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\Y THEATR brow AR DE BAzan SUM OF ov. M MUSE ANATOMY M New York, Wriday, dune 15, 1866, navy and define then oth n of \ bil to ration of the Maryland, made in the cout mm Lo u ition to vid tha FENIANS. repiib) to hay nt that th ratnent orders have y the retura of the neutral txoo; The aroeot the Irish anter. Canadians aro greatly fri House of Represent jaws, and were in a sts ttle to which th 4 the British Colone! Low deserted by the F expedition and return ed to their k placa among a party of ailroad on Wedno: es freely from the m afterwards obtained drinks at Hotel without paying. Two men, vn from the train, one of whom is believed to ly injured, Fenians on the night. Th Nothing of importanes transpired in. this ye relative to Fenian movements. The joers v returned from the front were jou day proposing plans for their ction, It ~d to be the detecmination to renew their atia Kk at no distant day. THE CITY. report of Dr. Bi: 1 shows three cl no c-aths sin ‘ | near the point. Note nolera cases were reported yoster tye Haw istrar, thongh stories of a contrary natur v + throughout the city. eral compla! y ved of the filthy ndition of various tene- yases, The Board of Health meet this afternoon of the Board of Aldermen ye dito require the Nea y to remove tl having refe! erday were ado} faclem Railrond ¢ nce to lighting tion of some oa 4 Board adjouraod to mee v0 day noxt, at two P.M he Board of Conneilmen were in session yesterda: { seted pon a large nambor of pay An ordinance 1 providing that tho drivers on the city rail- cars should reduce the speed of their he ok on appraaching a point fAfty feet from the inte h and continae such specd till t tov a ity of tifty dollars for the viola- tion The Woard concurred with the N mel fer w lively debate, in directing the Street tisd for proposals to light the city « aer to ady 4 A resolution was # square in Mayor fa 1 contro! ot the public ‘g0 of the City Inspector. iy exec aden fered to cs Treas ter William MeMurray by the inspectors and ed set of resol tions, ‘o! ~f the Metropolitan Police Department, were ‘oloy presented to the retired official by Ge: ndent John A. Kennedy, who, ina brief ad- 1 to the recipient of the testmonial the min which he was held by the donors er and as a gentleman. al regatta of the New York Yacht Club took terday, Three schooners and two sloops coa. 4 for tho prize, the yachts sailing from a point op « Hond, L. L, round tho lightship off Sandy i thence returning to the starting place, The 2 and the schooner Haz? will be declared the kon few tson will take place to-day. The en- narous as could be wished, but those voll known for sped, Unquestionably yacht Ui parts will be im attendance upon this occa T od antral ensure ( excursion of the Union fay, The party teft the at ten o'clock, and, after ried, arriving in the elty ing passed of amicably and pienic Ab took place vost ey artiag Crom pier sveral hours’ enjoyment, r Kveryt { the regular meeting of the ( tos and Correction yesterday rovolutions were edopted viding adepartment in the Alms House for infants ‘0 years of age, and charging stadeuts attending aca! lectures at the hospitais $3 each. A cao came before Judge Ingrahatn. Court, Chambers, yesterday, in wh tomissioners of Chari- in, the Su. rem Hh it is alleged ‘ nv of General Santa Anna had been used for s.udi og purpe The plaintiff! was Mr William J. avior, managing owner of the ateamer Agnes, and the sfotaute 1. Morton Montgomery and Andrew Canede. 19 oflidavit of plajntiff it appeared that the defond time since pnrcliased the Agnes, representing ves a8 agents of Santa Anna, and took the vessel Thomas, whore she was to be paid for, Oa her General Santa Anna, however, repudiated the some a ole transaction, eating that the parties never had awthority frot him. An onter of arrset being ap- Sy plajatia’s counsel, Judge Ingraham grauted ged In Ludlow atrect . claita that they had authority and } letters £ santa Ap r constitutionality of the new excise } iaw wa at great" Jougth yesterday in the | chara irvof Common Vteas, before Judo question camo up at the instanco of Mr. , per of a saloon on Broadway, who raised & uuniber of points similar to those already’noticed iu the of Pau! Falk, of the Lion Park Brewery. The dis- to be resumed this morning. jon i th Smalley, came for trial. of douling in coun of $71 50, and after Rose Cairns pleated her with , dolore alias Albert beon money, to the brief trial yas ty to an indict paving a fifty dollar Sentene? rod for one week, to the Court by counsel that in a counter- c tried last term there was a disagreement of consequence of one of the jurors bein r himself, Edvar Burnton, ch letter from the Post Oflee, was adnilt tod to ball in the sum of three thousand dollars, mt ense was argued yesterday at the » Supreme Court, before Judge Potter. s brought by the People of the State of New inst the Central Railroad Company of New It is claimed that the defendants havo en- United States Cireait Cou the case of Owen up The erfelt a acensed mount Lew croachod upon New York Bay and tho Hudson