The New York Herald Newspaper, February 3, 1867, Page 4

4, NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR CORNER OF FULTON 4ND NASSAU STS. AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway, near Broome Street —ALappix, tux Wonpearc, Scamp—Onvpegseiia. NEW YORK THEATRE, Broadway, opposite New York Botel.—Biup or Panavise. GERMAN OPERA, Olympic Theatre, Brosdway.—Wi- Liam TELL. "3 HALL, 806 Broadway.—Prorssson Harts Ho Mimacums—Tus Heap in tae AIn— asKeT TRICK. FIFTH AVENUE OPERA HOUSE, Nos. 2 and 4 West Twenty-fourth street.—Gairroy & Canisrr's MINsTRELS.— Bruorian Minsramiay, Battans, Buiesques, 4c.—Mxpi- Cal StupEsr. KELLY & LEON'S MINSTRELS, 720 Broadway, oppo- site the New York Motel. —In rixin Sovas, Dances. Boca. Faiorims, BURLESQUES, &0.—ODDS 4xD ENDS—CINDER-LEON— Mapacascan Batter Trovre. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS. 585 Broatway, opposite fhe Metropolitan Ho: (w taete Kraiorian Bxrkerait ‘ENTS, ano Busiesques.—Commirres ON IuPRAcmanrre, Bowery.—Comic DIVERTIsSEMENT, CHARLEY WHITE'S COMBINATION TROUPE, at Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broadway.—in a Vaniumry or Ligut axp Lavananie Enrektaixmants, Cours D& Bauusr, Scuooisors’ Foxes, MRS. FP. B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn.— r= Rose OF Asumys—Tax Ockan Yacut Race—Goop ron JOTHING. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Ernrorray Mr- wreeisy, Batiaps anp Burixsques.—A Hurxan Tir Auounn tax Wort. COOPER INSTITUTE, Eighth strect.—Dz. Hxupann's IuiustRateD L&CTURES ON TH. Heaut NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY. 618 Rroadway.— Hrap anp Rigat ARM OF Paosst—Tae Wasnincton Twins—Wowpmns ix Natural History, AND ART. Lectures Daity, Open from & A, M. til! 1 L SUNDAY (THIS) EVENING—Grawnp Sacrep Vocat ann InsrkumeNTAL Conognt at Sreinway Haut, Fourteenth street and Fourth avenue. junday, February 3, 1867. New York, § EUROPE. By tho Atlantic cable we have a news report dated Sat- urday evening, February 2. Napoleon is about to issue another reform decree. In England reform is likely to remain an “open question’? with Parlidment. A Paris Journal alleges that the prea- ence of a United States squadron in the Bosphorus tends to complicate the Eastern question. Fifteen hundred volunteers have left Greece to aid the Cretans, Hopes are expressed on the continent that Maximilian will be able to remain in Mexico, The political situation is not very harmonious in Germany. Garibaldi declares against 4 present “rising’’ in Rome. Russia protests against the assemblage of Poles in Galicia) Numerous arrests for political offences are being made in Spain. An earth- quake, very destructive to life and property, has Occurred at Sierra Leone. Consols closed at 90 9-16 in London—a decline, United States five-twenties were unchanged. In Frankfort United States bonds were at 76%, and in Paris at 82%. ‘The Liverpool cotton market closed dull and inactive, Breadstaffs quiet. Provisions steady and.quiet, Our epectal correspondent in Paris, writing on the 18th of January, furnishes a full report of the banquet given in that city to the owner of the yacht Henrietta and pthor American yachtmen. The entertainment was in fine style and passed off in a very agreeable manner. ‘The first ball of the season at the Tuileries was a brilliant affair. The scene is described by our Paris correspond- ent, who makes note of the Americans presented as well as of the conversation had between the Emperor and Empress and the winner of the ocean yacht race, On the 2d instant Mr. Bennett, Jr., had a private audience with the Emperor Napoleon. CONGRESS. {n the Senate yesterday the bill authorizing the Judges of the Territory of Idaho to appoint the times and places of holding court, and the bill for » tri-monthly mail service between San Francisco and Portiaud, Oregon, were passed. The resolution calling for a copy of the letter on which Mr. Seward founded his inqpiries of Mr. Motley, our Minister to Vienna, was adopted. <A reso- fation asking the Secretary of State for further informa- tion regarding the proposition of the United States to the republic of Colombia for an interoceanic canal through that country ‘was agreed to. The Judiciary Committee reported an amendment to the bill re- garding payments to rebels and rebel sympa- thizers prohibiting the payment of any claim occurring prior to April 13, 1861, and providing that no pardon should authorize such payment before action ‘upon the resolution. A bill was introduced amending the dill to punish certain crimes against the United States. An amendment to the bill providing for the removal of cases from the State to tho national courts in the lately rebellious States was introduced. By a vote of 14 to 25 the clause under debate in the Bankrupt bill was not stricken out. The Tenure of Office bill, as amended by the House, was brought up, but action upon it was in- terrupted by the announcement of the death of Hon. Mr. Johnson and an eulogy on the decoased by Mr. Buckalew, after whic}: the Senate adjourned. In the House a, petition was presented from prominent citizens of New York remonstrating against the move- ments forthe impeachment of the President and pray- ing