The New York Herald Newspaper, January 1, 1868, Page 4

4 W YORK HERALD. BROADW. WAY AND ANN iN STREWT. N ett JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, Volume XXXII... ——— AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, — AOADENY OF MUSIO, Fourteonth atreet.—Livy or RNBY. NVARD'S OraRa Tost AND MUSEUM, Broad. we ve Thiriieth streot.—Wittow Corsz, Matinee at 2. aes AVENUE THEATRE, Nos. 2 and is ‘West Sth Ya Grip QuEEN Buss. Matinoe at 2, wa ha te THEATRE, jant’s Dura, Broadway.—A Mipsommer ie WALL AOK'S THEATRE, Broadway and 18th streat.— ‘ou an Twist, qemoapwar THEATRE, Marines at 13¢. FRENCH THEATRE, Fourteenth street. Barat pee a = tL Bat o—~L4 Veuve AUX Casuiias, seine % * BOWRRY THEATRE, Bowery.—Matinee at 2—No jonouGurane, &c, Evening—River Pinatss, &c. Broadway.—Mary Stvarr. } * NIBLO'S GARDEN, Brosdway.—Bracg Croox, in NEW YORK THEATRE, opposite New York Hotel. Unper tux Gassicut. Matinee at2. / NEW YORK CIROUS, Fourtcenth street, —Gyunasrics, Equsstaisnism, &0, Matinee at 2}¢. } THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway, Waite, Corrox & Suanriey's MinsTRZLs, Matinee at 215. KELLY & LEON’S MINSTRELS, 720 Broadway.—! aNors, Kocurrricitizs, BURLESQUES, &0, Matinee at 2) SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 585 Broadway. FIAN ENTERTAINMENTS, SINGING, DANCING aXD BU A HOUSE, 201 Bowery.—Comio &o. Matinee at 233. TONY PASTOR'S 01 Vocatasm, Necro Mixstni BUTLER'S AMERIOAN Batwer, Fanos, Paxomine, &o, THEATRE, 473 Broadway.— Matinee at 254. BUNYAN HALL, Broadway and Fifteenth street.—Tue r ILGRIM. Matinee at 2. HOOLEY'’S OPERA HOUSF, Munsreutsy, Battaps AND BurLeseuks, Brooklyn.—Erntortay Matinee at 214. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— Sounox axp Ant, — Now Yorks Wednesday, Jannary 1. 1 868. THE Naw s. EUROPE, The news report by the Atlantic cable is dated mid- Bight, December 31, tvo reform decree fix- es and apportioning the geats in tho legislative body. Tho reconstruction of tho Austrian Cabinet 1s perfeoted. Belgium 1s about to re- Organize (he Cabinet, Tho Bi'tish troops were marching into the heart of Abyssinic, Itis said that King Theodorus voluntarily Mborated tho white captives. Conso!s closed at 92 for money and 92 a 09254 for ac- Count iu London. Tive-twenties were at 7244 in London and 76% in Frankfort, Tho Paris Bourse was improved, Tho Liverpool cotton market closed with an advancing tendency, with middling uplands at 74d, a 7 Breadsiuffs were active at an advance, Provisions slightly declined, ) By the steamship City of London, at this port yestere day, wo have interesting majl reports in detail of our cable despatches to the 19th of Decamber, THE CITY. The old yoar way ushered out last night and the new ushered in (his morning im the midst of a steady snow atorm, ‘Vho nsual festivities will accompany tho cale- Dration of tue day and the uswal charitable collations ‘will be served up at tho public institations, ‘Treo persons were under examination before Justice fogan, at tho Tombs, yesterday, on suspicion of being . Sgobbors of the Wall etree: clerk sometime ago, when oe $5,000,000 in certified checks and legal tendor oles were stolon, Two of the prisonora woro partially identified, and they wore all held. Tho market was we sterday morning, but afierw mo firs rument securities wore steady, Gold closed at 1: Thero was a fair business trausacted in some do- Pariments of trato yesterday, and prices of a few ar- ticles experienced on advance, Cotton was decidedly active and advanced #4, per Ib. Coffee was steady - “for~prtme. hut icavy for common. Ou 'Change flour remaiacd == unchangod. Wheat was steady, wiile corn and oats were in fair demand and stighily higher. Pork advanceda trifle, Beof and Jard were steady at former prices, Naval stores wero dull, bul firm. Petroleum was dulland nominally 3c. lower. Freig!ts were quiet and wool moderately active aly held in some cases. ts of boef catti n City yards yesterday wero 150 head, selling at 130, @ 18c. for ordi- nary to cxira, Tho market for swine was dull, but firmer, on account of the rings; common to héavy pr ninanded 7c. cman advance of 3c, per Ib, head were oa sale at Communipaw and 100 ai Fortieth street, MISCELLANEOUS, ‘era, having effected’ an on- Arequipa, the headquar- tors of tho revolutionary forces, writes under dato of December 5 fram that stronghold, and having again effeciod his oxit, writes from tho headquarters of Prest- dent Pra national forces besieging the city wader j dato of Decembor 7, In the city of Arequipa the means for resistance ond aefence wero very moagto, Food and ammunition were “varce, the cannon balls fired at the town areanved f nshot, and citizens aro at work casting the 4 into mortars. The Heaviozt firms in the town are English houses, and the British Consut