The New York Herald Newspaper, March 22, 1867, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR eee OFFIC M. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASHAU ETS. + Neo 82 TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Friday, March 22, 1867. THB Wuaws. EUROPE. Tho news report by the Atiantic cable includes advices from London, Paris and St. Petersburg dated yesterday eveuing, March 21, Lord Derby promises a liberal reform biti for Ireland. Napoleon's foreign polioy bas been endorsed in the Freach Legislature by a very large majority, against the auacks of MM Thiers end Jules Favre. Garibaldi has been elected to the Italian Parliament in three different cities, The insurrection against the Turkish authorities is extending rapidly in Thessaly. The Russian campaign in Bokhara is suspended for a season. Consols closee at 9134 for money, in London; an -ad- vance, United States five-twonties were at 143 in Lon- don, and 7734 in Frankfort. ‘The Liverpool cotton market closed dull and heavy, with middling uplands at 134. The Manchester trade report is very unfavorable. Breadstuffe quiet. Pro- vVissons generally uachanged. ‘ CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday a joiut resolution placing cer- tain troops in Missouri om an equal footing with other troops was passed. The Committees on Printing was by resotution instructed to inquire if there wore any deficits tn the accounts of Mr. Wendell, the late Superintendent of Printing, that gentleman having requested such inves- tivation. A re-olution was reported from tho Commitiee on Commeree authorizing the sale of vessels by Ameri- ca Citizens to friendly belligerents. It was tsid over for the present, and also a bill amending the Bankrupt law by providing that the District Courts shall appoint fegisters instead of the Ohief Justice. A joint resolu- tion exempting wrapping paper made from wood or cornstalks from the internal revenue tax, with an @mendment imposing a tax of ten per cent on al municipal or corporation notes or scrip. es by any national bank, was pagsed, The bill authorizing ae eale of certain stooky bi A open masit Tor the Cherokee and Choctaw Indians was passed. ‘The joint resoiution suspending the payment of loyal owners for siaves enlisted in the army was passed after some discussion, in which Mr. Sau!sbury advocated ite Passage, bya vote of 82 to 7, Mr. Saulsbury voting in aMrmative. The Senate eon aftewards adjourned. In the House the provisions of the twenty per cent @dditional compeneation bill were extended by joint resolution to the employés in the Quartermaster’s and Subsistence departments. Under the call of committees for reports the Judiciary Commitreo reported the Senate Dil for a District and Circuit Court in Nebraska, which ‘was passed. Mr. Hulburd, from the Committee on Public Expenditures, offered a resolution to the effect that said Committce in investigating the administration of affairs in the Now York Custom House, having recoived testimony inculpating one or more Senators, @uch information shall be transmitted to the Seuatc, which was agrocd to after some dis- cussion, Mz, Hulburd aiso reported 2 resolution de- Clasing 1 to be the sense of the House that Collector Smythe should be removed, pending consideration of which the moming hour expired and the Southern ite- Gef till was ‘aken up in Committee of the Whole. A very animated debate ensued between Mr. Bingham and Mr. Butler, the latier accusing Mr. Bingham of having gone over, body and soul, to the democrats, Mr, Biagham retorted by refercace to the “hero of Fort Fisher not taken” and the gentleman who voted @fty times for Jeff Davis as a candidate for the Presidency. The commiltee rose for the purpose 1 giving Mr. Butler permission to reply to Mr. Bing- ham, which he did in a speech of ten minutes’ duration, Mle eas that he bad supported Jom Davia when he was Moya, bat Me. Bingham supported him when he was a traitor. “Ia the war,” ho said, “I did the best I could. Because I could not do more I felt exceedingly cha- Grined. The only victim of the gentleman's (Mr. Bing- ham) prowedy in the war was an i worthn feanged upon the scaffold, one irs. Surratt. Ican sus- (aia the memory of Fort Fisher, if he and his associates Gan sustain that,’ Mr. Bingham replied, and the House wont into Committee of the Whole again, The bill was materially amended and reported. A resolu- oa for the appointment of a standing committee ea education and labor was adopted. Sovoral Executive Communications were presented, and the House ad- Sourned without voting on the Southern Relief bili, elkheugh the previous question on it was seconded. THE LEGISLATURE. In the Senate yesterday reports from committees ad- ‘verse to the bills authorizing the construction of ele- ‘vated rattroads, the Bulkhead Railway and a railroad in Lexington avenue wore agreed to. The bill for the better Protection of omigrants in tho port of New York was re- Ported favorably. The bill amonding the general in- @urance law relative to mutual iasurance companies, the Breoklyn Terrace bill and numerous others of a toca! r unimportant character wore passed. The (ill ¢o aid im the