The New York Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1866, Page 6

MEXICO. THE DELIBERATIONS AT ORIZABA. ——— The Mexicans Opposed to Any Ceasion of Their Territory. Visit to a Liberal Camp in the Valley. > The Spirit of Revolution in Lower California. ac. &ec. &c. QUA SITY OF MEXICO CORRESPONDENCE. Grry or Mexico, Nov. 29, 1866, WAXMGLIAN WILL RETURN—PERBAPS, For the iast fortnight we have been treated to an upvarying programme.’ In the morning we are ‘‘posi- tively” assured by Hofficials” that the Emperor. will abdi- cate forthwith, andin the evening the eame authority says that Yaximilian has reconsidered hie determination, ‘and wil) return in.c few days. Tho fact is poor Max has ‘become 86 completely Mexicanized that he doos not ‘know hie own mind, and therefore no reliance can be placed upon his resolves, He is truly ag “unstable as water,” and there #6 no tolling what his next freak may be. The trivmvirate project. fell through, owing to the @etestation in which:Miramon and Marquez are held by ‘the people. The Emperor wil! hold on till the last moment, and wheu bis last bope is dispelled he will resign the govern- meni into the hands of the “Junta of Notables.” A wice arrangement, but-one that will be upset either by Bazaine or the Yankees. cs The connell meetsngsheld in Orizaba on Saturday and Sunday do not appear to .have resulted very satisfacto- rily. Tbe Saturday meeting determined the Emperor to carry out his intention: to abdicate, and the mail on Paeeday brought a letier 40 Captain Pierson to fore ward foribwith the ferr remaining personal of- fecis of the Emperor remaining in this oity. On Sunday matters took a different turn, all the ministers except one, and the entire Council of tate except three were, present, and matters were fully @iecusaad. Schor Almazan and two other Councillors advised abdicauion, but the rest would not listen to such course Seior Almavan and his two coadjutors were asked wo retire, when the Emperor inquired of the re- mainder, ‘How sorry” they were for him to leave— would they at once raise $3,000,000 and 20,000 gwen? If this was done, without.any more bumbuggery, Be would stay a while donrer, otherwise he would be ef! for Europe on the 30th. This staggered those pre- sent, and every effort was made to move him from this jution; but, for once, Maximilian was firm and de- @ided. The resuli has been carefully concealed, but it ww believed the Cabinet and Council gave the required securities, inasmneh as Bazine says the Emperor will g00n return, and the gendarmes have been ordered to Puebla to escort him back to this city, But, ‘reliable’ ax thie story is, it may yet be frustrated, and very pos- sibly before to-morrow morning Maximilian may be on bts way to Vera Cruz, whither his baggage has preceded a mn. No doubt the supposed determination of the United Btatee not to assist Juarez with an army and not to pay Mexican dents infnenced the course of the Emperor. Hie Majesty and his Councillors still indulge the vain Rape of andther insurrection in the United States, and which they assert would, in less than throe years’ time, take the empire of Mexico the leading Power upon the Awerican continent. Their papers daily devote a chap- ter or two to this absurd topic, and mdustriously en- Geavor to prove that before the frst day of Jam mext the whole Soutir will be again in a blaze of rebel- Hon, which wil) be sustained by President Johnson and Genera) Grant, with ali the army and navy to back them. They cannot believe there is any other than the Mexican way—civil war—for ending political disputes, . THE 1DE4 OF AMERICAN INTERVENTION te daily joxing popularity. Outside this city few men dare advocate an American protectorate, and especially ‘Wf coupied with cestion of territory. In the interior, where Juarez was formerly almost. idolized, the’ bare re- port that he had sold to the United States the Lerritor; f Lower Califortfa ond the States of Sonora aud Chi- huahua, bis vane has been detested, and ‘should he come before the people for President he could hardly find a corporal’s guard of adherents, The indignation against bim at the South and West is intense, and it will be a long time before lie can bo restored to public favor, especially if American troops be sent here to assist him in pacifying the country. ‘The Patria{ mine Setorlal organ) t> doing ail in its power to bring odium ‘pon American intervention, and devotes particalar attention to this subject. Tt is always violent in its de- Bynciations of the United States, and loses no opportu- ily of dofaming vs, It is with such style of articles ‘the public are led to believe there can be no intervention. Vor 10 A LIRRRAL CAMP, ‘The Sine of Mexico appoars to have been sown with @ragon’s teeth, for pers men are springing up as if by in every quarter. Pachuca is occupied by Gene- wal Mereodo, who bas aforce of eeven thousand mop, ‘and which is daily increasing. Toln is occupied by abont Swelve