The New York Herald Newspaper, January 21, 1868, Page 6

EUROPE. British Opinion of the Condition and Pros- peets of the American Union. Vast Development of the Trade of Germany. The German mail steamship Weser, Captain Wenke, trom Southampton on the 7th of January, arrivedat this port atan early hour yesterday moro'ng, bringing a ‘mail report in detail of our cabie despatches to that day, ‘The New Prussian (Cross) Gasete of January 6 states that Count von Goltz was to return to Paris next day, A royal ordinance was published 1p Ratzeburg intro- @eoing the German Zullverein laws into the duchy of Lauoaburg. The Queen of Spain, January 6, in her reply to the ad- @ress of the Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, saia:—My fidelity to the constitution will be as lasting as wy Catholicity. ENGLAND. The Fenian Alarm—Extraordinary Precaue tions at the Naval YardseAn Armed Blocks adv of the Coast Line—Arrest of the Fenian Charged as Captain Deasy. When the Weser gaiiod the Fontan alarm existing in land, if not greatly exaggerated, was very serious, Orders were received on Saturday, January 4, at Plymouth Citadel for the embarkation of two battalions, Seventh brigade, Royal artiliery, on board the Himalaya for conveyance to Dublin, Since the recent outrages at Cork extraordinary ac- tivity and vigilance have been displayed by the authori- ties in Ireland. The impression was thai attempt was contemplated in the south on New. Year's day, but that the desiga was abandoned, pos- in consequence of the measures which were adopted to deteat it, Our correspondent in Southampton says:—There are Famors, frmiy believed by numbers, of an intended of Fevians immediately, and then Year's day, was fixed, and great appreben- sions and excitement prevailed. It is concluded from the movements of tne authorities that they anticipated something of the sort, for there were great militar: Preparations made; the police stations were barricaded, sad a cyrem ofmignala hy means of the lime light was acop! Burke, Casey and Shaw were brought up for another @xamination at Bow betes org we Tho evidence taken elated solely to the of Burke and Casey. They ‘wore remanded ; but it is expected that at the next hear- ing the case, which bas been open six weeks, will close, special constables continued to be sworn im in ail the Principat towns in Great Britala, ‘The London Times of the 7th of January contains the ‘foliowing notes of the preparations und caution of the Executive:—During the last few daya extra precautions ‘have been adopted by the officials for the safety of the powder magazines at Upnor Castle, Chatham, in compli- with instructions received to that effect. Her ty’s paddiewbeel steamer Adder has been relieved of bor ordinary harbor duties and 1@ moored off the arsenal, a number of warrant officers and semen, In ad- @ition to the ordinary vessel's crow, ver § placed on board for special service by day and nigut, Lieutenants Morrell and Oliver, of the Wellesley, seventy-two, having @harge of tbe vessel and crew. A couple of Armetron; - ied have also been placed on board, and during yester- nettings Lo prevent boarding parties getting on board the verse! were being fixed. Throughout ths might ‘armed boa's’ crews are constantly sailing backwerd and forward alung the harbor frontage of the castle, and every boat passing after nightfail ia challenged’ and erbauled. A careful survey of the approaches to jpnor Castle from the land side has been made by General Murray, accompanied by the ollicers of the stat! @ Royal Engineer establishment, and every precau- Mon adopted by the posting of sentries and patrois of ioe const to prevent any access being guined to rae! The detachment of Royal Marine light infantry on special night duty in Woolwich Arseval were last night od bya nomaarey Fat the Royal artiliory, whe Wok up their duties at 6 F. M., tv continue through the ht, are stopped, and no o'clock, The same New Year’ Important Arrest. ‘The London Star of the 7th instant reports the arrest @f the person suppo.ed to be Captain Deasy in the fol- towing words:—Tuere is good reason to suppose that a ‘Most important arrest has been made at London bridge Yeeterday morning. It is stated that Deasy, the Fonian ebiel, whose rescue, and that of Colonel Kelly, from the Police van at Manchester on the 18th of September, pro- ‘80 great a sensation throughout the country, las fatlen into the hands of the police. If the conjecture as ‘to the identity of the individual who has been cap:ured shou'd prove correct, it is manifest that for some time oe authorities must bave been acquainted witn y's whereabouts, and ultimately with his placa He had sought refuge in Spaio, and, perhaps, presuming that his disappearance for three months and a balf would have relaxed the vigtiauce of the police, ‘or coniident of his ability successfully to preserve bis disguise, he ventured upon the bold experiment @f returning to this country, Deasy, or ibe man ‘who is supposed to Le that 1odividual, arrived at Freah- water wharf yesterday morning in the steamer Oriana, which, although irom Palermo, is chiefly laden with Spanish oranges. took a berth in this ship as a eabia er. A powerful body of police quietly awail arrival the Oriana om the wharf, and ‘when she came alongside the quay they at ouce pro- veded to search the vessel for their expected prize A Moment suiticed to show the accuracy ef the infor. mation which they bad received. When they made ‘their appearance a maa who had been standing amou, ‘the passengers was observed to run aiong the decies ax to secrete him: The pol'ce at once darted after him, oteyrn the fugitive into the cabin, and after a very struggie made bim their prisouer. These procesd- Jays Occasion: d great excitement tn tue noighboriocd of Lpdon bridge, acd it coos.derably increased whea it War Tucored thatthe Femaa leader had been removed te the Mansiva House. rest of the supposed Fonian ‘On the news of the @aief, Captain Deasy, being mado kuown, information ‘Was sought on board the Oriana, from whence the nan Was made prisoner, where the following information was obtain: ‘When the man now supposed to be Deasy went on ‘Deard the Oriana at Legbora, with a written order trom ‘the Knglish Vice-Consul, bis’ manner waa extremely re- ®erved, aud as he was berthed among the sailors their curiosity became excited to know who ho was, as he ‘was being passed home as a distressed seaman. Ho ‘was, however, very uncommunicative, but between Watches the stranger was questioned as io his aute @euts. Hoe at jengih stated that he was « ecaman, Bad left England on board a ship bound for tue Mediter- | He had some words with the captain, and oo erriving at Legbora deserted, and rematued guiet unul the ship again pur to when he made the ciicumsiances known to the Consul, ‘Weo obtained & borin for wim on board the Oriana —1his Btatomont was accepted by the eeamen of tue Oriana, sad he was duly received @: a messmaio, ‘ihe Oriaua, aller leaving Leguoro, caliod wt anotber lialian port, and ten proceeded wo Gibraltar, being the inst port she touched at previous aril having been éight Shortly after leaving Gibraltar it larly noticed by the crew that the siranger jent @ hand’ in any of the duties of iue ship—a circuimstaace very poculier in tl one wo represented himself to be au and who was on boord ender the circus tiated, it being customary for such persons to male thi @elves welal about deck, The crew state that 1 Myles himeeit) had no more uotion of the duties of a able reaman ov board sip than a “land lubbe Directly wis was asceriained and communica: @ommunicative. He “spun bis yarus’ Deiter than any man before the mast, He told ta'er of piracy by sen and of dots of aariag on land, especially 08 Whe American continent, On voing closely prossed, he said be was at Mauchesier previous to the attack on the police van, that he k: Whose rescue the attack Police-sergeant Breut was st Jef M nebes +r bree or four days after tho atta: the arrival of \uo Oriane ta ite Consu! paseenger, Lionel Granv: lure, aod aaa became ver ke Ou altered hy bis eppcarance was very mu. found that ue bad shaven and materially ai 0: o wi 6 and mustache aie mo on coming up the chauuel, and Grane jaduct was romewhat free and onembarraseed, here appeared 10 be @ great anxiety in his manner om reaching the river, aud this was more parteul: the seamen on board, as they entoriained an Opinion that the stianger was a member of ti 20. erhood, Various rumors wore cjrowiated as to wh poset Ponian chiet was taken, and various ‘Wore have thereunto, Firstly, it was snirt th taken to the Tower of London; svcoudiy, to Gres ; and, ihirdiy, to Dow streot’ Inquiries were set on foot, and from the action of thé police tu a sowewhai secret MAaNer so;we AiMevl\y bas beea the resuit, alow bal- Ming \ateiligence. cubsequeauy, b ir, it was found fiat the detectives who were engayed in the capture Were set from Bow lane siath m, Cheap.tdte, as well CLuer pikOe® and the taking of the prsener down the river Wasa cure, He» &, ultimaiely taken to the Lemag ttreet police gation, Gov mnn's Pre ids, Wuttechapel Fenian Whero we Will Lema costae tL this mouming, 9 ie he wil be takea to Lue Bow airoo! cour. (or exw tou. The State of Parties in of the t [From the London Times, January 7.) Beldom has tho United Btaves Congress Lad more iMioult or mere important quoetion alting its d #ion than a the present time, Tuote fe noo Hons with foreign Powers ww perplex the coun Gimost every form of domestic trouble is befo: vast ~ Eagheh Channel, ibe | 6, render impossible-a renewal of have seen during tbe last few it is already evident that the present Legis- financial talent, The coun! one competent to lead it ts debt aud its liabilities, ba a Genera! But- of any. Senator Sherman for funding the bome debt; it is estimated that it would entail the expenditure of $20,000,000; he is extrava- gant m exempting the bonds from taxatioa, and, as our Amorican lont pointed out Cae he is wogutany in supposing that the holders of Ave-wenty bonds will consent to take four and one-half or five per cent interest instead of six, The Committee of the Senate which agreed ppon nting this report appear to have had mo great fatth in It es a solution of the fuancial im, and the umconcern with which it was received by the people is a striking evidence of the general im that will reject it, The committee seem to think that the holders of five-twenties would give up one per cent interest for a eee Pi the orm their a guaran- teed. Mr. Sherman and his colleagues robably And themselves deceived in this conclusion; ba they have dove a practical service to the nation in’ affirming in positive terms that the bonds, whatever appear en the face of them, or abalone agian ay be raised ‘ever loose phraseology, were bought upon the distinct wnderstending that they would be paid in gold, and the seroma ig pledged not to depart trom this under- These questions may well occupy the time of Congress, almost to tho exclusion of other domestic affairs, and yet there are some which cannot be aleeeteee ee se It trade im the North is it is inevitable it should be immeasurably more discouraging in South, The reports which will be presented to ess are calcu- lated to give rise to no iittle anxiety. Absolute starva~ tion 1s threatening ali classes of the people in Louisiana, and the white inhabitants can neither obtain the means to keop their families in bread within the State nor to leave it in‘search of occupation elsewhero, The official reports from Mississippi are even more gloomy in their tevor, The last cotton crop was raised with great difil- culty, and the planters were unable to pay for the labor. The Diacks, we, this, threatened violent measures, and an officer of the Freedmen’s Bureau warns his govern- mont that ‘a war of races” is imminent, The planters cannot help themselves, but the are furious, The same dificulty hag arisen in other parts of the South. The freedmen may escape from the poverty and want which seem to encircle the Southern States, for ernment helps thom to emigrate, but the ruined planter must stand idly by his deserted folds. The government can do nothing for him, Trade must revive before he can be benefit and Northern capital must flow more freely to the States which have hitherto gone through a long and unbroken course of adver Im the meantime, they are still regarded ag insiruments to be used for party p: Mr. Thaddeus Stevens’ new Reconstruction bill, which the House before the Christmas adjournment, intended to bring the States into the Union with a preponderance of negroes in the local government, #0 that the radical vote in the next Presidential election may be increased. The plan exhibits foresight and io- genuity, and there is no reason why it sbould not suce coed, At first Nort politicians. th juce seen that the contest may nd therefore the South is to be impressed. If all the ten States could be absolutely so- cured, the secret repugmance of tho leading radicals to Goneral Grant might soon be unequivocally manilested. These are but w of the topics upon which Congress will shortly meet again to