The New York Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1868, Page 6

Phe Alabama Clatins Question and Po- Htical Corruption in Canada. coe Russian Diplomacy in Turkey, Its Aim and Agents. UROPE. ‘Tho Fronch Transatlantic Mail Steamship Company’s steamsdip Peveire, Cap‘ain Duchesne, from Havro on he 24 and Brest on the 4th of January, arrived at this {port yesterday afternoon, bringing mail advices, in do- ‘tall of our cable despatchos, to the last named date—se sto as tho roports on boar of the Cunard steamship Australasian. The Peroire landed a large number of ‘Bret onbia passengers and brings a valuable cargo, TURKEY. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD, he Now Fortis of Christian Crusade=Pow- ‘erful Asaanits of the “Sick Man’? Under Pretenco ef CaremAgency of the Christinn \Press--Contemplated Division of the Spolls— “Pe Hereditary Polley and Designo of Ruse sulmnan Animosity-Difne mo Porte=Cheistinns in Rho Inmerial ServiceContrast with Russia und tho United States=The Rule ia Candia ‘and Forcigu interference. > » CoserantivorLe, Des, 10, 1367. Thocrnsado which has been carriod on with great whirity for some timo past against tho Turkish govern. woot, baring arrived at an acme, now slowly co: ‘s. ‘A warfare of the po, undertaken under certain auspices, ‘te often as injutions to the devotod object Rs one of tho Brord, The press is an army, a host in Itsel’, and when Wt carries tho groatest arm of modern times—public OPpinion—with it, is more destructive than any modern eannon or needle carbine, A perfect hurricane of articles In the papers has been Iet-Joos9 upon tho in- tended victim, Gree, Russian and even some of tho American | joursals ave joined themselves im an foky onset cpon the Ottoman goverament. It a difflew!t to account for this extraordinary crusade otherwviso than by the roflection that tho gamoat stake ‘was Christianity versus Mussulmanism, tho Greek Against tho Turk, Acommities was formed at Athens, as ‘a steam power, to Jacture incendiary “arlt- @les,”” “*prociamations,” statemonts of “Turkish bar- Darities,” “in mand ehiluren cruolly bi mitted by tho Turks upon the Greeks in the andis, and but few pervons cared to uneheath their pons in tohalf of the trath and jasiice, It became tho fashion to traduce the Turks, and to bellove the Grocks ‘Wholly immaculate; and so the game story was divell ‘epon, end distoriod into so many shapes and f to baye an und fece of it, was Javishly epont wide, Tne game, or rathe ‘Was no less ian one ranean, with a pop Muesulmens, to be wrenched awey to Greece, on the occas of the Emperor o Deretotore figured to be the dowry of the Czar to bis rela The hereditery a y of Rusoia known to every one to require War between " the two — empires Targely in hictory. It has beea the uncessing tion of all of the Czars to extend empire to the shores of tho Hos Weil as Russian diplo h for Turkey. stants, was aunexed Prince who bas Nollenes, Candia was tthe expe ke te boa constr wholesale by fist covering % Baiiva, #0 ad to facitlte 4 the Caucasus have been sont ie of the boa; Aa atiempt was also being mare to saliv.ze what is otherwiso called Bulgaria, bad Wictim allowed ivecif to fa 0 the folds OF L fet serpent. We Fesulis by a glance cast sighs ns far as 3 Poles are Inbcring i alo of the er, and 3 of patriotic zone, ton i made snbee: 3 Of terrizo eies3, a Wide a With few excopti orance aad m Percr to have Zaissionaros « tao holy empire 3 ‘The: an mussionary re ihove of bis subjacts who do noe roek fallin nexl ns more aspire to an oO: nited biatcs could a few at in Congress, ark.sh or Otto from willing to becoiae Russian joots, to form an cwpire o: ther own and ‘Wh Constantinople for its capital. wie to recover to lost emp thelr conquerors, tho T: ancosiers from ave no desire of and rally ro ela they world do Wie throne of the Palwologt. , thesotore, lent p tbe tolls of Russian a they fia ea tt prctailons, ann. Al of the mople ty Gao Whoa ence in hor gs too well known at Cons'ant!- futal from Russina or ¢ jou and poror for Consiantinople dom, w No one is alow ested aiivoiion mbitiy of and tho well erterd = herevt aa ees urelie of the Fanaiya, a Vir: b pupersedes L ly agar telgn of toe count y . 4 Turk, Coomed tor ail tia and more ro fy for 6 or t ovon's In Europ, Hy U6e e.cereise Of in ube sa io the Brush empire, tue Power auppo Tho wisest eud best in Korope, In Aw More visible, In Rasia the sev et it and Siberia groar wietims. In iuero countries t) Prejudice of color, astutho United tates, Only Of national origin aud reli; ton. Th the Ouiorm re are a great m: and Chrivians equals or 19 bee ataia ther owa, To warfaro against Bim, and the sword was to deoiv confiiet, The fo become tribuiacies, aud each ‘ed together im distinct communities and Seow, all ebjoylag centain privileges aad disticctions idual cases of ylolence eceasionnlly occur; but, “l¢, DO one is ever compeliod to change his faith fot Mepaamedaulern, Rarely does it occur that a Mo- becomes a couvert to Ohristianity. There is wel fil fec.ing between tuo Massulinans and sorts, and the same. may bo anode Chrietian peste in Ture conaidor lves a8 tho only tones, pnd gonseauently toenlons In yiter abhorrence, @Pito as much be (roy do tho ho -eulutai ao Giooks, Arovea.ans, Catiibiies and Ce: voir 4 jior the Mame aro sub-dividayy, Jowe, Doron jee, &., Bre alvoye wiling to do ag myc, h ouNer as esidie abd ty cain hu sec 7 ovat ¢ OF OL Lo9'r common ryer& wo Museulio: the cadeau de nace of equatity and eligibility to vided the sullen be not