for the adoption of measures to promote the peace ‘and prosperity of the country, which was referred to the Judiciary Committes. On motion this committee was empowered to sit during the remainder of the session. ‘The question recurred on the Tenure of Uffice bill amendmont making the removal of Cabinet officers sub- ject to the consent of the Senate. The bill passed as amended by a vote of 111 to 38 The amendments to the Tariff bill were taken up and ordered printed. The bill for the extension of the patents for improvements in machinery for cutting screws wns tabled. After disposing of several private bills Mr. Laflin, from the Committee on Printing, reported a bill for the olection by the House of a Congressional Printer and tho abolishment of the office of Superiatendent of Public Printing, and moved the previous question. A motion was made to lay the bill on the table, but pending the vote Mr, Ancona announced the death of Mr. Philip Jobnaon, member of the House from Ponnsylvania, and after culogies had been delivered and the customary resolutions adopted the House adjourned. THE LEGISLATURE. In the Senate yesterday # quorum not being present, ‘no business was transacted beyond the introduction and reference of a few bills. In the Assembly the bill amending the Central Park Railroad law regarding express and freight companies ‘was passed. Bilis wore introduced to enable national ‘Danks to become State banks; to make common schools free to all; for the construction of railroads in Green- wich avenue, Twenty-third street, 125th street and other streets in New York; in relation to certain depart- ‘ments of the New York city government; to increase the salaries of the membors of the Paid Fire Department; to provide means for sick and disabled soldiers; to amend the General Bounty act; for an elevated railway in New York; for the better protection of passengers on rail- roads; to incorporate the New York and African ‘Transportation Company; to incorporate the New York and Brooklyn Tannel Company, and to amend the act relative to insurance companies. The resolutions rela- tive to the management of the New York and Brookiyn forries, and one expressing sympathy for the Greeks in thoir struggle against the Tarks, were adopted. THE CITY. ‘The steamship R. R. Cuyler was, by order of Collector Smythe, soized yesterday afternoon as she was lying at hor dock, foot of Fifth street, East river. The steamer was about to sail, and had on board a fall complement of men, as alsoa formidable armament, The immediate » of seizure was that the vessel was intended for tering purposes in Chilean waters, against the com- meres of Spain, The United States authorities are now » poaseasion, A schooner laden with powder, intended for the R. RB. Cayler, was also seized at the same time. The storm of last evening was attended with vivid Kighin ng and loud thander—a rather unusual phenom. n this latitade m the winter time, The rain hag assistant to Judge Whiting iu his jons, and ‘vast quantities of the disappeatet beforo the flood of ch made his report for watouer ba December $1, Goutracta Ww the NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1867. amount of $490,127 had been imeudd, and eighty.three others were still in progress. The balance op hand of uncollected assessments was $584,024. The sum of Assessments for the yoar 1866 was $997,477. At the meeting of the Board of Health yesterday it was reported that, in compliance with a resolution adopted previously, all the piggeries within the city limits of New York and Brooklyn have been abated. Numerous daring robberies have taken place in the Eleventh ward, the perpetrators of which are still at large. Eight houses were plundered on the same night, and among thom the residence of Dr. O'Sullivan, in avenue B. There were six arraignments yesterday of parties charged with violation of the Excise law. In the Tombs Police Court yesterday Mr. Linthicum, the Broadway tailor, charged with an attempt at rape on Annie Casey, employed by him as a domestic, was hon- orably discharged after a full investigation of the case, Two strangers in the city, named James A Neill and William N. Neill, brothers, recently arrived from Cali- fornia, were swindled out of $5,000 in gold yesterday by couple of sharpers, one of whom insinuated himself into their confidence and introduced them to his accom- Plice, who was to give them the best rates for their gold, whereupon an exchange of tho coin was effected for a bogus check for $6,812 560, The dotectives are on the alert for the swindlers. Some further evidence was taken yesterday before Commismoner Betts, for the defence, in relation to the charge against John H. Trapp, a lawyer, of having pre- Bented to a United States paymastor a forged paper for the purpose of obtaining the bounty of @ deceased sol- dior, The case is again adjourned. In the United States Commissioner's Court, yesterday, the further hearing of the charge against Charles Kelley, mate of the schooner Albert ‘Treat, and four other sea- men, of having been guilty of mutinous conduct on board that ship, was resumed oefore Commissioner Os- born, Evidence was offered for the defence, after which the case was adjourned