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from the island, brigaded under command of the Broadway Italians and made to aid in ‘purifying the city before the warm weather sets in. The Italians have shown an excellent example, and inasmuch as they have turned their backs on the opera we hope the harpists of Erin will hang up their national instrument for a season and the Turners enjoy their calisthenics in aiding their Latin friends to render New York what nature intended it should be—a cleanly, healthy, happy city. ‘The Alabuina Claims in the House of Commons. In another place in this day’s Heratp we Publish a cable despatch giving a somewhat de- tailed account of the debate which took place in the House of Commons on the evening of the 6th instant on the question of the Alabama claims. The speeches, one and all, breathe a spirit of conciliation. There is, it is no longer to be doubted, an anxious desire on the part of the British people to have this question finally, and, if at all possible, amicably disposed of. ‘The friends of America, it will be seen from the outlines which we give of the speeches, were open-mouthed and fearless in their advo- cacy of our rights. Mr. Lefevre, Mr. Forster and Mr. Mill unquestionably gave expression tothe popular mind on the subject. Lord Stanley and Mr. Gladstone, naturally enough, defended the position which had been taken by the government; but the speeches of both were mild and conciliatory in the extreme. Neither the one nor the other despaired of an amicable settlement. Lord Stanley still insists that the right of Great Britain to recognize the belligerent rights of the South is one which cannot be brought before any commission or any arbiter. On all other questions the Queen is prepared to arbitrate. We see no good rea- son why this one difference between Lord Stanley and Mr. Seward should effectually bar further negotiations. An umpire or a mixed commission, one or other, is clearly foreshad- owed by the debate. What the decision will be we know not, but we cannot resist the con- viction that England's simplest and safest course would be to pay down the money at once. ‘The Bankrupt Law. During the four or five days previous to the 2d of March the business of the United States District Court in Bankruptcy was con- siderably increased. Voluntary petitions were filed at the rate of thirty or forty a day. There appeared to be much anxiety on the part of in- tending applicants for the benefit of the Bank- rupt act to lodge their petitions before the 2d of March, 1868. The anxiety arose from an apprehension that the period within which the voluntary clause operated expired on that day—a year from the date upon which the Bankrupt act was approved by the Congress of the United States. On the other hand, it is believed that this voluntary clause does not cease operation until the Ist of June next, which will be exactly twelve months from the day the law actually went into force. To this belief many lawyers and several of the Regis- ters in Bankruptcy for the Southern District of New York incline. The question, however, which is one of considerable importance to the commercial community, has not yet come before the court for formal decision. It would be desirable in the present aspect of the mat- ter that there should be a pronouncement by the court on the point to which we have ad- verted. And as we are upon the subject of the Bankrupt law, we may as well state some facts which cannot fail to be* of interest to the public. There are hundreds of persons in the community whose circum- stances are embarrassed, who are ut- terly without means of paying their debts, and who, therefore, if they attempt to go into bankruptcy for the purpose of clearing them- selves of their liabilities, must find it difficult to pay the Register’s fees, to say nothing of compensation for legal advice. To put a case of voluntary bankruptcy through the court costs from one hundred and twenty dollars to one hundred and fifty dollars in fees alone, and that sum is of considerable importance to a person who has no assets. How, then, can a ‘man overwhelmed with debt and having no assets hope to obtain the benefit of the bank- ‘rupt law? He is met at every step with a de- ‘mand for “fees.” There is something extraor- )dinary about these fees. How does it happen {that a Register in Bankruptcy in this district is able to make from seven thousand dollars to jten thousand dollars per annum by fees alone, ; while we believe the stated annual salary of the }Judge of the District Court does not exceed |four thousand dollars? The thing is perfectly ‘preposterous. The Judge of the District Court jpertorms grave and solemn duties, requiring \the exercise of discretion, wisdom, knowledge fof the law and a nice balancing of difficult ‘questions, while the obligations imposed upon Register in Bankruptcy are in the majority of ages of a mere routine character and such as ight be discharged by a clever and intelligent ‘clerk. The Register has to fill up a good many lank forms; he is sometimes called upon to lecide a point of law, and if he cannot decide satisfactorily he may certify it to the Judge, ho settles it for him. For this mere routine if duty he makes by fees seven thousand dol- or ten thousand dollars a year, which ould be amply paid for at three thousand (dollars. If this bankrupt law is intended to reach ind serve a struggling class in our community e expenses of applying it ought to be cut down, nd we have shown where the pruning knife ight be effectively used in the matter of gisters’ fees. we Tae Lvoxy Mr. Butter, or TENNESsEE.