port of the country, and pronounce the measure an iniquitous one; but their fear Of Napoleon isso great that they are unwilling to act the tinancial agent vent here by Napol corded as though he were directing a partment in France. The principle, however, that this action has established im most ferred. meat the extraordinary pecu- The City Superintendent of Schools, 8. 8, Randall, re | lary emiarrumments of Masimilian's gorocoonen commend sa modification in the clause the by-law ‘The ordinary revenue from all sources ie not suffictent requiring the Cit) pre certify to the moral | to moot even the and the fear character and teach of all teachers who reveive fe tbet, aoe matter of Rocomsity, resort will be had te of a certificate, as it is wholly impossible for the City Superintendent to certify to the ability of teachors be- fore they are pra ‘Meally tested. The communication was roterted. A communication was read from the trustees of the Kew, Yam Traaaeee 1 Pepae email ton Ulese circumstances it a mot eaay to ing that the appra. ly owned by them Eaglish Miniater, already interfered Known as fole Nos. 06. and OY Greenwich street aud | inthe tnatter, but thete te litle hope of anything being Noa, 42 and 44 Trinity place, and occu by the two | done so long se the pocanary necessitics of the situation public school build! of the First |, wan iw 9 are 0 great and the French continue to treat this count ‘and asking for another appraixemont to be made, aa the Spanisrds did—as a place to take dotlars from, the lease of the lots may be renewed from May 1. communidation was referred. The act of the ure waa read, giving the control of the colored ‘ica the city to the Beata of Kauca- ton, A motion to the act to the Committee on By. one Saar laws for the governance of the schools, was Aa oe Cire it ing the name of the i ee to of the * of the City of New ork,"* Abrrnrisiva PRR —The follows receipts from adv ov THe Pwinaperenta Newsra- list of newspapers, with their grow for the three months ond- ing March 31, 1866, shows that Philadeipbians the benofits arising from judicious scrertisiae ~ ae Public Ledgor. . $72,213 62 Proas..... . 4,077 00 Inquirer , . 42851 Evening Builotin | 98)106 49 Eroning Telegraph, : arlont 68 North American » 21,208 40 German Democrat. « 14,010 00 Age . faaaaNG - 10.96 91 Sunday Dispatch ... . 58 Sunday Transeript . 82 06 iy ey toeee 4112 70 Free ‘ 3,029 16 = NOWR.. oo. cece seuss {ae nday Mercury. fn 667 SL Sosurday Night epee coceee 1,207 92 Saturday Keoning Poat aodghen: cts | See The has now the largest edition and ciroalation of any daily journal in the Hed States, with one excep tlon—Twe New Yous Menau 2h. Ledger, Aprit 17. _eapeneqonmnncess: TE _t st OE Oe / i Our Havana Correspondence. Havana, April 18, 1866, Sonor Andres Poey, Dirsotor of the Havana Observe. drawn. Nearly the same number of troops appeared to have left Vera Crus towards the loewant coast, composed of Egyptian, Algerian and Mexican soldiers, belonging to the sections of Commandanta Figuorero and Murcia. Wo have had two weeks of remarkable quict; no Attacks on the stages betweon hore and the city of Mex joo since the affair at Rio Frio, namely, the attack on the Belgian Commission. Advices from Morvlin to the 2ist of March state that Ronda did not follow Reguies. It was the latter only, who, with one thousand (wo hundred men, advanced into the State of Jalisoo, but afterwards, in conaequence of the movements of the French, rapidly reerossed the river, with the view of re-entering Michoacan, On the 18th, the foree of Colonel Valenzuola and a detachment of French troops sirprised bim to Patambe, and eo un- expectediy that they were still in thelr tents and (he horses ted up, the rosult was a complote victory for the imperialists, ConGrmed by the despatcbes recived hore Progress of the Railread Between: ‘Zamora and ‘the ‘who, about a ein ‘facambaro, and Zitacuaro, nda was in his usual lurking-places. Forces have been sont from Patzouaro in pursuit of the fugitives of Patambo, [he Keatidad says the old territory, now forming the State of Tlaxala, is worthy of the special attention of the government, to avoid the many assault - ies committed in this and other of thi Gene: the principal ideas of Senor Jesus Gonzal aaiaaes Gives in fon eat tina of Sn. manifest, and ae & baat maoner Senor juare: tolved ab he either so dlapute with him the 3 ey ul , Hi