River in building docks and other improvements cont ed into between the Siptes of in tho year 1333. rgued at issgit by counse!, when Judge Potter re: d lus decision. Commissioner Osborn delivered judgment in the case of the United s, Joli) E, Wells, eap- and Joln Darsey, mate, of the ship Thornton, De- fendants had be rged with confining Thomas Sutil nd William Riley for a aumber of days on the late age from Liverpool to New York, Tho men con at they had been deprived of their liberty and treated. The defence was that the complai ts had become intoxicated and conducted themselves ima lisorderly manner, The Commissioner held that the adduced did not sustain the a nd fore ordered Wells and Dars + of the United States vs, Richard Cox, charged ng acounterfeit five dotiar national currency pner ordered th dofendaut to be di tain len in th: with pa I, the Commis od , *in the y Charles Enghouse, eight dollars from Florian , plealod guilty to an attempt at grand larceny, and was sent to the on fur Joun Norton ¥ ~ hay. tof the ps of Jan ing, on then into the pr sentenced hun to te Ve: Philip Bell, md ct for bj isos of William Brolver, dolla b of cigars te an attempt at sony. Adolph Borliner, Lwith stealing thirty pair of Balmoral gaiters from Bernard B. Zippert, pleaded guilty to an attempt and and liquors, pleaded to com nd larceny, Tuwe prisoners were each sent to the Penitentiary for one y youth, who stole ono hundred and ni worth of clothing, the property of Pollard & KXristellor, was sont to the House of Refuge. The libel suit in the exse in which ex-State vug 8 plaintiff and the editor of the Bi vs is defendant was was devoted to ta given in the now John Allen was a testimony, a synopsts of wh colugans, rrested yesterday charred with b r nt Doin; concer 898 Broadway, of $2,800 A fire occurred Inst evening in the gtuble ne: W. Ladlae’s feed store, GuG Hudson street, by which Lorses were barned to death, The loss 15 estiuated voven at four thousand one hundred dollars. rike of the ship earpeaters, © kers and joiners still continnes, The Brovklyn shipbattders have re turned to their work at the old regutatio’ ‘The 8 market was dull but steady yo Gold ros at 7X. Ba ed by the ma advance in gold, which vnsettled the ma for both j and domesti The tendency of pr: upward and on many articles an adyunes was esta lished, but the advance was not 1, though ins radical, The most important changes were in domestic produce, Cotton and groceries were firm, but cases quiet. On Chango flour was leary ; common grades de- clining 1, a 15e, Wheat was firmer, Cora - edly higher. Oats a shade easier, Pork firmer, Beef steady. Lardin better demand and improved pr Whiskey quiet MISCELLANEOUS. The correspondence between Mr. Motloy, Amer Min at Viewna, and Gount orl, Ausiriau Minister for Foreign Aq he forvar t jaximilian in M. a before Co yester Minister Motley romarks that the time to have arrived when the position of the United States ment in re mm to Moxico should frankly and y be made known to the imperial royal govern. and to ail others whom it may directly concern. accordingly mstracted to stato that the United States desire that Austria may Sad [t just and expedient * upon the ground of non-intervention in Mexico ue United States, and to which They could not but regard as atter of serious conc ue despatch of any troops Austria for Mexico while the subject he was thus directed to present to the Austrian government remains inder consideration, Count Menedorf, an May 90, re- turns In answer that in consequence of the above men- tloned consideration the necessary mossires have beep taken to suspen the departure of the nowly enlisted = 93 distin ry ment He is sincere! volunteers for Mexico. Our correspondence from Brownsville, Toxas, contains intoresting items from the situation in Mexico, An ox. pedition of imperialists marched from Monterey, another from Saltillo, and another from Matchuala, with the tne tention of dispersing the army of Espinosa et Victoria. They were, however, outilanked by General Escobedo, who o-cupied Linares, a town im their rear, and forced them to retire, with a heavy loss in desertions. Advices received at New Orleans trom Honduras state that the revolution there bas assumed serious propor- tions, and that the government forces under General Carbones had beon defeated in an action with the insur- General Carbonez was insurgents, The Italian chip Napoleon Canevero, which sailed from Macao for Callao on the 8th of March, with six hundred coolies on board, was burned on the second day ont, and all on board are supposed to have perished. The coolies revolted early in the day, and when ordered to surrender, threw some burning material into the hold of the vessel, The crew managed to lower a boat and eseape init, but there being eight thousand boxes of Chinese fire crackers in the bold, an explosion took place before the coolies could eseape, Telegraphic despatches from San Francweo dated the 12th inst. state that both parties claim the Oregon elec. tion by a majority of about #ix hundred. The returns of the election in Weshington Territory show large