— fion. Roderick R. Butler, one of the radical jelegation in Congress from Tennessee, having in subjected to an examination on the charge at he had ‘‘ given aid and comfort to the’ jemy” in various wayse—that among other ings he had been a member of the rebel ture of the State for some time during rebellion, and the said Butler having been 4 guilty of the alleged disloyalties the nestion recurred, what shall we do with him? er he had been, he is in the House a radical and is a man to be taken care of. lis party friends, therefore, first proposed to out all of the test oath which he could take; but after the turning. out of John rown Young, of Kentucky (democrat), this be too much like a special bit of favor- towards Butler. Then the case was re- rred back to the committee, and tliey re- ,NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1868—TRIPLE ported a general bill providing by a two-thi vote of each house to relieve loyally disposed ex-rebels from the politieal disabilities incur- red by aiding the rebellion. The bill was passed, and then a special bill to apply the benefit of the act to this aforesaid Butler was passed, and by these processes of reconstruc- tion Mr. Butler. will doubtless be saved from the fate of those ex-rebels who join the demo- cratic instead of the republican party. Mr. Butler, of Tennessee, is hitting the radical test of loyalty. 1sM.—During the fighting between the Papal Zouaves and the Garibaldians near the Eter- nal City, the United States Consul went out to see what was goingon. Presto/ a bilious Eng- lishman residing in Rome, perhaps having naturally little love for an American Consul, wrote immediately to Mr. Seward that said Consul was taking part in the troubles there and giving his influence against Garibaldi. And on the strength of such a communication Mr. Seward rebukes the Consul. This state- ment will suggest two wonders—first, a won- der why Mr. Seward, if he can find no more important things to do in Washington, should not go to Auburn; and, second, a wonder how long the United States government will be able to keep gentlemen in its consulships, when it pays next to nothing for the perform- ance of the duties, and deprives the position of all dignity or honor by making the holder sub- ject to the censorship of every ill-natured fellow that comes along. A Dancerovs Customer.—A radical organ of this city has just put ip a caveat for the im- portant discovery that all of Andrew Johnson's political perturbations and aberrations since from the portico of the White House he pro- nounced Forney ‘‘a dead duck” may be charged to opium, because ‘those who are acquainted with the signs of that most seductive of all agencies of excitement and of madness fancy that they see in the peculiar roll and glare and frenzy of his eye the expression of opium.” Here is something new for the managers of the impeachment, and this ‘peculiar roll and glare and frenzy of his eye” may be “worth looking into while the committee are dissect- ing their “‘dead ducks” and ‘‘swinging round the circle.” The Proposed Grand Charity Fair in New York. We have already referred to the proposed “National Fair” to be held in this city in April to aid in pro- viding homes for the destitute widows and mothers of soldiers who feil in the war. It is a noble object and ought to receive encouragement from every one. There is no person of right feeling that will not say Godspeed to the charitable undertaking. Look- ing at the array of names of ladies and gentlemen attached to the appeal which has been circulated, and at the enormous wealth they Tepresent, we should suppose a very large sum will be realized from the contributions and exertions of such distinguished individuals, But while we hope this highly worthy scheme will be carried out and be very successful, we beg to call the attention of these benevolent and wealthy ladies and gentlemen to the great distress and suffering in New York at the present time. The Society for Improving the Condition of the Poor reports tenfold more destitution than it can possibly relieve with the limited contributions it is receiving, and it is the same with the Commissioners of Charities. The very severe winter and want of em- ployment have caused an appalling amount of want and suffering. Silent charity is not so attractive or popular with many rich people as those charities are which blazon forth their names in circulars or through the press, but the truly charitable will give freely whether their gifts be known or not. None can fail to see the destitution that exists unless they wilfully shut their eyes, for it is at their very doors. Only” the other day one of those poor littie Italian child minstrels whom we see almost at every corner was found dead—dead with cold and starvation—at the steps of a Fifth avenue mansion. Surely, some- thing should be done by the rich and by the authori- ties to prevent these childsen—these little homeless and friendless outcasts—from perishing in the streets. But there are thousands of others of all nationalities, and even Americans, who are in a starving condition. Let not our charity be so far-reaching, therefore, as to overreach the destitution that actually ex- ists all around us. While we get up fairs for the widows and mothers of our soldiers and acquire eclat before the public for doing so, let our silent charities save those who are now perishing in our midst. Who among that long list of ladies and gentlemen, representing millions upon mil¥ons of wealth, will lead off ina subscription for reliev- ing the present appalling distress? And who will follow? Let the present necessity be attended to first and then provide for the future. THE COMING PURIM BALL. ‘The annual bal masque of the Purim Association— an affair altogether too familiar in the first circles of the metropolis to need description by way of advanced courier—will take place to-morrow even- ing at Pike’s Opera House, and is intended to eclipse even its illustrious predecessors in fashionable eclat. ‘The first public ball or masquerade given by this association was given in 1862 in celebration of the Purim feast at Irving Hall—though, owing to the statute prohibiting masquerades, it came near not occurring at all, and was only per- mitted to occur under the name of a fancy dress ball, not materially differing in its features from the European carnival leas extravagant in costumes, Purim ball has become one of fashion, as also have the Arion—the three together forming a querades of really singular m: cence. ball of the association occurred in 1866, and was, per- haps, one of the finest freaks of inauguration ever conceived in the seconde brain