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THE SOUTH, VIRGINIA, QUA RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE. ‘Fhe Peniusula of Virginia—Its Negre Set- Bers—Singular Titles of the Settlemente— e eur pt to Collect Rents—Resistance by the edmen—Arrival of Artillery—Destitute Vondition of Both Whites and Freedmen, Ricumonp, March 10, 1867. that exceedingly fertile garden portion of Virginia mown as the Peninsula, lying between the York and ames rivers, or the immediate stretgh of country from ‘Williamsburg to Fortress Monroe, is a large number of ‘mew settlements, towns and villages formed by negroes ‘who during the war found a refuge here when fiseing from ‘their former bondage. These new settlements have each Been characterized by rather singular names, probably Bestowed by thelr African founders. The farm of Dr. ‘Powell, below Yorktown, 1s now known asSlnb Rich- ‘mond, and as this place is distinguished in history as feing the scene of the surrender of Com- wallis to Washington the freedman’s title for @# sounds odd. Others are distinguished by @tmilar appeliations, the prefix ‘slab’ seem- ‘ting to be admired by the settlers. Stafford G. Cook’s ‘farm, also near Yorktown, and about twelve miles from ‘Williamsburg, peepled by about five hundred freedmen, fa known as Slabiowr. It is ostimated that there are not Jess than thirty-five thousand negroes now on the Penin- ula, who have chiefly congregated there during the war and who are now a source of great misery and desolation. tm this section. Myr. Cook’s place—Slabtown—has re- ‘ezutly beeomd noted as the scene of a considorable ‘tamult, arising from an attempt to collect rents from the sable equatter tenants. ‘These farms havo for the most part never been legally westored to their former owners, the new occupants hay- faz theroby acquired by possession a sort of proprictor- ship which it is now almost impossible to dispossess Shem of. bir. Stafford G, Cook has, however, had the ‘title of his property restored, and under this authority ike rented the whole farm to the agent of the Freedmon’s Barcau at Williamsburg, that oficial sub-renting it to the freedmen, and thereby becoming responsible to the law- fol owner for tho rents, ‘In the Intter part of Feb- yuery, a haif yearly payment becoming due for She frst time, Mr. Cook presented himself to tho agent, uesting a settlement for the tenuro of his farm, The r having received no rents proceeded to the ten- @ntsand demanded payment, meeting, however, with a oo demurrer, and finding only four who were willing respond, most ‘of the occupants positively refusing to pay and denying his right to collect, This indaced the ‘Sxent to send a squad of soldiers the following day to tho farm with a view to enforce bis demands; but upon their arrival the freedmen, numbering abous four bin- |, were tornd to be armed and drawn up iv line of Datile, with the determination of resisting anybody that might be sent to dispoesess them of theif acquired pro- ports orto reqmre ‘the payment of eny rental. The number of the invading force precluded the possi- . Bihty of enforcing orders, and they were obliged to re- Sire, leaving the ficld to the victorious freedmen, who ‘were very expressive in their demonstrations at the pone! telling the retreating party they wore de- termined to protect their properiy and defend their hts. i, pale pmerrmags of a disturbance were now enter- ed, and application being made to General Armstrong, @ommanding at Fortress Monroe, some pieces of artillory ‘Were despatcued to the scen:, which had the effect of ting the turbflent freedmen, and up to last evenixg, P ard correspondent was in receipt of a telegram tress Monroe, no fresh outbreak had occurred, is there any immediate apprehension of one. The immense number of negroes on the Peninsula, gt, are nearly all interiopers from not only this Siate, it North Carolina, and, in fact, nearly every State in fhe South, and who are living in an almost destitute @ondition—the two rivera, the York and James, afford- thom @ means js a Leadts to tho Beep Aiea Fee nt Beaatitul but meglected L portion: Of the State. The whites are also liv- Sng in o state of misery there, too; those having any Ben, are frequently robbed of the fruits of their hard and the poorer class are subjected to rough treat- ‘waent from their more numerous and powerful sable set- ers. Numerous efforts to induce these ne; to omi- have proved unsuccessful, the fact of tho Bureau ishing t! ait ¢ Indigent rations and otherwise assisti causing them to remain; but until they az femoved appropriate legislation ou tho part of Congress this lem spot of nia will remain barren, desolate LOUISIANA. QUA NEW ORLEANS CORRESPONDENCE. Wee Charges Brought Against Governor Welle—Memerial and Affidavit—Debato on Subject—-Kistori—A Veto Message—Honors General Longstreet. &c. New Ofzeass, La, March 6, 1867. Fhe following memorial was presented by Mr. Fagot 18 the House of Representatives, who requested ‘that it be read by the clork:— @o.grn Hononsns Srzacex 4xp Muxaees ov rae House EPRESENTATIVES >— reas, J. Madison of the State of Lout- ure tare area A in a to sid author sags moreover, faa devault eee "aceurdin, . at Teeratttution of the‘aforesatd State, from holding oftce of trust or emolument;, end lasued & proclamation ny exintence, an the Purposes for jonger sit had been elocisd ‘ceased the moment that = ‘approved ail 5a re, able to be ‘from office for the fol owing reson vig:— the said J, BM: Weils is a defaul the ‘of Louisiana in the sum of $88,000, as State Tax Col. for the parish of 1840, as will ‘Rapides for the 7 by answer of the Anditor of Public Accounts to a tion Peed sioy of Publle Accounts to inform: oaeiely, 1 a , tye sald Auditor Oe lndettodness of auld Wells io Wo igs sald Wolls did, without any authority, ome 0 in the month of July, 1886, issue his proclama Bovemor of the State, ordering the sheritfe oft ‘ol. this State to cause elections to be held for to the late conveution of 1864, ‘assembled on the 80th of the month of J ‘of New Orleans; and that the maid to tasue his octal wm, is @ proof shat ‘was in favor of permitting an unlawfil assemblage to t was calculated to tba fereate, disturbauces. He. said fells, is the only person to be blanied and guilty of ail the thet has been sted, and he is inthe opinion of your respoi ie said 71 hich your petitioncr submits, and Seasons ps ane te . R. FAGOT, to and subscribed before me this bth day of March, .