The New York Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1867, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OFFICE X. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASBAU OTS. = Wolume XXXII.. —— AMUSEMENTS THi> AFTERNOON AND EVENING, EATR Broadway, near Broome SBROADWAY THEATy tons. Matisee at 15g clocks Catt Haiow Eva. NEW YORK THEATRE, Broadw: Hotel. —Kanuworrs—Miss Ecy 0% » Opposite New York INNOR. | PHEATRE FRANCAIS, Fourteenth street, near Sixth wiueLe SUPPLiCe ‘DUN Howun—L'Auous D'UX uaratinn GERMAN STADT THEATRE, 45 and 47 Bowery.— Faust. WOOD'S THEATRE, Broadway, copeatie St. Nicholas PBHotei.—UNoLe Tom's Canin, {ative a 13g 0’ Clock. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Fra Diavouo. Mati- mee at One o’Clock—Tux Doctor or ALcantana. DODWORTH HALL, 806 Breadway.—Proressor Hants cwit Pervorm His Mimacugs—L'Escamarsun axp Hem -Faway Sixcinc Bigp Matinee at Two o’Clock. STEINWAY HALL, Fourteenth street and Fourth ave- mue.—Tuxo. Txomas’ Last Srurnony S01Rnsr. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 585 Broadway, opposite Che Metropolitan Hotel—In rum Eraiorian ENTeRtatn- Sixainc, Dancing ano Buatesques.—! Bucs ©oox—Sriut Hasu Earnns or rue AMAZON. LLY & LEON'S pak iby 720 Broadway, oppo- New York Hotel.—Iv rarim Songs, Dances. Ecc xx- mies, BURuesques, &c.—CiNDER-LRON—MADAGASCAR autar TROUPE—ParTI IN PARIS. FIFTH AVENUE OPERA HOUSE, Nos. 2 and 4 West Twenty-fourth street.—Gurvrin & Cukisty’s MinsTauis.— Ermorux Movsrescsy. Bavuaps, Burcvesgurs, &c.—T He Oeese Sacer Race—Tux Biack Croox. Matinee at 235 @'Clock. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 201 Bowery.—Cowi¢ Vooa.ism, Necro Minstreusy, Bauer Divyenrisseaenr, Wortkxe Gints or New York. Matinee at 2}¢ ‘HARLEY WHITE'S COMBINATION TROUPE, at Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad AV, ‘aniery or Ligut aso Lavowance ENTeRTAtNw Res De BALuer, &c. — Scuoo.soy’s Frovics. Mati 14 o'Clock. HOOLEY’S OPERA HO! i o.—Eritoptan MIN- \erkxtsy, BALLADS AND squks.—Tue Buack Man ‘or Agar. Matinee at 239 o'Clock. THR BUNYAN TABLEAUX, Union Hall. corner of ‘Twenty-third street and Broad: 7%.—Moving Mir- mox OF THE PiLanin’s PRocnyss—Sixtr MAGNIFICENT cares. Matinee Wednesday and Saturday at 8 o'clock. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— Hxap axp Rigut AxM or Pronstr—Tne Waswixcton ‘Twixs—Wonpens 1x Natenat History, Screncr. axD ARt. Lecrones Dairy. Open from 8 4. M. till OP. M. INSTITUTE OF ART (Derby Geaxp Exmisition or | Paw’ Cou an THe Dars or Lrxcouy. ery), 625 Broad Tue Rerun: New York, Saturday, March 23, 1867, THE NEWS. EUROPE. ‘the news report by the Atlantic cable is dated yester- Gay, March 22, Napoleon entertains the idea of a confederation of ¥raace, Holland, Belgium and Switzerland against Prus- ia. King Victor Emanuel opened the new national Parliament of Italy. The United States squadron in the ‘Mediterranean is anchored at Port Mahon, Minorca. Consols closed at 91 for money in London. United States five-twentios were at 744¢ in London and 773¢ in Frankfort. The Liverpool cotton market closed heavy ‘and downward, with middling uplands at 13%d. Broad- Stull quiet, CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday several Territorial and Dis- ‘Qrct measures were introduced and referred. A resolu- ‘tion authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to purchase the property adjoining the Brooklyn Navy Yard was passed. A concurrent resolution, withe preamble set- ing forth that Jef Davis has been a long time a prisoner ‘ead has sought a trial by all means kuewn to law, and ‘that justice requires his trial or release, was presented ®y Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, and ordered to be Printed. A sabstitute for « bill exempting certain works of art from import duty, with an amendment ‘euthorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to ‘Giscontiaue the employment of collectors of the direct tax in the Southern States and to impose their dutios ‘wa the collectors of internal revenue, was passed. The Bouligoy claims were called up, bat the morning hour wrpired, and the bill reimbursing Indians for losses Waring the Morgan raid coming up was recommitted to he Military Committee. The House amendments to the Southern Relief bill were concarred in, and the bill now goes to the President, The bill relative to the Bouligny ofaims was again taken up and passed. The bill repealing the provisions for the appointment of registers of bank- ruptcy by the Chief Justice was referred to the Judiciary Committee. The House amendments to the bills fur- misbing arms to the Tennessee militia and exempting ‘wrapping paper from internal tax were concurred in. A Substitute for the bill reimbursing Indiana for losses during the Morgan raid was reported from the Military Committee and passed. The Senate then adjourned. In the House the amendments from the Commit- tee of the Whole to the joint resolution for the q@eliof of the destitute people in the Southern States were agreed to and the resolution was passed by a vote of 91 yeas to 31 nays. The amendments authorize issues of food through the Freed- amon’s Bureau and the appropriation of money from the unexpended funds in the hands of the Commissioner of that Bureau, The resolution relative to the proposed removal of Collector Smythe was taken up