deliberate, Without recog- nized leaders whose word is law, each party is left to vey the impulse of the moment. Mr Seward has of late been making great advances in his grand design for ‘tending tho area of the Union, and a grant is now re- quired from Congress to pay for the island of St, Thomas, There has already been some cavil ut the movey, but tho principle of eniarging the territory of the Union in every. posmble direction 18 too popular in the country for Mr. Seward’s accounts to be left giong unpaid. If we could auticipate the tone likely to be adopted In the dis- cussion of questions affecting Great Britain from the it of the chief American nowspa we should be encouraged in the bope that the points on which the governments are not In complete accord will eventually be settled wi fect good feeling on both aides, FRANCE. Approaching Marriage of Adelina Patti-En- wenlo’s Letter te La Diva—America the Ice—Dafence of Napoleon's Position. Tne mail reports from Paris by the Weser state that the marriage of Mile, Patti and the Marquis de Cauz was then arranged, “La Diva's’ fortune amounts to £40,000. Her Majesty the Empress bad written a con- graculatery letterto Mile, Patti, in which she has ex- preased the pleasure with which she will receive the great artist at court as Marquise do Caux. The Seine was entirely frozen over, This has not oc- curred for twenty years, The lakes on the Bois are crowded with skaters. ‘A young American indy, Miss Beckwith, attracts much attention by the agility and grace with which she exe- cues With hor ekates the most difficult figures. Their Majestion watch Miss Beckwith’s evolutions with great interest, The Pars Monit-ur contains a decree orderin; Neation of the declaration signed December Bg aod Laxemburg. The Paris Consii/utionnel gays that the speeches of the Emperor are ofien the subject of perfidious comments, It contradicts those persons who eadeavor to discover a hidden meaning and reserve ip the assurances of {riend- ship excbaneed openly and frrukly between the Em- peror and Count Goltz, the Ambassador from North Germany. Nover were more cordial congratulatiope ex- changed on the occasian of the New Year between the Emperor Napoloon aud the other sovereigns of Europe. The King of Italy, among others, addressed a most friendly despatch to the Emperor, The distribution of prizes to the suecessfal competi- tors at the Paris Exhibition took place at the Tulleries. M. Rouher announced that threo ohief prizes ware awarded to the Emperors of Russia and of Austria for their great improvements in horse brooding, and to the Emp»ror of the Freoch for his establishinemts and im- provements for the benofit of agriculture, GERMANY, the pub- yy France Commercial Report of the Zollverein-Im- mever Development of Trade. The central offlce of the Zollverein issued a report on Gorman trade in 1866. It appears from this document that the imports and exports of manufactured iron are now nearly equal, while afew years ago scarcely any tron goods at all were exported from Germany. This result is chiefly attributable to the enormous deve !op- mont im late years of the manufacture of iron in Prus- sia, whicl now supplies nearly the whole of Germany wi and steel goods, The foliowing figures, whit report, show the prose ent flouriehing condition of German trade in these goods, In I 1@ imports of iron ore amounted to 22-3 million ewt, 18 exports to 2% iniliiom; the imports of Raye 5 iron bars to 202,000 cwt,, the exports to 209,000; the imports of rails to 447,000, and the exports bn oyng ap Song imports of steel to 72,000, and (ne exports to 86,000; the imports of irog and steel 000, aud the exports to 107,000; polished tron and stesl plates, which are very dificult to man- re 400 cwt. only are finporied, while 3,000 wero exportes The imports of common iron and stee! goods, such as stoves, &c., amounted to 136,000, and the exports to 397,000cwt Of the best of cast iron goods 8,000 ewt, were Imported, and 22,000 exported; and the exports ama imports of moedies, pens and ovhor sunall articles were equal, ALLEGED LARCENY BY TRICK AND DEVICE. Thomas W, Jacks, proprietor of the Ioteraational Hotel, at the corner of William and New Chambers Strocta, was arrested on Saturday night last by officer Law, of the Third District Court squad, nyon « Warrant issued by Justice Mansfeld, on com- piaint of Robert Worthington, managing clerk in the house § farnishing store of EF. D, Bassford, charging Jacks with larceny by trick amd device, under the following circumstances: —The com- inant states that on the 13th tnat, Jacks called at tho fo above meutioned, and, introduciog himself as the Proprietor of the International Hotel, stated that be Wished to purchase @ bill of crockery and house fur. nisbing goods, which selected to the amount of $500 62, and directed that tuey sh be sent to the hotel, where, upon their delivery, Se oe be paid for. Complainant 80 sont them on the following day, in charge of ons Aloxander Speers, anqvuer clerk, to whom Jacks delivered im ment a check for $500 62, the amount of the ai drawn om Howes, & Co, | bankers, to Edward =D al January 14, 1805 Speers’ presence Jacks v6 snger to the complainamt witit a 1a & should not be presented for pay- 16, Compiainant aid pot prevent it | Haut the isto, when the paying teller in the office of Howes, Macy & ¢ io be a fraud, and account with their house and | never bad, moneys OO depos!t with them, Upon | Jocks’ arrest ie gave directions to vie wil the goods cercribet as feloniou-ly her refusing « 40 & soarch Warr authority of which ofticers Law and [ premises on Sanday afternoon crockery NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. UNITED STATES ° CIRCUIT COURT. The Gift Enterprise Case—The Diseretionary Power of the Postmaster in the Premises. Before Judge Blatchford, Charles P. Carey, Wiliam T. Sullivan and Caius W. Hubbard, Jr., vt. James Kelly, Postmaster of New York City.—At three o’clock yesterday afternoon Mr. 8. G. Courtney, United States District Attorney, appeared for the Postmaster and moved this case on for argument. Mr, Courtney—So that there may to the jurisdiction of the court 1 would counsel for the complainants file his bil\ in 10 State Courts against Mr. Kel es and when filed I will take ‘steps to remove it to t! Revenue law, and in thts wa: doubt as to tho jurisdiction aud power of the court. Judge Blatchford said that such a course would re- Move any question as to the jurisdiction of the court. mon case was then adjourned for a week from next urday. It ig believed that this will be the lust of this case, and that the Postmaster will be left to the exercise of ‘his discretion under the law, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN ADMIRALTY. Action to Recover $10,000 for Alleged Inju- 4 on Bonrd a Jersey City Fer- Before Jadge Blatchford, Ann Cavan vs. The Steam Ferryboat D. & Gregory and the Steamboat George Washington .