construction of railroads, which Aevies e direct tax of $750,000 for the purpose, was ad- ‘vanced to a third reading. In the evening s°stion the ‘Dill establishing a Board of Piers and Wharves was @monded and ordered to a third reading. In the Assembly the bill to establish a legal gazette ‘wore passed. The Voastitutional Convention bil! was then taken up as reported by the conference committee. The @mendments providing for the cieetion of del-gates by Peaatorial districts and allowing nézroes to vote were to, amd the remainder of the report by OD yeas to 42 nays. In the evening ses concerning vagrants in New York; to amend Excise jaw; reiative to contracts of and Commonaity of New York, end Raiiway bill were introduced. Appropriation bill and the vil to of labor of conductors and car cars were passed, The Assembly Committee of the Whole on the Dill, The bill to incorporate the Now York and Long Island Bridge Company ‘ras >rdered to a third reading, and the Assembly adjourned. city. ‘A epecial meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday afterncon. The question of repealing the existing usury laws was discussed at considerable length, and a momorial suggesting their abolition was G@pproved by the Chamber and ordered to be forwarded to the Tegislatare. ‘The Board of Health met yesterday. The Superinten- Gent's additional report on the tenement houses exam- Gned by bim was read and dled. {* The Board of Excise also met. The cases of nineteen (rolators of the law were disposed of. A An iatuen'ial meoting of citizens was held just oven- fing im the Everett Rooms for the pirpose of inking | (BP rasures 10 oppose and defeat the tinal puccave of 4 hii! @dopted by the Arsombly which proposes to give ‘ho Motropotitan Treo! Company powors Lo constrae! a S@riple faiirond through the hours hetween the Poth ood Bich avenues, trom Wasninzion square to Pork, and which eeleme ihe propery bn the neighberhood deviare woud pe Ff Gestructive Of thele Interests. Sperchos in opi. 0 bill were made by Mr Souchmeya, Me ” Pir Eamond Blankman, Mr. D. D. Lota, MF Join Keon, ex-Jadge Beebe and others A pro and yc -olutions having boen agreed upon, it wae 4 that @ Lumber of gontiemet should proc ed at one to A bony bo vee their best exertions for the defeat of the bill 9 Tho troswes of the Peabody (und beid another private Preeting yesterday, A dinnor was given them in the voning by Mr. A. T. Stewart, and their portraits wore Le at Brady's gallery during the day. He [ 6. ‘The Rev. ¥. 0, Ewer delivered a lecture last evening on be subject of the Yo Semite Val 90/4 Association of Bt, Timoth: reh, at Lyric Hall, jecner of Forty-seventh street and Broadway. There leas present @ pretty Inrge and highly appreciative @vc sno, who listened With marked attention to the re- Pro oF dhe lecturer, Andnenise before the Young a NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARUH 22, 1867.—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘The police coatiaue to make arrests of persons whe were identified as prominently concerned ia the riot on St. Patrick's Day. Marshal Wall was arrested yesterday afternoon. A preliminary meeting of delegates from the various Church aad Father Mathew Temperance Se- Cieties was bold last evening in the basement of 8. Poter’s church, for the purpose of giving public expres- ion to their unqualified Gissatisfaction et the riots and On denel ded at Se Patrick's Dey. fi wh Pioived i dot Testva ection wall efer the Trish Convention this evening. ner Additional facts are coming to light regarding the Kimball abortion case, reperted in the Hamaup yester- day. The Mra, Kimball referred to was not the widow of Colonel Kimball, of Hawkins’ Zouaves, as represented in the city papers yesterday, the widew of that gentlemen Deing still-alive, An investigation inte the facts connected with the murder of John Fitspatrick, in Williameburg, on St. Patrick's Day, was held by the Coroner yesterday. Uon- siderable testimony was taken, when an adjournment was bad until to-day. John Murphy, 8 young man arrested on suspicion of being connected with the mur- dor, was present at the inquest, In the case of John R. Walker, administrator, versus the Long Isiand Railroad Company, which was an action im the Supreme Court, Circuit, for ¢amages, claiming $5,000, for the killing of Wm. Walker in February, 1865, by acollision between the mail end express trains, the Jury yesterday returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the gum of $2,250. An important case came up for trial yesterday, before Judge Gilbert, m the, Supreme Court, Circuit, King’s county, Mr. Orlando Alea, ex-Mayor of Buffalo, brought an action against Mr. Andrew Stout, ex-City Chamber. lnin of this city, to recover the sum of $36,000, out of which he claims to have been defrauded by false repre- sentations made by defendant. Considerable testimony of @ very interesting character was taken. Case still on, George N. Carleton, who is charged with having em- bezzied half s million of dollars from the government while Treasury Agent at Memphis, appeared before Com- missioner Betts and gave bail in the sum of $25.000 yesterday to appear. John