hundred liberals. Roderigues has under Bim six thonsand stout — fellow: while Du- aille bas some two tho more, and Bundreds are concentrating around Tlaxcala and Tulancingo, determined to drive the French and ‘Austrians Cut of thore two cittes; and they will bo in spite of every resistance that may be offered. * headqua are at Apozaco, the present ter- menus of the firet di ‘of the Imperial Mexican Ratl- gyay, and st the invitation of Mr. Dubois, Chief Super- it, I determined to pay the fiberal camp a visit. Foa@winds along between the mountains and over 1 fertile plame, some of them of great extent, @ighty-seven miles to Apozaco. The route traversed much historic interest, « portion of it being same af taken by Cortez when marching to the con- queat of Montezuma’s capital. The road passer direcity jains of Otnmbe, upon which the Spaniards i ‘across the fought ir Gercest battie, and where were so Dear Being Gefeated. The i Between fan Juan and Nes but one mile from ‘the road, from which they are plainly visible. Tho ‘49 in fine order, woll ballasted, and te laid with beavior 7)! than eny other road on this continent. ‘THE TOWR OF APOZACO je situated about half a league from the railroad term- mua. Like all a towns, it iv im Auins, boasting but two bourses even comparative respectability, apd ‘Which belong to the owners of haciendas The is ever 8,000 feet above the level of the sea and je in piain mus of Le ge ae of Mexico—Orizaba, Pea aerke , wnlens it be divided or the French send @ large force to break it up. Thus far the men have conducted themscives with a gon propriety, cn cnet privaie property, neMted Purpores, and allowing trains of merchandise to without tnterruption. Several bands of robbers 1@ been broken up by Rode and after outlawing ‘She villain Antonio Perez, he made the country #0 hot for ‘shat scoundrel that over two hundred of his men de- proviae Sy — he near an coat Perez bas t Ht Sdvisable tochange bis base and gone south Sigua hin cia tepah OF bomnery eg permitted to fellow old trade utcher ost and ray without ‘Met or hindrance. ms ei RODRICERS ‘ww by no means the bean ideal of a General, being a dried Atle fellow weighing but about ninewy ponnda He more noted for hie administrative abilities than for his F venga) an 4 soldier, In thie respect he har quite succensfal. He has all of the Mexican koack ef beice upon the winning side, and chan: @tpies to st circemstaaces—a charncterist Tow “‘petriow.’ When Ji was in power, stronger supporter than Rodrigues, when hi ie chief's mar waned and Maximilian came with al! the pomp and power of an Emperor Rodrigues t him his ser\ ices was rewarded with a colonels commission and the command of the caste of Perote; but he did not wait for the emtwrkation of the Froneh or even the abdica ten of bie =. Three months since he pro. seoneed for and Liberty,” and surrendered Perote inte i hands, His army ie largely com. pored of cavalry, well mounted, aa may be sup. pored when they are allowed to take from the People whatever animals they need for public ose §=6The =fnfantry is the less popular branch of the service, and presents a unique epprarance. neesed a dress parade. The major in command was minue « sabre, but flourished in an im- menre red sash —probably indicative of bis blood thirsty Sieposiiion. One captain had a eword without a scab- ‘Dard, and two or three ieutenants remedied that defect by substituting scabbards of raw bide—a serviceable but means clegant invention. The men were well armed, eod which they kept in exeeliont order; their was vey waperteny and @ Seperate jack of everywhere evident Bat two uni- forme eould be found in the entire bommand, and Lh of Austrian deserters’ The OUR LA PAZ (LOWER CALIFORNIA) CORRESPONDENCE. La Paz, Lower California, Nov. 24,1866. surgents had with them. When the rebels arrived at a Point about three miles from the city, they halted, and formed in their order of battle, viz:—commenced yelling, riding furiously about within a small compass, and dis- charging their firearms, Knox gent off a squad of men to watch their motions, and to report in case they ap- proached nearer. The government party was on horse- back. Riding uparavine, it came suddenly upon the rebel army, which turned tail and fled. The squad fired, but the result was merely the placing of a bullet in the neck of a horse, Both parties then ran as if the devil ‘was after them, cach towards its own roost, the poor quadruped being the only victim on the battle field. During three days the utmost vigilance was exercised by the garrison of La Paz. Certainly, not more than half the corps became oblivious from the effects of mescal while celebrating the victory. The war ceased, and for afew hours Navarete could congratulate bimeelf on being safe in the governmental chair. La Paz is comparatively a new city, having been built within the past thirty years. The time of its greatest prosper- ity was in 1863, there being a large number of