The New York Herald Newspaper, December 1, 1867, Page 5

street, cop auininss Sion he oinend Rew to the suboeliar, re- srociliy conveyed Oy & Mr. Thomas M hndrews, ot the where he received eee oe {UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN RANKRUPTCY, Umportant Question Under the New Bankrupt ‘fomnine Confessions of Judgment Acts of aptoy? # is Before Judge Blatehford, rT? 4 Pass Figut w Count,—Mre. Louisa Ruppert, a lady , Inthe Matter of Asa Oraft—This is» petition to de- | of tne German persuasion, who resides in Stanton street, and who, not having lived long (in stature she is tho Dutch build) im these United States, does not ‘‘sbokes der Americain goots,” subsists by muscular effort, namely, by washing linen and clear starching the same, Among others of her customers is, or @lare a devtor compulsorily # bankrupt on the ground that he gave in July last confessions of judgment to two ‘@reditors for the sum of $5,700. His stock in trade was Beized by the Sheriff in execution and sold. | The Court referred the matter to the Commissioner to take the testimony and report, and the matter now | rather was—for since war has been declared be- game up upon the evidence taken on behaifof thé peti- | tween them it is not to be supposed will Moning creditors, “cotton” to each other now-—-Mre. Maria Ot * ‘Mr. Edwin Jaxnes, eounsel for the debtor, stated that it | terboch. Mrs, Louisa Ruppert called on Mrs. Maria ‘was agreed that the simple question to be decided was | Schiotterboch om ‘Thertay, Teminded her in the purest whether confessions of judgment, sanctioned and | German that she was indebted to her in the sum of $3 allowed by the pinto courte, sapernied per seas acta of | for washing and ironing, and demanded payment. Dankraptcy under the new pt law, He was pre- | Mrs, S, ‘“couldu’t see” the laundress on the pressing tocomtend that unless apg shown to have | occasion, intimating that it would be inconvemient at boo given by the debtor as fraudulent p: ‘that mee ba + she manes,ise, We not such an o was desirous ng a ‘Messrs, Romadiot nad Boardman, for the creditor, | thoroughly fattened and well z and roasted tur- ‘erged that this was one of the most important questions | key, in remembrance of Thankegiving. Mra. R, at this rising under the new law, and that all confessions of | waxed indignant, and insisted pon ber righis. Judgment were thereby rendered void. Mra. 8, thereupon became bufty , Juage Blatchford conceded the im; of the | as the late A. Wi would say, “laughing a uestion now before him, but before rendering bis de- | bitter laugh,” hinted to the petulant her that she was impudent, etc,, etc, Thereupon, it was declared, a scuffle ensued, and the hair flew; but, for- tunately, that article is cheap at the per? al time—a very fine head of hair not costing, to joliars—t froi Teferred the case back to the referee to take some Additional testimony. It was stated in court that Fated to the amount of some millions of dollars in his city may be affected by this decision. Bankrupt Cases. couple of hundred 4: tresses, front, ete., i ‘tion. When the brawi had bees concluded to ' Judge Blatchford continued the hearing of cases on tnd noted fica of the washerwoma, she now indignant Dankruptcy daring the afternoon. Mrs, S put on her velvet cloak, chignon, tresses, bon- In tho matter of John A. Reid.—In this case proof of fac fur flees Sate are aad the Se, Aq 2 oe y ‘order was filed and laid over for hearing on the 7th of Suake. forth’ theo on ene oe at December. ment jained of the treatment In the matter of Ogden Smith.—In this case bin arn bey fi =~ eb ag ogee of Parsons appeared for tho debtor anti ter) at the hands of Ru ‘Asum- s trial, which was assigned to December 5, mons was prvi ‘thefoom t, and recalcitrant ahs mir of Yn, Daenprs in his ae proot | daiern napa wat ned feat Suh oom. was au ce $f December. ‘Measrs, D, and F. McMahon appeared for Eee ne reat ere aa hg aged igned, Mrs, Ruppert looked around her wii Ta the matter of Jonathan H, Hasbrouck.—This case | agigniehimont uot anmized via ewe, ‘and in a diffdent ‘was adjourned by telegraph to December 10. voice asked, « Im the matter of Henry Burnstien.—In this case the “Vat vas der , Bhoodge ?”? ue uae stint bankrupt and ordered for reference “This lady you,” answered the magistrate, waaay ’ “of assault and batiery on her person.” “Ach!”? exclaimed the clapping her hands and putting a Madonna-like expression omg - ber ee Janine and mobile ae Paseo nein? I no es*her; she pe vera man, is Bab yee had no Dusinees to ageault. ber,” persisted jonor.. “Yaw,” here interposed the ee oe coome do me und ahe sbokes saucy, und I dolds her to go oud ov mine haus, und she laugh, und she cry, und she floor, und she mine Woe pe oe if sefen- dant, ‘you pese von scold, von voman vi "Naat ne odicall; a a hi i her ds 8] an rowing up her rag witb a winning smile al her countenance, she raid ber ae. peter Rey shoodge, she delis von tam ie she ‘ eh ,” here exclaimed a bald-headed gentleman, very much excited in his manner as he leaned over the bar, “she is mine vife—mine frou!’ Then turning * UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S COURT. Charge Against a Post Office Empleye. Before Commissioner Osborn, Phe United States ve. George W. Dusendury.—The de- fendant in this case was,on Friday evening last ata Jate hour, arrested by Mr. Gayler, Special Agent of the Pést Office Department, ona charge of having certain the rt} the Postmaster General, ii rer: Bis poatess en in ion. Bailim $10,000 was given defendant to await examination, fixed for to-mor- row morning. The Cargo of the Peterhoff. ‘The furtber hearing of this case was resumed yester- day bofore Commissioner Osborn, Messra, Ward and Gove, wha have, as already frequently reported in the Hxratp, « ht a demand for £40,000 against the cargo of the | abruptly toward her, and seezing her under jaw, cried, terhoff for storage, produced tihaer evidence to show | ‘Now you sdops your dalk, Der Shoodge he no vants their ‘was not excessive and that it was fair | to hear you spokes.’ €nd reasonable. The witnesses who testified on behalf But Mrs, R., with her sweet, pleasant smile, was not ef Ward and Gove were cross-examined by Mr, Augustus | to be silenced by any such demonstration on the part of », Smoith on the part of the owners of the cargo, Mr. | her worser half. jus Benedict aj ing for Ward and Gove. The “She pese a bad vomons,’’ she continued, more ener- r hearing of the matter was adjourned till Mon- wv than before, ‘and owes me dree tollar vor der day next. ¥ “What have you to say to that, madame?” asked his Honor as he turned toward the complainant. “Nodin, only I dolds her I vould nod bay id den, und dats vot made her angry ever 80 mooch!”” “Well, I shall dismiss the comp'aint,”” said the magis- Petitions Filed in Bankruptcy. ‘The following petitions were filed on bankraptcy yes- terday :—Morris Kyler, New York city, referred to Regis- ter Allon; Edward D, Miller, referred to Register Dwight ; trate. ‘You are both to blame, and I cannot conscien- Fiandrau, Jr., referred to Register Ketchum, Hou sly. pais one withous treating the other. = jo SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. While 4 Bohisttebach's bee vietbty lengthened on hearing this decision, that ra. rt, the clear- The Olymplo Theatre Litigation. aeons ey correspondingly ‘shorler, risking Healt Before Judge Barnard, over emi Bolles, Receiver, vs. Duff, Receiver, éc.