The New York Herald Newspaper, January 9, 1868, Page 4

Waa 4 NEW YORK HERALD, BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. ~—eee JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. Volume XXXIIT. No. 9 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. PIKR'S OPERA HOUSE, 284 It, TrovaToRe, NEW YORK. THEATRE, opposite New York Hotel. ‘Unvke THR Gasiicut, ' OLYMPIC THATRE, Brogdway.-A = Mipsumuxn Nicnt's Drwaw. ' WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway and 13th street. — Ouiven Twist. at., corner Eighth + qnwaTRE FRANCAIS, Fourteenth stroct, ~Tuz Homey. moon. * BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.—Mary 81varr. BOWERY THEATRE, Rawing rus Wino, STEINWAY NALL.—Cnaxcus Dicgnys’ Reapunas. Bowery.—A Lirz's Ruvencr— BROOKLYN AGADEMY OF MUSIC.—Fra Diavoro. BANVARD'S OPERA HOUSE.AND MUSEUM, Broad. wuy and Thirtieth steet.—Oun MUruaL FRigND, NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourteenth street, —Graxastics, Equrstaranism, &¢. THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broxdway.—Hanzon Compt anion TxOUrE, KELLY & LEON x Daners, Locextaicirizs, Buriesquns, &0. MINSTRELS, 720 Broadway.—Sonas, SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 58 Broadway.—Ermo- Pian BUTKRTAINALNTS, SINGING, DANCING AND BUxLESQUES, TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 201 Bowery.—Comic Vocatism, Necro MiNsTRELSY, &C. BOTLER'S AMERICAN THEATRE, 472 Broadway. — Bauixr, Pance, Paxzournn, de, RUNYAN HALL, Broadway and Fifteenth stroet.—Tux Puce. HOOLEY'S OPERA Munstexs. HOUSE. Brooktyn.—Etimortan , BALLADS AND BURLESQUES. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway. — Sounck anv Ant, ’ Now York, Thursday, January 9. 1868. TRE NEWS. EUROPE. ‘Ths newe report by the Atlantic cable is dated yester- day evening, January 8. ‘The liberal party in the Prussian Dict obtained a vic- tory over the goverurment in the assertion of the right of freodem of debate in Herr Tuesten’s case, Napoleon han been assured by the representatives of France abroad that bis New Year speech was accepted as a pledge of peace, and that North Germany is particularly ploased with bis remarks to the Minister of the new Confederation. General Menabrea oxpecis an efficient Parliamentary eupport for the new Cabinet of Italy, A newspaper editor in Dubin was arrested for distributing “seditious publications * The Emperor of China appeals to the European Powers to aid Lin in defending bis throne against the rebels. Consols closed at 92 « 92'{ for monsy in London. Five-tweuties 7. in London, and 764 10 Frankfort, Darts Bourse vy. Cotton Reavy in Liverpool, with middling uplands at Tigd. Breadstuffs frm. Provisions slightly advanced, CONGRESS, Tn tho Senate yesterday a resolution was adopted of inquiry into the expediency of affixing a penalty to any officer who may authorize an expenditure of the public qwoney for any purpose not previously authorized by law. Debate ensacd upon the House bill to cover the proceeds of capiured and abandoned rebel property by warrants on the Treasury, but no action was taken upon it, A resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to roporta bill proviting prov'sional governments for the Fouthern States was laid over. ‘iho bill to prevent the further contraction of the currency was mado a special ordor {or to.day and tho Senate adjourned, In the Houge a joint res jut on was reported trom the Commitiee on Foreign Affairs requesting the President to intorcede for the release of Father SMcMabon, who is confined in Kiugston, Cauada, ai a Fentan, Tho morn. ing hour expired during debate upon it and it went over. Considerable other busicess of mioor importance was trangacied and the House adjourned. THE L GISLATUFE. In the Senato yosterday a bill was introduced to re- scind and declare void ail repair contracts on the canais and to abolish the caval system. Notico was given of a Hill authorizing certaia State oMfeers to adjudicate the claims of the people of the State against Westchoster county growing out of the defaicution of the lato County ‘Tronsurer. Jn the Assembly 2 dil to exclate Lake Ontario and tho St. Lawrones river from tue operation of tho game Jaws was passed, Notice was given of bills relative to tho Brooklyn Fire Department; to regulate tho tare on ferries between New York avd Brooklyn; to prohibit charges Cor@he rent of gas metres ia New York; to re- peal tho aét for the construction of an experimental railway in Now York and Westchester counties, and to smend the Metropolitan Excise inw, Bills were intro. duced to repeal the Motroporitan Excise law, of which there were no loss than three, and to regulate the trans- portation of froights on the several railroads in the Stato, A resolution was adopted appointing a commit. too of five to investigate the workings of the Emigrant Mepartinent at Castle Garden, aud a resolution appoint. ing aaimilar commiites to examine into the adairs of the public markets of New York was tabled, MISCELLANEOUS. Our letters from Poru are dated at tho headquarters ot the Peruvian army, before Arequipa, Decomber 15, and Lima, December Our correspondent had been tn- side the besieged city a second tims, Extreme measures had been adopted to raise money among the rebeis, suen as forced levice and imprisoning individuals until they paid ransoms, On the 13th Prado sent a sealed note to the commander in Arequipa waroing bim, that it ho did not surrender within three days the town ‘would be bombarded. The note wa; not opened, be- cane it was not addressed to suit the vanity of the rovolutionists, and the bombardment was expected to ‘commence s00n at the time our correspondent mailed |, his letter. Our Panama letter is dated December 30, Colonel Murray, United States luspector of Customs, and John D. MeNider, & young Now Yorker, bad died recently. ‘The Mohican, Suwanee ond Watores were at ma. Advices from Alaska io December 8 state that tho Indians tr the neighboriood of Sitka had been insubor- dinate and raised