The New York Herald Newspaper, February 5, 1867, Page 6

Li) NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1867.—TRIPLE SHEET: N EW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT. EDITOR AND’ PROPRIETOR. | AMUSEMENTS THid BROADWAY THEATRE, ae WONDERFUL Broadway, Scamp—Oi near. Hroome treet. —ALappr, INDERELLA. NEW YORK THEATRE, Broadway, opposite Woiel —Buw or Pakavise, vod og ete ( cenwan OPERA, Olympic Theatre, Broadway.—F vst. ( CLINTON HALL, Astor place.—Vasarixe Vouspex, Tax Gasat PoursationaL Mung, DODWORTH’S HALL, 806 Broad: we Peavonm His Migacas—Tue Heap ix THk Aln— ‘dux inpian Baseer Taiox—Prorxvs. INSERELS 58S Broviway, epvosite In rusia Braioriay ByPeerave ano Bontesquas. —Commirres \way.—Proresson Hants GAN FR AR oea0e FIFTH AVENUE OPERA HOUSE, Nos. 2 and 4 West ‘Twenty-fourth street.—Guierix & Cuitsrr's MINsTRELg.— Eruorian MinsTRELsY, Battaps, BoRLEsquas, 6¢.—-Mupi- OAL. STUDENT. KELLY &@ LEON'S MINSTREL}, 19 Broad oppo. 1. unig Songs, Darras. 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G13 Rrondway.— r—Tum WaAsuixctox PERS ss Day, DERRY'S NEW ART IMS, 815 Rroadway.—Grasp Fxwarion ov Parrixas.—Rosa' Boxwevn’s Horse Far. TRIPLE SHEET. Now York. Tuesday, Foursary 3 18607. THE News, EUROPE. | By the Atlantic cable we baye an interesting news report dated yesterday evening, February 4 Goneral Dix has had an audieuce of Prince Napoleon, ‘The people of Paris subscribe liberally to the Cretan patriot relief fund, Lord Cow'ey has resigned the office of British Minister to the Fronch Court. Count Bel- oradi, President of the (ouncil of State of Austria, has wesigued, and a radical change in the Austrian Cabinet 1s looked for. Food riots occurred among the laborers ‘on one of the Belgian railroads, during which the mill- ‘tary Grod and killed some of the workmen. The moye- ‘meat of the laborers is éxtending. Prussia and Bavaria ‘ere endeavoring to negotiate . treaty, oflensive and'de- fousive. Russia has established » direct postal commu- micanon with Peiis, China An izop-clad vestol built in England for Maximilian’s wmervice is aboat to sail for Vera Crivz. Consois closed at 90 9-16 for money in London at ‘moon. United States five-twenties were at T2 9-16. The ‘Asverpaol cotton market closed at a decline of one-fourth of a penny, and dull Breadstoffs duit. On the Paris and Frankfort Bourses United States five- ‘twonties experienced a slight decline, The Bank of Amsvordam lowerp:-. raie of discoant from four to Abroe and a balf per cent. Our special correspondence and newspaper mail de- taiis published to-day contain matter of much interest. CONGRESS. to the Senate, yesterday, a resolution was reported from the Judiciary Commitiee to pay the Senators from ‘TVoaneagee from the beginning of the Thirty-ninth Con- gress This led togome debate, one momber contending ‘that they should be paid only from the date of their @irction, as it would serve »s a precedent for futare pay- maeut wo the Senators olect from the unreconstructed States. The further consideration of the resolution was thea postponed. Mr. Williams, of Oregon, presented a iI! to constitute each of the so-called Confederate States a military district, to be commanded by a regular officer no! below the grade of brigadier general, who shall have power to organize military commissions when necessary ‘in fos judgment, and his approval shall be required on all @»atences of such military commissions affecting the lib- ‘erty or life of any person. The bill also provides that writs of habeas Corpus may be issued in behalf of prisoners 4m military custody only when endorsed and ap: Proved by the officer commanding the district. It was referred to the Committee om Reconstruction. A vill abolishing imprisonment for debt was introduced and reierred to the Judiciary Committee. The Judiciary Committee reported adversely to the resojution declara- tive of he principle of the constitation in reiation to the wrt of babeas corpus; also favorably, with amendment, ts bur allotting the Justices of the Supreme Court amnveg tbe circuits, and the biti providing that claims for stores fornished for the use of armies shatt not be paid woore the claiins originated in the insurrectionary States. ‘The bi\l granting aid for the constraction of the Central Pac de Railroad was passed. The bill to regulate the teanre of office was next in order, but was postponed, ud the Bankrupt bill was taken up. Pending its con- sideration the Senate adjourned. { In the House, under the cali, Mr. Kelly introduced a ‘bill making it anlawfal for the Secretary of the Treasury to soll any gold now or hereafter, which was referred to ‘the Committee on Banking and Currency. Mr. Grinnell Jorroduced a resoiution that the public {nterest demands Bhat there shall not be any reduction of the amount of ontstanding United States notes, called