and amended, Pending its consideration the morning hour expired and the business on the Speaker's table was disposed of. The Senate amendment to a House bill by which a ‘tax is imposed on all State, manicipal or corporation Bcrip issved by naticnal banks was agreed to. The Sonate bills and resolutions to cancel a certain post office contract, to make valid certain laws of New Mexico, ‘end to provide for furnishing arms and equipments to ‘the Tennessee militia, were passed. A resolution sus- pending the purchase of heavy ordnance until experi ments have tested their capability was roferred to the Committeeon Retreachment. The Speaker was granted leave of absence for one day, and Mr, Schenck was de- signated as Speaker pro tem. On motion the rules were suspended and the resolution relative to the impeach- ment of Collector Smythe was considered. An amend. ment referring the testamony tothe Committee on Pub- lic Expenditures, with instractions to propare articles of impoachient if the evidence justifies it, was agreed to, fod toe House adjourned. THE LEGISLATURE. \ im the Senate yesterday reports were made favoring Yho bil increasing the duties and powers of the Park Dommissioners, and adverse to a railroad in Spring and wthor streets, The bills applying the provisions of the Excise law to the whole State, and creating a commission ‘of piers and wharves were passed. The Fourth avenue ‘and Harlem Railroad bill was made a special order for ‘Tuesday. The Constitutional Convention bill was an- nounced from the Assembly, and the Senate insisting, a second committee of conference was asked for. The Dill for an experimental railway in New York and West- Chester was ordered to a third reading. In the Assembly tho bill establishing free schools throughout the State was by unanimous consent placed ‘Upon its third reading and passed. Bills to extend the ‘Jurisdiction of Surrogate Courts, to regulate the storage of combustible material, to establish a fire department in Brooklyn, and for various other purposes, were re- Ported. A second committee of conference was appointed on the Convention bill, Two or three bills of a local obaracter were passed, and a recess till evening was taken. In the evening session the Eight Hour Labor bill ‘was ordered to a third reading. ‘The Joint Conference Committees agreed to report a @onstitutional bill last night, negro ruffrage being omitted and the election to take place by Senatorial dis- cts. on THE orry. The storm of Thureday was the severest known hore fn five years, There were no signs at an early hour this morning of ite abating. The Australasian was unable 40 come in yesterday, and the Ocean Queen and Merri- sac wore unable to go out A pilot was drowned while attompting to reach the Australasian. ‘The Councilmanic Committee on the New Post Omce site held their final mecting yesterday afternoon and ‘heard a namber of arguments from various parties, “written and oral, against the contemplated sale of the jgtound in the Park. A mocting of tenants in the Twenty-second ward was noid last night to devise means to have the present ex- rents reduced. Resolutions were adopted re- to pay increased rent and threatening in case Chambers, yesterday of Stuart va, the Board of Health and the Board of taxation of costa in the suit, which had been discon- tinued by consent, Counsel for plaintiff contended that this being a cause in equity defendants were not en- titled, as public officers, to double costs, and if so en- titled double disbursements of a prospective nature not actually incurred should not be included. A similar motion was made at Common Pleas, Chambers, De- cisions in both cases reserved. petition was made yesterday before the Supreme Court, Chambers, to set aside the election of trustees held in January last, The petitioners allege that @ forcible and illegal election was heid, resulting in the election of parties favorable to paying Solomon Jenner $2,000 for his services last year as President, The Court ordered a reference with rogard to the alleged disorderly and forci- ble election, and reserved its decision on the other quos- tions. The trial of John J. Skechan, charged with killing Thomas Weight by stabbing him with a knife in Eighth avenue, was concluded yesterday in the General Ses- sions. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree, with a strong recommendation to mercy, for ten years. counterfeig bill, was discharged by Commissioner Osborn yesterday. gan, of the Inman line, will sail at noon to-day from pier 45 North river, for Queenstown and Liverpool. Tho mails for the United Kingdom and the Continent will close at the Post Office at half-past ten A. M. de Paris, Captain Surmont, wil leave pier 60 North river at eight o'clock this morning for Brest and Havre. The mails for France will close at the Post Office at six A. M. ship Denmark, Captain Thomson, will sail from pier 47 North river at noon to-day for Liverpool, calling at Queenstown to land passengers. Donald, will leave pier 20 North river at noon to-day for Glasgow and Liverpool, calling at Londonderry to iand passengers and mails. ny’s steamer Merrimac, Captain Slocum, will sail from pler 43 North river at twelve o'clock to-morrow (Sun- day) for Rio Janeiro, calling at St. Thomas, Para, Per- nambuco and Bahia, Tho Merrimac has been detained for the purpose