The New York Herald Newspaper, January 2, 1868, Page 6

~ 6 NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, vANUARY 2 1868. the handsome suite of rooms of the legation, at the corner of Regent and Park streets, was fairly crowded by the guests, the names of some of EUR%PE. Our Spec’ al “Correspondence from Londo uty Berlin and Constantinople. "che Political Excitement and Pubiie Alarm in England. Mrs. Bancrofi’s Reception in Berlin. State of Parties in Turkey and tho Great Battle Between Tradition and Progress, ENGLAND. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The Fe Excitement—Attempts at Arson— Heans of Gunpowder at Millbank Prison— Nitro-Glycerine Discoveries—A Reign of Terror in London—"‘Awmericanized Irish- men’?—John Bull in Trouble at Home and Abroad. Lonpon, Dee. 16, 1867. Bince the explosion at Clerkenwell prison, of which you have already received full reports, the whole kingdom has been ina state of excitement in regard to Fenian outrages. Here in London the police and detachments of the Guards are on @uty day and night watching over the public build- ‘ings, and to-day, upon sworn information laid be- fore the magistrates at the suggestion of the Home Office, special constables have begun to be sworn in. Only a few hundreds have been enrolled up to this writing; but under the incitements of the newspapers, all of which publish leading articles oommending the movement, thousands more will be on duty within a week. Meanwhile three distinct attempts have been made to create fires in London by means of bot- tles of phosphorus, and of course these are set Gown to the account of the Fenians. In one ease ‘the building was a clothing warehouse, in Bishop- gate street, city; in the others they were resi- dences at the West End, unoccupied and in course ofrepair. The pian was the same in all the cases, @omebody threw a bottle of phosphorus into the building and then ran away. The bottles were @iscovered and the fires put out before any great damage was done. Threatening letters are con- tantly received at the Home Office, by the police and by the journals promising similar outrages. «A more serious plot was stumbled upon by the Police on Monday night. Rowing up the river Thames, near Vauxhall prison, the police noticed @ boat in shore, the occupants of which ran away, Bearehing the boat, a keg of powder was found, and another keg was discovered in a drain leading from the prison. The London Post has the mo- @opoly of this sensation story, which is packers d upon the rumor that Ann Justice, Desmond nd Alfen, arrested on suspicion of causing the Clerkenwell tragedy, are contined at M nk, The utmost secrecy is observed as to the real place of eonfinement of these prisoners, and also of Burke and Casey, who are said to be locked up ina Police station near a military barracks. The whole country is in a terribie scare, and from every quarter come startling reports, all attributed to the irrepressible Fenians. On Mon- @ay a rumor that Manchester was being burned hela sway for several hours upon the Stock Ex- change. Yesterday a plan for attacking all the rmories was picked fp in the streets of Wolver- hampton. The day before yesterday a number of ‘cartridges were seized by the police at Birming- » On Monday nine cans of nitro-glycerine were discovered by the Sheriff at Newcastle. It ‘was stored ina cellar and belonged to an anc- tioneer named Spark—a significant name, but ‘k is not suspected of being a Fenian. @ police ordered the removal of the explosive material; but the railroad com- ny would not transport it and nobod the town would take charge of it, Finally, it ‘was carried ont to the woods and emptied into gome old, unused mining pits. The cans were earelessly handled, an explosion occurred, and four men were killed and others injured. If this excitement continues we shall soon have @ perfect reign of terror in London. The people seem utterly helpless and ignorant where to look for their foes. One would think it an easy matter to trace purchasers of nitro- ec and of large quantilies of powder; ut the detectives are powerless to cope with politi- cal conspirators, having been accustomed to deal only with ordinacy thieves and burglars. Precau- tions are being taken, but they are all the precau- tions of fear. The Fire Brigade has been ordered to remore the fire ladders and escapes from thelr regular stations in the. streets and to concentrate them at the engine houses, which the Fenians have threatened. This change may save the engine houses, but it leaves half London helpless against flames. This metropolis is fast rivalling the condition of Rome during the recent Gari- baldian raid. Correspondents of leading London Journals already advise that all aliens should be seut out of the country, and urge the revival of the law of 1848 for that purpose. You will have seen thatthe London Times, Tele- aphand other papers have taken the ground at the prasent Fenian outbreaks are not the work of irishmen, but of Americans. ‘* Yankee rowdies,”’ some papers call the perpetrators, while others prefer the phrase “Ainericanized Irish.’’ English Men cannot comprehend that Irishmen have any Doldness, any ingenuity, or any spirit, and do not understand that the oppressed peasants of the Green Isle grow up into independent and fearless men when they breathe free air under popular institutions. ‘Therefore they give the Americans credit for this business, when the fact is that, ex- cept a few ex-Confederate soldiers who joined the Fenian raid into Cw not a single American by Dirth has been implicated in the Fenian movement The trades union outrages at Sheffield, un Broadhead’s rule, when caus of powder we thrown down the chimneys of houses where re fractory workmen lodged, were not denounced by the English press as the Clerkenwell outrage has been, and nilar incident at Rome—the biowing up of the ave barracks by ithe Roman revolu- nists—was actually hailed as a proof of the courage of the Garibaldian party Itis to be hoped that one good result of this Fenian excitement will be to cure England of her | habit of assisting and encouraging rebellions in ell other countries. There is not another nation in the world which has not suffered from this in famous British custom. Another good result al- feady developed is that England looks with more complaisant eyes upon the Alabama claims and @pou the theory that naturalized American citi. ens are inal! respects citizens of the United Btates, and that the old law ‘ ritish sub t always a British subject’ nothing. e London Times hax’ giv y upon this latter question, and no ‘) me used to Snglish view the subject, If Congress will now pass the re: lution recommended by President Jolnson hole mutter may be immed y settied, less to, mince words d is afraid o onee a count It is of St. Thomas, which seems matter to you, and the repo! gel Cuba to the American goverr meaning to European diplomatists e | between the United States and Russia, always a @ure point, derives additional interest