greenbacks, dur- Sing the current year, and instracting the Committee on ‘Ways and Means to report a bill to effect that object. ine resolution was adopted without a division. Bills to provide for the resumption of specie payments and to ‘ide against the undue expansion or contrac. of the currency were referred to appropriate mmitiees, Mr, Kelso’s impeachment resolutions were ‘velerred to the Judiciary Committee. A series of reso. Jutons extending suffrage to women were offered, but stovate arising they went over under the rule. A resolu- Bion declaring it asthe opinion of the Honse that the © interests will not jastify @ greater curtailment of oational circulation than four millions per month was offered, but giving rise to devate was laid over until Mooday next. Another resolation, embodying the same diteas, was immediately offered and the previous question Womanded, bat the House refused to second the call, and the re-olution also went over, A resolution giving the ‘thanks of Congress to the Secretary of War, the Quar- torioxster Goneral and others for obtaining the names of dead '/nion soldiers was passed. A resolution directing io Committes on Naval Affairs to inquire into the pro- DPrety of removing the Naval Academy at Annapolis to some point in aloyal State was, after some discussion, miopied. The bill for the election of a Congressional Printer by the House and the abolition of the office of Muperintendent of Puble Printing was passed, Tho ‘Hous them went into Committee “of the Whole, and, after same discussion, rejected the Fortification bill ‘THe committee rose, the House confirmed its action and adjourned. THE LEGISLATURE. To the Senate yesterday the select committee appointed | ‘to investigate certain charges against Senator Cornell, ag Street Commissioner of Now York, were, at their own Foquest, discharged from further consideration of the subject. Several bills of a private or looal character ‘wore introduced, and # conmmtnication was received from the Governor announcing the death of Washington Hoot. After eulogiums on the merits of the deceased, ‘by Senators Crowley and Murphy the Senate adjourned, Ja the Assembly the death of Washington Hunt was ‘ennouneed and resolutions of condolence were adopted, Mhereapon the Assembly adjourned. THE CITY. , ‘The Hoard of Aldermen failed to organize yesterday for waot ofa quoram. The Board of Councilmen met (ood « resolution was offered to appoint » committes to take into consideration the mode sfcombrneyie san, versary of Washington's Birthday. A resali! ing the widening of Greenwich stroot was referred to tho Committeo on Streets. “he “Regisrrar of the Bureau of Recdrds and Vital "] Statistics, Dr. Harr-s, sont in bis weekly report of deaths Yesterday, There were 453 deaths in the city for the week. There were thirteen less deaths, from scar- latina for the} week ending February 2 than than there were during the week previogs. ‘The prospects and liabilities of the Marine Losurance Companies were the} @ 4 topic Of conversation in Wall street yesterday, The scripkolders of the Sun Insurance Company have, it is stated, sont their report to the In- surance Commntesionior at Albany! Several of the fire insurance Companies are making arraogements to close up business altogether, It is reported that the Re- ceivers of the) Columbian Insurance Company, which failed a year ago, have brought action at law against the stockholders, who received a dividend upon their shares ‘a fow weeks before the collapse. ‘The remains of Ex-Governor Washington Hunt were taken to Lockport yesterday for interment, The burial service was read over the body at Trinity chapel, and every public mark of respect was paid to the memory of the deceased by the authorities, Im another column we publish an account of a visit ‘paid to our public schools, with a statement of their con- dition and many other facts which show what our public schools are and how they are managed. An article on real estate and rents, which we publish this morning, shows up very clearly the present state of the house and lot market. A very consoling jection is adduced for the large army of house hunters now looking about for residences during the year in the fact that rents will not be increased. In the Soporior Court, General Term, yesterday, an ar- gument for a reversal of a judgment was heard in a caso where the court had held that a note of hand could be collected upon a verbal promise after the same had be- come outlawed by the statute of limitations, Decision reserved. In the United States Circait Court yesterday, Judge Smailey presiding, the case of Arthur and Bull against the government for retaining duties paid upon a cargo of damaged shellac, was closed, the court directing the jury to return a verdict in favor of the piamtiff for the amount claimed, subject to the future decision of