of the Prince Carni- val. The Academy was transformed as if by magic into a Palace of Shushan; and two processions—one representing the triumphal entry of Queen Esther and her court—and the other the victory of over prejudice, were introduced an most effectively carri out in Oriental costuming and belongings. The ball of ilast sea- son was of equal <éclat, though less ‘one salient in its features, while the preparations for the. seventh annual bail, to take place to-morrow even-' ing, are on a scale to vie with all previous freaks of the Prince, both in splendor and saliency of fantastic whim, The card of invitation is similiar to that of last year, the vignette representing the coronation of Queen Esther, Nothing has been neglected to render the occasion one of pecullar distinction, and, of course, the very cream of ion will adorn Pike's Opera House on the night of the seventh Purim Ball. DELEGATES ELECTED TO THE DEMOCRATIC STATE Convention.—The ward delegates chosen on Thurs- day evening last to elect delegates from the Assem- bly districta to the Democratic State Convention met last night and elected the following delegation:— First district, James B. Craig; Second, Fred. Massey; Third, Thomas Foran; Fourt! es MoCawley; Fifth, Thomas M. Riley: Sixth,’ Bernard Bignth, Pra in o Haver; Eighth, Francis N, Sobe; Ninth, D. J. Voor- hies. ie Seventh district convention adjourned until Monday evening. CAR DRIVERS ARRESTED.—TWo car drivers on the City Railroad were arrested yesterday afternoon by officer Utter, of the Forty-first precinct, on a chargé of careless driving. The grievance consists of their refusal to stop the cars to allow lestrians an opportunity to cross the walk at the City Hall square. The accused gave their names as Luke and James Gillcrist. ALLEORD ForarRy.—Charles N. Bellows, a respec- table looking middle aged man, was arrested yester- day afternoon by detective Corwin, charged by Mr. osorge Stoda: ‘of No. 333 Greenwich stree! Rew Y with pang afo check for $150 on the Mechanics’ Brooklyn, res to be signed by Tappin, Reeve & Son. accused is a son-in-law + Reeve, and took the liberty of usi aviees | check te erened the bog oy a incurred prison Bellows was locked up for examinau . TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. The Alabama Claims Debate in the British Parliament. Mr. Disraeli and the. English Telegraphs. ENGLAND. The Alabama Claims Question in Parlin- ment—Important Debate—Lord Stanley on England’s Position and the “ Belligerent” Recognition—Mr. Seward and Daniel Web- ster Quoted—Mr. Gladstone’s Speech. Lonpon, Marectr 7, 1968. In the House of Commons last evening, after the transaction of other business, Mr. Shaw-Lefevre, member for Reading, called up the question of the Alabama claims. He made a long and eloquent speech on the subject, in which he urged the settle- ment of this vexed question on the plan proposed by the American government. In calling for the papers on the subject, and in moving the con- sideration of the question, he disclaimed any feeling of prejudice. All future negotiations, he sald, would but add to the complications already existing. He sketched the progress of the recent civil war im. the United States to its happy ter- mination. He said the fall of Fort Sumter evoked the famous proclamation of President Lincoln. In less than a month after the appearance of that proclama- tion Great Britain had recognized the Southern tn- surgents as belligerents. They had no fleet, but they purchased their ships in our ports. These ships, notwithstanding the vigorous measures of our gov- erpment to stop them, eluded our vigilance, and went to sea, and were hospitably received at the British colonial ports. They captured and destroyed during the war more than two hundred American merchant vessels, In less than two years the United States flag was literally driven from the seas, while the commerce of Great Britain was doubled. For this reason, the speaker thought, we ought to treat these claims generously. They were first made in 1862 by the American Minister, Mr. Adams. After a warm eulogium on the course of Mr. Adams on this and on other questions, Mr. Shaw-Lefevre continued:—An arbitration of the matter had been proposed by the American government, but was re- fused by Lord Russell, who repelled the suggestion. Lord Stanley might have taken the other course, as the tories had changed on the question of household suffrage. The question of recognition by England was only as to her right, if there were a right that might safely be referred; but Lord Stanley insisted that the responsibility of England was only a moral one in the Alabama case. The speaker thought that the less sald about morality on this question the better. He regarded the breaking out of war between England and the United States as extremely un- likely; but thought on the other hand that all need- less irritation should be shunned. Lord Stanley then took the floor. He praised the pacific tone of the oration of Mr. Lefevre and warmly complimented Mr. Adams for the concilla- tory spirit he had displayed in the subject under discussion. He said we could not make indiscrimi- nate concessions, but we could learn the right of the case. There never was a case where there was more need to understand the points. Much allowance was to be made for the feelings of the United States. Great Britain in the same case (with five hundred millions of debt contracted through a civil war, in which a million lives had been lost), might appreciate the case better than mere lookers-on only. He thought England had been entirely neutral. But no neutrality would have pleased America. What the United States wanted was neutrality cou- pled with warm sympathy and support. The Queen was ready to arbitrate and submit all ques- tions but the great point of recognizing the belliger- ent rights of the South. Nobody contends that at no time the South acquired them. If not, why deny the right of Great Britain to recognize them at the time she did? The Confederate ship Alabama did not sail from England until 1862, and the battle of Bull Run was fought in 1861. Admitting that it was wrong