at Islay bad arrived to protect them from threatened forced loans. Ou the sido of tho nationals everything was proparing for a bombardment, Thirty guns wero in position, and a two bundred and dfty pounder was expected daily. Our oo adence from Lima, Peru, is dated Decom- NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1868. x hv Coron ; Corons: quest the Angola Railroad dls- aster was conc! y. The jury returood @ verdict that the adcident was caused by a bent ale of the car that was burned and that there were forty per- sons killed in all, They recommend a more thorough systom of gauging whogls, td 93 to prevent the making of imperfect wheels or axle: Tho steamship China, from Hong Kong, which has been four days overdue, arrived at San Francisgo yet day. The Maryland Législature, which convenes to-day, is to elect @ Senator in the place of Reverdy Johnson, ‘Tho Delaware, Lackawanga and Weaterg Rallroad bas declared @ reduction of ten per cent onjihe laborers’ Wages, on account of edopting the eight hour system. Several iron works in the neighborhood of Scranton have determined to discharge a large proportion of thelr bands. Jef Davis and his wife arrived in New Orleans yos- terday, Snow foll in Virginia yesterday to the dopth of alx inches, A republican caucus of the members of the Massachus setts Legislature last evening nominated Harvey Jewell, of Boston, for Speaker, A conductor on a train between Pittsburg and Jobns- town, Pa., was killed on Monday night by a passonger who refused to pay, and whom the conductor attempted to put off the car, Lord Monck is reported to have received instructions to romain in Canada another year, The Fearful Condition of the South=What the President Should Do. The condition of the South is becoming more gloomy and threatening every day. Our correspondents, writing from every portion of that unhappy country, tell the same tale. One day heartrending accounts come from Missls- sippi, North Carolina or some other State, and yesterday we published appalling statements from Virginia. Although the condition of the people and country is worse in some parts than in others, the evil is general and deep seated. Everywhere the negroes are falling into idle- ness and disorder. Radical emissaries have instilled into their minds ideas of agrarianism and hatred towards the whites. There is no security for property. They steal everything thoy can lay their hands on. The white people who own land and stock have enough to do to keep body and soul together; butthe little they have is being stolen or destroyed. Want stares both races in the face, Cattle sInying, house burning, thieving all round, with secret gatherings of armed negroes, have oreated widespread terror and apprehensions of a bloody conflict between the blacks and whites. This is no fancy sketch, horrible as it is. It is, indeed, only a part of the truth. All this has been broughtabout by the atro- cious radical legislation of Congress. De- pressed as the South was by the war, the people went to work at first earnestly to restore the prosperity of their country, and thoy would have succeeded, tor their rich soil and valuable producis only required peace and industry to accomplish that, Had the South been restored as President Johnson wizhed and endeavored to restore it, and had it not been thrown into disorder and its indus- try paralyzed by the infamous reconstruction policy of Congross apon the basis of negro supremacy, it would now be prosperous. In- stead of being a burden npon the North it would have contributed largely to the support of government and to both our domestic trade and foreign commerce. Senator Morton and other radical Congressmen may try to cover up the facts by lecturing avd specchmaking, but the people wilt hold them responsible for this terrible state of things. To whom, thon, can we look for help at this crilical time? To the people, inthe end, They will drivo these radical destructives from power, loaded with odiwm, 3 soon a8 they have an opportunity, But, unfortunately, this cannol be for some months. In the meantime the President should take dooisive action. Ee bas overthrown them in the contemptible im- peachment matter, in the matter of their Great Mogul, Stanton, and in displacing those radical generals in ihe South who had the impudence to defy the Executive. In fact, he has gained greatly In tke esteem of the people where they have lost, and is to-day master of the situation. Let him pursue the same sagacious and con- servative course till the Prosideutial contest be over and they will Que ned, never more to rise again. Bat ho must not stand upon the defensive alone ; he must hit thom bard. The condition of the South gives him an excellent opportunity, and he should immediately on the reassem ng of Congress send in a