The New York Herald Newspaper, June 13, 1866, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR SEPIOE MN. W. CORNET OF FULTON AND NaSBAU BTS. BROADWAY THEATRE! Broadway, near Broome aicoet,—Tan Consigan WOOD'S THEATRE, Brosawa: INVISIBLE Paince—M ‘Tam Nwo1o Taours. Matinee opposite the St. Nicholas wp Mus. Parke Wuire. Me o'clock, THBATRE FRANOAIS. Fourteenth street, near Sixth aveaue.—Esciies Orsxa—Tux Rose oF Castits. S7OR'S OPERA HOU Seagrisy's MixnstreL axp Coma Corn, KiGies BILL. Matinee at 23% 0 201 Bowery.—Sax gd ‘Taoure—Tas SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS. 585 Broadway, opposite Metrovoliian Hotel. —Krm10rian x — Young Araica om tam Ferina Tuarsar® ANC e- GRORGE CHRISTY'S—O.D sy Saccaps, Mosicat Gans. Borin hoa 227 yMaamecsr, ‘too Lave t0 Maya, ey ere Mrese—ir is haves TRRRACE GARDEN, Third Avenue, between Fifty- eiguih and Fifty ninth stroota. Tung. THowas Onc wesTRAL Ganoun Concunts. MRS. F. B. OON ” — Pe RR aoewar 8 PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklya.—Eratorias Mine eraucer—Baraps, BUaLESQuEs AND Paxtomrans. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway. Opentrom 10 A. M. till 10 P.M 13, 1866. New York, Wednesday, Ja! 10 CARPENTERS. Propomals will be received until June 15 for the car- penter’s work of the Hrratp BULpIxG now in course of erection on Broadway, Park row and Ann street. Plans and specifications can be seen at the office of Join Koliam, architect, 179 Broadway, New York. CONGRESS. in the Senate yesterday the bill recently passed in the House to provide for the safety of the lives of passen- gers on board of steam vessels, with some amendments, was passed. The Dill making appropriations for the expenses of the legislative, judicial and executive branches of the government was taken up, and on an ameadment placing $160,000 in the hands of the Secro- tary of the Treasury for the increase of salary of clerks io that department a lively discuasion ensued, Mr. Wil- son being opposed to giving the Secretary too much con- teol over the men in his employ. Mr. Fessenden, Mr. ‘Trambull and others took part ia the argument, the for- mer being ip favor of the amendment, which was finally agreed to by a vote of 18 to 17. Mr. Conness took occa- ion In the discassion to characterize the persons who rocontly serenaded the Cabinet as wandering minstrels, political scrubs, miserable dependents, &c. Ponding ‘tae consideration of the Appropriation bill the Seuate adjourned, To (he House the resolution in regard to bounties to colored soldiers, and bountioa, ponsions and allowances to thoir heirs, was passed. A bill legalizing marriages between colored people who have heretofore born living as man and wife was passed. THE FENIANS. A maw mecting of the Buffalo Fenians was held yes- today evening to discuss the proposition recently intro- duced in Congress to repeal the Neutrality laws. Gonoral Sweeny, General Spear and Colonel Mahan are otitl a St. Albans, having been released on $5,000 bonds. . A military court is being organised at Montreal tor the trial of the prisonera, It is beyond a doubt that several executions will take piace, ‘The further investigation into the charge preferred agaiast Colonel W. R. Roborta, President of the Fontan Brotherhood, of having violated the Neutrality laws of the United States, was resumed yostorday in the United Seles Commussioners’ office, before Commissioner Betta. five witnesses were examined ‘The report of the proceodings already had before a weneral court martial aseembied in Dubiin for the tral of ‘Snglish soldiers accused of complicity with the Fenian conspiracy when serving in Ireland, goes to prove to a very considerable extent that at one period during the past cummer ihe organization was widely and rather dangeroudly prevalent among the troops of the Queen of Mngiaod THE CITY. Aba special meeting of the Board of Aldermen yester- day the committees appointed to take charge of the ‘Wweldging of Broadway and the widening of Weat street reported tn favor of the proposed improvements, Both reports were laid over for future consideration. The Comptroller was dirgcted to purchase s suitable site for the offices of the Department of Public Charities and orrection, sad was instracted to report on the expedi- enoy of disposing of the Corporation property now vccu- pied by the Bleecker Strect and Fulton Ferry Railroad Company, on Tenth avenue, Little Twelfth, Washington aad Gansevoort streets, The Board adjourned to meet oa Thureday next, at noon. ‘The Board of Health did not hold their usual semi- weekly meeting yesterday afternoon. The Health Oiticer reported no new cases of cholera in the city, The Clerk of the Board has no knowledge of any injunction having ween granted Mr. Seguine to restrain the Byard of Com- missioners of Quarantine from making use of Staten (alana for quarantine purps jem, Your now cases of cholera were received on board the hospital ship yesterday from the steamship Peruvian. A mass meeting of the leading citizens of Richmond emumty opposed to the location of quarantine buildings on any portion of Staton Island was held yesterday at Rich ar Siperintendent Kennedy has issued another gencral octet to captains of police, instructing thom to fully eaforce all the provisions of chapter 578 of the laws of 1808 ou and after June 16; slso to make a perfect roll of ait the rum shops in their respective precincts to which license has been granted, whether the l:quor is std to be drank