for Great Britain to recognize the South, would the United States government say that its case against the Alabama had been altered had Great Britain made a declaration of neutrality six rather than eleven months before she sailed ? Lord Stanley referred to the speech of Daniel Webster in the United States Senate on the subject of recognizing Hungary in support of his argument, and continued:—How could England refuse to recognize a war which Mr. Seward himself had announced to be a civil war nine, twelve and sixteen days before the proclamation? Who could complain that England had recognized the civil war, which the United States had admitted some weeks before? In conclusion, he thought a friendly arrange- ment of this difficulty still practicable. He deprecated the debate. The friendly reception of Mr. Thornton at Washington was a pledge of peace. The British Ministers are ready to leave the question to the people of the entire world. Mr. W. E. Forster, member for Bradford, thought that Mr. Seward’s view of the question of the recog- nition of the Alabama claims deserved better treat- ment and more careful consideration, as being, per- haps, the view that was right and sensible. He com- plained of the abrupt disposition of the question which had been made, when the universal wish in the United Kingdom was for its speedy settlement. He thought that had any influential statesman been sent to the United States as Minister the point in dispute might be readily adjusted. Mr. John Stuart Mill, member for Westminster, was the next speaker. He regarded the present con- dition of the question as the result of a mutual mis- take. The real question was whether England was bound to prevent such expeditions as that of the Alabama. We denied that the United States govern- ment claimed or could claim that the recognition of the South was a violation of the law, but only that it was an unfriendly, rash and unprecedented act. The American government only pressed the point for the purpose of showing that but for the unfriendly action of England the Alabama depredations would not have occurred. Mr. Mill thought that an arbiter between the two countries was needless, and that reparation was fairly due to the United States. He concluded by ad- vising the appointment of a mixed commission for the proper adjustment of the question. Mr. W. E. Gladstone, member for South Lanca- shire, thanked Mr. Lefevre for his able speech and Lord Stanley for his temperate reply. He (Mr. Gladstone) could not understand why the negotiation was ended, nor could he agree with Mr. Mill that Lord Stanley had admitted jthat reparation was due or that an arbiter would surely decide against Eng- land. For himself he doubted if reparation for the the Alabama depredations was due the United States. It was unquestionably right that the point should be referred to a commission; but if the government feared such a reference it should settle the matter at at once or leave the decision with an umpire. He (Mr. Gladstone) inferred, however, from the closing sentence of Lord Stanley that communications be- tween the two governments were not closed, and that friendly feelings between the United States and England would be preserved. He concluded by saying if his inference was cor rect the whole country would support Lord Stanley in a just and honorable settlement of the case, ‘The debate ended with Mr. Gladstone's remarks. Opinion of the English People. LONDON, March 7, 1868, Nearly all the jeading newspapers have editorial articles this morning on the subject of the remark- able debate in the House of Commons last evening on the Alabama question. ‘The London Times says that the debate must con- vince the United States government that England wishes to settle the law in this case in the American the Alabama claims to arbitration is due to no desire toshun her just obligations. Mr. Seward has only to meet Lord Stanley in a like apirit to end the mis understanding. ‘The tone of the articles in the other journals is generaily the same. Mexico and Ireland. Lonpon, Marcel 7, 1808. In the House of Commons last evening Lord Stan- ley submitted further oficial papers about Mexico. On an order to go into committee of supply, Earl Mayo said he hoped that the debate on the condition of Ireland would end by Friday next, that the House might be ready to consider the question of Irish re form. ‘The Death Penalty—Fenianism in London. Lonpon, Mareh 7, 1868, In the House of Commons last evening Charles Gilpin, member from the borough of Northampton, gave notice of a bill to abolish the death penalty, A double guard has been placed around Newgate, where Messrs. Burke, Casey and Shaw (the Fenians) are confined. Their trials have been set down for next month, Conselidation of the Telegraphs Under the Government. Lonpow, March 7—Evening. Mr. G. W. Hunt, M. P., who sesigned his seat when he went into the Cabinet, has been re-elected from Northamptonshire. He will soon bring a bill before Parliament for the purchase by the government of all theytelegraphs in the kingdom. IRELAND. Government Offer to Fenian Prisoners. Lonpon, March 7, 1868. It tg reported that the Fenian prisoners who were captured recently at Dungarvan, Ireland, were offered their pardons on condition that they would give their parole to leave the kingdom. Itis further reported that the prisoners unani- mously refused to assent to this proposition. FRANCE. The Press Law Debate—New Minister Lendon. Panis, March 7, 1868. In the Corps Legislatif yesterday the law for the regulation of the press was again under considera- tion. The clause forbidding private allusion was adopted by a large majority after a short debate. Lonpon, March 7, 1868, Marquis Pepoll, French Minister to Russia, has been appointed to Great Britain in the same ca- pacity. {Marquis Pepoli is probably Italian Minister to London in place of the King’s Ambassador at that Court just resigned.) GERMANY. The American Nateralization Treaty. BERLIN, March 7, 1868, A bill for ratifying the treaty just concluded be- tween the representatives of the United States and North Germany has been introduced in the