mos- sage, in his own terse and forcible style, show- ing all the fearful consequences of radical negro supremacy reconstruction, Indeed, it would be well to repeat this every month or so, that the people might learn directly from | the Executive himself all the fects. He has | tho whip hand now and need not be afraid of losing it. The people will sustein him. He is really the Moses, without any hyperbole | in the simile, to lead the people out of this dreadful Egypt. He may not reach tho promised land (the White House) himself | through the next Presidential election, though bor 14, { were prowling in numerous bands eatin . - Garoaghout the country. tho revolutionist, waa | that is nol improbable, hut he gan appoint his Aoscending ov the town of Chicolayo, but tho Minister sor. He can carry the people through Of War had loft Liova with 9 fing army to giroumyent | Red Sea and thy wilderness, and make a ~oal " pe sn oe vide patch of Lantock, Thomas or any other mac ewe trou three } ie mm | . Provi Pais ke.Caites and t fount tt impossibia tg | he may please should Providence deny him oollect debts in the inter ack of war had arisen { the sight of Cannan. Let him buckle on his between Peru and Brozil, W orks of defence were about | armor and litt up his hands, then, to save the along the border and naval officers | people, for he has the power and the right on age ordgreg to the kg deine Cenuate his side. If he will do this we may have, after ur Pana oo is dated jomber 20, , Hit embe' ° & The stoamere Wateree and Mobican had arrived, Thero — aor ra Deh, 0 naw eee ca ee ae was no news fr oat of goverument in Columbia, | Muses QB the over throw of the radioal republi- Tn Chile p were being mado for a war against | gan Kg’ sptlans, the Arsucaniang. The volcano at Loon, Nicaragua, wag ~ 7 no longer in Wn, active sate It broke out, its , in The Now Yenr, Er cp i vole whale bases : The now year, 1683, ushored in with wintry Rend ox: ation of rown, in the case be ‘ O1 > ofthe wurder of m obild at Canaan Pout Corners, was | 8t0P™, [8 according $0 oe ote eee ee comm 1 In Hudson yesterday, Soverat witnesses | the weather, ominous of aioyler term of twelve ‘were oxnmined, one of whom testified that the body of | months of storms, convulsions ag revolulions sone * w a etbing failing upon i', | among the physical and political ements of 8 being b wieoners were ful [ committed. vegan Y | the earth, The your which has just oxpired Captain General Lorsundi haw’ addrosto: the people has been without a parallol, perhaps for five of Cuba on matioual aifa'rs, Ho says that it was only | thousand years, in its world-embracing clouds after 60) joH (hat Lo condented to accept the com. | of moteors, hurricanes, earthquakes and vol- Queen and Ministers being | ganic eruptions; and the political elements of gravity of the situation whon od to roll need the Bt the Rio 6 antly euppre wne: ‘ro (newspaper) ia the command of orders aden with 3,600 bales of cotton gave way # Orleans, ber goarde breaking, and tly precipitated inte tho Missis ther drowaod or crushed to death, wet am order suspending 4: psgein certain cases, and pro- tion, The order issued distillation of liquor ed. articles oleven ‘that labor lous test both hemispheres have been and ave being ta- | fluenced by the most puzzling complications | and mysterious perturbations, the culminating | re suits of which have yet to come. Woe live in | | an age of such astounding events, and thoy follow each other in such rapid succession, and come upon us fn such unexpected shapes, that | we have ceased to be surprised at anything. | We can only promise our hest endenvors during (ho year before us, as through the years bebind us, to keep up with the swift and conse- less current of events; and 50, with o Happy New Year to our groat coustituency of this metropolls and the wide world over, we would advise all hands to trim ship and pre- pare for a stormy voyage through the dif. floult and dangerous trails and broakers to havon of tho noxt new year, Europe im 1867. Tt bas not been possible for thinking men on this side of the Atlantic, even amid the stir and excitemont of home politics, to be indifferont to the scenes whiph, in the progress of the Eurdpoai rama, have ‘bebh unfolding them- selves from month to month during the year now past. On this side we are working out problems to baa Europe cannot afford to be indifferent. In Uke mapnor the European nations aro each of them busy with problems which it becomes us seriously to study. Tho progress of civilization, under the combined influences of steam, electricity and the printing press, is gradually making the whole world one and rendering it more and more impossi- ble for any one of the great nations to be regardless of the condition of any other. The experience of each