—Pauk W. Couvens, Third Justice of the Peace. ‘List of witnesses to'substentiate the first article of @harges—H. Peralta, Anditor of Public Accounts, = To substautinte the second articic of chai . U. Hardy, tary of State; A. 8. Herron, Attorney General of State; U. ho Monroe, Mayor of the sity of New Oricans. The memorial having beon read, Mr. Fagot thoved that in compliance with the statate on the subject of ‘hls remarks by reciting many acts, any one of which he frgued was sufficient to demand impeachment, ‘Mr. Scanian said that the late Dr. Dostic, when Auditor @f tho Btate, instituted proceedings againat Governor ‘Wells, but the Judge ruled them out of court, because fm his opinion proceedings in such a case could only be impeachment, Among the charges was the one now ferred by Mr. Fagot, of being a defaniter to the ‘Mr. Elam stated that as this was a very important oes. he thought the members should have some time reflect, and he therefore moved that further consider- fresh matorial for agitation for proscription. He was, however, its postponement and enid that it should at once in the hands ‘of a committee, Kile moved to lay Mr. Elam’s motion on the table—yeas 82, nays 60, Messrs. Stille and Scanlan raised a question of order, Qs whenever a memorial sworn to, specifying ctangts fegainst the Governor or any State officer was nated @ tho House, the memorial should be referred to a com. wiktee for Investigation, &c. Mr. Little was of opinion that the law did not make it ive on the House to refer the memorial to = com- er Cage said that he was not accustomed to ex- his mind fn the eee of the law, and tbat would express an opinion with di@dence, be- Heved, however, that it was competent for the House to er the majority might doter- any other momorial ox ‘on the reject it or defer its consideration. did not reference to a comm)tiee as obligatory on the , ns, were this so, the House would ee in @e situation of being compelled to ento every Gharge preferred against State officers, however frivolous @F malicious they might be. He said that be would — ‘having the opinion of the House expressed directly @ tho question. Mr. Foaner thought the decision unqueat cor. aa 3%. in order 4 mate ee en of the House taken, Moved anappent from the decision. ‘Messrs. toed fucker and H.ad maintained that the Jaw was imperative, While Mr, Walker was of epinion ‘Wat the chair was correct. the vote boing taken tho chair was susiained—yeas, aye, 19, a lunday night last the St. Charles theatre was filled with the largest audience that Madame Ristor! has ap- before in New Orleans, She repeated her céle. character of Eligabotb, Hundreds were turned ‘way unable to procure seats. Last night Madame Ris- tori appeared at the Opera House as Judith, and was afterwards present at the dost ball of the season, en at the St Louis Hotel by Madame 0, F. all, wite the propriotor of the St, Charles and &t. Louis Hotels. dance took place in the rotunda of the hotel, one of @e finest in the country. About midnight a grand sup- per was sorved in the ladies’ dining room. Recently the Louisiana Logisiaturo passed a joint reso- preying that executive clemency be extended to ymodore Matthew F. Maury, of the late Confederate , now inexilé from the United States, Thin was ‘Vetoed by Governor Wells, During tho reading of the ae. ha the Governot Generals Jam - Se soaly “ntpodugsd ip 1x9 Hues by TEXAS, OUR NEW OALEANS CORRESPONDENCE. Stage Attacked by Indians near Fort Clarke— Capture of the Mail. New Onteays, March 5, 1867. On the 1th of February last the stage from Fort Clarke, Texas, was attacked by Indians and the mail captured, About fifty Indians made the attempt, but were kept at bay by the driver and passengers until orning, when the Indians were reinforced to the num- ber of two hundred. With the exception of one Mexi- can who all were captured and driven off with the stage. their fate been remains a mystery, Outrages on the Freedmen—Order from General GriMin—Reconstruction, &e. Gatvnston, Texas, March 11, 1867. General Griffin bas issued an order saying that, in con- sequence: of repeated outrages and murders in Grayson eounty, and the seeming unwiljingness and ability of the civil officers 40 give protection to citizens, the opera- ons of order No, 5 are suspended in Grayson county, and the sub-assistants of the Frecdmen’s Bureau are hereby directed to arrest all persons who are or here- after may be charged with the commission of crimes and offences against citizens, refugees or freedmen, in cases. where. the civil authority fas falied, neglected or been unable tq bring tho partiés to trial, and to detain them im confiaoment until such time as a proper judicial tribunal shall be ready and willing to try them.” General Griffin algo orders the use of 'y force to enforce’this order whenever required. Mr. Lamp, Private Secretary of the Governor, has gone to Washington to consult the President about re- constructing the State.} INDIANA. OUR INDIANAPOLIS CORRESPONDENCE, The Leats!ature—Business—Improvements— Brench of Promise Case-—-Attempted Kiduap- Ping—Indiana Divorces—Amusemente—Mis- cellancous Gossip, &c. + Inpianaports, March 9, 1867, ‘The Legialaturo of Indiana, which has been ia session sincs January 10, will adjourn next Monday, and, so far ag the amount of work done is concerned, it might have done so with equal propristy six weeks ago. ‘A great deal of work was “cut out” at the commencement of the session, and the manner in which the august body wenut to work gave promise’ of much good, But the members seom to have the caoethes loqu-ndi tn its worst form, and no bill or measure of any kind can be introduced without creating a great discussion, which lasts rmtil the matter is ‘tabled’ or otherwise disposed of, and then something elso is brought up. Timo which ehouid have been used in passing moasures of vast im- portance to tho interests of the State has been frittered away in sengoless discussions by honorable nobodies, from backwoods cross roads, An adjournment will but give another ilinstration to the old saying, ‘A good rid- dance of bad rubbish.” In common with other cities Indiahapons has suffered greatly from Jack of confidence in the financial policy of the government and the consequent scarcity of money. In addition to this the failure of the wheat crop, the great siaplo of Indiana, for two successive years has tended to drive the money into the great commercial centres, and the probabilities aro that this state of affairs will continue, Rents have declined fully twenty-five per cent, and Teal estate 13 slow! goming down to aute- war figires Some wholesale houses are doing a fair cash business, while others are selling but Jiltle and mostly on time, Several assignments havo been made and more are eaid to be in prospect, From present indi. cations, however, the crops next summer will be unusa- ally good, and in that case business will revive, at least temporarily. The fashionable world and society in general have for afew days been intensely excited over a little case of breach of promise of marriage, Tho legal title of the suit 13 Ream vs. Walpole, Probably 20 other cvent ever created so much talk among the females of In- dionapolis as this suit, which threatens to become as. notorious as the famous-case of ‘‘Bardell vs. Pickwick,”” and will probsbly fil} the. law. books with countless precedent~ fof future generations, From tho highest w the lowest all are talking abont ft. Tho plaintifY, Miss Laura Ream, tsa maiden lady of some forty years. Fora number of years she has resided with a relative here, has moved in good society, and being ‘somewhat talented and withal amiable has gained many friends, So far as outward appearances are concerned abe is not beautiful, and the defendant certainly never admired her on account of her personal charms, I have said that she is somewhat talented. She has frequently read essays before private literary socioties which were much above the average, and ware received by the audi- ences with great applause, She bas also written poetry, or more properly verses, for the papers, and rumor has it that occasionally she has dismounted from her Pegasus and deecending into more sober regions has indicted edi torials—heavy leaders—for a certain particular friond of her's formerly connected with the Rress, The fair Iaura cateee the domase done to her heari, reputation and worldly