—In this case the libel- Jant sues the owners of the D. 8. Gregory (the New Jer- sey Transportation Company) and the owners of the steamboat George Washington to recover $10,000 as compensation for injuries she received on board the ferryboat D. 8, Gregory, which came Into collision with the Geor Washington on Sunday morning, September 16, 1866, while the boat was from Jersey City to the Desbrosses street ferry, The libeliant, who was sitting in the ladies’ cabin at the time of the collision, on her way to churoh in New York, states that the result of it to ber was that she recived several severe wounds on the head, face, &c, and fracturiag her legs, &c. © respondents put in the usual answers ; but the case hinges, so far as the collision goes, as to tho neglt gence and default of either vessel, Case still on, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN BAHKAUPTCY. The following petitions in bankruptoy were filed yester- day :— George F. Concklin, Newburg, Orange county. ter Little, jones, New York city. Blodget, New York city. os John C, Smalley, New York city, ter Ketchum, SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT, A Hatchway Accident—Suit for Damages. Before Judge Monell. John A. Storer sues in this.court, as administrator of James Storer, deceased, for the recovery of $5,000 damages for injuries received by the decedent on the 14th of bere 4 1866, and which resulted in his death, The defendant, Julian Allen, is proprietor of the pre- mises No, 180 Water street, end James Storer was a lad fourteen years of age, @ relative of plaintiff, and om- ployed in the building. The batchways tor the hoisting Of goods were covored by movable trap doors, and on ‘the day in question the deceased was found dead under one of the trap doors, which had fallen from the top floor to the first floor with him. The plaintiff claims rns the owner of the building was responsible, Case still om. nited States courts under the there will then be no Re Referred to Regis- Referred to Regis- Referred to Regis- OURT—GENERAL TERM. of Reports on Public Improve- ments. Before Judges Barnard, Ingraham and Sutherland. The reports of the Commissioners of Estimates and Assesaments of the up town improvements, known as the Sixth Avenue Boulevard, extending from the north- erly end of tho Park, on a line with Sixth avenue, to the Harlom river, and the drive designated as the Cir. cle, were presented before this court for confirmati Two objections of property holderson the line of the boulevard w: wade against the assessment ‘or that thoroughfare aod ong against the Circle assess- ment; but nether were of such magnitude or Import. ance as to present any permanent obstacle to the work, ‘The reports were \aken under advisement on the ques- tion of the objectior and were confirmed so far as the Temaiaing portions wers concerned. COURT CALENDAR—THIS DAY. Untrep Stares Drerrict Counr,—Nox. 52, 82, 102, 119, 143, 148, 156, 158, 109, 38, 46, 54, 66, 80, Si. 141, 142, 1, 8, 23, 24. 68, 72,'76, 139, 144. 80, 44, 51, 60, 68, 69, 73, 92, 98, 98, 102, T11, 125, 136, 148, 82,” 53, 68, 63, 64, 65, 30. 94, 110, 224, 16, 17, 48, 19, 3%, 21, 31, 33, 84, , 85, 69. A 116, ist,’ 28, 41, 4 49; 88, 100, 125, 152, 153. 7% Surname Coort—Grvenat, Term,—Nos. 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 78, 15, 78, 77. 78, 352, 82, 83, 84, $5, 86, 87, 90, 91. .. Sopkewe Count—Cinctit—Part 1 —Nos. 2950, 213, 685, 109, 849, 813, 953, 977, 913, 903, 519, 179, 275, 355, $ae a oTR hao fuk Ps, an oth oat Sok 5. 204, 9 26, 892, 624, 972, 810, 108 170, 190, 704, 672" * Sorreme Covrt—Crammens,—Nos, 36, 71, 83, 91, 95, 102, 104, 108, ton Covrr—Tatat Tenm—Part 1L—Nos, 2827 1, 8339, 1873, 3622, 8453, 8559, 9603, 3635, 363 ; 8560, 3578, 607, ‘3535, 8413, "3625, 2847, 3663, 3685, 3579, 3491, 2686, 3620, 3525, 368% Part 2.—-Nos. 2010, 3844, 3250 2248, 2008, £290, 3948, 9704, BT72, 1670, 1608, 1702, 28, 1782 Manixe Covat—Trrat Tens. —Nos, 90, 121, 105, 81, 60, 131, 182, 153, 194, 145, 886, 197, 198, 19, 140, 141, 142, 3479, CITY INTELLIGENCE, Toe Wearien Yesrerpay,—Yerterday this “big” city was made extremely unpleasant by successive storms of snow and rain, causing her thoroughfares to assume a condition the prototype of their early state, Early in the morning tho snow fell quite rapidly, and ont of doors ina short time was clad im spotless mantle of Winter's ermine, and tho wild exclamation of delight from a thousand voices predicted another carnival of sleighing, as the lowering sky and fleeoy flakes gave ovilonce that the aren: would soon be trackless—all spread with the seas soft carpeting and every leafless branch and swinging twig of our city’s trees Ridged inch deep with pearl. Bat this world of ¢ New Yorkers was doomed to disappointinent; and the throbbing throng that poured down Broadway at early morning, unmindful of garments ali fringed with frosty flakes, rani noontine for a necessary respite from business scene had changed, The clouds had peseme more nd adrizziing rain that seemed a protanation of the sentiment entertained in the beautiful, Lager g | Snow that bad to that moment floated down, as if a by froliesome began to meit pirits in merry cloud-land gam- way under the influence of its ma- assault was a @uccessful one, joon became of such a mud- dy consi#tency that p rianism was dificalt; as well did it disturb the contemplation of the army of snow cleaners— those ever-orzanized regiments—-to whom the fait of the firs flake sounds a staruing reveilie. Through afternoon and evening the drizzling, soaking ran contiaued, until the jast b Of what at other imes ernal, unmeltad: yw bad di 5 York's footsteps, that at nino o'clock in the inorn- 1! echoless, trod in niches of mud atevening. It lay of variety iu the matter of weather, rendered the more unpleasant by the dark clouds sending down fog banks that shut in city nvers alike, makin, with the ico in the latter, navigation exceedingly dit cuit and dangerous, Tox wx tHe Rivek,—The ico in the rivers was vory heavy yosterday, and ferry boats made their trips with aiMcuny, Tun Rowas Carnouc Onrnaw AsvivM,—Tho ball given by the Young Men's Asrociation a few night® ago, at the Academy of Musto, for the beneft of the Rom: Catuo.ic Orphan Asylum, netted $8. om Tus Sir Letavirz.