from the fact that Russia has now pushed her way the very boundaries of Afghanistan and is thought to ba threatening Britisi India, Look at the future as hopefully as you may, John Bull has his hands fall, The Fenians hav done with him yet, and a foreign war, more Abyssinia within the next live PRUSSIA. SPECIAL Bashionntle Reception at in Beviin= ir, Banerott's vires. Stanbery’s Letter in tie | German Prose Budget Debwtes in the Lower Chamber ~The Indemnifier Tren. | whom are appended. The ladies appeared in very select toilets, A description of the latter would fill a column. The trains of their heavy silk moirés majestically swept the Smyrna carpets, compelling gentlemen to perform all sorts of chassés croisés in order to steer clear of theae pleasing yet intricate foottraps. The lively yet subdued hum of conversation ceased for a while as Mra, Consul Kreissman, by general request, sang one of Beethoven's Scotch ballads, which, warmly applauded, was followed by several songs exquisitely rendered by Miss Austin, from Milwaukee; then a reverend gentle- man, Mr. Hudson, called up the days of our boyhood and the “Old Bucket’? by giving the ivy song in classical style. The hosts, aided by Colonel Bliss and his lady, did all in their power to make the company feel at home, in which they succeeded so well that they did not part till a late hour. I send the names of some of the guests :— Rey. Wm. A. Nichols and lady, Chicago, Ill; Dr. Wistar, Philadelphia; L. ©. Kitchel and lady, New Haven, Vt.; W. 8. Beebe, Lieutenant U. 8S. AS L. B. Alexander, 19 Nassau street, New York; Professor C. W. Bermett, Rochester, N. Y.; Dr. F. E. Loomis, New Haven; Dr. W. P. Armstrong, Terre Haute, Ind.; Dr. F. P. Abbot and lady, Bangor, Me.; Dr. 8S. H, Dumont and lady; Mr. T. T. Fay, New York; Leo Lan- dreth, Philadelphia; Dr. Hartung; 0. C. Hoff- man, New York; J. M. and R. H. Coburn, H. Rose and lady, T. H. Olive, New York; Wm. Everts, Jr., Chicago; G. J. Engelmann, St. Louis; J. L. McKeever, Baltimore; Wm. Cook, New York; W. A. Farnham, Chicago; Rev. ©. A. Briggs and family, New York; C. 'T. Lester, Boston; H. W. Sibley, Rochester, N. Y.; Dr. George Gamble and sister, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mr. James Knox, Knox- ville, I.; G. T. Morris, Norwich, Vt.; W. H. Goodyear, New York city; C. J. Collins, dart- ford, Conn.; Professor E. G, Robinson, Rochester, N. Y.; W. R. Foster, New York; Rev. C. G. Hud- son, Lima, N. Y.; W. L. Ward, New York city; Wm. North Rice, Middletown, Conn.; Charles F. McLean, New York; Captain James Symnes, U. 8. A.; Dr. Ed. Dodd and lady, New York city; E. P. McLean, New Hartford; Drs, Abel and Schramm, Professor Tellkampf, H. Jacoby, Dr. Bunsen, Dr. Stadthagen, &c. Among the ladies I noticed Baroness Von Steinaccker; Mrs. String- ham, of Detroit; Mrs, Schulten; Mrs. Professor Naumann and daughter; the Misses Robinson, of Rochester; Mrs, Saunders and two young ladies from Alabama; Miss Boyd, of Portland, &c. The German press keeps rather silent on Ameri- can affairs, too intricate just now te be fully un- derstood here. The only extract from Eastern papers bythe last mail I perceive in the Nord- deutsche, Count Bismarck’s organ, which contains the major part of Mr. Stanbery’s letter to a Wash- ington paper, prefacing it with a long introduc- tion, characterizing it as a most important docu- ment, and speaking in flattering terms of the At- torney General. The debates in the Lower Chamber of the Prus- sian Legislature are still confined to budget ques- tions. The abrogation of the salt monopoly, be- ginning with the 1st of January next, leaves a stock of 478,000 barrels in the storehouses of the government, to be sold in the course of next year atthe rate of three thalers eight groschen per barrel. From the sale of empty bags 200,000 thalers will be received. Out of 539 salt revenue officers, only seventy-two will be retained. It is estimated that the new salt tax will yield in 1868 a revenue of 5,893,540 thalers, which will flow into the treasury of the North German Confederation. The lottery état, as brought in by the Minister of Finance, shows for 1868 net receiptsto the amount of 1,389,802 thalers, resulting from one, the lot- tery in Berlin, drawn twice a year (95,000 num- bers, in four classes), the stakes being at each 4,500,000 thalers, of which the government de- ducts 13 5-16 per cent ; two, the lottery in Han- over, twice a year (14,000 numbers, in five classes), with stakes of 352,800 thalers each, of which 10 per cent goes to the government; and, three, the lottery in Osnabruck, stakes 306,000 thalers, and 10 per cent to the government. Several motions were submitted asking govern- ment to abolish lotteries altogether, or to abro- gate them until next year’s budget, and asking for information respecting the Frankfort lottery, to which the Minister replied that the government could not just at present conveniently spare the revenue yielded by them, that the royal ordinance of July 5 had not been enforced because the trade of four hundred and ninety-five Hanoverian lottery ticket dealers would liavé been ruined, and that with relation to the pending settlement of the cit; and State Bropers of Frankfort his Majesty will likewise tolerate the ordinance of its lottery. The opponents, who far outnumbered the friends of lot- teries, pointed to their immorality, and inquired how a State like Prussia, professing a government of religion, morality and enlightenment, could raise revenue from a source which especially cor- rupted the poorer class, The Abgeordneter, Dr. Becker, from Dortmund, cited the original words of the Minister of Finance, spoken twenty years agg, in which he held up the immorality of the institution and demanded that Prussia shonld fur- nish a good example to other States by abolition of them. Terr Von Der Heydt contented himself with replying that his opinioa was still the same now as in 1347; he had originated the prohibition ordinance of July 5, which not having gone into ef- fect on account of the numerous petitions against it, the lotteries had to continue in the éat. The first paragraph—lottery in b was then voted upon and received a majority; the second and third— Hanover and Osnabruck—were struck out, and the motion of Abgeordneter Herr Lauenstein, calling for entire abolishment of lotteries until next year's. budget, carried by a large majority. The ¢tat of the Prussian Bank, of its branch, the Lombard or Sechandlung, also that of the Wiesbaden Bank and the mint rtaé were passed. The standard of four Danish thalera, equal to three Prussian, has been accepted by the Danish government, The three active Prussian mints will henceforth be in Berlin, Hanover and Frankfort. The last subject in yesterday's session was the éat of the government porcelain factory, which it is intended to move from Berlin to the neighboring town of Charlottenbarg, at an expense of several hundred thousand dollars. In the subsequent de- bate it was urged that government should not carry