foreigners then engaged in mining in the adjoining districts, ‘At that period La Paz contained about three thousand in- habitants; and, as all the supplies for the mineral region in the southern portion of the peninsula went from here, business of all kinds prospered. Since 1863, however, in consequence of the abandonment of many mincs and the small amount of work done on the remainder, business has almost entirely coased, and the population has dwin- died down to about one thousand. Very few foreigners are now residing in the city, and those who are here— with scarcely an exception—are endeavoring to close business in order to remove. ‘WRAVY TAXKB AND IRREGULAR LEVIES, Being the seat of government, and the principal busi- ness houses of the Territory being concentrated in La Paz, the city bas been taxed very heavily, especially during the past two or throe years. There is no regular ‘assessment on property, as with us, When the Governor requires money for State purposes he makes out a list of La Paz merchants whom he knows to be able to pay, and demands the amount from them, fixing the sum each has to disgorge according to hig own idea of the contents of their safes. Sometimes he calls this a “forced loan,” and gives the parties credit for the same, to be repaid when sufficient duties are received at the Custom House (which, by the way, does not olten occur); and atothers he says ‘direct tax,” and there is no re- course. These methods of obtaining money have become exceedingly obnoxious to the citizens, and have been the ag poh gg Th thinking: they can be used no worse, aro ready to try almost any new man, in hopes that the situation will be changed for the better, and therefore wink at, if they do not openly assist, the attempts of diflerent es to secure the reins of gov- ernment. This bas. been the case since Baja'Cali- fornia has been worth talkiag or writing about, and prob- ably will be so long as she remains a tespitory of Mexico, NAVARETS’S DEMANDS, Last month, in consequence of threatened and at- tem; rebellion, the Governor thought it advisable to retain about sixty soldiera, These men he was compelled 000, but the ci flatly refused ay dc ilar, $1, ut the citizens to pay one dollar, giving as a reason that “the Governor had no need of In San Antonio there was an indignation meeting held and a revolution was partially decided upgn. It therefore became necessary for Navarote to in ins demands on La Pa& and take stringent measures for the enforcement thereof. Having his soldiers to back him he succeeded in raising quite @ respectable amount of the oil with which the wheels of government are greased. KBVOLUTIONS IN LOWER CALIFORNIA. Probably the most important revolution which has taken piace in Lower Caliiornia of late years was the one of 1865, which placed Pedro Navarete in power. The ou occurred in November and was directed against Don Felice Gibert, be being charged with entertaining a desire to deliver up the country to the imperialists, revolutionsts effected their purpose without blood. Gibert left secretly for the city of Mexico, declin- to make any resistance, and Don Antonio: ‘ine, who bad been elected Lieutenant Governor or Vice Gefe Politic, on the same ticket with Gibert, was m- stalled into the mental chair. After a few months of quiet rule Pedrine expressed bimecif as anxious to a; and, on ‘solicited so to do by the leading the Le called,an election to fill the On the Ist of May last the election took and tw thousand votes were polled. The candidates were Don Pedro Navareio and Don Ramon Navarro. mere uaeenes Leste the endans ob toe tomioone ty party determined to by force, the inauguration of the succeesful ly assembied it eighty— and prociaimed thei ‘Yhe person of new Governor and prevent the counting ef the They si in the latter object, Teetlon eo, Dovenste took LE Z £ ig ? oe 58 i H gs i fges Hie Hl i i HH | ! j fie i i. 4 Gu E i 5 33. | # A if lit Jez A a iF iH fat Pieces ah ; but, if consequence of the known the three men previous to the Na. varei*, no doubt, fh jeanne io ing him upon ‘hea the of the Governor Feneral principles, came Known in La Paz, several of the leading citizens called upon him urging him to withdraw his sentence; they became so warm in their solicitations that he finally to abide by the decision of a council of his officers. counct] was therefore convened; and after a abort deliberation it was decided to fine and banish the cul- prits, The amount of $6,000 ($4,000 each) was there- upon by the prisoners, they were sent to the main of Mexico, It will be eaay to ive wh pd Lied avis by the council, when it ‘nown that core ‘not been for upwards of a year, and t! ‘there was some chante of thelr obtaia- a few dollars if the fine was collected. The friends Yeuperday, Pedrine lef San Joss r a Anef hy Oa ae an vamin. orl oat manor to eat ikohy bus we bope for pense ering” et eam, res sugurated as Governor,--Ep. Henan.) _—_—— ‘The Pirates at Cape St. Lucas, Lower