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> 6 ing the powers and duties of the Central Park Com- missioners, the latter amended 30 that no mailroad can be laid in Fifth avenue, nor can that avenue be extended without the conseat of a majority of the owners io interest, were advanced to a third roading. The Senate then adjourned. In the Assembly the bills relative to a quarantine in the port of New York and to facilitate the Albany and Now York Railroad, on the west side of the Hudson, were advanced to a third reading. In the evening session the Annual Supply bill was presented and ordered to be printed, Bills to create a Metropolitan Harbor district and provide for a Board of Wharves and Piers, and rela- tive to certain streets in Brooklyn, were reported. The Assembly refused to go into Committee of the Whole on the Broadway Railroad bill. Bills relative to the formation of gas companies, to amend the General Rail- Toad law; and for other purposes, were advanced to a third reading. THE CITY. ‘The Legislative committee charged with the investiga- gation of the affairs of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany held a meeting and heard testimony on the sub- Ject yosterday. The president and one or two directors NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDO GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIZTOR, @FFICE WN. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS, No. 86 AMUSEMENTS THi2 AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WAY THEATRE, Broadway, near seo MDuntaxo as tt Was-Rovaw Diawons—Tat eas wens RATER. Broadway, epposite New York NEW YORK Hoiol —Juaxis THEATRE FRARCATS. Seorianats strest, near Sixth yeuud.—La Feaas pe Bos OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Lixpa oi Caamoumx" WOOD'S THEATRE, Broad St. NI we Be. aderegs opposite icholas ‘ DODWORTH HALL. 806 Breadway.—Pnorzsso: yt, Rawou His Simacus-i/lacauareve "asp Bie Aimy SINGING BIND of the company and several others, stockholders, tes- SAN FRANCISCO! eiveres! 5% Broads tified, among them Mr. Leonard W. Jerome, who stated pm ‘meat Bea ropa ieegeaie eataix- | that he had lost $800,000 in different stocks last Febru- tren Havens or vay Auaron, ary. The president stated that the company was worth $37,000,000. ' eeuuy & Pegs Msraats Broadway, oppo. lied to the witethe New Ll gy + | ‘The Commissioners of Quarantine have app! ‘Bunt yer mover, Dances, Boor. Secretary of the Navy for the use of the steamship Em- yy pire City, The Illinois is stationed in the bay, and the Falcon, now lying at Red Hook, will soon be sent down, A grand temperance meeting, under the auspices of the Plymouth Temperance Society, was held last evening in Plymouth church, Brooklyn. Meesrs, Horaco Greeley and Edward Carswell made speeches, and the pledge was circulated among the audience, many of whom signed it. A boy named Thompson was struck on the bead with a bootjack by one Patrick Cavanaugh, in Brooklyn, on Monday, the 18th, and died on Friday last, it is alleged, from the effects of the blow. Cavanaugh has been ar- rosted. Aman named William Martin was arrested yesterday on the charge of obtaining money under false pretences, For nearly nine years he has been soliciting subscrip- tions for sick and destitute members of the Insurance Patrol from merchants of tho city, representing himself as a member of the patro! and authorized to receive said subscriptions. By this means he has received gums amounting to $10.000, all of which he has squandered in lottery policies, Ho was discovered finally by Mr. Lewis, of Leonard street, In tho case of Mra, Noblo, who died recently from the effects of an alleged attempt at abortion, tho Registrar of Vital Statistics, after receiving the propor medical cer- tifleate, yesterday granted a burial permit. The argument in the Supreme Court on the motion to dissolve the injunction in the suit of Ohristopher Pull- man vs. the Mayor, &c., has been further postponed unt Friday, the 29th inst, This injunction is an ob- stacle in the way of the consummation of the lease of Fornando Wood's premises, Nos. 115 and 117 Nassau street. In the Supreme Court, Circuit, in the case of Jonathan Christie against George B. Haskell, an action to recover $3,000, for which tho plaintiff sold goods to defendant, taking his note, for which the defendant had furnished an alleged worthless ondorsement, the jury yesterday were unable to render a verdict, The crse has occupied this court for four daya. An action was brought in the Superior Court, Part 1, by Rufus K. \MicHarg against the Washington Medallion Pen Company, on two promissory notes amounting to $4,000. The money had been advanced to the secretary of the company in his own name and 1m that of the cor- oration, but without its authority, for the purpose of carrying out the manufacture of gun sights during the war. Verdict for the defendant. In the Superior Court, Part 2, yesterday an action was brought by the Yookors Fire insurance Company against the Hoffman Fire Insurance Company to recover $2,611, being one-half of a risk transferred by tne plaintiffs to 4efendants. The policy was issued on s quantity of oil warehoused in Philadelphia and destroyed by fire in 1866, The Court directed the jury to fad for the plain- uff in the full amount claimed. A motion was made in the Supreme Court, Chambers, yesterday to net aside an order of arrest in the case of Packer et al, against Meyer. The affidavits upon which the order of arrest was granted charged the defendant Meyer with having made fraudulent