—This long lit! | Foliowing each Other in solemn procession and in gated suit, in which the lessee of the Olympic teatro | Single Me, wiven Od tat tte vesticey but, ere the fs involved, came up again before this court yesterday, | head had reached the street, a halt was called in the ‘vestibule, and instantly the beiligerents, with tongue and band, pitched, nolens volens, into each other, Mra, S. gave the washerwoman a “pothogue” under the left ear that sent her roeling, at the same timo “hoisting” her bald-headed husband’s hat “high- er than a kite;? and the clear-starcher, the laundress, what did she? Why, a pugilistic expression, “sailed right { good as shoe had received. For a audience chamber was deserted by spectators, ‘when, after considerable argument as to whether it should be adjourned, tho case was finally tn? over until the 17th of December. For plaintiff, D, D. Field and B. ©, Thayer; for defendant, A, J. Vanderpoel, SUPERIOR COURT—CHAMBERS, The Devil’s Auction in a New Phase, Before Judge Garvin. (fhe New York!Museum Association vs. Joseph Tamaro end John De Pol.—This is a suit in which a writ of ° tem- porary injunction has been granted, enjoining the de- fendant yho are managers of Banvard’s Opera House, from ing certain theatrical properties, upon which ‘the pla'ntiff, as lessee, has a lien as security for the rent. The rent of the premises is $30,000 per year, payable in monthly instalments, and plaintiff claims that it was to De paid in advance. fendant claims that the ay instalment, amounting to $3,075, is not yet due and will not be until the end of the month. The case came up on injanction, bat red ‘without argument until next week. For plali Hegh Reaves; for defendants, B. C. Thayer. SUAROGATE’S COURT. Before Gideon J. Tucker, Surrogate, ‘The wills of the following deceased persons were ad- mitted to probate during the past. week:—W. C. Buhl, Rebecea Thompson, Mary McDonough, Grace R. Robin- gon, Stephen C. Burdett, Janet Hinchman, W. Law- rence, Jobn Mollard, Amy Garner, William L. Lock- ‘wood, Letters of administration have been granted on the wit. nesses, litigants, lictors, lawyers. id genus omne—leaving his Honor alone ta his glory, looking very much like jove seated on “high Ulympus’’ deserted by the gods and goddosses—and each ‘spectator seemed particular! desirous that the ‘fight should be free one,” and e some looked as if they would like to ‘'jine in on interestin’ 'casion,”” probably would have done so if the dispenser of law and the calaboose had not been BO ep toegi A band. ‘When the row partially subsided the belligerents returned to his Honor to have “der satisfaction,” he kindly acoommodated them ia default of each, I them it Voy hare portalied to Cool thelr heels and sipocth their feathers, while their ‘‘goot "ia a siate of phrenzy, rushed up and down the hosig-ss eu- ger Rigeny, chs et it mg a little Se meiner rae mpvola inet alee ‘cut and acarified by two-edged pot ig nothing to the incisive processes of the law. Ax Atteorp Fast Maraucs axp Ita Resvits.—Not quite two years ago Floyd Stephenson, aged twenty- eight, became acquainted with Catharine Wells, a re- spectable appearing middle aged lady, who then and now keeps a fancy dry goods store at 782 Eighth ave- following estates:—Joseph Richards, Bliza McCarthy, | nue amer so time Ste perseaded Elien Jane Dixon, Carctlas Eaton, Mary A. Redmond, | the woman to marry him, and introduced « Hannsh Maloney, William C, Richardson, Charles Wil | lawyer to perform ihe ceremony, assuring her son, Mi t Hutter, Daniel Gannon, ‘Hamilton J. | thas as marriage was simply a — civil Gombes,. Rebecca Maxwell, Magdaline Fiuschauer, E4- | contract, to which the consent ef the parties only was ‘ward G. Jewett. Tequired, a lawyer answered the purpose quite as well * issued for the a a magistrate or minister, Being uninformed in such matters, and relying wholly on thd assurances of Stpnen- son, they were joined, it is aliege<, in a contract of mar. riage that te EL amoma@t in the presence of Letters of guardianship were following mincrs:—Jamer 8. Ely, fs mmcegy of Olive, Jane and William H. Dizon; John Murphy, guardian of Jobanna Burns; Anastasia L. Hearne, guardian of Hamilton J. and Antoineite Combes; Nathan Moss, guardian of Louisa | the that moment until yesterday, a find Joho Orley; Adelia Tallman, (guardian of Edward | period of some elghisen mouths, the partis lived! ‘to. r as husband and wife, the wife laboring might and INTELLIGEN' pod pom iti chery 160 fog? aa ye 5 8 qu jot ory (cE. spending al! that she could accamuate, and more. Tae w The dun,” marty | ber besides diepening ot tr a veapitai, ane ‘Tes Cnance in THe Wearner.—' jul, murky , jog er i weather of the past few days, which, if it were not too Poe ey on to cepa wo dhs aeny, oP frreverlent to say so, is strongly provocative of suicidal the Fourth ‘Diseriet Felice "Cary and” wate to thoughis, has been agreeably relieved,’ within the last ry grievances. There, it time, she twenty-four hours, by a clear, sharp, frosty atmosphere, oe i aeamgt lavalidiiy jee oe % fr ney ee Sj tek lye Bh Pyeng yf ing leaned, was yemerday yah, od on © eo ta ot Oe d ceateinte us of lin presence by une | Custge Of aaanalt and battery, and h default of bail was ee hone sent 10 Blackwell's Island mistakabie The heavy snow ‘est skirted our latitude ‘ he art of quarrying for granite for the next forced absence Mre. on wale is. During his on- prevailed out and threw off Wells ‘will take the @ light whieh, 1 about in the wintry air 0 ) soon tninieagi Sin made p “thera snow.” f BECOME ape te bare, te, cniFtunate cone ‘The storm seems to have prevailed throughout an extent swaeend ew | hersel tn le. involved, deciared -of country resembling @ belt running northwost and a, 8 fect’ Teh poutheast, »9 indicated by the fact of snow nares, fallen As Unwarurat Act.—At the. of Louisa Walter, fm Baltimore and St. Louis. The edge of this belt | the mother, John Fay, the fathemf a fine little boy, apparently just reached us, hence the indications ob- t per a pervable here yesterday, We have fully entered the | *6ed four years, yesterday before Justice winter season, and may expect frost and snow from this | Shandley, of the Third Distnet Court, for driving date, it, a8 the woman all fnto thestecta, there to starve Arpans aT QuaRatine.