on the promises or by measure, or in packages. The roll will, when completed, be filed at tho Superintendent's office, and a copy be kept at the atation houres for reference, The German beer dealers heid » mae meeting at the jery Garden yesterday, and determined to stand by Pact Falk in bie injunction case. A finance committee was appointed, permanent officers elected, and a large smount of money collected. It was suggested that in are alt dealers should keep open their places on Sun- and a number announced their determination to do ‘The proceedings were brief, but very onthusiastic. (he nfath annual regatia of the Brooklyn Yacht Club caine off yesterday. The prizes were awarded to the Mystic, of the s hooner clas, the Jennie Cable, of the firm class gloops, and the Marthe, of the second class Opa. The race proved » very pleasant efair, and wae participated in by «evera! thousand per.one, including a targe aumber of ladies. Tbe General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Chereh, which claims tw be the oldest Protestant denomination is America, now holding ite ect annual meeting, in Rev. Dr. Siryker's ehurch, in Thirty-fourth street, near the Eighth avonve. Three vessions were held yesterday, and @ great amount of businere was transscted. During the morning session @ proporition to strike out the word mu “Dutch” from the ame of the denomination war fe abiy receivod, and s te acd of f istors and three elve y rs matter snd report at the next meoting of ihe General <ynod past | neiro the valuable articles wore taken from their rightful owners. ‘The loas akogether is roughly estimated at $50,000. A fire ooourred yesterday morning in « building located in the shipyard of Divine Burtis, corner of Conover and Rood streets, Brooklyn. The building was used for the storage of paints, olla, oakum, and other iaflammabie materials, It was totally deatroved, entailing = loss of $5,000; insured in the Long Island Insurance Company for the full amount. It was the work of an incendiary, Joseph Colburger, a Gorman, twenty-two youre ot ‘8x0, was dangerously wounded by a ball from @ pistol im the hands of John night bofore last, while he was in the act of entering tho promises of a former om. ployer, No. 130 Greenwich street, The wounded maa recently returned from Europe, and on the night im ques- tion he called on his old employer, Johm Wineburger, who invited him to stay all night Having businoas elsewhere he decliued the invitation, but returned late at night, when he was mistaken for s burglar and shot, The wounded man was taken tothe City Hospital and Kellar was arrested. One of the Tenth avenue cars run over Jos, E. Boyd, a lad nine yoars of age, on Monday evening, and injured him so severely that death ensued. Some time between Sunday night and Monday morn- ing a gang of burglars gained access to the more of Mr. Charles L. Terry, 603 Broadway, and stole silks and rib- Dons valued at one thousand two hundred and oighty- four dollars, The burglars also secured admission to the premises of Messrs. Anthony & Co., who occupy the upper floors of 501 Broadway, and astolo three bhua- dred dollars’ worth of albums. AD application was yesterday made before the Gen- eral Term of the Supreme Court to strike from the roll Thomas J. Stowell, an attorney and counsellor at law, who figured 0 prominently in the Busmeed-Wilson divorce controversy. The Court took the papers and re- werved its decision. The case of George D, Craigin and others against tho New York Central Railroad Company was argued yoster- day on appeal before the Genoral Term of the Supreme Court. Pilaintifia brought an action to recover the value of several hogs which diod while being transferred over the road of the defendants from Albany to Bullalo. The United Statos Circuit Court was oponed yoaterday, Judge Smalley presiding, and after tho cailing of the jury, the cage of David B. Dwyer, minor, who was brought up upon habeas corpus, was set down for to-day, after which the court adjourned. Tho United States District Court was opened at 11 A. M., Judge Betta presiding, and aftor calling of process returnable on every Tuesday, and some condemnations taken and cases extended, the court adjourned, Jumos H. Embery, a Kentucky lawyer, has brought an action in Part 1, Superior Court, before Judge Monoll, againat William A. Glass, @ political prisoner during the lute rebellion. Tho defendant was incarcerated by order of Goneral Boyle, and tho plainuf clams he was employed to negotiate his release from Camp Chase, Ohio. The action is for eleven hundred dollars, which tho plaintiff claims for his sorvioos, The defendant donies the Plaintiff s statement in toto, Judge Bathara yesterday decided the litigation relative to the disputed sext of Councilman Houghtalin during tho year 1865. Councilman O’Brion waa sustained and do- elared entitled to bis sont and salary. In the General Sessions y>sterday Thomas H. Vallance, charged with committing a felonious assault upon Joha A. Hoag, on tho 19th of April, pleadoa guilty to an Assault with intent to do bodily harm. James B. Gerow, who broke into the stable of Peter Kavanagh, 723 Sixth avenue, and stole a horse, pleaded guilty to an attsmpt at burglary. Peter Smith, charged with burgiariousiy entering the dwelling house of Catherine Miller, No. 2 Eldridge street, and stealing one han- dred end fifty dollars worth of clothing, pleaded guilty to an attempt to commit that offence. Joho Williams and John Robinson