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fal 4 ul 2E: (iia i i t Lei Ta HEY ff i \ i A | | g f 3 z H i a AH a 5 7 ali | : g Fe Ha i 1 : i fi] gz uf Hf EH] fy i i l r reeee Ie Hn 4 fart li sili spake HH | ae 5 Ue elites fs il 5 HF f z i i H i ‘The Effect. OTTHOR OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE ON THR IMPERIAL DECLAR- ATIONS, ge the Paris Constitutionnel, Feb. 16.) The poe pag ‘speech, so impatiently expected by France by is acomplete programme of ex- ternal and internal policy, in which all is calm, clear elevated. Abroad all the acts of France are in- on the one hand eri preston on the other, such are the ples on which Imperial policy invariably takes stand; and so doing the ——_ has been enabled to maintain peace without being accused of woakness, and to extend public liberttes without compromising the prestige of authority or imperilling public order Pouce and licerty; in those two words tl iberty, not a mo systematic and at any cost—not a liberty imit which bears within itelf the elements of its own ruin, at {From the Paris Débats, Feb. 16.) We are happy in the first place to bear testimony to the pacific character of the speech. If a reorganization ra respected, and ea Sie and must mi ee Tee abate to Vee ge ee Bae mid were. ive body ve te weigh t! onsiderations when the new bill relative to my with neighboring States are, besides, excellent; as to the aggrandizement of Prussia, there is no for uneasiness in it—that extension Was a natural result; Napoleon I. had foreseen it, and he thought that henceforth there would be no other possible equilibrium 4a Europe than that which must result from the con- federation of populations of the same race. The impe- rial. speech, therefore, considers that there are no groonds fer fears res} the maintegance of the Peace of Europe. At home the moment has arrived for EA @ greater development to the public liberties. "3 speech refers to the decree of the 19th we remark with ire that it does @ concessions contained in that measure ‘a8 an oxtreme limit, and-as the definite crowning of the ‘The future remains open to hopes, and Ln Sek some Seu ween, 1s the sbeech may looked upon as an advance on le to the kod preamb The ts iw those words an entire pro- the Senate and the logisiative body, at» 49 whieh those atbemblies are called on to yas pty on, Oe that language conrti- for the country a new And fruitfut path, in which pation Will find as many suffrages bad to raise bim to the supreme From the Paris Preme, Feb. 16. wih has been as pacific and ax ral as we have on many occasions ex- accomplished*in Ger. ! F ? sh tH i ist fH iff est Pets if Z ! fl Ahi i Fite Ht iis ra ney heeity 4 delle ieatts Pa fo ea a ig- i | Ht i lp : i i E é by inst (he honor of having of trausforination wich is in ! i vernent Of e compiienment in Eu 3 he thipke that Tie cuaoge ie to the vase pi eat by the prisoner tempted by the nations in ‘i pesctaple their members, scattered. sinc tories. He sees the proof that all the peoples of tinent are now towards the establiehi @ great campo mu here entering on fecrimpations; let us only say that the |mperial speech veen more erplicil as to the Suite vommiticd, eerne the reforms announced by the decree ! a § HY were, ays the Emperor, im the thought of the Sena ‘and. the aspiration of the legislative body. We oly make one siupie reflection—that for the two grent ion of political Nberties 3 but that Bitberto that time had not yet appeared to hy ived. To sum up, Bho epecch of the Emperor wilt disw 4 the expecta. Hons of those Who desire to know th tent of the re. forms anounced. Jt cortwinly does not coatradiet the Promises of the 19th of January, but neither does it ify the ¢ kcope, and we shall only be able to judge of un from the billie which are going to be introduced Tate the legisianve body. [From the Paris Union (Legitimist organ) Feb. 16.) ‘The general tone does not appear to escape a sentiment of protuand preoo-upation which, expecially as regards the situation abroad, plervas through a certain reserve of wage, There is no Posaibiity ‘of discimilating the extent of the cares justly caused by those events which have surprived the world by their as well ae by the imporianee of their results, and which are preeented as haying had to be inevitably aveomplished, bvery- thing, even the allusion to the provisions of St. Helena, gives to th rt of the speech acharacter which no ope will misonderstand. Douttless the hb considers that this spectacle ag not to disquiet a country lke France, the unity ich te indesuructible; but de: seonding to details and caicolating the cooseqvences, it @annet be dissimul that the solicitudes of public Sao only (oo welt jnetified. Whatever may have over the me —— ‘our attitude in face of the German confict, what heen the power of our mediation to arrest ‘at the gates of Vienna, whatever may be Rte AE aE stn, wines rae Feaght of bas | g seyhees it bas qi WORTH GERMANY. The Basis, Articles and Provisions of the New Confederation. From Dresden we bave the following particulars of toe geneitetion prepared for the Confederation of the Chap. I. (on territory) enumerates the twenty-two States which belong to the pew North German joder- cil and the Diet exercise collectively the federal legis- lative power. Every federal law is in vigor from the moment that the two aseemblies have come to an agree- ment. . Chap. III. (Federal Council) declares that this body is composed of the representatives of the Confederate States, The votes are distributed as folows:—Prussia, 17; Saxony, 4; Mecklenburg-“chwerin, 2; Brunswick, 2; and each of the other States, 1; in ail 43 votes. Kach Con! can send to the Council as many represen- tatives as it has votes, Bnt each State can put forth butone opinion. Each Confederate has the right of making ‘tions, and a discussion must take place on the same. The constitution cannot be modified without two-thirds of the voter; any other resolution is taken by a smple majority. In case of an equal division the President has the casting vote. The council com- prises seven permanent committees—1, army; 2, mx- rme; 3, finance; 