Council. VIRGINIA. ‘ The Convention—Disgust and Expulsion of a Conservative Member—The Disfranchising Clause. RICHMOND, March 7, 1868, In the Convention to-day the case of Mr. Williams, the conservative member who refused to vote yester- day on the disfranchising clause, was taken up and referred to acommittee. During its consideration, Mr. Leggatt, a conservative, refused to vote, on the ground of “contempt and disgust for the proposi- tion,” and afterwards added:—“I have a contempt for the whole establishment.” He was expelled by a vote of yeas 54, nays 16, A republican member moved to reconsider the vote by ‘hei the detanokiog: clause was adopted esterday. Two colored members opposed it, saying They had heard that a tel wm had {omg received to- day from Washi nm ing that the vote must be reconsidered, and that this motion was the result. i whole question is postponed until next Thurs- ay. General Schofleld has appointed several magis- trates to fill the vacancies recently created. The ap- pointees are old residents. NORTH CAROLINA. The [Convention—Pnesage of the Articles on Homesteads and the Finances. RALEIGH, March 7, 1868. The Reconstruction Convention last night adopted the article on homesteads, claimed by some to be re- tractive, exempting one thousand dollars’ worth of land. To-day the principal feature of interest was.the passage on the third reading of the article on finance which requires the Legislature to make pro- vision by adequate taxation from the prompt and regular payment of the interest on the State debt, and forbids the creation of any new debt unless the bill creating the same shall levy a tax to meet the accru- ing interest annually, and forbids the loan of the credit of the State for any new work unless author- ized by direct vote of the people. Mr. J. W. Holden, of the Standard, was elected printer to the Convention. GEORGIA. The Convention as a State Nominating Body— Discontent Among the Factions. ATLANTA, March 7, 1868, To-day the Convention resolved itself into a State nominating body. A majority of the white dele- gates refused to participate. Ninety-two members answered to their names. Of these there were thirty-one colored and twenty-eight Northern men. There was much confusion in organizing. Mr. Far- rowe, the President of the Union League, protested against the action of the body, and unnounced him- self in a published card as a candidate for Governor. President Parrott was am the dissenters. Mr. Bullock was nominated for Governor by acclama- tion. The feeling amid the opposition is intense. MISS'SSIPPI. The Convention—The ‘Tax Question—Proposed Action on the Reported Dispossession of Colored People of Their Property. JACKSON, March 7, 1868. In the Convention to-day additional sections were incorporated in the tax ordinance authorizing the State Treasurer to pay the Convention warrants already issued. A telegram was received from General Gillem’s adjatant recommending some pro- vision for the payment of those warrants. A colored member introduced a resolution, which was adopted, setting forth that some persons, for- merly slaves, had acquired property in 1863 and 1864, and have since been deprived of it by their former masters, and requesting General Gillem to issue an order restoring such property or compelling pay- ment therefor. Railroad Accident near Jefferson City—Two Men Killed. Sr. Lours, March 7, 1868, The express train on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, four miles west of Jefferson City, last night ran into a large boulder, which had been washed from the biuif, The locomotive was thrown from the track and rolled into the Missouri river, bottom side up, carrying with it George Brown, the engineer, who was drowned, and Michael Colony fireman, who was 80 badly injured that he died this morning. The baggage, express and smoking cars were thrown from the track, but no one in them was hurt. The body of the = jneer has not yet been recovered from the wreck, although his feet are out of water. Severe Storm in Kansas City—Cellars Flooded and Spires and Houses Demolished. KANSAS Cry, March 7, 1868. There was a very heavy wind and rain storm in this vicinity yesterday noon. Large streams of water ran along the streets, and many cross- ings were impassable. A large number of base- ments and cellars were flooded. The spire of the church was blown down, and a froof taken off. Several chimneys and all buildings were demolished. Signs, lumber and splinters flew in all directions, The rain cut great lites in the newly made streets and caused heavy land slides in the streets where grading is being done. ate the heaviest storm ever known in this locality, No estimate of damages can as yet be es First Presb; portion of the smi ila sense, and that the'fallure of Great Britain to refer | mad LOUISIANA. The Convention—Signing of tke Constitation by the Members, New ORLEANS, Match 7, 1968, The City Finance Committee to-day telegraphed to New York to stop prittting notes. No more are to be signed or issued from the Treasury, and they wiit probably be withdrawn from circutation soon. y ‘The constitution was signed to-day by seventy-six members of the Convention. Seven members re- fused to sign, A resolution was adopted that the ay of delegates cease from tis date, although the onvention adjourned to meet on Monday for the election of registers, ‘The resolution offered and tabled yesterday, autao- rizing the publication by the Republican omee of 10,009 copies of the constitution Im pampiiet forra, was taken up to-day and adopted. CALIFONIRA. Plots and Couatérplots Between the Governor and the Sewate—Avalanche’ at Keystone— Seventeen Mem Buried in Savw and Five of them Killed. SAN FRANCISCO, March 6, 1868. The Governor has declined to transnit the State Senate resolutions in regard to the action of Congress and the impeachment of the President, for the reason that they would have a tendency to influence the United States Senate while sitting as # court. The State therefore struck out the name of B. F. Wade from the resolutions, and now request the Gov- ernor to immediately telegraph the resolutions to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. An