pleads guilty to an indictment charging them with conspiring to defraud Edwin Beale by representing that they were merchants at Albany, and having secured his coa- fidence attempting to get one hundred dollars in exchaage for a worthless note on the City Trust Banking Com- pany. These’ prisoners were remanded fer soatonce Joseph Danbor, charged with burglary, pleaded gullty to stealing ten dollars from the promises of Francis F. Smith, 31 Bowery. The Recorder scnt him to the Peni- tentiary for six months and imposed a fine of one hun- dred dollars. During last week there were one hundred aad nine deaths in Brooklyn, of which twenty-fve were mon, twenty.4iz women, thirty-four boys and tweaty-four girls, The figures show a decrease over the previous wook. ‘The Inman line steamship Edinburg, Captain Hal- crow, will sail at noon to-day for Queenstown aad Liverpool, from pier No. 45 North river. The favorite steamship Morro Castle, Captain R Adams, bolonzing t Garrison & Allen's line, will call from pier No. 4 North rivor, procisoly at three P. M. to- day, for Havana. The mails will close at the Post Office at balf-past one. ‘The stock market was firm and active yesterday, Gold closed at 143%. Governmenta were quiet. ‘The advance in gold excited the merchandise markets, and prices were more unsettled than they were last wook. In some articles a good business was done and in o cases at @ material advance, but the movement was by no means general, buyers coming forward very slowly at the increase demanded. Cotton advanced on the news from Europe, but the businoss was smaller than it was yesterday. Grocories were quiet. On 'Change flour was in moderate demand. Wheat closed heavy. Cora firm atan advance. Oats were firm. Pork advanced. Beef was steady. Lard heavy and whiskey and petroleum steady but quiet. ‘The market for beef cattle was dopresaod by beavy receipts, and prices favored the buyer to the extent of lo, a 1c. per pound, and some cattle sold as even & greater decline. The most of the cattle sold at 14i¢c. a 1Tc, @ 1730. ; bat some of the best were at 18, Milch cows were dull and irregular. Veals were heavy, in sympathy with beof caitie, and prices wore rather lowor, Saies wore mostly at 8c. a 12c., but including some at 1d4e, Sheep and lambs were in good demand at full pro- vious figures, The sales were many at $4 & $8, but some sold at more extreme pricesg@10 a $11. Hogs were steady at 10c. a 10%. The total receipts wore 7,195 beevos, 97 cows, 1,908 veals, 15,058 sheep and lambs and 14,243 hogs. MISCELLANEOUS. The State Senate was convened in special session at Albany yesterday, for the trial of Judge Smith, of Oneida county, on ® charge of malfeasance in offioe. The defence raisod the question that the Governor's meneage transmitting the charge wae not within the meaning of the constitution, as it did not recommend the removal of the accused. The point was overruled by the Senate, and aa adjournment took place. Generals Steedman and Fullerton have furnished to the Secretary of War their report of the operations of the Freedmen’e Boreau in the Military Departments of South Carolina and Florida. They highly commend General Scott, the Assistant Commissioner in South Carolina, for the wise policy that pervades his wystem of governing and feeding the freedmen. ‘They recommend the discontinuance of the employ- ment of citizens tn the Bureau, and instance several aanes of the evil of the agente being interested in the working of plantati They finally recommend that the Sea Ieland lander, givgn to the negroes by General Sherman's order, be retarned to their owners, provided they pay the freodmen for ail improvements that the latter have made while in posecerion of the property. Our Rio Janeiro correepondent, writing om May §, says the Paraguayans bad evacuated the: trenched camp ov the road to Humaita The allied Seet was on its way up the Paraguay to invert Fort Rameite, and General Alegre’s troope had reached Candelaria, op the Upper Parana, on their way to invest tbe fort on the land side, A desperate and decinive battle was expected. Professor Agama, with bie wife, bad arrived from the valley of the Amazon, and at a lecture given by him in Rio Je mperial family wore in atyendance. Interesting detaile of the Buropean news by the the 94 of Jano, are publiehed in our Scotia, date éolurnne. The Amerionn champion Ram/lt was in active ‘of the grent mtornational sculling mat Aix boat, built in New York, bad ar nd att ted much attention from whe Dr furs and eportermen be Court of Appeale of this State has rendered te nin the caso of Gonzal A Pellicier ing the judg # pronornced against troad to Rich embankment witch rod, One ee aaaoeeeEeEeuy75x5VVGV0M—M_ NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1866. British Neutrality im Congress—A Signi- 5 ficant Movement. There were two very significant and ominous resolutions introduced in the House of Repre- sentatives on Monday last and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, The first was from Mr, Ancona, of Pennsylvania (democrat), the committee (in reference to the Fenians) to bring in a bill for the repeal of the Neutrality law of 1818; and the second by Mr. Schenck, of Ohio (republican), declaring, in the opinion of the House, that the President “ ahould reconsider the policy which has been adopted by him as between the British govern ment and that portion of the Irish people who, in the name of Fenians, are struggling for their independent