Hf i Kuropean intervention. fided in the confidence of the better classes and public opinion, which proferred anything to the Juarist govern- ment. But he could not rely on the sup) of the State Governors, nor on the chiefs of the armed forces, because they could easily perceive that nothing was to be gained by the change, while they saw some risk in the some- what despotic inclinations of the pretender. That which caused the failure of the plans of 1861 and 1863 would have the same result as those of the President of the rom his tollowers, all being more or leas occupied in their respective labor at different points. By this means Ortega would, without desiring it, prove decidedly ser. viceable to the cause of order. It is unnecessary to rectify some of his assertions. One of the most calum- niating in that sense, is that not one single State, nor even town, has adhered to any other jutervention than that on the part of the French troops. In difficulties he might be seen combining such assertion—for oxam) the pronunciamienio of Tabasco and Yucatan—with very recent one of Lower California, and with the proba- ble result of the popular vote which, in Nuevo Leon, were led to oppose the Juarist forces, The im of said ne ieee. fa page Cetin coe, sistency of the g0- government, with res to the laws from which it derives its title, and that con- sequently none can accuse him of addicted to the empire nor as an enemy of reform. Whatever clamor the liberal papers may make, assuring candidly that wo, who do not recognize the constitation of 1857 as the law of the land, have no right to denounce Juarez for his bis authority, and di ig no one leas than stitutional weal, second power of the so-called con- Havana, April 14, 1866, By the French steamer Paris, which arrived late in the afternoon of the 12th, a few additional items were re- ceived, of which I give an abstract: — A letter of Porfirio Diaz had been intercepted, in which he speaks of important contrivances against the empire which are attributed to Dublan, Carbo and Cagigas, and the Pas defends these gentlemen with apparent plausi- bility, Senor Felix Giber, formerly Governor of Lower Callfor- nia, had arrived in the capital and furnished to the gov- ernment the necessary information as to the actual situa tion of that poninsula. On the 28th March Commandant Clouo took possession of Tiatotalpam, and on the 20th the column of Captain Teatard arrived, without having been able to meet with the enemy, who fled whenover they heard ot his ap- proach. The coast having beon restored to order, the State of Vera Croz had remained completely pacitied, and the mercantile interests were reaping the benelits afforded a good administration aud @ gealous and illus tyious government, guaranteed by unanimo:s acclama- tion, On Holy Thureday, after attending divine service in the imperial chapel, the Emperor and Empress, with the whole Court, went to the saloon of Yturbide, where the Emperor made the meals with bis own hands for twelve poor and age-stricken men, and the Emproas did the same for an equal number of old women. Aftor din- ner Maximilian and Carlotta kneeled before the poor, with napkin in hand, and their Majesti s then washed tho feet of those ancients, moistened and kissed them, while a priest chanted that part of the Gospel of the day which refers to the sublime act of humility which Christ practiced w th his disciples. After this lavrtori) ther Majesties placed a small silk purse on the neck of cach pauper, containing some proces of money, and then re- tired to their apartments, An immepse concourse of poople witnessed the ceremony. Tho emotion which it produced on many was evident, not only because of its Significance, but also because of the important remem- brances which the act evoked. By the Perivdico Ofcial of Merida to the 6th inst. it appears that the i:perial Commissary, Senor Domingo Bureau, who takes the place of Senor Salazar [larregui, ‘was expocted in Sisal on the 8th or Oth inst, On the 5th arrived there General Casanova, to take charge of the Seventh Military Territorial revisto He has four hundred treops with him, The military commandant of the State of Laguna, under date of the 26th ult., w officially as follows:—*T just loarn that the command r of the war steamer Yucatan, stationed on the frontier, has informed the prefect that Mmatitian had been occu: pied by the imperialist forces, taking possession of Tha cataipam and Alvarado, and that there were five Freach steamers of war on the bar of Coatzacoaicos, the news of which, received by express to Ban Juan Bautivta, bad augmented the confusion in that town, which was abandoned by all the families residing there, and reduced it to the small sumber of troops sta- tioned there to defend it, besides obstructing the river, from the passage to Acachapa, by canoes which have been sunk there to impede the armed boats going up, and by which they might be at tacked.’ In regard to the ovcupation of Tiacatalpam I tind the following doepateh, dated Merida, Sist ult, from Gonoral Casi.tio, superior Commandant, to the Prefect of tho State: —"The military commandant of Laguna writes me officially ender dat» of the 2ist inst, :-—*enor Fermin Valeno'a has arrived to-day from San Juan Bautista, and haa given me nows, ax positive, that the so-called garri- son general wh ch the enemy had in Tiacatalpam or Alva. rado, has boon completely defeated by the ‘mperialists under General Alatorre, taking # multitude of prisoners and the second in command, Alejandro Garcia, who, in the absen e of the Inttor, was in charge. This news, com muni ated officially from Minatitlan by flying express to the authorities of Tabasco by Senor Gar ta has ereaed the utmost surprise to that State, whieh by the alarm caused the greatest confusion, becaise the only rel ance they had was placed in the defeated force." Our Orizaba Correspondence. ‘Onisana, March 23, 1966. THE IMPERIAL RAILWAY. Aa l observe by the Hmnatn, you from time to time Publish notices on the subject of the construction of the Imperial Military Railroad line, and which notices, al- though plausible, are not always strictly correct. For thie reason I doom it advisable to give you the following facta, which, no doubt, will be read with interest both fm the States and England. Our improvement is progressing favorably towards aa early completion under the immediate direction of Wm. Lioyd, Raq., acting for the Grm of Geo. B. Crawley & Co., London, England. We hope to have the cars run- ning between Mexico city and Puebla by the first of noxt August. They are laying the track now betwoon the Junction of the Puebla branch with the mata aod Boca del Monte, The heaviest part of the work on the ‘upper portion of the whole line, twenty-seven miles, between Boca del Monte and Orisaba, and which has a descent in said distance of four thousand and sixty-four foot, will be finished by January proximo, From Orizaba to Cordova the bed, for a distance of eight miles, is i condition to receive the rails, and the only delay will be fa the construction of the magnificent wrtught iron bridge over Motlac. When constructed this will be the nenen in the world. It will be about throe hun- bi bundred Cortora sad Paso dol Meche gig ener unl bat owing to the the that portion Tt is only that one can induce even the patives to work there, prefer the mountain region. Some of them work well, but the most of them are sadiy inclined to indolence. at thom task work we out of them than would other circumstances, On the whole at present employing about 10,000 men, in- cluding ail branches, Between Metiac, cight miles east of Orizaba, and Mexico the care will be running, without doubt, ia the course of a year hence, From del Macho ‘to Vera ‘three miles) the road has been in succersful for about one year. As inter eat the pablic to know what differ road line will porsess I give you as follows the bewht above the mean tide of the Gulf ay different pomts fiong the rowd Cordor boners en sede vessevecs Maltrata (thirteen miles west of Orinabay Boca det Monte (xevontoen mites from Oriaabay Patasuaro, 4 information from some i Vora Crus. Upon arriving at Vera Crus, if bound fes 4 a 9 (near Acooatla, the hightost point # Our Cordova Correspondence. Convova, Mextco, March 80, 1866, THR AMERICAN COLONY AT CORDOVA, Tt is somewhat romarkable that with such constan® and regular communication as exists botwoon New York and the city of Mexfoo and so many Amoricans making the journey to and from the two citios, such ignorance of the route travelled should oxist in the United States, ‘Steamship lines ply from Vera Cruz to New York, Eag- land, France and Spain, all the lines touching at Havana Persons from the West and South can take a steamer at Now Orleans for Havana, at