cars whether it ni Many ere, nevertheless, by Christians, knows that the incumberts are mon of ability and fidel- ity. Some foreign e1 abroad end various offices in the empire are filled bynon-Musgulmans. The lp generals of the provinces are all Massulmans; owa ministers, of the Sublime Porte, are also of same; but with the exception of Daoud Pacha, Governor of Lebanen, who is a Catholic Armenian, °r@ re none of that rank, but who are Mo- hamedaos, ‘There aro several deputy governors who are Christians, and all of those appointed to Can- dia are of the latter. Cam the Frogdent of the United States appoint to a foreign legation, to a high rauk in the reguiat. army, or of @ territory, or indeed any office o! tion, a colored citizen? at is believed that tho query needs no answer here, Jt ts nevortheless meres sat pe Prosid ee JR aire the eerie of “pregudice of color,” which wi as yet, 80 heavi agalust all his colored Tollow Cisoas. Che. Sultan of ‘Lurkey, thereture, does what the President of the United States cannot do; and yet he Is traduced by the Chria- tan press of Europe and tho United States for not doin, more, He ia apprehensive of bringing about a conflict Taco and roligion, and wisely proceeds onward siowly, leaving it to time aud education to be enabied to do more. io Turkey thero {s no horeditary aristocracy, There aye, however, cortaln tities of distinction, which termi- nate with the lifo of thoso who attain to thom. That of tbe sovereign is the only hereditary office in the empire, These tiles ure pacha, bey and effend:, and they aro bestowed upon Christians ag weil as upon Mussalmans. ‘There are Various grades and sub-gradea in the public service, such 93 vizir, muchir, &c, The Grand Vizir is the superior, though hig rank is only that of & muchir, Toe present Turkish ambassador in London, Mr, Musarus (a Greok), is also a muchir, Thus iis secon that tho highest titles and grades of (be em- pire aro open to the Coristian subjects of the Sultan, as Well #8 to the Mussuiman. It may be admittod that tho Jahier are averse to thle, and would opposo it if couid; but the Sultan fs a3 impartial as he can ba mace actually producing a conflict of race and ro- gion, In Turkey all of the subjects of the Sultan are vanced only by merit—agsarule—for it may bo posed that there, as weil as elsewhere, favor often shown, even in ‘the @bscuce of actual merit, A!mo: atl of the present ministers aud otuor3 of the highe: functionaries of the empire have risen froin very low portitons in life, and there is scarcely one who owes his advancement to amytning cise than lis own merit and exeruons. Lot tho impartial reador now contras! th'a with the slate of things actwally existing tn Russia, the hereditary, enemy and traducor of ‘Turkey, Who ever heard of a Mussuimman becoming @ foreign ambassador of the Czar, and ho hag mauy millions of Muasuiman subjects? It may even be asked when a Catholic or Protestant sub- ject of the Emperor of Russia has become a Minister of huato? Rarely bas cither ever reached tho grade of a 1. Favor there 43 only conierred upon Greeks of Church, and to refuss.to apostatize is sure wed by @ divmiszai from oillca or a denial of 3, No Limsetf, ner @ reiigious or he ig = abased ho part of the E by the Sultan for rpess, and yet nt im to an equality with U rica because no 18 @ Mussulty of liberal? It the world 6x the Tu, « nitly towards his Christian subjec.s would it nat to treat him with geuerosiiyt ut peoples aro al in matters of roligion os individuals, and should be ag fuir towards the Suitun ag glomista,"? " ia extent in the a y cover the vo former are Ocean 80 piains, ovoupied only G.villzation, «3 We tndtvidai © of ne amouat, Woald th United States if ed or even killed by Comavehes or ? And yet every such rence 13 attri weakness oO Suitnn and tothe want of desire evca such abuses, parts of Yurkey atill retain the most hovita and » These date of Abrabai, Teaac aud Jacob, and are 8 a good one, Much , ever 10 the lavt twenty the A marked Improvoruont ts tho power of the gove ie felt Yo my country tejuires peaco and 9 enetmica of the empire ave, To provent thes tho: dition tor vos. This i utan in the er it 8 one of biow tha poopie of foly 0 worse jg on wher- a seen in Sandia, now to bo wiitul iziand of |, roentis t ud appointa an fave: 8 ove committed. “On May 14 (26) the 1 abitania gent ® petition to the Sultan mn of th a the 15th of hey petit for tuete exation to even give 2 10r tLe f s much loss to bs taken i arte attrigaied tia, nud espe. > of the Ruvsiaa ( What so ero in fact the regult oi the in t cannot ba asserted Lat itis well known vente of thi nieve ef tho Emperor wi ab 1k ud tho King of € viorfercnee b been ot least srapected is n9 roo:n tants Would 4 the ¥ for the st ruigod by ty nzod itt Wo Wot galuod aa tion of » themselves, no: ‘to be no moro hom are of doubtful since: of th? Sullaa a comm aud ochers irom v f iavesth- (3 of the certaiped tho ieland, When these are ruject of (ho furure politieal condition of the whole tolaud Is to bo , to of the Inhabitag are to ask for it8 Bunexution Lo Greece, Wil & of carrying i, ¥ \) 08 there aro, or were, two (irooky to coe Mussulnan. Gan tt bs supposed that any lndepeudent sovereiga would pormit of such a cou mureion in the aire ofhe own subjects aod allow a portion Of bis territory to be put ap to vote by its insure gents? Wo sient tincola have granted such a request fr Kogiand ond France daring the insurrec. tion of the Soutvern s Would Eugiand now accade t h® proposision iu favor of the #enians