nationality, and that he be re- quested to adopt, as nearly as practicable, the exact course of proceeding which was pursued by the government of Great Britain in the late civil warin this country,” recognizing both sides “as lawful belligerents and observing between them a strict neutrality.” The proceedings of the House on these reso- lutions indicate the prevailing public sentiment of the country. A motion in each case to lay the resolutions on the table, in order to dismiss the subject from further consideration, was re- jected by an almost unanimous vote, and the resolutions were referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs by an overwhelming majority, Mr. Banks, chairman of said committee, prom- ising that, if 60 referred, the committee would make a report. Mr. Harding, of Ilinoia (re- publican), wished to offer a substitute, declaring «that the course of the government (President Johnson) in repressing the Fenian invasion has been ignominious and disgraceful.” Mr. Hale, of Now York (republican), suggested a gubsti- tute, that good faith required a rigorous en- forcemont of our neutrality lawa and that the House could entertain “no proposition for their repeal, revision or violation; but Mr. Hale was supportefl’ by only a half dozen other members. It will be observed in these proceedings that all parties in Congregs sympathize with the Fenians, and, in behalf of the Fenian cause, are anxious to be identified with some active moasures on the part of Congress. The reason is obvious enough. It lies in this important political fet, that not only have our Irish born fellow citizens their heavy unsettled balances against England, but that the great body of the American people want a settlement with her touohing her perfidious, offensive and mis- chievous neutrality during our late Southern rebellion. President Johnson, in enforcing our neutral- ity laws, has only been doing his duty; for he is sworn and bound to “see that the laws be faithfully exocuted.” We are, however, re- minded in the preamble of Mr. Ancona’s reso- lution that when reparation was demanded trom England on account of those Anglo-rebel spoliations upon our commerce resulting from the wilful neglect of England to enforce her neutrality obligations, “she arrogantly denies all responsibility and claims to be the judge in her own cause.” Thus Lord Clarendon stopped his correspondence with Mr. Adams, our Minister at London, and elosed the door in his face, and we have not heard a tap from Mr. Seward since. Why is this? Has the case gone by default? Have those indemnities been abandoned with their peremptory rejec- tion by England? The answer to this ques- tian falls back upon President Johnson; and he can only answer it now to the satisfac- tion of the country by a positive demand upon England to pay those bills charged to her ship burners and scuttlers or take the consequonces of a refusal. But it is evident that he has no time to lose. Congress, snuffing the public sentiment of the country in regard to these Fenian movements, has seized upon this question of British versus American neu- trality, and General Banks promises a report upon the subject. Surely, in the almost unani- mous voice of the House, Mr. Johnson can un- derstand how to trim his sails to the wind. Senator Fessenden or General Banks in the State Department, and Mr. Seward as Minister to England, with his ultimatum in his pocket, are the programme for President Johnson. Congress bas appropriated bis reconstruction thunder, and hence the development of a bold and decisive foreign policy, beginning with England, is now his only chance. A do- nothing neutrality policy will give him no strength. A negative administration is always 8 failure and especially where a positive set- tlement with England is demanded by an over- whelming public opinion. Sreacsr Couyax anp Tue Diosirr or Con- Gress.—General Rousseau, of Kentucky, ap- pears to be the only friend of the President disposed to fight his battles in Congress, and has 0 frequently been called upon to resent Radical abuse of Mr. Johnson that he has been forced {nto several peraonal rencontres and is fast getting the same reputation for belliger- ency in Congress which he enjoyed in the army. Tt is becoming the fashion among certain radi- cals to attempt to throw ridicule upon our sol- diers now in political life, cnd one or two attempts have been made to damage General Rousseau’s reputation. He can well afford to laugh at all such disgraceful efforts as that of Mr. Grinnell. General Rousseau, in opposition to the wishoa of all his political friends, went into the United States army when his State claimed to be neutral, and by his boldness and independ- ence saved her from rebel occupation. He fought to the satisfaction of Sherman and Buell at Shiloh, saved McCook’s corps from annihila- tion at Perryville by his personal direction of his troops, commanded in person the reserves which beat back the rebel assault of the right wing of Rosecrans’ army at Stone River, cov- ered the retreat of the same army from Chicka- manga t Chattanooga, twice defeated the ralds of Wheeler in Tennessee, successfully raided through the heart of Alabama to the rear of Hood's army and extricated himself from a | position in which Gen he would be captured, held Fortress Rosecrans against repeated attacks while Thomas fought the great battle Nashville, and, in brief at Aietinge h 2 every conflict in which he was engeg is {9 the general assailed | by Mr. Grinnell, who sppears only to have warred upoo the returned soldiers of the Union These personal rencontres in Congress are becoming + i A are | characterized by lar t |? 