—The chip Leibnitz, which recently arrived at this port from Hamburg, and lost one hun- dred passengers by cholera on the voyage, has been thoroughly cleansed and fumigated since her arrival, and was towed up to this city yosterday, Fine 1% Broapway—Loss Anout $20,000,—About two O'clock yesterday morning a fre broke out in the dress trimming and fancy goods store, No. 661 Broadway, owned by J. Dartols. It originated in the rear part of the store Property was damaged to the extent of 15,000, Insured for $2,000, as follows:—Tradesmen's, 5,000; Mari 000; Meghanica’ and Traders’, |, 000 ;Grocers’, ; Baltic, $5,000; Firemen’s Trust, 500. ‘The adjoining’ hat sture, 649, owned by FP. H. idon, ia damaged about $2,000. Insured for ie | A ih the Broedway Insurance Company and names not known, The rear pur of tbe sneend foot of Hie, ‘ A Puasa vor MAngiaGe—Last evening an interesting lecture was delivered in the United Presbyterian church, Twenty-ffth street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, est, industrious, good looking woman. to obtain that tn this laud, for \d America—no country more beautiful, none where they . lecturer then gave a glowing de- of the joys of married life, of the delight of children, radiant with smiles, and the happy the plea recom wiih the wiolesome’ prescription. “Altogether” wi whol ‘Was irresistible, were " ‘Tas PouiTiclaNs anp THE Poor.—The example set by Sheriff O’Brien in distributing coal to the desefving poor people of the Eighteenth and Twenty-first wards secms tohave had a good effect not only in alleviating the condition already of a Jarge number of families, but of spurring others to consider the amount of distress pre- vailing in the city. The Rheriff atvends himself, morn- ing and evening, to the applicants for shares of bis generosity, and has the gratification of knowing that some one hundred families bave been made comfortable through bs instrumentality, Alderman Miller's sub- scription list is rapidly increasing, and from it the poor people of the Tiiirteenth and surrounding wards are. experienciag much benefit, In several of the other wards the politicians are endeavoring to emulate the Sheriff in the good work. It all the. heavy office hold- ers of the city and couaty governments would but assist ‘as they sbould in this matter the pussage of the bill set penn aside $600,000 for the poor ef the county would bo needless, Fungnat or tax Lats Joux Jacos Astor. —Yesterday forenoon the remains of the late John Jacob Astor, who died on Friday last, in the 65th year of his age, were re- moved to St. Bartholomew’s church, in Lafayette place, where a large number of distinguished citizens assisted atthe funeral ceremomies, and thence to @rinity Come- tery for final Interment, Tho deceased was the second son of John Jacob Astor and the ouly brother of Wiliam B, Astor. A bright, promi: boy, he had been sent to a college in Switzeri where his inteliect became im- Paired in consequence of accidental injury. In 1822 he ‘was placed in an asylum at Cambridgeport, Mass., under the care of Dr. Chaplia and Dr. Vexter Fairbanks, But his malady proving iucurabie, he was brought to the house which bis father had erected Pos for him the corner of Fourteenth street and Ninth avenue, in this city, Here he remained until his death, the subject of watchful and unremitting atention on the of bis medical attendant, who, for fort, years, as done all that skill and aelf-sacrificing eiforts could do to contribute to the comfort and relief of his patient. The violence which at times used. to mark the case gradually disappeared, of late years the general health of Mr. Astor haa comparatively x: e strangers who met him wuile enjoying bis regular daily exercises would not bave rea lily distingui nim from any other infirm old gentleman, Masomic,—Americus Lodge No, 535 (Free Masons) give an entertainment this evening at the New York Assembly Rooms, corner of Broadway and Twenty- eighth street, in aid of the Widow aod Orphan Fund of the lodge. There can be no doubt of the success of this affair, as many will attend if only with a view ot adding their mite towards the relict of the poor and distressed, cs . Mongx or Orv.—On the person of one of two men yesterday arrested by the police were found several bundred dollars in bills of the Merchants’ Bank of New Orleans. The latest dato of some of the bills is 1852, It ts believed that a large quantity of these bills were stolen some time ago, and the owners, in identifying them, migut be the means of convicting the thief. Visitors To THe Pank.—Over eighty-four thousand pedestrians visited the Park day before yesterday. Tae Steamer Guavovs.—This vessel, which got on the rocks at Hell Gate on Friday last, was reloased yes- morning at flood tide and was towed up to the cliy, She was taken on the dry dock at the foot of Pike strect in the afternoon, The vessel is not mate- rally and her cargo {a uninjured. Suppen Deata ov 4 Pouce Orricur.—Shortly after five o'clock yesterday morning officer Parker Phetps, of the Sixth precinct, while on duty in Molt street, was taken suddenly ill and hastened to the station house tor medical ald. In a few moments afterwards he became insensible, and died before @ physician could be sums moned, Coroner Keenan yesterday eld an inqu: the body, when it appesred by a post tion made by Worster Beach, Jr., M. suited from rupture of one of the The jury accordingly rendered a verdict to that effect. Deceased was about thirty years of age and a native of New York. He has left a widow and children at No. 22 Muiberry street, Mr. Phelps had beon connected with the police department about three yeara, Growth and Arr: mente—The lepartments of the Postnl System— ney ef the Present Building for Its Its Birth, Purpose. A history of the New York Post Office is, in its intel. Jectual and commercial growth, a history of the great metropolis of the Western World, As this city figuras tively is spoken of as the heart of America, so the dingy, patched, hybrid, labyrinthian structure—baif eburch and half shed—situated in the lower part of Nassau street may be accepted as the craniam in which, without thought of pause or repose night aud day, and from year to yeor, pulsates a brain that thinks and wills and works, not for the miilion of souls alone which in- habit Mapbattan island, but for ‘the great round globe Neself.” Its intellectual throbbings are everywhere felt. ‘There Js no place, however remote, on this rolling orb which ite Briarean arms do not reach, and where, through its