4, commerce; 5, railways. Post office and telegraphs ; 6, litigation, and 7, accounta. The commitiees are named by the Council, except the first two, which are appointed by the King as Generalissimo of the Con- federation. The nomination will be annual. Every Federal Councillor bas a seat in the Diet and has a right to speak there: be enjoys the immunities accorded to the diptomatic body. + Chap. IV. (Presidentship of the Confederation) as- tigns that post to the King of Prussia, who declares war, makes peace, concludes treaties, sends and receives em- bassadors in the name of the Confederation, He nom- tates the chancellor of the whole body, who presides over the Federal Council, convokes it aud closes the deliberations. He also convenes and closes the delibera- tions. He siso convenes and closes the session of the Federal Diet. The convocation of the two assemblies takes place every year. The counci! can sit in the absence of the Diet, but the fatter is never to sit in the Tho King of Prussia eubmits ; Sanctipns and publishes the federal laws, and provides for their exccution; names and revokes federal functionaries. Military execution is authorized against members of the Confederation who shall delay to fui] their federal obligations, The Fed- eral Coancil, and, i cause of need, the King poy carries it out, and, when necessary, occupies the re- fractory ‘and substitutes himself for the local gov eroment. fr Chap. V. (The Diet) This body is clectnd by universal’ and direct suffrace. While waitiog for the voting of federal eiectoral law, the Diet will be elected eccordit ‘to the method determived on by Prussia, Public fanc- tionaries aro not eligible. its sittings are ‘public, The session is for three yeare. It names its own absence of the Council. ‘The vote-is-teken by an absolute majority.- Members bave no to any indemnity ; ‘cannot be prove- cuted for their ‘votes or 3 cannot cont ‘shall form a union, ann rere its tariff accordingly. Chap. VIT. treats of raiiwaya Chap. VIII. of the post office and telegraph. Chap. IX. of the wind and wavigation. There is to be but one navy for the North Sea and the Baltic. The King of Progsia has the command, appoints the officers and receives their cath of allegiance as well as that of the orews. Kiel and Jabde are federal seaports. The flag ie biack, bine aud red, er ‘reais of copsuie, who are to be nominated ten years, cent of the whole pop effective the King will receive 225 thalers (8fr. 5c. He commands the army, directs its movements on all occasions, pute it on a war footing and fixes the whole number; receives the oath of the troops, names generals and commandants of fortresses, and can con- strnet fortresses, The other officers are named by the Confederate Princes, whose contingent they are to command. the King of Prussia can proclaim martiai Jaw, In agtate of war the chief power passes exclo- sively into his haads throughout whole federal ter- ritory: the civil authorities also are under his ordera. Chap. XII. treats ot attacke on the Confederation, assimilates them to the crime of high treason, Thi are to be tried by the Supreme Court of the Hanse towns, at Lubeck. Chap. XII. declares that special treaties eabmitied to the Diet will regulate the relutions of the Confederstion ‘With the States of the south, NEW JERSEY INTELLIGENCE. dervey City. ‘Toe Excime Burt.—Petitions are being signed in Jersey City, Hoboken and surrounding districts im favor o: an excise bil! embracing Hudson county. Several bills are now before the Assembly, each concerning some par- ticular locality, and the petition recommendsittiey be combined in one measure. A meeting of the Liquor Dealers’ Association of Hedson county will be held this afternoon to consider the means of a this blow at theit imteresia, The Sundav closing which was agreed to at the last meeting, was disreyarded by severa! romeeliors last Gronkenness were numerous. ‘Ter Famxory Mons oF Itmasn.—A meeting of this society was held at Franktin Halt lest evening, when the est weans-of celebrating St. Patrick's Day were dis cussed, The Committee on Invitarions made out o lirt of guests to be invited to the grand dinner on that even- ing. Asthe society ix yet in its infancy, no badge or distinctive emblem bas been agreed upon. Hudson City. ‘Tas Frex Pomc Lirnany,—The ladies of Hudeon City gave a grand supper and musical entertainment at New- Virk Hall Jast evening, in aid of the new library which was opened jn the present mouth. The trastecs acted ag managers on the occasion, and contributed with y zeal to the comfort of the guests. A table, With choice articles for sale, we eleo, im the hall, the proceeds being for the rame object. ba) THE MURDER AT STEWARTSVILLE, B. J. Vistery of the Case—Arrest of the Alleged Perpetrator. « An account was recently published in the Henarn of the frightfu! murder of a Mrs, Kaye, at Stowarterille, ‘and now that the arrest of the sileged perpetrator has been made, the details of the crime snd subsequent ar- rest may be nade public, Ou Friday, the 15th inst, Mr, Kage, the husband of the murdered woman, returned from his work on tho Morris and Essex extension at the noon hour for the purpose of procuring his dinner. Ar. riving at the house, which Is @ one story building, he Jound the door locked. Waiting avbile, and his wife not returning, be went to the back part of the house, erawied through a window and partook of bie meal, which had beew prepared by hia wife for the last time, He left the house and resumed his work. Upon ret .ing Jo the evening Le found the door still locked, and he began to wonder as to his wife's whereabouts. ¢ ahting on several of ber friends and finding that she not been seen by them, he procured the assistance of a neighbor, aud broke Into the house, st'll feeling that he whom he sought was still alive, but perhaps ill, Upon the twe entering the reom one of the miesing woman's undergarments was found upon the floor, beneath which was a baichet. The husband remarked (hat it was “very strange,” aa the baichet did not belong to him. In the coutre of the floor wae a trap door, which led into a small cellar where provisions were kept. Not finding Mra Kaye, the friend of the husband geoposed that he the door, Mr. did so, and bebeld the ly of bi wife, in a partially ercet condition, ber head horribly matiated mashed almost to a jelly. Upon the aiteir becoming known the excitement was intense, and macy boldly declared their betel that nove other was the perpetrator ‘of the deed except the hus. , and the arrests for band ae al of citizens ¢. 