on a trade iu any branch; that the said factor; did not pay interest on the capital invested, and that private industry furnished better and cheaper articles. It was in vain that Herr Vou Her Heydt pleaded the interest of art in favor of an institution founded by Frederick the Great; a motion of the jonal liberal mem- ber, Herr Von Hennig, to strike out the appro- priation for removing the factory, and calling for its early discontinuauce, was carried by a vote of 162 yeas to 141 nays. In the « Lie two Schleawig-Holstein repre- Kryger and Abimann, who will 1 tue constitation with the proviso that f the Prague treaty is carried out and North Schleswig revurned to Denmark, the com- nittee on the rules of the House recommends not to accept their oaths in that form, to summon them before the bar of the House, and if they should refuse to be «worn or fail to appear, to call upon gov or a new election in these ts. otion asking to re- he fuldiment of elivery of eswig Ho! and the Polish menibers are prepar Nation of Count Bismarck as to tl from Russia for treapassin ‘ ry and the kil'ing aud robbing of Prussian citizens by Russian soldiers; also as to any steps twken by government to obtain the freedom of | Prussian citizens sent to Siberia during tue Polisi rrection and their homeward increase of the King's civil list, against Which D Lowe and Virchow re their sin the committee, will be op; n the ¢ entire Forischritts party, who ask a is settlement of the relations between I sia aud the Duchy of Lauenber i will o ) grant @ civil list, | tien Before the WousemA Mortara Case in | RussineThe New Vinnet Areth Core wt I meot—Particuiars of the | Choriuniy | Deo. 8, 1807. | residence on | eo well that | The soir’e at Mre Thursday night waa well a ge in the occupancy of the thro for separate apanages for the princes. While is sure to be voted down by the other factions in the House; the grand piece de résistance of the Lower Chat rs bill of fare, likely te produce the most animated discussion of the whole session, fs the indemnification of the de- throned sovere! of Hanover and Nassau, the predigality of which, and the illegality of taking them out of the war loan, have been dweit upon in former communication: ‘The special treaties with the ex-sovereigns were qptiestay laid before the House by Harr Von Der eydt, in behalf of himself and Count Bismarck, who was absent at the time, and thus far the for- mality insisted upon apie committee has been complied with, while the treaties themselves were referred to the Budget Committee. But the opinion is more and more gaining ground among the ee that & most awiul squanderin; of e public funds has been committe in order to conoiliate the good facings of those who once styled themselves b: G grace of God, and have not even yet formally re- nounced the right of doing bre right ‘which is SOE Eon eee by the Guelph organ in Hanover, the Deutsche Volkszeitung. As to the recklessness of doubling the cost of annexations, wasting the product of the sweat of the people et sl not from an expensive war, which has aid low industry and labor, there is but one voice among intelligent men, the people. If that voice is understood by the representatives, the govern- ment will not be able to obtain the legislative consent to these treaties, nor to ratify them, unless the indemnifications are essentially lowered. If the German people are as sensitive as others when their pockets are touched, and I think they are, not ten Bismarcks are capable of pushing these treaties through the House; and if ex- George, on the sean of his twenty odd millions from Prussia, has been very liberal of late, handing $1,000 to Mrs. Von Beust, who was quéteuse for the Pope on last advent Sunday at one of the church doers of Vienna, and allowing an annuity of $100 to an old washerwoman in Hanover, who some months ago was sent to Minden for her boisterous Guelph demonstrations, he has probably reckoned without the host. In the Baltic provinces of Russia strict suppres- sion of the German element js still the order of the day. It may not be long until the knout dla Mouraviett is introduced there, A curious case now on trial in the citadel of Warsaw beats the Mortara case in Rome and all the auto da fés of old spain. A soldier who had served more than full time in the army—nearly twenty long years—returned home. He had been born of Jewish parents, and when tn his seventh year of age, was drawn a recruit—nothing un- common under the government of Emperor Nicholas—forthwith baptized and enrolled. Having got back,he took up with some Jewish friends and lived as one of them, for which he was de- nounced asan apostate. Having refused the prom- ises held out to him if he acknowledged the Greek Church, he is now being tried by court martial and in a fair way to be sentenced for life to the Siberia chain gang. The astronomer, Dr. R. Luther, of the Bilk- Dusseldorf obserxstory, discovered—November 28, nine o’clock P. M.—between the Pleiades and Hyades, a new plauet, being the sixteenth discovered by Dr. Luther. It was uamed Are- thusa by Professors Herren, Dr. Galle and Gun- ther, of Breslau. Of the ninety-five little planets knowm at present between Mars and Jupiter, twenty-seven were discovered in France, twenty- three in Germany, fifteen in England, eleven in Italy, one in Denmark, fifteen in the United States of America and three in Asia. The Prussian commitwe for affording mechanics without means a visit to the Paris Exhibition has reported its net receipts to have been $5,560, by which one hundred and thirty-three persons, among whom three women and fourteen for- eign mechanics, were sent to the Exhibition. Every one of these persons being obliged to fur- nish a statement of their observations, seventeen such reports, already handed in, will be published in the organ of the central association for the benefit of the laboring class, and gratuitously dis- tributed. It may be mentioned that a number of mechanics were also sent to Paris at the expense of their employers, owners of Prussian factories and machine shops. Quite a sensation was caused the other day by an embezzlement trial, in which a young woman, considered of honest and upright character, was charged by her employers—a mercantile firm, dealing in worsted woollen articles—with defraud- ing them, the Aa of the work returned by her falling considerably short of the raw material she bad received. Numerous witnesses, some of them clerks of the same mercantile establishment, were called up for the defence, which prove pretty con- clusively that as a general thing the material when handed to the women laborers was in damp and often wet condition, weighed on a rusty pair of Roman scales, and that any difference in weight afterwards arising from dryage, &c., was deducted from their wages. After carefully considering the testimony the court acquitted the young woman, It then became known that four other mercantile establishments in the same line of business had brouglit similar suits of