instrumentality, hearts are made glad or perchance steoped in sorrow evermore, Haifa century ago the New York Post UMice, in its basivess capacity and consoquent usefulness, was ex- coedingly limited, In @ single room, in a private dwell- ing, on the corner of Garden (now Exchange gee) ‘and William stroets, m the year 1818, General Bailey, veing Deputy Postmaster, bat one man apd one boy were thought sufficient to recive, deliver, distribute aud make up the mails that ca into and left the city daily. iA wheelbarrow sofficed to carry the mails to the Post Office; and & yore & yot actively employed as “Superietendent of reat Southern Mail,’ Colonel Dodd, now ip the ity-firat year of his age, thought it no difficult task ‘take on his back a bag containing tre 208 merchants and other citizens of New York to their Sonthern and Western customers and friends, and carry it to the foot of Whitehall Cong ay Towboat accompanied, to Paulus where it was delivered, to other ee rots tal do} it of tho’ government 0 Ihe werk horse teams nd, and same work, four aro x these carry to Jersey City matter in the form of letters and papers equal in bulk to about a hundred tons; or, in other words, to do work vy Colonel Dodd on the 2ist of January, 1 Recessitate the organization of @ battalion of men not lees than one t ia number, Th t is mentioned perstructure next De completed under city will find its final place of rest (it has been exceed- inely nomadic) and sufficient ny 1 which to transact five xt huadred years, or until New York nunebers, including its sabarbs, Ave millions, and the United States one Lundred millions and upwards of Inbabitants. It has beon already mentioned that the Poxt Office has beon a nomadic institution, Indeed, from 1820 until 1844 it entered, under a lense of ton yorrs, into passer. sion of the building which, thon accounted sufficiently large for ae Purposes, % now onthe and whieh it bas already far outgrown. Im 1820 the office was removed to an old mone structure adjolnii chureh im Garden stroct, where # remained a little over two years, whence, with the assistance of a wacou, the mails aod and furniture were romoved to the »ercbants’ xchange, tn Wail in the southern half of the basement of which tt ensconced itself avd remained growing siowly, bur giviug no tint of the giant it has wince grown to be, In vecember, 1885, It wae driven out of ite smug quarters in the old Merchants’ Exchavge by the great fire which, on tue 25th of that monte aud year, broke ont within a bua dred yards of it and cevasiated all of the city from Wail street and Broadway to the water, consuming in ite course property of we vame of up wards of twenty millions of doliara Toe govera- ment provided temporary quarters for the Pust Office ia the Custom House, then in Vedar street, irom NEW YORK" HERALD, TUESDAY; ‘JANUARY 21868, uent to the remov' jal of the jen of the Post ‘and the postmaster Decessitated off iu part she facilities in recety fad delivering laern ‘the pubtio bad previously The-writer of pet parsers Dende vist now givem up the “Gel Delivery.”” ing en. the windows could not Complain of the facilities, but he would find the crowd, An ite size, multiplied in with the The second incident mes, sy Box Delivery? was related connection that it should be contrasted with postal institution of all Europe, the London it Offic 1s bas hitherto been accepted as a fact which would admit of no qualification that the Lon- don Post Office was conan: on Drinelples of ecogormy, order and rapidity of movemont and certainty should be copied by every other like establishment in Christen: Postmaster James Kelly, on bis recent visit to Europe, whither he went to examine {nto the bie hat 4 postal syatoms of England and ja f men the Con- ww that the whole secret lay in the number ae loyed. In the Post Offices of Great Britain and men on ap average aro employed to do the ct cnet eget ak tion of the system of quick delivery may - jows:—In ibis clty there are engaged ip Gefirerog lt ters addressed to other than those having boxes at the Post Office (of which there are at rented five thousand eight hundred) one Bunared and ne Lowe don office Srna Per there are but two hundred letter boxes, while 1m the distribution of lettors there are now employed two thousand six hundred carriers, But the work of these men compared with that ours are called to do is trif!'ng, In London boxes are placed at the entrance to each building oceupied by brokers, merchants, lawyers, 1, &c., in which the carriers deposit all the letters idreesed to the inmates, Theso letters are subsequent! taken by the porters or janitors attached to the duild- ings and deliverea at the various offices. In this city, to superstructures let out for various uses, noe such Con- venience is to be found, Take Trinity Building, on \dway, es an example. It is occupied by up of one hundred tenants, and the letter carrer bas often to go from the nesemnand lathe nepee fet and from ite front, ude ee in ee poi eoevet hes) jon London may be taken ree times or Kew York, and be fifteen letter carriers are there employed to.one here. Is it any wonder there shonid be such a marked difference in the facility with which letters are delivered in the two cities, To faciti- tate the delivery business here, the Post con- templates increasing the force in the letter delivery de- oe by adding one hundred and twenty men, thus Increasing the body of carriers to three bundred, which it is thought will prove equal to the exigencies of the present time. The now men have been already a pointed, mainly selected from those who served in t! army doring the rebellion, and the system contempla- ted—that of Increasing the number of daily deliveries— will go into operation early in February, In one thing is the British postal system superior to ours—itssor- vants are appointed for life or during good behaviour; and when unfi'ted by i!l health or age are pensioned, asa faithfal pablic employé should be—making the evening of his days pleasant to him. With us respect for service and age is not covsidered, A man may slave, grow gray and broat down his health in the New York Post Office, and then, without the slightest consideration for, bis years, his services or his health, be. dismissed at an hour’s notice to make way for some political favorite, who in his tura may be kicked out of doors to give place to another, Men whose tenure of office depends on the whim of an individual or the exigencies of a ty cannot be expected to interest themselves yrealy in the business im which they consider themselves, at Dest, but temporarily employed. DEPARTMENTS, Tho business of the New York Post Office is divided joney Order,” “Re- “-Foreigi ‘Newspaper, Despatch” and “Night Depart- ring,” * and Mailing,” ments,”’ ts ‘THE MONEY ORDER DEPARTMENT, This department, as the annexed exhibit shows, has greativ increased within the past twelve months:— Statement of the money order business transacted at the New York Post Office during the years 1866 and 1867, showing the increase of business in the corre- 8 years:— 1866, « $233,928 » 1,874 475 . 