democratic gaine, The entire democratic ticket m nine counties is elected, it if believed to be go in four others, The steamer Constitution had arrived from Panama. New Zealand advices by way of san Franciaco report that four of the murderers of the missionaries at Valkner and sixteon of the murderers of the crew of the Kate had been condemned to death. A terrible gale and flood visited Auckland on the Ist of April, which sunk ine vessels in the harbor, Mr. Rouksean mot Mr, Orinnel! on the street iu Wask. ington yesterday and gave him a lively switching with a rattan. Mr. Grinnell made bat sight resistance, and, it is believed, was not soriously injured. The State Senate proceeded with the trial of Judge Smith yesterday. Resolutions were adopted to the effect that the message of the Governor, read on the lth day of February, gave jurisdiction to that body to determine the truth of the charges against the respondent and remove him from office. The coun- sel for respondent asked time to prepare a defence, and said that the message referred to was not the one they were acting under, and that the mossage read on the 14th of February was not in existence. The President and Secretary of the New York Agrical- | tural Society correct the statement lately mado that they sail Uke rindorpest was in the cougtry, It was the pres- captured by the NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, ence of plouro-pnenmont, a disease entirely different, that they inteuded to announce. Governor Curtin, of Pennsyivania, has addressed a cir cular letter to the Governors of all the loyal States sug- gesting a unity of action in ratifying the now constitu. tional amendment A meeting of delegates of the Massachusetts Army and Navy Union was held in Boston on Wednesday. Resolnuttons were adopted to urge the equalization of the State bounty to all its soldiers who were enlisted into Uie service of the United States, and to support no one for office at the next State election who is not favorable to the bounty equalization, Tho American and Western Union Telegraph Com- panics are abont forming a union of interests, which will control and operate all the territory and connect all points of importance from Newfoundland to san Fran- cise! t Vanconver’s Island. From the latter point a ling to St. Petersburg will be done within a year, and Cubs and the West Indies will be connected, According to the new postal law prepaid and free let- tors are to be forwarded, at the request of the party ad- dressed, from one post office to another, without addi- tional charge, and returned dead letters restored to the writers thereof free of postage, The total number of emigrants who arrived in this city from foreign ports during the month of May last was L consisting of three United States army sur- feons will assemble at West Point, New York, to-day to examine into the physical qualifications of the members of the graduating class, The same board will continue iat ntil it has examined into the physical condition of the nowly appointed cadets who may present them- selves. They will report their proceedings to the War Department ‘The best trotting time to wagons on record was made by the stallion George Wilkes on the Union Course yes- terday, the first heat boing made in 2:27, the second in 2:25, and the third in 2:253%. This beats the time of ora Temple in her match with Ethan Allen, in 1859, by two seconds and a quariér in the aggregate. af The steamer Magnolia was burned at St Louls yester- Way morning, The loss is about $100,000. The Reconstruction Scheme of Congress Passed Over to the States. he Tlouse of Representatives, by a vote of 120 to $2—a atrfet party division of republi cans and democrats—has passed the proposed amendment of the constitution as it eame from ihe Senate, and the proposition is therefore transferred from Congress to the legislatures of the several States for thvir ratifications, If three-fourths of said legislatures, counting al! the States of the Union, or, peradventure, i/ three-fourths of the States represented in Con- 1 approve it, said amendment will secome or be accepted as part and parcel of the snpeome law of the land. This amendment provides that all persons born or naturalized in the United States, of ali colors (except Indians not taxed), are citizens and of the State in which they live, have equal protection under the thereo! and nl laws; that the basis of representation in Con- gr «shall be regulated according to the re- ious which the States may severally im- pose upon the right of suffrage; that a large sehcdule of rebels shall be excluded from ail federal ofices hereafter, subject to admission ineach case by a two-thirds vote of each house of Congress: that the national debt and sol- ders? ne and bounties shall be held m- violate, and that all debts of the rebellion or of any rebellion, and all claims for losses of slaves shail be everywhere and utiorly repu- diated. Atl these things are in the amend- ment which the State legislatures will now be called upon to ratify; and no’ doubt every proposition will meet the ap- proval ot that great body