tho court, An interesting and important charge to a jury, by Judge Daly, upon the subject of warranties, will be found under the head of law reports. John Barrett was yesterday under examination before Commissioner Osborn on a charge of illegally opening a letter which had been mailed tn the usual way ip the Post office, A point of law was involved on which the Commissioner reserved his opinion till this morning. Commissioner Osborn yesterday discharged from further examination the crew of the schooner Alfred Treat, charged by the Captain of the schooner with mutinous conduct on the voyage from the West Indies to this port. There was nothing in the evidence to sup- port the charge. Thirty-one persons were arraigned in the different po- lice courts yesterday, for violations of the liquor law. Tho wood moulding mill, No. 89 Eldridge street, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning The loss is esti- mated at $65,000, The lard oil tactory of Cooke, Brothers & Co., on Henry street, wes also destroyed by firo last night, the loss amounting to $50,000. The stock market was strong yesterday. Gold was ex- cited and buoyant and closed at 137% » 5. The merchandise markets were altogether firmer yes- terday owing to the advance in gold. and the views of holders were enhanced to a corresponding extent. For- eign merchandise was particularly frm, In domestic’ produce the chief feature of interest was the reaction ia \ the flour market, Cotton was moderately active though Irregular. Coffee was active and @rm, Oa ‘Change flour advanced 5c, a 10c, with more doing. Wheat was © dull, while corn was more active at an advance of Ic. per bastiel, Oats were anchanred. The pork market © ‘was more active and firmer. Beef and: lard ruled active and firm. Freights were generally ehsier,’ Whiskey active and higher. Petroleum was dull and heavy. The market for beef cattle ruled dull and heavy, and a slight decline was conceded upon all grados save extra, which, being écarce, commanded full prices, and in some ‘instances an advance, selling as high as 17\%c. a 18c., while good old at’ 15¢. 8 165¢¢,, and common all the ‘way from lic. to 14c, Milch cows ruled dull and heavy, ‘the increased teceipts tending to depress the market. ‘We quote the range $40 to $120, though very choice will bring higher prices, Veal calves remained un- changed at 10¢, @ 14c., the latter price for extra. Sheep and lambs have ruled steady throughout the week, with @ moderate supply, but closed dull and heavy under freer offeriige, though prices wore not quotably lower; extra commanded 8c. a 93¢c., and fair lots 7. a 7¥c., while common e#old at 5%. a 63c. Under limited receipts, the hog market has ruled dec dedly firmer, prices having advanced 1c. per ib.; heavy prime corn fed selling as high as 8340, a 83%c. About ten car loads were on sale yesterday, which sold at the following prices: Sic. a 83¢0, for best quality, ic. a 8c. for fair to good, and 8c, a 8<c. for common and rough. Total receipts—4,726 beeves, 92 miich cows, 495 veal calves, 19,032 sheep and lambe and 4,732 swine. 008. Advices received by the mail steanter from Rio Jacei- ro, South America, and forwarded from London by the Atlantic cable, state that a severe explosion, attended by great loss of life, bad occurred in Paraguay. Brazi) was continuing her preparations for a vigorous prosecution of the war. The Bank of Bahia had been robbed of $266,000. The United States steamers Juniata and Re- saca was at Bahia, the Shamokin and Pensacola left don- tevideo for a cruise on the 8th of January, and the steamship Guiding Star had left Pernambuco for Bahia. Our files from Bermuda are dated to the 15th of Janu- ary. The session of the Colonial Legislatare was-pro- Togued to the 20th of February. The Royal Garelte of the 15th ultimo says:—Sacb a succession of storms as have visited these islands during the past ten days is not 1n the recollection of many of our readers, the wind gen- erally prevailing from southwest to northwest. The tia- someter is now rising gradually. Our special correspondence from Jamaica is dated to the 14th of Janaary. The news is not important, The British war steamer Doris, twenty-four guns, Captain Vesey, left Port Royal on the 12th ultimo for Honduras with ove hundred and twenty-five men of the Thirteenth West India regiment, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Harley, and Sir G. P. Grant, Governor of the Istand, to arrange and settle disturbances with the In. dians. Kingston and the isiands were quite peaceable. The Grand Jury of the District of Columbia found an indictment yesterday against Jobn H. Surratt, charging him with the murder of President Lincoln. ‘The Swatara is expected daily, and on her arrival Surratt will be placed in charge of the Marshal of the District. His trial ‘will probably come off at the present