to Monday. Twolve steamships left this city yesterday for Europe and coastwise ports. $200,000 in specie was sent by tho Germania to Hamburg. Tho Hatteras still remains in tho ice in the James river. Coastwise business continues to improve. ‘The stock market wns frm yesterday. Gold was strong, and closed at 13634. ‘There was an increased business consummated in com- mercial circles yesterday, an improved demand having prevailed for domestic produce, but the prices obtained failed to indicate any improvement, though the markets generally wero firmer, Merchandise, however, ruled quiet, but firm, at previous prices. Coffee was steady. Cotton was du!l and hoavy, with a downward tendency. On 'Change flour was quite active and firm. Wheat and corn were more active, with a slight advance established upon the latter, Pork was more sought for, and the market was firmer. Boof and tard were steady. Freights continued firm, while whiskey was dull and nominal. Naval stores generally steady. Petroleum dull and heavy. MISCELLANEOUS. A council of general officers of the army has been called by General Grant to meet in Washington to con- fer upon matters concerning the army, and particularly in reference to maintaining garrwons in the Southern States, We have details by mail of our city of Mexico and Vera Cruz despatches to the 17th ult, Forced loans were the result of the late deliberations of the impe- rialists at La Teja, and American residents were to be among the contributors to the support of Maximilian’s government. The views of the Mexican Financial Min- ister, Marshal Bazaine and Genera! Marquez are full of interest. Twenty-five members of the junta voted for the continuance of Maximilian on the throne, but it was the popular impression that the coun- cil had resolved to pronounce for Ortega asa fecier of the national will, A curious piece of in- trigue between the imporialist leaders and tho liberals is hinted at. The exodus of Mexicans and French was increasing. The Archbishop of Mexico was getting Teady to take his departure. Two anda half millions of dollars had been shipped from Vera Cruz as the advance of the French withdrawal from the Empire. Our correspondent in British Honduras, dating at Bolize on the 8th of January, states that the colonists were in a wild state of excitement owing to the conse- quence of the Indian raid on the mahogany cutters and planters. A detachment of British troops which were sent against the enemy in December was met by the Indians and defeated after a short battle. The retroat of the British is described as @ very disorderly rout. Martial law was proclaimed in Belize and continued in operation. English reinforcements had arrived and others were expected. Trade was dull in Belize, al- though slightly improved. The operatives of the Middlesex Mill, at Lowell, Mass., have struck on account of a reduction of wages. Another frightful massacre by the Cheyenne Indians, near the head of Smoky Hill river, is reported from Junc- tion City, Kansas. Fifty-nine out of sixty-three men comprising Wallace's train were surrounded by the In- dians and murdered. Great alarm is felt in Montana as to the movements of hostile bands. ‘The ice gorge in the Mississippi below St. Louis is re. ported broken away, and early resumption of navigation is looked for. The brig Ocean Wave, of Belfast, Captain Thomas, alread y reported in our columns as supposed to be lost, was abandoned at sea Jan@ry 19. Her crew were res- cued, The National Banks Making Desperate Ef- forte to Keep Their Privileges. Mr. Randall’s excellent bill to curtail the enormous privileges of the national banks and to substitute in the place of their circulation a uniform legal tender currency, together with other movements in Congress to cut down the monstrous and dangerous monopoly, have aroused a most formidable opposition from those interested in the banks. Our Washington correspondent informs us that Jay Cooke and a number of other prominent bankers had been in consultation with the Secretary of the Trea- sury, the Comptroller of the Currency and the Senate Finance Committee, with a view of staving off any thorough action by Congress through the introduction of modified and com- paratively unimportant measures. We learn, too, that there is “great anxiety” among all that class, “by reason af the impression that Mr. Randall’s bill will pass.” We foresaw the determined opposition this measure would meet with, knowing that men or corporations do not give up great privileges without a desperate struggle. The government improvidently and recklessly gave the profits of three hundred millions of circn- lation to the national banks—equal to about twenty millions a year, which properly be- longed to the people, and which the govern- ment might save by issuing legal tenders in place of this currency. We should be sur- prised if the banks did not show resolute hostility to any measure that threatened to deprive them of these profits. Twenty mil- lions a year is a vast gift, and we cannot ex- pect to find men who would relinquish it willingly or from patriotic considerations. Argument cannot reach where so much is at stake and where self-interest is so powerful. Individuals