interssts the emall sum of $50,000, and to prosecute her claim bas employed the bert Iegal talent in the city, Prominent amé her counsel are Senator T. A Hendricks and Mr. A. G. Porter, late Membor of Con- gT638 from this district. The defendant, Mr, Robert I. Walpole, is a lawyer of ability, and, I might add, notoriety He has resided hore nearly all his lite, has amassed a handsome fortune, and, as far as femily affairs are concerned, has always been regarded as anexcolient man. He is about fitty years old, has never been married, in person is of Aldermanic proportions, with @ large head aud rcariet face, with a loud voice and dominecring tone, weil calculated to browbeat a witness or to exaci a big foe from af unwilling cliont, In politics he is a demo- crat of the straightest sect, and in 1860 made an unsuc- cersfal ree for Congress against A. G. Porter, one of the opposing counsel. Until lately ho has bad a Jarger prac- tice than any three lawyers in the city, but he has now almost retired from business, and will probably concen- trate his remaining cnergios, abi!ity and vitality for one grand coup de main, by which the enemy shall bo van- quished avd put to fight, horse, foot and dragoons. Tho trial will not come off before May, and, as useal, rich developments are expected, which will probably be the case; for Walpole is not the man to compromise a alone one that would —— I bad forgotten to mention cordiny the complaint, the partics had been engaged since June, 1862, and that Miss Roam had, on several occasions, prepared tor the wedding by purcashing sufta- ble finery to adorn the handsome residence of her ex- peeted lorl. Some months @ han yiveg= | dreesed and appa- rently well-to-do ny, with two ehil from New York, end putting up at the best hotel gave out that she was the wife of a wealthy merchant in the metropolis, and the marriage yoke ha ect thing Bat pleasant abe had left her husba here to have the tie sundored in th shortest method possible. For atime pei have pleniy of money, came down to tho tabie in gor- geous dresses, resplendent with diamonds, creating quite ® sensation among tho visitora, But aft time hotel bille became too heavy and she removed to @ pri- vate houze, occasionally, it is eald, making short excar- sions to the pawnbrokers’ shops aad returning thence with a plontiful supply of money, procured, doubt! on her jowels, Very probably she would have remain: hero the roquisite time, obtained the desired and gone away without anybody’s knowing ppythng about it, had not the husban pny appeared on th it poets, Was desirous obtain.ng porges- ston of the two children, and finding that the mother refused to.give them up, sent out a couple of detectives with orders to ‘no oxpense, botby all means to get the children. umetly going to work the first aay they besieged the house in such a manner as to attract atren- tion, and after trying in vain to get the children out into dren, arrived hero the street wontawny. The next day, however, they re- turned, and meocting the nuree, offered to her 1,000’ if she would bring them outside the Bhe, ened by the offer or the unpreposmessing appear- ance of the Bungiag detectives, ran screaming into the house and told her mistrese, who immediately sent for a iceman. Beforo ho arrived several neighbors who learned the state of affairs interfered and advised the mento make themselves “scarce,” which kind ad- vice was immodiately acted upon, and they departed, ‘The children were taken into the custody of the court, we ‘nehemeoh imgolf is now here trying to get posses- mn Of i. ‘The practice of coming to Indiana and getting, di- vorced is by no meant unfrequetit among Enstern People, and 4 very large number come from city. Tho thing is very easily managed if the money and will avoid an bonest lawyer, whi parse os shout Ti ai it ndertake ‘the canon pariners throu ont im who un font to thom and ‘thon ‘aivite what profits accrne wha the sender, The causes are usualiy tried in out of the way countios, and tho notices fag» AZ an the de fendant to ‘aro published in little six by pine not circulated ten miles from Pure oo os jw York 'y has ie eanily it they are by no means aa bad as lo imagine. The oe it in the number of Faupee for which a ivorce is granted, not in a of the law. Porjury, unimpeached, will complaints agetnet our laws ry themselver, from the manner in which abused by eames Leta and dishonest clients, For on Instance, @ residence o ig imperati de- manded; but if a fe willing to swear that be has lived hero the jsite timo, whon in reality he has pot been here a the Jou pot to hear his plea, The m People whe cane to Indiana tent! for foany bone (as aiisene oy to dimaive the marriage bond. 7 = tid. The State Board of the next State fair at October, Iture have decided to hold Haute, It comes off in NEW MEXICO. OUR FORT WINGATE CORRESPONDENCE. The Pueblos Indians—Their Religion, Cus- toms, Villages, &c. Fort Wrecata, N. M., Jan. 9) 1807. Since my last Thave visited several of the Indian pueblos. or villages, and have collected some additional facts of interest, The principal villages are nineteen in number, comprising In part those of Zinnl, Jemez, Ysletta, Taos, Sandia, Santana, San Domingo, San’ Fe- Upe, Laguna, Acoma and San Juan. Most of the habite- tions in these are from two to four stories in height, and all aro built of adobes, as are all tho Mexican and. American houses in this country, These adobes are !m- mense sun dried bricks of earth and straw, and properly laid, form a most comfortable dwelling or business stritc- ture, The Indian honses, as I tiave eald, are two stories and upward, and each ‘story above the first-has @ portal or porch, from which entrance is made by a sort of trap to the story immediately below. Entrance to these por- tals is gained by ladders, which can be hauled up after the inmates of the dwellings have made the ascent, It. is a tradition of this nation that’ their houses were built originally in this manner for purposts of defence agalrst nomadic or hostile tribes, Each room, however large, has seldom more than two small windows, with isioglass panes, consequently the supply of light from the exte- rior ts extremely Hmited. In many of the houses in the older pueblos port holes for purposes of defence aro still tobe seen, =~ ‘Tho Indians have lived for centuries in thelr pueblos and are in no sense nomadic, To verify this itis only necessary to refer to a decree of the Emperor Charles V., of Spain, of the date of March 21, 1551, im relation to their protection in their villnges. against the wandering bands of other and more savaze tribes, At the tims of the first revolution against Spain by the Puoblos Indians a number of their towns were destroyed. Some of thess wore - rebuilt and were the only ones erected after the date of the eanqnest We learn from Castanada’s acconnt that in 1540 they were living pros- peronsty in their villages. Tho ruins of so many ancient villaces throuchout the territory, and the five several dialects spoken by tho Pueblos, go to show that they aro tho remains of a ones powerfol confederation. Most of them have faith in Montezuma, though professing the Roman Catholic relicion, Their traditions aro to the effect that Montoznma was born in what is now New Mexico, hoy differ, however, as to bis birthptace, some aMirming that ho first saw light at a pueblo whose ruins are stilt vistbI0 near Aion Caliente (Warm Spring), and