of Ireland ? Tmpart al Justice calls for on expression of the desi; to s00 the Turkish govorument reciity every abuse cote mitted ir # of this vast ompTe, 18 Costrable (hat It gioald tueditute theroim a good an equitabie forma of administration, ca.cul; tue Christian ag woll as tho Nussulman population, Ont of the wisest aud bost of tho <ultau's Ministers, Al Pael A Vizier aud Chief Miu: of ellecting this if p cklog of towns ond villages, ‘ten, &, (0 says the Crotan comm’ 'teo of Athens), 1s siiaply absurd end false; t no doubt it Will be dose, for the chict alm of tho Crotan ingarreetion hat booa such reports, 80 a8 to arouse Chyaiianlty agniust Musdi!maoiem, cud keep alive contimUn's of bairod and abborrancs in tue momorios of fore Who still read the histories of 1490, and the Wars of the Tarks, Crusadora and Greoks of the lower empire, A willtary goverhor geueral Las been appointed by the Sultan for Candiae and Ibrovgiout tio Christian portions of the isiand si eub-gorernors have been nated, all gentic ben of yn) position and of education at the capical, All Pacha bes colié¢d upon the inbebitants to name an: deputies they please near him for the purpose of adopt. ing measutes for “reconciliation” aud “ reconatraction, fod ty drow the prt ja oblivion, If the bereditary naiules of Lusrkey 20 not gucoedd Ip keeping alivd in ‘be minds of ‘sou of the covarameata of Lurene their ua H 5 aL SBER i 5-4 : difflcult to understand what interest Italy has in t! matter, other than the ambition of te “first rate Power” in Et 3 she really bas ao more int io United States or Brazil, and to accede to the requost of Russia only to tify the Czar - 10 Pr having accepted tho * iy of position,”” with tho full intention of settling it peacefully i can, forcibly must, it romains to be seen which of i es of coercion to = § & there are more than tho same number of Greek s: in this place alone, who would have to depart for their own country in case of hostilities, One cf the Cretan commanders, Gambrokaki, has just gone to Greece to urge its goverument to declare war against Turkey, declaring that If this be not done the cause of Candia is lost and must be aban- doned, Thus it would appear that it will bo necessary to increase the “horrors of war’ to secure an ead of doubtful bene4s to tho islandors, ENGLAND, Tho Alnbama Claims Question—How the United States May Obtain Cannda—Political Corruptien in Ottawa, {From tho London Post, Jan. 2] After the publication by tho American govorament of Mr. Adams’ despatch of December 4, thore is nothing left for thoso who desire to see a good understanding estabilehed betweon tho tivo countries but to regret the failure of tho last aud most promising negotiation for the gettloment of their principal differences, .Our poli- ticlaas aro now boginaing to vay that the government of the Cnited States did not really want to have the Ala- Dama question gattied, but prefer to keep the sore raw fore {ature emerzency, and our American friends must not bo surprised if this opinion should bo very generally edopted. Mr. Soward’a sudden enlarge. Taent of the ccniroversy when Lord Stanle; cama” into office was not the act of a state: man earnestly seeking to composo or prevent sirifo, We have been anaile to sign that the American government ex to bo able to make an immediate uso of this quarrel; but the detiberate renuns ciation of tho endeavor to settle it makes it moro in- portant to mark every indication of the policy and tac- tice pursued at Washingion. The United States ara forward to territorial acquisition, They a i to repeat upon reflection what they nave formeriy done froin patriotic instinct, ‘Their war has burned Into their Aory tbo inconvenience of having great Europoan Powers for their near neighbors, and the effect 1s see: ous of C mi the acts of the Exocative an: res, Differences of opinion may aner of gotting now terri- nu ora Secretary of Stuto who elfecia area of the Unioa knows that be is of the nation, . ‘niueut of the United States, unless by the exigencies of domestic tely, esp gain ts object known throughout te Union thataf any ati © on Canada pow, wo should be bound ia nonvr to defend it with every got we cocld place in the Leld, and every ship we coud nd to sea, It is equally well undorstood that itis ony while the Canadians vesire to retain part of oar emplia tat our obligation wi ‘There is & Sar, amount of geumue to the Canadian peo- ple, but the pont.ca of tne country are in the hands of ‘a set of mea who havo been everything in their timo, even rebo's and annexationists, Politics im Canada aro clea tie negotiation of public loans, conve s, railway contracts, sales of pebile land—w tnvilocs Ue frequent manipubition of larg y With these mei—and we oily give thom the character they are con- giving one another, and with got reason— etn deal miscr better than Downing ait, a8 it well knows how, infinitely tho better da. 1 will give tho imperial guarantee for ack no return; it will even bog the colony to take tho money. This morthwest torritory, which is ready half Americanized a3 to the composition of 1a vaion, WHI probably bo bougut by Canada, and the the disc: =, tor Ca millions ni will be borroved in some = fern or country, while the government caunos give ! sable guarantee w einaiu impricticabl the ast know that go well suits the pre us would rouse their patriots adent course thelt fovernment co would bo to wait, and to do nothin from isting the paticnes of f a5 soon as yossibi el adopt iunder Capada hingiom ca taunty a Post, Jan, 