of taking out one hundred and fifty emi- grants who were wrecked in a sailing vessel a short time since on the coast of Cuba, and who were brought from Havana by the ateamship Mariposa. tic Mail Company’s line, will sail from pier No. 4 North river at three o'clock P. M. to-day for Havana. Mails wil cloge at tho Post Office at half-past one o'clock. of C. H. Mallory & Co.'s line, will sail to-day from pier 20 East river tor Galveston. tain Gager, for New Oricans, will leave pler No. 9 North river at three o’clock to-day. Crowell, will sail from pier 13 North river at three P. M. to-day for New Orleans, Captain Atkins, will gail at three P. M. to-day for Savan- nab from pier 13 North river, connecting at Savannah with Florida steamer and by rail to all points south and west. The steamship Granada, of Leary’s line, will leave pier 14 East river, foot of Wall street, at three P. M. to-day for Charleston. and irregular afterwards, bat closed with a decidedly upward tendency. Gold was lower, the closing price being 134%. that the last of the French troops at Vera Cruz had sailed on the 12th inst, fleet of gunboats still romained. The ‘liberals were closely investing Vera Cruz, and the impression was that they would soon occupy the city. Tampico was still in ‘tho possession of the imperialists. A letter from Presi- dent Juarez has been received in Washington, detailing his movements from his arrival at Zacatecas until the defeat of Miramon. way of the Atlantic cable, Active operations had been resumed, and Fort Humaita had been shelled by the allies, By the same means news from the republics on the Pacific coast has been received. Tho Spanish squadron had come in sight of and was chasing the com- bined fleets of Chile and Peru. be received at military posts with diplomatic honors. by the British government that the sentences ot the Fenians in Canada will be remitted. murder of Mrs. Laken last October. He denied his guilt, child, in the Court of Oyer and Terminor in Westchester county, on Thursday, but the jury rendered a verdict of not guilty, believing her to have been insane. of color among railway passengers. horse cars to run on Sanday. cental system. a life insurance company by means of a bogus death, fictitious will and stolen corpse arrangement. A doctor and a lawyer NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1867. any families are ejected on that account to publish the name of the laadiord and mot patronize him in future. ‘Mr, Peabody gave a grand dinner to the trustecs of the fund donated by him for the education of youth in the South, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel lastevening, Mr. Robert C. Winthrop made the opening speech, and pre- ‘sented a series of resolutions expreasive of gratitude to Mr. Peabody for his princely donation, to which Mr. Peabody himself responded in a few words, The enter- tainment was of course of the grandest character and passed off in the most pleasant manner. The Roberts Senate of the Fenian Brotherhood dis- posed of the proposition for union with the Gleeson branch yesterday. They are willing to unite and send supplies to Ireland if a revolution is actually in pro- grees in that country, but the movement against Canada will not be relinquished. 4 German girl named Christina Bucher was burned to death last night by the explosion of a kerosene lamp, at her residence, No, 118 North Sixth street, Brooklya, E. D, In the Supreme Court, the case Police Commissioners came up onan appeal from the ‘In the matter of the New York Ophthalmic Hospital a Judge Russel sentenced him to the State Prison Francis Mathews, accused of having passed a $100 The fine steamship City of Baltimore, Captain MoGui- The General Transatlantic Company’s steamship Ville The National Steam Navigation Company’s line steam- The Anchor Line steamship Caledonia, Captain Mc- The United states and Brazil Mail Steamship Compa- ‘The steamship Columbia, Captain Barton, of tho Atlan- The Toras line steamship Euterpe, Captain Eldridge, ‘The Cromwell line steamer George Washington, Cap- The Biack Star line steamship Marmion, Captain The Empire line sidewhoel steamship ‘an Jacinto, The stock market opened firm yesterday, was lower MISCELLANEOUS. Mexican news by way of Galveston is to the effect The French iron-clad and a The news from the seat of war in Paraguay comes by The Japanese Commissioners in San Francisco are to Sir Frederick Bruce, it is reported, has been informed Hiram Coon was hanged in Troy yesterday for the Mary Hoyes pleaded guilty to murdering her own Anow law of Pennsylvani away with distinction ‘A bill has passed the Maryland Legislature allowing The Buffalo Board of Trade has virtually abolished the A Los Angeles letter says a government train in the Colorado desert was destroyed by a water spout on March 10. Several lives were lost and the wagons and stores were carried eighteen miles. Chicago is the scene of a reported attempt to swindle i EcaStRy and the matter is to be investigated, The Excise Law—Proposed Amendments. A bill to amend the Metropolitan District Excise law has been reported favorably by the Committee on Internal Affairs of Towns and Counties inthe State Assembly. It pro- vides that the license fee shall be reduced to the following rates:—For hotels, from fifty to five bundred dollars, at the discretion of