7 rr tem; to infict summary ice ir. Kays the murderer, Governor Ward ‘promptiy ‘ thet whether we rati NEW.’ YORK HERALD, .THURSDAY, FEBRUARY ‘Vineland, Cumberland county. He is well batit fellow, and is said to bear am giy bat reputation, ‘and it 1s alleged bas three wives, a pe © VIRGINIA. DUR RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE. Tee Reconstruction Measures in Virginia— The Richmond Press Upon the Subject—The Hon. Reverdy Johnsen Denounced—How it Affects Citizens of Richmond—Crops and Labor ta Virginia—Important Legislative Preceedings—Chari table Lottery Schemes in the South—Decisien in Relation to a Slave by the Supreme Court ef Alabama, &c. © Ricamonp, Va, Feb, 24, 1867. The press of this city are exceedingly angry and vio- lent in thelr denunciation of the Sherman bill, as amended, and as it passed both houses of Congress, ‘Without comment, which is meediess, I give extracts from the papers themselves, The Times speaks as fol- lows:— It erects a military despotism upon the ruins of ovr liberties and gives to each “district” a military ruler whose sataeey is as autocratic as that of the Czar. Life, all we hold dear will be at the mercy of berty the soldier if this bill becomes a law; and in this de- plorable condition ten States are to be kept until they. submit to the disfranchisement of every South- ere man of ability, and the enfranchisement and political equality of every male negro. in the South who is twenty-one vears of age. The forms of ‘State government which are allowed us are to be hollow mockeries, and are expressly declared .‘* provisional,” and subordinate to thejmilitary satraps at whose our lives and Jiberties are to be placed. Each “ ae dier” is to be “a law unto himsel’,”” a= wel! as a com- plete code, both criminal and civil, ior nandreds of ‘thousands of people. The proud and honored names of the eld Southern States even are practically aboluhed, and ‘ Virginia” is hereafter to figure upon the stature books of the nation as “District No.1.” She is to be ‘treated like a convicted felon, whose head is shaved, and locked up, is thenceforth known No, 49” “Furl that banner’? which has so long admonished prostrate tyrants of the wrath of indignant berty. Down with that flag which the mother of States and of statesmen bas proudly hung upon her outer walls for many a glogous decade. The Enquirer thus excuses the Hon. Reverdy Johnson for voting for the measure :— ‘The vote on the new section was vens 98, 70. The vote on the whole was yeas 126, nays 46—a strict party vote, The soheme, as thn amended, went back to the Senate and was concurred in, yeas 35, nays 7. Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, was among the yeas, ‘because he saw in it a mode of rescuing the country from the perils that now threaten i, not because he approve: of it in any particular.” ‘The Beaminer, however, demands of the same gen- eman to know if ‘there is no legal State government in Vireinia,” or “no adequate protection for life or pro. perty in Virgima?’’ and says:— It is the most wicked, wanton and tyranvics! Dill that ever passed a civilized assembly. How Keverdy Jchn- aon could have voted for it is au inexplicable mystei Lat 08 bope that he felt some remorse yesterday mori ing when he found himself eulogized by John W. Forney in the Washington Chronicle. The Dispatch goes more fully into the effects of the Dill at the South, and gives the vames of Ieading gentle- men fn this city who are disfranchised by it. It says:— When we state that Judge Meredith James Lyons, Thomas P. August, General Haymond, David I. Burr, Joseph Mayo, wid J. Saunders, Robert Howard, W. W. Coump, James Neeson (both the proprietors of this papery, Jobn W. Wright, Jobn F. Regnanit, R. D. sanxay, yl. Caskle, Wy! J. 8 Caskie, P. He Aylett, Thomas H. , &e., are among Proscribed classes, the reartor willsee how sweeping the prosoription is, altboagh iched. We have omitted tl of Judge Lyons, becanse his is rather a municipal than a State office. He may escape by a “tight squeeze,”’ especially if, as some contend. his offce i not on extra-constitutional, but umcopstitutional. The en- franchised class consists of negroes. The sale tl gg the constititiona! amevdment or ‘not Degroes shall vote forall offi ers of the *.ag Our masters are Seer Wetter, Sete ‘pot eligible to office. ages ne there will beetoat double as many white as back reece | in Mee ba t Legisiature cannot y amendment. t Einst be done by-a Legialatare to be elected ander a constitution hereafter to be framed. From all parts of the State come cheering avcouvts of the crops; the Wheat sown Inst fall covers a greater ‘space than has been tilled for the last ten years in Vir. and is said to be of a very superior quality. Added to this, the farmers iv all sections aro making the great- est effgrts to planta large corn crop thie season, which gives the most ample assurances of an abuodant harvest. ‘The omly drawback has been the extreme difficulty of labor—tbe freedmen in almost every instance retusing to make contracts; but the prohibition by the authorities of the Bureau to turnish rations to the able F 1 yet unemployed—in this , for instance, not jerr than from fifteen hundred totwo thousand able, vigorous men. with the recent copious emi to the West and has canned a great dearth of labor, which can only be remedied by the return of a portion of the emigrants or the introduction of a new class of labor. The return of large 1, however, eaceriy numbers looked for the coming spring, as there is said to be an excess of negro labor Ia all she South western Siates, and even im Texas, ‘rom where there are serious complainis of thofts and outrages by wandering tants