—Dr, Reid reports that there have been no new patients admitted to the hospital ship Allinols, and that the health of those therein detained is or be picked up by the poliedor the obaritably je oe yon ba by child was aan charge, officer and carried to headquarters itinerey aren eo much improved that they are likely to be discharged | where it now is awaiting the the court Whea fn a fow Wnam weopreore aeiehe, oekes the | arraigned before Justice Shandiey tle morning Fay de- eld patients on the 27th Leip rages B Margaretta E, | fended bis conduct by saying the chd was not bis, and oe and seey oth of whom hospi- soleneane. Te ie demeare s dere ed E “ ‘whom were in 4 lonor promptly re- Siivince the ith. Ea piled, by committing the 4 eden entd be cot assurance sufliciently atisfactory Vy pots S| the child would Dovagn por Had p--4 the county for support, Youse Maw CuanceD wm Srtawo Prea—Almost nightly there is a gang of vicious bts and half-grown Licasces Grasrep Last Weex.—Marshal Tappan, of the Mayor's oince, reports the following ss to the number Of liconses granted last woek :—Second-hand dealers and ink shop keepers, 55; 161; ex; 25; vend- by 5, Pantaligence offiees, 14; public carts, 442; Grivers, 337), dirt carts, 16; total, | men who prowl about the groundsyn which the New 1,169; Wwhold amount received, $2,960 75, % Bowery theatre stood thon: “a of stealing Jead ‘Tus Faurss 1x Swepex.—A small audience, composed | and iron pipe, of which t are tities both on the surface and under tne ground mostly of Swedish remdents in New York, assembied enclosed with a fence twelve or ine ero bat fast evening at Steinway Hall—the occasion being the Gelivery of a lecture by J. D. Reymert, Eeq., on behalf and bd the lg tH whe oume't tne eappamae id ny in Sweden. ie on fcay an held tickets, that the lecture would be de- livered in Cooper Institute, the attendance was even less than was to be oxpected—a fact for which the speaker red due apology by way of opening his discourse. ir. Reymert stated that there were now two hundred Vhousand sufferers ia North Sweden. Mrsremovs Case—A Woman Focxp Daap,—Yester- @ay morning, about ten o'clock, the remains of a woman ‘whose name is unknown, was found lying in an outhouse fm the rear of promises 356 Sixth avenue. The body was Femoved to ihe Morgue for identification. The coroner ‘was notified to hold an inquest, Warden Brennan reports the following description :—‘‘Brought to the Morgue the body of an unknown woman, aged about twenty-seven ears, five feet five inches high and with brown hair, Hiss on a black alpacca ]@ to scale or go ad manag Imittance by lea throug the Of No, 240 East Ninth street, who ¢ne the dopredavorn have relieved ‘in of lead and iron pipe valued to at least 1,000. On Friday night, out of a large number of bo} within the en- closure, officer Croker, of the Fartveentn managed to arrest wo of them natd Th gory and James McDermott, who an; been engaged Pa corcring, off a quani had been dug ont of the ground. yesterday taken before Justice Dowllg and committed to the Tombs for trial in default of ba Buactany sy Bovs.—Three youngars, whose names are Charles Reynolds, George Daffin nd Andrew Watt, were brought beforo Justice Dodgeat the Jefferson Market Police Court, yesterday, and parged with bur- glary. St is alleged against the boys ft on the night of the 20th inst. they burglartonsty enter) the blackamith’s shop of Frederick hack, 106 West Thty-third street, by removing some of the bvards from ance which pt droves and et, trimmed with ive silk, white bosom ncansen"erutte flannel petti- coat, white ckirt and dresses; two corsets, whi rated shop fi vacant \dstole therefrom sik stockings, undorsiseves; bie silk hat, flower trim- cae oe py pom Sicakemietae to the value ot mings; hoopskir, guiter shoes, On her parton was foar Shout $25. Othcer, Delaney, of the wenty-ntash pres suds, one one ear ring end four centa ia | cinct, arrested the boys, and frem thh he that whango. they disposed of the stolem goods at’m. Haley’s junk Faratty Cavsiep.—On Wednesday Inst, Patrick Haley, | store for $1. ay A i ae j qrbo lived at Mo. 38 Cherry street, crossed over from | Sfretted Haley sid Brooklyn, and on leaving the Hamilton syenus forry fell Seeete yee bd iy ne nos Le opeey aee between the boat and bridge and was ternbly crushed. | receiving wolea property, and by h for examina- fel) into the dock, from which ys 2 A Farsa Inrontation.—A day or t) since a verdant em home, where he lingered win "Prvday evening to hola an and expired. The coroner im | specimen of a Hibernian adventurer ts brought before Deceased by Mg > Se A and left Sustion Dodge on & of j@ litele drop Beiive of ireland. He Twidew aad’ several 4 wetgu ye we Barawar acovent.—Williem MeCleary, an attaché J seplously impaired that aD OMicer hate take him ip “What's your name ?”' inquired Judge Dodge. ‘te vame, yor ’onor, is Patsy Galliger,”” “Where do you live, Patsy 7” continued the Judge “Live, sur,” exclaims Pat, ‘Arrab, shure I only kem over in the ship frim the ould kuntry duder day. The sbip Kem on to a place called and than we ee heen coeean in here ‘s your e magistrate, nue mitt ver Worship,” inquires the pry from Ireland, @ vigorous t to beet poet “ane eae Scaee 9 and whatever things you brought with you “‘An’ is it mo thrunk ye mano? Shure that’s up at the daypot,” replies with a self-satisiled air. “Have you tebchesk wo oka at your trunk ?? asked judge, “ The divi! a chick, yer Worship,”’ Patey, witha toes of the head. ab \ern th ge on “And how do you expect to get your trunk?” in- quired the # that’s a quare question to ax!” answered Galliger, with asmile; “arrab, wudo’t I no me own box, wud me mame prented on it in—in—white letthura ‘be Pat Tierney, at the cross roads at home.”’, “ Well, Pat,” said the j in a patronizing tone, ‘if I let you go now, where do you intend to go to?” “ Faith, I'l go to my brether’s,”” was the response, ‘“* Where does your brother live?” “ He liv a Pat, with his hand to his head, as if end to call to mind the name of the place, pag hives, yer Worship, im @ town they call the Flat ‘* Have you money to ‘our fare #”” “T have,” apd Pat me hin band in bis breeches pocket, “ How much have you ?” asked Judge Dodge. “Tu American sints,"’ satd Patrick, Independently, “« But that will only bring you across the ferry,” said his honor, by way of information to Golliger. * An’ don’t I no that ?”’ replies the broth of a boy ;”” * but the man that you let go just now towld mo there ‘wus a good bit iv a road to me brether’s, and betune yu wero yer poner gor - shank rye ‘ou can go,’” us Dodge; ‘* bat be sure you don’t come here again, Pasion. ° 6 4 uae poor emigrant ‘smiled hia gratitude and then de- ALLEGED Heavy Forcery,—Yoesterday afternoon two men, named Eli Frilas aad Edward Hall, were arrested by detectives Irwin and Farley, on complaint of Morti- mer Wilkins, of No. 1 Courtiandt street, who cheese them with having forged bis name A six vbecks, amounting to $1,600. @ accused are held for Corener’s Investiga: Hospital—Verdict of of O'Donnell. Coroner Gover heid an inquest yesterday morning, at the New York Hospital, on the body of officer Thomp- gon, who died at the hospital from a stab wound re- eeived on the night of the 4th of November while at- tempting to quell a disturbance betweon a party of drunken men in an alley way in James streot. The ac- cused is.one John O'Donnell, a boatman, who, it is al- leged, stabbed the deceased with a sheath knife, which penetrated the lungs, The following is the testimony, as given before the Coroner:— Annie