the Commissioners; for liquors sold by others than hotel keepers, two hundred dollars, and for ale and beer only, fifty dollars. It allows licensed houses to close at one o’clock A. M., instead of twelve o’clock, and to open at four o’clock instead of five o’clock in the morning. No liquor or beer is to be sold on Sundays, and the right of summary arrest, without warrant, is to be abolished, except during hours when the sale is prohibited by the law. These amendments would help to popularize the law, which is at present very unpopular in the district, and they should be passed by the Legislature, The advocates of total prohibi- tion charge that the liquor dealers are in favor of the amendments and have sent money to Albany to secure their passage. This is all balderdash. The liquor dealers would use money to defeat the proposed amendments, rather than to promote their success. They desire to make the law as unpopular and yore as ble and to extend it allover State, ao that it may be the sooner abol- ished altogether. . day « most impressive initial meeting of whites report of an interesting mass meeting of whites and blacks held the day before at Charleston, at which Judge Moore (white) presided, and E. J. Adams (colored) acted as secretary. The object of this meeting was “ to form an associa- tion tobe known as the Union Republican party of South Carolina,” while that at Colum- bia was to initiate a movement for a new and independent Southern party, embracing a po- litical fusion of the land owning whites and the laboring» blacks upon the broad ground of common interests, political and social, local and national. mover in the late rebellion, very properly takes the lead in this work of submission to the issues of a war of her making, and in this important business of reorganization of parties upon the new ideas, facts and established prin- ciples of this new era in our national history. Four years of the bayonet have hurried us through a radical and sweeping revulution of a hundred years of peace. Excepting the revolutionary consequences of that ble French convalsion which first startled the’world in 1789, there is nothing in the onward m arch of any nation to compare with the revolution inaugurated in the United States with the secession of South Carolina in De- cember, 1860. That act was limited to a dozen lines, declaring the Union dissolved and South Carolina an independent sovereignty; but it decreed the slaughter of six hundred thousand men, the emancipation from chattel slavery of four millions of the African race, and with their elevation to citizenship and civil and political equality the blotting ont of all the political excrescences and accessories of slavery and all its legal and social atrocities, Southern States is a change from the world before to the world after the deluge. The de- lays of restoration resulting from President Johnson’s policy have, in this view, served a good purpose in gradually preparing the Southern mind for this great change. From the movem ents of leading Southern politicians in different p laces remote from each other, all tending in the same direction, it is evident that they have been watching the course of events and preparing for the ultimatum that has come upon them, while hoping for better things. They now know what they have to do, if and in following e example debt as it becomes due with legal tenders, and of Wade Hampton they have their then to give the holders of these legal tenders future in their own hands. By meeting promptly and fairly the conditions of Congress, and by harmonizing in good faith with the blacks, the ruling white class of the South may take the game of reconstruction out of tho hands of Secretary Stanton and the Northern radicals and build up the future dominant party of the South upon the balance ef power held by the blacks. This may be done in sea- son tosecure the readmission into Congress of all the excluded States. next winter, which will give them ample time to play a deliberate part in the approaching Presidential election. the ticket of Grant and Lee is the ticket for the projected new independent party of the South, because it will operate to fase Unionists and rebels, whites and blacks, all under the same political banner. would be an excellent ticket for the North; for Cameron in the field of politics is as hard to beat as Grant in the strategy and tactics of war. ner, Sidney Johnston, Beauregard, Pemberton, Bragg, Jo Johnston, Lee, &c., Cameron has also beaten a host of opposing leaders, includ- ing Forney, Governor Curtin, and “Old Thad Stevens.” contest lies open to the South, and in the work The Manifest Destiny and the Manifest Policy of the South. Ass morning fog at Sandy Hook is lifted and cleared away by @ regular norwester, 60 has the Southern delusion of the restoration of their old Bourbon dynasty been dispelled by the recent decisive action of Congress. The fallacies and foolish promises revived by Presi- dent Johnson's policy and the last lingering hopes resting upon Southern “masterly inac- tivity” are all gone. The severe logic of stub- born facts has suddenly opened the eyes of Southern politicians to their manifest destiny, and from Virginia to Texas they are waking up to their manifest policy—the policy of imme- diate and systematic action in meeting the con- ditions