1], jwbama claims etil innes to grave 1 Hocslon to the statesmen and peopla of Kagtand avd America, Notwithstanding wit that bas been said snd written on the subject—notwiih- elanding the lapse of tine, tke change of circnmstances d otuer Uings Wislelt led many of us to expect a year 0 that this matter would ebo: moved oat of sight—the ques: two goveramouts remuia p Indeed, it would seem as ment Uns beco;ne even mn the thoy were, y Ol aszitie. for the history of est negodlaionawair (irom which they then trons from whien thoir Et number glad to hav they migut v ts at any Ute with the of beiag supported, right or wrong. In tne 0 it cannot be denied that the Americans 2 against ws of no common character, ¢ have given way as for as we could in to cubmit the Aial sto arbitral was not only un 4 ns to Te lion of the recog: Bat there is show how im. id boy If it y might bo, gland was uthern so eubmitted, 1 facio br Kean ip @ wae no war, but nstitution was in y tht Pre ident whole policy of ren inioten OF that cons t to undo all that ne trails of the agine there yet, if the " wo ad fs to bo en FRANCE, Napolvoats Reception of the North Germay Ambas ado ven to him by on tO represent the cout a 10 144 Interantions: revatona, the King of Prossia iy desires to ma.utaia and develop more aod moro th 4 feeling and coniidence between F dorate 5 ‘This de- siro is the format sent ments ndsbip which the Klag cat jeaty’e person; and tt sof the King pros iy Linctions 1a that spirit, ln Roe jug to me the new aro Jnvesiod as the repreaen+ e of the confederation of the north, you renew the assurances of the friendst Prassia, I thank you for it. Oa my 'y with pleasure to © rn oxistiug between th T beg of you 10 inierprever of my #-ntiments to the King. been able to appreciaie tho high qualities which ou, ido pot doubt Lins you will continue, exert all your offoria to maintain be- twoen the tv ities that friendly understanding which is the pledvo of their prosperity sada guaran. tee for the pence of Europe, Count ton der Golts was aflorwards received by the Empresa. us towards « r ITALY. Victor Emannel’s New Yenr's Specehs The New Year's Ls gs wat held by tho King, Victor Emanuel, January 1, In Florence, The presi dents and deputations from the Feuate and the char. ver of Deputios, the ministers, the magistracy, the raunicipalities, ollcers of tho army aud the National Guard were present, In reply to tho congratalations of the Deputies oe King @xprossod hig confidence tn the future, and eal that he cousidered tho position of Tialy. ind y within tho last few month jesty hi Chamber would act in such a ay 4g to rend Woot ali the réforms ao siblo to govern and + h A hy the country, Addrosain; the M Fi Th the toe saan “a, prices Celvipg (ho congratilations of @ city, the jn! eee had ‘ob fadrairbiy ophaales tithe tho Jato calamitous périod, aid resrot: exempt h gt boon followed t a Ome O wie at citi ¢ Kho Cay 10 National Guard for Bae 5 ” NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. inline UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN BANKRUPTCY. In the Matter of Ata Croft,—In this cas, for compul- sory adjudication of bankruptcy, upon the ground that the debtor had given @ confession of Jadgment to & oreaitor for $7,000, and thereby comumitted an act of en by Commissioner The question nom aunne tie Guttman was concluded, Geciaton of the court whether a confession of Ju show il.Ee tas Cate courts is invalid under the ch? Discharges tn Bankruptcy. Ate The following discharges in bankro| wo been gnven from the th to the 8th of ae inst., inclu five:-Edmund 1, Palmer, Nathaniel Dole, Wililam B. Duncan Ph: Israel Hall, James D, Ray, Mathew H. Bridge |ward N. Ebbotte, Jr. Petitions ta Bankruptcy. ‘Wittam E, Hanks, New York city; referred to Regis- ter D is B. Lent, New York city; referred to Regier Ketcham.” i SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. The Belle Boyd Harding Divorce Case~The Southern Spy Divorced from Her Husband - Bofore Judge Cardozo, Belle Boyd Harding, plaintig, ve, Samuet W. Wording, defendart,—Another chapter in tho eventful history of Belle Boyd, “Stonewall” Jackson’é favorite scout in tho Shenandoah valley during the campaign in Virginia, closed yesterday, when Judge Cardozo, at Supremo Court, Chambers, rendered @ decision dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the ‘Belle of the Valley” aud Samuel W. Harding. At the close of her career, which rendered ber name historic in connection with some of the events of the lato reboliiov, Belle went to England ai made her debut av actress at one of the London thea‘res. While in ercise of her new vocation sho became aint with & man acquaint named Samucl W. Harding, und subsequently, on th 25th of Aucuat, 1861, was married to bim in that city at St. Jamos’ church, Piccadilly, She continued to [panos in public for some time, her name, memorable inconsequence Of her daring aud romautic achieve- ments on behalf of tho “lost cause,” proving # suflicient attraction to tho English peop'e, so many of whom athized with the Southern people in thelr strugg! ding, her husband, who bad also acquirot some no- toriety a3 en author and an actor, was formerly en of- Beer fn the United States naval servics, A short time since Belle returned to America with ber husband and performed in various theatres throughout tho eauniry, and only a few evenings cinco mado her bow to a New York audionce at tho Vreych theatre, Ia December last, in consequence of ceriain proofs of infidelity on behalf of ber liege, she