do not often show much soul or conscience where large interests are involved; but the old adage that corporations have no souls is quite applicable to these overgrown national bank associations. They even pre- tend to plead invested rights.and the benefit they are to the country. Invested rights, for- sooth, in a gigantic fraud upon the people! A benefit, indeed, which takes from the public twenty millions a year without making the least return for the favor, and which besides threatens to absorb all the profits of industry and control the political affairs of the republic ! From such a benefit the people should pray to be delivered. We perceive that the advocates of the banks no longer pretend to deny receiving this enor- mous gratuity, enough to pay our national | debt at compound interest within forte veara We have brought them to that admission at least. But they say the banks render the country services to that amount What are these services? The government wants no as- sistance from them. If in a crisis it should need a loan that would be obtained as well without as from them. Does the service con- sist in drawing fifteen to thirty per cent a @ year, or even more than that, from the in- dustry of the people? If this be the service meant we admit their dividends show they have performed it, The only service they render that we know of is to their ton or twenty thousand stockholders, These cer- tainly do a magnificent business; but the thirty-five millions of people pay dearly for it. There oan be no objection, of course, to capitalists making a large intcrest from their capital through any busi- ness they chose to embark in, if it be logiti- mate, in banking as well as any other; but we are decidedly opposed to a class of capitalists being fostered by the government at the ex- pense of the rest of the community. We espe- cially object to the government giving away 80 many millions annually to private corpora- tions under any circumstances, particularly to the national banks, which are making enormous profits and absorbing the business and wealth of the country. If the national banks wish to do a banking business let them do so on the legal money of the government. A uniform legal tender cur- rency is the only one we should have. The people would certainly prefer it to the national bank notes, and it would simplify our circu- lating medium. The amount could be limited, as well as the number of banks and their busi- ness operations, by law, if that should be deemed necessary to prevent undue ‘specula- tion or too great a facility for banking. This, however, is a matter of legislation and detail upon which it is unnecessary to enter here. What we contend for is that all the banks re quired in the country for the purposes of busi- ness could and would exist, under proper regu- lations, just a3 well by banking on legal ten- ders as on the present national bank currency, while we should at the same time destroy a dangerous monopoly and save at least twenty millions a year by the change. The Inew: mpany Excitement. The excitement in financial circles for the past two days has been furnished by the insu- rance companies, which have contrived to monopolize the mind of Wall street, and to temporarily cast railroad squabbles and Seore- tary McCulloch’s currency eccentricities into the shade. The immediate cause of the agita- tion was the announcement that the Sun Mu- tual, a marine company, had been compelled to retire all its outstanding sorip. in order to make good ite losses, The sorip | in- dignant at seoing their property thus swept away at.a stroke of the pen, calied a meeting yesterday and resolved to submit the matter to the Superintendent of the Insurance Bureau, with the object of forcing the company into liquidation, and statements were made which reflected seriously upon the course pursued by the directors. This particular case will no doubt be gubjected tos very thorough investi- gation; and in the meantime it is well for the public to keep themselves cool and to look calmly but searohingly around and sce whether the insurance system generally is secure or insecure. - The case of the Sun Mutual has two sides. The scrip of this company has been sold at a very heavy discount, in some instances as low as fifteen and twenty per cent. Many of the pre- sent holders of the scrip are therefore not the original representatives of this portion of the capital of the company, but speculators, who have purchased the certificates of profit for » mere song. The right of these mutual compa- nies to cancel their scrip when their loases ren- der it necessary is of course unquestioned. There are some features of our present in- surance system which are open to serious ob- jection. One great evil is to be found in the brokerage and agency system, which now prevails to a great extent. In order to secure business seme compa- nies will pay ten and fifteen per cent commission to brokers and agents, an amount in iteelf sufficient to yield a fair dividend. The fire insurance companies hire agents in every part of the country, and these agents, in order to secure their commiasions, will take risks on any building not actually on fire, even if it should bave