of the pgo- ple which carried the government tri- umphantly through the fearful ordeal of the lai fic Southern rebellion. Congress, in is, in rejecting the violent and ob- as and propositions of Thaddeus ul in adopting the policy of Presi- cent Johnson, has saved the republican puriy from olution and has given ita powerful platiorm for ihe approaching fall elections. Yet the leader of the radical majority of the House, the disgusted Stevens, while pleading the necessiiy which has exacied his vote tor this amcudment, cannot forego the opporiunity rihiaa shot or two at President John- son. yens complains that the Executive has en the greaé Marplot of reconstruction, rosing that “the slave Siates should remaia as nearly as possible in their an with such small modifications as he and prime minister might th fit to suggest, with- out any impertinent interference trom Con- gress;” that “he anticipated the legitimaic action of the national legislature, and by rank usurpation erecied government's in the eon- quered prov 8, imposed upon them inatiin- | tions in the most arbilrary and unconstile tional manner, and now maintains them as legitimate governments and insolentiy de- mands that they shall be repfesented in Con- gress on equal terms with Joyal, regula: Siatea;” that “to repress this tyranny ahd 0 the same time to do some jnstice to conque ed rebels requires caution,” and that “ihe grove danger is that the seceders may soon over whelm the loyal men in Congress.” Hence, while the supposed implacable Sievens is con- strained to take this Senate amendmen! as ‘be best he can get, he is inclined to “hope for better things in further legislation, in enabling | acts or other provisions.” | | | e ter er WO 0 no: stevens, fora f Here, in these confessions and denunc tions of Stevens, it is apparent that in falling back upon the reconsiruction policy of the administration the radicals have uot abated & jot of their wrath against Andrew Johnsou. They appropriate his work; they steal his thunder ; but they like him none the better ia boing driven to this course, They have, bow ever, flanked him on reconstruction: they cat hold his republican supporters to his owa | terms, and watch and wait for the opporus | uity to subjugate him entirely or crush bim out | In this condition of afuirs what is President Jobnson doing to strengthen himself among ‘he people? ‘Turning out a twopenny ofticer | holder here and there and putting in so-called Johnson men trom the same general class of loafers that furnished the materials for the petty oficers of Captain Tyler in his day. | Something betier than this is wanted, Mr. Pres! den!, to bring your administration in froat of | the republican party and not bebind it. | Something in the way of bold and positive measures and proceedings is needed for this purpose. What they are we have already sulli- ciently indicated. We cannot, however, refrain from repeating our solemn warning to Mr. | Johnson that there is “no half way boure of | Aiplomatic rest’ tor him between Andrew Jackson and Jobo Tyler. Decision or ran Count or APruALs Merper Cases.—The recent dec! cases of the four murderers, F Gonzales and Pellicer, would indicate thot the Court of Appeals fully comprehends the | responsibility of its position as the highest jadictal tribunal in the State and the protec- tor of justice against the violent and ajrocious | could have prevented a difftenlty with this JUNE 15, 1866, erlmes which so frequently pervade society. ‘These wretchod criminals had their eases sub- mitted by counsel through the various legal channels to the court ef last resort, and in each case the conviction and sentence of the court below have beea ratified. We regard this as a wholesome evidence that the loose system where- by great criminals too often escaped the penalty duv to their offences, through legal technicali- ties, delays and other means known to prac- fitioners of the law, cannot always prevail. Every fact and every argument which legal acumen could suggest was no doubt em- ployed in behalf of the prisoners, and the judgment of the Court of Appeals, therefore, stands not alone perfect in law, but absolutely unquestionable. Justice, then, may take its course and no man can demur, In connection with the action of the Court of Appeals the abuse of Executive clemency sug- gests itself, That it has been most loosely and in many instances most mischievously exer- cised from time to time there can be no doubt. The pardoning power of the Governor needs great restriction, and there is no reason why the authority now placed at the discretion of the Executive should not be transferred to other honds, For example, why not vest the pardoning power in the Court ‘of Appeals, which, like other branches of the judi- ciary, might exercise a double jurisdiction and act asa Courtof Pardons also? Being cog- nizant of all the facts in such cases as are brought before them the judges would be betier able to discriminate than any single individual, who very frequently knows nothing about law and may be influenced very often by other motives than a strict sense of justice to the community in the indiscreet exercise of ois prerogative. If this mode is objectionable there are many other ‘means which might be adopted in regniating the pardoning power besides leaving it io the diseretion of the Gov- ernor. The Convention for the revision of the State constitution will meet next year, and we recom- mend this question to their serious considera- tion. Among the many duties which will de- volve upon its members they will probably find none of more serious importance to the public than a revision of the question of par- doning criminals. Disposrtios or tue Goverxmest MINERAL Lanps.