California. epee a ct Gand la Me a ledy pamed document in my pocket, and here’ it is,” producing at the same time a sheet of note paper, doubled in the form of a letter, and carefully opening it he showed the name of Gay Coens. Bago ag ig no seas that this note was passed to rtols by one of his comrades pr he hed stated that his original orders were on shore. A signal was then made by Powers, and another of four men came off to the ship. It’ was now nora to attempt to do anything for the ship, as the passengers were entirely unarmed, and the arms of the vessel con- sisting of only three old muskets out of repair and no emmunition for inal ni At night a portion of the crew were taken to a small sloop in order that the Basco should be tvo short handed to attempt to make sail. Matters remained in this state until the morning of the 24th, when D’Artois again came on board, accompanied by most of his party. Having examined the manifest, and discovermg that there were several thousand dollars in coin and silver amalgam. belonging to several parties on rd, he pro- ceeded to the cabin and ransacked the place for the money, without reference to the rights of the passen- gers. The rascals even went so far as to take $76 in coin from the Captain’s pockets. In order toobtain their information regarding the money they were com- pelled to break open the sealed packages of the La Paz Custom House, One very heavy box, which looked and felt as if it contained koran hot appear ip the mani- fest, and was seized upon with great iNet 4 and carried ie i a ley hours or we returned to the ship, hav- ing, On inspection, prov: 0 contain specimens of ore from the various mines in Baja California, About four o’clock in the afternoon the thieves were withdrawn from the veseel and she sailed. In the mean- time the Captain had given D’Artois a mortgage for $10,000. The pirates stated publicly that it was their intention to remain at the Cape and capture the Sierra Nevada, ani also the bark Keoka, which Jast named Vessel was at Ia Paz when we Jett. They number in all but cleven men, but are as desperate a sct.of villains as can be mustered together, even in Lower California, The names of the pirates, so far as could be ascer- tained, are as follows:--Gaston D’Artois, leaden, Lewis Burns, second in command; Henry Malcolm, Charles Kamisky, Charles Wright, alias Turner; George Shields, Joseph Powers, Arthur Mills, “Harry ;?” the two others are unknown. All of them have lived in Alta Califor- nia, and a majority are known to be blacklegs and des- Peradoes. ‘tho party started from Altata with the inten- tion of endeavoring to capture the Continental, but that vessel not going to Guaymas, the Cape on ir return two days previous to their arrival, thus possibly eluding th fate of the John L. Stephens. The Tehuantepec Railroad and Telegraph. Wasnrxatox, Dec. 11, 1866, ‘The recent decree of the Juarez government, declar- ing forfeited the grant to the Louisiana Company for a railroad and telegraph across the isthmus of Tehuante- pec, and granting a like franchise to the Transit Com- pany, has attracted great attention here. On inquiry it 1s ascertained that the facts are as follows:—In'1852 a grant was made to Sloo and his associates, and on ac- eount of fatlure to perform conditions that the grant was apnuiled 1n 1857 President Comonfort and the fran- chise given to the jana Company. That company having failed to commence within the time pre- scribed, applied to Juarez in 1869 tor an extension, which was granted, and failing again applied to him in 1860 for another extension, which was granted. By the terms of the last extension they woro compelled to commence the work by the first of April, 1862, and complete it in seyen years, unless interrupted by war or insurrection, and the interroption duly proved to the satisfaction of the Mexi- can government: The work was never commenced, and it is alleged by the Juarez govern:nent that there was no war or insurrection in Mexico up to the date limited for its commencement, and that the isthmus has re- mained in possession of the Juarists throughout the French mvasion.. The grant was owned by citizens of and controlled citizens of Louisiana, and the re- bellion in the South was douptless the cause of the delay in commencing and compRting the work. After the close of the rebellion the it of the company wrote to directing the authorities rmit them to commence work. to New Ye change its name New York and Tehuantepec Railroad and Steamship Compene, oe ee was applied to meanwhile by new Transit apany for the grant, and after waiting seyeral months the Louisiana Company to RNa En ec Sila clt poste 8 ‘- lied to ‘ae peers it of thi United recent! ay iment e tt States 10 in and induce f 8 i 8 i # z : it fi of Davenport, lowa, has Dram: arrested and held to for having three hi Butter in Montpelier, Vt.. has doclined from fifty-two to twenty-five cents a pound. © A bureau for the Mississippi