of idie negro Jmmnigrants. A bill was passed Bg Legistature here yesterday extending the time the completion of the James River Kanawha Canal, by a French company, from whom Intelligence was received by the cable from Park, stating that the Societe Gens rals, of that city. had agreed to furnish the capital, $40,000,000, requixed for the vou. struction of the cana). This will extend the James river Noe of cana! to the Obio, and wit! be a source of great weaith to this city. Another reset Dil to the State, which has beea pawed, is that in-orporating the Chegapeake and Ohio Railroad Compauy, and the con- eolidation in the same company of the Norfolk apd Petersburg and the Central and Sontb<ide roads, ‘ibis also connects Virginia with the Ohio river, and places Norfoik on the road to prosperity, 4s 4 groat comme! cial city. The work ix 1 be commenced at an e: will be taken in band by Nortbern eapitali Some of the charitable gambling soc.eties or euterpris recently cotten up ui the South are said by un ex-Con- federate officer (belfeved to be Colone! John G. sosby) to’ be wotbing mere than schemes for the benef: of npecalators, In this category is incinded the Southern Orphans’ Association, not long sinve incorporated by the Virginia Legisiature. ‘Ibe public have been warned through the press against bogus agents of memorial associations who are now travelling all over the South swindling the people. The following decision, of some importance in the South, has recently beem made by 'ho Sapreme Court of Alabama. [he case was founded upon a promissory note given for the bire of a slave in 1865. Tne slave went into the een ee or - _— i and remaii there an ay i, 5 ‘hen the “od by the military forces employment, withont any action on the part of the for- mer owner, on which the Alabama Supreme Court de- cider an follows: — Firtt—That the hirer was boond to pay the axreed for the fullterm of the hiring, aithoug! bad ‘the services of the slave for a part of the 5 ‘Stemd—That the emancipation proclamation pab- Lincoln in January, 186%, had no § jnvery was de- avd being (oy legal presumption from. the averments uf the complaint) payable in its legal effect could not be ‘by proof of role agreement between parties that it wasto S— the tion, passed in September, 1865, did not fo eviacece in such case to defeat a It is reported here that an injunction has been served upon two banks in Baltimore, supposed to contain the funds of the Rosser lottery enterprise, by the Ladies’ Soathern Orphan’s Association of that city. lo couse: quence of thie that echeme has ceased to operate, at tT henceforward no tickets will be sold by its agents. government refused to restore the Sinvis mansion, ov Of the prizes advertised by Rosser. and camo to this city to be paid off aud disbanded, their aggregate amount of pay being upwerd of $100,000, Ramors of (he arrival of the sable warriors, soon to have woll filled porses, spread far and wide, aud great was the excitementamong the venders of clothing and articios most aitrattive to the negro’s eye, Much aa these so!- diers aro,disliked by the unreconstructed, their money porsessed charms too irresistible. and ronners frow the stores were prey day) fo secure rich trade that would ensue. Nothin, lett undone. we Carriages, hacks, omnibuses, &e., were pu hired to convey the gallant blacks, with thelr greenba into town; and soon foetamor- oy of the most extraordinary bag bad en place—the blouse and blue pants wero abandoned, the " travel-gorn —#old was ff others were benefited by salen bin Es o good ie of the colored soldiers that evening for Maryland, |, and mod Ln crowd, moved ar their depart but withont astoniebing .am happy, however. to have had the to the camp on Saturday {rye GEORGIA. ‘Macos, Ga, Feb. 23, 1867, . le te cast! ‘The rubicon has been crossed! Georgia s under s miliary government, is practically territorialized! The sun indeed shines brghtly, the trees are robing themselves in their gay apparel: ‘tis Georgia, but living Georgia no more! Many feel dis- posed to shed atear atthe fate that bas overtaken the State. It took years of hard fighting and a length of time to convince the people of tne State that the negro ie. man—‘‘a higher title than president or king’ —and note chattel, Events of » practical nature will speedily follow which will make assurance doubly sure on this subject. When the negro shal!, under Sherman’s recon- struction bill, vole; when he shall sit in the councils of the State, then indeod will there be none to dispute the fact that the black man isa man and {has all the attri- Dutes of aman abouthim, The negro has been quicker to divine the great change that was coming to his condition than the white man has been of the same fact. Indeed the negro has been impatient of the Jong delay in the full realization of all his rights, and wil! vote with agusto that be only kuows how to exhibit, But what of the white population? They cap only sigh at the degeneracy of the times! The delay in conferring on the negro the right to take purt in forming the con- stitution under which he is to live and in making the laws by which be is to be governed, vas been eminently ‘deneficial; for he has had the more’ time in preparing bimself exercise for the of so important a right. and it pot ged prepared the white mun for conceding the This being done tbe two races . be fairly left in Report ef the Metropolitan Police Commis- slonere te the Legisiatare. The following is a copy of the report forwarded by the Metropolitan Police Commissioners to the State Legisia- ‘ure om the cause and extent of the social evil in this city: Currnan er Msrrorourran vn} iw February, 1867. To eam Rowonsns Tax ‘oom ov tas Srave or Naw The Board of fhe resolution of the Assem by napled sod the 8th a lloa te. a jequesting the Board of it looking to the more’ | owe por in the city of Mee York, ‘& copy of said caused an enumeration tobe sacte of tad) ‘bi ‘The rosuit of that enumeration is contained in the report of the Superintendent, herewith submitted, This enumeration includes houses of prosti- tation revels eran publicly known to be such, and