commenced an action for divorce @ vinculo matrimonit against him, The suit was inst. tuted tn the fupremeo Court by the service of summons and complaint upon her husband personally, and service admitted in his own handwriting. ‘Tho case was refer- red to Gratz Nathan, to take testimony and determine the issnes, and report with his opinion thereon to the cour Proof was taken of the marriago, and it was iusiveiy shown that the delondant was guilty as din the complaint, the offence having been com- with one Fs foclair, a courtezan, at a house ther was present aad superint interests, no deicuce being interposed, howe:er, *An autograph letter of the dofendapt, writ to “My Dear Colonel,” a friend of Harding’, givioy the real and fictitious names of “his damseil,? Faante, and stating that she “Lad a card of his (iferding’s) sticking im ber giaz3,’? was also produced for the plalatiif im evi: reforco reported in favor of plaintiff e& all the and tho court confirmed the report yesterday, 3 no alimony from her former husband, and arently anxious only to get rid of him, She clily on the reference that she wished to ree Notice te the Bar=Findicg Notes of Iasze. No-day will be the last day to file Notes of Irsue for the rred classes, Thoy mast bo flied before three vel ~~ P, M., or they will bo placod on the Goneral Caton: SUPAEME COUNT—CENSRAL TERM. General Wasbington’s Letter to the Common Councit-The Case ou Appeal. Before Judges Barnard, Ingratiam and Suthoriand, The Mayr, de, of New York, Pawntifs and Re spondent:, vz, DeWilt C, Lent, Defendant and Appetiant— Nearly aceniury ago tho Mayor, Aldermen and Com- monaity of the city of New York presented to General George Washington an address, with the freedora of the city, enclosed ina golden box, Oa the 2d of May, 1785, Mayor Dusno read before a Common Coaucil assembied at tho Atmshouso an autograph tetter, tho reply of on to the compliment thfls offered » the following words: pita, which was asm T EX-L receive yo tho freedom of with whieh you hev pleased (0 present ine sn box, With the 6 tity nod grautude which alm (0, ‘The fluttering ex. 8, and call for a my sense the vielrsitudes of n @ known a motient and esteem ve reward pumergus wid co: ect of divine wi territory, f her vir i your eit of the empire ress and answer be pub- 270 and 273, of tue clerk that tho lettor d from the records of the Board bal iettor, and session ual) when ho 'diod, leaving as his executrix his elstor, Mar- La May, 1804, she caused, ihe lotter to be © auction, and ihe dovendsnt, Lant, put. ‘Phe city s ntly commenced r tho Fscovery of the letter, and tried be ore Judgo Voster aad a jury and in the Hezany at the time. A verdict 6 st the defondaut for de- it could not be shown Loe 1 wns camo up yeater now trial. vod ite do SESSIONS. Tefore Julgo pumber of cases were dixposed of yesterday in court, Agsistant District Attorney Huching con the prosecution, James Gr fin, death of David 3 in the fourth d vony vo Corcner that on tho night of the 1ith of but & after proe gto tho as Buine of tho witnesses prisouer tuade any particul footer, I rovt comme terined it, “ ed to hob slop your {i shoot you," whoretpon tho pr stopped Into the band fred a psi of which lodged ent ride of Mov daaih, ‘Ihe prisoner was ronandod for CHW WVPELLAGENCE, Tee Boinp or Hearta.—Tho Beard of Health held their regular wookly meoting yesterday afternoon, Presi- dont Cran, M.D,, in the chatr, A communicetion was ‘om Froderick W. Seward, Assistant Secretary ja_reply to a note of tho Board forwarded tho Btate Depariment some time ago, transmitting a cortised eopy of a rezolutioa of the Board in respect to consular bills of health, In the Secretary’s commu. meation Colonci Clarke, the secretary, is advised that a circular will be sont to ‘our consuls abroad mudying the views expressod ia the resolution ebdve roforred to, ‘Tho counsel to whem tho question as to whother or not tho Board of Heaith d designate at what places the booths of the Soldiers’ Moseeugor aad Despatch Company aro to bo stationed, reported that the, Board should: locate (he booths, but could rogard (he y ezestions of the company Wp cboosiag thelr locas wu jn porsnance of this opinion the following rese- Juvion was offered anil adopted :— Resolved, ‘That all the applications to this Board from the, Presidont of (ne Soldiers? Messe fisiness and Despatch Company to loeate booths or esignaiod places which have been rejeeted by this Soard, be referred to the engineer of thts Board, to report tn reference to each of auch applications, at wuat place nearest to the piace desig. hh applications a booth or an be located An the ca J of @ atroet oF aveaue, being nt luast thirty-five feet wide, with comparative inconvenienos to the travelling piblic aid to persons reelgibg of doing business fn the viemitty thereof or contiguous thereto Rid algo to dih Of tue street ar avenue At ihe place hé may of tho com end If th amed by ‘ovtained the Loard might indore Tae Fouatn Stazer Hoxtors.