the Englieh (lag over thoir village. General Davis ordered them to take it down or he would bombard the village, and it was taken down; but the Indians aro diecontented and an outbreak is imminent, Kwptogés of the Quariermasier's Department were gon- erally leaving the service to go to tho now gold mines, Advices from Paraguay by the Atlantic cable state @ grand storming attack on Humaité was to be mado by (ho allios between tho $th aud 12th of Decem- ber. The anniversary of tho battle of Now Orleans was celebrated by a grand banquet at Washington yesterday, at which Prosidont Johnson and many distinguished domocrats were present. Speeches wero made by the President, Senators Johnson and Doolittle, Jeromiah Black and others, and letters were read from Goorge H. Pendieton, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan and obhora, regrotting their iuability to be present. Premdent Johnson was presented with a cane by the Jadies of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, and with a modal by the First Constitution (lad of Philadelphia yesterday, Appropriate speeches ‘wore made on both occasions, ‘The Obio Democratic State Convention met {n Colum- bus yesterday. Almost the first business transacted after organ zation was the nomination of George H. Pendieton as Onio's choice for the Presidency, which ‘was received amii the wildest enthusiasm, Mr. Pendle ‘ton Rimeoif appearing upon the scone and making a phort apeech. Resolutions were reported condemning ‘Longressional usurpation, oppomng negro suffrage, or any ian for oflending the timo for the payment of tho Bational debt, declaring that five twenty bonds should be paid in the same money receiv-d for their issue, that government bonds should be subject to taxation and that foreign bora citisems are entitied to ea | obroed, NEW YORK HERALD THURSDAY, JANUARY’ 9, 1868. Tho Ponnsylvania Assembly continues unorganized owing to the bolt of the nine republicans on the noml- nation of Colone) Davis for Speaker. Both parties stand firni. ‘The Indiana Democratic State Convention met at In- dianapolis yesterday and committees were appointed to select delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Crittenden & Sargent, hotel keopera in Cincinnati, Obio, failed yesterday, with liabilities to the amount of $100,000, ‘The Boya in Bluo are in convention in Philadelphia. Tn the Court 6f Common Pleas, Genoral Term, the suit of William Weed vs. Wells, Fargo & Qo. for compensa- tion for® case of merchandise destroyed in tte ware- house of the latter at San Francisco by an explosion of nitro-glyeerine was heard yesterday. Wolls, Fargo & Co, had carried the merchandise to San Francisco from New York, and had given notice to the consignee In the former city of its arrival and demanded payment for freightage. Tho payment not forthcoming, it was stored in the warehouse of the company at consignec's expense, and while thus stored was destroyed by nitro-glycerine. Argument was beard yesterday upon the point whether defendants were gullty of nogtigence {n not giving notice to the consignor at New York within tom days that the consignee had not taken the goods, aud the decision was roserved, Tn the Court of Common Pleas, Chambers, yosterday, &® motion was made to vacate an ordor of arrest issued in the case of Zencke & Bortioman, who were charged with obtaining goods under fraudulent reprosentations in having stated at the time of the purchaso that they were soivent, although shortly afterwards they made an assignment, The motion was mago on grounds denying the allegations of fraud, and stating tho business was broken up by creditors attaching thom. Judgment was rosorved, i In the Brooklyn County Court somo timo ago an ap- plication for a writ of habeas corpus was mado in the cage of a woman who was committed to the county jail aa @ vagrant, but who, the writ alleged, waa not so, and there was no evidence taken at her trial to warrant her commitment, The writ was issued, and the Sheriff answered that she was in his char; by virtue of a com- mitment from Justice Cornwoll’s court, The woman was dischargod, * In the case of tho American Wood Paper Company va, the Fiber Diintograting Company Judge Benedict ren- dered a decision yesterday in favor of tho complainants, The sock market was strong and activo yesterday, with Erio leading tho upward movement. Government securities were buoyant and in active demand for invest- ment, Gold was weak and closed at 1364. Governor Fenton on National Affairs—A Bold Bid for the Chicago Convention. Governor Fenton in his last, as in all his pre- vious annual messages to the Legislature, devotes considerable space to his views on national affairs and especially on the difficult problem of Southern reconsiruction. Evidently satisfied that the extreme radical programme will be pushed through by Congress and made the foundation of the platform of the Republi- can National Convention at Chicago in May next, our hopeful Governor in this message may be set down as having put in his bid for the Vice Presidency. Firat, he says that “the predictions of disaster to the country from the emancipation of four millions of slaves have been most signally falsi- fied by tho event; that not only have the freedmen proved themselves good soldiers, but faithful laborers and law-abiding citizens, and that in every way they have vindicated the wisdom of Congress in giving them the right of suffrage. This isa fancy sketch, the value of which will be understood by the reader in placing it vis-a-vis with the actual condition of things in the South at the present time, largely resulting from negro delusions connected with universal negro suffrage. Tue Governor, upon this matter of suffrage, thinks that education and intelligence are very good things, but that in reorganizing the rebel States the pura- mount qualification of loyalty is “a vital consideration.” He then repeats the old story that with the collapse of the rebellion the States involved in it were “deprived of all civil governments ;” that they were d’sorgan- izel communities, subject to the legislation of Congress; that the President “had no power to enact or repeal an act of Congress,” and that in his policy be assumed the prerogatives ot Congress and shamelessly insisted on the immediate reinstatement of the rebels in power. Next we are told that in their scornful rejec- tion of that generous peace offering from Con- gress—the constitutional amendment of 1866— the rebels put il beyond all question that they were still animated by the spirit of tho rebe.