of public tutes who follow their vocation without disguising it under pretence of other empioyment. Tt is not assumed that there is not a greater number of houses or apartments used wholly as places of prostt- tution, mor that there is not agreater number of lewd women who wholiv or subsist by prostitution than is shown by the dent’s report, Ou the con- trary it is believed that the figures of this enumeration do not exhibit the full extent of the evil. It is impos- sidle to state with accuracy the number of lewd women in the city of New York, including thore who reside in Brooklyn. Jersey City, Hoboken and other adjacent towns, but resort to New York to follow their to themselves—the negro the ‘ing to labor, | Vocation. ‘That the number is consi greater than and the white man possessing the little there is, in | that stated in the report of the Superintendent is certain, value, of the lands, “The con: -of the Si but how much greater this Board have no means of de- politic is so healthy, the enceu: ments to labor are 80 great, and above all the necessity for work of some sort is 80 that the shock will not be so greatin the change that been ordained .by the people of the country. Now if only confidence can be restored be- tween the two sections prosperity will come as the giori- ous spring has already burst upon this land Things could not be worse here than they have been. Under the fear of political troubles the stream of capital which should have been flowing *outh has been reversed, aud instead of permeating every nook and cranny ef the body politic with ite vivifying influences has flowed back to the centres, no more to circulate until confidence, tvat word of magic import in commercial circles, shall be re- stored. May that time soon come and our country be once more united, happy end prosperous! To go to the cities or into the couniry oue sees evidence of labor among all classes. Every day the number of drones 1s lessening. The step of the laborer is brisk and cbeer- falneas steals upon the co nce of both the employer and the laborer. The watchword is labor. At the first year I wax dispoved to take a gloomy he cotton prospect; now, I am large crop of cotton. It is rarely suid will not work; oftener you hear that he works as well as ever, and sometimes you hear it said that he works beter than ever. ‘The sirongest and roost convincing argument I have — ever heard in favor of treo over slave labor, even at the North, was recevtiy made by a gentleman in one o! low counties of the Siate, who had had some emancipated. He would not, he said, al Condition of the negroes were it in bis’ power. Thus ‘throw theory; thus does conscie ‘While ic may not have ue in a state of slavery: he conscience of the Soutl persons found in that would revolt at putting ® {ree people into « state of bondage, J wait frrther comments on the Reconstrac- tion Dill util it shall be better nnderstood tha ible to understand it from the telegraphic ac we have had of it, In ali my commupicavons T have studiously striven to conform to truth. I fear may be considered to bave departed from this rule in the several yelerences 1 have made to the Marietta, in this State. A strict words employed would bave oi impression to those who underst better thar it is possible for any mere obser stand it I said the cemetery was “reputed” to Contain 89 many bodies, I did not believe it at the time. and iy object wus to show how the citizens of that berutifuly now national ui'y were awe-s'ricken at thethoneht, 1 poctuni conversing With acentioman, » federal aiilcar, who las charge of the -reimtermest of the dead Union soitiers. He informed us that iho impression was (which tue newspapers hed tended tv widem) tuat these who jad charge of gathering up the remains.of the {/nion soldiers ‘Were making a gved thing out of it, and that they some- times took up the budiew of rebelg, and even divided the bones ot the Union soldiers, so @8 to got the price for the barial of the more. He informed me that up tothe present time there bad been buied in the cemetery be- fove referred to less tuan five thousand persons, and that in the disastrous battle of New Hope Church, one pit, where there were said to be cight hundred Vnion soldiers buried, only ono hundred and forty-three were found, These facts refiect tae bighest credit on the military skil of General Sherman, who, it is well known, reached Atlanta only after having made his men a ‘breastwbrks for almost the entire space between Dalton and Atlanta--a dis:ance of one hundred miles. It may interest those who have made pot bel/wn iu- bonds of the Btate conditioved on the mort.age of ‘State's raitroad, that that railroad i* now -pa ing into the treasury of the State monthly untdinneate of $50,009, wit the procpect of an in- crease in such instalments to $76,000. The New Yorx Henavd, the only national paper, is holding the same sway iu thie State it enjoyed beiore the war. It is the only paper (hat meets with upiversal acceptance or that is generaliy quoted from, The suspension of tho banking hoase of Brown & Wildman, of Atlante, promises to exercise a disastrous influence on euch depositaiies of money. It is thought that at least $60,000 will be lori by depositors, Stariling evenis He just before us, it is nts, National Cemetery at tention to the a KENTUCKY POLITICS, | oun FRANKFORT CORRESPONDENCE. The Recent Democratic Convention and tts Proceeding: Shetchen of the Can- ere tor Jett Da heme Ke. FProskrorr, Ky., Pet. 23, 1867. The couvention of democrats and rebels which assem- bled here yesterday was one of the most remarkable political gatberings ever witnessed in this state. It was composed of all the leading revels of the State, and all the lower order of confederates, who duriax the war were known as gueriliae, but now style themselves dem- ocrats and regulators, It iso bad al! the democratic element proper, with not a few of those known servatives who are in a constant state of va between their hatred of rebels and of aboli- tionists. It wan predicted tha, it would be impossible for this ineongracus masse to ~ bar- monize, nud while‘ the printed