is, or at least ought to be, for the advantage of all. It 1s one of the poca- liarities of modern times that younger nations may avoid some of the bitter experiences through which the older nations have had to pass; but this favor is not to be enjoyed unless studious attention is paid to the events of the present. In glancing at the condition of Europe at the close of 1867 there are one or two general facta which deserve to be noted. Prominent among these is the disposition evinced by tho peoples towards self-government. The example of the United States had long been exerting a quiet but effective influence among the nations of Europe, and the tendency which already existed received a powerful impulse from tho triumphant conclusion of our late civil war. ‘Lhe results of this tendency have been made manifest in England by the passing of the Referm bill; in France by the increasing power of the Chambers; in Austria by the promulgation of a new and more liberal con- stitution; in Prussia by a growing courtesy toward Parliamentary deputies, and in Italy by @ popular excitement which shakes the foundations of the throne and borders on revo- lution. Nor have similar manifostations been wanting in those outposts of civilization in Europe, Russia and Turkey. Everywhere, with greater or less emphasis, the people have been asserting their rights; and generally there has been progress in tho right direction. Another and noted feature of the year is the disposition evinced: by each na- tionality to have a government of its own. Tho doctrine of nationality, of which the Emperor Louis Napoleon has been the great modern apostle, is no longer a dream, 2 poetic vision, but a living truth, overywhere and by all believed. Nover at any formoy period was tho tendency to national unily and autonomy so unmistakably revealed. The illus- trations have been curious, but they havo been consistent, It is rapidly making the whole of Germany a vast and powerful. unit. It is as rapidly splitting up the Austrian empire into a series of disjointed fragments. Hungary has obtained autonomy ; Bohenfia now demands it. Ithas prompted the Italian people to insist that Rome shall be their chief city and that the Italian peninsula shall recognize but ono temporal head. In Great Britain and Ireland it roveals iiself in Fenianism and Greek fire, and the ory of Ireland for tho Irish, In the far Hast it threatens the dismemberment of the Turkish empire and the aggrandizement at once of Russia and of Greece, We do not say how far this doctrine is just or how far it is to be enconcaged 3 we merely note the fact. Ono thing it is safs to say—that while it will neces- sarily place the control of Harope in fewer hands, it will not, any more than the preseat arrangement, protect the weak against the tyranny of tho strong. Nor is it easy, in glancing over the map of Enrope, especially when we bear in mind the events of the past year, to resist the conviction that power is quietly transferring itself from old to new centres, Whilo Russia waxes mightier and more majestic, and looms up more portentonsly as the great Colossus of the North ; while Prussia expands into and absorbs the forces of united Germany; white even Italy looks forward hopefully, in spite of Napoleon, to unity and strength, England isolates herself more aud more, Austria has fallen from her high estate, and France, notwithstanding her pretensions to the Rhino frontier, becomes more effectually cooped up than ever within appa- rently impassable bounds. The future of Europe is, no doubt, involved in much doubt | and difficulty. Whether progresa is to march | on to the better futare, heralded by peaceful messengers, or whether she is to wade through blood and miro, following the footsteps of hor- rid war, we must leave it to time to determine, Meanwhile, let us indulge the hope that the | time is not far distant when dynastic oppres- sion shall have become a thing of the past, and when puro and generous tdeas and lofty ennobling principles shall govern the tions both in the Old World and the New, | nee Candidates Cor the Presidency. The list of candidates for the Presidency is already long, and we kngy not what new nimos may Fol be addad to it. At present the | republicans seem to be divided between Grant | and Chase, although the names of Coliax and of Jack-in-the-box Batler may be sprung upon | (hem when they least oxpeot i, with, however, | very slight chances of auogees Yor aithag, ‘The ‘ . ee Conservative ropabljoane are orgaulaing wamae tH? manngement of Mr. A. T. Stewart, who, with tho ald of the irropressible Peter Cooper, the donghty agsnilent of our muntolpal “rings,” is abundantly supplied with “the sinews gf war’ for carrying on an effective campalgd In favor of Grant or of any two or three other candidates. Chase ts