Valley, through which all necessary information may §be acquired in regard to been Bayon] shipments and stocks, bh my t points and periods, is to bb lished at St, Louis, ‘With nitro.glycorine for blasting, the Hooxac Tunnel wes advanced at the rate of about ono hundred and thirty-eight feet per month. With To ig sixty- four feet per month is the best they can Charles E. Johnson, of Portemouth, N. H., has beon declared by a coroner's jury guilty of infanticide, and his wife deciared accessory to the murder. Ahorse in Bridgeport, Conn., swallowed a comb the ae which stuck in the orifice of the stomaca and there nearly thirty hours, when it was ex- tractod by @ surgeon with an instrament three and a half feet long, made of wire, covered with leather. A boy named Heath was so severely bitten in the throat by horse in Thetford, Vt., on the 8th inst., that he died in a fow hours. A farmer living near the battle fleld of Antietam bas = cultivating land whereon Union soldiers were uried. Rov. Asa Bronson, who died recently in Fall River, Maas., is said to have hed oe primed ont five hun- dred sermons, All twen' inted octavo to a sormon, this would amountta three funded and forty volumes of five hundred pages each, Luicus B. Fock, of Montpetion Vt, formoriy a mem- pe Ee Re asible on the floor of bis room at a i, Mass., hotol, one day last woek. At Jast accounts consciousness had got been resiored, and his death was considered probable, Mr. J. Dearborn, of Hampton, N. A, has joat within abouttwo months seven of his sight children, all dying of diphtheria, Mass., is about fo memorialize Congress foran jon to build a breakwator for its harbor. ea a ee cago, tannel, | tated Py) gent now Weakwsier onethita of 8 of the present ote, the basin thus formed basia piers and docks. 4 fight in church in each noxt day. searched the other widow, the body of ‘hose newly dood ‘husband tad Giaappeared from te The charities received last year the it BOOK NOTICES. ‘ PUCOU BICOL Se Ree Two Honpaep Humorous axp Gao 10 """ begs) Gi "s Groresquas; on, Joxes Daawn on Woop, with Rhymes by Tom Hood. EMS. Jean w. With illustrations. Porpbarte brothers, Pabisnore, Boston. “Theré are tricks in all trades but ours,” the pablish- ers might say, as well as mombers of apy other guild, But they must confess that the device of printing am edition in England with the name of an American frm and town om the title page has become so frequent that perhaps it no. longer deceives anybody, and may be counted at worst with my lady’s ‘‘Nof at home” and the rest of Mra, Ople’s ‘White Lies.” All three of the above publications bear the celebrated imprint of ‘“Dal- ziol Brothers, Engravers and Printers, Camden Press,’’ and at the same time, on the title page, the names of Boston publishers. The sketches in the fret named volume show that Gustave Doré is truly a master of the grotesque. But very few of them are more humorous than many a comic almanac which we have solemnly read through without a smile. Some of them even unpleasantly remind us of the reckless prodigality with which Gustave Doré has too often’been tempted to waste and tritter away his fertile inventive genius, In most of these designs, the occasional touches of beauty with which he retieves the grotesque, the weird and the hor- rible in his more serious productions, are wholly absont . Nevertheless, any drawing signed by a name which is now so famous, must have a certain interest. “Griset’s Grotesques” are composed of one hundred quaint designs by Ernest Grisct, engraved by the brothers Dalziel. The frontispiece is one of the funniest pages in the book. ‘The author of the-Rhymes, we re- member, defends himself agamst the charge of profan- ing the familiar name of Tom Hood, by saying that he cannot help having been christened #0. However aim- cult for him or anybody else it may be to do justice to such a name by wit, it is after all something to write nonsense well. Maracuy’s Manvat or Cness. Chess Editor of ‘Wilkes’ Spirit Dick & Fitzgerald, New York. a eee Carp Puayerr. Dick & Fitzger- ald, Crinpace Mave Easy; A New and Complete Treatise on the Game. By George Walker. Dick & Fitzgerald. Tar Antor Amusing. Bi nearly 150 Illustrations ton, New York. Tue Piay-Room: on, In-Door Games ror Bora anp Girts; A Complete Collection of Home Recreations. Profusely illustrated with 197 Fine Wood Cuts. Dick & Fitzgerald, New York. De Waxpen’s Bari-Room Companion; or, Danc- 1na Mave Easy; A_ Collection of the Fasbion- able Drawing-Room Dances. By Emile De Wal- den, Professor of Dancing. Dick & Fitzgerald. Fach of these littlo works is a comprehensive sum- mary of all that pertains to its special topic. With their help the winter evenings can be made as merry as they are long. Their titles at once describe and recommend them. “The Art of Amusing” is acollection of graceful arts, merry games, odd tricke, curious puzzles and new charades, together with suggestions for private theatri- cals, tableaux, and