others at the ruined pueblo of Peoos, A document until latety on file in the city of Mexico gives Tognayo, an ancient and now extinct pueblo of Now Mexico, as the place of.his nativity, and the ycar 1653 az the date of his birth. This paper refers to him as moro of a pro- phot than a vod; he foretnid wondertnl events. which came to pasa, and is expected to visit his people once more, though the date is not given. The Pueblos believe that he was a demizod, but that the name of Montezuma was bestowed upon him by the Great Spirit after he had, by many wonderful deods, proved the divinity of his mission, Nopwtihetandting. {pete many ancient and savace customs. the Puchlo Indians are professors of the Roman Cattollc faith, by whee rites they baptize, marry and bury. Thongh worshipping in ‘the faith,” ihe pas many of their own old superstitions with i In all of the ancient pacblos whose ruins are still vist- ble mav be seen the remains of cstnfas or sacred ba'!d- ings, where fires are said to have been kept coustanily burning. Tho mysteries hanging about these structures are made, if possible, more subae- thase eufos misht bo compared to the. ordinary, eo ane mm! ‘compa C cou Yooms of the Eastern con! testiiention af ton womie fa ‘aint time, followe ime, jawed, Grave councils may be held in them at one time, while: at another hilarity resounds within their AL the old Pecos pueblo a fire was sald to kept boroing at times and ‘& Person or persons Annualiy selecied by the council of the pueblo for that purpose, It is enid by tho two or three of tho tribe still living that Montezuma ex- preasly ordered that this fire should not be extinguished. Tho eral beliof, however, among the Indians of the other pueblos is that the reason of tho continvance of 1 fiamo was simply that “it was one of the customs.” There is a strange story extant of a “biz serpent’’ deing kept iu the evufa at Pecos for tho purpose of buman sacrifices, which, though gravely related by many, I am Inclined to put down ava myth. Each to hasa separately organized government of Ats own, bat the systoms aro nearly similar. Thore are a caciqve, governor, lientenant governor, war captain-and bis Mevtenant, fiscal majorand alguacil. The cenque haa more to do with the administration of the ancient rites than with any other dntics, and the regard, re- spect and affection paid him places him (in the language of Mr. John Ward, their assisiant or special azent), in the position of sort ofeider, Thero is uo pucdlo but has its haballada or horse hiord and herd of horned cat- tle, sheep and goats. Of these tho war captain has charge, sees to tho selection of the herders, and yi his lieutenant divides the duties of aupervision. The herding ts ied in common by tho males of tho village, withoat reference to tho number of herd of stock each may Own, Each male, if anfctentiy grown, must take his tour of tyty or furnish a substitute. These Indians ara remarkably (ruzal and indastrions. They raise habas and frijo'er (different kinds of beans), pumpkina, peas, onfons, musk and water melons, plums, apricots, pears, peaches, apples, crapes. corn, crecn and Ted pepper (chi7é), &e, Fruits are the principal products in the pueblos south of Santa Fe, and they may be found in their seasons in almost every town in the terri- tory. Their pottery, hair eives and chiqnihtciter (n kind of basket) are in constant demand, and rendily sell among the citizens at good prices, Their trate extends to other Indians, particularly the Comaachos, with whom they barter for bufulo robes, dried meat. horzes and mules, When tho Narajoes are at peace they procure from them the most valuable horses. The Puetios have bot few firearms, placing their main reliance in hunting and fighting on the bow and arrow. ‘The chief requisites for a warrior aro that the candidate must be healthy, a good runner and walker, an@ handle the bow and arrow ekiifully. Most of the Pueblos in- cinde among tho warriors boys of sixteen and men of fifty vears of age and upwards. Each pneblo has ite patron saint, whose namo, with few exceptions, it beara, nnd whose anniversary tho in- habitanta never fail to appropriately honor. On the anniversary day a at feast takes p’ace, and after the coremontes of the clrarch aro over, amusements of many Kinds are resorted to-—toot ract horse racing, cock fighting, dancing, &e, Some of tho puedios are noted far above others Cor these feasts, and great numbers of 3 from distant towns go thither to enjoy the amusemonte and share the hoepitalities. In education these Iodians are adly deficient. Not a single place properly entitled to the name of echool ts to be found, nor a teacher of any capecity whatever, Several of the pueblos are without a single p*rson ablo to read or write, while among the fow to be found in others, the greater number can only read printed matter. Those who can decipher manaseript and form letters are far advanced in years and very few ia number. STATEN ISLAND INTELLIGENCE. Misnow,—The Passionist Fathers, of the monastery, West Hoboken, N. J., commenced a roission, on Sunday last, at St, Peter's Roman Catholic church, New Brighton, ‘and Will continue until the third Sunday in Lent, the 24th inet, On the 17th inst , St, Patrick’s Day, it is an- nounced there will be « solemn high mass colebrated— deacon, sub-deacon, master of ceremonies, thurifer, aco- lytes, torch bearers, &c. A gorgeous sot of vestments in gold cloth and raised silver work, recently imported from Fran: i] de uso of for the first time, Bd wait Of rst clues artista will render the festival one Guequalied grandeur, oe 'o cremey ‘and sac music, fm the annals of Catholic worship on Staten Teland. ‘Haydn's Mase No, 2 is the composition selected. 0 choir will be under the direction of William F. cher, of Bt. Peter's church, Barclay street, A ayric ‘Bt, Patrick, his gencalozy, labors in Ireland, version of the Irish con’ to Cg their faith, porse- cutions, the Irish in America, will ed by roe . pastor of St, Peter's, The solemn DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. Tre CmoAdo Toxwer.—On the night of the Tth » party of workmen walked through the Tunnel under the. lake crib, and there opened tho gates and let in the It is proposed to pump out t ater after a day and see bow the tunnel! boars uso. i Ax Inon Wenpia —The Detroit Free Press, of the The Iron hand of the law got hold of @ ise Of marriage, in that fi holy.bonds to tho young leaving her wi Ovranep.