embezzle- ment against their female operators, and in conse- quence of this seeming conspiracy among the em- ployers to bring these cases before the criminal courts, great excitement was caused among many of the employ’s, who published long statements as to their inuocence, which were met by cards from the employers scorning any unfairness on their part, and appealing to the testimony of others of their laborers of long years standing, Perusing the pro and con assertions testified to on each side, by hundreds of witnesses, it is no easy job to arrive at a conclusion. It must be mentioned that y merchants prefer to ti only such persons with the costly raw material as are long and well known to them, and that these latter give sub-employment to the young women, and against that class the charges of em- bezzlement are preferred. The open discussion of the matter has, however, produced some good result already, as Herr Schultz Delitzsch the laborers’ friend’ and advocate, has promised a thorough investigation of the case, to which the merchants have acceded. Considering the Jow wages for worsted work—hardly averag- ing fivé thalers per month—Herr Schultze De- litasch is likely to introduce laboring associa- tions among women, who may then make con- tracts directly with the merchants and save that part of their wages now given to go-betweens, Another improvement will result from a normal gauge of the loss of weigh; inevitably taking place in working up the material, Some further developments in the Munich mur- der case of the Countess Chorinsky throw new light on the parties concerned. The Count is de- scribed as ‘a good natured bon vivant, who did not hate his wife.” He often referred to his mar- riage ties as a talisman Speer. him against the persecutions of sentimental damsels. His wife lived separated from him on account of numerous (iasons which he cultivated with ladies of the aristocracy. He had spoken to his friends of the advantage of being a married man, as his other lady acquaint- ances were constantly urging matrimony. He had no thought of marrying Miss Von Egerményi, knowing, as he did, that he was mt the only one enjaying her favor, and some of his friends were reproaching him for continuing this liaison, Neither did Miss Von Egerményi—a Hungarian bloomer, fond of horse riding and strong cigara, and for that reason on the verge of being expelled from an institute for Indies of nobility—love him, though she wonld have liked to wear his name and title. Miss Von Egerményi’s father had squan- dered his propery her mother obtained a divorce from him, took the children and had them well educated, untila few years ago a relative gan- celled the mortgages on the estate, entrusting her eldest son with the care of it for his brothers and sisters. The murdered Countess Chorinsky, néé Rueff, was of medium height, had brown eyes, red hair and a very delicate complexion, Her exterior Was prepossessing, her toilet highly elegant and tusteful, and she lad @ true air of nobility about her. The name of one of the estates of her hu Ledske--had been adopied by her. SI \ verself Baroness Von leisk spoke of her marriage to her Munich friends, When mentioning her child tears would rush to her eyes, and she used to say, ‘God called it away prematurely, and well He did so.” Another ve of the yluntary agency performed b: of Count Chotinsky, aa Austrian offi R., in the Ledske tragedy, 1 d upon his friends and said you oblige me by riding this evening to aid informing me how the Baroness Von Ledske, is doing ; we love each other very much, and think of inarriage.”” Office went next day to Manich end that the so-called Baroness Chorinsky) wasn (Countess looking steadily Ledake is dead t corpse is in the hands of the Munich police #8 Everményi listened without ’ e loastemotion, Ghe then wnid, The v ¢, too, is notified, and « “ have gone over to Mur ig wround, declined af npensat & ok hia leave, Occupying a ated ce! in the Vienna prison the Baroncaac v yon Eger méuyi has recalled het previous confession, and participation in the imurder. She ia | rather restive, eats but little and insists npon her entire innocence, A demand made b her for newspapers and cigars was not gr , but Hangerian er Look and some pocket money was allowed het TURKEY. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALS, Secret Political Intrigue=Condition of Par- tles—Conflict Between the Native Fonsile and Retrogrades and the ‘*Go-Ahead” Ideas of the Day—An Envoy to Crete~Rev- olutionary Feeling in the Other Provinces= ‘The Financial Situation. i ConsranrrNorie, Dee. 6, 1867. Believing that an allusion to Oriental court in- trigues may interest your readers, I will remark that probably no other country furnishes such scope for the exercise of secret influences as this. Foreign agents and Turkish pachas are constantly attempting to undermine the position and influ- ence of this or that party. You will find here no tories or whigs, as in England, or republicans or democrats, as in America; but we have the retro- grades and reformists, To-day we are menaced by the turbaned gentry who are opposed to any change or innovation on ancient customs, and had they the power would speedily annihilate steam- ers, railways and telegraphs, together with the Europeans who introduced these and like abomi- nations into the land of true believers; to-morrow our attention is attracted to the movements of the party of Young Turkey, which favors the adoption of European ideas and improvements. Riza Pacha and his friends control the former, and Mustapha Pacha (brother of the Viceroy of Egypt) is the leader of the latter. About two years since Mustapha Pacha was forced by impe- rial order to quit Turkey within tweaty-four hours, Subsequently his right of succesyon to his brother was reversed in favor of the eldest son of the Viceroy—a measure which Mvolved the payment of a large sum by the Jstter into the imperial treasury. He remained 4a Paris until the Sultan’s recent visit to the Fretch capital, when it appears his Majesty invited Aim to return to Constantino- ple, where he hay been living very quietly at his residence on ti¢ Bosphorus for some time past. What will be his next move we shall know when a@ favorable occasion presents itself for him to exert an influence on the Sultan, which he attempted in vain before his exile. At present the Sultan is blind to the intrigues of both arties, his whole attention being engrossed in improvements in the naval ships and arsenals, a department for which he has always shown great partiality. The present men in office are fully oc- cupled in allaying the troubles fomented by assis. 