all sorts of parlor and family amuse- ments, - Brerrnoven’s Lerrens (1790--1826). From the > N. Marache. the Times.” Frank Bellew. yy the Author. With Carle- Collection of Dr. Ludwig Nohl. Also His Let- ters to the Archduke Rudolph. Translated by Lady Wallace. In twe volumes. Hurd & Houghton, New York. With whatever show of reason Harnet Martineau pro- tests against the publication of the private letters of dis- tinguished persons, even after their death, such letters will continue to be regarded as an admissible as well as an invaluable part of the materials which a biographer uses, Letters are often in themselves the best biogra- phy. These of Beethoven illustrate his life and char- acter better than the most elaborate memoir, Several contain musical scores. Tife first volume is embellished by a portrait of the great composer, and the second by a fac-simile of a page of music from his hand. A con- venient index concludes and completes the work, Tue MercHant op Bexuin. By L. Mublbach. Y, Translated from the German Amory Coffin, M.D. D. Appleton & Co., New York. This is another historical novel from the prolific pen of “Frederic the Great and His Court,” lately noticed 10 the Herat. The publishers have in press fourteen or fifteen more volumes by the same writer, whith are similar im scope and style. The list includes, of course, ‘Joseph the Second and His Court,”’ the firet American edition of which was issued, wo believe, at Mobile, dur- ing the war, and became a great camp and fireside favorite, notwithstanding {ts uncouth shape and dingy Confederate paper. . Seamons PREACHED aT THE CuuRcH oF St. Paci tae Apostir, New Yorks, During tHe Years 1865 anv 1866. Lawrence Kehoe, New York. These discourses by members of the Order of st. Paul’ are anonymous, excepting three, which were preached by the late Francis A. Baker. They have a special psychological interest, in view of the fact that most of the Paulists are understood to be American converts (Anglicans would say perverts) from ‘Protestantiam. Notwithstanding the proverbial ardor of prose- lytes, who usually shot their eyes and open their mouths most sabmissively, these good fathers can- not help unconsciously showing whore they were born and how they were bred. They cannot help looking at the weather-beaten old dogmas of the Church with young American eyes. And it is curious to observe how they Tepresent their newly adopted opinions to their fellow- countrymen, with whose points of view they are natu- rally more familiar than most foreign priests can be- come. In some respects they Taust prove excellent propagandists, and they are laboring for a Church which is not ignorant of the advantages it may derive from their idiosyncracies anf peculiar opportunities The Church knows how to make arrows of all kinds of wood. It bas generally evinced more worldly wiedom than was exercised by Leo the Tenth, that accomplished scholar ‘and lover of art, who might have changed the course of modern history had he only contrived, at almost any coat, to retain within the communion of the faithful the Monk of Erfurt, the restless and audacious Luther. mmo. LAW covaTs. Supreme Court—General Torm. Bofore Judges Lott, Barnard and Gilbert. The Citizens’ Gas Light Company vs. The Board of As- sensors of the City of Brookilyn.—The Citizens’ Gas Light Company, whose works are located in South Brooklyn, ‘and who light that section of the city, claim that they have been overtaxed, and had the matter brought up on 8 certiorars to compel the Assessors to reviow their action in the assessment of taxes upon that corporation. The company were assessed $1,000,000 on their capital stock, $214,000 being deducted as the assessed value of their real estate. The remainder, oa tae ee Pree titd Satins at claimed by the company tl Soueed valun-et the real estate, the ‘nhould deduct the entire amount stated by them to have been paid for real estate, $847,282, which thoy admitted in- cluded the cost of their pipes under the Mr. J. G, Schumaker, the 5 that by this the coneeey, would evade the payment of any tax on $632,482. 6 matter has not as yet been decided, ‘THE BROOKLYN HEIGHTS PARKS. Some of the property owners on the are ina high state of oxcitement over the having their fine positions turned into parks, being awarded only six cents each for their interest in the mises. This amount, it appears, is all the comm! era think they are entitled to. : Messrs, Merritt, Camp, Beach, Carter and others have appealed from the report of the commissioners and the order of the court at the Special Term confirming the same, It was argued on the part of the property owners that Heights of ee ae laid down the map, had never become pablic highways, from their position, the grade being so steep, were not 10 of ero capab! being used as such; that all rights of public and private individuals bad been cut off by the long a ia Cheap Previsions. “A Poor Man” offers the following practical ations