1 ‘ i a | Speaker Colfax seems to bo totally unaware how ridiculous he appears in permitting mem- | bers to denounce ¢ President as “a dema- Southern traitor” and iscteant,” | gogue,”” a | and’ his and « Lickspitile He d pos not 1 Sherman declared | appear to understand his duty as the presiding officer of the House, or if he does understand it he ia unable to perform it. He does not main- tain order, he does not protect members of the House from personal insults, he only interferes to enforce the rules when they have been re- peatedly violated, and is in almost every way inoompstent for the place he holds. Such con- duot as that of Mr. Grinnell is disreputable; it disgraces the whole gountry, and we must hold Speaker Colfax responsible for the suppression ‘of such scenes in the House over which he pre- sides. The Action of Congress and the Singular Combination of Bondsmen for Jeff Davis. We notice that the radicals in Congress have at last concluded to assume the responsibility for retaining Jeff Davis in prison. The pres- sure became very strong in favor of his release on bail, and, fearing that the President would yield, they hurried through a resolution oppos- ing it and declaring that he should be held in custody and tried according to law. What law? He cannot be tried by court martial, and if courts refase to try him now how do the radicals propose to try him? Would it not be much better to admit him to bail until the question how he is to be tried is settled? A number of New Yorkers are now at the national capital offering their sorvices in this line, and it is said that several Balti- moreans visited Richmond at the opening of Judge Underwood’s court for the express purpose of becoming sureties on Jeff's bail bonds, Strange as it may seem, among those from this city who are anxious for this honor is Horace Greeley. Thisis a very good and gen- erous thing on the part of our neighbor. It shows that whatever his enemies may say about him he at least has a large heart and is not afraid to be magnanimous, As to the other gentlemen it makes but little difference who they are or what the motives may be that prompt them to offer themselves as bondsmen. Greeley’s name is sufficient for the government, and his application should be accepted at once and Davis be permitted to run at large. It will no doubt somewhat surprise those rural radicals who have been in the habit of swearing by Greeley to learn that he has offered to be one of Davis’ bondsmen. It is 80 different from the general impression of his character that we do not wonder that the bare mention of the fact has created consid- erable surprise. It is more in Weed’s line than that of Greeley ; but there {s no five per cent commission to be made by giving bail in this case. Weed, therefore, fails to come forward and leaves the field open to Greeley, who never considers those five per cent profits, but is actuated solely by princi- ple. No person will dispute the fact that Greeley, above all others, is the right person to go bail for Jeff. He advocated the right of secession when the rebellion commenced and no doubt had some influence in deciding the course of Davis when he withdrew from the United States Senate. It is therefore ap- propriate, now that the ex-Confederate chicf is in trouble, that Greeley should come to his rescue, and we trust that the administration will act without any further delsy and give Jeff his liberty. Greeley will be responsible for all the harm that he will do. But the moment he obtains his liberty there is another serious queation which Greeley will have to arrange—Jeff Davis is financially and politically a bankrupt. He has nothing to support himself and family. While he remains at Fortress Monroe Uncle Sam feeds and clothes him, but the moment that he is released on bail he will be obliged to provide for the daily necessaries of life in some other way. Here the kind hearted Greeley can also be of service. When he was trying to negotiate peace with Sanders and the other rebel commissioners at Niagara Falls, Greeley was willing to pay the South for all their negroes. Now let him apply to the Reconstruction Committee for an appro- priation for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the purpoee of carrying out this principle as far as Jeff Davis is concerned. His negroes have all been set free and his plantation confiscated, and if Greeley can only prevail upon his radical triends in Congress to adopt this idea, Jeff wil. be well provided for during the remainder of his life and have suf ficient to pay his lawyers to defend bim, if he ever comes to trial, and still have something left for his family. If this cannot be accom- plished, then let Greeley charter a vessel and send him to the coast of Africa and there take on a cargo of negroes, which he can take to South America and sell at a good price. This, it is true, is reviving the slave trade, but only in an exceptional case, and after all it will not violate the principles of the radicals who are now, through their New England agents of the Freedmen’s Bureau, re-establishing slavery in the South, Tue Quarantine Mcppre.