- lion, and showed that with their consent there could be no restoration which did not give them increased polilical power in the gencral government as the reward for their attempts to overthrow it. Tho Governor from this point undertakes a zealous defence of the abandonment by Con- gress of the consiitutional amendment ratitied by nearly all the States reprosonted in Con- gress, and the adoption, instead, of the military districts, rebel disfranchisement and universal negro suffrage system of Southern reconstruc- tion. He thinks, too, that this scheme is work- ing splendidly, and that “unless new obstacles aro interposed to delay it we have every reason to believe that this work of restoration is on the ove of final success.” Finally, says the Governor, “I do not overstate the patriotism of the people in the remark that they were nevor more united than now in the purpose to hold what has been thus achieved (universal liberty, equal rights, &c.) as the unlooked-for results of o causeless and bloody rebellion for the establishment of a slave em- pire and the destruction of the American Union.” Thus, it appears, that to the extent of his ability Governor Fenton sustains the negro suffrage and negro supremacy reconstruc- tion policy of Congress, as the only policy leit for the restoration of the rebel States consist- ently with the protection due to loyal Southern whites and blacks and with the future peace and barmony of the Union. Nowhere in this official stump speech, how- ever, does Mr. Fenton undertake to explain the meaning of the last fall elections, including our New York November election. The re- sults, from Maine to California, clearly mark a popular reaciion against the radical excesses of Congress, and in Now York a most remark able political revolution, But our hopeful Governor, consoling himself, no doubt, with the idea that these radical misfortunes are but accidental or incidental and temporary, and satisfied that the radicals will control the coming Chicago Convention, goes the whole figure of negro suffrage and Southern negro supremacy. We suspect that he builds upon this theory :--That as the West, in Mr. Chase, or even in General Grant, will got the republican nominee for President, the East will be entitled to the Vice Presidency ; and that as New York, of all the Kastern States, is the first to be looked after, the New York delegation will only have to name their man to secure the prize. But if the Governor and bis committee of radical managers, In running thoir State ticket in the interest of Mr. Chase, lost the State by fifty thousand majority tho other way in 1867, what profit can they expect to make of it at Chicago in 1868? Again, if Ohio, against Mr, Chase and his shibboleth of negro suffrage, speaks as emphatically as New York in 1867, what hope is there in that quarter for the test question of Southern negro domination in 1868? Governor Fenton, with others of the radical fac- tion, may rely, perhaps, upon the negro vote of the ten Southern States to be brought into the election on the basis of negro supromacy. | We undertake to say, however, that the admis- sion of those ten States into the contest upon thia basis will turn over fully twenty States of the North to the other side. But we presume that Governor Fenton has taken pains to in- form himself exactly of the position of affairs in the republican camp, and that his message on Southern negro reconstruction may be in- terpreted os pretty plainly foreshadowing, hit or miss, sink or swim, the platform, if not the ticket, of the Chicdgo May Convention. Progress of the Southern Reconstruction Conventions—What Will Follow? Were it not for reports of some wrangling or fisticuffing, or an appeal for alms, we would hardly realize that the work of Congressional reconstruction is now going on, or supposed to be going on, in five of the ten Southern unreconstructed States—to wit, . Virginia, Georgia, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. Alabama, the first to start the ball under the programme of negro supremacy reconstruc- tion, has passed its period of gestation and given birth to a singular hybrid in the shape of a State constitution, In this political monstrosity are embraced provisions which” even the wildest radical in Congress cannot find it in his conscience to endorse, Among these are tho free suffrage, white disfranchise- ment, confiscation, negro jury, amalgamation and other favorite theories of the radicals, to say nothing of the very latitudinarian princi- ples of the framers of tho constitution on the subjects of matrimony and divorce. Tho elec- tion for the acceplance or rejection of this instrument is fixed for the 4th and 5th proximo, and in the meantime tho canvass, which also includes the choice of State officers under the new constitution, goes on with more than usual fervor on the part of the white popula- tion in opposition to the negro supremisis. In Virginia, what with the Constitutional Convention, the Conservative Convention, the meeting of other bodies and the negro high- days and holidays inseparable from the season, there has been a lively time at Richmond for some weeks past. The Constitutional Con- vention met on the 3d of December, and has pursued a radicil course from the begin- ning. The radical framework of the new constitution has been presented by piece- meal, and discussions, alike amusing, instructive and humiliating, have followed. The negroes have