representations, to the effect that upon the plaintifs advancing him various sums of money he woald make them his agapts for the sale of all the coal produced from a mine owned by him in Maryland. His total liability to the plaintiffs is alleged to amount to nearly $70,000, aod upon his arrest he was held to bailin that amount. Decision reserved. The sessions of the Court ot Appeals were commenced | yesterday in the room appropriated for the purpose at the new County Court House. After making assignments on the calendar, and the usual routine business, an argu- ment on appeal in the case of Jeremiah O'Brien was hoard, and (he decision reserved. In the United States Circuit Court, yesterday, Judge Smalley delivered the sentence of the court upon Joseph Gordon, convicted of passing counterfeit United States fractional currency, and upon Froderick Guscettl, alias Jacques Roelinger, found guilty of forging @ soldier's certificate with intent to defraud the United States government—the former to two years and six months hard labor at Sing Sing, the latter to seven years im- prisonment in the Penitentiary at Albany. The examination of Dr. George Beakley and Mrs. Nancy Cole,the defendants tn the Kimball abortion case, was continued yesterday before Judge Dowling at the Tombs. A number of witnesses were examined and tho cage was adjourned until ton o'clock this morning. ‘The stock market was firm yesterday. Gold closed at 194%. There was much complaint of dniness in commercial circles yesterday; bat tho volume of business was quite as large as usual, The steadiness of gold oxerts a good effect, and merchandise begins to settle down to a sub- stantial, or at least a moro colinble, basis. Domestic produce continued to move protty freely, and prices almost universally favored the buyer. MISCELLANEOUS. Our correspondence from Hong Kong, China, is dated Febraary 1. It relates entirely to the incidents con- nected with the trip of the Colorado, the pioneer ship of the China line of the Pacific Mail Company, from San Franciseo to Yokohama and Hong Kong. on which our correspondent was a passenger. Tho veesel was received with honors never accorded a merchant vessel before, and was the subject of admiration and wonder among the Chinamen and foroigners of the ports she visited, A reconstruction meeting of both colors was held in Montgomery, Ala, on Monday night. Resolutions favoring a faithfal concurrence in the requirements of the Military bill, eulogizing the colored men who aro entitled to pollticat eqnality, and calling for a State con- vention, were adopted. General Wager Swayne and two of three ox-rebel officers addressed the meceting. Gov- ernor Patton was among the vic presidents, Tho Joint Committee of the Louisiana Legislature on the Reconstruction bill has reported in favor of reor- ganizing the State government under its provisions and holding general elections in accordance therewith. Goncral Sheridan's order assuming command of the Fifth Military District, comprising Louisiana and Texas, has been published. He declares the governments of those States to be provisional only, and proposes to make no removals from office untess the present iscumbents impede the carrying out of the provisions of the law. Tho New Jorsey State Sonate is inquiring into the right of New York city to require licenses from Hoboken fahermon to use their boats on the Hudson river. The negroes and radicals of Charleston, S. C., held a large meeting yesterday afternoon to ratify the platform recently adopted at meeting of the Union League, Solon Robinson, Marshal Epping and several colored orators addressed the assemblage, and a torchlight pro- cossion took place at night, during which the nogroes made several demonstrations against the horse cars. Grave apprehensions of further trouble were felt among the old inhabitants, Le ctag 8 Se. AVENUE OPERA HOUSE, Nos. 2 and 4 West Zweaty-fourth strect—Gmireix & oa ements. wortax MINSTRELSY, Bau! —i = Sa ee &c,—Tus TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 201 Bowery.—Couro ‘VYooasiam. Necro Mixstrecer, Lp ers Bauer Diven- ‘Bissement, &c.—Tax Scorrisa Hen jatinee at 235 o'Clock. CHARLEY WHITE'S COMBINATION TROUPE, at Mechantos’ Hall, 472 Broadway—In 4 Vamry or Liaut xo Lavawante ENTER TANGENTS. —THE Female CLERKS ‘or Wasuixaron. HOOLEY'S OPERA MOUSE, Brooklyn.—Ermorian Mr Peetey, Battaps amp Bunixsquas—Tus Bisck Max v Agar. Tile RUNYAN TABLEAUX, Union Hall. corner of Twenty-third street and Broadway, at 73f—Morina M ROK oF Boxwas me Pucria’s Progr: ENT Matinee Wednesday and Suturday at My oelock, NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broad: Heap axp Ricat Arm or Proast—Tar Wasi ‘Twixs—Wonpers ry Natorat History, SCIENCE AN Dxoromes Day, Open from 8 A.M, till WP. M. _New Yy fe Wednesday, March sad 1867, zr a a N aws. EUROPE. The news roport by the Atlantic cable is dated yester- ay evening, March 26, The English government abandons its claim for the fendition of M. Lamirande, lately extradited from Canada to France, but reserves the right to renew it Tho Steamship Great Eastern sailed from Liverpool for New ‘York yesterday. Two men were killed and several others wounded by an accident on her deck when getting out of port. Consols closed at 91, for money, in London. United Biates five.twenties were at 743, in London, 8434 in Paris, aud 77% in Frankfort. The Liverpool cotton market was dull and downward atthe close, with middling uplands at 13d. Broad- Studs quiet with corn declined, Provisions quiet and Bleady. ‘The Doke de Persigny, Minister of