term of the Sa- preme Court. A rumor was in circulation at Washington last evening that the Swatara was in Quantico creek for the ice in the Potomac to break up. Mr. Foster will probadly resign his position ae Presi- dent of the Senate about the middle of the month, es is ‘usnalty the case previous to the adjournment of Con- gress, that his successor may be chosen. Our Chihuahua (Mexico) correspondence treats at con - siderable length of the habits, appearance and numbers of the Indian tribes in Mexico, especially near the Amer- ican frontier. The resolution passed some time ago im the Maryland Legistature, orderin, election for Mayor and Council in Baltimore and ejecting the present incumbents, has been repealed, and there will be no election on Wednes- day, the day set in the resolution, ‘The report of the recent Indian massacre on Smoky Hitt river is confirmed. A hostile band of Indians were on the Platte, moving southward. A station near Cen- tral City, Colorado. was attacked on the 23d ult. Three whites were killed and a large amount of property was stolea. Lynch, McMahon and five other Fenran prisoners were sent to the Kingston Penitentiary on Saturday. ‘J, H. Weilchan, the last of the prisoners at Toronto, was dis- charged on Saturday, no bill being found against him, { Our correspondent at Ottawa furnishes a list of the pen- sions granted to the heroes of Ridgeway and Fort Erie. The members of the Cabinet council are in favor of ing ® delegation to consult with Congress regarding treaty of commerce. ‘The British ship Schah Johan was wrecked on Sunday neat San Francisco. No lives wore lost, The American schooner Edgewater was wrecked on the reef of Key Breton on the 18th ult. The crew reached Cienfuegos in satety. (A list of vessels lost at sea during the Inst ten years, compiled from authentic records, will be found in our columne this morning. An interesting aceount of the yleld of precious metals from Oregon and Idaho and Weshidgton Torfitories will be found in our columné this moraing. ) Hon. James Brooks, in-the crisis : The Lepoachment<Paalorred Coup @’Etat ef fig “Beattora Itebels “ bene Northern Coppér- beads, “When the sky fells we aball catch the larks.” ‘There has reeently been a remarkable gathering of Southern’ Governors and polfti- cians at Washington in consultation with Presi- dent Johnson. The-resalt is noised abroad as the adoption of @ new Vine’ of policy om his part to be submitted to the new Congress on the 4th of March, 9 policy which, it is said, will | embrace impartial suffrage to whites and blacks in,the rebel States, with the general: condition of a reading and writing and a two hundred and fifty dollars property qualifica- tion, to be adopted by said States as the basis of restoration. This is auggested as 8 compro- mise with. Congress; but unfortunately in this light it signifies nothing and will come to nothing. Like the proposition, with the flight of Louis Philippe from his throne, to substi- tute the young Count de Paris as regent, this overture is “too late,’’ and, moreover, it does not begin to meet the necessities of the case. In trath, however, it. is not-intended as. a com- promise. It is only a bit of strategy, a feint, a mere diversion to draw off the enemy. What, then, is the real purpose of Mr. John- sont What is the secret of this late gathering of his Southern Governors and Southern man- aging politicians in the private audience chamber of the White House? What is the explanation of this “happy accord” between Southern rebels, Northern copperheads and the administration? What are they driving at? Outside of the White Honse there is no mystery about the matter. Southern rebel and Northern copperhead journals are getting up the scarecrow of a coup d'état. If driven to the wall, they warn us, Johnson the First will repeat the gams of Napoleon the Third in dispersing the National Assembly of tho republic in 1851 atthe point of the bayonet. This is in accordance with Mr. Seward’s hint of last September, en route to Chicago, that if we will not have Andrew Johnson as President we must have him as King. He will not inter- fere with the adoption of impeachment resolu- tions by the House, nor will he resist the motion to bring him to a trial before the Senate ; but if they attempt to suspend bim in the functions of his office while on trial his reserved power as commanider-in-chief of the army and navy is to be brought to bear in the dispersion of Congress after the atyle of Louis Napoleon or Oliver Cromwell, and in a call upon the militia of the several States to put down any popular demonstrations that may be attempted in support of Congress. Those Southern Governors and leading rebel politicians who have lately hed him by the button hole -have probably been giving him promises of “aid and.comfort” in any emer- gency. They have perhaps