Skechan was placed on trial in the Court of Genera! Sessions yesterday for the murder of Thomas ‘Weihs in Eighth avenue om the 16th of August last. Testimony was heard on both ides and the case will probably be finished to-day. ‘Tne Stock markot was dull yesterday. Gold aold as high 1347, closing at 134%. wea Err en lower. On Change flour advanced 6c. a 10c., though quiet, Wheat closed firm, while corn was lc. a 2c. tower and oats dull and hoavy. Pork was firm. Beef was steady, while lard continued heavy. Freights were easier. Naval stores were quiet, bat firm. Petroleum was a shade firmer, Whiskey was dull at previoug ro MISCELLANEOUS. Advices from the Rio Grande contain the intelligence thet detachments of the opposing forces at Catahualpua bad come together, Maximilian taking part in the affair. ‘It was of little importance, however, and accounts vary as to ite results, It was said that Santa Anna had pro- posed to jon Maximilian. Juarez was about toorder the French residents out of the country unless they took out naturalization papers, Our San Luis Potosi (Mexico) correspondent gives an account of the journey of Juarcz and his Cabinet from Zacatecas to that point, with a description of the old town fof Gaudaloupe, its convent and fine works of art, From Zacatecas our correspon- deuts furnish graphic accounts of the chain of events since Miramon’s defeat which have transpired in the vicinity of the Juarez headquarters, Our Havana correspondent says that it is probable the recent abottion of direct taxes on certain articles and the sudstitation of a new import is a fires stép towards the abolishment of castor houses altogether in Cuba. ‘The Bank cf Santiago de Cuba has failed, without any hope of resumption. Porto Rice dates to the 3d inst, say that an earthquake ‘sbock was felt im San German on the 7th of February. ‘No new cases of cholera have been reported at St. Thomas, The sugar market was not active, The dates from Venezuela are to the 284 ult. Salazar and Bolivar had seized Carabobo, and tranquillity ensued. ‘The Congressional commpitiees were installed on the 20th. The steamer Botivar, which was run away with by her Kngtish captain from Laguayra some time ago, had returned. General the President, wae still arcived at Perio Pa the aad Our eorrespondenes from the bli of is dated January 14, The government had declared ite perts open for the reception of prizes in the Spanisb- Chilean war, The militia bas becn reorgaaived, with the President ia supreme command as Lieutcnant General Genera! Gienson, the successor of Stephens as C, 0. 1. R., made overtures to the Roberts branch of the Fenian Brotherhood yesterday for s unton of the two sections, No action has yet been taken on his proposition by the Senate, which is in session arranging details for the grand advance on Canads in the coming summor. At a dress parado of the Queen’s Own ia Toronto on Wednesday evening, the men were ordered to keep two days’ cooked rations on hand. Our Montreal correspondent says that although @ microscopic exam ination faile to discover any Feniens along the line, the universal topic“is the anticipated raid. The volunteers are preparing for active service, ‘and the telegraph wires are in constant requisition for. warding orders and countermanding them again. In view of the proposed confederation, the elections are exciting more than usual interest; and ‘wilt got be held in Lower Canada until June or July, proparations are already being made for » thorough ‘canvass by both partios, General Sherman responded to the toast of “The Army and Navy" at a celebration in St. Louis.com St, Patrick's day. His speech is published in our columns ‘this morning. A meeting of the Republican state Central Committee was beld at Albany yesterday to consider the question of ‘Rogro suffrage as provented in the proposed Convention Dil, A stormy debate ensued on a ecries of resolutions offered by Mr. Charts &. Spencer, of New York, favoring negro suffrage in the eléction of delegates, which were finally rejected. A resolution calling a party convention for the 8th of April to nominate delegates te the Consti- tutional Convention was adopted. A mass meoting or the citizens of Charleston, 8. C., irrespective of color, was held last night. There were only abeat Ofty white people present. Judge Moore, a white man, presided, and a negro asted as Secretary. ‘The meeting wae decidedly radical. Resolutions claim- ing the euffrage and the right to hold office for the colered men, opposing large land monopolies and calling for a revision of the State code aud reorganization of the courts were adopted. A similar meeting was held ‘o Savannah on the 18th, of which a synopsis was given im the Hanato at the time, We publich thie morning a dotaited report of the meeting, with ite platform and the resolutions adopted. The joint resolution of the Louisiana Legislature ap- Proprating $30,000 to test the constitutionality of the ‘Miltary Reconstruction bill has been vetoed by Governor Wella, A motion in the Senate to pass it over his Veto was made the special order for to-day. In the General Amsembiy of Virginia yesterday = Tesolution was passed