The New York Herald Newspaper, March 17, 1868, Page 5

4, NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. Manifesto of the Incoming President Pro. Tem.—Ben Wade's Views of the Prosideucy and the Responsibilities of Office. By one of the papers of Ben Wade's State, and from his own mouth in the guise of familiar colloquy, we receive some rays of light from that “rising sun,” some positive declarations of principle, some bids for party fealty and All business or news letters and telegraphic | numberless promises to be a good boy and be- despatches must be addressed New York | have himself towards Congress as a President Hera. ought. Since it is already oaesrd so Mr. Johnson is to be remov Letternend packages shoal be properly position—Mr, Wade, having counted the votes, sealed. knows that he must be—since this removal is a Rejected communications will not be re- | definite and known fact, there can, of course, be no indelicacy in Mr. Wade, who is to vote on the removal, telling what political course he Ne. 77 | will pursue when he succeeds to Mr. Johnson's place, And if there were a little offence to delicacy in this, what then? Shall such a mere trifle as delicacy, a consideration for the pro- Sie prieties and refinements of position, weigh PORROE THEARER Sus Seine Docume. with a broad spirited statesman from the West OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.Huarrr Dust. | against the imposing necessity of letting the NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.Tae Waitt Fawy. people know the thoughts of the man who is to WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and 1%h street. | Succeed to the supreme Executive power? He ROsEDALE, must be a Chinese, bred on rice and ginger, who would maintain such a point. The first hint Mr. Wade gives us of his tem- per is altogether amiable, quite in favor of his heart, equally to the honor of his head, pre- senting the very picture of a great man bub- bling with sympathetic humanity and every-da; Be a ay as a Ae Ee good nature. He wants ‘‘time to eee pIHEATRE COMIQUE, S14 Bro Broadway. —~Bostow Comique | Not that he complains of the shortness of life, ee eee sich 1 Broa a not that he laments that the brief span of four- Koognrnio1ties, &c.—GRanp Duron “6.' Iway.-S0x® | acore and ten is all too little for this noble SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 585 Broadway.—Ermio- | Purpose. He could make friends enough ina Plax EXTESTAINMENTS, StNGING, DANCING, Sc. lifetime ; but in ten months! What can a man Voosisuy NrGno MiNernaLsn, ae" 801 Bowery.Comto | do in that way in ten months, and those ten BUTLER'S AMERICAN THEATRE, €72 Broadway.— months in the Presidential chair? For Mr. BALLET, FARCE, PANTOMIME, £0, Wade wants time in office to make friends, and he ~ BORTAR Eee Rronéeeay and Fifteenth street.—Tae spacpeiee the maps of his position in this cea, respect ; he knows that for a man in office it is niu Pagrouy Glat-inszanp axb AMERICA cpa easier to make enemies than friends. In this spirit he says of his promised ten months :— ‘*T'll have plenty of time to make thousands of enemies by my appointments and not time enough to make many friends by my adminis- tration.” It is evident, therefore, that Mr. Wade has his eyes fully open to the necessity of making his term longer than ten months—of —= | doing what he may, while in it, to extend his JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, NEW YORK THEATRE, opposite New York Hotel.— Lrour at Last, PIKE'S OPERA HOvsE eel gaa corner of Eighth evenue,—UNCLE Tom's BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—TuxeR Fast MEN OF New York—Bmian BoROUNE. BROADWAY THEATER! jroadway.—SaM. rARD'S OPERA HOUSE AND MUSEUM, Broad- PB na Thirtieth street.—TRN NiGUTS IM A BAR Room. BROOKLYN OPERA HOU! Williamsburg.—KATY O’SaraL—OUR QEEA, HOUSE, wi HOOLFY’S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—ETHIOPIAN MUN8TKELSEY—BUBLESQUE OF THE WILD Fawn. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— SoreNom AND Ant. New ‘York, ‘Tuesday, aes 17, 1868. THE Nvaws. tenure for dhother four years. He is disin- ~~ RUROFE. terested in this, of course ; it is merely his sensi- ‘The news report by the Atlantic cable is dated ycs- bility that speake. He conceives how terrible torday evening, March 16. it would be to a man of feeling to go ‘The cost of the British expedition to Abyssinia | out of office with thousands of enemies; amounts to vegdrens mete of ene sterling. | he can conjecture how delightful it may be, Several naval Fenians have nm discharged from custody, and it is said General Nagle will be liberated five years from now, to go out with millions of if he promises to return to America. friends. He would be less than human, you Consols, 92% & 93. Five-twenties, 721 a 723; in | see, if he did not prefer the latter case and come and 7634 a ee strive with all his might for this happier result ; ‘pepsin dling uplands at 103 810% | for he wants to be President. He has the piri Breadstus quiet and steady. Provisions | 13 toral amibition of a citizen that way. “But