fallen'agaia under the delusion that. “the. Yankees won't t.”” As for our Northern copperheads, if we ay beliove‘them, they are enger for the tray. publicly promised 6 million of mon: in of Mr. Johnson, which iss huadred better than the promise of the Hon, Horace ;| Greeley in.supportof Abraham Lincoln’s oman- cipation proclamation. The Hon. Fernando Wood would perhaps head. another, million, if able to take the field, and the Hon. Ben would ’ unquestionably volunteer in the same fight if not preoccupied im his more genial game of fichting the tiger. But, following in the wake ot Lieutenant General Brooks, all the Seymouts and little “Jack Rogers,” of New Jersey ; the puissant “Jerry Black” and “Old Buck,” of Pennsylvania ; poor Pierce, of New Hampshire; the great Vallandigham and Pendleton, of Ohio; Voorhees and -Milligan, of Indiana, and all the “Sons of Liberty” of the West, will bring up their reserves by millions. Thus, supported in arms by three or four millions of the Northern peace democracy this time, the Southern rebel States, with President Johnson as their champion, will make short work of Congreas, the abolition of slavery, the national debt and all such appendages of the first war for Southern rights. And what then? Why, then, does any one suppose that the mighty coalition would be aatisfied with “Andy Johnson?” No. They would send him adrift, and Jeff Davis would be released and reinstat ed-instanter, in dbedience to the Calhoun doec- trine of State rights, and African slavery would Ge re-established in accordance with the Dred Scott decision and “the constitution aa it was.” Herein lies our safety against a coup d'etat from Mr. Johnson. It would not pay him his ex- penses in any event, and it might bring him face to face with that famous “sour apple tree.” Besides, he is a stickler for the consti- tution, and that instrument is so clear upon this matter of impeachment, and with the power, the modus operandi, of Congress over him is so broadly Jaid down that there is no getting round it or under it or over it. Having challenged the test he must submit to be broiled upon his own gridiron, and he must abide the consequences; for it is an axiom of Blackstone or Touchstone that “when two ride a horse one must ride bebind.” As for the milliou of men to be led by Field Marshal James Brooks, he will have to enlarge his spectacles to find them. They are Fal- staff's men in buckram. insurrection in the North that we had before the war and during the war so much that it has ceased to frighten even the old women who have a government bond or two. It is sheer nonsense to talk of a coup d’éat by Mr. John- son, although his present treacherous support- ers are urging him to try it. He can place no faith in them; for they seek to use him only to betray him, and he knows it. He knows, too, that Congress is backed by all the Northern States, including three thousand millions of money involved in our national securities and a tmaillion of veteran Union soldiers, and he knows that the ultimatum of the North is that of Con- gress. More than this, he knows, as we know, that all this bue and cry of civil war trom his impeachment is all gammon and claptrap, and that the public peace will no more be disturbed ‘by his suspension or removal than it would be by his death or resignation. There was an unfortunate King of Prussia some time ago who got into the habit of wash- ing his face at the dinner table in his plate of ‘soup. It was from this ciicnmstance found necessary to supersede him in the duties of his office. How, then, can the two houses of Congress be denied the right to impeach, sus- pend and remove President Johnson for tres- passing on hands in their soup and washing his itt And by what ‘authority can he be made to fill the office of President and the office of a criminal at the bar of justice at the same time? The gase they expresicd. the desire for a repetition of the charming'air at the opers. "Ty this ‘remark should. meet her exe, we have coe : singer ; She siandn in tho vory et rank of her was arresied by the police for selling tickets for the gift enterprise got up for the benefit of the New York Hospital. This proceeding Tt is the old story of them.! On the contrary there is scarcely a The Raid on City Property. church or chapel ia the Union whieh~hes not }~ ‘The last batch of corporation jobs, by whick been partially built or maintained by their aid,’ | it is pro to\naorifice one’ of the most val- The opposition to them comes from a very dif, uable pieces of property belonging to the city ferent source. ‘The parties stirring im the} of New York for onesixthof itesalable value, matter are the gamblers and policy officé | and to force through a street widening specu- keepers, who have been making large profits | lation af an enormous expense to the property out of: the swindling concerns called State.