to take a recess from that date to the 10th of April. Before adjourning the Legislature passed the State Intorost Debt bill. Yhe Maryland Legislature appropriate $100,000 for Southera destitaccs. A committoo of the dof Chosen Frocholders of Hadeow county, N. J if an investigation yesterday aternoov at Guttenberg nis thu managemont of the Weehawken ferry. Several witnessee worn eramined who unanimously pronounced the forty to be en intl. ersbie wafeance. the work of reciatwiog the swan dering on the Pagaaic ant Hack neem in New Jersey, on the plan of av iron d ‘ggested by the Maaco, will probably bo commenced uader the diroction of an eminent engineer at an early day. A Southern candidate was elected Mayor of Nowbern, N. C., yesterday, by a unanimous white and black vote, Tho Tennessee Supreme Court sustains the Franchise law of the last Legislature. The Green river country in Kentucky is suffering from the great floods, Shawaectown, on the Ohio, is aiso submerged, many people having to take refuge in the wharf boat, A detachment of Voteran Resorves have arrived at Os- ‘wego from Hart's Island Massachusetts, according to her Paymaster General's report, has expended thirteen and a quarter millions of dollars In paying bounties sinee the war began. Knoxville, Tenn., was flooded during the late storms, and —_— damage was sustained in the aeighbor- * sod marshes bor- The Now Commercial Epech—Now York aad | be successful that will be the end of the em- San Fraaciece. The readers of the Hunat> mast have been struck by the extraordinary fulness of the frst news by the new steamship line to China. The can aaen oe as from Chia and Japan fill * aE Tonton twénty dayé In advance of the date at which it would have been received there by way of the Cape of Good Hope or the Isthmus of Sucz. ‘The arrival of the Colorado at San Francisco on the 20th of March, on her return—the first round trip ever made by ® steamship —from | China and Japan, and the instantaneous trans- mission ofher news to Europe by way of San Francisco and New York, suggest a prodigious revolution in the commercial history of the world. As it has been ascertained that the electric current can be transmitted to a dis- tance of three thousand or ten thousand miles as eurely as that of one thousand—in fine to any requisite distance, it isnot unsafe to pre- dict that ere long the succeas of the grand experiment of an Atlantic cable will be rivalled on a still grander scale by a Pacific cable from San Francisco to the Sandwich Islands, and thence to some point on the shores of Eastern Asia, With this, tosay nothing of the Russian cable, and with the telegraphic lines stretching across the American continent, not only will political but financial news of the utmost importance be speedily conveyed around the globe. The rates of exchange at any time and at any point will be so immediately and so generally understood at every other point that every merchant everywhere can be his own financial agent. ‘The transportation of the immense preducts of Oriental Asia and of the great Archipela- goes, with their inland continents lying to the south of Asia, must inevitably find its way to San Francisco, while the bulk of European commerce will come to New York end commerce of the Amerignn gontinent Wil flow dit front these two points to the rest of the world. Thus the two great commercial cen- tres will be New York, the Queen of the Atlantic, and San Francisco, the Queen of the Pacific. Meanwhile our railroads between the At- lantic and the Pacific will build up a line of flourishing cities that shall enliven even the intervening deserts, as in ancient times the traffic of Asia, passing across Asia Minor to the Mediterranean, built up along the old camel routes in Syria the marble cities of Baalbec and Palmyra, together with those on the Mediterranean coast. In this broad and world embracing view of the subject the primary importance of stenm- ship lines between San Francisco and other points on the Pacific and Eastern Asia stands out in bold relief. The initial experiment -shows what may be done. Whatever obstacles may intervene, whatever delays may be occa- sioned ‘by extravagance or mismanagement or playing with stock after the battiedoor and shuttlecock fashion g Wall street, the great object of estab! ig steamship navigation be- tween our Pacific coast and Eastern Asia will ultimately be attained. To this end and for the promotion of the interests of steam naviga- tion on the Atlantic as well as on the Pacific it will be right and requisite to encourage: American steamship lines, not, indeed, as one has weakly asked, by guaranteeing its bonds, but by all more legitimate and effec- tual methods. For years past France has omu- aaa J and developing the ja pire, and Maximilien will make the best of his way probably to Texas or the coast. Should the ghin the battle the war may be prolonged for some time. Am imperial estsb- lishment grafted on Mexico by Europe cannot continue to exist very long; but success in euch « battle as was imminent at Querctaro would give it a little longer lease of power and keep the country in « state of civil war. pie scout