in connection with what was already proposed this subject by a previous correspondent — Let the cont estab! slaughter ery ao My ‘and vegetable shops many parts of the city, and seil to the able prices, and will perform a work Sr who need it; and lounger have the privi of charging me twenty-eight and thirty cents a for commen middi lorty cents a pound for smoked veel, because | can bu: ‘but a pound at a time. a Offensive Gasworks. One of many sufferers in the Sixteenth ward com- plains:—Scarcely a day passes that the atmosphere is not poisoned by the gesworks on Tenth avenue. The ‘value of property is seriously affected, the health of the residents of the ward is perilied, and comfort ie a word of forgotton meaning. {he other companies in the city do not permit their works to be so sive, and T can see no reason why we should suffer. Of iste this matier bas become @ daily annoyance, end unless something 's done I, for one, will be driven from my residener. Please help us. The company can remedy the cave if they will. Singgestions for Rev. Mr. Smyth. A correspondent over the signature of ‘Truth’ would ike to call the attention of the reforming Rev. Mr, Smyth to the congregation of loafers at the street corners as a proper subject for hig rebuke. Also to the necessity of Christian care of the poor. Another who writes under the heading ‘Caterwauling Choirs,” invites the reverend gentioman’s consideration ‘as follows:—While the Rev. Mr. smyth is lecturing the clergy, to the stirring up of many a “‘whited sepulebre,”* and showing the obscenity of certain mode! artist hi to the astonished were d and decency of our city, would bim to give the organ loft a Mting veniila- tion, tell about the fun quartet choirs have in amusing their young admirers with singing their favor- ite operatic airs w solemn bywns, and watching the gaping wonder of the congregation below. Mr. “myth might also advert to the flirting entr’actes that make a §#0 persistently popular in our fashionable Ladies in the Street Cars. We have received numerous communications on this vexcta quastio, A fair correspondent thus takes up the cudgels for the rights of her sex:— Since the ladies have no ciaim to seats, eit! on account of physiological structure—which, wu fortunately, none but physicians seom to under- stand—nor yet on account of that deference or gal- lantry, which has been acknowledged as their due from the other sex over sinco the creation of the first woman, let them resign henceforth al! appearance of a claim, and universally rise when they see agentleman enter s car, and give to the poor, tired bookkeeper, fatigued merchant of Hebrew broker, or exhausted Broadway lounger the places which a hard day’s work has rendered absolutely neccseary to the weak frames of the «i devant stronger sex. Of course, if it were practi cable, all ladies would save themselves from insult by doing business between 10 A. M. and 4 P. M., but there are some educated and reflned ladies in this great city who are obli to carn a liveli- hood by their industry, and who, not buving ell we hours of the at their disposal, ure sometimes unavoidably found down town at an hour when the “polite” eae thinks ow should be “at home, looking the comfort of the male gender.’’ Alas! alas! tnat Providence has not made it the special business of every lady to ‘look after the comfort of the male ” but bas fuse, refuse ever to sacrifice orders fort ein be ons any includin, his own wife and sistera. 1 advise those of the better class” who ride im the Fourth avenue cars, and «3 ivy than your’ “better class up bis seat to a lady, oF to | woman even of his own sta- ng ol to selfishness, but acte out the principle implanted to womankind. “En MC.” gives some very sensible and prectical hints for the solution of thie question. He says:— Just eo long as men will give up their seats to women 5 stand ‘by straps or “hanging on by the eyelids” on platforms or steps of the cars, just so long will the atreet railway companies com- bine to ran only one-third of the conveyances Present day ‘ari. ie acknowledged 10'be the contre ol ve aemeennaninatin and, in the manner of managing our public by adopt vi many from Parisians. Frenchman is ever to pay for what he does = Pre ye ggg Bry ey ee YY for a single passenger. He had for a seat: there were none vacant; and a seat wak consequently, and, in thet county, asa matter of course, provided for —_ In Europe, one tears ae eee grande vilesse, OF express reqsiete 6 Je cronsed rate of peed, gets i and pays it, The Parwian omaibas contains twelve inside seats and ven seats on top of the vehicle, all duly railed and separated from each other. The rate of fare is six cents bus three cents for the uncush- H i See if i [ FnIESTHEE bogie Felngit i Hill i al i fH berths H stit " Hl i The Railroad Ticket Nuisance Again. An indignant traveller, writing over the signature “People,” complains that the Third Avenue Railroad Company pretend to issue tickets