Collins, who, on the 4th ult., lived at No. 86 James street, testified that between ten and eleven o’clock on that night she was stan at the door when the prisoner was quarrelling with andther man; they were about ten feet {rom her; officer Thompson came at that time down the strect, tod hold of the prisoner by the arm and told him to go away, when the prisoner turned and struck the officer either in the breast or face and then ran away, followed by Thompson; witness then turned and went in the door; sangeet was drank; he was fighting a man for a friend of his, named Fisher, when the officer came up, Jeremiah Mahony, an officer of the Fourth precinct, testified that on the 4th ul,., at about balf-past eleven o'clock, while he was patrolling his beat in Cherry street, near Roose be heard several pistol Lenten a by an alarm rap; he instantly up Cherry to James street, at the New York e Jury—Commitment when the prisoner came ri ing tows witness, closely yarsued by the deceased; i}o prisoner darted into the way of 64 Cherry whereapon deceased caught hold of him wld witness to take him ‘in charge, he ving stabbed him; de- ceased stooped down and picked *P @ sheath knife at tho prisoner’s feet; I could not posi- tively swear that the knife shown here is the one, though it has the same appearance as that picked ‘up by deceased; the prisoner was taken to the station Captain Thomas W. Thorne, of the Fourth precinct, testified—On the night of the 4th ult. officer Thompson, now deceased, came im the station house at about haif- past eloven o'clock, walked up to the desk, handed me the sheatn knife here produced, and said that he was stabbed; lasked him if he knew who did it; he said John O'Donnell, and that officer Mahoney had the pris. oner; while making this statement Maboney came in with the prisoner, and deceased identified him ag the man who had stabbed him. Dr. C, M, Bell, the house surgeon at the New York Hospital, deposed thal Charles Thompson was admitted into the hospital at aboat half-past eleven on Monday, the 4th ultimo, suffering from a penetrating wound of the thorax; the wounM was about two inches long, in direction somewhat oblique from above downwards, and within outwards, and situated between the left clavicle and the second ribgand about three inches to the left of hhne;} om admission the deceased was from had 8 feeblo there was 2 2 s & closed immediately in 8th ult. @ circumscrified jured lung, developed itself, yi’ this inflammation had on the 16th ult. entirely suvsided, white the wound externally presented a healtny appearance. The deceased continued steadily to until the 28th ultimo, when which con- Ee monia, limited to tion, in spite of al} remedial rapidt: aceumbed, and at 1) A.M. on the 29th of November showed that the knife low the left clavicle, and inch to the left of the anterior median ei passing 10 adirection backward and slightly inward, in ite course cuttug through and severing the first rib at the external ex- twemity, and penetrating the superior lobe of the left lang to the depth of one and a quarter of an inch. At the bottom of this wound two or three smail Both lungs (but not mark were found thickly studded with small ab- 4 of the langs being ninety -six ounces, as heavy asa healthy pair jungs, The of death found. opinion death was due to pywmia con- hat the said Charles Thowp- result of a stab John 0’Dom- other k ‘y New York, that that by occupation is not guilty of the The prisoner was committed to the Tombs, ‘The following steamers, European and coastwise, left this chy yesterday :— RUROPTAN, The Saronia, Captain Haack, of the Hamburg Ameri- can Packet Company, left her dock at Hoboken for Hamburg, with 40 cabin and 70 steorage pas- sengers, the United States mails and 8 full cargo cf cot- ton, lard, sewing machines and breadstufts, The St. Laurent, Captain Bocande, of the General Transatlantic Company, loft D ase No, 50 North river for Havre and Brest, with the cb mais, 85 cabin pas- re ea cargo of wheat, cotton aud provisions and The Ye te Hall, of the National line, left pier No, 47 river for Liverpool, calling at Queens. town, With 22 cabin and 160 sterrage anda passengers fal of rain, cheese and bacon, ‘the Hibernian, Ceptal’ Munro, of the Anchor line, loft pier No. 6 North river for Liverpool, Giasgow and part. With 28 cabin and 94 sterrage passengers and a fal Sep typ teen tage een ‘The City of Washington, Captain Halcrow, of the In- man line, left pier No. 46 North river for Liverpool, call- Ing at Queenstown, with 21 cabin and 138 steorage pas- and a full cargo of cotton, bacon, clioose end, of the London and No, 3 North Wm. Penn, Captain Bill for wi hl is Dyers and a fuil cargoof grain and breadstuils. Coast wise, The Arizona, Captain 2 of the Pacific Steamship Company, left pier Na, 42 North rive spinwall bec psy States mail, 600 passengers Y ville, Captain Baker, of Mesers. Livingston, line, lett pier No. 30 North river {ar Tia. ne ct passengers and a fair cargo of assoried Y ‘The Perit, Captain Delaney, of Messra. Spofford, Ti ton be Covatiine loft pier Nova North river or alves- ton, with ae and « fair cargo of dry goods, boots and The Manptet, of the New York Mail Stoamship Com- Bats, pamager sud i00 Slain, nada fu cargo of eabin @ fair cargo provisions and dry : eye The Geo, & Oo,’s Cromwell, of Messra. HB. B, Cromwell line, left pier No, 9 North river for New Orieans, with 25 Lar nary th neta heerg Poo The Nightingale, Baker, of the Svethern line, East river for New with 16 . ore’ 60 troops in the steerage ands fair miscellaneous of the Ewpire 6 San Salvador, Captain Nickerson, Vine, loft &. 18 North river for Savannah, with 42 cab(n and 6 steorage passengers and a fair cargo of pro- Tee Montgomery, Geptain Lyon, of the Star Toft pier No. 13. Independent ne, CAA e Be Ye the city have been, EW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY,’ DECEMBER 1, | 1867= feat Caesiatied sn: of He. Hi at charge. When sufficiently recovered he was introduced through the hatchway late on Fri- | before his Honor. THE DRY GOODS TRADE OF NEWYORK. Transactions An Excess of Supply Both Domestic Fabrice—Reviow and Mat f 1 and Mere: 867—Causes of Unprofitable tile Bankruptcy Imported and of Sapply and Demand Since the War—Sales of 1867 Among Leading Firms. Judging from the amount of shopping done during the pass three weeks, and by the swarms of buiterflies of fashion who promenade up and down, pour in and out at every fashionable store, and haunt hitherto dozy clerks and salesmen even im their dreams, it is obvious, even to the casual observer, that the trade in dry goods, and especially in expensive and imported fabrics, was never brisker and more active than at prosont, Nearly every one of the larger wholesale houses seems to have been suddenly converted ‘vast six or seven story beehive, in which the busy bees of business flit to and fro, and here and thero, extracting from regiments of retailers the coveted honey Of greenbacks, to be duly deposited in cells—which, in carrying out the simile, may be represented by the coffers of the employer—and banked at the proprietor’s