the upper hand, and the most ultra mea- sures have been proposed. In the distribution of privileges to the ighabitants it is difficult to ascertain where those vouchsafed the white man come in. The proceedings of the Conven- tion are not only radical, but revolutionary ; and were it not from fear of the mil’tary they would, no doubt, be characteriz+d by acts of violence which the records of negro rule in other climes cannot parallel. The Georgia Reconstruction Convention (which convened December 9) has just reas- sembled at Macon after a recess of some days. Tho subjects thus far discussed in its delibera- tions are similar to those embraced in the Ala- bama Convention, with one exception—that of pay. The Alabama assemblage voted itself a certain amount per head per day, and we be- lieve the sums were paid out of funds in the trea- sury. In the case of the Georgia Convention, however, those who held the keys of the public exchequer refused to honor the drafts of the Convention, and hence there were terrible com- plaint and worriment among the poor black delegates. Some very honorably went to work at one dollar and a half por day on public improvements, and thereby were enzbled to subsist without running into debt or becoming a tax upon public charity. It is now proposed, we perceive, to issue Siate notes for the pay- ment of the wages of the members, the credit of the Siate, so far as the Convention has power to do 80, being pledged for their redemption. Finaily, we see Congress entering the field in behalf ot tho delegates, and one sympathizing Senator proposes to sweep ont of existence at one fell swoop all the State officers who have the temerity to question the authority of the Convention. That game was tried at the initia- tion of the Alabama Vonvention and proved a losing one. Whether it will fare better in the case of the Georgia Convention remains to be seen. General Meade, however, is now on tho ground, having superseded General Pope, and, as the former bas the reputation of being a wiser and more conciliatory commander than the latter, hopes are entertained of a peaceful solution of pending difficulties, The Louisiana Convention has been drag- ging along a slow and uninteresting existence of some seven weeks, and has really accom- plished nothing beyond the adoption of a few provisions respecting the rights of the blacks to the ballot, the jury, to public conveyances and public hotels, The question of pay and mileage was among the first disposed of. A number of personal wrangles, in which the newspaper reporters came in for their share of abuse, as was also the case in the Virginia and Georgia Conventions, have marked the pro- gress of the Louisians assemblage. In neither of the Conventions now in session are there evidences of immediate dissolution, however much such a consummation might be devoutly wished for. We have not yet heard from the Mississippi and Arkansas Constitu'ional Conventions, which were to have met on Tuesday, January 7, the former in Jackson, the latter in Little Rock. In each of these, however, the radical programme ig nearly the samo as that pro- sented in the preceding Conventions ; the only difference in either probably will be shown in the temper and intelligence with which the various topics may be discussed, In all these Conventions, in all these unrea- sonable efforts of the radicals to demonstrate the capability of the untutored negro for self- government, we observe no indications of the prospective advancement of the black race, except it be upon the necks of the Southern whites. Hereupon, of course, the whites must accept the challenge, and a struggle, in which the blacks will assuredly come out second best, must ensue. In Virginia we already see that many wretched blacks have betaken themselves to thoir primitive huts in forests and wildernesses, almost outside the bounds of civilization, and are there relapsing into a condition worse than absolute Afcican barbar- ism ond beatbenism, Mr. Schenck’s New Whiskey Bill, The bill introduced into the House by Mr. Schenck, from the Committeo on Ways and Means, to prevent frauds in the taxation of whiskey, and the remarks with which it yas accompanied, give a good deal of informa- tion of a remarkable character upon the sub- ject. The bitl—which passed the House on Tucsday—provides that the tax on whiskey shall be paid betoro the article leaves the distillery, and shall not in fature be locked up in bonded warehouses, where it appears, as stated, there are now twenty million gallons of spirits stowed away, upon which there may or may not be any duty paid, according to the honesty or dishonesty of the officials, Mr. Schenck shows that while the government was entitled to receive a hundred million Collars tax on whiskey not more than thirty millions were paid, thus leaving a deficit of seventy millions of doliars to the Treasury from this source of revenue. This fraud be claims to be chargeable to the system ot transportation from the distilleries to the bonded warehouses and the want of integrity of the subordinate officers of the government created under the present law, which is a mere mockery and operates to the projudice of honest manulas- turers and heavy loss to the government. Mr. Schenck says it has come to the knowledge of the committee that iarge quantities of whiskey are removed from the bonded warchouses by means of duplicate keys by collusion whh officials, and that much of it which is supposed to be transferred from the warehouses to the charge of a collector at some distant point never arrives there, but is otherwise disposed of and never pays any tax. All of which only proves that the present law is inoperative and mischievous ; is fruitful of fraud in every sbape, and utterly demoralizing in all its features, Therefore the sooner the whole law is remodelled the better; and perhaps the best way to do it would be to reduce the tax on spirits to fifty cents a gallon, as recommended by Mr. Wells, the Special Commissioner of