—The repori presented to the House of Representatives by Mr. Julian, from the Com- mittee on Public Lands, brings up a subject that is’ of great interest and importance in the present heavily burdened condition of the country. There is no question that if the im- mense area of goid-bearing terrifory at the disposai of the government were regulated by some fixed and well defined policy, (here might be derived from its sale such sums as would coniribute materially to diminish the amount of the public debt. We will not enlarge on the benefits that would accrue from the exten- sion that would be given by it to the eurrency basis of the country and to the enterprise of our citizens; for these considerations mast be manifest to every one. The reservation of lands producing the precious metals while the government sells others containing iron, cop- per, Jead and coal, is certainly a strange anomaly. We have never yet heard a single good reason assigned in its favor, while in the re- port now before us iis mischiefs are abundantly demonstrated. It is shown that under the losing syeicm of the lead and copper mines of Mhlino’ sour and other States not only were the settlement and civilization of these regions retarded, but neither the national treasury nor ihe miner was benefited. “With the sale of these lands,” says the report, “a new class of men at once took possession of them as the owners of the soil, brought their families with thom, laid the foundations of social order, ex pelled the barbarians who had secured a tem- porary occupancy, and thus at once promoted their own welfare, the real prosperity of the country and ike financial interest of the gov- ernmeal.” ‘The beneficis! effect of the substitution of an absolnie title in fee for the indefinite posses- sory righis or claims now asserted by mincrs las been ofien urged by us. Nothing is more caleulated to retard the permanent improve- ment of the mining regions than the un- atisfiac tenure under which the lands are $t{ present held. Their wealth and their imporiouce to the national prosperity do nw xelusively in the minerals they pro- 4 ieuttural riches of Celifornia e then counterbalance ber min- So it will be in time with the -beering régions. The more Import- “ove, that efforts should be made ON iO! to atira hem @ population not nomadic end unsteady in its eharacter, but that will strike root in the soil and develop it to the full extent of it* eapabilities, In the bill whick has been prepared in accordance with the recommendations of the report we are glad to see that the interesis of the present occupants of mines have been carefully protected. They will only be required to pay for their claims, the costs of survey and land office fees, This is Wue just and will disarm any opposition that might have been got up against the measure. In its provisions in regard ‘to dis- coverers and purchasers it is equally discrimi- nating and liberal. That it will meet very general support from the mining interests of tbe country we are safe in anticipating. Whether its passage by the present Congress is equally sure is another question. There t no nigger in the fence in connection with it, and therefore it may not enter inio the cate- gory of favored measures, Of its final adop- tien, however, there can he no doubt. Our financial necessities are too pressing for it to be long postponed in deterence to mere party | influences. Tae Canantays aNd THE Fenian Prisoyens.— It appears from the despatches from Canada that the government there bas decided not to try the Fenian prisoners until the present | excitement subsides. It is well that the Cana- dian authorities! have come to this conclusion. There wes great danger that in the laste to exercise their vengeance the Fenian prisoners would. have # hasty trial and be executed imme- diately. The world has seen so much of British vengeance in India, and more reeently in Jo- maice, Semi everybody expecied that some such > ros act would be committed with the Ferien | prisoners. Had such been the case nothing country. But now that the Canadians have decided to postpone action tor a short time they will have opportunity to look at the subject in all its bearings, and we trust that tbe magnanimity of our government in saving Canada from capture will induce the authori- ties there to treat with. leniency any of our citizens, naturalized or otherwise, who are prisoners in their hands. They will find this policy the best in the long ran. Recent events show very plainly that if any_difficulty arises with the United States Canada is at our mercy and pareriecs | to protect herself. Trave wira Bririsy Nowra Ayunica.