leisure; while Now York, itself a vast commercial bee- hive, has suddenly waxed busy and bustling, and a general air of trade, except in the clothing business, pervades the face of everypody and modulates the ensemble of everything metropolitan, The hotels of for the past week, crammed from nethermost story to attic with representatives of the retail trade from the country districts, and hotel clerks, who, a month since, were sleek with Parisian bows and graces at the bare mention of guest, now an- swer curtly, “All full,” or stare steadily at the tradi- tional fly on the ceiling should the traveller urgently suggest ® possible need of accammodations for the night, The thermometer of prices, especially in do- ape on injec. J. gi J mestic fabrics, still maintains itself at the point of zero, principally owing to an excess of production dur- ing the past two or three years, or since the close of the war—so large a percentage of the industry of the country having been liberated by the cessation of do- mand for military goods and directed to the manufac- ture of other fabrics ag to glut the maw of the market and render that indefinite something upon which trade depends (the market) of exceedingly capricious palate and disposod to masticate nothing, unless the thing to be masticated be exactly to ite liking; and there ts every probability that the mercury will, like Falstaf, manifest & wonderful facility for sinking for some months yet, Notwithstanding the advent of wintry weather and the consequent demand for winter goods of all sorte, The truth is, that even in imported goods the supply is greater than can be absorbed, though Fashion bedeck herself with luxuries of dress even to the point and climax of discomfort, The importations of the past year have exceeded the demand for imported goods by at least twelve per cent; ‘and, perbaps, twenty per cent of excess would not be too large an estimate, The same rule applics to the im portations of 1866 and even of 1865. Business men Imported largely, especially during the two latter years, in anticipation of sixty per cont anticipation was. ® revival of at least of the Southern trade, which never realized, partially for the reason that there was no money in the South, and, partially forthe reason that, owing to political agitation and threats of confiscation, no adequate property securi- ties could be offerea by the Southern people. “The South will not buy, and no careful business man would sell in the Southern market if he could,” is a common remark among shrewd business men when speaking of the prospects of the Southern trade; and the remark is based upon the fact that the generally unsettled state of the political affairs of the country has rendered Southern securities unrehable, At the close of the war a recapera- tion of the Southern demand, or at least of a if per- centage of it, was anticipated as only the work of a couple of years; and upon this theory large impor- tations were made in 1866 and the latter part of 1865— importations exceeding in amount by twenty or twen- five per cent those of previous years. Tho same theory in some degree influenced Ew ropean manufacture, and, @ large excess of goods intended for the American market having been produced, European manufacturers found themselves, at the beginning of the “tender” system rd the twenty per cent of compell led to resort to inducing the market to at ear 1867, way of excess in production which had been left on their hands by the failure of the American market. The conse- quence is that both the European and American markets have been glutted with goods system, resort to the Manufacturers are not “tender” now by a and Earopean realizing for their gooas a price in corrency more than equal to tho cost of manufacture in gold. Hence tho great reduction in the price of imported goods which has taken place since the close of the war, aud hence, too, the anticipa- tion on the part of importers of @ still greater reduc- tion~—the excess of imported goods in the American marl of the number of m returo Profits being not less than twenty per cent in premium demand. Hence, too, the fact that, while a greater quantity of goods has been sold by American importers during the year 1867 than during the same jolesaiers generally incomes than during previous years, been small, and is many cases holders of stock have sold at a discount to get rid of the heavy stocks on hand realize in cash, The profits of 1866 cannot be estimated as exceeding twenty- five per cent of the profits of 1865, and American fabrics have been freely offered at less than the cost of manufacture and have been taken sparingly at that. The reasons are obvious, tax imposed on manufacture, American always unable to compete profitadl; Owing to the heavy jucera, in foreign markets by reason of the larger wages paid to operatives in this country, have the domestic been forced out of the European markets ther—having beea thus compeiled to depend on ket for the ion of their goods. Exportation of domestic fabrics, even at the present list of prices, would be almost absolutely impossible in the moat favorable condition of the European and when to this is added the further fact that E: France and Germany are overburbened with she im mibty assumes an air of Xperts estimate the aggregate production, utter absolu teness. market; ome Production of American goods in 1865 and 1866 to have exceeded by thirty per cont the aggregate 1859 and 1860. ‘Before the war the Southern demand jaa reckoned at thirty-three per cent of whole demand for American goods; and to balance this los, which is production of total, there is to be added to the Northern de- m: an increase of ten per cent, or thereabouts, since 1860. Assuming the production of 1860 ag a basis of calculation, and granting that the mauufactures of 1867 have pot exceeded the demand of 1867, ow! stoppage of numerous mantfactories throu; to the jout the country, the two excesses of 1965 and 1866 are loft as data upon whieh to base a calculation of the present excess of domestic goods in the market; and may be further ual to the suppl; tolerabl Bie slenlatiog maybe. educed. "Tho assumed that the demand of 1860 accurate and rei{ia- following table ble ae exbibits the ratio luction previous to the war to that of 1865 and of 1866, assuming the aggregate pro- duction of 1860 as the par (100 per cent) or basis of per- 1.00 20 production of 1865 as compared with Increase of 1560 an of 1866 ag compared with 1960. accumulated in two 4m 1865 and 1866 to 5 ne I he ply Tint 1860. Other things being equal, therer: supply on baud at present would be per cent of the whole er esas trade to bave been +1.00 +130 years, sup- equal to the excess of ulvalent to sixty ), and, supposi and the de: to nave been in no wise stimalated for the two yeara, a complete ceseation of all production for aix-tonths of the year 1567 would the balance—in of time for the exeess to the a i factories, tho failure others, of many more on half time, for 1867 bas been Just ‘Notwithstanding ning duction of domestic norinal demand for words, 1867, and had we been just sufficient