—' Rochester Advertiser ), suggests that since ie Prentteat sud nmin can . for Roch For that office, * fe BY Wiliam, the ‘o Indy b POLITICAL DEMORALIZATION. Parties and Candidates Dissected and Aus. lyzed. From The Nation, March 7.) ‘The nomination of Mr. P, T. Barnum asoneof tho Connecticut Representatives im Congress sug. _ considerations of some importance as to effect which the crisis through which the nation is now passing ts producing and. is likely to produce on the taste and judgment of constitu. encics in the relection of public men. The war may be said to Lyte completely destroyed what remained among us faith. in the @ of pelitical leadership, almost to last people hungered and murmured for a leader to supply them with and policy and ideas, and to conduct the contest as it should be conducted, For four years, at least, the “coming man” was daily 3; but he never came. Everything expected which the struggle needed—the thinking, the the foresight, the fortitude, the ingenuity— ad to bo sup/iied by the nation at large; and when the last shot waz fred people were amazed to find that con- ion as well as execution had in this stypendous uw: dertaking been the work of the unknown muliitud and tha’, in sbort, the age of the Washingtons and Pi and Napoleons seemed to have passed away, Tho re- sult is that “great statesmen” are porhaps just now in lower repute ail over the world than they ever were be- fore, and in this country the public may be said to havo not only given up wiebing for them, but almost to hold them in contempt. Whether the experience of our war Jastifies this state of feeling it is impossibie to say; ono case is hardly suflictent basiz for a generalization. This much is certain: that in al! civilized convtries, Bismarck and Cavour to tho coptrary notwithstanding, the ton- doney is to rely more and more on popular good sense and on popular mora)'ty, on popular aspiration and on thenational vitality, aut not on individual genius, for the solution of great political problems. But it ts impossible not.to see that slong with this low estimate of the valuo of individual leadors there is creeping in also a low estimate of the value of indi- vidual character. The strugglo through which we are essing isco severe, tho danger to the national cxiat- ence ugainst .which we are fighting is so great, and the necesaity for union 6o.strong, that we aro getting into the habit of caring little for a public man’s Iffe and an- tecedents, provided that on the day of battle he keeps bis place in the ranks and acts cheerfully with the mass; in other words, provided he shares our opinions, we are not d to inquire very closely into the realty of his conversion, evpposing lim to have been suddenly converted to our way of thinking. There have bern numerous illustrations of this within the jast three or four years, We could mention half a dozen very strik- ine ones if we cared to be what the reporters cail “in. vidious,” The most prominent is Ancrew Johnson himself. His loyalty to the Union during the war led ple—and, wo adailt, not unnataratly— entirely to overlook his antecedents—his ignorance, bis coarseness, bis profanity, his foul mouthed devotion to flavery during his whole pubifc lite; and not only to overlook these things, but to conclude that his loyalty indicated a radical extirpation of his faults, We now know of tho kind, and that, all appe: notwithetendng, Andrew Jo self-sufficient, We shall not ran any further along tho list, as wo should bo forced to speak ovil of some other dicnitaries whore shortcomings aro not yet so apparent, and whore usefulness, whether it be little or much, wo are unwilliny to ‘mpair, Tho fate which has overtaken Honry Ward Beecher is, ina different way, an example also of the sterrness with which the public is disposed to uphold at this cris's uniformity of political doctrine. Just ns Mr, Johnson's prov ad education counted for nothing as long ax he botd or appeared to hold sound opinions, so Mr. Beecher's good character counted for nothing when he fell suden'y into unsound ovea. The ‘one has labored throngh a long Iie for slavery, the other has labored through a long life for freedom; but their Acreament on tha question of recoustrection has caused them to be thrown overbeard togetuer, Be , if any- thing, being vis'ted with tho heartier reprovation. This may seem expedient just at this crisis, but wo aro not afraid to say that we think in the long ran it wilk bo found that this mode of estimating public men is based on fatal err r, and that if persevered in so as to bocamo a fixed habit of the national mind, it will work more mnischief than all the heterodox opinions in reli- gion, morals or politics that can be preached, we caro not who preaches them. As wo said some mont) 4 whon discussing the prevalence of poli'ical perasnalities, the choracter of its public mon, not thelr opinions, is the most valuable of a naliva’s poasesstons, Opinious pass, parties dissolve, platforms are azaudoned, the wisdom of to-day becomes tho foolishness of ten years hence; but character remains the sa: esterday, to-day and fore er, No nation which cherished and maintained it has ever utterly peri-hed. Territory may be lost, armies may dwii ‘and wealth decay; bat no people wi ‘that whatever should ot ed Wei, how. iar. trafey sajnctoun high , oourageona, ever Meg hon iffer from the majority fh opinion, th should ‘wound, and PSone C the pattozal with clean hands, and self-respect, has cver beon utterly tonanght, It\ f moral, not political, decline that nations dio, and ons ox the symptoms of moral do- cline fn al! ages has been the indiieronce with which the people, having the power to prevent it, ins witnessed the jatrusion of knaves and hambues and chents into public efficer. Wo have witnessed this spectacie in this country already; but it has. never beoa witnossed by tho gro: body of the people with indifference. Tho deimociatic paviy was the first to treat character as if It were of no consequence in politics, Tao gross cynicism of the party on this point in its Iater and more desperato years was ono of the most revolting phenomena of tho contest from which we aro just emerging. pore an Boshene. a n atepieleination, | is, practice was into a principle, until. by euch appointments as Isaiah Rynders to tho marchalship of ‘the Southern district of New York, the party openly proclaimed that arty fidelity would atone for any amount of rnilanism. jut the republicans, to their honor, fought azainst this a3 fervently as against slavery. The lax morality of the democratic party and its contempt for characier were almost ag promficat a count in the indictment against it, and bad nearly as much to do witt its overthrow at tho North, as its devotion to siavery. The whole country was shock’ and disgraced two months ago by the olec- tion of a pugilist aud gam ler from this city to the House of Representatives. It was dono by the votes of the ignorant foreigners; and can anybody wonder a! it or severely blame tho electors who knows that eight years previously they hodacen the President of the United States appoint another rowdy, aud a leater of rowdies, a pothouse buily, to one of the most responsible offices to the government? It may seewo bard on Mr. Barnum to make bis nomi- nation the text for remarks of this sori, But wo do not seek to place him in the same category with Rynd:rs or Morrissey. We freely acknowledge that he has rendered some service to the anti-slavery cause in Connecticut; that he did good work on the right side dariawg the war; that ho is a trieud of sobricty and good order; and that he bas public spirit and isa good neighbor. Bat we sball nover admit that a jong career like bis can bo atoned for by merits of tals kind. Ho ts the rsonifieation—and so far fi concealing or donging it, ho Boasts of it—of low kind of hym- vog; humbug so poity, ing 60 little apparent mizcbief, that people a pose? to bg williia: in thoir way of judgins tt, and eutie at it, Tei a kind of bumbug, too, into wii the Yankee. “smarteo's,” in {ta Inet and worst. stnees, appears to ran naturally} but which, fanny as it often appears, eats out the heart of religion and morality even more eflectually than tho dis- play of great crimos or great vices, and which, if it were to spread, might easily end ‘n preeenting as with a com- munity reguiar in its praying and singing, and decen: fa extornal crust, but in whieh