—The Seeretary of the Treasury has transmitted to the House of Representatives, in obedience to the call of that body, a report of the com- mercial relations. ween the United States and the British lonies of America, This shows that in the year ending June, 1865, the trade was greater with British North America than with any other country except Great Britain herself. The aggregate was over sixty millions of dollars. The tonnage clearing from United States ports for these colonies ‘was over three and a half millions, and the entrance from them over three millions. The increase of trade over the previous year had been very great. With or without a reci- procity treaty the commerce of countries so contiguous must continue to increase. To us, however, this is not of so much importance as to the colonists; for, while we do not ignore the advantages of commerce with them, we have all the resources within ourselves that they can furnish and a market for our produce elsewhere. The point to which we would call the atten- tion of the colonists is this: that their interests are more closely bound up with the United States than with England. They ought, there- fore, not only to be the best neighbors, but should look forward to incorporation with this republic. If the trade be so large and valna- ble now, with all the restrictions imposed by duties and otherwise, British America being a” foreign country, what would it be were all these restrictions removed through annexation ? ‘The prosperity of these colonies would be in- creased immensely. We do not want them; we have territory enough; but if the colonists are wise they will turn their attention to an- nexation instead of confederation. Sooner or later it must come to this. “She Fenians nor any other people would distur» theni thea. The sooner they prepare for their inevitable destiny the betier for themselves. Tae Frencu ts Mexico.—The appropriation for the Paris Exposition being under de- bate in the Senate on Wednesday, Mr. Grimes offered an amendment postponing all action in regard to the matter until the Emperor Napo- leon shall give a positive assurance of the withdrawal of the French from Mexico. Mr. Grimes probably meant his amendment to be regarded in France as an exponent of the public sentiment here concerning Moximilian: but in fact Mr. Grimes is some time behind the age. Napoleon has given the most positive assurances of the withdrawal of the Freach. Out goverument understands this; so do the French; so do the Mexicans; so does Maxi- milian, who is now considering whether to go with the French troops or stay behind and take the chances of revolu- tion and assassination. Mr. Grimes had better keep posted up in current history and leave Mexican affairs to Santa Anna, who under- stands them perfectly. Axotner Netsance.—We understand that the Board of Health has not yet suppressed the bone-boiling establishments and thot they are still permitted to infect the air with their nox- ious effluvia. The gas manufactories have been in some measure reformed, and certainly it is quite time for the bone boilers to be taken in hand. In London, where public attention has recently been called to this subject, the authori- ties are making the most vigorous efforts to suppress the nuisance. Our Board of Health ought to be engaged in the same work. It would be a hundredfold more beneficial than publishing the particulars of every little case of so-called cholera. No Cnonera IN THE Cooney 1 rats Scum It is fast becoming the genera! opinion among medical men that we are to have no cholera in this country this summer. Able medical prac- titioners and journals pronounce the character of the epidemic changed from what it was in former years and say that it is not so apt to spread as formerly. The health of this cily is unusually good, the continued cool weather is favorable for health, and should the Board of liealth discontinue its efforts to frighten the people by magnifying every case of diarrhoea into cholera we shall probably entirely escape its ravages. — SeTTLEMENT OF A Vani Quvestion.—The de- cision of the Police Commissioners in the ease of Mrs. Dr. Walker has settled the question of the right of ladies to wear the breeches. All sensible married men had long since tacitly conceded it, and it is surprising that when they ceased to objeet others should think of opposing it. How true the saying that “fools rash in where angels f fear to edie Teiecrarn Coxsoupatios,—The American and Western Union Telegraph companies are about conciuding an agreement of union which amounts to a consolidation of interests. The new consolidation will control and operate over one hundred and four thousand miles of telegraph wire, covering all the territory and connecting ali points of importance from Newfoundiand to San Francisco and Vancouver's Island. From the letter point a line fourteen thousand miles, to St. Petersburg, will be done within a year Cuba ond the West Indies will be