to restora would have alforded have been absorbed, of pumerous maau- the run. however, tho equal to the not auction sales been 4 resorted to the entire excess would have been trans- mitted. Other thi have not been hewover, The nor- mal demand for 1865 oF 1866 or 1867 has beon less than mony of experts, ¢: and the ratio of mand for 1560;— Demand for 1800... Deduct Southern deman Balance. Increase in that of 1859 or 1860, while the enpply bas been reater, The following figures, drawao hibit the difference normal from the testi- besween the two demand since the war to the de- 1.00 Normal demand for 1965 or 1866.......... Excess of demand In 1860 over 1866 or 1866. Accumulated oxcess for the two Here, theo, taking @stimates of experts in trado, it is dpmonstrated that the deflection in normal demand since the war has been yearly equal to twenty.three per coat of the annual demand before the war, representing the prevent Southern demand by jated deflection for the Wo years (1! rty-six per cent of the whole de. the years 1866 and Supply in 18960 Demaud in 1860, Excess lowing ta zero; and the accumu- and 1566) therefore, exbitits Fig | mw ip 2 & firma in 1868; and those of Vary appreci business in the alone, ‘ares The sales of H. about as follows 1865., 1866, 1867. Total for throe years, A. T. Stewart & Co. will not ly from last year’s figureg, As these two firms are the jargest representatives of the dry goods @ caiculation may be B. Claftin for the three years will stand The wholesale business of A. T. Stewart & Co, was in 1865. And will be in 1567 Total for three years..... To which add Stewart’s sales at retail for the same length of time, abou! Total at wholesale and retail Total sales of the two firms, Of this amount the Years, separately, will bd about as follows:— measuring the average it may be assumed that this roan ngra been fiity She Rercentane of deflection which has been tribul about equally through the two years 1868 and Omitting Stewart’s trade, which is both whole- sale and retail, and Imiting the calculation to those of H. B. Claflin & Co., which represent the wholesale busi- besides representing American fabrics to greater extent than the former, tions of goods sold in 1866 and 186' 1867, ness uniquely, a 1865, in 1866 $85,000, ted from the price of 1866) the ears stand a8 100 for 1865 and 1: pre roportionate sales for the three ve been at date of Jauuary 1, + $136,000,000 185,000,000 ae 127,000,000 ‘@ prints and calicoes, which have fallen sixt cent since the close of the war, and white cottong, which have fallen on the aes about fort; of the taken together, r 1867. . . 156 In other words, the quantity of goods sold in 1866 ex- ceeded the quantity sold in 1865 by nineteen percent; while the quantity of 1867 will exceed that of 1865 by fifty-six per cent, By means of auction sales and re- duction in prices, thergfore—putting together the centages of the two years, viz: nineteen and fifty-i it Is easily demonstrated that seventy-five per cent of the excess of supply has been absorbed; and of the present excess of supply the determination is very simple and easy—normal demand having forced to the extent of seventy-five per cent for the two years, The following exbibits, therefore, the excess of supply on band at present:— Excess of production beyond natural demand for the two years... Excess of supply in the market at present.......... 31 In other words, the inflation of supply having been one hundred and six per cent for two years, and the in- flation of demand having been seventy-five per cent, there is left at present on the market an excess in sup- ply of thirty-one per cent beyond the normal demand for consumption or beyond tho natural. consumption of the two Years—an excess quite sufficient to force a fur- ther reduction of prices of fourteen per cent, a reduc- tfon below the actual cost of manufacture by a consider- able percentage, with the beset 1e taxation for purposes of internal reve: tives, to which must be add ea paid to opera- urden of a heavy perts Ex; estimate the present excess of supply at thirty-three per cent, counting domestic and foreign fabrics together, though this estimate is probably a trifle exaggerate Twenty-five per cent will doubtless cover the averag cess—the two being taken ever, little cessation of labo loge’ There can be, how- tthe present prices of edibles of all kinds, without great deprivation and suf. feriny among the laboring classes, and here arises a paradox which is likely to prove troublesome, Manu. facturers, at the present prices of domestic goods cannot afford to employ operatives at the present rate of wages, and, with the present cost of articles for the table, ope- Tatives cannot atiord to work ata lower rate of wages, the advance in wages since 1860 being in fair proportion to the advance in price in the’ common necessaries of life, No present fall of the latter can, nevertheless, be anticipated, there being no excess of supply, since 1869, owing to the Viberation of large armies which, through systematic commissary economy, consumed less in camp than th game number nh persons would naturally consume slight advance has taken place at home. and only pd gust ‘they.” would eat; la could ord been the it. percentage of of HMving, meat is practically re wl Mecometty bole impet ‘woar is less posit like to dress genteely if Whatever, that percentage must for bread by the phrase ‘must ive; while the de- 0 must: they therefore, vance in articles be . deducted from the nataral demand fer luxeries, so far as the masses are concerned; aud the demand for dry goods must be limited more nearly by »bsolute necossity than if the laboring classes, after providing for the ordinary necessities of existence, had left a larger margin with which to supply themselves with things lees necessary. In 1865 the average percentage of wages which wag ap- ro} PI to the necessities of food and shelter, was estimated at eizhty per cent, twenty per cent being left for clothing and luxuries. ' With tho advance in gro- ceries and rents, however, to which must be added a lessened demand for labor, the average percentage in 1867 will not exceed ten, ‘to be approp riated for pur- poses of clothing and luxury, Again, for manufactur- ing purposes, iabor has not received over e: hty per cent (in 1867) of the moneys distributed in thd way of daring the year 1! ‘wages ugh this Las more par- ticularly affected the country districts. and in New the amount paid for labor this yoar will aot fal! appre- ciabiy short of the normal average. will, in fact, more than cover the deficien erate reduction of prices will therefore jon of the excces of aup- ry vo forve the Fi per cent . A mode be obviously necessar) ply in dry goods now on hand, and this may be antici- pated priacipally in connection with the spring trade— a reduction in wholesale prices not n the retail business for a month or more, or Qy which the usual retail profits must bo possible, If, however, the masa of the appropriate a certain Feat’ people can only ly affecting Ing to stocks ape ag of their incomes to supply themselves with ry goods, that