laid down by Congress—as the conse- quences of a revolutionizing rebellion from which there is no On the new Southern tripod of “Liberty, Equality and Fraternity,” there was the other the Transcript—which no one but a few lawyers ever sees or hears of. The object of the new project is to take several hundred thousand dolisrs out of the pockets of the people for the benefit of two or three individuals who have no sort of claim to Legislative consideration. The very idea of such @ publication is an absurdity. It might as well be proposed to start a “medical gazette,” a “ jockey gazette,” & “liquor deaters’ gazette,” or a “Peter Funk gazette,” under the sanction of the Legislature. What is worth eivertising is worth being ad- vertised where it will be seen,and that will certainly never bein the eolumns of “the law ” gazette. Mr. Morvil’s Geld Bit, The bill prepared Sy Mr. Morrill to provide for a reserve in the: Treasury and national banks and for other purposes shows that the leading members of Congress are beginning to understand our financial situation, My. Mor- rill himself has made several steps in advance of bis former position in the right direction. His bill dectares that no further redemption or contraction of the legal tender notes now out- standing shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury; that specie shall be allowed’ to ao- snd blacks at Columbia, South Carolina, at which General Wade Hampton (the very pink of the chivalry of that Southern Confederacy which was set up on the corner stone of negro slavery) stood between two black men, ex- pounding the new idea and the new epoch of equal rights. We published yesterday a special not sell or otherwise dispose of gold or silver until that sum shall have accumulated in the Treasury; that all surplus revenue beyond this specie reserve shall be applied to the redemp- tion of the public debt, and that both this specie and that held by the national banks shall be used in such a manner as to lead us to specie payments at the earliest period pos- sible. The bill so far agrees in the main with our own views. The object is to provide for returning to specie payments without con- tracting the legal tender currency. We have maintained all along that this could be brought about in time, that we should grow up to it, and that to attempt to force specie payments by contraction would paralyze industry and cause general bankruptcy. We have held, too, that a large specie reserve in the hands-of the government would inspire confidence in our ability to resume, and, consequently, bring us nearer to resumption, just as an ample reserve in the vaults of the Bank of England gives confidence to the people of Great Britain in the soundness of that great establishment. We like that feature of the bill also which looks to the redemption of the public debt by the surplus revenues of the government. But Mr. Morrill does not go far enough. The national bank currency should be withdrawn and legal tenders issued instead. Our circu- lation would then be uniform and such as the people would have unlimited ‘confidence in. We should save twenty millions a year, at least, by this change ; for the interest-bearing bonds now deposited by the banks could be bought’ up by the greenbacks and cancelled. The amount thus.saved might be made a per- manent sinking fund, which at compound in- terest would liquidate the national debt in a little over thirty years. The banks -have no right to the profits of this circulation ; they belong to the people and government. The proposition of Mr. Morrill to redeem the ma- turing indebtedness of the government by an issue of notes payable in twenty years, and bearing seven and three-tenths: per cent inte- rest in currency or six per cent in coin, is not the right way to peduce the burden of the debt. This rate of interest is too high, and it would require an immense annual revenue to pay it. We prefer our own plan of paying the Thus South Carolina, the pioneer and prime terri- The new departare thus devolving upon the the upportunity and right, if they choose to use it, of converting them into three per cent con- sols at whatever might be their value in the market. If the circulation should become re- dundant the greenbacks would find their way into consols. The conversion would be op- tional with the holders, The nominal amount of the debt would be very little aug- mented, if at all, while the interest would be reduced to half. We hope Mr. Morrill, while he is on the right track in some respects, will go further and give us a more thorough and compreheneive measure. In this connection we hold to the idea that tiie ease iniode What a disgraceful spectacle was exhibited to the country and the world by the recent tilt between Batler and Bingham on the floor of Congress! Mr. Speaker Colfax was absent from his chair, or he surely would have “en- ergized his functions” more effectually than Mr. Blaine, his temporary substitute, in arrest- ing the wordy war between these would-be champions and leaders of the republican party. We have no wish to repeat the criminations and recriminations so freely interchanged on this oecasion. Suffice it to say that Mr. Bing- ham had decidedly the advantage over the hero of Fort Fisher, who is by all odds the biggest humbug in Congress, and will retain that unenviable