1,643 Total amount....... + $1,610,047 Money orders paid... Money orders repaid. Postmasters’ drafts Total amount. +e 00+ $2,876,156 A Vast increase, as wi ily een, in this bravch in one year. This department went into operation im November, 1864, and in tho first quarter ending March 81, 1865, the deposits and money orders received wore equal to $220,644 and the disbureements $172,715, This business is growing rapidly in public favor, and bids fair ultimately to occupy a large space in the calculations of those who shail be called oa to conduct to the great postal business of the country, THE REGISTERED LETTHR DEPARTMENT, The superintendent of this department mentions thes ely esveuet letters and packages Since 1) the business has steadily increased, and during the past year pot less than 330,000 registered letters and packages: were distributed by the department, employing a force of twenty clerks, The new letter systo: winch went into operation June 1, 1867, bee Peon thorough sucesss aad meets with the favor of the public tm an extraordinary dogrev. One thing can now bo said im commendation of the preseut system of regi tetters—no losses have occurred where the rules and a Uhese rules react on the delinquent MENT! —SGHT, jor th? superintendence of an all that pertains to posial ‘man of lotiers." deiivered by the carriers, and at the same time distribuies tne box lettors by sections. Each section consists of two windows and comiains 1,032 boxes. The “box clerk’’ next depos s the letters in the appropriaie boxes. There is also a cierk !m this department whose duty it is to deliver to the clerks in the carriers room the letters belonging to that division of the letter department, when they ore again redistribuicd according to t routes of the carriers and the stations, The annex exhibit shows the reiaiive increase tu the business o1 t box department since 1899 :—In 1859 there were empluy. od two “asso ters,” ‘box clerk,” one ‘‘oponer”’ and one carriors’ clork. The ave 6 nuinber offietters receiv - ed mghtly was 15,000. The business in the present year (1868) req tres seven ‘“‘assorters,”’ ten “box clerks,’ iwo “oveuers,"’ one stainp clerk, one paper assortor, and live tment. The lettersgreceivod thousand. There should be clerks in the carriers’ de nished us by Mr, O’Briem:—In 1858 the num! lettors received at the * irom carriers and stations between the hours of six P.M. and half-past twelve A. M. amounted to aboat five thousaad. Thera Were then but four mails received and none deapaicliod during this period, while there wore but thirty-one m: ‘employed in the department. Now the number of | ters received between baif-past six P. M. and haif-past twelve A. M. from station, drop and carriers amount to about forty-five thousand. Thirteen mails are received and nine closed, which roquire the united labor of one hundred and twenty-five men. BOX DEPARTMENT, unaoes one sixty clerks corey te ge ‘and preparing daily om an average tors. ‘about one ‘of these are delivered through the letter boxes, and the other moiety are taken out by the carriers and punotwally distributed. Ihere are at pres- — 800 boxres—an increase ‘S ro fen a juring the same period tho passage rs datiy taroagn the office bas boen ainost Star tens qa and ious to Mr, Coddington’s time rentage from boxes inured to the fortunate holdor of the posi- tion, in Mr, Fowior’s time the perquisites arising from their disposal was limited to $2,000, government charg. tng iteelf with the balance; bat now the whole rentage ia charge to the credit of the governmen', and is no insig. nificant item im te receipie derived from ofdoes. The amount recerved from the rentage of boxes iu 1867 exceeded by a fraction or eo $72,000, CARRIERS! DEPARTMENT, It is perhaps best to give in this place a comparative matement shor thie service performed ie carriore and collectors of the New York Post Office for the quarter ending Decomber 31, 1866. There jwere dolivered by 170 carriors 2,770,672 mati letters, 1,163,214 fatiare and 356,443 newspapers, Tuese collected 3,822,236 letters, the total receipis ou which were on “locals”? $41,950, For the quarter ending Decomber 81, 1867, there were delivered by 182 carricts 3,470,079 mail lotters, 1,629,457 city etters and 460,371 newspapers. These coliccied 5,483,819 letters, and total receipte on *ocais’’ amounted to $60,376. PORRIGH PRPARTYENT, This important departmont is presided over hy Mr. } Goorgo G, Coffin, Who bas farmichod the annexed stat ment showing the Operations and results of foreign mail service for the fiscal your 1867:— The erore of ' ra (#00, inland and fo-sign) on mails @ wae wid The United Kingdom... Whieb, at the expiration rome twelve monthe, it migrated w the nda—sabsequently occupied as the office for the Aimhouse de; ent— where Total POwtage.........ceeseeees cecegeeees «$1,009,006 it wae permitted to mabe itseif at home for six yoara. Being an increase over the amount for the previous ‘On the fo the year of $125,808 Total postags....... Postage collected in the United Postage collected in Europe... Excess of collection m United States,...,. $564,107 Number of letters sent from the United States ‘ane,ss0 j 4,590,361 | recolved from Europe. ter from the New York Post Oitice from (1868), inclasive, was as follows: Letters Se — 249,350 194,872 sent and receivot. Lib ibe —— the new teeaty bem now in full operaiion. During the year 1867 the number of letters received fees and sent to the countries mamed below was as lows = 964,525 ‘1,928,648 5 . 1,119;428 1,530,502 161.873, 864,277 27,139 24,683 2,872 084 357,109 vi Sor 208 | . 