Internal Revenue, which would do away with the present premium on fraudulent praciices, and would undoubtedly increase the revenue derived from the manufacture of alcohol in every shape. Tho Japanese nt the City Hall. A troupe of Japanese jugglers paid a v! to the Mayor’s office on Tuesday for the pur- pose of presenting a sword and some fans and charms to the dignilary in command there. The chief of the party said that “his visit to this country was not prompted by sordid motives, but to afford his fumily and himself an opportunity of improving their minds by the observation of foreign manners and customs,” He chose a rather unfavorable place to make observations of this kind, and his impressions of America, if confined to the City Hall, oan- not be very exalted or complimentary. In order to pursue his studies of our city govein- ment be and his troupo should be taken to Blackwe'l’s Island, Sing Sing and the Bloom- ingdale Lunatic Asylum, where they may seo some of our embryo politicians or those who have retired from public life. Again, they would be edifled by attending a ward primary or a session of the Board of Councilmen, and their almond-sheped eyes would roll in astonish ment at beholding the style in which a “job” is rushed through our legislative bodies. A sword is a singular present to make to one of our public functionaries, unless it was a deli- cate insinuation that he might have occasion to use it for hari kari purposes, and tho charms may have been intended to assist him in hood- winking the eyes of the Gothamites. The children of the Tycoon will certainly learn moro at the City Hall than the professors of Osaca or Jeddo can ever teach them, and they may gain some important knowledge in their own vocation of jugglery. ‘aeir most astounding exbibilions on the trapeze and slack rope sink into insignificance before the feats of our political tumblers, and their skill in producing money and other articles from a hat or a box cannot be compared with the tricks of the city fathers, who contrive to extract millions from the treasury in positious apparently unremunerative. Altogether, the visit of the Japanese to the City Hall will open their eyes to the fact that there are stranger things in our politics than they ever dreamed of in their philosophy. The Cotton Tax in the Senate. The House bill, which passed by a vory large majority early in the sossion, 1epealing the tax on cotton, has been ignored by the Senate, and a substitute was passed by that body on Tuesday suspending the operation of the act for one year from April, 1868, to April, 1869. This is better than nothing for the depressed cotton growing interests ; but the tax is an iniquitous one, and the House bill ought to have been passed by the Senate. It would be just as reasonable to tax the wheat and corn grown in the West, the fruit of New Jersey and New York or the cabbages of New England. Such a tax on the product of the soil is contrary to tho spirit of the constitution at least, and, we believe, to the letter, according to the fifth article of the ninth section of that instrument, which declares “that no tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State.” The conduct of the Senate in this matter is mean, narrow minded and pettyfogging, and shows tho neceasity of the poor Southerners being repre- sented in Congress in order to chock such oppressive and unconstitutional legislation. It is to be hopéd the House will adhere to its bill abolishing tho tax altogether. THE STEAMSHIP EXODUS FAOM BOSTON, (From the Eveni am of yosterday.} Hostox, Jan, 8, 1868, It ja now pretty generally established that the Amori- can Steamship Company will dispose of tho steamers Ontario and Erie to Now York parties, and thus leavo Boston without any direct communication with Liver. pool, A private meeting of the stockholders was hold if at which thirty-four out of two hundred of them wore present, The President stated that there had boon four distinct offers made by Now York parties for the steamors, and added that there wero ro from New York for which they were ad| ly adapted. A vote Was Alao pi directors to soil the boats after such tr may deom sufficient Das clapsed before secu the requisite six handred thousand dollars to pay off the present liabili- ties, Tho directors subsequently authorized tho Prewi- dent to mak deem from Live tinued. The Bi of keepers, DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR CHICAGOLOSS $175,000. [From the Evening Telegram of yesterday.) wwch disposition of is as be may Tho Ontarto will arr ere in a few fier which ber trips will be di ying tm the barbor, and isin chargo Cmicaco, Jan, 6, 1968. Tho oxtensive works of the United States Clock and Brass Company, at Austin, about x miles from tl city, were entirely destroyod by fire this morn 175,000. The property was only partially insured. wer one hundred workmen were employed in thi works, who are thus thrown out of ‘employment, Th a en een uummnuaminaeommmimtnerienoaroeearumemeannammeanenemaemmaaininautee tai inee een ee te Laan es a aaa THE STATE CAPITAL. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Introduction of Bi to Reveal tho Excise Law and Elevated Kallway Act—Proposed Investigntion of the Operations. ef the Emigration Commiasioners—Nomiaation of Health Commissioner. Annany, Jan, 8, 1888. ‘The House got to work very promptly this morning, Passed two billig and advanced a number to committee reference, Among those introduced were about & dozen for the repeal of the Excise law, Indeed, overy New York membor seoms to be ambitious of dealing this obnoxious measure a fatal sockdologer. Ono plan, that of Mr, M, GC, Murphy, contempiates vesting the Supervisors ‘of each county with the authority to grant licenses and to generally regulate the liquor traffic, The samo gen- tleman will introduce a bill to repeal the act incorport ing the Ejovated Railroad Company, who have bon ox- porimenting in Groenwich street, Mr. Quinn, of New York, basa bill which is to pre- veut the