a gunpowder manufactory on one side, a turpentine store on the other, and a cellar filled with petro- leum underneath. Heavy losses thus fall on tlie companies through the unfaithfulness of their agents, while persons who insure through brokers not unfrequently find themselves in irresponsible companies, which of course can afford to pay the highest commissions to se- cure business that world not come to them in any other way. The only safeguard for insurers is to insure only in companies that they know to be sound, and especially to eschew all those that are in the habit of pay- ing heavy commissions to brokers and agents. Another evil with all companies, marine, fire and life, Is the desire to swell their divi- dend and to redeem annually large amounts of their certificates of profits, in order to make a flattering exhibit and increase their business. Thus they go on swimmingly in seasons of profit, but as soon as heavy losses are sus- tained they have no reserve capital to fall back upon and become bankrupt. A prudent company will always reserve a sufficient avail- able capital in scrip to enable it to meet any probable run of ill luck without difficulty. This will be a good time to look thoroughly into our insurance system and to see whether any legislative action is needed for the better security of the public. The Superintendent of the Insurance Bureau should make it his busi- ness to report upon the subject forthwith. Many persons believe that the capital of all insurance companies, like that of banks, should be paid up. However this may be, the laws in relation to insurance should be thor- oughly overhauled, and ifany further safeguards are needed for the protection of the insurer they should be supplied. In the meantime there seems to be but little necessity for any panic among policy holders. ‘The experience among old insurance men is that in the marine busi- ness a season of loss comes periodically—once in about every ten or twelve years—and last year appears to have been one of these unpro- pitious seasons. At present no persons seem to have suffered but those who have, during prosperous years, pocketed their profits from mutual, companies and now, in « season of mis- fortune, are called upon to bear their share of the low English Politice—The Opening of Parlinment. Since the passing of the first Reform bill in 1832 the Parliament of Great Britain have not met in circumstances of greater interest than those in which they will meet on Tuesday, the 5th of February. By means of the labors of Jobn Bright and the indecision of the Derby Ministry the country has been worked up to a pitch of almost unparalleled excitement. Rightly or wrongly, the conviction had become deep and general that the party now in power were opposed to reform in any shape whatever. Under the strong pressure which bas been brought to bear upon it from without it was deemed not impossible by some that govern- ment might introduce a partial and one-sided measure. The prospect, however, did not gen- erate a feeling of satisfaction. It seemed rather to irritate than to appease reformers. The result has been that Messrs. Beales and Jones, of Hyde Park notoriety, and the other leaders of the League, under the guidance of & certain lawyer of the name of Mr. Baxter Langley, have arranged for a grand demon- stration of intimidation, which is fixed for Monday, the 11th of February. Mr. Gladstone, who has been spending the winter in Rome, | has, in evident expectation of a struggle, writ- ten from Florence, on his way home, calling upon his supporters to rally in force on the occasion of the opening of Parliament. All is excitement, and, as @ natural consequence, more than usual importance is attached to the speech from the throne, which it is expected will be delivered this year, for the first time since the death of the Prince Consort, by the Queen in person. Under these circumstances, the telegram which we print to-day that in the speech from the throne the Queen will an- nounce the willingness of the government to entertain propositions for reform, leaving it perhaps an open question in the House, and thus attempt the settlement of the vexed ques- tion, is not without deep significance. Our telegraphic intelligence of the 4th, which will put us in possession of the contents, will naturally be anxiously looked for. The Proposed Raids upon tho City Property. The refusal of the Corporation Counsel to execute the conveyance of the portion of the Battery which the Mayor and Common Council proposed to sell for five dollars renders it cer- tain that tho other attempt to dispose of the lower end of the City Hall Park for one-sixth of its actual velue will also be defeated. The one job is just as much open to objection as the other, and every argument against the for- mer holds good against the latter. A case which bears directly upon the authority of the Corporation to divert any portion of the real estate owned bythe city has just boen decided by the United States Supreme Court. .A citizen of Rhode Island, while cros-ing the lower ond of our City Hall Park, etumbled over the stump of @ tree and broke bis thigh bone, disabling himself for four years. He sued the city for