distinction unless deprived of it next week by the election of Barnum, the self-styled and acknowledged Prince of Hum- bugs. Before Barnum even Butler mast hide his diminished head. As we have intimated, the quarrel between. Bingham and Butler, the spokesmen of their respective adherents, is but an episode in the struggle for leadership between the two wings of the republican party. That there is no simi- lar contest betweem the Congressional rep- resentatives of the opposite party is sufficiently accounted for by the fact that they are so few and so weak, notwithstanding the pugilistic renown of one of their colleagues, Grant and Cameron If Grant stands as the victor over Buck- In aay event, the next Presidential of reconstruction the Southern planters and their white allies around them may, if they will, in the names of Grant and Lee, build up a Southern political balance of power on the black vote—solid, self-sustaining and enduring. The Fifth Avenue Meeting. It occurs to us that the property owners on Fifth avenue, who held a meeting on Thursday night to protest against the bill chartering the Metropolitan Transit Company, which threat- ens to demolish the rear of so many Fifth avenue houses, are unnecessarily alarmed. It is quite probable that the real object of this and all the other railroad bills before the Legislature is only intended as a cloak to cover up the Broadway surface railroad and the cross town roads. These are the “plums” which the legislators expect to gather. It is not likely that Fifth avenue will be disturbed, notwithstanding that the bill passed the As- sembly by a vote of one hundred and five to one. The best thing the Legislature could do would be to let all the railroad jobs alone, and leave the matter to be settled by the Constitu- tional Convention. The Impeachment Mania. The radicals in Congress are bent upon. bay- ing an impeachment of some kind. They do not want to impeach the President just yet. They desire first to see how he is going to carry out the new Reconstruction bill, and then, if he fails to toe the mark, they will push on the measure vigorously. Inthe meantime they are rabid fora victim. Collector Smythe has ep- portunely fallen in their way, and, though they have not a tittle of evidence against him, they seem determined to try how the impeachment process will work in his case. Before they tackle the Collector, however, they would do well to take hold of a class of delinquents that offer a fairer mark for their indignation. Let them impeach all the internal revenue officers, from the collectors down to the inspectors, who have been defrauding the government of millions upon millions of dollars and defying the ivterference of the ordinary tribunals, There are impeachments that would enlist the Bvblic sympathy and approval and thas would Another Nice Little Job. There are just now several journalistic en- terprises on the tapis, some backed by a smail amount of capital and some by a large amount of impudence. Of the former all we have to say is that their projectors have but little idea of what they are going to undertake, Of the latter the most notable is one that counts upon being started under Legislative auspices. It is to be called the New York Legal Gazette, and aims at being the official organ of the govern- ment departme:ts and law courts. There is ‘already « journal of this kind published here— before an immense audience, of Auber's works, and the music is brilliant, sparkling, exhilarating and remarkable for the clearness and sim- plicity of its dramatic effects even im scenes of the greatest bustle and confusion. The the market chorus, the chorus of fishermen, the boauti- ful finale to. the third act, tho bacchanalian song and Masaniello’s aria are the chief beauties of the opera. ‘The German version is by no means favorable for dis- playing, those beauties in an attractive light, and the cast Fogle oper ‘ irew theatre a brilliant that filled to wing © ‘heatre, ‘a cast including lead to far more advantageous’ results than the prosecution tor that “ forty cents’ worth of candy.” The Late RYotous Ontrage—Barney Williams. The outrag.*0us assault on St, Patrick’s day by a portion ox the Irish procession on Grand street, upon the police, has made a pro- found impression upon all classes of our citi- zens who respect the police as the faithful guardians of law and order. Another out- break of this sort would be very apt to result in a fearful reaction. As this affair of St. Patrick’s day stands, from all that we hear of its effect upom the public mind, # has pretty well extinguished for the present among the great body of ow native born fellow citizens their sympathy for the Fenians and for Ireland. It becomes, therefore, an important matter to know the eauses of this late inexcusable attack upon the lawful protectors of our lives and Property—the immediate cause and the remote | cause. We have reason to believe tbat the im- mediate cause was teo much whiskey under the jackets of the guilty parties, and the re- mote cause was perhaps that sort of training of the young idea which makes the fighting man | & man of mark and a hero.. Now, we have heard it said that with such favorite heroes for the boys of the pit as Jack Sheppard, Dick Tarpin and others of the same kidney, the Bowery theatres: have been nur- series