by which those who buy them are relieved from paying the seven-eighths of a cent government tax on each fare; but they afford such poor facilities for getting these that they might just as he 120th street for them, at ‘and found in each in- Hence you see how Tint,‘ whd ute he trantonece of the cy for uelr vm io ular benefit without regard to the rights or com- ‘tof the people. The New Bounty Law. A soldier correspondent raises a new complaint against the Bounty law. ‘Soldiers, he says, “who enlisted in 1861 and re-enlisted in 1864, received bounty only for their second term, while again soldiers (of the “4 onliated in 1858 (before the ve broke all ite bardships, got wo remune- whatever” in ‘way of bounty. Sailers’ Rights. “T. &” gays:—I bave read in your paper for some months past constant claims on England for ihe Ala- bama depredations, but I have never seen anything men- toned about remuneration to the poor sailors who lost their all by the destruction the pirate vessel made, And I think as has the name of doi ‘bi mayeterious ty that ft andertakes, ‘you might mouse “4 quicken the Anditor in jing the prize » an there are ae A ve not been adjuste Sethces ‘raphe Ofer two years ago hy the Weat TEifite ane he Hee nn init | | ‘The Perseveransa dropped from my hands when J had glanced over the above quotation, and I fell into a deep reverie all about Mr. Ratazzi, whom we have bere repre- seuted as @ Kind of detective, jealously watching his wife» shoulders with what I should call unstatesmanlike bearing, if we are to suppose that, had he not followed his wife, people would bave presumed that ber pearls were all paste. I concluded that if this new sentinel function ts 0 be added to all the other official duties of =. etaterman I am glad I am excluded from diplomatic councils, Thereupon my thoughts wandered from the birthday banquet table. There were 60 many that all the reception were converted iato hot bouscs, — ‘The least floral offermgs cost twenty louie. Very great preparations are being made for apother series of visitors at the imperial residence, There is to be a stag bunt ip the forest, which will prove a xplendid pageant; theatrical representations, cabinet councils, ‘meet .ng? of the military commission, balls and concerts are to be m ted @p im one agreeable mosaic, combining werious public duties with lavish hospitality. A little pink scented note was dropped on my breakfast plate thie morning. On opening tt I found that it hed been penned by fashion’s fingers and, by the way, her writing Is somewhat excursive, very flourishing and her style is erratic, The import of the note was that rhe begged 1 would attend a particular mansion in which the Princesse de Metiernich's tolleta for Compiiyne were being packed. She was anxious to know whether her supreme orders bad been carried out, and if the robes of which she had decreed the out, designs, &c, bad the regal copes ah, Bae endeavored to combine with clegante fantaisie. 1 muet say that the little pink note had a bitter sweet basily occapied. The Princess’ robes were ett fi and the n.ddie of the room was taken up by white king boxes, with lids open. w to be nailed wn till Fashion's staff inistree had over the whole On my return bome I gave Farhion an whatt seen, and hereby Sates, letter to her. Ihave since been informed that »he it Oat joud to ber attendant, Fotichompe, and ¢xpressedt her appreval of the comtents by frequent pods of her iimagipat.ve bead. It wae directed to the ‘Roo des bom epfante,” and with a plage Macome—Not seqvainted with Mme. ia Prin- comme de Metternich '® banker, I find it utterly imposible to satiety you as to the amount of money he bas spent op bert ommp'gne outte, 1 beteve her to be tgnorant of the fact herself, as might also v» the Prinee and the said banker, loo, for Ubere are gefaibemable my sence ip this world as well a8 in the vext, aad my oprnion is that dress is one of thow chaotic hae understand) can which perplex human intellect, There are, a» your de- cree di ten court robes, apd they renily surpass anything ever seen, They are eearly 0!) eveaine drersem, though two or three would have both high and low Dodies; but I will only Gescribe those which are to be worn very low, Your orders a+ to circumference have been obeyed, the bottom of afl the robes measuring roend ove meires, eighty centimetres, The length of cach (ran @ two met: ren, They are all gored from the watet ; all the front widibe are ft; the folds are pleats bobind. They ure also Nned throvea feature pecel: the bottom is of with talle headed whole, inf the mentean de cour, which ts made of velours: | or silk reps, tes rose color, of crepe de chine like the eX No. 2 ina Babin robe, the plime round the Lottam omnes? ore rows of ta most fa gold thresd ‘blonde, ts very centre of four buds; thus two leaves, and so On. i HG ee F it ikst =e £e i Aan i 3 E ii ii [From the Ki For upwards of tweive merican mint—that is to Ba &: lit at ae oy H! asta