4 Suppy Bey, the Minister of Public Instruction, left for Crete last week, with secret instructions to the Grand Vizier. He is also the bearer of an imperial letter of thanks to that functionary for his services in restoring order in the island. Should the obstinate struggle so long carried on the Christians in Crete end in their obtaining advantageous terms, the influence of their example might be very mischievous in other provinces where the Christian element predominates. The Servians, Bulgarians and Montenegrins of the Slavonic race and Greek faith are greatly favored by Russi They are all watching eagerly the progress of the Cretan affair, and it is feared that once the contest is settled by yielding, these other Christian races of the empire may put forth claims which might cause renewed bloodshed. Another important question regards the rights accorded to foreigners when the Turks were completely masters of their own country, and dis- posed to treat Europeans, in common with all ‘infidels,’’ as an abject ra ‘hese concessions enable ambassadors and consuls to exercise exclu- sive jurisdiction over their subjects roading bare, without any interference on the ied of the Turkish authorities, and in cases of litigation between Ottoman subjects and Europeans, the latter almost always carry the day. In consequence of the great changes that have taken place since these privileges were ted, the Porte is extremely anxious to modify the convention and withdraw the right-of foreign Powers to, exercise jurisdic- tion within its own dominions. In order to effect this the consent of all the Powers must be obtained. England regards the measure favora- bly, but i" believe the American Minister firmly opposes it. y loney matters continue in a very bad state. The raising of seventy battalions of recruits has caused a great expenditure. It is reported that a loan for £1,000,000 has just been negotiated at Paris, the interest and commissions on which amount to nineteen per cent. We are expecting @ visit from the Emperor Napoleon in the spring, and it is thought the Empress will accompany him. The building of the new palace at Cherigan is in the meantime pushed on with vigor, and the apartments are to be furnished in the most costly style. The construction of a railroad between here and Belgrade, via eee ol is now decided upon beyond a doubt. The financial agents and engineers are now at Belgrade, where they have concluded the necessary arrangements with the government for the Servian portion of the line. On their arrival here they will deposit £1,000,000 in Turkish consols in the Imperial Ottoman Bank, when the firman will be forthwith issued. Rail- way projects in Turkey are entirely dependent on European capitalists, the one in question, which 1s a line of unprecedented ag es ia this country, being undertaken by a Bel- jan company, ‘he natives have never een induced to invest money in railway shares, and in parts of the country where railways have been constructed they are not eager to avail themselves of the facilities offered either for travel- ling or the transportation of merchandise. They prefer walking over the line to buying a ticket, and the Smyrna and Aden line suffers much from the pertinacity of the camel drivers, who will per- sist in aie ap merchandise from the interior in spite of the opposition offered by the railway. During the last twenty years many concessions have been granted by the Porte for railway and other enterprises to persons who had no serious idea of carrying the projects into execution, but only souglit to speculate on the sale of the conces- sions. This has been one great cause of the little progress made by Turkey in the construction of railways and other public works. Of late the gov- ernment has been more shy of these speculators, and only grants concessions to capitalists who are prepared to make a deposit of caution money pro- jortioned to the importance of the work to be jone. A Norwegian steam corvette arrived here last week, the first ship of war of this nation that has been seen for many years. Large numbers of Nor- wegian merchant ships are now employed in tho Black Sea trade, many of them of American build, Grain freights from Black Sea ports have been un- precedentedly high this season, but we seldom see the American flag in the Bosphorus, although its surface is dotted with the ships of every other na- tion. ‘The carriage road between Jaffa and Jerusalem is reported to be beet completed—good ne’ future pilgrims to the Holy City, among whic! incinde! a large aumber of American travellers annually. NEW JERSEY. Jersey City. . APResTs DURING THR Monta. —City Marshal Ellis reports one hundred and forty-two persous condined in the city prison during the monta now past, Hoboken Foosp is A Fit.—A German namod Joseph Meyer, thirty-five years of age, was found im Ninth street yes. torday morning in an epileptic ft, He was conveyed to St. Mary's Hospital, where it found necessary to bind him, from the violence of fit, Ata late hour Inst evening Le was in @ stoking condition, and is not expected to survive, village. Newark. Tus Execution ox Thomas Watsn To-Day.—The exes cution of Thomas Walsh, the murderer of Patrick ‘Tormay, will take place tm this city to-day, Ex-Sherit? Ricord waited upon Governor Ward yestorday to axcer tain if the execution was inevitable, but the Governor positively refused to interfere with the execution of tho law. For several bourse yesterday the conder enjoyed a private intorview with his spiritual On Monday last a photographer took several p Fish, (0 be disir'buted among the friends of the A neat black suit om that oe ino o'clock Inst nieht the preparations for tho a took piace. The gallows was erected in the main ball of the jail, the prisonor having been removed to a distant cell, ‘The harsh sounds of the hammer and raw foil upon hia ears, however, and he manifesiod imvich emotion on thas ascounk : Rewawavs Annesrep,—Two boys, named Amos Ogien | and fot Kerr, ran away from their homes at Now. ton on Monday. They wore Tested at the Market pirset depot yeaterday afternoon and taken to tie poiice Biation, Pouce Recond.—Daring the yent 1867 9,866 arrests were made by the police, as follow ary, 178; February, 202; Mato, 241; April, 304; May, 316; June, } 30a; July, 420; August, 469; September, 427; Ociover, | S04} November, W01; December, 203, R Paterson. Erm | New York was run into Connistos ox THR The milk train for He isa milkmau from Washington | night, near this city, by which both toeomotives ‘were smashed, puveral mile care despotiehed and Lag od af 6 cars thrown track, io wi ~ . but the milk train did not arrive till’noo. yes 8 delay of twelve hours, The collision was caused by a misplaced switch, OCEAN STORMS AND CURRENTS. Storm Signals to Protect ree on the Alantic and in the Gulf, To Tax Eprror ov Tas Heratp:— Licur House, Key Waser, Nov. 10, 1807. A. Warsow, Esq.:— Sm—Your letter dated October 11, in relation to estab- lishing storm signals, was received late last night, and I lose no time in replying that the plan of signals and lights as suggested by you meets with my hearty approval, and if adopted will prove of incalculable benc- fit to the commercial intercourse of the Gulf of Mexico. The geographical position of Key Weat, with its tele- graphic communication, both from the North and tho South, renders ita proper