for Sing Simg,and there is probably too } much trath in this idea fora joke. In the same way we fear that Barney Williams, the popular actor of Irish characters, may be charged’with a heavy responsibility. For many years past, and with great success, Barney has played from time to time his round of Irish stage heroes in this city. His favorite character is an Irish Claude Melnotte without the Italian polish— an ignorant, honest, generous, chivalrous fel- low, with rade notions of justice and law, and ever ready to pitch into redcoats, magistrates, bailiffs or policemen, and prompt in clearing out a houseful at a moment’s warning. He flourishes a shillalah with supreme delight and nurses it like a pet kitten. He likewise, as a good Samaritan, carries his bottle of whiskey or s keg of the “craythur,” and to the ex- hausted traveller or distressed “colleen” he says, “Take a drop, darlint; for that’s the stuff to: make your hair curl.” The moral of this taking Irish champion, as rendered by Barney, is this—that a bold, dashing young fellow, with ® bottle of whiskey and a shillalah, can make himself a lion, and especially “among the girls.” If any one has a doubt of the lasting impressions: upon the mind! of such an Irish hero as done by Barney,.let him go to the Broadway theatre,.where: he is now engaged, and ali doubts: will be removed. We: fear that in this way Barney has been doing mischief among those: youngsters “from the old sod’ in this city who have grown up under his teachings.. Perhaps some of these St. Patrick’s day disturbers. of the peace got their first notions of the heroism of the whiskey bottle and shillalah from Barney's never-fail- ing bat always popular model Irishman on the stage. This theory will’ not apply to the Father Mathew wing of the: St. Patrick’s pro- cession; but Barney’s: model’ Irishman is no disciple of Father Mathew, and: there lies the trouble of the great moral stage influence of Barney Williams. He gives us am exaggerated model, .but makes it eo irresistible that it must be dangerous. ; SOUTH AMERICA. OY ATLANTIC CABLE. The Paraguayan War. Lovpon, March 22, 1867. ‘The Brazilian mail steamer has arrived ot Lisbon from Rio Janeiro. Active operations had beem resumed against the Pa- raguayans. The allied fleet had shelled fort Hamaita. The Spanish Pacific War. Loxnox, March 22, 1867. Whon last beard from, the Spanish squadron had come in sight of and was pursuing the combined fleets of Chile and Pera. AMUSEMENTS. Broadway Thentre. ‘The successful engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, which is fast drawing to a close, is attracting as large crowds as those which greeted them during its earlier stages, Last night Mrs. Williams took her only benefit, and the house was crowded with a most fashion- able and appreciati attractive one:—Born to Good Luck, Yankee ee and the Irish Lion, in the last piece the Irish boy Yankee girl sustaini ive audience. The bill wasa most the: principal and in which ‘another “link to that poy of wi will ever associate the recollection of the iiamses in the memory of tho play goers of Kew York. Peters and. well supported by Messrs. Edwards and and the efficient company attached to this house. Massaniello was given at the Stadt theatre last night It is the most celebrated ing barcarole, night was rather weak in some vital points, It was well received, however, and in general commendably sung. on lovers last night at the Olympic fashionable and critical audience - compartment of the Richings and Mra with Messrs. Cam) Seguin ana Tonkers and the ot known tains of the heen , im. formance eras ea a apy ty respective-réles of Lione! and Plunket with tect aod Mn 8 aim was an excellent Le mpm ive of tora Yrietremn: “Sfopeatea and enthusiastic applause re- wardod their efforts. Tony Pastor’s Opera House. The announcoment that Mr. Sam. Colyer and Mr. Dick Hollywood would give an exhibition of the “manly art” Inst night at Tony Pastor's Opera Houge drew together one of the largest assemblages that ever collected in that establishmont. After some exeellent negro delineations and sii by "8 ,, Mr. Wm, Jones introduced Mosers. Colyer and lly wood, drossed in the costume of the ring. On time being called they advanced to. the centre of the stage period tious; but after a few feints Hollywood got right on Colyer’s left cheek and was admirably ating the exhibition Hollywood oy Soough mo os volentif as was anticipated owed Our as nth as was Colyer to be a quick hitter and gave genoral satisfaction ‘both were cau- in wish the countered For @ short The ai yet si THE REBEL GENERAL LEE ON THE SITUATION. Rican@n, Va, March 22, 1887. It will be authoritatively announced to-morrow that General Lee is strongly in favor of the people voting for @ convention, and recommends that every man not actaally diefranchised should not only take the necessary steps to prepare himself to vote, but to prepare all bis friends, white and colored, to vote right. Ho thinks the co-operation of all the people, officials and citizens, should be prompt, and that the chief object should be to get as quickly and qaietly as possible beck into the Union, with such rights as are left ua, He thinks the ‘ont proposed is such as every good citizen not disfran- chised ought now to be able to take asa simple mattor of (ruth aud duty as « citizen of the country. a EUROPE. BY THE CABLE TO MARCH 22. Napoleon’s New Idea--A: ti- Prussian roca The National Parliamest of Italy im Session. . es. &o. + @. A BONAPARTE COALITION. Nepetoow te Amtagentoas to Reconstructed Pruseta. Panta, March 22, 186% Tt announced that the Emperor Napoleon favow @ King Victor Emanuel, who delivered’ the" usaal speccls from the throne. THE UNITED STATES SQUADRON. In Port in the Mediterranean. Panis; March! 