| holders in the immediate vicinity of the pre- lotteries. Their business has been terribly | tended “improvement,” should not be sub- cut up by the new direction which the ry | mitted to. patiently. by. the people. Public manie, is taking, and they have determined to | meetings should be called at once to protest puta stop to’it if possible. They, we under. | against the outrage. The piece of property stand, are inducing the police to make arrests | which Hoffman, the Mayor, has agreed to sell by the offer of large bribes. The kame, how- to, Hoffman, the Commissioner, on , the part of * ever, is « dangerous one, as they will soon find the United States, for half million of dollars, out to thelr cost. The arrest of Regan is an j is worth three millions; and if the Corpora- outrage that will not escape unpunished. He | tion possessed the power to dispose of it at all has good ground for » suit for damages against | there would be no reason why the people of all thosé concerned in it, and we are glad to | the city should be stripped of two and learn that steps are being taken to bring the | half million dollars in the transaction. The matter immediately before the courts. ; United States government can afford’ to pay an equitable’ price for ‘a Post’ Office site, and would not be contemptible enough to require’ any gach sacrifice ‘on the cvvgypo city of plain. When brougtis inp for frial bethire the bar of the Senate, as before a criminal court, he will be suspended in bis functions ag Presi- dent, and, when convicted, he will be re- moved, and the response of the country will be amen! Aad that willbe the last of Mr. Jobnson. t A New Season of Italian Opera at the Fréch Theatre. On the 11th of this month, next Monday, ‘a season of Italian opera will be commenced | at the French theatre, Fourteenth street, under unusual and highly favorable circumstances: Signor Antonio L. Mora, a gentleman well known in this city for his great ability as a mu- sician and composer, has organized & company of the very best materials. He fs backed by parties who are millionaites, and no expense will be spared in having not only-the first artists. that can be found, but in having every- thing else, the orchestra, choruses, scenery and all that pertains to the finest representation, of the first quality. He is assisted, too, in bis efforts to accomplish this by persons of great | experience in such matters, We are assured, then, that’ our music-loving people are about to witness a more brilliant season of opera than we have had for many years. The parties who are moving in the matter seized the opportunity that has been afforded by the arrival in the city of a famous prima donna, Giuditta Altieri, who has been engaged for the season. This lady, though young, bas already acquired a high reputation in Italy, Russia, Germany, Rio Janeiro and other places. With the finest and richest soprano voice, she combines the highest order of talent as an actress. She does not merely sing her réle ad- mirably, as too many first class artists content themselves in doing, but she thrills her au- dience by her extraordinary dramatic powers. Added to all this she has great personal beauty, and her charming, gracetul manner shows much refinement and cultivation. She may be classed with Malibran, Sontag and Grisi; and since the time of these celebrated artists we have not had, probably, any one equal to her. Indeed, with her advent, by proper management, we may confidently ex- pect a revival of the palmy days of the opera in this country. She,will mke her first ap- pearance as Violetta in Traviata, a réle in which, probably, she has no equal. We might speak of the laurels she bas won as Leonora, in Trovatore, and as Linda, in the charming opera. of Linda di Chamouni, while performing in Russia, Germany, Italy and other parts of the world; but the people of New York will have an opportunity of hearing her and judging for themselves, 'We may mention here that when she sang a few evenings since ata pri- vate party in this city, before a select and critioal company, they were 60 delighted that The Charges Agninet the President—A b ee gerd Cause. ~ The conviction is daily be. v aing more gene~ ral that the impeachment and removal from office of President Johnson are inevitable. He is little likely to resign, there is but small chance of his yielding, and as the dead lock cannot be allowed to continus, Congress has no choice but to impeach, convict and remove him. It is absurd to imagine that there can be any difficulty in making out @ case against him. As we have shown again and again, ‘his stubborn and unconstitutional use of the veto power in numbers of cases in open detiance of the will of the people, as expressed by their legally chosen representatives in Congress as- sembled, is of itself