proceedings show no evidence of discord, it is known io men on the ground that heart burnings and curses, not loud but deep, pervaded the susembinge, Although jis managers are the most experienced and successful adepts in the ‘aris of intrigue’ and wire-pulling, it required all their skill to prevent a burst up of whole concern. And it required the utmost skill io rebel offic srs to keep their distanded soldiers within bounds of reason. ‘They crowded into the convention, and in various stages of drunkenness interrupted the proceedings by shouts for John Breckioridge, Jef. Davis, &., &c. alt os Srecmieed the pight poteme the convention that General Wilitam Preston, ¢x- general, shou! withdraw his claims for Gubernatorial hovors. This “sacrifice,” as his friends termed il, was a most bitter | for the Confederate portion of the party, and the nomination of et. ¢ rebel — tailed to sugar-coat it sufficiently to prevent wry faces. On naeees tae oe von poy of Fons was pro- tented againet by the peaceful portion of rly as an indignity and an outrage ‘spon ine people of Kentucky, almost a8 glaring as Smitu used to commit while oa his incursions to despoil hia native State. One prominent actor in that convention aifirmed that this act would Jone the party toirty, thousand votes in the State. OF the nominees but little need be enid. John 1. Helm, the candidate for Governor, is old man, who has the most uolimited confide: his own abilities and merits, He isa bigot of the old school. ‘The second on the ticket is John W. Steven: individual with many traits of character not unli those of his chief and derived from the same source—: Bs ro ancestry. He represented the Covington dis- trict im ‘once. Of the nominees cach bas yet to make his his- tory, with the ‘of Smith, whose exploits have po TS yr diversely regarded by his con- stituen| But the animus of the Convention war most takably exhibited at }, after its adjournment. The were parading ttreets end tbronging the coffee houses, curaing by ay ridiculing the courage of Union soldiers, shouting for Breckin and longi! for the of troops.” Tn the grades above, this spirit Siena ateren manper. Groups of ex-Confederato could be heard re. counting theirexploita during the war. They were ali of Gib ”? and it was dreadful to hear the auin- ber of Yanks they had despatched ‘hell-wards”” The filled with such as these:—“Tekin air was the bridle im my teeth and a pistol in each hand, [ kil five of stumbled, and the other Gis got ar them with twenty-five of my men. We kiltea, thirty, and tpok forty- nine prinoners,”? &e., &¢,. ed nauseam, The Legislature bas adjourned over to the 27th, TWE MISSOURI RAILROAD INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. Sr. Lovin, Feb. 27, 1867. The committee appointed by the Missouri Legislature to ii ie all ith the sale of 0 the sale of wont Paoite. Rallroad, \tirely exonerate Fletcher from all saspicion of trand in Tegard to he sale of that road. AAREST OF TWE POSTMASTER AT NIAGARA FALLS. ase Bisa es muta meeies row as n ¥ Metropolitan to the legislation receiving Prostitution and i pody pl ! termining. ‘The report of the Metropolitan Board of Health, lately transmitted to the Assembly, exhibits an appalling pic- ture of the Sanitary evils infilcted upon society by pros- ttates and places of prostitution. The evil effects of prostitution aud the evil influences of prostitutes and laces of prostitution extend much furtner, and afflict society in its sociel, political, mora! and business rela- Uions. Intimacy with prostitutes is in numerona in- siances the first step in a career of debauchery and dissi- pation, which lead to drunkenness, gambling, inattention to business, lavish expenditure, frauds, forgeries, robbe- ries and homicides, The results of a career of prostitu- tion in too many Instances are an Impaired health, cor- rupted morals, depraved habits, ruined reputation, the pr'son and ignomivior bh. deat! The existing crimins uthorise the indictment, conviction and criminal punishment of keepers of houses of prostitution and the arrest and punishment of public prostitutes gs disorderly persons Though prostitutes and the keepers of bawdy houses are numerous, the evils resulting to society from their influence and prac- tices are confessedly degrading and truly alarming. = 'T! convictions and punishments of theso offenders against Jaw and public decency are comparatively few, and do not seem to have any observable iufuence in suppre=s- ing the evil. Under such circumstances it cannot be pretended that further or more effective measures of Jogal restraint are not required by the highest public consideration. It may not be possibte to suppress, entirely, the prac- tice of prostitution avd eradicate its evil effects: put siringent laws, honestly and fearlessly enforced by the rors and police, with the encouraging support pinion, would probably greatly circumnseribe and mitiga'@the evil, The ev vollty par rainone vice mnt innocen i restitution are sited upon the y. The evils of this degrading and icl, with their tearful consequences, the bie and exemplary memberx of disputable fact is found iighvened legislators to ‘n reach of the Jaw ireuinseribe and. eraiti- 4ea.of Prostitution. he made practically more optnton, he nsetal, in ad- to vnaet a'evetem of prrohibi- be rntorced 1m the civil Of hans. of prostita: ¢ veal property veitianee. Would pat the hod 9°” prestinies. keepers of bawdy, Daénees pid per~ us siding pud-ube, ing them more copa- pletely rtder 10 Re Sa i rostriet the vicw in Heectent aud essentially withcale ie ovis within, the continually decreasing xphere of thelr influence, Power, + im, 24, 1887. od trom this office 484) on 101) instamt, directing a 3 Of tion and @signation, each precivet, vnnder and with it, to give the Jocality and designation of orch, the name and assumed pame of the proprielors, the names of the owners of the property 80 occ: and the number of Prostitutes resident in each, ‘This duty has been per- formed, and by it] ain enabled to report that the whole Bamber of housen of nrgibniion In t ies of New York and Brooktyn is 5757 df assignation, 92; of saloons where walter. giris are cinployed, 28: of public prost- 2,588; and of waiter girls, 336—showing a re- mn in each iiem snce the h of January, 1866, Year is as follows e aggregal ments 18 706, and of females so employed. 