brought forward by the wiggers” of the South and the radicals, ‘sity’ Organizations {n support of his claims are ever, where being formed, Among the domoorats 4 still greater a tversity of choice Is manifest. Thomas, Har cock, McClollan, Pendleton and Seymour may ate bonst of their respective adherents, Am! last, but not least, Andy Johnson himeelf stands a far better chance for re-election as President than either John Tyler or Millard Fillmore ever flattered bhimeelf that he possessed; for Mr. Johnson has o definite issue hefore him and the country+the reconstruction of the Union, Tho postition which he has lately assumed has conferred upon him greater control over the next Prosidentlel election than any other single individual; and if he wield his power with prudence and force it ts not difficult to predict that within ten months ho oan annihilate the radioal party, and, oven if not re-elected himself, own doierpiue who shal) be bin guacearan The Revolution in Port. The insane rebellion gotten up by General Canseco in the south of Peru, and its counter- part in the north, under the lead of Colonel Balta, are still the most important features of the South American news. The only import- ant change now reported in the state of affairs there is the capture of Cajamarca by Balta and the espousal of tho reyolationary cause by the provinges of Huancayo, Jauia and Tarma, situated directly enst of Lima, but on the opposite slope of the Andes. Our special correspondent, who visited the headquarters of both contestants at Arequipa, reports that the rebels in that city lack all the means to wage @ successful war, and the only serlous obstacle to the entry of President Prado’s army is the massive solidity of the walls and buildings of the besieged city. As is usual in South American revolutions, the in- surgent party forcibly take what they need from resident foreigners. In this caso the Eng- lish and French merchants are the sufferers; and this may lead to a fresh batch of claims on the Peruvian treasury, and possibly. to an alliance of England and France with Spain against Peru, and also her allies, as a natural consequence. At the same time Peru is throat- ened with trouble from the Brazilian side. But with a calmness and determination that augur success, the government of President Prado is taking measures to repel aggression from even that quarter. The government of Bolivia is also reported to be gaining in favor at the Court of Brazil, and it Seems that the year 1867 will close with the allied republics of the Pacific a prey to the schemes which, at the beginning of the year, they were accused of abetting for the purpose of breaking up the triple alliance against Paraguay. The only results that all friends of South America have to fear are the claims that European Powers may be enabled to trump up to force Peru to cede or mortgage her guano wealth. A second seizure of the Chincha islands will not be attempted without at least a pretext, Postal Convention Between the United States and Grent Britain. The treaty regulating and reducing the mail service between this country and Great Britain, duly signed in June last by a special commissioner on the part of the United States, Mr. John A. Kasson, and the Duke of Montrose, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, comes into operation this day ; but the govern- ment of England has already given notice, even before the treaty begins to work, that its operations shall cease on the last day of 1868. The third article of this treaty provides that half-ounce letters shall be conveyed across the Atlantic for twelve cents, American currency, or sixpence British, just half the present rates, Bat it appears that there is reason found in the second article for the British government to desire the treaty set aside, as it has a right to do after a year’s notice, and that reason undoubtedly exists in consideration of tho interests of the Cunard line, The article in question reads thus :—“ Each office shall make ils own arrangements for the despatch of mails to the other office by well appointed ships, sailing on stated days, and shall, at its own cost, romunerate the owners of such ships for the conveyanco of tho mails.’ The British government wants to have a monopoly of the mail-carrying at both sides of the Atlantic, and it wants to decide what lines shall carry the mall and what shall not, Under present regulations the British government sends Its mails by three lines a week: the Cunard, the Inman and the Bremen; but it has recently subsidized the Cunarders in the amount of £30,000 per annum. Our governmens employs four lines; that is to say, we use the Hamburg ag well as the threo other lines. Now our government is making the transatlantic bust- ness pay by sonding the mail matter like express parcels at so much per ounce, but it gives no subsidy pt oll, 2MPAld advise, therefore, that a good American line of steamers should be started at once, offering superior advantages to passengers, and moderate rates of freight, aad we would urge the government to give such a linea hand- some subsidy for carrying the mails, There ig time enough withio the present year before the postal treaty expires to establish such a line and tost its qualifications, This would be an entering wedge in tho carrying trade, and, !f made a permanency, would com- pete substantially against the monopoly sought to be obtained for the Cunard line. Our commissioner, Mr. Kasson, evidently made a mistake when he execated this treaty with the British government instead of with the directors of the Cunard line; for tt ia protty clear now that thoy were roally the “parties of the first pari” in the transaction. However, we have a remedy if we only put our enterprise and capital well to work, and stir up the government at the same time to liberality and good policy by aiding and sustiining on Amorican lino of mail atoamships, Legislative Jobs The now State Legislature will soon assem- ble, and no doubt will have a largo number of jobs laid before it. Railroads, bridges, canals, public buildings and commissions of all kinds will be represented, aach by its own little cir- cle of “disinterested patriots,” and the Legis lature, in its capacity as guardian of the publ, ~ will be besieged bye @ host of greedy trOMUTy) oe. wd b applicants, Tho déjidoraw sxx repy me being pretty evenly baignced in tho Legisla- ture, tho probability t# tha: gvery job laid before them will be passed at once, And, after all, itis the best course, What is thd use in lingering ovor those profitable documents when tho timo honored advice, “Make hay while the sun shincs,” urges our lawgivers to embrace the presont opportunity to fill their pockets as soon as possible? We know not what may happen during tho present year of grace, In its predecessor’s time there have been wonders in the heavens, wonders on the earth, and still greater wonders in politica, Nature, in all our newly acquired possessions, , coms bo have been holding a jubilee, to the an vat alarm and detriment of the inhabitants, and , ‘Me political complexion is becoming more like th’ Of ® chameleon every day, Who hat may happon within the noxt twolve months? .& the fall there will bo ‘shaking up of dry Bo, nog’ among all parties that may ctange 6 mt ails, ‘te aspect of the politigal hori- zon, aud or NE nakes, hufticanes, voloagoes, typhoons aad och 068 tAY COnvulse the eto- ments of democracy &, "4 "qpublicanigra to such an extent that the Vans exporipnoed lobbyist or haok cue + Se * he stends on ‘bis gad at biel thom wentigoage i knows ® true clay of Adam. Even to this day “the old ; | Adam” is what the Puritans most hate, what they are most desirous to burn and whip out of the world ; and in the very phrase.we see a reminiscence of their ancestry. Truly the very sons of the Devil and worthy of thoir father. The Lovely Land of Alaska, °!*— Oh, the lovely land of Alaska! What a fill your pockets and provide against the ox- pected “rainy day.” There is no time to lose. Touching the Puritans Who was the first Puritan? Satan. On- doubtedly that illustrious malignant was the real original historically, as he is motaphysi- cally the true type of the Puritanic charaoter. Ho set up the banner of revolt in heaven be- cause of his purlet notions. Wafngs wore not done as he thought they should be, and he deter- mined to force his principles on the majority— just as if he had been in Massachuaetts—he “agitated” and got himeelf thrown out the window. His name signifies the Adversary. That is Puritanism, in a word. Puritans are the adversaries wherever they are. Put them down in a monarchy, and they are the adver- saries of monarchical principles ; in a republio, and they equally oppose republicanism. Put them in church, and they quarrel with all the points of doctrine one by one till they get religion worked down toPresbyterianism. As- sent, then, that they shall all be Presbyterians if they choose, and in fifty years it turns out that they are such common adversaries of even that chosen worship that they have split it into fifty strips of shadow, and their piety and doctrine seem in theology like the triturations of ahomeeopathic apothecary. Satan’s quar- rel with God was about Adam. Ho had no doubt a very good thing of it before that ; but he hated Adam from the moment of his crea- tion, and that hatred to our ancestor, which the bad tempered scoundrel expressed in offensive terms, brought on tho difficulty. He was, according to the report made by a dis- tinguished Puritan, tumbled from the crystal batilements of heaven at @ point directly