which port he will be de tained but » few days at most awaiting a stoamer fer Cordova, Orisaba, Puebla or the city of Mexico, the traveller, in order to avoid delays upon the route, shoul procure « through ticket to his place of destination; otherwies he may be delayed days, or even weeks, awaiting a chance ‘seat in the diligence. The railroad 9 completed only to Paso det Macho, » miserable collection of ‘huts; and at this point a traveller’s trials, unless he has secured his passage fn the diligence, begin, ‘The valley of Cordova, situated in the mountains, etxty. five miles from Vera Crus, is 2,800 fect above the level of the sea, and for salubrity of climate, beauty of scenery and fertility is unsurpassed anywhore in the world. The same desoription of country extends from the Panéroe ) river, at the mouth of which is tlie city of Tampico, te Tehuantepec. Cordova, however, is the most elevatea these lands, and consequently the most healthy. The altitude of the city, and the proximity of the snow-clad peak of Orizaba keep a uniformity of temperature aimost unknown elsewhere, the greatest range of the thermom- eter being seventy-five degrees, nover falling bolow sixty-five nor rising above ninety degrees, the woather being similar to warm days in May in tho latitude of Philadelphia, The city was one of the first com! importance under the rule of Spain, exporting immeng quantities of sugar, brandies, fruits and fee, but has fallen into decay, and is ouly known abroad as a coffeo mart and as the seat of the American colony in Mexico, Cordova contains possibly five thousand inhabitants, including @ regiment of French and Austrian soldiers, and about one ‘hundred and seventy-five Americans, The number of Confederates who have sought asylum in Mexico, I am assured, does not exceed twenty-five hundred, of whom not more than two hundred and fifty are in Cordova val- ley. But throo members of the Richmond Congress are in tho empire—Senator Oldham, of Texas; Judge Por- kins, of Louisiana, and Wilkes, of Missouri. Mombers of the House Conrow and Parsons, of Missouri, were murdered by the Mexicans last summer at Toro, betwoen Monterey and Matamoros. Govervor Harris, of Tennes fee, is at the colony, nine milos southwest of Cordova, engaged in clearing up his land and saking ray eo planta crop this season. Governors Reynolds (of Mis * sourt) and Alien are in the city of Mexico—Allen editing the and Reynolds acting as agent of the American and Mexican Emigrant Company. Vory few Confederate field officers sought homes tm is country, most of the emigrants being line officers ‘and privates, young men without families, and too often without that industry and application needed to insure success in any now country. Major General Sterling Price is at Carlotta, Brigadier General Shelby has a splen- did hacienda four miles from Cordova, on the Vera Crus road; Major General Waterhouse is a contractor on the railroad, and Brigadier General Lyon is at the head of @ surveying party near Tuxpan. jon? are the only Con. fodorato generals east of the city of Mexico. Major General Magruder is Surveyor General of tho govorm ment colomzation enterprise, Wilcox. talks of returning to tho States, and Hindman of goingfto Yucatan. These aro all residing in the city. Brigadier General Slaughter, of the old army, is interested in mills in the valt and Hardeman, of Yoxaa, is surveying on the Pact slope of the mountains. Of all these, General Shelby is the most energetic and enterpr sing, and consequent his Provpyets are more flattering than any other Amer can'a fu the country. Bosides working bis hacienda, he runs large Wagon trains from the railroad terminus af Paso del Machg tothe city, His wagons are all of Yankee manufactare, are drawn by ten tnules each, and every wagon carries a load of sx thousand or seven thou poninic, the fraieht of which is from $300 to $350 Major General Judalpborly pasedd through this vily ydate ‘en rewe for Havana, where be will probably locate, as had boome very much dissatisfied with Mexico. He is writing a history of his campaigns, whic! fail proving interesting, evon if :t be not opt Genoral Boo is a ship hrokor in Havana, in w' Toombs is tein) ily residing, aston i 0g with bis “yarns,” and diaguating the Cont his blowing. Commodore Maury recently ¢ France after his family; but it is very te wit remain in Europe, as latterly be bas