—Tho inquest in this cash was resumed yesterday before Coroner Kolline, at the Soventoonth precinct station, whéro the brothére— Robert and Kiliiaa Bchmidtwho wore in ite party who Gomntaityod tho murdof, toatided that tho de Petor Lind, Was beaten on tho head by George Hi With tho Butt of @ pistol, ahd that tho day after the occurrence Haimroiil adnittéd ho had br the pistol Thor evide Disbod tho fi bat ho oyideuce to get for ‘who is quite a strippling, be ears obtained the money, bia return from t! ank, ascending the st roa ot bank Jeading to the eecond floor, which ta iy when a man caught hold of bim by ‘arm and swung him around, and thea threw a bi ot snuff into tho boy's eyes, thinking, of course, the young fellow tn his agony pela crap the in with which he (the thi ud easly unde! ¢ escape, Hartshorp, ho’ bad presence of mi enough to cling to the moaey and rush biindiy Into street, whoro le raised the cry of “Sop thic!.” In hubpub that ensued the villain who committed the ow Tage managed to make good his escape. Inspeotor Dilks- bas an idea that the thief can begaught, ANOTHER BANK ROBBERY, to to three o'clock or! Marpby, President, in the chair, to the memory of the late Su ‘were passed, after which the Cl ing committees for 1868, The Executit ittee of this o1 ization will mest on Saturday ag yr to appoint a day for holding the primey ‘elections (9 dele- gates to tho State Convention, which moeta in Syracuse ‘on the 5th of February, AtEcep Dzata Frou VioLtNoe,—Yestorday afternoon Coroner Flynn reooived information that John Wiegand, & German, had dicd at his late restience, No. 910 Second avenno, Lateon tho night of tho 2d instant deceased, while in tho lager saloon No, 947 Second avenue, was sct upon by several parties and badly boaten stamped upon, It is supposed his death was the result of tho violence intiicted upon bim, To bis ante-mortem examination, taken on tho 7th, Wiegand charged, that Charles Cannon Stick, Adam Kitze Charles id, Wilheim Christan and Heury Paul were of the jWho beat him. ‘They wore arrested and held to bail to await tho result of Wiegand’s injuries, Coroner Fiyua will hold an inqeest on the body to-day, * Conmu0N Berween City Ratnnoap Cans,—Yeaterday morning a collision occurred between two cars of the ‘Third and Fourth evenue lines, which fortunately re- sulted in nothing more eerious than a very bad scare among the passeagors of both cars, It appears that the Fourth avenue car was crossing the Third avenue track, when a car on thesatter track drove rapidly by, and be- fore the driver on the Fourth avenue could put on the brakes sufficiently to stop his car the pole to which the horse3 wero attached plounged its way through the Third avenue car, both cars finally crashing against each other, the Third avonvo car gotting rather the worat of the smash 2 ‘Tho passengers were, happily, enabled to make a hasty exit from the vehicles before the crash oc- curred, Of conres tho Third avenuo driver ava tho Fourth avenue driver is to blame, and the Yourth avenue driver contends that the Third avenue man doesn’t know how to drive, Qvanastiva.—Dr. Reid, Deputy Health OMicer, reports Ro moro new cases of cholera on the ship Liebnitz, The passengers havo all been transferred from the latter ves- sel to the hospital ship Iino, and sho has been thor~ oughly cleansed aud fumigated. All the sick are cone valescent, : Issrection or Crry Prosova,—The venerable and irre- Pressible Poler Cooper, accompanied by @ numerous committee, composed principally of members of the Citizens? Assoctation, visited the prison of the Seeond Police District Court yesterday, Me, Cooper, who seomed to bein command of the investigating party, accompanied by Mr, Nicholson, ono of th missioners of Public Charues uhd Corrcetion, piloted the visitors through the prison and its numerous cells, The keeper, Mr. Sulliven, actod asa kind of guid, aud male tho 0 ty explanations whon ros qurod in ail mai nining to the treat ment of thoso who aro unfortunate cnough to be brought within tho walla of the kup. Locks, doors, stoves, ventilation, prisoa furniture, prizon diet, respect Joseph B. Taylor ‘Announced the stand. Comt 4 $15,000 In Bonds Stolen from tho Sank of the Republic. o f ‘The excitement occasioned by the sudden di: ance of a young bank teller the other day and revelation that he bad "dofalcated’? to tho pleasing of $450,000 has not quite subsided; yos immediate! upon the heels of that “passing event’? comes anoth in which a second bank ls announced to bo a sufferey no small extent, ma Tt appears that on Wodnosday afternoon a gontlt well known in finascial circles in this city, and who accustomed to have large dealings with the Nat! Bank of the Republic, which ts situated on the Broadway and Wall street, had occasion to gd tt bank with United States and other bonds to thdg of $15,050, upon which he desived to negotiate temporary Joan, Ihe bonds In question consisted, five Uniicd States Jive-twentiea of 1665, Jannary ‘gi duly interest, of tic donomination ef $1,069 eadl respectively humnbored 102,475, 102,676, 103,677, 103,678, 102,679; lve Missouri bouds issued to tho N gourl Railroad C yy N 2, 294, 390 ahd of $1,000 cach; four Alissouri bonds issued to Calro al Fulton Railroad Comp 83, 452, 404 and 4 and ong Missouri bond, 1,161, issued to the Pacifi Railrvad Company, ati of the denomination of $1, mh, On entering the bank the geutieman to whol 18 bonds be.ongod went up to the desk of the discoun| clerk and staced tho nuture of nis business, In a for minutes after tho clerk had conferred with (he cash! ag to whether or not tbe loan could bo grant he examine ihe bonds and finding them all core rect Lad tho mosey" tue gemileman desired coun’ fbis saifactoriy arranged, the borrowe: nk, ‘he discount clerk meanwhile found nO private apartment of Mr, For joming his desk, and let he counter is enclosed g tbat serves, or was supposed jay, as & suilcient barrier against tht msines of any individual who might to take anything vaiuable thi acu, Beiug aware of this fact, uty never thought that th bonds could be