over hell, and fell into the fire. As soon as he re- covered from his injuries (he had a bottle of Wolcott’s Pain Paint in his pocket) he went to Paradise and began his operations against Adam as the original causo of his troubles, determined that the good old gardener now fs the propitious time ;.on with all jobs,” should never have comfort or ease on earth, Could there be more abso- lute Puritanism? In tho history that recounts the miseries of Job we see the first Puritan following out the same plan—wretched, morbid, quarrelling, complaining, soreheaded, because there was some one happy; going to and fro in the earth and travelling up and down in it—not to enjoy the sunshine and the scenery, not to gaze with wonder on Mont Blanc or dine at Véfout’s, as any respecta- ble fellow would if he had the chance-- but simply to secrete black bile and vent spleen and kick up a world of trouble because poor old Job’ was an honest man and happy, foaring God, aud having in him plenty of the country for ducks! We transfer to these columns from a California paper a table of woathor reports, day by day, from Octobor 18 to November 13, at Sitka (New Archangel), the capital of Alaska, This placo lies down the coast, at the ond of the panhandle, five hun- dred miles south of the line whore we strike the bulk of the territory, going north. What, then, must be the climate of the most northern continental body of Alaska, whon at Sitka, from the middle of October to tho middle of November, wo find twenty-five days out of twenty-six marked with such reports as these:— Rain and fog—Heavy rains—Rain, hail and snow; evening lightning and thunder—Fog, rain and hall—Squaiis vf snow, rain and hail, strong gales; cyclone at seven P. M.—Hurri- cane, lightning, hall and rain—Squalls of rain and snow—Drizzling rain and fog, and so on ail the way through. It is said, too, that these variations of wet weather cover over throe hundred days in the year at Sitka, leaving about fifty semi-sunshiny ones, without rain, hail or snow to apoak of Mr, Seward’s land purchases are certainly woll adapted for meteorological studies and volcanic phono- mena, from the unbroken succession of fogs, rain, hail, snow, lightning and thunders, ice and focbergs of Alaska, to the oxhilarating tornadocs of St, Thomas, which sweep off the top of tho island, and the delightful earth- quakes which shake out the bottom, Oh, carry mo to Alaska, Where it sa0ws and raing always; Or take me to . Thomas, ely earthquake plays, arricand is lighted up eet volcano’s bingo, Railronds and Other Matters. Amid the genoral business depression and the complaints of inactivity in nearly all lines of trade @ singular fact looms up in the railroad returns, Wo find from the aggregate retarns of fourteen great roads, doing the principal busi- noas of the North and West, that their oarnings have beon one hundred and seventy-one dol- lars a month more than they ever wore before. This is not a great increase ; but any increase is a good comparison with the falling off that might have been expected. Half of the receipts of tho roads was from the movement of mor- chandise, and the remainder from passengers. In some fgots of our prosont condition in te Bpect to prices thoro is promising indiessi6n ber if our financial and commarnial a eed ight Gait: Taws of trade t state. Coal i in 1860; #0 Government we during the war necossity—bou s* agents and to vuriwn coutraciors, suco ex- cessive dealing ran prices up to on enormous extent; now reaction brings them down and they aro balancing toward their natural level. Vicious and disturbing legislation aside, we might see all commodities tending in the same way, until they bore to our currency the same relation they bore to gold before the war; and then, as there would be no choice in money, as our paper would bo as good as gold, tt would not drive gold out, and we should reach that nominal sh return to specie payment, Senator Montov 1gB Sprvati0N—Songtor Morton lootured {n Pash Tt +4 the othor night op the “Tasnes of the Hour” Tt ls & good sign that some empty politicians have to put thelr superfluous froth before the world in lec tures. Wo take ft a8 an indication thet the Senate refusoa to » Much twaddle & 4 falls to get wn eae that ultetanoe toe might give Gnd goss Only On {iq ¢! | is covtpuateg. 