damages, showing in his case that the spot at which the accident occurred was a portion of ground that had been railed off from the Park and thrown into a public street by the action of the city authorities, Mr. Richard O’Gorman, on the part of the city, argued that the city authorities had no right or power to sell or dispose of any portion of the real oatate of the ctty, all of which is hold as the seourity for the public indebtedness, and, since they could not divert any part of the park and set it off as a street, the Corporation was not bound to re- move the stump or liable for the injuries re- ceived by the plaintiff in falling over it. The court has decided in favor of this view of the case. It is therefore a settled question that the real estate of the city cannot be thrown away fora mere song or diverted when set apart for special public uses. Under those cir- cumstances the wisest thing for the general government to do is to wash its hands of this park job and to purchase a proper site for a Post Office elsewhere and pay a fair price for it. It will be the cheapest to them in the end. Further Concossions by the Emperer Na- Deleon. In to-day’s telegraphic despatches, it will be observed, we have a formal announcement to the effect that the Emperor Napoleon will, on an early day, “issue @ decree granting the per- petual right of holding social and religious meetings.” The Emperor, it would appear, is really in earnest in his desire to “crown the social edifice.” There were not a few who were prepared to look with suspicion om the reforms which he recently announced. The real object, it was thonght, was not the grant- ing of further liberty, but the getting rid of those troublesome discussions which took place annually on the address. By such it was sup- posed to be but another of those tricks at which the imperial ruler is considered to be so expert, and which, under the guise of con- cession, was a rea! encroachment on the rights and liberties of the people. If our informa- tion prove to be correct all such suspicions must be dismissed, and the year 1867, the year of the great “Exposition,” will prove to be a “white day,” not only in the history of France, but in the history of the Napoleonic dynasty. With the conntry prosperous to an extent which, it may safely be said, is without paral- lel in its history ; with a representation based upon the popular will and unfettered in its action ; with a press no longer in terror of the police, and with the right of assembly, whether social or religious, fully guaranteed, what more can even o Frenchman desire? Napo- leon, the world has long been convinced, is a lover of power, nor are there many who will venture to deny that he knows how to use it. It is daily becoming more manifest, however, that he is less ambitious of power than to leave behind him a great and a splendid reputation— a reputation seoured by working out “his coun try’s good,” and perfecting a system which shall be lastingly associated with his name, and which shall entitle him to the gratitude of fature generations of his countrymen. If not the Julius, he may prove to be the Augustus Cesar of his house, and ages yet unborn may speak of him as the saviour of France, “Forres, Most Horrme !”—The barbari- ties inflicted upon the brute creation, the hor- rors of the slaughter house and places where living animals are dissected for scientific pur- the brutality of epicures, the cruelties in- flicted in the transportation of cattle, &c., as de- tailed in his late lecture at’ Albany by Mr. Henry A. Bergh, President of the Society of New York city for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, are indeed horrible to think of. Mr. Borgh is a realous laborer in his vocation. His heart is in bis good work, and in the great object he haa in view. of moray to the brute at CITY INTELLIGENCE. ‘Tus Wearmen —The threatening appearance othe sky all through yesterday culminated last night 1 a re- markably heavy shower of rain. The conditionof the Streeta, covered with @ stratum of ice and snow, mixed with ashes and garbage, was rendered during to con- tinuance of the rain still more disagreeable, pois of slush being formed at every crossing, and the sidwalks creation, even in murdering them, he will have the great body of all parties and creeds to back him. We hope his appeal to the Legisla- ture will not be lost, but will result in some lasting reforms to the advantage of the lower animals, from the horse and cow to the dog and cat, and from the goose in the coop to the green turile spread on his back on the pave- ment. Let Mr. Bergh go on with his good work, for he truly deserves the distinction of a public benefactor. The Bankrupt Bill in the United States Sonate. Now that the Tariff bill is out of the way the te bis Pasage rough the streets, without falling into the numepus ‘traps which, in the of unsuspected hillocka a * beant at almost pavement im At abut eleven o'clock the violence of ae cine "ae increasd as Senate has time to bestow upon the Bankrupt Ses hich, bewetehs laed, tere tor tine. To bill, and should endeavor to perfect the meas- oe re ae ihe tally contton - o ure and press it to a vote at as early a day atmosphere