aeaBtt c or Dium’es che Word. ‘The Congressional delegation from this city— John Morrissey, Fox, Brooks and Fernando Wood, paide visit to President Johnson a day or two ago, and made e formal demand on bebalf of their constituents fore share in the federal offices, They claimed that as the especial friends of the President they are entitled to enjoy some of the good things within his gift, and complained that they had not been consulted in regard to the appoint ments, but had been treated as of no account. They do not seom to have impressed the President with a very high sense of the value of their support. We are told that he preserved @ provoking taciturnity—that in reply to questions as to whether‘he would make certain removals and would honor the recommends- tions of the New York democratic Congressmen for the offices of Collector and eAssessor of Internal Revenue in this city, now vacant, he “simply answered mum.” The only remark he did make was significant and not without a spice ot sly mischief. He wanted to know of the disinterested delegation if they supposed that the Senate would be likely to confirm the nominees recommended by Morrissey, Brooks, Wood and Fox? 2 “7 There is something refreshing in the cool impudence of these sturdy beggars for office. Without « party at their backs, elected by the lowest element of the grogshop ang the gambling hell, beaten in every Northern Siate in the Union and too insignificant even to be thought of in Congress, they march up to the White House and demand to be made the brokers of the federal patronage, generously offering as a sort of compromise to be contented with half the appointments. We have no doubt that they would make very good use of the offices if the President should accede to their demands. Fernando Wood is well versed in the science of makmg patronage pay, and would realize handsomely on perquisites and shares. Fox has a number of deserving candidates in the First ward who are really suffering since such arbitrary restric- tions have been placed on emigrant touting, baggage smashing and other popular callings. Brooks has a large family of hungry Know Nothings out of place who have been looking about with their dark lanterns for employ- ment for the past ten or twelve years. John Morrissey, who loves to do a generous action for his friends, wonld be pleased to push the claims of Izzy Lazarus, “Dublin Tricks,” Joe Coburn, Barney Aaron, Bill ‘Tovee, Kit Barns and other deserving champions. Upon the whole we think it might be well for Andy Jobnson to consider the demands of the New York delegation. Then if he should ever run for Presidént of the United States he may make sure of a larger majority in this city than Hoffman obtained at the last November election. Cellecter Smythe on the Gridigen—Curious Dotuge ia Washington. Mr. Hyjburd, of the Congressional com- Servanc ot he nee | El ML esate rman but in consequence of positive legislative dis- couragement, Thus all American vessels which had eaited ander a foreign fing during our late war were prohibited from coming back under their own; and this is one reason why Ameri- cam trade is to so lamentable an extent con- fined to foreign bottoms. Surely this ought not and need not so to be. The success of the French steamships should stimulate our rivalry, and American steamship lines should at once be established. This couniry is not only politically on @ broader and firmer basis than before the war, but commercially it is about to enter upon a new epoch of power and prosperity, distancing all competitors and eclipsing everything in the record of the re- publics and empires which have passed away. ‘The Military Situation in Mexico. We published yesterday a highly interesting batch of news from our different correspond- ents in Mexico, and by telegram from San Francisco, with regard to the movements, con- dition and prospects of the belligerents in that country, and on Tuesday last we published a graphic letter of our correspondent who ac- companied Maximilian and his army to Quere- taro. From sll these accounts we learn what the situation of the parties was up to the 25th of February. At that time Maximilian oceu- pied Queretaro, where he had been some days. He appears to have seised upen this place as the best point to arrest the progress of the liberal army ander Escobedo in its march towards the city of Mexico, and seemed to be waiting there to give the national forces bat- tle. “The anticipated battle st Queretaro,” our correspondent says, “is the great objective point of all eyes in Mexico.” It is said the im- perialist force numbered about sight thousand. From all accounts we believe tiis to be nearly ® correct estimate, though the force may be a little stronger. The troops of Escobedo had advanced from San Luis Potosi, and occupied the line from San Felipe to San Miguel, including the little but famous town of Dolores Hidalgo. San Migael is eighteen leagues trom Queretaro. The contending armies, therefare, were within two days march of each other. The army under Escobedo’s immediate cpmmand was not larger if quite as large as that of the impe- rialista. But the liberal gonertls