avalanche at Key Stone, Sierra county, om the 4th of March, buried seventeen men in the snow, nine of whom were killed. Several buildings were hs The ‘ident of the Central Pactfic Raflroad Com- pany denies the truth of the reports concerning the purchase of the San Jose, Southern Pacific Valley and Sacramento Rallroads by the Central Company. i He \ deine Constitution, from Panama, arrived ‘o-night. The Great Republic sails for Hong Kong to-mor- row. THE NEW DOMINION. Baceerive nese ae the Kovernment to the Proposed Joining of Vancouver’s Island to the Confederation. Orrawa, March 7, 1868. The Dominion government has sent an encourag- ing reply to Victoria, Vancouver's Island, in response to the resolution adopted tn favor of the Pacific coio- nies joining the confederation. Arrangements are being completed for the estab- lishment of Post Office savings banks by the first of next month. EUROPEAN MARKETS. LONDON MON&Y MARKET.—LONDON, March 3 P, M.—The money market is steady. Consols, 93s for money and the account. American securities close at the following rates:—United States five- twenties, 71%; Illinots, 89; Erie, 47%. FRANKFORT BOURSE.—FRANKFORT, March 7.— United States five-twenty bonds, 7534 for the issue of 1862. LIVERPOOL CoTTON MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, March 7—3 P. M.—The cotton market closed active and firm, with an advance on American descriptions. ‘The sales have been fully 15,000 bales, The following are the closing quotations:—Middling uplands, tm- port, 9%d. a 97%d.; middling uplands, to arrive, bis a middling Orleans, 10d. a 104d. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, March 7—3 P. M.—The breadstuffs market ts gene- rally firmer. Corn, 42s. 6d. per quarter for new mixed Western. Wheat is active and firmer, though prices are unaltered; white California 16s. per cental, and 148. 8d. for No. 2 red Western. Barley, 5s. 6d. Tr bushel. Oats, 4s. per bushel. , 463. aha ibs. Flour, 378. 6d. per bbl. for Western canal. LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, March 7—3 P. M.—The provision market closed active and firmer, and nearly all the articles in the list have materially advanced. Beef, 114s. per bbl. for extra prime mess. Pork, 778. per bbl. for East- ern prime mess. Lard, 588. 6d. per cwt. Cheese, 54s. per cwt. for the best grades of American fine. Bacon, 428. per cwt. for Cumberland cut. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, March 1—3 P. M.—The articles for American produce are generally without change. Naval stores dull. Sugar firm at 25s, 6d. per cwt. for No, 12 Dutch standard. Rosin, 78. 6d. per cwt. for common North Carolina and 118. for medium. Turpentine, 348. 6d. per cwt. Tallow, 438. 6d. per cwt. Whale oil, £36 per ton. Sperm oil, £110 perton. Linseed oll, £36 108. per ton. Refined petroleum, 1s. 2d. per gallon. Linseed cakes, £10 108. per ton for thin oblong for feeding. EUROPEAN MARINE NEWS. Sovrnamrrton, March 6.—The Hamburg American Packet Company’s steamship Cimbria, Captain Haack, from New York February 25, arrived here at five P. M. to-day, landed mails ‘and passengers and proceeded for gn SouTHampTon, March 7.—The steamship Cimbria, from New York, arrived here at six o’clock last even- ing on the way to Hamburg. QUEENSTOWN, March 7.—The steamship William Penn, from New York, arrived here early this morn- ing on the way to Liverpool. INTERNAL REVENUE MATTERS. The New Regulations Governing Receipts of Cotton, As the orders recently issued by the United States Internal Revenue oficers in this city on the subject of cotton transportation have necessarily attracted considerable public attention from their important connection with the interests and business of a class of our merchants among the wealthiest and most in- fluential, and as the various fragmentary newspaper versions of the subject that have appeared from time to time during the last two months have been inex- plicit and sometimes contradictory, and as a con- tinued misunderstanding of the law and regula- tions on the part of the business community would probably lead to uncalled-for abuse of the officers en- gaged in the enforcement thereof, we have felt it to be our duty as journalists, alike devoted to the inter- ests of the people and the government, to ascertain all about the subject from undoubted authgrity and lay it herewith before the public. Cotton is sub- ject to a tax of two a half cents per pound. The law provides for its collection either by the collector of internal revenue in the collection district of its | igh voce or by the col- lector in the district of its destination. When the producer or owner desires to Pay the tax at home he receives from the collector of the producing district a [ona certifying to the payment of the tax, and this permit is an essential part of the evidence of tax having been id; and the Regulations on Cotton dated September 16, 1967, declare that such evi- dence—the permit, form 95—shall accompany the cotton to the district of its destination, there to be surrendered to the collector “and his permit obtained before landing, ee delivering such cotton at the place to which it is transported;” and any person who violates this provision or who conveys or attempts to convey cotton from any State in which cotton is produced, without a compliance with the forms of law, is liable to the penalties, fines and for- feiture provided for by section five of the act of July 1866. The collector of the district of destination, on re- ceiving the permit, form 95, gives his own on another form for the discharge of the cotton, can- cels form 95 and returns it to the assessor of that disirict in which it was issued by the collector, record being kept of the transaction, thus establish- ing a double check on official fraud. Vhen the producer or owner of cotton desires to ship it from the district of itsproduction, the tax to be collected by the government in the district of its destination, he obtalins a permit from the assessor which permits its transportation to the place of desti- nation, there to be delivered by the transportation company to the