all below was rottenness anduneleanness, in which the mon were without truth aud the women without virtne. He has passed his life in rausacking the world for curiosities to exbibit—or, in other words, a4 a “showman” We do not concur in the low estimate in which ashowman’s Calling is ropa: larly held, If it bo honorable or instructive to go and foe strance or queer things, it Is honorable to collect and exhibit them; and if Barnum had confined himself to thig, though we might not solect him as a logistator, or like to see him sont to Congress by a New England S:ate, we should not accese him, as we now do, of Laviug been for twenty or thirty years a dopraving and domoralizing infuenco, His saccess to money-gotting, so far from atoning for his cfences, as thove who bave nominated him soem to tink it only aggravates them; be- cause it makes bisexample the more corrupting to the thousands of young men who leave home every year in New England with money-getting set bofore thom as their missiog im lite, Wo all laugh over tho woolly horse, the mormaids, the Circassian girl, aud the dozen other devices to which ho every your resoris to extract quarters from the country poople who visit New York; and there has beon so much langbing about it, and he himscif joins in the langhing so readily, tha wo forget that tt ie simply swindling on a small scale, and that the 2 which prompts itand sustains it # the very samo apirit which fills the itu forgers aud embezzlers and “sneak thieves.” What makes it at! the more re- volting, too, is tris own efforts to deceive himself and his ee into the belief that 3 makes wd og nas by seeping up sa appenrance 0 Fospectavility ia bis mu- oven, re Fic} ling all “indecent allustons or gestures,’’ announces In his ‘bil, from the stago of with alla pewmaas. doference for tho preju- dices of tho retigions world, he calls his ‘lecture room.’? ‘We way hore of the intonse and concentrated vulgarity—qwe do not use the word as the antithesis of “gentility” of the atmosphere which surrounds him, though it ought. to be, and we hope one day will be, when we bave entered on a higher state of cultn: fore ought ieee “i ‘bined oo ‘and that. of ret tear aeons ate om ae Me Seren ah ae whore ayes stile force 1 peek nm ot cai ine i a soe epiaeat e lower floor of ue m tort workeant all thy x of “Horge Liniment,” “Yahoo Bitters,” “Ready Reliefs” and “Pain Extractors,” and other quact: medicines, CITY INTELLIGENCE. Evrre Wirx.—This, boing the week immediately suc- eveding the first Sunday of Lent, is known as the Spring Ember Week, to-day, Friday and Saturday being the ember days, and consequently recognized in the Catholic Church as fasting days of obligation, The ember weeks occur once in each season—the first in winter, immedi- ately after the third Sunday of Advent; the second in spring, immediately after tho firet Sunday of Lent; the third in summer, during Whitsan weok, and tho fourth in autumn, immodiately after Holyrood day (the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, September 14). The object of these special days is to consecrate the seasons to God, to pray for fils blessing on the earth, and to ask for wor- thy ministers of His holy word. In Catholic countries the ordination of clercymen takes place generally on the Saturday of Ember week. Tho naine is supposed to have been derived from the ancieut custom of sprink- ling ashes or embers on the garments, as a token of sin- cere penitence. In this country there no special public services connected with E:aber weel he obliga- tion to abstain from fiesh meat is, however, observed, and in the office of the day, reciied by the priests, appropriate prayers and psalms are inserted. The Ember days in this week failing on tho same days as are do- ciared Lenten fasting days in this dioceso, are therefore not especially observed, ~ Passports ror tHa Parts Exrosirioy,—1t is proposed to fnrnish citizens visiting the Paris Exposition and Europe with passports from the Department of State, as \y authentio proofs of their national character, they are not able to obtain abroad from or consular agents of the States, Onrmans or Soupiers ap Samors.—The Fifth an- nual report of the managers of the Union Home and School for the nurture of the destitute children of our volunteor soldiers and sitilors has just been issued, aod is full of interest to the patriotic philanthropist, The ob- Jects of this institution are sufficiently set forth in its name, and commend themselves to all, The only con- ditions of admission aro proof that the applicants are children of soldiers or sailors, that one of the parents is dead, and tho survivor unable to provide for them. Should the parent become ro atany time the ebildren are returned. Ou arriving ata suitable age, if still in the Home, they are provided with tions, care boing taken as to the character of those whom they are Placed. During the past year more than five hundred have been refused admission for want of room, many having been temporarily aided at thelr own homes, Two hundred and sixty-throe were reooived. ‘The present number undor the care of the managers is oue hundred aud twenty-eicht. Since April 1861 aid has been extended, in various degrees, according to the ability of tie Society and the nosds of beneficiaries, to two thousand children. The roceipis of the past year from ordinary sources were $11,051; on acconnt of the festival fund, $33,500; makiug ‘a total of $61, The expenditures have amountod to $13,104 " Forty-six thousaud six hundred and fifty-fve dollars have beon paid towards the purchase of a building and cight lots for the use of the institution. The committee in charge of the presentation festival give, in thelr report, an account of the origin, conduct, ‘and success of that enterprise, the total returns of which are expected to be suilicient to enable the managers to provide accommo- dation for at teast five hundred more of those in whose behalf they are laboring. Youre Emicrants.—Yeaterday the Children’s Aid Society sent Westward one of its poriodical detachments of boys and girls gathered from the streets of this crowded metropolis, They numbered thirty in all, and were of various nationalities, Two only were blacks. They were brought into the soclety’s rooms at Clinton Hali in the mornine, in ali the rags and squalor of the steget, washed, and each provided with an entire suit, including mittens, mufflers, &, Most of them were without friends; but fu some cases it was otherwise, and the pain of that’ parting, which they folt must be, was sad, indeed, to witness, In mothers, sisters and brothers. They left the city under care of Mojor Lancey, from the foot of Chambers streot, at baif-past three in the after. noon, their destination being Michigan. If tho founda- tion bo laid in honesty of purpose and unity of aim, a useful future is before them. Sovrneny Destirorios.—Although the proposed Con- gressional of @ million dollars will, on- doubtedly be passed, there will still be need of private contributions for the destitute atthe South. It is stated on the authority of General Howard that, in order to iplomatic or Pena of the case, at fees halt a tuition more wi aired, ‘eiographic der} yg ote number those in abcointe ‘want, tn the State of Georgia, a8 nincty thousand, of whom two-thirds aro whites, while im South Carolina the destitution is even greater. Too Relief Commission send thithor this woek twenty-five thousand bashols of corn by the bark Pur- veyor, of which the free use been granted them by the government for that purpose. They hope to follow it witb a similar testimonial of good will next weak, ‘Tux Monratsty Reront.