State, opaned a @ebate in the French Senate on the 12th of March, on She sutrject of the proposed alteration of the constitution withregard to ministerial responsibility, in which he ‘tnade the highly importaat official avowal that Bogland ‘wished and worked for the Onal disruption of the Ameri- can Union during the Jeff Davis rebellion, and en- eavered thus to got rid of her “American nightmare for a couple of centuries at least;’” but that the “goddess Opporvunity"’ passed from her hands, through party division and the fear of Cabinet changes. The frequent allusions to the American executive system, with the condemnation of the veto power as placed in the hands Of the President of the United States, coupled with the statement of the Duke de Persigny, render the report of Ghe debate whieh we publish of very great intefest. Our special correspondence from Queenstown and Pabiin contains some additional details of the Fenian sit- Hhation in Ireland. Quite a number of British infantry Doldiers have been already invalided by the duties of the Wampaign, and many cavalry horses have died from Batigue aud exposure to the extremely cold weather, A tight, we are told, occurred between the British troops near Cork, Fenianism being the exciting cause. ‘The men of the Seventy-second regiment of infantry (Scotch) sided with tae Irish, when many members of tan English lancer regiment were severely handled. The people of Cork cheered the Scotch soldiers next day. } The Paris Debats publishes a lengthy review of Feni- mniam, its origin and aims, in which the writer says Fouianism is above all a return movement from Amer- fca—a sort of ebb of the tide of poverty cast upon the other side of the Atlantic by famine and typhus. I saw that horrible pestilence of 1847, which devoured two millions of human creatures; I still see those herds of @pectres dying in the gutters at the doors of the overcrowded haspitals, After poverty it was youth which teft; the young Ireland republicans of 1848 emigrated to tho land of the republic, and from year to year the cur- reat of emigration swelled—it was by hundreds of thou- ®ands that the stream flowed on from old Europe to young America These emigrants, these outcasts, these outlaws, who departed leaving Imprecations behind them and carrying with them oaths of hatred and ven- geance, have founded on the other side of the ocean a second Ireland, which is in a state of permanent con- piracy against England.” CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday the House joint resolution Folative to the claims of certain Northern creditors to sums of money geized by the United States at New Or- Heans was passed. A Dill to enforce the thirteenth ar- ticle of the constitution abolishing slavery, which provides for equal suffrage without regard to race or color in all the States and Territories, was laid on the fabio and ordered to be printed. The bill fo amend the organic act of Colorado Terri- tory and the joint resolution restraining the issue of Agricultural College scrip to the rebel States were |. The bill fixing the day on which the Bankrupt Hi goes into effect was taken up and referred to the Ju. diciary Committee, The House resolution of adjourn- jueat was reported, with an amendment to adjourn with. Dut day on Thursday next, which after some debate was Duopted. The Senate then went into executive session od adjourned. Io the House Mr. Butler was allowed fifteen minutes }n which to make a personal explanation in regard tothe Bato debate between himself and Mr. Bingham, in which he reforred to Mrs. Surratt as being innocent of the ‘crime for which she was bung. He argued that Mr. Bing. hain, as Judge Advocate at the trial, had not put forward mil the evidence, eighteen pages of Wilkes Booth's diary ‘being suppressed, Mr, Bingham was allowod fifteen ‘winates to reply, which he did ina somewhat excited peech, 1n which he referred to Mr. Butler as a man who Jived ina bottle and was fed witha spoon. At the close of bis remarks Mr. Ward, of New York, asked leave to ‘ofer a resolution directing the Judiciary Committe to Snquire into the declarations made by Mr. Butler regard- ‘ing the conviction of Mrs, Surratt, but objection was ‘mado and the House refused to suspend the rales. A joint resolution relative to mileage and compensation of mem- ors was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Tho ‘Milt authorizing the occupation of a portion of Long Island, im Boston harbor, for military purposes, was passed. Numerous bills and resolutions of minor im- portance were acted upon. The Senate vill authorizing ‘the Secretary of the Treasury to sell the government warehouses on Atlantic Dock, Brooklyn, was passed, and ‘Bho House adjourned, Smythe before the inv . All the bath houses at Cape May and Atlantic City oma amines yesterday. —<— were carried away by the recent storm. The sea over- flowed the meadows adjacent, and the railroads were covered with water for several miles, The lighthouse off Atlantic City was in # dangerous condition in the event of another storm. Numerous vessels had arrived at Fortress Monroe seriously disabled. ‘The details of the murder of George Rolf in Falmouth, Me., by a maniac are almost too horrible for belief, The body was kept nearly all day by the madman after the kiNing, and was washed, dressed in his best clothes and laid upon a buffato robe, The head was chopped off and putinto a bucket of water in another room, and then the murderer went ton house at some distance and exultingly informed his uncte of the decd. The people