point to carry out your sug- gestions, From this lighthouse signals could be commu- ‘nicated by day or night to Sand Key Light, to the south nine miles distant, and to the Northwest Light sbout the same distance, These positions having your signals would inform all vessels passing of the condition of weather in advance of them. Tam sure if your plan is adopted that in one season ‘such benefits will be derived from it that it will be hated 8 @ national blessing, I will write you again at loi- gure. In haste yours, HENRY A, CRANE. {n the Huraup of October 11 a letver from the keeper of Cape Hatteras lighthouse was published, in which an opinion was expressed as follows:—‘I thin: your idea in establishing a system of storm signals at this capo and at prominent polnis on the coast to be a good one, and Ce ye are successful you will soon see the benefits derived therefrom,’? Now we have an opinion from Key West, which is even stronger than tho other from the fact that the position is at least of tenfold greater importance to commerce. The number of vessels pass- ing through the Florida channel, especially in winter, is enormous, and the number wrecked on these numerous keys and dangerous coasts is very great, This part of the ocean might with propriety be called the Golgotha of ships from the great number of wrecks that lino its shores; hence the necessity of establishing the storm signals immediately, so ag t0 be useful in the coming wer storms, West lighthouse, who is fully he keeper of the Ke acquainted with all of the surroundings, having ex- pressed an opinion so very favorable it ought to have great weight, and in connection with the facts known to all {¢ would seem to be conclusive, The plan will be be- fore the Committee of Commerce of the House of Re- presentatives as soon as Congress convones, and if the Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade and marine | sumance companies, together with shipowne will act in the matter the storm signals may be established so ag to be of great value in the coming winter storms along the entire Atiantic and Gulf coast A. WATSON, Wasuinatox, D, 0, Ocean Currente—The Gulf Stream. To rus Epitor ov Tus HenaLp:— Of all the diasertations on the currents of the ocean none have beon less understood than the Florida or Gulf Stream, s popular namo for that branch or flow of tepid water along our coast, Coming as it does from the influx in the Gulf of Mexico, passing around Cape Sable, merg- ing into the Atlantic between the Florida coast and tlie Bahamas, and extending along the whole line of our sea coast until reaching the island of Nantucket, diverging more easterly by George’s Shoals, over tho tail of the Newfoundland or Grand Banks, disseminating itself in stripes southeasterly past the Azores, reaching the coast of Portugal around Cape St. Vincent (a portion entering the Straits of Gibraltar), on southerly by Cape Spartel until it reaches and loses its identity among the local currents of the groups of Canary and Cape Vord {siands, which again mingle with the offset of the equatorial ear- renta, The supposed origin of this vast stream has been promulgated by many essayists, and as many dissenting | Apo ray oneg it forward by theorists im regard to it howe origin; but the most lucid and true idea of the praot observer is that the perennial winds blowing from the points of compass in the South Atlantic from east southeast to south southeast have the power to influence a surface current; and as these winds, commencing from the more southeza point from the latitude thirty d south and inclining easterly on approaching the equator pene, as it is in a line with the south African coast) force the waters in the same course until reaching the Gulf of Guin where it is again thrown off to the westward, meeting with and forming a portion of the equatorial current (accelerated by the earth’s motion), striking the northeast coast of South America between Cape St. Roque and the Isle Fernando Noronha, swee] ‘ng past the mouth of the Amazon and coming within the power of the Perennial wind driven along the north coast into the Caribbean Sea, washing the coast of America in its circuitous route, thence {ato the Guif of Mexico, and ‘finally finding its outlet by the way of the northern passage of the Antilies and around the hp Scone before described, carrying with it the t of temperature, with a slight variation, ut ig the extreme north from that 16 bad acq in torrid zone, In thus account- ing for this cycloid of currental flow, from inning to end, it will be observed that the blowing into and on this accumulation of waters in the Caribbean Sea by the northeast trade winds and the Windward isles forms a perfect barrier to its egress by any other channel than that which it seoks north of the tropical line, The diagonistic points of the stream are many and varied, more especially outside the limite of the monsoons, or trade wi and it is a inject of controversy among the experienced nautical community to establish a permanent point of longitude for any part of that portion which passes north of the Bahamas on our coast, giving an indefinite and variable limit to ite meanderings, which, from numer- ous ions of acientiflc operators, show a variation from five to seven degrees of longitude, according to the winds prevailing in the latitude of observation, but undoubted! Ing the fact of ite being influenced ‘n its course by such winds, Asa moans of pW | the presence of the Stream being in the use of the sher- mometer, showing the wa:mer tomperature within it than that of the ocean outside, stiliI nave often found the mercury, on submersion of the above instramont, to fall ten or twelve degrees Fahrenheit while within its influel showing streaks of cold current which had not mingied with the warmer waters of the Gulf. In the latitude of Bermuda, while sailing in and along with the Stream, I have often tested the temperature of the water hourly, wi ae Variation, although the velocity was not diminish Tn the wintor of 1 ile on the islands of Bermuda, I made a number of observations during heavy gales irom southwest and west, when the Streain was diverted along those islands, and found the variation of temperature from eighty-one to sixty-four degrees—a fall of seventeen degrees—in immersions made within two minutes of time, the currrent running from two and a half to three and & haif knots per hour: and again it bas often been thas during a prevalence ot southerly winds in the winter the warmth of water has been felt on the beach of the island of Nantucket, show- ing the fact that there is no certain point of long! data to establish the limits or boundary of the current of the so-called Gulf Stream north of tu bi The winds blowing from the different points in the temperate zono on our coast have great power in retarding or accelerating the velocity of the stream. For example, @ southeast wind drives the flow of current inshore and on soundings, consequently contracting and adding to its