483, f; verag teamers employed in carry- ing the foreign mails from this port to Barer, Wess Indies, Australia and China are eleven per j The clerks employed in this department arafourteen— twelve in the day and (wo at might, THE NRWSPAUZR AND MAILING DEPA! a ‘This it ig under the immediate charge of Mr. 8. H. Knapp, whe holds the responsible position of superintendent of mails, In rt seventy-seven cl twenty-two mail agents and fifty-eight postal car clerk: are employed, Tbe postai car cierks are engaged on the railway a lives between New York and Wash- ~ ingtor lew York and Boston and New York — and "Butalo, About one tooveand five hondred of mail matter leave the office daily, about eight hindred bags of mail matier are received from tho several routes terminating in New > York—thus showing that about gevon bundred bags are received abroad daily from the business men of thig otty for which no return is made, The accumulated weight of this matter exceeds one hundred tons daily, The newspaper section of this department receives from the sevoral newspaper establishments, daily, in thig city, an average of three nundred fitty, bags of printed matter for distribution; and there dally paso through the newspaper room for city delivery, adai- . tional to that ja the bags, not less than fifty thousand daily, weekly and monthty publications, Connectea | | with the sections are 181 boxes, ro<erved exclusively for ] the in which are piaced their exchanges, and woich are accessible at all hours, ‘Tae “srATIONS.” | The “stations” are, to all intents Aye perncoens post offices, but are wholly sebordinate to regulations that from time to. time are imposed on them by the Postmaster for the city. They are alphabetically ar~ ranged,and arefrom A to 0, Many of these do a ve: respectable business, end some of thom tn the magui- tudeg of their work surpass somo of the largest poss offices in the interior ef tho States, Station D, at the Bible House, for example, receives, assorts and delivers more letters and papern daily than doos the | pest office at Albany, tue capital ot the State The — fifteen ‘stations have relieved the central office of | ‘much of its business) Were it not for them ft would | have been impossible to have continued business at any — time within the past five years at the office in Nassaw street, THE LETTER DISTRIBUTING DEPARTIENT. AN letters despatched (rom New York to be delivered throughout the Unites Sietan grolasive, of ee and ed deliver pass through tl partment, 1e av dinner of” letters desviatehed daity te. about, 260,000, Besides letters, there are about 50,000 circulars sent out daily in the mails, There aro, exclusive of the nighs force, seveuty-sevea men employed im carrying out suc cessfully the work which comes within the province of its superio' ‘THE CITY DEPARTMENT. We here eiose our notice of the business of the New York City Post Office, which, as has been seen, has grown trom almost a ‘figment of the imagination” within half | the Iifetime of one of its officers to be, ‘a the vastness of its business relations, | only, in all Christendom, to the General Post) — Londoa—by aiding ‘abies which embrace the | tranvactions of the city department, managed By Mr. J. . Hallett, for the twelve months ending November 30, 1867, Az the business of the month of January could only be estimat , we add ‘be month of December, | 1366, in order to exhibit the dgures for a complee year:— MAIL LETTERS DELIVERED BY CARRIZRA, May ‘The returns for this those for November. LOCAL LETTERS: Decomber, 1966... 396,197 danuary, 1867.... 439,568 Fe! 464,501 UsrTERS December, 1863. Janvary, 1867. Fobruary. March City lotiors delivered . Newspapers delivored. Collect.on from lamp- port boxes. . +18, 790, local postage for the period above 254, and i total umber of carriers u ‘There was no excitement around headquarters yester- day, The absence in Washington of Deputy Commis) sioner Harland, Collector ~hook, Colloctor Field, Special Inepoctor Harvey and otber prominent revenue official Of this city lends to the supposition that a change about te take place in tue manarement of the depar ment. Whoetter or not, howe their being at th capital hae anything to do with the rumored change in the Commiasionership is @ matter regarding which there) are contrary opinions exprestod The eAly selsere re ried yesterday was by Collector Mssou, the Tent Bietriet (Nonkersy" who eeized ® small Ulicis distillery Park's Mills, near Portchester, | The receipts of whiekey in this city from all ed during the past week were 1,715 barreis; of which 1,26) were by the Eric Ratroad, 833 by the Camden an Amboy reate and 65 by the Hutson River Railroad, An Alleged Attempt to Detraud the Govern meat of $30,000. A fow days ago thecollector of the Third collection district, Colonel BF. Wood, caused circulars to be pot im circulation among the distilers and boaders o/ spirite setting forth the ictontions of the act passed by Congress January 11, 1868, probibiting the withdrawal of removal of spirits from any warehouse for trans. Portation watil the full tax on such spirits is paid the coil the proper district, migh Baturaliy be sup) these fastruc! creat: ne slight commetion among the whiskey deni. ers, who were very anxieus to evade ta by effecting the removal of spirite stored surrey. Utiousty. Colonel Wood in two or three instanc: domanded that new bunds be fled. United star Marshal Dallon had receatly caused 250 whiskey, which had been seized, to be placed on sto; at the rovenue warehouse corner of Jay and Jou Atreets, The owsers of tie spirite in question were in. formed of the requirements of tho law, and were wid that they must fle new boods. Disregarding this not). fication, the liquor was seized on Wodoeaday inst, The storekeeper of the above named warohouse was offored tho rum of $2,000 a¢ a bribe to surrender the custody the keys for one night The tax oa the sprite store here is to the sum of $380,000, Since then, however, whiskey bas beon removed to one of the bonded rehouves at the Atlantic dock. The Neense of the ownor of the bonded wareuouse has been revoked by th Collector. THE BRITISH MAN-OF-WAR JASON, The British man-of-war Jason, & serow corvette, be.” longing to the North American and West India feat of the Royal Naw, arrived at this port on Sunday, and is no anchored oi Quarantine, This vessel was built 4 Piymouth, England, ja tho yoar 1859, 18 constracied o, irom amd possesses excellent accommodations, She | seventeen hundred apd eleven tone buraen, Brits measurement, hex an armament of wevenieon guns o Various calibre, and hor motve power consists of tw. contens ng eoyines, The object of ber mission to thi Pore 09 detaved ia yesterday's Herat, was Wo conve bere the british Legation {rom Mexico. This duty per! formed, it i# yes uncertam How loug sho will rem The offoors of the Jason are as fuliows:— Capain—C, a, 4 oa ne Liewenanta—Wooilhouse, or, Kuper, Moore, Mastr—Ruboruon, eo eS. , Chef Enginesr—G. Hi, Bealin, ws ney tote) v gem—Whitney, Ufferr—Menai. A aan