of the town aro vehement in their indignation at (he liberty whigh was accorded the crazy mam, THE LEGISLATURE. In the Sonate @ message from the Governor was Wecsived vetoing the Crosstown Railrosd bill. It was Gai on the table, The bill to facilitate the construction of the New York Northern Railroad, with numerous ‘others, was advanced to « third reading. Bills to en- ‘courage the building of railroads in this State; to pro- wide for an experimental railway in Now York and Wost- Wwhoster; increasing the powers of the Central Park Com- @issionors; changing the route of the Broadway and Beventh Avenue Railroad, and others were, passed. A Pill to amend the law relative to triat by jury was in- ‘od. In the evening session bills relative to the Aqueduct Department of New York and extegd- - The Great Drama of Reconstraction | the South aud its Master Spirit. There appears to be a considerable muddle among the leading politicians at Washington touching the policy and the prospects of this party, that party and the other party in the settlement of this important business of South- ern reconstruction. From the movements of General Wade Hampton, ef South Carolina; ex-Governor Brown, of Georgia; General Long- street and other prominent rebel civil and mili- tary leaders in behalf of a frank and prompt acceptance and fulfilment of the terms of resto- ration laid down by Congress it is believed that the ten excluded States will have to be reinstated in the two houses during the next winter, and that accordingly their electoral votes will have to be counted in all calcula- tions of the probabilities and possibilities of the Presidential election of 1868. The intro- duction of twenty members into the Senate and fifty, sixty or seventy members into the House, from the tenreconstructed States may not only neutralize the present two-thirds vote which can be now commanded in both houses by the radicals, but it may turn the balance of power in each house against them, Hence the anxiety and misgivings among the managing republi- can politicians at Washington as to the coming results of this Congressional scheme of South- ern restoration. But from the conditions imposed and the machinery provided in this scheme it may reasonably be expected that unless the ruling white class of the South proceed at once toa close treaty of alliance, offensive and defen- sive, with their black laboring class, Mr. Stanton, the Secretary of War, will reconstruct these ten outside States and bring them in as acquisitions to the Northern radical party. He is the master of the situation. Congress, in securing him by law in the Cabinet, has ren- dered him independent of the President’s wishes or objections, and, as he has in this capacity the general superintendence over this work of reconstruction, Mr. Stanton, for all practical purposes, overshadows the President himself. We know, too, that he is not aman to be trifled with and does not stop at trifles to gain his ends, He isa remarkable man. He combines in himself in no small degree the peculiar qualities of Carnot, Robespierre, Danton and Talleyrand. He can manage efficiently the supplies of an army of a million of men, a revolutionary party, a hostile cabal, a nest of conspirators or a political intrigue. From the day after his appoint- ment to the War Office he was the ruling genius of Mr. Lincoln’s administration. The first convincing exhibition of bis force of char- acter and power was in the removal of the popular General McClellan, and we have seen in a later case that even General Sherman, with his great military achievements, could not with-: stand ‘the withering wrath of Stanton in the | matter of a_political blunder. McClellan has’ Sherman, it is‘ said, like many other heroes in distress, contemplates a pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre; but Stanton still bolds his position and is firmly entrenched between the two houses of Congress, ‘We may venture, then, to say, that undor the watchful eye of Stanton the commanders of these five Southern military districts, and Gen- eral Grant himself, and even President John- son, will have each to look well to their foot- steps if they do not wish to be tripped up before Congress in reference to this delicate business of Southern reconstruction. In his knowledge of political pipe laying and wire pulling and the chop logic of the law General Sickles is perhaps the only one of these five commanders who can hold a light to Stanton; but Sickles knows his man, and will not needlessly tread upon his toes. As for Generals Thomas, Sheridan, Ord and Schofield, not schooled in party tactics or the nice dis- tinctions of the law, they will, we doubt not, still prove wise enongh to stick to the text of their instructions and keep on the sunny side of Stanton. And so, we repeat, unless the Southern landholding whites concerned make it an object to the laboring blacks for the present and the fature to join them in the com- mon interests of a new and independent Southern party, the ten States concerned will probably be reconstructed under Stanton so as to serve his radical schemes for the Presi- dential succession. Let the Southern men interested look well to these things and shape their course according to the facts and necessities of their situation. Meantime let them no longer be deluded by the ery that all these late doings of Congress are unconstitutional and will not stand the test of the Supreme Court. We have had enough of this folly. The people of the South may rest assured that these acts will stand. They are but the development of the sovereign powers of Congress embodied ig the constitu- tion, but heretofore lying dormant or covered up with State rights fallacies. Those fallacies have been swept away in a deluge of blood, and the sovercign power of the constitution is disclosed to be in Congress, backed by the sovereign people. 