smal! Lirckoma on lee iad the gate demand, and mast int of quantity or in point of price. afford one hundred dollars per in at bis trade can only year for clothing amd dry aggre. at, either If the taborer BO more than that amount can be collected from him, The su may bo large or small, but the amount realized will jasage of the masses, after the common neces- The « same. sarieg of living have been attended to, represents the aggregate demand for goods less avsolu If the supply be large, prices moderate, romain at and, in either case, the by the quantity of sup- the price which can be demanded; ig equal to the market value of the than bread and butter. mast fall; if the supply be the normal figure of proti amount of surplasage divi i ha necks, is Recessary article, no matter what may have been the cost of pro- duction. and in If, in 1865, the recey of a leading were seventy-tbreo millions, in 1866 sixty-five miflions, 1867 are to be fifty-seven millions, it ts easily house demonstrated that the lowened amount realized is simply dué to lessened monetary resources on the buyer, and rn. with tolerable accuracy the ich these resources have beon lessened. centage in whi part of the per- Furthermore, as the sales of this house represent tho trade in American and inexpensive fabrics more par- tiedlarly, and as the masses are the bayers of these fabrics to the greater extent, t may be taken at nearly accurate motres of the ratio in which the re sources of the mass have been lessened during the In short, where the laborer could «' two soars. fined seventy-three dollars in 1866, in 1866 he could afford only sixty-five, and in 1867.caa afford only tifty-seven of rise in articles of the o1 of the ra. This decrease again measures the percentage ordinary diet necessaries of subsistence, The solution m ia found In the fact that, aod in for the past three years, a too great part of the industry of the coun- try has been directed to the woollen fabrica, while too ttle of u action of cotton and | it has been applied to production of the ordinary necessaries of the table; and the remedy is either tue opentng of new avenues trade or the application of « ta percentage jot the rger musncle of the country to agricultural purposes. Meap- time, with thirty per cent of excoss in supply, the infla- tion of trade must continue for some months, which time thirty daring ir cent of the labor which, in 1806 and 1866, was applied to manafacturing must He still for want of something to turn ite to, Mean- while, labor gets hat and has to Be fod with soup at public expense; W utilize the Jabor liberated by the of mangfactories ta the m of the country districts—« utilization deman by the inter. este of trado, since there is an excess of suppiy in fabrics of all goris in the New York market, and any apprecia- ble lessening of demand cannot but resalt ia numerous and heavy failures, Axormen Cittcaco Divorce Cass.—In 801 ng he was in Ireland, sek. the Superior Eliza Dowd ithout cause yin , that he might re- about two +++ 94 +0843, 000,060 'y per cent, and dis the relative propor- , a8 compared with may be calculated with tolerable accuracy. Making the quaatity sold in 1865 the basis of per- centage, if seventy-three millions of dollars worth was sold in pu rer with goods at a given price, and if worth were sold at an average de- flection in price of twenty-five per cent, then the pro- portions of quantity for the two years stand as 100 for the former to 119 for the Iatter; and agai above data for 1865, if $57,000,000 worth At an average deflection in price of fifty per cent (calcula- tions for the two The fol- lowing table, therefore, represents the proportionate bo peas in goods sold for the three years:— assuming the sold in 1867 bs In fact, a of the Drama<4 General resort to the auction and forced extent ‘what ls usually calculated as Ue postive | The Extent, Character and Ornamentation pa td inflation, Thia can oniy be estimated by of the Edifice when Finished, od reference to the A aales for the | Despite the natural obstacles that a slight excavation! for the necessary depth of the foundation for Eawig, Booth’s new theatre revealed im the presence of a bed of solid rock, there has been commendable progress made toward the completion of this and otber initiatory Work in the constraction of this temple devoted to his~ trionic art, Already ono hundred and twenty feet of the main wal! has been constructed, while a portion off the green room wall, and the front on Sixth avenue, are in rapid progress. Seventy workmen are now actively, employed, and tho work in {ts initial stepa is being zealously carried forward. Tho construction of thi# edifice excites more than ordinary interest, as the palatial structure wil! vio in architectural grandeur,’ beauty of internal embellishment, external ornamenta- tion, solidity, safety and couvenence with avy temple of Thespis in the city, THE TWENTY-THIRD stReeT ynowr, ‘The frontage on Twenty-third strect will be one hun- dred and eighty-four feet four inches, in the Renats-' sance style of architecture, The height from the side- walk will be seventy feet to the base of tho massive: main cornice, and above this will be a Mansard roof of twenty-four feet, That portion of the building to be oo cupied as the theatre will range one hundred and forty-, nine feet along Twenty-third street and will be divided into three of such a combimation as to form beautiful with appropriate arched entrances either oxtremity—on the one side for the admission the public and on the other for the use of the a and omployés of the establishment In the centre off this frontage there will be three otber doors, in design, devised for the especial purpose of secu: ae most ey == of a crowded or fright audience, should a fire occur, or upon any emergent 00-| casion, Between these —_ ant ther side of these entrance doors there will be spa cious and lofty windows, while above gr | and forming a part of the superstructure the second story, will be spacious and chaste niches, : surrounded by double columns, situated on elegantly) Again between these columns, at’ the depths of the recesses, thore will be pons pileeieees| harmonizing with and sustaining the elliptical arches, that will Cin to crown and appropriately span the’ niches, thé latter to be adorned by statues of the greatest: of dramatic authors, and of every interpreter of fame: known in dramatic history. The elegant maip, or centre’ niche of this series, will be rendered more attractive by the addition on either side of curiously contrived win- dows. Thoentrance doors will be surrounded and sur- mounted by buttresses supporting beautiful columns, adorned with flowered chaplets, and festoons drooping: modestly from the volutes of their capitals, the latter, in their turn, sustaining tho pilasters of the story above. ; ‘This je, as well as that of Sixth avenue, will be’ constructed of the finest granite, cut from quarries in New Hampshire, admitting of an exquisite finish, that will strike the eye with a beautiful but subdued tint, ‘Tho frontage on ‘Sixth avenue will” preseat eo tage on Sixth