taken from their place (it he thought them at ull), even snould a thief be boid enough tou dertake tho op: vot making away with them, an 4 all the other ct ceteraa, were keonly-mquired into, | £9 e@'ered the casuier's room, Wuere be remained but & and tental inventories of what was seen snd heard | Runuto or iso, On | roturuing to his desig were care(ully noted down, no doubt for future refer he fooked for the bonds in order to pug them in the safe of the bank, when, to his consternas tion, ho discovered that they were not to be seen, He parted ag quiotiy as thay came, and poenbly the next | Te donc one iy cue, aller cosuiing (hem aud payiag aformation wi at ye 4 2: 7 w doings of the vencrabie Peter may bo the publication of bra Jona to pi haga iy who brought them in; but one of those startling communications which occa. | they were Mot there, Could somebody havo remot sionally ewanate from his pen, containing a graphic be ea A sale ace Sutras ree Hoey ons bomange expose of our present system OF treatment to prisoners | eee i ne ne ee toe it b is ey incarcerated in our city prisons, paired, but th indies shan a equi (And Tuy PresavreriaN Tistorican Socmery.—A meeting, | capacious maw; and, worried as ii his very iife depend under tho auspices of this society, was held last night upon the finding of securities, he quesuicmed cl at Dr, Adams’ church, Madison square, The Rov, Dr. a ter clerk, but uo one Lal seen the bouds. Search wi Skinner presided, and addresses were delivered by the | MAd® Sbroughout the rou for them, bat all io no “mith, Rev, Dr. McLean aud othora Dr, pon and reiuctantly the discount clerk came to the MeLoan, in the course of his romorks, sald that the first i their exploration the members of tha cominities de- exce, by the inqu'sitors, After satisfying themselves conclusion that the bonds had beea stolen, ‘That some exper: thief of tho bighest ‘crack’? ordet presbytery held {n this country ‘met in Puiladel. | 95 in tbe bavk during thetime the negotiations rel hia” 1 Se) a r . | tive to the bonds wore pending betwi thew form ma a 11a. September, a i08, aud was com. | owner and th cison mt cleikihero can be ro doubt; Tepresenting nin ony, At ay inbered only three prised five thousand wipisiors a that, awaiting Ue opportuutty to enrich Limsolf by tl Dald, quic rh © aAsecond, ia theustiow bis hand ove the railing of tho couuter, seizing the bonds, tuckiny sbyterian ches, The Historical Society was them under his (o1t and coolly waiking out of the ins for tho porpose of collecting and pri tution, dieregardtul of the coafusion and trouble tl] nients pertatuing to the early hisypry of us would re @ certainty that bank ofiicials can fay approcitte, t Who the thief cau ba is a question that remains to bundred files of old newspapers, ali oaring on this | Solved, or what is more provable, never sa\lsfacto ct, which wero, however, useless for the wantofa | t9 be answered; for the criminal history suilanle p'aco to keep them. ‘Ile elosed with aa appeal | the city for the past few yeors has dem for an codowment in aid of the objecis of the Society, strated the fact beyond a homeopaibic chance Awrnicay Inerrrctz.—The meeting !ast evening In one | &,comtidiciion that these thieves who go abo ir work by tho broad light of day of the rooms of tho Cooper Institute of the yet of many person aro tle Ph branch of the American Institute had an unusual! a reigthaatt eee aie ae ee ye ; o ught afler they are successful ta their bold endeavi attendance, and tif proceedings wore of an interesting | Aga rule, which may boa good rule, but which doea character, Several papers were read upon a heterogeneous | not always wor's weil, the police authorities, whener Variety of topics, sxch ag spiders, tho brain, tho head contre of the nervous forces, the comparative efficiency an extensive bond rotbery is aunounced in this cit ef iron and steel for the manufacture of steam boilers, settle tioir suspicions Upon one or two prominen thieves of the me:ropelis who are known to gain the! tungsten compounds and the manulacture of diamonds, All {ueso subjects were freely discussed alterwards, sticit- livelikood by the same species ot handiwork which tha jndividwal who took ihe bonds from tas Bank of th ingYateresting 13 ditloual to those ‘contained ‘a the | Republic puts to essful perfection, and i manuscript contribations, Regardiag thd manufacture of | Conformity with ti ® they yesterday came diamonds, tbat tho init i 6,000 worth of bonds in qu time In trying to work out the secret, it is n takea by @ cer.atn “cracksman’” whot to stato Uiat through the ald of chemical sciencs the uillar to ait metropolitan detectives, Bt it imaginable drillisnts cin be made, bi about sion fell flat when, on invostigt times tho oxponse of the crude stove as offered in | }t was zcerialoed that tho rogue aforcsald tho market by diamond dealers, A separate and or | Bot been ia this city for several weeks, So they had paper than all tho others was one on tue history fall back on te statements of the clerks in the banl pension bridges, which was both ent coriain of whora contended that they saw a "st exhaustive on this topic, Several inventors showed, ta | looking”? man wandering about the room about the conclusion of the ovening’s proceedings, the product of | the bo st have beon taken; bat their deaoript their brains in tho way of models of varied and cavious | 4065 not at ail an that of auy Oxpert thief known structure, avd baving reference to varicd and curious | 0 police, fuus far the identity of tho robber {3 & departments of human tabor, mysterious as tho robbery Heelf was outrageously . Pkdprccant and to a in who he Is the detectives have Axarvensny ov Franxtun’s Bretnpay.