4 The New York Central Rallroad—Incompe- tent Direction. The New York Central Railroad Company have a bill before the Legislature granting them permission to raise their fare to two and one-half cents a mile on fast trains. They are now restricted by law to two cents a mile. There is no necessity for such legislation, and it isa piece of impertinence or ignorance in the company to ask it. The Central Railroad have a perfect right to raise their fare, even higher than is proposed. They need no enabling act from the Legislature whatever. In other words, the road possesses the right to charge two cents a mile in gold. This, at the present price of gold, would be about two and three-fifths cents. When the charter was granted specie was the only legal tender, and when the road was limited to two cents a mile it was two cents in specie; it has a right still to charge or to compromise for currency amounting to the same in value. The Legal Tender act, as will be seen by reference to ite text, applies only to debts, not to cash transactions, The greenbacks are made a “ legal tender for all debts, public and private.” But railroad fare is not a debt. Roads can demand their fare in advance. They do always demand and receive it in advance. The Legal Tender act has no appli- cation to such @ transaction. The Central Railroad has sacrificed millions of dollars by the remissness of its directors. Thog should have examined the Legal Tender act, and they should have required of passen- gers the fare to which the law plainly entitles them. They lost six millions last year. A greater blunder on the part of directors could hardly be pointed out. It was an oversight rather costly to the stockholders. And now the directors boast that under their manage- ment the stock is above par. In greenbacks it may be; but in specie valuation—the only true measure of value—it is far below par. The Counecticut Election—What Is the Issue The party journals of all stripes are greatly distressed about the Connecticut election. The Tribune, Times and World particularly are in the direst trouble. They want to aid and assist in every way their particular friend, the show- man; but while they are trying to do so they are greeted with such a fearful moral stench of thirteen years’ standing that they hold their and look in another direction. It is most amusing to see these partisan journals squirming and wriggling and making ugly grimaces, and swearing that there is a very bad smell floating about, as if a long pent up sewer had been opened somewhere. The truth is that the partisans and party journalists are so narrow-minded and 80 cramped in their intellectual faculties that they do not comprehend the full dimensions of any grent question, and, least of all, the real issue of the Connecticut election. The issues of the war, which involved the abolition of slavery, have been finally settled by the war itself and by the amendments to the constitution and the guarantee of euffrage to the negroes in the South. Nor is this all. The military leaders of the late rebellion, such as Wade Hampton, General Longstreet and General Lee, are satis- fied with events asa they stand. They counsel obedience to the laws of Congress and recom- mend all sensible efforts to hasten the recon- struction of the Southern States and their early representation in Congress. The South, in fact, has graciously caved in. Therefore alt the issues of the war are closed. There is no connection between recent events and the election in Connecticut. What, then, is the issue? There is no poli- tical question involved init. It is easentially a moral issue, and nothing more. The repub- licans of that State, in their pride of power, made a terrible mistake in dragging out of the theatrical sewers and the museum sewers one of the most unfragrant subjects that was ever inflicted upon a political party and presented to the sun’s rays. It is a pity that this party, which has accomplished so many reforms, should have abandoned its noble, glorious recerd in making its nominations to play the scavenger for one of the lowest specimens of political corruption. In New York the potitica! corraptionists of the old democracy played the same véle by taking “@ candidate from the gambling.bouses and pugilistic drinkiag saleons to be their principal was worked is carious end instructive. -Mor- rissey supported a pretly fair-man for Gover- nor, who in turn supported him tor Congress; but it happened that poor Hoffman was left in the durch, while his friend saved himself by going to Congress “to point s moral and adorn a tale.” It is very singular that the republicans of Connecticut, who for the last six or seven years conducted themselves so nobly, should descend to the levol of the Pewter Mug demooracy of New York. This is the real point of the Con- necticut election, and although the partisan journals may try to hide it by all kinds of devices and side track arguments they cannot do it, Barnum has added to his travelling mena- gerie a great many new curiosities among his stumping orators; Cart Schurz and a nmultitude of others, known and unknown to fame, as varied in their origin and characteristics as the nondescript animals which could be seen for