during the last fow days It need occasion me as possible. It is one of the most important | "O7prise, Tt ie possible that we are saliaas! subjects remaining before the present Con- gress, and action upon it is demanded by the beat interests of the country. If it is suffered to go over until the 4th of March a new House of Representatives will have to take it up, and the members who have not been in the present Congress will require time to give it such attention and consideration as its importance demands. It is therefore very desirous that the Senate should act upon the bill promptly, in order that it may go back with such amendments as that body may make to the House which originated it and has already devoted much time to its conside- ration. A general bankrupt law is a neces- sity in the present financial condition of the country, and if carefully prepared and prop- erly guarded will be a benefit to all classes, and will serve to impart a healthful tone to the business of the country. two ago among the holders of tickets in the various lot- tery enterprises going on at present in the city, by the knowledge that the authorities were about to stop them. Accordit John C, Regan, a clerk in the em) of the Povoroen it Se the benefit of the New York Hi and Dispensary, was arrested by an ofilccr of the te Precinct and was brought before Justice Ledwith yester- day char with Nagin ot ved the rereae ener tor State of New York in disposing ic for & 3 The case was set down for examination, by Justice Led- with, on Monday morning next. Ivreevat Revenug Sx1zURR—NON-PAYMENT OF BROKERS? ‘Tax.—It is alleged the house of Nicholas, Bowen & Co., bankers and brokers, No. 68 Wail street, was seized on Thursday morning, at about eleven o'clock, by the inter- nal revenue officer of the Thirty-second district, for de- ficiencies to the government on tax to the amount of $15,000. Immediately after the seizure an officer was placed in charge of the effecta. This house has been doing a !arge foreign and domestic banking business for the last fifteen years. Tax Sovrmarn Reuimy Commission.—A meeting of the executive committee of the Southern Relief Commission was held yesterday, in the offices Messrs. Brown Brothers & Co., Wall street. The principal business transacted was receiving the report of the treasurer, Mr. James M. Brown, who acknowledges the receipt of about $14,000 within three days. $10,000 of that amount was in two equal subscriptions of $5,000 each from A. T, Stewart and Brown Brothers & Co. Tuose Frs1sn Anma.—The Fenians have decided to retain possession of their muskets and Springfield rifles for a short time longer, They are anticipating that something will shortly turn up, when tho arms will be of more service than would be the case if disposed of af tho present time cheap for cash. Tar Cuvron or THE Purrrans.—The trustees of Rev. Dr. Cheover’s church intend to effect very material alterations in that edifice. In view of the fact of the greatly increased value of property on Broadway they intend turning the corner part of the building inte stores, the rent of which will go towards the support of the church. Where the galleries now area floor will be laid, thus forming a room in which the con; jon will meet. ‘Tho organ and choir gallery ‘are to bo moved ftom the east end of the building, and the pulpit placed in front of them, All. the above mentioned alterations have boon rendered necessary in consequence of the ome barrassed condition of the church River Tarmves at Worx.—Sergeant Kelly, who was im command of the police boat on Friday afternoon, while steaming up the East river, discovered two men making weed ged ig rye 3 river with a boatload of lim- A New Tan Cext Com Wanten.—We think the time has come when the government might profitably, to the Treasury and the country, put into the small currency a new ten cent coin of nickel and copper. We are not yet near enough to the specie standard to bring out the silver dime; but a new coin of the same legal value of inferior metals would answer for the present just as well, and, in relieving us of all those little dirty bits of paper below the denomination of twenty-five cents, would be a great improvement in the way of small change. The coin, in being made flatter and broader than our present clumsy nickels of the one, two and five cent denominations, would afford a margin for a little more ornament. In fact the new nickel three cent piece is about the only decent coin, as a work of art, that we have, nickel, copper, silver and gold included. In all of thom the designers of our | seed. police gave cl when the thieves on mint would do well to study the superior deli-i] {2uching the landing ran off, leaving, the loaded beet cacy and of the work upon the coins of } find it.on board the police boat a England aa r Io. our coins, es in our AD vor Youya Mxx.—The Young Men’s Christian As- ' perenne, . sociation of this city recently appointed a committes. trass postage sta is tho came inferiority it | smceg.¢hoir number, whooe daty it will be to sek Sat is intent upon specie payments, we submit | . that the proposed new ten cent coin will be a | them with the names of all ys ienetaael entire Mrs, Ctiristina Schwegert, an ignorant Germas, living a8 Omnxovs Domes in Spatn.