been ovNS favor with Maximilian. . Jedge Perkins was formorly one of the largoat cott. Janters in the United States, and secured a portion* fie wealth before leaving Louisiana Ho has a sail o fee plantation adjoining this city, and is about openix anothor at Carlotta, Judge Perkins is the only Con! rate, excopt Kirby Smith and stat, who brought wit him any considerable amount of means, the others are vor, and aro obliged to got thoir living as best they ca The rent! mon mentioned, with one or two except have gone to work with a determination to retrieve thei fortunes that bodes success, they are industrions aad erzetic, bearing the trials and privations to which the are subject with rare courage and equanimity, neve once reverting to the aacrifiows which they made to the cause which they capoused and whose downfall proved] their own ruin, Judge Oltham, formerly Chief Justice of Texas, bas turned photographer, and ts in bustness in this . city, The Judge has also turned author, and '# engaged upon the last sheets of a work entitled “A History of a Journey from Richmond to the Rio Grande, from March 30 to June 26, 1465, or the Last Days of the ( States’ Thix book will cause a commotion as seon as published, and will doubtless involve its author in some haf dozen fights. The Judge natituter an inquiry inte the causes that led to the overthrow of the eo and traces them to the incompetency and Davis, and the corruption which, if not conn:y suffered to exist unrebuked in all departmen mont, He is unsparing in his as member of the Confederate opportunitios of mak'ng of govern: poe, which bis position nate gave bim ample He lashes certam Cabinet miuisters and gencral offic rs severely, and doos not spare President Johnson or federal commanders. The book will prove vastiy popular from ite independen: ax from its general character, and be a valu to future historians. Most of the American settlers live around Carlotta, « new village iaid out by the colonists, and uamed in honor — of the Empress, Carlotta lies nine tiles southeast from Cordova, na splendid section of country. Aa yet the town boasts of but three bouses, if such they may be called, being more bamboo hits, but five or six others are (n course of constraction. The best and largest house belongs to General Price, is built of bamboo, thatched with flag and stalks, and ‘contain’ two rooma A grove of mango trees near the casa afford a cool and toviting retreat for the old soldier, and here be may be found all hours, seated upon a chair of his own manufacturegy entertaining his numerous visitors, giving advice u settlors, cracking jokes with old companions in arma, o= giving ordors respecting the cultivation of his plantation. Everything is of the most primitive description, the chars and tables boing the General's own handiwork. General Pric® is not a little of a “Yank,” and ts sbout as ingenious and handy as any Englander. Governor Harris and tho General are inseparable companions, liv- ing. together until the Governor's house shall be com- pleted. The town is regularly laid out around a large square, which is covered by a natural growth of troos, among which is a grove mangoes, (be most beautitul of shade trees, whose interiacing boughs and thick, glossy fol compiotely exclude the sun's rays, affording a del retreat during the heat of the day. Each member of the colony is allowed one town lot, if he be unmarried; it married he ia entitied to two lota. Thirty lots have beew umber of others wtli be secured as soom fow years Carlotta will be the most ploasant town in Mexico. It will be built after Amert- an style, with a dogree of beauty and comfort olsew! unknown in the empire, and the society will be from among the best educated families of the South a .. the wife of Dr. Wharton, of Virginia. Gennes ral family is expected to arrive in the next steamer, and, 00. families will make Carlotta their home w™”"* Coloniata who are heads of fami! are in the val nitade. These lands are in no wise deteriorated, and Produce ae good cape a8 ever Genoral So het preparing for come, corn and to. bacco, He is an old raiser, and thinks he can show the natives a thing or two in ble lina. The tobaces ts of superior quality, similar to thet of Havana, and tf cared ring en a hy price. paion i taken here oither ‘a. dul if s Ls ing, And Gonoral Price inveods to ad being confident of placing in market an