twenty-five cents at the show- man’s show; but with what small result! This ignoble campaign may demoralize the whole party and result in the loss of the entire republican State ticket. It is probable that General Hawley—who carries Barnum, like the Old Man of the Sea, on his shoulders—will be defeated, and Mr. English will be elected Governor—that is,if the copperhead demo- cratic leaders do not interfere, and if they do they ought to be set aside peremptorily. Per- haps the showman may be trying to get the old ring-tailed copperheads to go into the canvass in order to help him along by their ill-timed apparent opposilion—such men, for instance, as Toucey, Tom Seymour, Eaton and others of that class, whost advocacy would destroy any cause, in the present complexion of politics. It may be the small showman’s only chance of success to get these men into the ranks of the opposition. But supposing that General Hawley is beaten and English elected, the result cannot be regarded either as a defeat for the republicans or a victory for the dem@rats. In no sense will it be a party victory. It will be a trial of the appreciation in which morality is held in Connecticut—a test of the moral sense of that State which is now in conflict with the corrupt ot both parties. The issue involved is, there- fore, not a political, but a moral one. litile connection with the success of parties, and none at all with political principles. politicians It has The City Chamberlain and the City Fands. We publish in another column the text of a bill now before the Senate at Albany, having reference to the relations of the office of City Chamberlain to the city treasury. It appears that the average balances from the Sinking Fand Commissioners is estimated at three mil- lions of dollars. This amount passes into the hands of the officer known as the City Cham- berlain for safe keeping, upon which three and a half per cent is paid by the banks which re- ceive the deposit, thus returning to that official about $105,000 interest, which, under a differ. ent system, ought to go into the city treasury for the relief of the taxpayera, The bill before the Senate contemplates the saving to the public of about $120,000 a year, and is there- fore worthy of the serious consideration of the Legislature. Equal Rights, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Louisa Jacobs, Susan B. Anthony, Parker Pillsbury and other illus- trious “come outers” propose to hold grand equal rights pow-wows at Oswego, Fulton, Syracuse and some other places in this State during the present and the coming month. We commend the State of Connecticat to this delectable party as a finer field for their pecu- liar genius, especially that district of Connec- Hicut im which one party prpposes fo he repre NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1867.—TRIPLE SHEET. sented by Barnum, the author of some of the most illustrious lies of this century, and the inventor of more pitiful swindling dodges and vile deceits than all the inmates of all our State prisons, When a community proposes to send such @ man to Congress it is evident that its conceptions as to the right use of a vote are very cloudy, and every opportunity to enlighten it should be taken. Even Cady Stanton could enlighten it, and of course eught to try. Go to Connecticut, all ye brilliant lights. Movements in New York for the Reliet of the South. This metropolis has never failed to show its liberality to the distressed, and it is generally foremost in that as in everything else. We Slomd our ships for the starving people of foreign countries when their cry of distress reaches us, and whenever a great calamity comes upon any of our own people we instantly raise money and supplies for them. Though there is less need of charity here than in the cities and States of the Old World, yet New York is already famous for its many charitable institutions. Latterly another wide field for the exercise of charity has presented itself to our citizens, The people of the South are suf- fering, and there is a general movement throughout the country to relieve them. We do not stop to inquire how this was brought upon them ; we do not withhold our bougty because the Southerners foolishly brought on the war that has left this destitution in its train. With a noble Christian charity we look only at their present starving condition, remembering also that they are our fellow countrymen, and set about providing for their relief. The condition of the Southerners is such that Congress found it necessary to make some provision for them, though appropria- tions for purely charitable purposes are rarely made and scarcely within the legitimate legis- lation of that body. But this is a case that could not be overlooked. Consequently an act has been passed to afford relief from the Freedmen’s Bureau .fund. Major General Howard, who has charge of the Freedmen’s Bureau affairs, says “the suffering is great and on the increase” in the South, and that his means for relieving it, with this fresh draft upon his resources, will not last beyond next December. He urges that additional aid be given by voluntary contributions. He ex- presses the hope that the different associations formed throughout the country for aiding In the good work will send their own agents to ascertain the facts which have come to his knowledge and apply a remedy themselves where there is need. We notice with pleasure that the ladies of New York are active and in earnest in their efforts to raises fund for the suffering South-. “this