Corona, Reg- ules, Aranda and Garcia do la Cadana were rushing forward from varioys points of the southwest and north to unite with Escobedo in front of Queretaro. All thete forces together would amouat, probably, to fifteen or eighteen thousand men. Should a battle be delayed til these divisions be united—that is, should Escobedo wait till then and Maximilian remain in @ defensive attitude a} Queretaro, the liberals will have good chance of defeating the imperialista, But if Estobedo should be too impatient and commence the battle before he is sufficiently strong there is reason to fear defeat; for Maximilian has toth good generals and troops, ‘That was the actual situation at latest dates. A battle was expected in the course of a few days, and it is quite likely the next news will bring accounts of it. Shouli (he national party under Collector Smythe, has reported a resolution requesting the President to re- move the Collector. The Hon. Ben But- ler thought this = cringing way of doing the business and that the dignity of Congress required the regular process of impeachment. It matters little, however, what process is adopted, since it ia plain that Collector Smythe is to be sacrificed to the vultures after the Custom House spoils and plunder. Should the President decline to act upon this hint from Congress, and should an impeachm nt move- ment fail in the Senate, the Collector will still be worried by his enemies; but he would ‘The Three Barsums. There are three Barnum’s running in the | Legislature of Louisiana, heretofore regarded Fourth district of Connecticut for Congress. | as semi-secesh, resolutions have been intro- William HH. Barnum, the iron dealer, P. T. | duced recommending all citizens, white and Barnum, the small swindling showman, and | black, entitled to vote under the reconstruction Lewis Barnum, who claims to be a cousin of | laws of Congress, to come forward and be the mall swindling showman. The latter is | registered, on the ground that harmonious eelf-nominated and stumps the State in the | action under the laws will protect the persons wake of the showman in order to show him | and property of both races and save the State up in his teue colors. Lewis Barnum makes | from anarchy and misrule. Is not this a revo- some terribly severe attacks upon Barnum, } lution of ideast The spell is at last brokes. the humbug, and is doing him serious in-| The old Southern order of things is passing jury. It is said that showman Baroum isso | away and sll things are becoming new. alarmed at the progress made by his cousin that he is about to have brim arrested for libel. This will only be done to get him off ground for the present; but if Lewis Barnum shrowd he will defeat the plot of the small swindling showman to get him out of the way. No man ean be arrested or beld to bail for libel under the constitution and the laws of the United States, and the third Barnum can easily obtain his liberty if he should be ar- rested om the complaint of « self-convicted humbug. it is of course very annoying for Barnum, the showman, to be beld up before | miaximilian Participates ina Skirmish—The the Bridgeport people in astate of nature. He cannot afford to stand examination and expo- ‘sure any more thaa any of bis fellow hem- bugs could, including the Woolly Horse, the | the 16th inst, They contain eleven days’ later news Feejee Mermaid, the Bearded Lady, the Petri- fied Horse and Rider, &.; but he will not find it so easy to get rid of the annoyance. The people are called upon to “pay their money” | einer side. Maximilian took part in person, The Te at the show, and they insist upon knowing “the | ports of the reeult iter, bus the appencenons ate ‘eh, Maximilian was victorious, =~“, true nal “ Smythe. ue ae The transfer of all that was mortal of the late Jesse Hoyt to the shades of Greenwood recalls the good old times of the old Jack- sonian democracy, when the New York Custom Hoviie, tinder sald Jesse Hoyt, #as one of thelr rich placers and the Albany Regency reigned in all its glory. What a volume of party reve- lations was in that Jesse Hoyt correspondence, fished out from the old rubbish of the Custom House and published by the late William Lloyd Mackenzie! What funny confessions of demo- the dashing Prince John, and Marcy, Cam- brelling, B. F. Butler of Sandy Hill, and all the rest! Now, we dare say that Mr. Collector Smythe has collected a mass of interesting | the oft-expressed satisfaction of the large and fashion- from ali sorts | Sble audience assembied to bid the departing favorites Custom House correspondence, of politicians and all sorts of people, from Mr. Seward and Thurlow Weed to the last appli- cants for that “general order business; and | demonstration was but another proof of the high esteem if Mr. Smythe desires to be laid up in lavender, like his illustrious predecessor, Jesse Hoyt, he has only to leave this correspondence among | proseoutien of the the rubbish of his private office, to be fished out by some disciple of Mackenzie, As in the case of Hoyt, ne doubt Mr. Collector Smythe’s } the private Custom House correspondence, in the form of a book, would go off like hot