21 = Senator Morton's [es of tt Hour” is that evorything will 488 par Hit everyy that ocherwlse this whole blessed ¢; not Ba worth thrds top cent af baal isaue. a a is ou of g The at) Vosse » throu, is one board, miles fi Gulf Stre. United st ports on © entere” foe sh by fro cht cht wa yar ree wil anc to be ading u fully one © removing thi. the immense aa, tined, if an app urpose, to same time that \n case of a forg) the northw regent or wi to it be remer son be for - Sa. To the District Court for the day Hon. B, F. Butler asked loay. information on the part of Admiral Farre, officers and men of the Western Gulf squadron of 4 1862, to recover # bounty of $200 for each man ui the statuto for the destruction of the force of the Ce federate vessels in front of Fort St. Philip and Fort son on the 2d day of April, 1862, Hesaid that the sup force of the enemy's fleet might be shown from records of the late Confederate government in regard te the fal! of New Orleans, which was fully investigated by toe courts of justice thore on the trial of Gonerat Ly vu, The libel prayed for a monition to issue to 7 parties to show cause, &0. The court directed the tion ¢o issue and mako it returnable on the first Monday: of February, 1868, after the usual publication of tweat daya, Tho Now British Minister. The new British ministor, Mr, Edward Thorntoo, expected to arrive in this city early in January, Claims for ‘ Loyalty’=—Over ¥F ns of Dollars Paid by tho Genoral, Government, {From tho Evening Tologram of yosterday]. Wasuixaton, Dec, 31, 186T. Tho following amounts have been paid by the general, govornmont to the several States under acts of Cong indemaifying the States for expenses inoureed by the in dofonco of the United States:— Maino, $868, we mont, Paty Mbt; * Masancth ee Istand, $735.2 beri" York, 300,192—-elaimed, Now man $1, Aa 23 Ley Missouri, $7,008,089; 4587, $30,953,459, Whole amount olaimed, rH ue s in Washington-Rov Appotntmont. (From the Evoning Telegram of yesterday.] Wasumaton, Dec, 31, 1867, Ths attorneys for the plaintiffs im tne case of § son va, Santon, for faiso imprisonment, have at a letter to the Attorney Gonoral urging that case specdy trial, The lawyers on Stanton’s sido be little anxious to hasten the matter, while on ¢! sido the original lotterg in the case will be sought by order of tho court, ‘The caso of El, \gee, of St. Louis, mualvees — internationai and statute law as regards oa abandoned propor takon to the Supreme brought up tn a few days, On the side of the p are Reverdy Johnsot nile and Carlisle, fondants Senator Drake ae Lioyd B. Waddell” oe volunteer rogiaents of the Union, nag son ot Coventry Wadd it one time United States Marshal tho Southern Di t of Now York, has beon ap ‘Assessor of Intornal Revenue for the Firat d Goorgia, vice Charies H, Hopkins, removod, NAVAL TiceNce The United Statca steamer Shawmut, Comi Stone, sailed from Aspinwall December 14 for and tho gunboat Marblohoad, Lieutonant Comt le ug Fitch, sailed on the 23d December for Bello. Tho corvetto Mohican, Commander E. Simpson, rived at Panama on the 11th ult, and will await the arrival at Aspinwall of the N oe Commander Joho Irwi Minnesota, Commodore Al 0 Minnesota she will receli Taportant C: wee destination, As soon as the Newborn ee mission = Me) 0 over to Havana from peg eae soundings for thi a cable t to be laid from Cuba to Central Ath Lene ae to the Now York Yard, Gute ‘Tho frigate Susquebanna, Captalu Fairfax, been declared free from contagion, has come up {i the Quaranti and anchorod in the North river, @ill be soom placed in the Navy Yard to w thorough repairs, made necossary by the terrible itt which sho recently passed through at St, TI it will require some time to put her in good condi *Goramanter James 8. Thoroton has been 4 from the Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard, and ordered command the Koarsarge, Lieutenant Commander Roderick 8. McCook has detached from the Naval Academy and ordered to Kearsarge. Acting Master William Badd has been detached the De ind ordered to command the Purvey Lieutenant Commander Albert Hopkins, _ Dennis Mullam and Purnoll F, Harrington ordered to the Do Soto. Lieutenant Commander William Whitehoad gts tenant Charles V. Gridley have been urdered ta Kearsargo, j 4 » THE FENIAN BROTHERHOOD, Tho Senate of tho Fonian Grothorhood asgombled at No, 10 West Fourth street, body had *,con called to ee of Phiiad>’pnia, the Presidont, tend hy Gitta, which wag accepted. in a on a 199709 FOP me re rmee ae baci 9 i vames Gibbon: BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE, Fata Gastattt,—A young man named Andrew Hubbs, twenty-ono yoara of age, while assisting in push. {ng a car out of tho Mooker avenue depot of the Gran@ Street and Newtown Railroad Company, at an rday morning, was so badiy crushed bet! sho car and « post that he died within Give minutes ftor his 0 Lae fe fifth preciact woon @ rat gireot, near Care Fatanet ap.<—James Piaherty, an infes® was fatally bined at tho resid ot ite parenty, 872 South Birth B. D., yosterday, by ite clothem r the ite ofthe cally, at uyod several” hours aft {tg con fition was ered, ‘Tan Convast 0 Smatoniat Onampronsme, contest between Gidrich and Awift, on Union Bitiamads for HM skatoriat chemptonsnip, was opm “ime Cocmse. AUaaea