—Dr, Harris, in commenting io his weekly letter upon the mortality report, which Was published in the, Hrnarp yesterday, cays that the amount of mortality from constitutional and inflainma- tory diseases has noticeably decreased the past two weoks, ‘‘Scarlatina, theugh prevalent, {« reporied less sovere than it was im midwinter, and {t kills only balt aswany children as it thon did.’? Deputy Registrar Stues, of Brooklyn, in his letter on tho same sabject, speaking of tue fearful mortality among ctiildren in that je slaughter of infante is the city’s chief the Farmors’ Ctub yesterday was large, Several eub- jocts of importance wers brought forward and thoroughly discuss-d. A specimen of unasual ly fine tobacco was received from Franklin county, Missouri, a locality somewhat famous for the production of that article, ‘The mode of planting the white pine from the seed, in order to Insure a successful growth, the best way in which to utilize hen mannre and the grow- ing of becis for the production of sugar, were severally considered. Ex-Goveracr Fuller, of Utah, being present, mtroduced the subject of the man :facture of paper, cloth and glutinous food trom the corn husk, This matter, so important to a country In which guch a farge amount of Indian corn ts produced, had been thoroughly tricd, under the auspices of the Austrian governmens with cminent sccess, Tho thanks of the meeting were retcrned to Goveraor Fuller for his interesting and usefui remarks. Thanks were also voted to Mr. Josiah H Macy, for his kindness and bountiful hospitality during the late tral agricultural imy ments on bis premises, near Rye. The resuttof this exhibition was announes4 by the committes, their report ! adopted and ordered to be printed. pt ‘Tne Geen Horrrrat.—The association of German Ladies, organized tor the purpove of aiding to increave tho Germay Hospital fund, continues its offorts in behalf of that institute, They have made arrangements to open & bazaar on the corner of Twenty-eighth street ant Broadway, wherearticics for ladies and children will be furnished at reduced prices, the procesds of whtoh will bo appropriated as above stated. Previous to the open- ing ofthis bazaar, @ Indios’ fair will be heid at the above narned place forthe benefit of the fastitation, A dramatic performance, by one of the local Gorman dramatic so- Cietles, at the Turn Hail, lately yielded $120 in aid of the fund, On th part of the managers of the German Hos- rt has been made to make ita model in- |, provided with all modern improvements, Foserat. or Dr. Atvix H. Toaxsr,—The obse- quies of tho tate’ Alvin H; Turner were celo- brated yertérday at the Spring streot Preabyterian church. Tho service was conducted by Dr, Pratt, min- {ster of the Tabornacte, assisted by the Rey. Mr. Rock- ‘well. The deceased was a very prominent member of the Order of the “ons of Temperance, acd was con- nected with the Marshall Division, over which bo had three times been elected Worthy Patriarch. The funeral was therefore attended b: 6 from most of the divietons of the order, including the Grand and Marshal Division and the Cadets of Temperance, Tho church was well filled, aud the services were of a vory interest. Ing nature. After tho close of the devotional exercises the wholo congregation filed by the coffin, taking a jast look at the placid face of tha departed. je corned Was then cai to Greenwood for interment, Bat Masqus.—Mr, Dantel Maco entertained hie friends on Monday evening Inst at @ very pleasant and enjoyable bal masquo, given at Lyric Hall, corner of Forty-seventh strost th ygine te thndows © varicty of character — represented, an paing nor cx; were spared by the host and his amiable wife to inpare the thorough enjoyment of ail participeted. Reramino Tan Ow Harte Beince.—Daring the past weok a numbor of workmen, under Mr. Smith, have boon employed repairing the flooring of the northorn end of the old Harlem bridge, which had become #0 dilapi- dated and unsafe that for eoveral months the Fordham horse cars have not been permitted to cross, as formerly. They are now, however, enabted to run over it and de- posit passengers at the proper terminus, Sertues or a Dneniiant.—Depuly Collector Prince, of the Ninth district, yesterday seized the distillory of Albert Heller, corner of Seventieth street and avenue A, for alleged frauds on the revenue, Fata Acowesr on Pivot Bost Horr No. 1.—On San- day last a fatal accident occurred on board the pilot boat Hope No, 1, of New York, white pata heen Seo! wi ther rafora fot Severin go, em ‘arowned Fe erlaees ‘of the 0 pee tace of the miming, me. could be discovered. A Yourn rrom tim “Hca.”—A young man, aged about nineteen years, named John Brown, some time ince was placed in the United States schoolsbip, where his fathor thought he would be preserved from the wicked ways of young virtuous Boston hopefuls, The young man, however, proved to be physically too large, and, counting by officially fized years, too old to minglo with the Inmates bea and 96 was made to enlist (0 his That ‘Uncle Sam's service enviable responsi yl} afriend of ene of bis pate promptly paid, and John B ~ Siraighiway went to a ) Ing OD & Pog, & great coat of valu his he took an early trait rived one day last week. lof. man’s desertion and his non-navo. ding good-bye to bis vessel, aray city by those interested, and after a short se tive Dusenbury, who was detailed to bunt hi: him on Sunday at the Acrerican Club Hotel, way, Joha Brown was sent back ‘o the Hub 4 Nove, Rusryper,—A woman named Maria Miekill, living at No, $45 Wess Thirty-ffih strect, enicred a Soventh avenue car on Monday evening last, and de- positing upon one of the seats male child about six. teen months old, left as quietly asshe had entered. ‘The child way brought to the Twentieth precinct station house, where the woman came in search of it during the night, Sho alloged that she had left the ehitd in the car to remind the conductor that he was na? only its father, a "ag he had forgotten to givo her the moans to sup- i Acciventa,—Henry Fostler, a distilior, residing-at 435 Ninth avenue, whtlo passing through Thirty-third streot late on Monday night, was severely injured by being struck in the mouth by some overgrown boys throwing a missifé at him. Joba Minton, a wood engraver, giving his residence at Crook's Hotel, was found early yesterday morning at 95 East Broadway, bleeding from an incised scalp wound, Both the above wore taken to the Bellevae Hogpital. Matthew Pringle, while in the act of ronning after an Eighth avenue car, early yesterday morning, #lfpped and fell, fracturing the cap of his knee, He was taken by some friends to the New York Hospital. Joveph Alicotis fell yesterday at the corner of Broad- way and place from his truck, fracturtng his shoulder, CUR CUSTOM HOUSES, The organization of the Custom Houses of the United States, and the rules governing the same, aro a con glomeraic of the legislation, regulation and tradition of over sixty years—a patchwork, like Joseph's coat, of many colors, but not, as we may suppose that coat to to have been, of a certain harmony of parts, but rather like an ol@ garment, worn, fretted and outgrown, oyer- laid and underlined, pieced out, lengthened