collector, who, on receiving the permit accompanying it issued by the Southera as- sessor, will, r collecting the tax from the parties named in the permit, deliver it to the as- sessor of the same district, the assessor re- ceiving such permit, form 109, with his collector's proper endorsement, will transmit it, after making proper entries on his cotton account to the collector of that Southern district in which it was issued by the assessor. Thus is established the same chec inst official corruption in the case of form 109, as ready illustrated in form 95, It is manifest, then, that permits both on San pel and free cotton must be collected at the points of destination of cotton by the proper ee in order that they can be transmitted after cancellation to Southern officers as necessary vouchers for the settie- ment of their accounts with the Treasury Depart- ment. No step seems to have been ta nn omctall ing to this result until Collector Shook, of the Thirty. second district of New York, and special agent Charies R. Cornwell inaugurated the investigations that have developed the nevessity for a full enforce- ment of the most rigid construction of the law. The success of the movement, as far as the receipts of tax on cotton in the -aecond district are con- cerned, cannot be better illustrated than by the statistical result of an increase of twenty-five per cent in February over the month of January. The merchants complain very much of the new recula- tions, a8 in many cases the cotton must be stored until evidence in the shape of permits are produced to identify it, At the railway di where the same course is pursued as at the steamship piers, the in- convenience will no doubt be annoying. Mlector Baily, of the Fourth district, fully appreciating the im ice of adopting the same plans, has issued orders in sont letter oo 4 no doubt mai evasions of ti devel tl gh thet means now ener- lly adopted for ita future enforcement. Seizures of Distillertes. ‘The subjoined seizures of distillertes and rectifying stablaagrenta have bee made by Revenue Lnspec- look- 7 a tors Morgan Rolling, in the Eighth Collectio district, "me llory of E. Low, in West Thirty- Ah atree’, on account of his bon 1 not also Lewis Tevoris, No. 9 Abattoir place, West y~ ninth street, it belng charged that there was more mash in the building than an exhibit of ¢e books authorized. ‘The rectifying establishments of Wein- berger, in West Thirty-fifth street, having 4m store eight barrels, and of William Bieinbonne xoss ‘Thirty-eighth street, having on hand five ba. Fels apirits, were seized, there being insthe hands @f the proprietors no tax receipts for the same. THE THAW. The Condition of the Streets—Snow and STasl—Puddles and Pedestriantan—The Cen~ tral Park.’ The blustering Marc® this year certainly made @ leonine’ advent, and threatened, as he tossed and) shook his white mane, to plunge New Yorkers into # Protracted winter. But hi anges, it seems, has at fast subsided imto the proverbial lamblike docility,, and the genial face of old Sol lias'played grand havoc with the traces of the fury of the youag month. Two or'three days since the streets were almost impass- able with long sierras of snow, and yesterday they Were almost as difficult to traverse kmconsequence of the lagoons of slush and ridges of ice that were to be found im every thoroughfare tm the city. Broadway was, a3 ts generally the case during @ thaw, Owe most disagreeable street m the metropolis, not only for pedestrians, but for the passage of vehicles aiso. The deep snow which fell early in the week had become tolerably well packed, and as soon as the sui’s rays had moistened it, wa a very good “counterfeit presentment” of dirty brown tee. The omnibuse#and heavy wagons cut it into deep ruta and ‘“pot-livies,” and these were filled with water and slush, Crossing the street was a task which, if successfully performed, was worthy of bein designated a feat of dexterity, the ridges an mounds of ice being so pipvery. that ft was dimeult to obtain a good footing. On Friday night and during the whole of yesterday a detach-— ment of about one hundred men belonging to Judge Whiting’s street cleaning brigade were set to work with picks, shovels and tumbrels in the vicinity of Prince street and began cutting and carrying away the ice from Broadway, working in both directions, north and south, Some of the narrow streets in the lower part of the city were almost impassable for vehicles, and in Wall street, from Broad to Pearl, there were holes that took wheels almost to the hubs. Many of the crosstown thoroughfares, also, which are traversed by city ratlroads are in a very bad con- dition, owing to the fact that they are in most cases rather narrow, and the snow has been thrown on eactt side of the track until it has formed wails two or three feet high. As it melts the water flows over the sidewalks and in many places accumulates to the depth of two or three inches, Broadway, above Eleventh street, is not in that disgusting state of stushy alipperiness and rutty rigidness that prevails throughout the whole of its southerly portion, owing: to the fuct that it ts less travelled by vehicles. Nas- Sau street, one of the most crowded streets in the city, is of course about the worst in point of encam- cumbrance and general uncleanness, The ice is im many places from three to ten inches higher than the level of the footwalk, and owing to the narrowness of the carriageway, as of the sidewalks, pedestrians are continu- ally in great danger of having their feet crushed and limbs broken, as the trucks and wagorts frequently slide from the centre of the street on to the foot pavement. In addition to this, the gutters being filled with ice, the water flows over the side- walks, and the heavy vehicles “slumping” into the holes and ruts splash everybody and Cone fi within twenty feet of them, The Fourth and Sixtl wards, always disgustingly dirty, have, since the resent thaw set in, become absolutely filthy, and ‘he water that flows through the offal-sata- rated streets of these sections of tlie city is almost pestilential, even in the moderate warmth of yesterday’s