—The ono hun- | ses 49 work to fercet bim out if 46 takes thom. all wu rod and sisty-eocond anniversary of the birtuday of mer. Iho bani announces that f will give a liberal Franklin will be commemorated by the Now York Typo- | Ward for the returu of ‘he stolen bonds, leaviug the rooms, No, 8 Chambers street, ward devorved by the thief to be melted out to him owns the old Lond ioty owns i a priate the courts—w en he is caught, a ich Fraukiia worked as a printer. josity wil! be exhivtted to-night at tho re- SKATING, possession of moré iban one ul @ libsary of three thousand volumes and aT Soctety.—At a meoting of this go- eg ; Tovrnament at Miteheil’s Park Pond, clety, held at thelr rooms In Chambers street yesterday, Really, thero is more symmetry, os well a tho following oifcera wero olected fur the ensuing | grace and brauty, im women’s skating than if Presiden hard O'Gorman; First. Vico Presi . Join Uh. ; thoir Cancing, O20 does not desira a mote Recordi thrilling seneation than tho fresh yoang beasty gif over the crysial foor of the fro her er p locks blowing tn the gale, he “ d rod nud temptiog ay the nowzay in t atime / Shia her whe Fin insifaovive of rosy oe inthe artistic, gli Drossner and Mai 0 het many ait ing busincas ia B Aronve Pork Pond to wi ¥ between lidies, f Binghas sued alo pretences Mr, Jowoph J, Ha heim & Hatburg, 1a his affidavit bir, Tho comptainan’ i“ nity ‘a oblatuing competitors fi ted, bat tuartoore sould be he h Miss Powoll ventared’ i atend in ally ewinging over t day of Octovor I goatend him and Wished ty yous ON eredit, at Lue B ogg 2 BY pe ae 4 io a te tiine repre is icm was worth $20,000 u was atrotche 4 the movement combered, they wore domg a geod business, | Or renner nd gra fet Believing tho represe 1 tobe trus Mr, Hamburg | Yery proscribed os, net sold a dclivered to Dresener guous valued at §7 have never been paid for, is alleged by ir, Hamburg t and the members wero nso! oir debts It is fu m of each lady ed by the New ¥ or tovements he prize only by of the wore diMou cy figures, Mis hom tie prize wes awarded, 1 a Brooklyt o bauble ts a working skating boot, chaste an desigth Thd score siood—Miss Bodeil, 23; or Je with their creditors for 2 on tho dollar; that tho de $40,009, nor any amount tever, rary, Was ingolvent and anavie fo pa firma Was not wi Dat, on tho co debta, Th Tosult of an oxar Jom Aurou Lancsyy ar od Skating In Brooklyn. steward on board the steamship City of Baltimore, was ‘apitolias, Prospect Pari, Central and other arrested yeste ollcor Witkiowon, of the Tweaty. | skating pouds in Brooklyn werd in preity good condts sixth precinct, on susploion of having stolen $290 in | tea yesterday—a fact whic tho admirers of that spors acedt by the hums @ javorite resorta, British gold coin from Michael O1wel steorage passenyor from Liverpool ia the © ng d to their setisfaction, as war er attors at each Of the ab more, In bis ocomplatat Olwell chi Tenth ennwal carmiva istic festival on the Unt the 1, wh r eee, Jourdan provailod | Pend comine: at noon be ed find coutioned ant upon him to give bim (Jourdan) bie money for midnight, The afalr wa: riliiant ¢uceess, Barly in th oulokeoy Hlegiag that by retaining possession of 8d quecus, followed by, afternoon troops of princesoes tho money b © might loro it Civweil says ho | Tedian ohiefs, k sinth, by Gave the gold to the steward, aud Wan the shia arrived posesselon of tho In port aaked bin for it, when Jourdan denied having | height by ning o'clock, the money, aud coureqiontly refused to make restitn. | Neutly iliawineted, the toric animotimg, and Yon, On being arre\y:icd before Justice Hognn he a eilers ecstacic, and so {% continued until the hor clared ip the mort po. it midnight arrived, when @ grand pyroiechole a dollar of Oiwell's money Drougat the festivities to an ends Arinking to excess with oiher vod the treasure and foloniousiy sain or Secenvieeee: he missed his mone: panions must Lave converted tho same to hie orp. ee peng enny en oa ‘The Board of yeaterday to fill the vm ocrumaitt 01 4 @ramiontion, Ths accused ayedb that he has witnesses | CaNcy in (he Board caneod by the death of Superyicoe Taylor. A motion being made to go Into a ballot, Super Olwoii's affidavit to prove his insovoa ARREST ON A HAIL Pimom Detective MoCord, of the | Viser Ely protorted against the action of the Board o1 0 vacancy erictod, Wiilisin Jogee hi Central ofco, yesiorday brotght before Justice {tes i at tho Tombs, Mr, Theodote Asher, whem ho had pre a toy ae hn ak roopeted 1G ill tuo alleged vi | arrested last Monday on a batlploéo, issued by a civil ) court in Atlanta, Geor apSrvsi lof ‘ourt in Atlanta, Goorgia, it beiag alleged that Asher Wereven ey Rirevea from the 4 an additional cleager wi ir sel je add non’ script pond, aed the reveliy roactiod 1 At thet bour the ico was brif- about the time aud thas some one of bis com. was a fugiilve from Atlanta, whore he had beon ongaged t Of eaves, in mercantile busi fee his ‘thers fa jhied tu the County Dusiness had given of Hand for $ and tee visor LLY Oly) Hon en'ling apén lh ‘wards, ai: ' 4 givon bonds thet’ f tho now rh to Inform tbe oa Mr Asher, howe came to sonal omoaht we ‘ po to comple’ The Ly vans ao va, eae ate the Board adjoura Ns iro o'crocms : m arts Raa 0 Was aad, eFmed with a oaileplocd, au Aaher began dovasued tt potles jauartere awaiiing