impetus, which I have foand during such time in latitude 38 degrees, on the edge of sound! ‘ tour aud a half to five knots por nour—one of the causes of quick passages from the South, alav a neces. sity on the part of the navigator to correct his course. A southwest wind does not accelerate the atrength of the current, but widens its margins and allows it to flow in @ more regular and natu: from which winds the true position of th be taken. Th rthwest winds #0 prevale coast during the winter have a tendency to throw the Stream into tue ocean and dissominace it with its cooler waters. In such a case rippies of the outer edge of the Stream are discernible, and in using the thermometer a sudden decrease of the temperature may be observed, ‘and in the smooth slicks between the ripples the tepid water of the Guifis again found, but setting tothe soutu- eastward ance, as & writer hag observed in remarks ‘on the outer edge of the Stream, it resembles the curled edge of a fonther. ‘These ripples are hardly ever to be met with on the inner edge. 14 is a known fact that there were from fifteen to twenty vessels put into St. Georges, Bermuda, having suffered from the eifects of the sea and wind while in or ou the outer edge of the Gulf stream, besides others which put into other ports and many never heard froin) still the current from some cause i# not affected, and uolds its same veloc though the temperatire of tho water has bee minimum, Another point in fact, which not many have been aware of as treaied upon, is the temperature below tho surface of the top current, which [ have found to be of some six to eight degrees ‘difference at the depth ot wing tho body of swift flowing ; Still another claim upon the "1 upoa by atmospheric @ those Who have bad experience in the Gull Stroam, that to many mariners it #8 piaco of) drend = Srom =the high sons and winda t» be encountered within its limita Such being the fact the navigator in entering tae Siream should cross (t at a right ang with tue flow and not ovliqualy, I have several times crossed the position of the current and found no dite: ence of temperature with that of tha outer ocean, bot iu summer aod winter, but immediately on striking the edge of soundings the indications of that unerring guide the thermometer, will positively show by th crease of the temperature, the geometrician, The Gui Stream on our coast moat beneficial for m wanderer, wloke sails and rigging frozen like sheets and bars of iron bave found @ thawing piace, and glad to got there to once more warm up and try again vo face those cruél northwesters which have no pity on the ta- ward bound. The meteorological pienomena are few; it bas been observed that the ele d is suppored to be of a more y abundant chara wun the limits of the 8 than without ft, and that the density of tho atmo of coarse, from vatural the vapor ar the colder a ac It how been assorted we or tenn affected within the perience | have never observed any 6 Of (hO MNAgNOs except at thore the water coming in con above |t, times when the ureharged with tho electric fluid, which will cause « deviation of the needle in ali places This,in connection with the absence of the phorphorescent matier discernibie in all parte of tho ocean (although I | have met with it In avery briiliant degree on the out- j ward edo of the Stream durin or iogival obaract elt train on Tuesday | that which must hereafter be determined of the effect of ¥ a poor sea | maton Properties may the °c the solar of Minar bédiés The physiological Points Of interest to the researcher of Bature, the animated life existing therein not being o abundant as those din the adjacent colder water Small crustaces are found in innumerable quantitic. adbering +0 and floating on the large masses of gealiche or gulf weed, which is found in vast fleids on the trance edge Of the Stream, but no larger order of t piscatory are seen #0 frequently within its limits, 7 animalcule known to exist in such quantities in t ‘ocean or sea water, I presume, should exist in this m: congenial fluid of the Stream in greater abundar The saline quality or density, I should infer, was gre: thau the ontside ocean, Knowing that in its paseo through the tropics it must acquire some the — properties ad! it to those — lauitud: ‘Thus far in its specitic character not much has > brought forward or sciou'itically treated by writ excepting those points which are Of benefit to the m -° years of practical sea life, thir jercbant mari . study of the elomenta pertaining thereto, t offer: - foregoing remarks as extracts from my journsla " » world-renowned wind and current charts were comp, J from the numerous jouraals which the masters of |. inercbant marine ca. tribated, and which brought for. ward so eminently ex-Commander United States Nur ~ Maury, while in charge of the National Observator . a I would giadly avail myself, Mr. Editor (if not askt: g too much of your valuable space), to give further ro~ marks on the subject of ocean and local currents, anct @ synopsis of the theory as observed, of the cause and fects of atmospherical tides in regard to the lawe as noted in different parts of the globe. pressed in a scientific manner, still, hop= ing that some may derive a benefit from the foregoing remarks, I rémain most respectfully yours, W. W. L. THE BOARD OF EXCISE, How the Board Spent the Last Day of tha Year—Energetic Eloquence and Tasteful Tasting Plead Their Casee—Mysteries of an Oileloth, ‘Tho Board of Excise held their regular weekly trial meeting on Tuesday afternoon, Dr. Crane, President pro tem., 1 the chair, Mr, George B, Lincoln, the new Commissioner appointed in the place of Mr. Jackson & Schultz, resigned, was present aud took part in the pro- coedings, ‘There was a calendar of ten cases, The first case was that of Wm. J. Brownley, of No. 620 Water street, who was charged with not having had his liquor store com+ pletely and effectually closed-on the morning of Sunday, the 1st of December. officer he entered the place at a quarter-past twelve o’clock on the morning in question and took up a he found on a@ table and tasted liquor that was in it, which he found to be bourbon. A woman who had a pail containing ale, as he thought, was in tbe place and Brownley poured the contents on the floor, The latter contended that the pail contained ‘ginger beer.”