sun. The Bowery is in better condition than any other of the lower town inconvenience caused by the pools of water is owing more to the great number of street railroad tracks THE AVENUES. as well, in fact, as almost the entire northerly drained of all the thoroughfares, and of these Fifth avenue is, perhaps, in as bad a plight as any, with compact mass of ice, with an uneven surface, and though the slush and water does me ee mu- for the deficiency in its superfici arta. In the avenues which are traversed by street the water rushes along the hollows of the rails like miniature mill races, As is almost always the case, pools of water, by reason of their being generally trampled a little lower than the surrounding ice, or the beds of the streets, and In elther case the water accumulates 80 a8 to overflow the crosswalks, One obtained by opening the gutters along the curb- stones; but as there is no ordinance compelling citt- thoroughfares on account of its great width, and the than to the accumulation of ice or snow. tion of the city, are by far the cleanest and Bose the exception of its sidewalks. he roadway is @ late to a great depth, it railways the tracks become improvised gutters and however, the street crossings are most obstructed by of the flagstones being a little more elevated than remedy for the present state of the streets might be zens to do it, and as New York has no winter Street Commissioner, it 1s very doubtful if this course will be adopted. The Street bn ‘ment is entrusted with the copeiting an neral supervision of the streets, including the sweeping and carrying away of the dust. it as snow ts not “dust,” and from lack of the application of muntctpal brooms never becomes metamorphosed into what may be termed “sweepings,” no one is ac- countable for the streets in the winter season, al- hong every man, woman and child tn the metropo- lis is inconvenienced to a greater or lesser extent. THE CENTRAL PARK, the great promenading and driving resort, was yea- terday patronized by a comparatively large number of cal and a few pedestrians, who acted as though had been sent up as scouts by the citizens to “apy out the land” and see what the pros- pects were for dry footing. The Park Commis- sioners have achieved such a good reputation for the manner in which they superintend and ki in con- dition the splendid walks and drives of this great pleasure ground that some inconsiderate individuals actually thought that the roads might be in good condition yesterday because they had been favored with a few hours of genial sunlight. But they were to some extent disappointed, as the roads and walks were, with few exceptions, wet and muddy. The laborers and workmen were, however, promptly at hand, and were cutting temporary channels for the flowing off of the water wherever there were te ace cumulations of ice or snow. About the end of the resent month, if the fine weather continue, the Park will be in tolerable condition for pleasure seek- ers, and in the meantime they will doubtless have to content themselves by perambulating slushy streeta & in avoiding ambulatory exercise of any descrip- ion. Threatened Freshet in IMinois. CuIcaGo, March 7, 1868. The rains of the past two days extended all over the Northwest, and a general het is threatened. Already much of the country is flooded, and some damage ts reported. Brenking of Ice Gorges. Rockror, I!l., March 7, 1868, The ice broke this morning, causing great excite- ment and fears for the buiidings and bridges at the water power. The water is higher than ever before. By the breaking of an ice gorge at Aurora this morning several dams and bridges were considera- bly dams . ‘The loss, as far as known, exceeds $20,000. The rivers in that section are higher than they have been for many years. A Perfect Halr Dressing.—Burnett’s Cocoaine imparts a fine gloss and is superior to French pomades and otis or alcoholic washes, A Genuine Mecrschaum Pipe or Cigarholder at manufacturers’ prices, at POLLAK & SON'S saree, Broadway, near Fourth street, and 27 Jobn street, near sau. Repairing. Bolling #1. Batchelor’s Hair Dye.—The Best in the world. The only perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, instantane- ous, Factory 16 Bond street. Dr. Schenck Will Be Professionally at His oom 39 Bond sireey Now York, on Tuesday, March 10, from $A. M.ti3 P. M., and every’Pucaday thereafter. Al advice free of charge, but for a th examination of the Lungs with bis Feapttometer hie price ls @5. His medicines may be obtained at his rooms at all i Executor’s Sale of 246 Lots on Central Park, by. order of Ba, Dowie, exeeutor of Sarah Talman, deceased, by Lae ery il SON & CO., Anetionvers, on Tuesday, Mare! o*elock, Exchange sales- room, lucluding one entire Block facing Central Park. M ol Spring.—The Cures of Brights Divease and. other Bioctecn, of the Kidneys. by this spring water are almost is. Tt Is a spectiic for Cancers Scrofula, Salt Rheum and all cutaneous: fections. For sale Royal Havana Lottery.—Prizes Paid in Gold. Information furniahed. The bighest rates paid for Dooublons ‘sud all Kinds of Gold and Silver. TAYLOR & CO., Bankers, 16 Wall street, N.Y. Selling Of.—Our Entire Stock Must be Sold before May 1 to make room for very important alteration ‘and extension in our building. The cheapeat, id best ready made Clothing for men and boys to’ be this city, Our merchant tatloring department man ent of Mr. Brownell, ite of Broadway, at the agency, 635 Browdway. wi hae eon replenished with ah entire new assoriment of novelties from Lon and New York. One }, Paris, entire store full, just made ty ing Over Waonaw. WhoPiins, Stata Mpoake Cooper tan Wem, Toupees and Ornamental Halr.—Rest aus, Tair Dye net Hate Dyeing ail colors, at BATCHEL® "3, 16 Bond street. Aw—Hazard & Caswell’s Pure COD LIVER OIL. Bost in. the world, Manufactured on the sea shore by CASWELL, HAZARD. £00, under Fifth Avenue Hotel. American (Waltham) Watches, Recommenited by Rattrond engineers, conductors, ea ports nawaperion 1a ouhere foe ‘Turabiimy, . imekeeper. “purchasers should invariably tnelea oa « gertifeate of empulnene, ale by Ol respeqiapie denlern,