—The seizure of Seguine’s Point by tho health officials appears to increase rather than diminish the difficulty about Quarantine. The residents of that por- tion of Staten Island have applied for an in- junction restraining the Quarantine and Emi- gration Commissioners from using Seguine’s Point for Quarantine purpose. Judge Barnard has granted « temporary injunction, which remains good for the next two weeks, when the question will be argued before the Supreme Court; and unless the Commissioners can show good cause for its dismissal the injunction will be made permanent and some other point will have to be seized for that purpose. In the mesntime the special commission appointed under an act of the last Legislature for the pur- pose of selling the State property at Seguine’s Point and erecting @ suitable Quarantine among the shoals in the lower bay have com- menced their examination of the ground for the purpose of agreeing upon a site for the buildinga. But little progress is, however, made towards meeting the present emergency There ia, in fact, mu the samo sort of delay and fussing as has existed for several years past. It has now been several years since the buildings at Quarantine were t urned, and the re, have had ir attention annually called to the fact that it would not be safe to re-establish Quarantine on these grounds again; but still nothing was rities, as well as the Legisiat done towards remedying the evil until the pres- ent year, and now they flod it is too Inte to prepare permanent 1 a wilitary | expedition is started off to p 1 the old Quaranti y force. It looks very much a4 the and flurry has been got up magnifying the alty in dime use may be amount of job like the Court House of this city. There are other places which could have been taken, such as Barren Island, which it would not have Deen necessary to guard by gunbouts end files of policemen, Temporary buildings could have been erected with but Utite cost, after the pattern of the barracks in the City Hall Park during the war. These could have been used in the present emergency, and in the meantime the work of constructing permanent grounds among the shoals in the lower bay could have been prosecuted and a Quarantine provided which would be an honor to the city. But this did not seem to suit the idea of those gentlemen who are trying to make a little per- sonal glory and perhaps work @ job out of our present necessities, and the consequence is that the whole affair is in a decided mud- dle, with but little prospect of its being any better for some time to come. A Farce mo vax Covrra.—The trial of Mr. Roberts, the Fenian, appears to be a perfect farce. If the government intended to arrest him why was it not done before all the mis- chief was accomplished and the Fenian inva- sion over? If the government intends to hold him why waste time in examining prominent Fenians who cannot testify against him with- out criminating themselves? There has either been too little or too much interferenca with the Fenians; too little if the government de- signed to prevent them from marching upon Canada, or too much if the affair is to be dragged in this farcical manner before the courts. Let the case of Mr. Roberts be sus- pended until we hear Engiand’s answer to the Alabama claims. Tax Paes3 ayp Tae Boarp or Heavra— The members of the Health Board have issued a solemn warning to the newspapers not to dis- tarb the public mind by representing every cage of diarrhosa as a case of cholera. This warning 1s ill-timed. “It is the Board of Health that has made just these musrepresentations, and we have frequently been obliged to ex- pose and ridicule them. Certainly some of the papers at first endeavored to raise a cholera panic; but that effort was thwarted, and all the sensation articles that have recently appeared have been based upon the foolish reports of the physicians of the Board. FIRE IN BANK STREET. Immense Destruction of Preperty—Work of Thieves and Planderers—-A Number of Families Left Homeless, dc. At about ten o'clock yesterday forenoon @ fire broke out in the promises occupied by W. 0. Robbins & Co. as a box factory and planing mill, extending from No, 148 to No. 188 Bank atreet, between Weet and Washington streets. It first caught in the ongine room and was oc- casioned by asudden gust of wind rushing down the chimney and driving the flames from the furnace into a heap of shavings. These shavings were cut from kil dried lamber, of which the establishmeat contained s pc ad wigeee Fon mh auth, Set Se Be alarm 2 ‘& moment broek bu ate La ret first appeared contain It but seven minutes before it dows being open on the other side, the fire into the rooms, which were soon filled flame, The scene on Hammond street was ono of the wildest confusion, Nearly every window of the burning houses was opened. Out of them came ing-glasses and feather beds, West Bieventh street was the corpse Glinp, which was carried out by the firemen, T*e fol- lowing is the Icas and insurance aa far aa could be ascer- Srauer.