connected, and the success of the Atlantic cable in August next is confidently hoped for The Preedme Barran. ree COMMISSION IN ALABAMA —@ ewarnn's CONDUCT APPROVED ~- IRRBGULARUTINS HIS SUBORDINATES. Mostcomuns, Ala. June 14, L866 The investigation of General Steedman thus far on Alabama shows that the Bureaa affaira have beon woll attended at headquarters by Goneral Wager Swayne, but that considerable irregularities have been committed by his subordinate agents, AMONG Governor Cartin a he Reconstraction Amendment, PUTLADELPRIA, June 14, 1806, After the Senate hed adopted the constitutional amend- ment just concurred in by the House of Representatives, Governor Cartin addressed @ circular letter to the Governors of alt the loyal States suggesting the propriety of union in action in calling t er their Legislatures for the ratification of that amet . It is now under. vot that such uniform action be had, and that before the adjourninent, of Congres* a ratification of the amendment will be made, New Hampshire ted States Senators Coston, N, HL, June 14, 1866 ‘The republican caucus has nominated James W. Pater. son for Uuited States Senator, on the fourth ballot, by a vote of 124 out of 205, ‘The tron-Clad beh a in, Me, June rir iron Tho commissioner fram Washtagton to examine tie facilities for an iron-olad basin arrived here to-day mre THE NAVAL OFFICE. Applicants for the Position Mado Vueans by the Death of Mr. Odetl-Tue Baste of Their Several Claims—the Cliques and Factio: Onee More in Gicat Come motion, &e, ‘The death of Mr. Odell, the Naval Odivor of this port as made another vacancy in the Custom House lit this city for President Johnson to fill. [t is probably the best position in many respects connceted with the Custom House—largor pay in accordance with * the responsibilities of the office than ang other It is, im fact, the gentleman's oitice of the Cus- tom House, The duties are of a nature bett suited to @ person of the legal profession (han any other, While it is uot positively required that the pe son assuming the duties shall be a lawyer, yot it is con sidered thatthe duties can be discharged with greater Satisfaction to the public and more advantageously to the governmont by a member of the legal profession There ara those, however, who hold that the incwa bent must be a merchant; but since there is x merchant holding the position of Collector it 1s tulr to suppose that the iegal gentlemen who apply will be fayorabiy con- sidered this time, At least such is their reasoning now, and time alone can tell whether they are right or not, THE CANDIDATE: Mr. Odell has iain so long at the point of death that the gossipers have been busy for some time selecting his successor. Several candidates have beon fixed upo: and 4s a matter of course they are now talked about ia Political ciycles and their chances canvassed pro and con. No person has yet been appointed by the politicians, and to all appearances there is coasiderable doubt sinong them who shvuld have the place, They probably dosire to hear from Washington. ‘The first man in the field is Geo, W. Blunt, who wilt be pressed bythe extreme rad: His papers and en dorsements are already in Washington, where they have been on file ever since hus failure tu obivin the office of Surveyor of the port. It is said that he eontemplates presenting those documents to back him am his present lication, They embrace the recommendations of the Cnion League and a number of prominent genudemen in this city, Lt is also rumored that Secrctary Stanton wilt also ms, and s¢ of bis friends count upon Provost, Marshal Goneral Fry's influence tn same direction, on the ground thet he def system of mathematics aud Supervisor Orisoa Blunt in the gurea, Next on the lst comos on Governor Story city. Tt is s eral C. A Arthur, formerly but now practising law in ogeiher provable that he will be ed by Morgan and al! his friends, which means the rea} life and ngth of the republican party of shis por tion of the State. Many of Weed’s friends will also meud his appointm-nt; yet it is doubtful whether Weed will use his inflaence in that direction, for the rea gon that he will be afraid that Arthur is more ef a Mor. gan man than he isa Weed man. The essential potat with J is that those whom he favors for a position shall, when appoluted,: ‘consult.’ The politicians alt very well know what cousult means when used in that quarter. General Arilur’s strength has not yet been ceveloped, and it 1s impossible to tell how formidable he may be in the cvatesi. One thing is certain—he has stronger backers ou the ground at Washington than any other candidate yet named. ©. 