collection of rent for meters by gas companies THB OOMMISSIONRRS OF RMIGRATION. A resolution was offored by Mr, Muxray and adopted, appointing a committeo of five to proceed to New York, mveatigate the workings of the Commissioners of Emi- gration and report to the House, The Hxrao’s call for light 1m this quarter 1s likely to be answored. TUR LIQUOR DRALERS’ RXCISY RBUBAL BILL, The bill of which Mr, Creamer cave notice in the Sen- ate contomplates giving the licensing power to the Mayors of Now York and Brooklyn and vo the Supor- visors of counties 1m the other sections of the Sta stores $0 be closed on Suaday from one A. M, to one ¥, M. ‘This biil ia the one forwarded by the New York Liquor Deaiers’ Convention. NOMINATION OF HRAUTH COMMISSIONER. ‘The Governor to-day sent in to the Senate the name of George B. Lincoln, vice Jackson 8, =bultz, of tho wae of Health. No action was taken upon the appoint mont, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. A grand encampment of the Grand Army of tho Ro- public has beon in cession here during the past two days, ‘The following officors were elected. #Grand Commander of Department of Manhattan, Goneral Danjol KE, Sickles; Senior Vico Commander, General James M, Gere; Junior Vice Commander, General Bradiey Winsiow; Assistant Adjutant General, De. James Farley; Assistant Quarter- master General, George F, Hopper; ‘ ouncil of Adminis- tration, General Wm. De Lacy, J. 3. Marsial, George W. Warren, (. B, Barnard, George B. Delegates to National Gonventioa at Philadelphi eo 15th Insh, to select a Grand Commander—Dolegate at Large, Gen- eral James B, McKean; Generais Barnum, Morgan, Eldridgo, Axtell, Jacobs, Palmor, Riwhie, Filkins, Roberta. The Albany Board of Trado and the Tax on Spirits—Kesolutions Passed in Favor of lis Reductiou—Kepablican State Committee. Avnasy, Jan, 8, 1863, The Board of Trade of this city to-day unanimously passed resolutions requesting a reduction of the tax on spirits; the abolition of bonded warehouses of class B, and such @ system of United States brands as will show the paymont of the tax and protect tho receiver of the branded goods, and urging tho repeal of sections twenty, twenty-one and a portion of s+ction forty-tive of tho Internal Revenue act, ‘The Republican state Committee mot at tho Delevan House this afternoon, aad rosoived to call a Stete Con- vention at Syracuse on tie btn of February, to seicet delegates to reprosent the State in the National Repub- lean Presidential Conveation, NEW YORK LEGISLATURE, SENATE. Agsaxy, Jan. 8, 1863, THE COMPTROLLER'S ANNUAL REPORT. Tho Presivevt prosentod the annual report of the Comptrolier, which was ordered to be prinied. WESTCHESTER COUNTY CLAIMS, Mr. CALDWELL gave notice of a bill authorizing certain State oflicors to adjudicate the claims of the people of the State against Westchester county, growing out of the deialcation of a late county treasurer, BILLS INTRODUCKD, Mr. Stanrorv introduced & bili to resciod and declare void all repair contracts on the canals. Also a bill for the abolition of wwe canal contract system. Mr, Parmer introduced a bill amending tho charter of the Hodson City’ Savings Institute, Mr. Kennapy introduced a bill to extend the time tor the collection of taxoa in tio town of Cayuga, Cortland county. A bill authorizing the Shipman spring and Axle Company Ww mortgage thelr property was passod, Tho Seuate shen adjour! 4 until to-morrow morning ASSEMBLY. Atnant, Jap, 6, 1868, ‘THN GAME Laws. By unanimous consent sir. Bicxiow introduced a bill toamond the gamo laws 40 as to oxclude from their operation Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence river, It was road a third timo and passed. - BIB NOTICKD, By Mr, Mailison, relative to Brooklyn Fire Doepart- by Mr, Jones, to improve Park avenue, Brook- Iso to incorporate the Home Savings Bank of New aiso to incorporate the Manbattan Safo Deposit Company of Now York; by Mr, Worth, to regulate the fare on torries between New York and Broox|y: 180 to extend Meirose avenue, in Brooklyn; by Mr. Jacovs, to provide for laying out avenues and pubiic piaces iu Kings county, outside of Brooklyn city ; also for widea- ing and extending Coney Isiand road; by dir, Bradstreet, to incorporate “Protectivos" No. 1, of Rochesier; by Mr. Quinn, to prohibit charges for tho rent of gas meters in) Now York; by Mr. M,C. Murphy, to repeal the act passed in 1967 providing for the construction of an oxperimental —rail- way in New York aud Wesichester; by Mr. Tust- man, to reduce the freight on milk; by Me. Jonnzon, to authorize the police justices of New York city to ap- point an additional clerk; by Mr. Van Brunt, to amend tne Metropolitan Exciso law; by Mr. Frear, to create a fre marshat for Now York city; by Mr. Pitta, to amend the Revisod Statutes reiative to brokers; by Mr. J. L. Flagg, to incorporats the Rensselaer Park Association by Mr, Gleason, to authorize tho construction of a rail: from Carthage to Ogdensburg; by Mr. Purdy, to iwoorporate the Port Morris Land Improvement Com- ny oy Mr. W. 3. Clark, to amend the Registry laws; in tr. P, Burus, w.amend Brooklyn city charter; also to open Portsmouth strvet, Brook:yn; by Mr. Mailison, to authorize the claage of the route of Bergen Streot Railroad, Brooklyn; dy Mr. Tarbox, to regulate the transporiation of froight on railroads in this State, LIA INTRODUCED, By Mr. Irving, for tho better protection of persons lotting or hiring Out personal proporty; by Mr, M, Murphy, to repoal tho Metropolitan Excise iaw; by Mr. K ou, ‘on the sams subject; by Mr, O'Relily, on the same subject; by Mr. Maliison, in relation to the Clork of Kings county and to provido against the mutilation Of the records in said oftice; by Mr. P. Burns, to amend the Brooklyn city charter, algo vo provide tor opening Plymouth street, Brooklyn; by Mr, Stowart, to ropeal ail existing laws autuorizing letting of canal repairs existing repair con- ‘box, to require excise commissioners of their duties to ubollsh ‘the Contracting Board