sufficient to warrant his impeachment and removal. Loudly, however, as his conduct in regard to the veto calls for his removal from office, it is called for on grounds of a totally different and even more serious description. We have no desire to pry into the doings of the committee which is now collecting evi- dence with a view to impeachment. We have no doubt they will do their duty. We are will- ing to wait with patience the appearance of the report which, in all likelihood, they will submit to - Congress © before the present session is brought to a-elose. It will be impossible, however, for that com- mittee tooverlook the fact that Mr. Johnson has been guilty of a class of offnces of a more éerious kind than is implied in his abuse of the veto power. It is impolitic and illegal in chief magistrate, like the President, to assume 4 doggedly obstructive attitude. is still more impolitic and illegal in a chief a trate toassume and to exercise an authority which is not only not vested in his office; but positively forbidden by the terms of the con- ‘atitation, It was the assumption and exercise The Corporation Counsel, .Mr.. Richard O’Gorman, should.not only refuse to sign the conveyance of ‘the Park property, if called wpon to do so, as he refused to sign that of » portion of the Battery, but should at once apply for an injunction.to prevent the proposed raid upon the. public property. He has ably sus- tained his position—that the Corporation bas no right to divert any property set apart for any special public uses nor, to sacrifice any of the real estate belonging to the city and pledged for the public indebtedness at less‘ than its fair | value. ‘He can readily ascertain from com.’ petent authority that the portion of the City Hall Park proposed.to be sold for half a mil- lion dollars is worth six times that amount. Lethim do his duty to the public by using his official position to prevent the consummation of the proposed job. We trust that he will lose no time in procuring a fair valuation of the property, and then apply to the courts’ for an injunction to prevent its sale for any amount less thar its actual value, A New Financial Job. The Washington despatches of Saturday last informed us that # delegation of gentlemen prominently connected with the national bank-~ ing system, including .Mr,: Jay Cooke, had waited upon the Secretary of the Treasury and made certain representations, which resulted in his doing exactly what'these gentlemen and the national banks generally desired him to do. He endorsed a bill which, it is said, will be re- ported’ to. the Senate during ‘the present week, providing for. tie issue of. .a. hundred: millions precisely MIE into “etite, “Of buch’ eae. nee meee President Johnson made bimbelf guilty : be undertook, on his own responsibility without coavéning ‘and consulting tor rearrange the affairs of the pe my oe * States after the cessation of the War; and ithis offence alone, even in. the eonnts of a others, Congress would be justified in im- peaching and removing him. It is impossible to lay too mach stress pon this point. It is ecarcely conceivable that Mr. Jobnson did not know he was ‘acting uncon- stitutionally. If sach an pe adhe or for him, it certainty cannot ‘be tiade for his Mephistopheles of an sdviset, Mr. Seward, When the wat was ended it was clearly the duty of the President to summon the members of Congress together, submitting to them what proposals he bad to make, but leaving it! to them to determine in what manner the snb- sion and is @ valuable acquisition to any o; company. Signor Ifre is the tenor, or we may say, pertiaps, one of the’ tenors... With » very sweet and highly cultivated voice.he ia one of the best musicians and most correct singers in the country. Many will remember how they enjoyed his rich and charming voice, even with all the disadvantages which a singer labored under in the old Academy, otherwise called the catacombs. He will be heard to great advantage in the admirably constracted and well arranged French theatre. It is inti- mated that Brignoli, the famous and popular tenor, may become one of this superb com- In addition to those we have named Moreover, the Treasury, by being constantly Hable to be called upon to redeem theas cer- _ and some other artists, who will be fresh to a New York audience, and who come with a high reputation, will belong to the company. On the whole, taking the character of the artists, together with the means and ability of the management, no opera company ever opened a season here with brighter prospects. The Law. ca Lotteries. On Saturday aman of the name of Regan rather surprised the public after the latitude that was givea to @ recent lottery for the bene- fit of an individual in Chicago. If the law was violated in one case it was equally 80 in the other, with this difference—that