8. Franlklin, we Deputy Naval Officer, is also a ean- didate; but it is not yet known what interest is pressing ms or what bis Mr. Usher, also holding a pos ment, is desirou 4 candidate, but is waiting for orders trom ¥ vd to it, If that gentleman says he may be a candidate, them Mr, Usher will enter the contest; but ii Weed says no, then Mr. Usher's name will not be found on the list of applicants, Colonel A. M. Wood, of Brooklyn, is also mentioned and strongl¥ urged on the ground that the oilice for the balance of Odell’s term belongs to that locatity. Hel is pressed by what is known in politics as the Brooklyn Regency; which now and then exerctses considerable power on appointments Colonel Hillyer is also in the ficld, As he was en- dorsed by General Graut for the office of Collector of the port he wil! no doabt receive for this office theysame en- dorsemeat, and ulso that of tae new party organization recently started in this city asa brane of the Johason Ciub in Washington. The democrats are claiming some attention in this irection, The name of David RK. Fioyd Jones is exten talked of in that quarter; bat whether this is with the kuowledge or sauction of tit gentleman it 1s impos sible to ascertain. ‘There are no doubt a number of other aspirants whose names have not been made public as yet, but who will goon tara up in Washingion with peiiiiens and letters without number, The above, however, contains all the names canvassed inp. 1 circles y day and are sufficient for a commencement in this new contest. The cliques are not all sented yet, and as amatter of course other aames will have to be trotted out and a fight made over who shall be Head Centre for tue Naval office. It igaprize too large to go by default, and the public may expect uo small amount of commotion itis over, If it takes President Jonason as iong to make up his mind in this case as it did whom to appoint Col lector the numerous candidates will have plenty of time to prepare their documents ap nd a few months’ salary iu travelling to and from to Waehington before any of them will kuow how their ctanc Musteai. ENGLISH COMIC OPERA—THE ROSE OF CASTILE. Mr, Eichberg’s charming little work, The Doctor of Alcantara, was superseded on Wednesday evening at the French theatre by Balfe’s Rose of Casti The change Was not one culeulated to increase or even maintain tue justly earned popularity of Mr. Draper's company. The Rove of Cesiile, as the libretto states, is an imitation of the modern Lialian sebool, but a very poor one ‘The orchestral ar.angement of Wednesday night (we will not undertake to discuss the outhorship) is entirely um suited to the subject or plot of the opera. It is monoto nously stringed throughout, and puerile also to a great extent. The part of Elvira (the Rove of Castile) was enacted by Miss Caroline Richings. It is am extremely trying test for any soprano, and abounds in modera Italian scherzot, floriteri and other ridiculous. Vocalisms , and requires a thoroughly trained Haliaa voice to make it even bearable. The “Convent Beil,” in the second act, sung by her, was the omly good zolo she bad in the entire rile. lk wns well sung. Miss Aarrisoo, as Donna Carmen, bad little to do or sing, but she did as, well as could be ex pected from tue meagre materials afforded her by the librettist or composer, Mr, Castle was passable as the disguised king of Castile. He sang the ballad ‘Tw Rank and Fame,’! in the third act, admirably, and re ceived a merited encore, Mr. Campbell war in better voice than ever we heard him before, He sang the fine baritone air in the second act and the buffy duet rplen- didly. Regarding acting, the best m that lino in the cast was Mr. Seguin, The quartet in the first act, where EKivira is discovered by the conspiring nobles, in one of the gems of the opora. It was well rendered by Miss Richings and Messrs. Campbell, Seguin and Wylie. The rondos, &c., in the rest of the opera are compiete nonsense, Now ff, instead of such heavy works as this Rove of Castile je (for there is not the slightest particl+ of comic element in it), the management of the English opera would give us light sparkling picces, like the Doctor of Aicaniara, Two Cadis, Rose of Tyrol, Crown Diamonds: and Offenbach’s charming operetta, there Is no doubt of ite success, even during the heated term. Heavy, com- bering works that last till after eleven o'clock will never become popular m the summer season. Of course,.it would be uniair to judge severely of the artiste cast m Uho first representation of an opera, but we eannot sec how, im its present shape, without considerable cutting down, the Rose of Castile will be a success, The only effect it may bave is to make the Doctor of Alcantara, which Is sandwiched between it and the other operas in contemplation, more acceptable. Let us have, by a means, truly comic operas, and not euch logubrious works as the Rose of Castile. Brooklyu City News. Fosenat of Moses F. Openr.—The funeral of tue lw Moves F./ Odell, Naval OMeer of the Port of New York, will take place this afternoaa at four o'clock, fron the Sands street Methodist Episcopal church, The Four. teonth: National Guard, wi!) parade om the oeen- sion, Pa meg hy in the obsequics, +R Sespat ScHoor Pies ‘Undauuted by (he threatening appearance of the weather, the scholars attached to the Sunday School of the Church of the Redeemer (Univer salist), in Greene avenue, wend on their annual picnic ex- catsion yesterday, to a grove on the tine of the Jamaice Railroad, where they ings and partook of all the ingocent amusenve: are graccally UFoUght Ou! Qa suck occamons.