and enlorg-d, with addonda, large or small, old or new, by persons not always skilled in the art sartorial, The folly of putting now cloth on an old garment was mentioned of old. In this modern patchwork the joining of the old and the now has eaused many rents, through which the dis- honest have been tempted to thrust their fingers, Tho organization of our Custom Houses was laid in the statute of 1799, the prov! sof which, toa good ex- tent, are still in fores, Sinco that time, almost yearly, there bave been amendments and additions, with copious delegations of authority to the Secretary of the Treasury to establish rules, regulations, &c, Muny of these amend- ments were concocted to subserve private interests or vague theories, and were ed by Congres? without the fuliest understanding of all the circumstances, an of our Secretaries, 1 may be said without d i have not beon men of that comprehensiven: rectness of view which characterized the dis man who first held that position. ‘The country has been growing rapidly for the past vixty or seventy years, and its commerco has kept pace with tuat growth, What was then a matter of thou. Bands has DeCOMs # raattor of miliions, and it would ap- — high timo that the organization of our custom jouses, Which have to do with that commerce, should be modernized, if not reorganized, and the rules and regulations of the Treasary Department touching our conmerctal relations, and the routine of Custom House requirements thoroughly overhauled, What is correct and essential, retain; what 1# wrong or useless, drop, and what is wanting, supply. ho merchant im his counting houso avd in his array of force to superintend his out door work—io overy department of his business—has the best sys tem he can devise, or which bo can find has been de- vised. His bookkeeping is not tho old retail shop ent: of sixty years since, and bis retainersare not tho dull all-errand-boys of the former ago. He chons.s his em- 68 with regard to their fitness for the pozition he them to fill, The merchant, I repeat, has his of which are in harmony with each it ig not nevessary “I do 80 only because would thought of a lurge mercantile ei; ment phish ag ‘id hold to the method of bookkeeping and accounts of sixty ycare an, to verify the correct- ness of its transactions, la sage ae | and 3 it3 after hig bide ed to this board of involving, the duplicate bila, _cheoks, records, system, and though thousands of ing out the thread, and hundreds of looms are forming the even sheeting, still nota shuttle or s epindle Is idle, Everything {8 io bps and cvery part of the, vast machine, aniniate and inanimate, move together as one great whois, Ho who can ran@ cotton mill could gov- ern an eraplre, but he could do neither without a system adapted io the present circumstances and harmonious in all its parts. Torun a cotton mill of the present day, with all the lights and experience of sixty years ago, ‘would bo sorry business, as sorry business does dld fogy- Cee See Syn eee charges of vi in some Custom House officials has been often, made. Tho voices of many who have suffered and the mutterings of othera who have endeavored not to make the matter worse for themselves bv noisy complaints have been beard. monstrances have gone up—but to what end? Commit- tee after committee of Congress bas come from Wash- ington. Solicitors of the Treasury and Treasury agents have been permanent institutions within the nets of the Custom House for peu. the evils which they undertook to ferret out still exiet th full force. They do not know, and they cannot find out. So soon as they enter a custom by the ‘‘ring,” and they get so information furnished by or percoiated through Honorab'e merchants know that ¥ having no understant common nuisance, and fearing the present order of things wilt continue, they do not care to make war on the powers that be and prejudice eg by tak! an active part in tue investigation. They sep. do emulate the martyr’s fate. Custom House broi that If they peach tl will be tabooed, and the solicitor, cormittooman and Treasury agent me find them- selves in pursuit of knowledge under difficulties. Under their very nosea the dishonest clork will, by h's pile of bogus entries, simulated papers, assertions of the neces- sity of order and Pross of business, #0 embar- racs and delay the merchant that to get his present pressing matter through, and perhaps save bimeelf from rain, ho will slip @ $10 or $20 bill 1m with bis papers and say nothing about it, These investigation aro elinply farces and result, at might be oxpected, im nothing—ex*ept perchance injtetice, reporting the o f tome unsuspecting vy Hs subordi- anxious to have removed sing!e out as a Victim to tt uieitor’s desire to find somebods al fault. A green country boy standsa poor chance wi an accomplished thimblerig im pol 0g ‘out the exact locatity of the “illtle joker;’ ag poor a chance do these committecs on Custom Ho’ jovauces stand. ? ‘The evil ts to. a good extent ted inthe system, or rather want of it. The aystem wants systematizing. clent building, erected piece cal, will got filled tm its nooks and wasto corners with kn old rats and and mies and bedbnes, and these vermin will steal and nibble and suck your blood. Do wist you will, eo long as the old building stands, there they ato Ping up one holo aud they know twenty others available. Your ball terriers don’t know the short cuts and the biding places, Your moncers, in the rank scent from every silo, got confused; they noze afew holes, while a hundred eyes from other holes observe and commu their move- inepert oh and rv ye oneanel increase gard ; andso it goca, Your from year to year, until at last, in pite of the oft-urged ¥ tht of the old rats, you are jod to aban- don the ol The Id concera. t of supplementing, hing Fe monding has beon long and fairly tried. Unioas ahead who knows what 18 wanting. and can plan, actuated by cor- rect principles, inexoruble and juat, aloof from favor and political subreretency, who shail remove cvery man who, edacated under @ vicious system, bas become vielous, and solect honest, enpablo men, and, in as all, aball be bold to assume tho fullest atretoh of discretion, there ia nothis to bo expected, under the present system, but the old round of abuses andecrimi- nations. We will not cay that stch « man docs not ox. ist; bat it is not at all probable that inatailed with full power in te premises. therefore, in anything ehort of compl constroction. 48 Amoricans we not di lytie shock the mere suggestion of a cl change in form, not in substance; @ ‘ch: actors and mode of doing, not in the things to ‘A custom house is simply the gate as which is col- lected the duty or toll which the government imposes oncommerce, The gatekeepsr of colleetor is charged with the supervision of all sele, and coliecing the proscribed ‘on such ves. sols and their catgoes, The iden ta plain, and the rvleg and regulations by which tho collector should be gov- erned In tho discharge of his duties, and the organiza. on of such force and appliances as he may ie te ig eee tho in simp! Heal. eh should Gnot any circamlocution, hocus pocos or delay. Com. arse would more st iy bear or ten fia = (dual duty on ; ‘Custom House officials, ander throw In ite way. culties which cont 7. Means are the study of The tho systomn, pov a od any ired oad. th VA Zz tall pte a may contend that the the hand{ot!, but that i {a the matter in ques