* Dr. Crane intimated that he would feel very happy if Mr. feccae f would deign to inform him wifat the ine gredients of ginger beer were, Mr. Acton remarked that the question of the Presi- dent protem was not exactly what it ought tobe. Tho real question was whether there was ang ginger beer in the bourbon. fee, in which Mr, Brownley most indignantly disdained to join.) ‘The question was then taken, when the licence was revoked by 8 unanimous vote. Henry Graft of Seventh avenue and Fifty-fourth atreet, was charged with having sold ale and received pay for it at his place of business on Sunday, the 161 ot December, The defendant said he ‘aidn’t no self von beet of hale, because vy, he didn't.” “Now, Mistes officer,” said he, at the close of the cage, warming at the idea that his license might not be revoked did give the Board striking proofs of cross-exai looking at the officer as if he lov desperation and was ready to hug death, were he not afraid that hi possibly have to “Now, out” “Yes, I did, @idn't; for the ale I did give away was gil beer the money I took was no money at all, So, Om 808, you're all wrong, and I’m the other way.” ser thas rt Mr. Graff, who is a small it him as if he felt that everybody presen} was solemnly convinced _ he was boty high, or, not, that it was a pity he wasn’t; smiled a very com Jompe smile in casing ‘apon Mr. Acton, who was laugh; jng in his sleeve, and then took a low seat near the court railing to await his doom. re ¢ vote was taken, and all the Commissioners voted to revoke the license, at which Mr, Graff shook bis in @ most despon way, as if to give the Board understand that his faith in the powers of eloquence been very badly shaken, Edward Hendricks, of First avenue and Fifty- atreet, was charged with not having had his business completely and effectually closed on the 16th of December. he officer who made the com- Piaiat stated that he knew liquor bad been sold in the place that day shortly before he entere® it, from th¢ fact that he saw a damp spot on the oticloth ia Startled at such an unusual sight, he stepped back a fow aces and looked upon it in much the same manner naby Rudge was wont to upon what some outrageously call “human gore’ Cautiously he stoo; toward the spot, stretched out his right laid one finger upon the olicloth, and withdrew it with a shud der; for, horror of horrors, it was wet—in fact, very, very wet. He gazed at the unfortanate eo! for = second bewildered, and thought—thought’s 7 that it “looked” ag if the wet was ‘that peculiar courage tongar +} nek dorived from ale, and so he plucked enough to open ‘his mouth, stick out and apply it to the finger. Ah! what was tha! he tasted? Was it moiasse: Perhaps 80, bul then it wasn’t. Was it vim water, or—de cidedly not, Was itale? Ab, ’twaa indeed ale. The members of the Board, who had not tasted the wet agroed with the officer who had, and how ir, lost conse, Thomas McFadden, No. 205 West Houston charged with opening his store at six on @ morning when sinitel ee ‘uina until twenty-two minutes past seven. refused to revoke the license, because Mc! barkeeper had been misied by the moon as to what the sun roge. Even Mr, Acton voted ‘nay,’’ 6a) that he liked to see people rise early, as long as kept sober and didn’t violate th The license of Augu 5 lage, No, 411 Sixth avenue, was then revoked, he not appearing in the when the Board adjourned, NEWSPAPER CURRENCY, Ebonezer Atkifts, an aged and worthy citizon of East Boston, is dead. No ‘doad-heads” on the Rutland and Benaingwop Railroad a(ter to-day. Thomas & Bridgham shot dead his uncle, Michae} Bridgham, in au affray at Bucktleld, Me., Saturday even- ing. ‘Jaims to have acted in self-defence, The marks of penoll writing may be made indelible passing the tougee over it, in breathing slowly over the lines protects them from erasure, % There is ® project on foot to stock Berks dounty, Pa, with pariat ges, and au agent has been sent Wosd to procure some eight taousaud birds to begin with. The Maine politicians are already excited over the rivalry of Morrill and Hamlio for Mr. Morrill’s seatin the United States Senate, although the election does 108 ocour till next wintor. The principal business going on about this time at he United States navy yards is the discharge of — many bundreds having been thrown out of employ: ‘at this most bitter and inclement season of the year, A letter received in Nantucket reports ship Captain Grant, of New Bedford, twenty-three out from Lome, having takea seventecn hundred barelp. sperm oil, The weavors of the Union and Granite Mills, md » portion of the employés in the Durfee Mill, Fail River, stopped werk Pesterday, their wages havingbeem reduced eighteen per cent, . The body of Captain Benjamin C. Townsend, wht was Jost on the coast of Wales, in the bark yy 3 ‘was recovered from the sea eight days after the er and received fitting rites of sepulture, Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Randall, of Lyndon, Vt., rere arrested recently for the murder of a boy of swer years, the child of Mr. Randall by a former wife, AD examination resulted in their complete vindication, tae ebild having died of spotiedstever, Prominent among the measures to be submittelto the Missourt istature in January in @ Dili to regunt ‘the social 6 by licensing disreputable houses, st it is said a largo eum is being made up by the *' fang’? of St, Loula to lobby the bill through to belp the mive- ment, ‘The last development of the Worton fover at the Fest ig (he wager of a soldier under McClellan to walk sev- enty-fiv les in twe four hours, carr: meket, knapsack and other accoutrements. Tl it to b pore formed at the Dexter Park, Chicago, and the wapr to be $1,000. A poor Massachusetts editor wrote on New /ear's eve:—How oda it would soem to 6 up to-morrow and find that some of rich relations bad remer us with handsome xifts, We don't know whichwoul startie us the most—the gifts or the discoveryat the rich relations, Mr, William Buehanan, of Malta township, Obto, passed poacetully away on Thursday ing Instat the | advanced age of nearly eiguty, from blesedness to matrimonial bliss, being taken off by a sudderattacke of Mrs. Rebecca Hanson, a dashing young widor, agod thirty-five, No cards, Major John Thompson, of Vercennes, Vt, dieda few | dave since in that city, aged eighty-five yours, one of the early settiors in that piace, held @ aptai commission and commanded a company of Greei Moun- tain boys at the battle of Piattsburg, and a y of British regulars surrendered to him during the (ht Hon, Colonel Henry ©. Lowther, who died on phe 6th ull., Was ‘the father” of the HL ff Commois, bav- ing beon member for the county of Westmorelad nearly H{ty years in succession, or since 1818, He we heir presumptive to the Earidom of Lonsdale; wa at the attle of Corunna tn 1809, and served under Willington in Spain in 1812 and 1813. A gontloman who has been visiting Springfdd, I., | meutions the following incident in connection tith tho monumental tomb built for Abe Lincoln:—Thamaseivo door of this unoccupied mausoleum betag I(t open, | swine bave made & lodgment within ite saced walls, We noticed with digzust that an obscene hog, thi maie persuasion, had made ber bed ia ite very interior, aud given birth to a liter of pigs, The directors of tho Shawmut National Bank of Bos- ton, have offered a feward ot $2,600 for the \ ke sion and delivery to the proper authorities of iryant f, Henry, receiving teller of that bank, who absonded op the 20th ult. with about $60,000 of the fuste of the bark, and $2,500 for the recovery of the stobn funds, ora percentage for way part of the same tint may be & Fecovered. According to the statement of ay -