—Robbins & Co., planing niills, three Yous $30,000; insured "$8,000 in. city com. buildings were owned by Wm. F. Watkins; jos $10,000; no insurance, No. 146, dwelling, ocow by Wm. Stephens, lo $000; no insurance. Owned by fr Watkins; loas $500; no insurance. Twenty-one stables or stalls in the rear; loss about $3,000; some in. sured. Owned by Mr. Watkins; loss $700; no insurance. Buildings Nos, 424, 726 and 728 Washington street damaved about $1,000; insured. Weer Euzvestu State. No. 145, owned and occu on the first floor by 8. Smith. Damage to butiding $500; insured for $2,500 on the building in the Irving In: surance Cotpany ; on furniture $1,200, in the Importers and Traders’ Insurance Company. Soond floor, occu pied by Wm, Nubell, and third floor by J. C. Crockson Toms avont $600.” Mr. Crockson is insured for $l, in the Norih River Insurance Company. No. 147, owned and occupied on the first floor by John Yi bulldings panies tho L. Chase; damage to building $800; insured. To furniture $100; insured. Upper part, occupied by Mrs. Dann; lows $200; no insurance, No. 149, damage to building $1,000; insured, $3,050 on the building and fence; lows on furniture $200; no in surance, Second floor, occupled by Henry Morgan and Edward Jobnson, and the third door by Henty Bowman total loss $500; Mr. Bowman insured. No151, owned and occupied by Mrs, Elizabeth Parmer. Building dam- aged $1,500; insured $3,000 in the North iver. Geo. Quackenbosh, John Romaine and Marcin Losson occupied the building. Thoir loss $700, said put to be No. $800; owned by S. Smit floor, ocoupied by Mr. Blanvelt; $400 in the Importers and Traders’ Insurance Company. Second floor, occupied by Wm. Tibbs; low $100, by water; no insurance. Third floor, occapod by Mre. Glinn aod Carthart. It was the former whove dead child had to be carried out. Their loss is about $00 each; no insurance, No. 156, building owned by Mr. Howe; dam- aged $600; insured. First floor, occupied: by Andrew J. Bopper; damage trifiog; insured for #600 in the Importers and Traders’ Insurance Company. The sec- ond floor, occupied by Abratam Welsh a the third floor by' Moore & man, Nos. 17 sod 159 were damaged about $300 City Intelligence. ‘Tan Smevaxnoan—Her Canco Sou ar svciwm.—The woll known privateer shenandoah, whicl smiled from Liverpool in the year 1864, has not been forgotten. How she preyed upon American commerce, especially among our whaling fleet in the North Pacific, ond during ber | career, up to the time of her surrender (o se Britieh in November, 1865, captured ton United States shipe and twenty-seven other craft, is still fresh in the public mind. The goods on board at the time of her jer arrived at thie port in May last by the or and were offered for aale yesterday at erty stract house, They comprised boxes of plug tobac- co, muskets, swords, pistols, revolvers, clocks, com- , canes, rebs! cloth, anda considerable quantity of bunting. The muskets ware, of course, of British mana- Cull facture. The sale attracted a large numbor of persons, most of whom seemed bat little {nctinat to bay ang thing except a few ar est Fatal Rarnoan Ad Ou Monday evening J E. Boyd, a lad nine ye od town ix Greenwich street, near Barclay. the Ten was taken \ where deat no ve at 204 Or Mretixg oF SCANDINATIANS —A day evening, at tho Astor 1 ' nai residing in this city and vieinit =* 0 obiain perm board of the ‘on bya Lib. | with those of | | | QUARANTINE. Mase Meeting of the People of Staten Island — Speeches ana Resolutions Agatast New Quarantine—The :\e- tion of the Board ef Health te bY ‘Tested im the Courts, de. ‘The meeting yesterday at Richmond, Staten Island, was very largely attended, some of the wealthiest aaé most influential people on the island being present.” There was not much excitement in the little town of Richmond, and up to the hour appointed for the meet- ing (five o'clock P. M.) there was nothing to fully indicate the incensed feelings of the people of the county on the question of the location of Quarantine in their midst, On the steps of the handsome Court House, and outside each of the drinking saloons, knots of citizens from vart- ous parts of the island were engaged, before the meeting came off, in warmly discussing the question. In every instance they deprecated the adoption ef any illegal measures te restrain the Commissioners from locating Quarantine at Seguine’s Point, but they scomed determinod to try every means that the law would at their disposal to attain thatend. A number of Dilla, addressed to the people of Staten Island and by Dr. 'W. C. Anderson, were distributed among those assembled, The tenor of these bulletins was favorabie to the action of the Board of Health ing Seguine’s Point, and their author endeavered to show that it woulé de to the interest of the le of Staten Island if a reeo- passed at meeting in support of the action of the Board of Health, and he guaranteed that ‘no harm to health, life or property should rosult frece the occupation of the old candle factory. At about Ave o’olock the meeting was convened outside the Court House.” One of the wagons had a flag with the following significant inscription :— ' THE VOICE OF THIRTY THOUSAND PEOPLE ¢. NO CHOLERA HOSPITAL ON STATEN USLAND, Peaceably if we can—forcibly ¢ we must. OR RO RO NOTE HE OO OODLE HO ORO OL Dr. Edgar acted as Chairman, and J. L. Dougias and Samuel Barton as Secretarica. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, rf . saeigretaN ot hal ht tneaatny aeag fe s ‘on the west bank in the lower bay, for the reception of per- pons with ‘ufectious oF contagions diseuse ‘and for quar. the inhabliaata of Ricbmend county, the Logislatare i resaly provided that the buildings to be constructed sick and for quarantine purposes should not be erected within the distance of one mile and » half of Staten Island; and whereas the Metropolitan Board of Health or others pretending to hare authority so to do hare recently taken ible of a portion of Staten Island, with the Jteation of cunairucting buildings for the reception of ‘per sons arriving at the port of New York in ships infected with disease and for quarantine purposes; and whereas the com- duct of the said Hoard of Health in ao eatabilahing « quaran- ting on Staten Ieland isin dedance of Isw and of great in- jury to the persons and property of the residents, Now, be it wo will use all peaceable means withia our resist the present and all future attempts which tection to our porsons and 7 .,and we call upon all our f from any ang all unlaw‘ul attempts to re. irons grievances, relying upon the law mplicitly for protveo- Won, "And tothat ead fie farther ‘resolved, that & com- mittee ba appointed, to consist of five town, with power to carry out the object this meeting. Resolved, That we appreciate and endorse the proceedings takon by our special committer, and also that of Mesare. Winots and Beardsley, in procuring an injunction; and ‘are hereby authorized to take auch legal measures as wi protect ugin the enjoyment of rights granted us by law, ‘under the direotion of the commitine. Previous to passage the resolutions were received with the utmost enthusiasm, and a committee of five was ap- pointed from each town on the island. This committes of the moat influential citizens of States ex] the: therefore, authority to regulate their intimate and inherent rights, ‘and the quession was, what ight existed to place a quar- antine upon Staten Island? No man’s rights could be in- fringed upoa without due process of law, and he, fore, would ask, where was the law for the placing quarantine on Staten Isiand? The only law ne gee itil | : i t 32 E522 EF 5 ge i By H g g : H i g sili ty 8 BE = s s 3 3, i i { $ 5 s i ci & H &. if i fe A i rh i i i i fe i 5 5. 4 HE i E ; Hy 4 fore necessary of “No, no.") He then re many other sutborities on the same subject, all showing that Barren Island and other places were filter for the purpose than Staten Istand. He quoted from Judge Hosworth on the right of tho State to take possession of Seguine’s Point, or locate Quarantine on any ground in the State owned by the State. On this point he asked how the Board of Health would like to have Quarantine placed in the city of New York, ax, according to their theory, if it could be placed on any property ‘belonging to the State, it mht placed up the North river, or anywhere else in the . However, no one gan believe that the moat populated part of Sthten Island is the proper for it Simoe the year 1800 this fair island has biasted by its seething influence. They had endured it there for sixty-five years—aixty-five years of sad depreciation in property—unti! the lands of Westchester county, an unpromising district at first, became more valuable than taten Isiand Another excuse made by the Commissoners that well passengers only would be landed there. But what authority bad they to land passengers there? Alt know the proportion of sick and well passengers om board of infected ships, and know how a very few pas sengers coming ashore and bringing tho seods of disease with them will batch a poisonous brood that would de- stroy the population of that fair island, They bave the Jaw in their favor, and legal proceedings are the proper remedy. Lat them see the law enforced, and the tn- junction that had been granted them be backed up. The people of New Jersey would not yield her land, and the Attorney General of the United States backed them. Let them make strong their cause, and no functionary will dare to locate « Quarantine groundfthere. was parsed to change the Quarantine, and every year since then directions were given for that purpose. Suit they have beon nine years under s temporary Quaran- tine, aud excopt (hey acted now it would remain there forever. Mr. Exissowoon next addressed the meeting. Ho sald heir «ide regarding this ques- juded at length to the danger y passengers who carried the disease in ® latent form, and the probability of ite being spread through the island owing to the pearnens of ine’s Point to the Staten Irland Railroad. If » location could not be found elsewhere, thore was not = man present who would not be willing to furnieh am asylom for the unfortunates, They had now a remedy in thelr own hands, After the first case happened aay man could ga before the Grand Jury of Richinond county and fndict the Quarantine buikling as @ uisance, and the Grand Jury had the power to remove it The lives of the people of Richmond county should not be at the marcy of the merchant princes of New York, whose ships come freighted with passengers te th He poke of the protection given invariably Legislature in thie matter to the people of Staten He conciaded by arking them to be peaceable, a be action of the lawe, but at the «ame time to ave the rights of the people of Richmond county placed before the people of tne State of New York om the same footing ae shat of any other part of the State. Mr. Connise the next speaker, and he © ing bow their interests w he people of New York lyp, on acco the number persons goibe backward and forward daily between Staten Island and those places on business, and that the acts of the Logisistare had slways been in their favor, becanne i protecting Staten Island they protected New York. Ee ad no fanit to find with th but in the conduct ef pried Uver s te were appointed D Mr, Dougiaw and Dr. Walser also addrossed tbe meet ing. There was bot the slightest disturbance during th Tr auy intention evown to atten P cen, nged 12 iT * Maria T Marthons, ago 1 am acod 22, of Denmark . of pall fron t é tn ‘ et y ,