in the case of Regan the infraction was palliated by the fact that it was committed on behalf of a valuable public charity. But we contend that the man thus arrested was guilty of no offence. The enterprise with which he was connected was not such an one aé brought him within the provisions of the law against lotteries. If any one entertains a doubt on the subject let him refer back to the pro- ceedings instituted in the case of the Art Union. There it was decided by the inferior courts ‘that the association was a lottery in violation of the law, and its property was confiscated to the use of the Almshouse Commissioners. The case was taken to the Supreme Court, and then to the Court of Appeals, which reversed the decision and declared that the association, beiag one for mutual benefit, was legal, and that the subscribers had a right to the proper- ty, which was accordingly restored to them. This decision defined the class of lotteries which came within the operation of the statute to be those which were got up tor gambling purposes and which endangered public morals. In no sense can the enterprises which give their gains to charitable uses be said to fall within this definition. They are mutual | as sociations for purposes of benevolence, which resort to the form of a lottery for the greater convenience of their operations. To the ob- jections which are started against the of their being confounded with the enterprises which are carried on urider'the | this same name, we answer that it is easy for those who desire to do it’ to discriminate between them. They have only to look at their objects and’ the names of their projectot.to satisty themselves on this point. One advantage be conceded to lotteries in connection po charitable objects—that they ‘draw money from the pockets of thousands who would not otherwise be disposed to conttibute.a cent to benevolent purposes. ‘There can beno better evidence of the, harm- Jess character of entorprisés of this tes than Mhe/inct that the clergy are not Opposdd to Tule. The wisdom or the folly of Mr. Johnson’s measures is a question altogether aside. Our object at present is to call attention to the fact that Mr. Johnson did on his own responsibility legislate for the South, and that in so legislat- ing he rendered’ himself amenable to justice. We have said already that Mr. Johnson could scarcely, be. ignorant that he was’ sotieg unconstitutionally, We are encoutaged im this belief by the fact that when Congress did assemble he submitted his acts to them for their- a ee en the time for Jadge Whiting t0-ahow up all the secret history of dirty streets, dirty contracts and dirty rings. If he does this. with- out flinching he wil! make. himself ‘one of’ the most popular men in the city, whether the streets are cleaned or not cleaned. The people would rather get'at the real foundation an@origin of all the dirt and filth than bave the maditem- porarily scraped from the roads and sidewalks, ‘This latter work can be postponed for a time, ‘until another storm of rain and cand Ughtning comes and carries.it off more yin Ameena to do, Whiting desires to render hiuiself a ‘and popniar man he will give wseno- ther sort of storm of thunder and lightning that wn it oe ree ee dirty ben ead a-rain that wery effectually way forever all dirty contracts and parity the foul gutters of city politics for some time to come. Erxtaxoer Agar on vam Canrer.— We have @ despatch from Paris which ssys that Er. langer has Been very saccessfal in his financial experiment in aid of the Cretans. This is dot the Grlanger who was so successful in! yin getting the cash for the bonds or that famous rebel cotton loan. But when called peor enough. We hope Mz. Johuson will veto “apén settlem. ndholders, to egy -atrgpttuan Hie wilt see ‘the:| 1 me ee and « his good t from following our advice in this money aré oN parted.” What will he be.apt instante; as clearly as he mast. pereeive thats! say when called to render in his Cretan refusal to be guided by us has. constantly led} aigsarsements? He will. probably refer to him “ito difficulties; He “Has made many Kossuth, Slievegammon, or the ©. 0. IR. Bte. blunders and fe threatened with ur ‘sphens for an explanation, and say, “Heads ishmient for his faults; bat. if by his veto ho | yin and tails you lose.” can save the from the infil¢tion of th ‘Tee Banarcrr Brr.—There is very little abominable bill, he may even the bow, now Cimed af bitn by Congrem, “ “| doubt about the passage of thig bill thrapcty ‘ > Present Joansok ann THe New Tarttrs— There is a report that the President intends | ash vetoing the new Tart bill, known as the bilb of abominations. We hope the report may. prove true; for Congress never proposed a | measure more detrimental to the a more,unsound as @ piece of political, rag a gaara ym vill wh:ch proposes to rob all classes