purpese a series of entorts mu- sical and theatrical, have ‘been commenced -at. private residences. A few days ago there: was an amateur concert at Mr. Stough- ton’s, on Fifth avenue, which is spoken of as having been-both successful as to its object and highly entertaining. Among those who sung on the occasion was Miss Freeman, a charming singer, and Misses Parker and Bou- denheimer, with whom the critical and fashion- able audience was well pleased. Mrs. Wilson, who is an exquisite performer on the piano, contributed to the entertainment. There was a concert held also at the private theatre of Mr. Jerome, which was a ) decided. success, and at which Miss Brooks, of Detroit, carried off the palm for her fine singing. This young lady is pronounced the best amateur singer in New York, and this, added to her personal beauty and charming naiveté of manner, won for her deserved applause. We understand that there is to be a private theatrical entertainment at Mr. Jerome’s theatre this week for the same object. Other and similar entertainments are to follow, and we have no doubt a consider- able sum will be raised in this way. When we see such ladies as Mrs. Fremont, Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Viele, Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Farragut and others we might name, entering into this good work earnestly, we cannot doubt of success. Most of those who are active in the matter are Northern ladies, but who forget sections of country cr party when distress calls for their aid. We hope the movement thus inaugurated may g@on and that our wealthy people will continue to respond to the action of. Congress and the appeal of Major General Howard, by affording timely relief to our suffering fellow citizens of the South. ‘The Eastern Question. Among the items of cable intelligence which we printed yesterday was an announcement to the effect that the great Powers had not advised Turkey to cede the island of Candia to Greece, and the Porte, even if so advised, would never consent to such a proposal. A few days ago we printed a telegram in which it was stated that the great Powers had agreed on advising the cession of Candia to Greece. It is difficult to know on which of the two an- nouncements reliance is to be placed. The truth, perhaps, will be found to be that such advice, though not concurred in by all the Powers, has actually been tendered. The fact that the recommendation did not carry with it the weight of the undivided diplomacy of Europe may have been the principal reason why it was not complied with. Looking at the Eastern question from a Turkish point of view, it is not difficult to see why she should hesitate before she takes so important and downward a step as that which is implied in the cession of Candia to Greece. As Lord Stanley well and truthfully said in the British Housé of Commons, such a course would be certain to “establish a precedent for the farther dismemberment of the Turkish empire.’ The reasons urged in favor of the cession of Crete could be urged with equal propriety in favor of the cession of Thessaly and Epirus. It would fan the flames of insur- rection and spread them through every Greek of the Sultan's dominions. Nor would this be all. The Slaves, the Serbs, the Rou mans and the other Christian nationalities would become equally exacting with, the Greeks. The Hospodar of the principalities, following the example of the Viceroy of Egypt, would demand his entire independence. Servia, encouraged by Russia, would adopt a similar course. The Bulgarians would either ally themeelves with the Servians or attotnpt the re-establishment of their ancient kingdom. ‘The inhabitants of Montenegro and the Herze- govina would gravitate towards more power- ful centres or estWhlish an independence of theit own, Thyg, viecomoal, the empire would > 5. 2 aes break up, until scarcely a remnant was lef of what was Turkey in Europe. Bat if the Sultan will not make concessions what can be done to maintain the integrity of his dominions? We coniess we can see nocure for the sick man. The European Powers, though unwilling to hasten his end, are becom- ing more and more tired of his presence. A crusade against the Mussulman is becoming inevitable. Garibaldi has declared himself willing to do for the Greeks what he so suc- cessfully accomplished for the Italians. If the attempt be made by him or by any other equally qualified for the task neither sympathy nor assistance will be wanting. The Radicals Stumpiag the South. It is given out that Mr. Wilson and others of the radical leaders in Congress intend, after the session , is over, to stump the Southern States in support of their particular views. The idea is an admirable one, and the more of these gentlemen that go the better. The effect cannot but be salatary. When the extremists on both sides come together they will be apt to modify each other’s sentiments. Ben Butler has already been in the South, but it was in « capacity that rendered him incompetent to form acorrect judgment. He went there as a great military leader and came back with « heap of glory in the shape of—spoons. Gen- eral Schenck was also down there ; but his ex- perience was confined to running into a rebel train and getting cut up at Vienna. Banks performed some remarkable military exploits at Red river. Well, we would recommend him to go and take a look at Red river again. We do not know, in fact, anything that would create greater interest than for. these distinguished statesmen and generals to con- front the Southern politicians