by Mr. Pitts, to amend tho Re regulations concerning brokors; by Mr. Ackert, making the Comptroller a member of the Contracting Board, place of the Auditor of the Depart. Mr. Lounsbury, to mond the act the » Hudson relat to cutting ~ tee in river; by Mr. Tarbox to regulate the transportation of freight over the several raliroads in this State. It pro- vides that it shall be the duty of every railroad company to oarty freight offered to it from this Stato wih as much despatch as possible, and all froighis offered at any freight station of any such company for shipment ‘on its road, to the oxtont of the capacity of the com- Pany's warebousos at the piace where offered, it shali bo sent therofrom within ton days atter the recelpt of such freight, unless proventod by accident, the direction of ar gh bearing B . hemes ay mo jm regard to despaich si made iu favor of froight from other States. %5 ‘TU COMMISSIONERS OF RMIGRATION AND THR NRW YoRK MARKET Mr. Moarat moved that a committee of O ers of Emigration as to their government of tho en | pm department at Castie Garden, and roport to the louse as BOON as possidie, Adopted. Mr. Jonxsow moved that a committee of five be a planet to examine into the affairs of the public mi ote of Now York city, Tabled. The Assembly adjourned till oleven o'clock to-morrow morning. THE GREAT BILLIARD MATCH. MeDevitt Mnkes a Run of Fifteen Handred. ‘There was an immense gathering of the friends of the art of the cue and bail at the Coopor Instituto, last even- ing, © witnoss the long talked of mateb 0 of 1,500 carroma, for $500 aside, botw Join MoDevitt and William Goldthwait, Tho tablo used on the occasion was @ splendid second size, of the make of W. H Grith, No. 186 Fulton strect, and proved during tho game Of avery bigh order of excellence in the way of elastic cushions, that showed nono of that harmful vi- ter that bas often maich billiard chose Mr, Humphreys ag his umpire, and Goldthwait Captain Boyle to wet as his umpire, r. Anderson being selocted by the two um- Th no Was bogun by McDovitt d making 4, Goldthwait scoring only og. In the third inning Goldthwait it's 3, and in the fourth inning 86 to Goldth wait scored 6, Devitt thon on opening the ninth Inning, made two exc: hen, by the most masterly play, ting the white ball one of ti "he ran out without « pointe—the mort bril- following is second, 0; thi: ih, 8 th, 0 fourth, 36; It te noedions to ing. In making tiris run McDevitt took four steps, of two feeteach, at every shot, and ‘herefore walked over © mile while completing it. His average was 166, and the game was piayed in one hour aud twenty-elgub minutes, RECEPTION AT THE NATIONAL ACADEMY AT DESIGN, American Works of Art from the Paris Ex- Deowition, The exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colors at the National Academy of Design bas proved, according to our prediction, highly successful, The “fail and winter exhibition’? at the Academy has been closed during a few days for the addition of new works, iuciuding many of the contributions to the American Att Department of tho Paris Universal Exposition, private view of these works was offered to the guests of the academicians at their recoption last evening, and the gallerios will be reopened to the public to-day. Senaon tickots already issued will continue to be good until the Gnai closing of the exnibition about the lat of March next, < On the arrival of euch works of art as wore returned from the Paris Exposition the National Academy ap- plied fora loan of them to Mr, J, C. Derby, tho United States Commissioner, and the comimitiee that had beom appointed to make the seiections, At first the applicae tion was declined, on the ground that the works were borrowed from their reapective owners only for the Paria Exposition. idureover, tue committee deemed It. tnexpedieut to recommend their being exhibited here, {uasmuch as the very small space allotted to them in the Exposition was insuilicient to admit of @ tull ropresonit tion of Ainorican art, and of the one bundred and sev: works exbibiied ouly sixty bad been returned to New York. Biersiadt’s “Rocky Mountains,” Miss Hosmer's marbie statue of the “Sleeping Fawn," and paintings by’ William Hunt, May, Whistler, Moran wud other artists were absent. Tho coun cil of the Academy, however, have s-cured tho consent of the owners to the exhibition of fifty-ni of the works in question. ‘Those have ail been brought back to New York in excellent condition, thanks to the care of Mr. 8, P. Avery, the appointed agent who carried them to Paria, ei “A prophet is not without honor gave in his own country,” out our artists appear to be more fortunate, Those who represented American art at the great Parts Exposition must pave begn pratilod at tho hearty wel- come extended tothem by the brilliant company which assembled tast evening to admire the works which have been submitted to foreign apprectation, As most of these liad been previously exbibited hero, it will sutlice to enumerate them, Sculpture was represented by “I'he Tudian Hunter aod His Dog’? and “The Freedman,” both in bronze, by J. Q. A, Ward; ‘Statue of Napoleon,” bronze, and “Bust of a Rocky Mountain ‘Trapper,” by Launt PThompsvn; “Bust of Abraham Lincoln,’ marble, by L, W, Volk; and soveral statuettes in bronze by Joho Rogers, “One More shot," “The Wounded Scout” aud “Taking the Oacb,”? : {he coutributions of the painter “The Ratoy Seagon in tho Tropics’? and “Niagara,’’ by Church;: “in the Woods,” by Darand; ‘Mrs. Washington's Re- ception, or the Ropubiican Court,’ and *Porirait of Hon, Gutian C, Verpiancs,”” by Huntinglon; ‘Mary Stuart Hearing the Kirst Masa at Holyrood Atter Hor Return from France,” by Leutze; “Tie Apple ot Dis- cord” and “Phe I ‘Lake by Gray de of the Village,” George in Autuma,” “Morning off tho Coast of’ Massa. chusoits,” “Coast, Newport Harbor,” and “Glimpses of the Waite Mouniains,’’ by Kenseit; “Old Kentucky Home,” “Fiddling His Way’? and Fabbati Moroin by Eastman Jovuson; “Landscapo, with Cattle,” a “American Sunset,” by Inness ; “Mount Wastington, Now Huuipshire,”’ by Giznoux; he Old Hunting Gri " wnd “Ri Isiand Coast,’’ by Whitgredge: eget ie r irginia in 1963,” ab’ “Autumn, Ashokan woods,” by Mckyiges * arly Autumn,” and “View of weeks, taken near Yount Mansfield,” by Hub- Pogey ‘Day at Nantucket and ‘Woods in by Richards; “Mount Joiterson; Now Hump- roprey; “Sources of the Sueq “Twilight on Mount Hunter” and “Home in by, 8B Gifford; “Tunxis Hart Mignot; the Wilderness,’ nocticut,” by J. M. “Geneseo Flats,” by Casile bra,” by Colman; “Winter, teat,” by Boughton; ‘Cavalry Charge at Fredorioks- burg, Virginia," by Dartoy, “‘thoughis of Uberiay by Edwin Woite;’ “fhe Gan’ Foundry,” by J. F. Weir; “Confederato Prisoners lo the Front” and ‘The Bri Side,” by Winslow Homer; ‘The Last Sleep” and “£ Consecration,” by Lamborn ‘Tne Chitdron of the Mountains,””" by fhomas Moran; “Fiowors,"” by La Farge; ‘Phe Hears’ Dance,” by Beard, and, tinaily, several ‘Portraits, by Elliott, Healy and Baker. KMGHTS OF ST. PATRICK, Important Action in Support of the Rights of American Citizeus Abroad. The Knights of St. Patrick assembled last night at their headquarters in Broadway and adopted the fol- lowing preamble and resolutions. The document will bo forwarded to Washington for the consideration of Congross:— in woe ot lated the haw 0% that country, Whereas certain other eitia nh of American. ee, an tha, undergoing the tment Of common convicts, without boing accused Of any erime, were discharged on condition of quitting the British domin- asi ud were guarded to their ships by police constables; aun Whereas cortain others, being accused of crime, were tried. and convicted before juries of British subjects, and were dented the privilege of being tried as nileus, according to the established custom of ‘British courts, on the express ground, as decided by British judges, that they were oot Aliens, but English subjects; au : Whereas many of one fellow citizens belonging to all these classes of cases are now actually uadergomg the most rigore ous tprisonment which is reserved to convicted felons; be it theratore Resolved, That American citizens ought to be free to travel unmolested in foreign countries so long as they vio. lave no law of those countries, and that it is the duty uf tiwir government to protect them in that ri Resolved, hat the United States are outsl dichon of British courts, and that under the ry ny net or word done or utiered in the United States ean be punished in England by tnglish laws. Resolved, That, American citizens, whethert native, oF if accused of crime ad British ts, an in Great Brit or ireland Tight to be tried as aliens, and not as ssnglisumen, by the species of jury provided for jen. 4. Kesolved, That the: or ceciaratlons of subsisiin United & ‘States, havin chazens, first no need for any fresh legislation sa, tho Naturalization law now many mill of lemnly to abate all al ance to any other has thereby taken upon ttself obligation tu protect the cluzens thus as well as all Other citizens, and that this obligation te now complete without any new Jaw. Kesolred. ¥ them the right to hold in dominions, in prison not vicved aud n United Stat British subject expressly disallowed by the ju 0 w P rgolng Dunishm ) third, of those who have their claim to be American 9 Of British courts, Ai xecutive to require @ new h shall forever put furihor, that is the duty treaty reat Bi wo the ki See = no who ey oreatter aooord, th ft Armerican citizensh! JOuN MCAULIEFE, ‘Committees. MARTIN BROWNE, 4, CONOLLY, M. Fr, LYONS, Prosidont Knights of St. Patrlox, AMUSEMENTS, Srainwat Hatt.—Mr, Dossane commenced a neries of concerts at this bail last aight vefore the smallest audi- once of tho season. Ho was assisted by Madame De Lusean, Miss Alide Topp, and Messrs. Heynau, Zeiss, Schwartz and Colliore, Tho programmme consisted of Cari Schubert's string quartet No. 4, in A minor; Men- delssobn’s quartet Ni opus 44, in E minor; vocal se- lections from Mambré, Thomas’ Mignon, and Ne touches pu dla Reine, by Boisselot; two organ solos by Des. sano and two plano by Liszt. The quartew wore very badly played, the instruments being at times out of tuno, and no expression or sentiment being com- municated to thom. The vocal pleces were modiocre in execution, and Miss Topp played in ber well knowm offective style the piano extravagances of Liszt, Tneatee Fraxcars.—madame Ristori’s Marie Antol- though wo havo spoken of it so often, is a fer. tile subject for discussion. No play has ever beea placed on the stage that unites more thrilling situations, dramatic sentiment and attractive characters than the history of the unbappy Queen of France, There aro materials enough in ft for a dozen dramas, such as rule the sage at tho present day, and the interest in each act is wrought up in such a manner that the audience lo ks on in breathless attention while the terrible drama of revolution and anarchy is unfolded before them, ‘There are domestic ecoues of peace and happiness suo- ceeded by pictures of terror and agony, and behind hear the mutterings of the revolutionary hurricane which at length bursts in rosistless fury over the hoad ‘of thé last of tho Bourbons. The splendid company that Supporta Ristori in this, her very best, part adds much he tot ae of the play, Marie Anioinette will be given on Friday and at the Saturday matinée for tho last ume, THEATRICAL RECEIPTS. Baxvann's Orera Hover ano Mosrow, Broadway and Tuirtiotht sroet, Jan, 8, 1958. } To taa Eotron or tas Hanarp:— In your report of the intornal revenne taxes of ¢ Amusements I find itstated that ‘“Banvard’s Museum was placed under seisure for non-payment of tax," The siatoment ie incorrect. After Mr. De Pol and hia ballet troupe were ejected by & process from my remison, his effects were 6 the Academy jusic by the United States authorities for Lent p ad of taxes upon receipts for moneys be had received during the time he rented the Museum, By mie tavoment you will oblige your, a EE ee Fe a