2,924. JOHN 4. KENNEDY, Superintendent. Ky Chamberinin—Petcr B. Sweeny Ap- pointed to the (fice. A special meeting'of the Board of Aldermen was held yesterday to confirm the action of the Mayor in the num- ination of Peter B. Sweeny for the office of City Cham- beriain. At a caveue of the Board it was understood that Mattbew T. Brennags would be the most available man for the position, but some hours be‘ore the Board convened the general impression was that tho slate had beon broken and that # majority uf the Aldermen had settled upon Sweeny. Tho mreting of the Board was called for one o'clock but the Mayor not having sent in the nomination an ad- journment was bad uptil three o'clock. Alderman Loew acted as chairman In the absence of the President. me Afieen o: twenty Minutes Were consnmed in tak- ing action upon some unimportant papers from the Board of Councilmen, when the Mavor’e private secretary wan observed to fr with a communica- tion from his Honor, Alderman Nontox moved that the further bnsiness of the Board be dicpensed with, in order to take up the Mayor's comm which was agreed to. Acommunication from Mayor Roffman, nominating Peter B. Sweeny for the office of City Chamberlain, was then read. Alderinan Comax moved that the Board confirm the action of Honor the Ma Alderman Hanoy called for the aves and nose. ‘The count resulted in a vore of 12 to the affirmative v and 2 im the ney whereu; the chairman ac- pounced that the wratton ot bis Wouor the Mager watdely (A PLING AT ALBARY LOGI ATION. Alderman Haney presented ihe report of the Finance Committee ov the tax levy, and moved that it be printed in document furm sod made tho special oréer for Mon- day next. Alderman O’Barey. inquired how many copies they pre roposed Alderman Noxtox—Two thousand dve bundred Alderman ©’ Barex—Is that not a little extravagant ? Alderman Nontow—Not for our party; pot a bit. atberman reason Al Renty inquired the for snch an ex- Penditure of the public money. He was freo to admit that he could not see reason whatever, and thought five hundred copies would do just av wellas five thou- sand. Alderman Bann, upon being called upon for an ex- stated that nine-tenths of the report was a oe “yy thd fh Ld governme: under oy _logisiation. e commitiee was prepared to ‘show ‘that the fred aha it be of the report be printed, and that it be ted ih the€ orporation pewapapare as wel Pitee ‘Board then adjourned unt Vionday next BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Corener’s Bills Allowed—More Bills for the pecial meeting yes terday afternoon, Supervisor Tweed presiding. Aresolation was passed roferting the subject of mak- ing an appropriation to assist the erection of the Hall of Military Recorts to the Committee on annual taxes. ‘The Committee on County Officers reported in favor of ailowing the bills of the for the last quarter of {von akousting to $5,01828., The was adorn Committee pew Court reported in om the ing the following bills :— The ex- | and tent waterintty to | Humboldt, Resolute, Excelsior, Ni Rep Merchants’, Maryland, Howe’ of ‘New Oitizens’ and Mechanics’, Harmony, City of $7,000; ion ae ot arctord " o Howard saiceecoen bs, 600 Hea yoee’ a rebapis? and Me+ CHINA AND JAPAN. iy Question of Opening Hiago, & Say Francisco, Feb. 27, 1867. Hong Kong advices, via Yokobama to Jaouury 13, Lave been received. J A most disastrous conflagration ocurred at the city of Jeddo, Thousands of houses, coyering a plot of four miles, had been burned to the ground. The foot of the city, which was laid in ashes, was the most prominent business and commercial part of the city. ‘The conflagration at Yokohama was Comparatively in- rignifieant, ‘The Yokohama Herald of Jonuary 26 says'the Tycoon bas invited the foreign representatives to Osca, to seitio the great question of opening Hiago, The movement is considered important in the political game being played in Japan. Hong Kong was threatened by the Netufle rebela. The country peaple were flocking. to Craven Island. The Chinese at Hong Kovg were preparing for an attack, ‘and had been reiuforced by Imperial troops. ‘The Vice Roy of Pekin was collecting his forces to march to the province of Sheershi, where (he Mohom- endern Netufle rebels had taken possession of the capi- tal. The clipper ship Ariel had made the return voyage from London to Hong Kong im seventy-nine days. ‘The United States frigate Shenandoah had left Caleatta for China, and was expected at Hong Kony in a fow va, ‘The Italian war steamer Uamgenta, at Hong Kong, at- tracted great attention as the first representative of tho Italian flag in China or the Japan seas, ‘There was a creat destruction of rice by the food near Perapg. Thousands were suffering on aecoaul of tho complete destruction of their rice fields, BREECH-LOADING SMALL ARMS, Further Test of Gune—Thorough Examtoation by the Board—Fs ign Officers Present.—The Roberts, Mont-Storm, Poultney, Remingten, Peabedy and Natioual Rifles. ‘The board of officers for the examination of breech- loading small arms met yesterday morning at (he State ‘Arsenal for a public examination of the guns presented. No fresh entries of guns will be received, the board baving protracted its examinations long enough to give imventors ample time for entering their weapona far large number of brecch-loaders have been tested, and the thorough and rigorous tests which they have undergone indicate that the board have spared no pains fu the endeavor to procure a first clase and efficient arin for the use ot the National Guard. The officers com prising the board are Goneral (:, W. Palmer, Prosiden| Colonel W. A. Ward, Colinnel G, W. Baker and Co} =. W. Burt, record ‘They are all efficient and y tical ordivance officers, and have so far performed their duty to the State in an and fasthful manner. FOKEIGN OFFICERS, ‘The Russian, British, Danish aud Spanish goveramenta some time since sent to this