avenue al broken line of eighty feet. This, with a space of thirty. five feet, extending from the southeast corner along Twenty-third street, will be occupied by mique stone facades, fully commensurate with the character an stately grandeur of the building. there will also be an entrance leading to the amphi atre stairways. Above the lower fron! chaste and’ elegant in its character and ornamentation as that of the Twenty-third street facade, there will be erected four stories, These stories will be divided into salons and apartments designed to aid art students; the first con- taining large and excecdingly airy studios, the second adapted for residences, and the third and fourth a repe- tition of the two first. This, together with a com- modious and elegautly fitted up restaurant in the basement beneath the stores, from which, by an inimitable device, dumb waiters . will aacend to the highest story, to enable b goes to partake of their meals at their convenience and privacy, ia both very original and will prove a source of great comfort. Theso appliances and facilities thus furnished to the coterie of students that will cone. these rooms, and whom the well known liberality of Mr. Booth’s manage- ment will gather around him, must in time present feature in connection with the theatre that will take foremost position among all similar enterprises in country. ‘THE INTERIOR, Tho interior of the theatre will be subdivided, archi- tecturally speaking, into four sections or heights, The lower or ground section will embrace, of course, the or- chestra seats and parquet circle, capable, it is estimated, of comfortably weg povinranome eight hundred and fifty persons; the second section will embrace the dross circle ; the third will be known as tho family circle, while the fourth tier will constitute the gallery or amphitheatro. ‘The stage will be vory large, being in width fifty.nine foet, and in length seventy -five feet, while its height will be fully ufty feet, In the construction of the stage there will be combined the successful and the unsuccessful workings of this important feature in all the larger places of amusement in this and foreign countries. Above and around the siage will be chaste and elegant ornamental iramework, the conception of Mr. Booth. It witl aid in giving the effect of a gorgeous picture to the mise en scene, ‘The boxes, on erther side of the stage, will be arranged with taste, and inanovel manner. Their adornment will be in the same character of beauty and comfort observable th rhout the \d i@terior, The dressing Tooms and reception room of Mr. Booth will be situated immediately behind the boxes towards Twenty. third street, They ‘will be Ataple in size and fitted up 4 the opposite side of the stage, but in ‘8 Hine with it, will be the rooms d for the lory, and above them the scenic artists’ saloon. Ahgaed'with this will be constructed the green room, dressing rooms and offices of the managera, Here the building will be five stories im height, so arranged as to contain all the apartments necessary for the inany actors and assistants that a theatro of its proposed size will require, All the rooms alluded to, together with the additional ones not especially noted, will be finished with the same artistio adaptation to convenience and comfort as will. be ob- sorvable in the building as a whole, The working of the scenery is provided for by usual and novel mechanism, unique and origin: design, and so arranged that each scene when done with will sink and be rotled off to its appropriate place— aside room near the stage allotted to their reception alone, Not alono in this respect, but all the interior sub divisions will combine fm their construction and finish the most approved mechanical appliances for celerity and euse in the manifold oporations of the theatre attaches, The vaults of the building will ve thirty-four feet deep and paved‘with thick flagging stone, While the whole superstructure will be entirely of granite and brick, with girders of iron, thereby insuring it agamst ravages by fire, in the theatre a series of iron pipes, of large diameters, perforated with a countless number of holes—each’ pipe being atx feet apart, will be vertically set in every possible position around the walls, and so arranged in connection with a large force pump ‘attached to the boiler, that at any moment a shower of water can bo sent over audito- riuin and galleries that would instantly quench any fre that might by accident occur. In the matter of ventilation, the architects consider that the plans devised will insure a perfect circulation of air that will make the theatre one of coolest and most acceptable in on ee of any in the country. Equaliy oe clade in regard to heat and light, all the appliances belag of the newest and most improved character, APPEARANCE OF THE EDIFIC WHEN FINISHED, when complete, from & position embraciog both ity-third ‘street, taxth avenue facades, will be beautiful The grand mass of granite, giitiring Jactites, adorned wi yon <i hoy bee “henry statuary, ponderous 8, ere ani yet not overiaden with ornamentation, all surmouuted with the artistic Mansard roof, fringed with ¥, the whole mass 4 us- in ite tare, The vestibuies, both central aad lateral, will, on the main front, project some distance from the body of the edifice, relieving with beautiful effect the sul and the sky lines, whire sloping away above’all, the unique Mansard reat will in harmonious contrast add height, completeness, effectiveness and modulated proportion to the structure, DATE OF COMYLETION. It had been confidently ex, ‘nat the wails of the building at Whig time would have all been erected, but the obstacles, unexpected in the nature of the selected site, bave seriousiy delayed the work, Yet, without any farther unforeseon difficulties to retard the enterprise, by the autumn of 1868 there will be towering above the noble mansions of the surrounding street another mon- ument to tue enterprise of our umapproachabiy progros- sivo city a theatre that will in size, elégance and com- fort rank with the grandest opera houses of modern mex, INTERNAL REVENUE. Meeting of Reetifvers Vesterdny. The rectifyers of this city held @ meeting yosterday the Howard House, to elect delegates to the Washington Convention G, W. Kidd, of the frm of & N, Pike & Co,, prosiaed. The following resolutions were adopted :— Resoived, That in the opinion of the merchants hore assembled, Congress should at once relive tho restraints upon trade in the city of New York and elsewhere by the removal of the obwoxious inquisitorial provisions of the tax law. ‘ Resolved, That tho officers of the government are too many and too derelict for the fair administration of that 7 0 tax pon spirits should be reduced and the incentiv ad premium to the immense and conceded frauds thereby withdrawn. Resolved, That the bonded warehouse syatern should be abolished or reformed, as {t ts a source of great fraud upon the revenue, Resolved, That the best mode of ascertaining the tex inser cere are i tax ly; @nd not seok the tax by ! ition end of of "those in other departments