22, 1867, ‘The iron-clad Miantonomoh and tite*other‘vessels'ef the American squadron are atill at Port Mahon; island'ef Minorca (Balearic Islands). FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The Lenden Money Market. Lonoon, March 22—Noom: Consols 91 for money. AMERICAN SECURITIES, United States five twenty bonds Hiinois Central abares. Erie shares........ Lexpoy, March 22—Kven ing. Monsols closed steady at 91 for money. AMERICAN SECURITIES ojgeed at the following prices:— The Frankfort Bourse. Fraskvort, Merch 22—P. My United States bonds sold to-day at 77%. The Liverpool Cetton Market. Livexroot, March 22 —Noon. The brokers’ circular reports the total sales of cottom: for the week at 67,000 bales, of which perhaps one- quarter were for speculation and export. The market: has been quite fluctuating: Near the close’of-the week prices gave way, anda decline of % a % isnoted. The: market'to-day opens dull, with aprobable day’é salo of 6,000 dalea, Middling uplands 1334. Liverpoot, March 22—2°P. M. Cotton has declined 3d. for middling uplands since the noom report, and the figures are now 1344. The: market ie-extremely dull. Livarroo, March 22—Evening. ‘The cotton market'is heavy, ana prices have a dowm- ward tendency.. The following arethe authorized quota. tions at the close of the day:—Middling uplands, 185¢4. 5 middling Orleans,.1354. The sales-of the day amounted’ to 7,000 bales. Liverpee! Breadstuffs Market. Livearoon, March 22—Evening. ‘The- market for breadstufls is quiet. Com—Mtxe@ Lard’ is steady at 60s. 64. per handred weight for oe Liverroot, March 22—Eveniag. SE ibe. Liverpeel Preduce Market, Livuaroot, March 22—Nooa. ‘Tallow 44a, 64. per hundred weight. Aaslies 34. per hundred weight for pots. Rosim 16s. for fine Amert- cam. Livesroot, March 22—Evening- Astres—Pots 34s, percwt. Rosin—Common Wilming - ton 0s, 3d. percwt. Linseed cakes £10 for thin: oblong. Petroloum 1s. 64. per gallon-for standard white. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Qusznstows, March 22—Noon, ‘The Inman: steamship City of Antwerp, from New York March-9; arrived: hore-en voute to. Liverpoot early’ this morning. The North German Lioyd’s steamship Deutschland, Captain Wessels, which left New York onthe 9th inst., arrived at Southampton yesterday, and after landing her passen gers-and mails for London sailed for Bromea. THE STORM. ‘The heavy storm which setin om Thursdey last is the- most severe that has visited this section of the coun- try for the last five years. The wind blew strongly from the northeast, and: the sea at Sandy Hook was reported running very high. ll the pilot beats were insidethe hook, and one beat which started out.was compelled te return, Up to a late hour last night there were no signs of the storm abating, end no arrivals from sea by way of Sandy Hook were reported. The steamship Australasian was detained outside the bar, the wind blowing too heavily for apilot boat to reach her. The steamship Gcean Queen, for Aspiawall, was unable to proceed on her voyage, aad the steamer Merri- mac was compelled to delay bor departuce for Brazil until Monday next. The Sotind steamers were obliged ether to wait for eal: woather or else make their teips without regardito the Vimo table, ‘The unusually tigh tide had been. smpicipated, aad most of the occupants of cellars along. the water side had either removed their goods or made their cellars water-tight. Benjamin F. Horton, a Hett Gate: pilet,-was drowned on Thursday afternoon while in his yawl, between Exe- cution. Rock aud Sands’ Poimt. A boavy sea upset the ‘i il Hil tain fein Esbsil i i | f Hl i 255 CONVENTION OF IRISH SC cieTIES, A comvention of delegates fror 4 the Irish societies met last evening at Hibernian H al}, Prince street, for the transaction of regular busin oss, Tne mecting was called to order by the Presiden’, Mr. McArdle. Aftera of recvipts and ¢x penditures a motion was made and carried to appoint 4 committee to revise the constitution and by-laws. {he following officers were nominated and elected for the ensuing year: President, fanny Vice P resident, Denia Maher; Record. ing Secretary, Eded. L. Carey; Assistant Secretary, Chas, Boylan; Treasurer, Tir ; -At-Atms, Peter Halpin and’ Hi hee Carey, ta reucre’ the honor of being elected secretary, be hardly believed he would be wiih Pe trick’s day. He thought not alone himself, but lar ge nomber of the society woutd cole. rate the feast f Treland’s patron saint on the soit of Canada. Let able to tell them that the Irish Civic 90- ral presen! with two artillery, and tise cause of Ireland was now, to be vindicated across the border. The re 2 be irrelevant, but wherever Irish. men Meet, the subject of redressing the wrongs of their native land was, he considered, in order and ac. rayabie. Those observations were received with applause. After a vote of thanks to the retire ing officors the convention adjourned.