country several officers with instructions to examine and report upon the diller. ent breecheloaders of American invention. The fellow. ing are their names:—Colonel Gorloff and Captain Hue ian artery; Colonel Daria cud Cotone! panish artillery; Colonel de Boeck ana Ligntenant Millertz, of Une Denish artilery, Colonel Rowen, of the British ordnance. These ditivers Were invited by the bogrd to attend tho'triale of tho guns in eat their oid! separate boards of exanipni on, and for this act of internatwmal eourtesy Uy vers appreciative, They uve daity attended (ho ings of the board, and” take full notes of the d.flerent \reapons esamined and tested, We POUIENEY FL gun wastested yesterday ‘with a fled nr't ape, vreeen of Th and Stoo the teat nthistar weapon is made on the principle i vauical work. The bree ‘cof ron counected with rigxer xrurd and sw mg! Diock isa spar, WBIch, eee motion. chief meri consisin: springs and couplicated coutrivauc swith whieh breech-londers ate ¢ 4 fines Wery. rapids, and can be use with and despatets by after five minutes’ teasing. te penetration wae to that of any 1 Lefora the Beant Of constrict or, Board expousage. an ‘This gun ie an alteration trom a eneral Rober The breech oloek revel nd 1s raiaed by on of the stock, wh Army. w cylindrical surcace sitjated on the t throws down the breech is closed by after fring, the shell i 4 Dy a posits of she extractor. The brecct: piece coms ste af tao pieces, the front, part of which 1s fastened to the te and breech block by # et Joigt, this a sine t strength bs three-qnay f metal to apport charye, The varrel oo the niuzz oloaier From whie\ it is altoved in cut away at the in Weel On tO ne artachment made for the prrpo: tock aud ji being retaine?. oberix gon was fired very Pap apd the penetration was thronzh thi: fittecnta veard mit Me RM. ‘This gua wpe tested yesterday and fired eleven gehen in fifty-seven seconds, seven of which en in tarset. Ite penetration was through the eleventh beard - Ybis gun is av alteration from x maztle joader, and i» somewhat lar to the Berdan Allen and Lan peun inventions It has 4 swinging breech block, to which uttacbed an ejector which throws ont the shell by a pox itive movement, By .« novel arrangement thw tal) of the bommer, when the gua is dred, effectually jo k= ihe breech by means of a email Knob attached to the Lau- mer in the stock, and which enters a cavity at the tek breech block at the moment of fring. ‘The gun very strong, and will prove a formidable weapon. TAR NATIONAL RIFLE. ‘This weapon was again brought before tho Homrd vex. terday. The test of the led cartridge was applied ara proved satisfactory to the board. The owner mave an alditional ciaim tbat the shel is ejected by iene: two exirectors sitnated on both sides of the book, end which seize the rim of the cartridge by. the middie, shoe acertain and postive ejection; im. this respect it being different from the other breech-loader, whiet: bave but one ejector. ‘The owner also cluimed that the ejector of the shell depended upon no springy, bat war the result of a positive movement of the lever ‘This weapon one minute aud ninety-uiné in four miuites and Alty-five second. Jiv penetration was through the eleventh board, The tort of the filed cartridge was applied and Od Katiefac tory. The breeeh movements were apart in 6 migute and twenty seconds, and put Sayeeen: nga ‘one minute after the mainspring hed advustea, that part of the mechanism requiring the use of « vire, THR REMINGTON IMPROVED, This weapon fired fourteen shots in fifty-five secouds, aud stood the filed cartridge test in a gatisfactory man- nor, It waa taken apart thirty seconds sud put u again in one mincte, In the description given of this gun two mistakes occurred. The breech moye- ments are composed of two pieces, one of which forme the breech lock and is composed of # solid pieve of iron, through which the fizing pio is imtroduced. | The other ieee comprises the support vo the breech block, anc to it is connected (in one body) the hammer. The shel! ejected by @ positive moyomen ‘The weapon «tood ait the texts that {t was fired with ‘grea ev rapidity in Boetou a few ae ago, the average thon being eighteen shots per minute. THe RUST TROT, To-day two more guns will be tested, and then the public triais will coace, Tn the monntime all the gun already examined will be exposed and allowed ty ras after which the board will proceed to retest them pri- vately. WEWS FROM NEW MEXICO, Heavy Snow Depredations of the Indinne, St. Lov, Mo, Fev. 27, 1867, A despatch from Janction City says:—Governor | Amy, of New Mexico, bas just arrived from Santa Fe. Heavy svow had fallen im New Mexico, Gove ernor Amy reports that the Indians on the Plains are dis- posed to be peaceable, but those in Arizona aud New Mexico are still on the * ar and have commitied nomber of murders ‘rtd te yt monty, The wth tary camp on the Membres bas broken up and the troops compelled to leave, Five sotilers have been killed, and their stock, valued at over $20,000, driven . Allthe settlers and miners on the Membres river bave gone to Messilla for protection. One hundred and sevenivon horees and mules were stoien from hessilln three weeks ago, and about the game time cight thonsand were awag a point on the Pearce kiver, Fifteen = hun- dred Indians had the nest Fort Goodwin, January 21, for New where they wil doabtiens On the settlers and commit murders and other ‘Three men were killed near Cruez, January 20, @ party of Mexicans from the vieinfty of while cam; ing. ‘The Apaches made an un- asrault on the Moquin yiines, in Afixona, ant of a woinan and eleven children, and se Tuwdred Head of work. | Throngli the cexerttons of (sn. ornor Amy the woman and soven stored to their friends and all the #took returned, qa ARRIVAL OF PASSENGERS, Poriere—M MB Avehtor re FP Pine, Mise Wilkes, Me PD orem, dalee Piva Saw i iuyineee i (i en, Fores. Henry hers, Bie, Emanuel ‘eh ie ty ‘aule, MM 2 SiaNenatkchd ie tfardy, Mes i intoine apd fan tly J abien, ‘i naquet, Wr Clare, Mise Tee, Lemaire, O Wi Mr rend, Mr Hold- 5 ola, Win Secor, Dr WW Evang, te, Mr Manvel ir Howberger.