—We have the news of the arrest recently of more thana hundred persons in Madrid believed to be connected with revolutionary schemes. The late repres- sive measures of the goverament, more strin- gent and despotic against the freedom of speech and the press than anything elsewhere sinoe the rescue of Venice frem Austria, are evidently increasing as usual, instead of diminishing, the reactionary and revolutionary elements which threaten the overthrow of Quoen Isabella, In Spain, as in the East, there are the combustibles of a general war, need- ing only the application of the match by one of the great Powers. But those Powers, ex- cepting Russia, have each their particular rea- sons for the preservation of the peace, and 60 the upshot will probably be, for the present, a trace with Turkey and non-intervention in Spain, though the result may be a bioedy and radical revolution. But let the peacemakers do their best, there must be another shaking up of the old balances of power on the Conti- nent and the revolutionary elements before there can be a general peace. Rargntancs.—The cable gives us a rumor that Laird, the English shipbuilder, is in favor of paying the Alabama claims. This is the most remarkable instance on record of the force of conscience. INDIAN ATROCITIES, i B Fr Lee and Bellevue Hospital dead house, where Deputy Coroner Bia will mana post mortem examination, ‘an inquest will be A New Coonraarsrr i Crecu.ation,—A new feit $10 note of the Fiour City National Bank of % ice naviont e i gee, Tongues om om i za a Hi} ft i i i executed by them. a] i ae French Theatre. Orphée auz Enfers, presented by the associated come- dians on Thursday, was repeated last evening with good effect. Careful rehearsals had done away with occasionad; hitches in the dialogue apd greatly improved the or- Geaeclpbiesd adapted to the dramatic rather than to the operatic Fifty-nine Whito Mon Maseacred by tho | Sie Ofenbach’s work was Sar) wall enact ore Cheyenne. difficult cou of the pices, supplied te musical Juvorion Crrr, Kansas, Feb. 2, 1867 | siement go satisfactorily aa to cause the indulgent A man came into Salina, about fifty miles west from | audience rhe sewn ne cere er artistes, burlesque Rane, yelteriny, SAA See ee Seca with prank trie, ‘and the hits upon which its sue- massacre of white'men by the Cheyenne Indians had oc- | Sirstl wore productive of great sner- curred near the head of Smoky Hill river a few days | riment, their desired result. since, under the following circumstances :— Museak asical. Wallace's train, with sixty men, were in camp, when a party of fourteen Indians came begging of the team- sters, who refused to give them anything. The Indians then fired upon them without effect; the teameters re- turning the fire, killed eight of the aggressors. P The Richings Opera troupe concluded ther unprece- dented successful engagement at the Olympic theatre li the news bad an arrow head The four men who eccaped. = four men who A party of Omahas and Kaws subsequently made raid on the Cheyennes and <i ‘several head of their stock, One Kaw was kill William Comstock, a famous interpreter, scout and guide, Arkansas and §& FE] through his sheulder, He claims to be one of E j HH : I Eid g 5 3 Hi exists in them. New and wero bell predations, and the people were arming to very and extinguished the fire before it extended beyond the first floor, Mr. Marlow estimates his loss at about $16,000 on stock and $2,000 on fixtures, He has $9,000 insurance on his stock in the Home Insurance Company, but no insurance on his fixtures, A store adjoining on Bleecker street, being fitted up as a ladies’ shoe store by Boniamin Shaw, is damaged to the extent of $500, no in- and ao ining store on Broadway, kopt as a sogar store Sonn Glisey is damaged $300, insured for in the Baltic, Adriatic, Common- wealth and = Mi ea? Traders’ Insurance Co's, Tho restaurant of John W. Showler, in the base- ter to the extent of $1,000; im- sae Samage to fhe extent ‘ot $500 was aloe done to ing the musie-loving portion of the community came off Inst eveni and, considering the exceeding inclomency of the weather, was largely attended. The me of the choicest selections of ini Bonizetti and others, which lost none of their meri ‘at the hands of this masterly organization. The feature of the concer: was th» introduction of the new style of instrument about to he adopted by the members of the band. This instrument, which is of home manufacture, and which will compel Monsieur Sax to look to his laurela, is unique in style, perfect in finish and wonder- fully true in tone, and as the instraments for the entire band will be of uniform shape, the tout ensemble will ba very fine, while the music will be vastiy improved. the sewing machine wareroom of Sibley & Stoops on the second floor. uilding is owned be | Mr. Saffern. It Osweeo, Feb, 2, 1867. is dams the extent of $2,000, is insured. The ‘The Rome and Oswego Railroad is not yet open. On the Oswogo and Syracuse road trains commenced rugaing Naat niabt cause of the fire is unknown at present. The hat store had not been closed but a (ow minawe whon the fire was Mranavered