cakes. The New York Jockey Club. to imenrporate the New York Jockey | 7‘¢ ot Kuh apt gy ape be During its consideration by the | ebuc’sone Senate a proposition was made to amend the hill by the insertion of » clause probibit- ing racing for any Wot or wager. A race | The English vorsion of Donizetti's pleasing opers, La without anything depending on the result Figtia de! Regimento, was performed last night by the would be like a whiskey punch made of lemon and water and sugar. It would be the play | fair and select audience present, The opera was pre- Club. of Denmark left out. Racing in England apd France {fg a national sport and is b, in @ great ingactions OM | admirable acting of Mr. Seguin as the old sergeant was the turf. The New York Jockey Club pro- } weil deserving of the applause It received. The other poses to raise the character of borse racing in thie country, to encourage the improvement a V me ve ef tho freed of horves, and to inspire a bet- | SMe Stare” Sates Sass, Susan uy tel cues ter clas of citizens than have heretofore | nate applause, been on the turf with pride im the sport. Whether they will succeed or not remains to be proved. ‘But the effort is a deserving one conducted under stilt Pal degree, prevent dishonorable and merits enwouragement. Strict Cons,\ruction and Starvation. Some members cf Congress are so sensitive the | ions, is day, as described by the ladies. The new to Collector | tH! battle was Tua Revowvrion uv Lovwixa.—Ia the present “ Parvsoriy Hora ”—Not the spring fash- but the weather of the New York opening styles, however, are said, in many things, to be 80 pretty, piquant and charming that they will hold good until the skies clear up and we have the proper light and balmy breezes of a spring morning for a just appreciation of the season’s novelties, “Shine out, fair sun.” ADDITIONAL FROM MEXICO. pose vs wens Roan Aaa te Join the Im: Ce Gatvastox, Texas, March 21, 2607. Advices have been received from the Rio Grande upte from the goat of war. ‘A battle had been fought at Catabustpua. It appears to have taken place between small portions of ‘the hostile forces, net more than 2,600 men having been engaged on ‘ ) Porfiorio Diaz was about te besiege the capital. A gene impending. ~~ is shortly order the French residents to leave the ddiifitey or take out naturaljzaiion papers. A ‘The Hoerals in various parte gf t%% country were ktop- ing up a lively guerilla war. Several imporisiists, white riding with the By were shot from the roadside. prying, veer hemes Maximilian’s wore greater than before, as Sania Anda proposed to join bim. AMUSEMENTS. Theatre Francais. The farewoll performance ead benefit of MM. Scribot and Chandora, Mmes, Saunier and mel was an artistic as well as @ pecuniary ment, which was brought to a close by a sparkling come- dietta, L’ Amour d'une Ingénue, It is needless to dwell either upou the ercelience of the rendering or farewell, Miles. Saunier end Carnel, with Mons. Scribot and Chandora, have bad repeated evidence of the appreciativeness of the public, and last night's in which these accomplished comedians have ever been held. Although we shall miss these artists, it 1s plea- cf that their d re will not ‘the ‘sant to learn C Sager : a ey bd wl, of the drama to ehoe meee sore se ‘a performaaces have been Uda umorous noveltise. whose weeks to come, attract all true ‘Théatee Francais, represented in his ao, keen ae Dawison sustained three Manteal. Riohings troupe. Although the house was not as welt filled as on the previous evening, yet there was a very the part of Mario with spirit and vivacity, and the characters m the piece were fairly represented. seloct audience, which. by ite élsoriast- eceaceen net etait Sees Phas | to leave their cosey firesides to ducted. The comprised Muzart’s quintet im ‘Schu: sonate, piano ané r pine J 6s, and Beethoven's quarto, D, op. iene about the rights gri\ated and secured by the b constitution that theit “delicacy compels them | The san ch offical oper Jot death of Dr. Liv. to turn @ deaf ear to\\the voice of charity. | ingstone received Strict constructionists py this class object to es Seeman bon eee the appropriation of a mili.‘on dollars to save the the Southern people, white a. @ black, loyalists and disloyalists, from starvatio. % because they nevertheless, in being sustained by the Presi- dent, be fully justified in bringing his persecu- tors to the test of a trial before the Senate. We have strange rumors, however, from Wash- ington of negotiations going on between the President and Congress fora division of the Sears spoils, including our Custom House in the oc oa, of bargain, from which it would seem that even | °O0t find a warrant for it in th.» conetloMion: | Shes tnstigetce wsrecs “Andy Johnson” is casting about for a new | T!* opposition would be absurd is" !