on their own stump and bid forthe negro vote. A discussion sustained by Henry Wilson, Ben Butler and Genera) Schenck on the one side and by Wade Hauwpton, General Longstreet and ex-Governor Wise on the other would be one of the most exciting and entertaining things imaginable. The excitement, however, would be all on the side of the Northern men; for the fire-eaters have learned to take things coolly, and can- not now be easily put out of temper. We have no doubt that if the stumping business were once fairly set going even General Lee would be induced to lay aside his reserve and take his share in it. The,effect certainly would be to educate the negro to a higher point of intelligence on the subject of his rights than all the school “marms” from New Eng- land can succeed in teaching him in a quarter of acentury. The negroes have-s great deal of natural shrewdness and cunning. They will soon find out on which side their interest’lies, and will vete accordingly. The .result will be next.winter ten or twelve votes stronger than itever has been. ‘Then will ‘be decided the contest as-to who is to govern this great coun- “try for the noxt fifty years. Impeachment of Chief Justice Ohase. Ben Butler and the other radicals in Con- gress who are so hot on impeachment should turn their attention to Chief Justice Chase, if they must have a case. He has declined to carry out the laws, while President Johnson seems disposed to do his duty in this respect. First, he has refused all along to hold a court to try Jeff Davis, although the rebel chief has been a prisoner a long time under the gravest charges. But a stronger case for impeachment can be found in his refusal to appoint registers under the Bankrupt law, though the act of Con- gress requires he should do so. This is a pal- pable resistance of the authority of Congress. and-a flagrant obstruction of the law on the part of a public functionary only next in station to the President. Mr. Johnson’s case seems to be a doubtful one, as he has not refused to ‘carry out the laws of Congress; but here there ean be no doubt. Mr. Chase’s offence is clearly an impeachable one. What do Butler and bis radical contréres say to this? In their zeal to see the laws executed will they not impeach the Chief Justice for refusing to do his duty? General Sherman on a New Expedition. It is rumored that General Sherman intends joining Captain Duncan’s excursion to the Holy Land, which is to sail in June next. This is very probable. In the middle ages, when distinguished men committed a faux pas, they usually undertook a pilgrimage to the shrine of the Saviour, by way of éxpiation. When General Sherman set out on his Mexican mission he blundered and went astray, We had a correspondent with the expedition who could have guided him straight to his objéc- tive point; but he refused his aid and uncere- moniously put him on shore at Havana. The General’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land is doubtless undertaken in a spirit of repentance for this and others of his past errors. We question, however, if he will succeed in reach- ing it unless he enlists the services of another of our correspondents to show him the way. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Legislative Investization—Testimony of the President, Allon McLean, aad Mr. Leonard W. Jerome. The Legislative (Assembly) Committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the Pacific Mal Steamship Company reassembled yesterday morning at the office of the Corporation Counsel in this city. The proceed- ings thus far have been of a strictly private character; but the following statement relative to the investigation has been perinitted to be givon to the publ ic:— William R. Travers, a broker, testified ta the varia. tions in the stoek of the Pacific Company on or about the 20th of February Inst; but he stated he could give no material evidence ab out the alleged fraudulent transac- tions affeeting the company. Mr. Allon MeLeon, President of the company, was ex- amined and presented a statement of all the operations of the company sines nis presidency, which extended over a number of years, Im answer to the question what he estimated the value of.the shares of the Pacific Mail Steams! Pig en he he said that at the presemt con~ the was worth 150; the enh por of money and yan honds amounted to eight millions; steamships, y and coal, &c., the with ee cau was worth thirty-seven million page eee stock two million dollars. hae th ome of Brown Brothers d& Co., test that his uy were large stockholders in the facie ‘alt Steamship be Se and that they never sold any stock less than $150 per also, thas vee the o00,c00 the Pacide sar "Steamship Mr. sonar’ er Jorome testified that he was one of ‘the directors of the Socks deen yee that in Inst, ‘he Tost in different stoc! that mt lieved a assote of the company to be be orth from $37,000, 000 090,000, He said it was understood that the com. so as declare four per cent dividend, and the re- ear of the dividend caused the depreciation of the stock, which was the cause of his loss, Mr. Francis Skiddy, another director, eaid that tho Inst quarter's earnings of the steamship company ox- cooded 000; that $600,000 of that sum was paid in dividends and $200,000 reserved to aid the China ling if necessary, but A success, , The committee, after ving the (ota of these tlemen, adjourned to meet at Alban, Gnen tt ie Understood thet Mr. Howard Pout rf ER id T, T. Johnson, the pany, wil mane summoned to Alppor ) meriny hh om bas - * * id ————C Cisse