* Wore DC” | by the arvieal of» Collector. We can hardly believe these eruel and inhuman. There seems to \5¢ ® ~ tito sare reports, but in the corrupt atmosphere of onthe part of some of these gentlen. Wetnea former'y ‘a member Washi n nothing in the way of combina. the appropriation will not be fairly u it ts eo ee tions for the spoils is impossible. We shall | Detween the whites and the negroes; but Geauot to better a : probably have some definite solution of this pave vg betes md one ghee Oa poe ay ada i or ceria rarer guaed imbroglio to-day. Itis ah — pOek WED Doe traveller bas fallen, as inant eetiituaice on an men’s Burean, and certainly there was nothing _‘ Jovew. His Miva ste" ante the, maguitceal alecor “pig plum” of the Custom House, and nothing in the constitution to prevent food being sent | , %:+ of late and Se ae Ph to Ireland by Congress in a government ship | tion ¥.* ‘Pe ‘ores erent ana tothe vente ————____ during the famine of 1847. south’ to.” SCF god Nile at the two VA ‘The Troubles of Kentucky. — : sg Nigh OS Oar latest advices from Kentucky disclose Stavcnrerma tae Rartzoap Joss.—Four an ee oer) the present enormous East the troubles of that State in sharp relief, New Yerk city railroad bills were unceremo- «, tevaeh pienoieing the way whice Neither one thing nor the other daring the war, the State, since the war, with the return of her rebel soldiers, has become “ contusion worse confounded” than ever before. The Pistol and the rifle are still so freely employed in wiping out old political revenges that men are afraid to spoak their opinions, A “reign of terror” prevails; but still there are signs of @ great révolution quietly going on. Old party lines are completely broken down, and various half way factions, “inexplicably mixed up” have sprang into existence. These can- not last long. With negro suffrage in the rebel States in full blast this qnession will soon thrast itself into the foreground in Kentucky, and the course of Wade Hampton in Soatn Carolina is the card for the aspiring politicians of Kentacky. When they bear from South Carolina they will begin to open their eyes, | them what to do. jcy Debate in the Jhambers Concluded. ‘The debate in the Corps Legislatif on the foreign policy of the empire has endod as every one knew it must, and in the endorse- | ment of tho Emperor’s policy. A telegram dated the 21st and printed in to-day’s Huraio | informs us that a large mejority had agreed in justifying the policy of the government To any one who is in the slightest degree | victed of bribery and corruption and sen- off all the and also Somer Siothing of \ acquainted with the composition of the French | tenoed to the State Prison about two months te ierees tee rouse, >on lamella Chambers the s@uple fact that this debate has been 80 keen and so protracted will be suffi- cient proof, in spite of the result, that there exists throughout France very considerable dissatisfaction with this same toveign policy. niously slaughtered in the State Senate yester- day.: Two bills for elevated railroads were reported against and thrown overboard, the Lexington Avenue Railroad was quashed and the Bulkhead Railway was strangled by the committees. The Broadway jobs are still pending. Let them moet « similar fate, and the people will be content to struggle along until the Constitutional Convention shall pro- vide something for our relief in the way of tallreade 0 well 20 other matters Aw Important Question.—Massachusetts has at length ratified the pending constitutional amendment, which makes, we believe, the whole number of States that bave ratified it United States. Why cannotwe have this State right away, and tins have, before the adjourn- ment of the present -ession of Congress, this great amendment proclaimed part of the con- once returned, in fulfilling the conditions im- posed upon them? Havre not we of New York a member of Congress who can pul this jues- tion to “ old Thad Stevens | Goon News ror Learstatons.—The member | of the New Jersey Legislature who was con- ago, has been pardoned and set at liberty. This is good news for legislators in general, among whom, at the time, the remarkable conviction oreated a6 mwuoh indignation as alarm. stitution, 60 that the rebel States may be at | : i e Zi = st i itt; : + g ¥ H a a8 ag, < 2 Fi } E. i i, z i | i ‘this sacl Zatus calied Mavite, Agite, Maosites, | quite imponsibte for me as yet ioelicit y impenctravle simpiteity of the few who ane as to whore this y took place. That it ® the di qweot of (be Nyassa is certain; bat whether in wid 1B | trtet wo hed alteady explored, ‘or further to thie m ‘th, is ) sail uncertam, | “Pnat Dr, Livingstone was killed by the come ma, vies | as he and 1 were among together is certain. wo ld have aitacked us then if they bad dared, but we we "© | two strong for them. With sueh enemies it comes to ba * {s question of numbers as well as equipment. Tha } Geaih of afew will not break their cl and a smail\ | party taken unawares bave no chance. ly one of thet survivors saw Dr. Livii fall, but they buried his body at three P, M., when the Mavite had gone, They It ts hardly probable that any further particulars ever be pin Koy io regard to Dr. Livingstone’s deat the Mavite are a wandering people, and it will be impossible to ascertain the go? tribe by whom Dr. | 4 L.'s party wore attacked. have the honor to be, air, Very respectfully, your obedient servant, BDWARD D. ROPES, United States Consul Hon. W. H. Sewanp, Secretary of State,