CONGRESS. to be a piece of a President!” Ay! there's the In the Senate yesterday the Finance Committee | rub. ‘To go in for a fragment of a year.” reported back ame re secaar Wig to npn certain | That is the trouble; and, moreover, ‘‘there is manufactures from with an amendment retain- "4 ing the tax on numerous articles exempted in the eee Dib muteae Seay ee cmemery og 2 ees original bill. Notice was given that it would be For these reasons Mr. Wade wants to be called up to-day. Debate on the Union Pacific Rall- road bill consumed the rest of the time till adjourn- | President, and President for five years. Then, ment. In the House the usual number of bills and resolu- oe eae pig sare ne eos oe re tions was introduced and referred under the Mon. | resident. He is not ambitious, but modest. day call. Mr. Ross offered a preamble and aseries of | He is diffident of his powers ; he goes forward sixteen resolutions containing a constitutional creed | full of fear, trembling at every step. ‘‘As for and declaration of principles, on which he called the | your Presidency, I haven't tried it, and I know previous question, which, however, was not sec- cnded. ‘They ‘were tien fiturted, pias avote ofa | VOY well that ite duties require a different to 133 against laying them on the table. A resolution order of faculties”—that is, a different order favoring a further issue of legal tenders wasreferred. | from those that have enabled the distinguished Some debate ensued on the bill to relieve certain | man to succeed so magnificently in the Senate. persons from political disabilities, and the House | This modesty is becoming, and may be pleaded adjourned. THE LEGISLATURE. in mitigation some day in case Old Ben should In the Senate yesterday a bill was reported author- | Prove @ more terrible failure than even Andy izing an underground railroad in New York on the | Johnson. Despite, however, this disinclination Brown plan, A minority report on the same Dill | to the office and the consciousness that he is not recommended an underground railroad under Broad- fit for it, Wade has for some time contemplated way on the Vanderburgh plan. Bills were intro- duced to incorporate the Isthmus Ship Canal Com- the possibility that its greatness may be thrust ‘pany; to repeal the act for the registration of births, | Upon him, and admits that he has ‘‘done some marriages and deaths, and authorizing railroads jn | thinking” a8 to what his course ought to be in that event. His thoughts have led him to one Lexington and other avenues. Notice was given of 2 DG to semelee sniping tte Siw rome Reco very positive point, the expression of which looks like a promise to Congress—a sort bill authorizing a raiirood in 125th street and else- where in New York and several personal or private bill were ordered to a third reading. of political post-obit or agreement to In the Assembly bills were introduced to repave | come down in the most liberal style when he Atlantic street, Brooklyn; to amend the acts relative | inherits, He says :—“Whatever else may be to Surrogates’ Courts and the proof of wills, aud for the better security of employés. A resolution call; ing for a report of the number of inebriates in the State Asylum and the amount of money in the ‘Treasury was adopted, MISCELLANEOUS. Our special telegrams from Mexico are dated March 13. The report was prevalent in the capital that Marquez was about instituting an expedition against the republic. Several foreigners had been arrested and an American had been ordered to leave the country. A battle took place on the 19th of February between Ruba and Martinez near Mazat- lan. Ruba was routed. Porfirio Diaz was spoken of a3 Minister to Washington. Our advices from Truxillo, Honduras, state that a severe hurricane visited that port on the 16th ult., | two Mexican schooners being driven ashore and to- tally wrecked. In the Board of Aldermen yesterday resolutions to complete the concrete sidewalks on Fourth and Righth avenues and 126th street, and to pave por- tions of Second avenue, Cortlandt and Fourteenth done, I shall try to bring the Executive Depart- ment of the government into harmony with the Legislature.” If this inducement will not hurry up Congress to finish Johnson forthwith, what will? Here is exactly the President it wante—a limp fellow who is actually willing to make believe that he cannot stand alone if it be necessary. No more dispute, no more of that naughty Andy Johnson conduct. Con- gress shall have its own way, so it shall, the dear little thing, and Ben will never say no, nor make faces, nor do anything bad, forever and ever. Moreover, he positively declares that he ‘‘won’t have a policy.” He roars it out in the amplest style he will not have such a thing at all; for it is dangerous and bad as nitro-glycerine, and no one can tell what may be the consequences. Look at Johnson. He had a policy. Where is he now? Ben, there- streets with Nicolson pavement, were adopted, and | fore, will he the very Uriah Heep of Presidents the resolution to print fifteen thousand copies of the | in his “‘umble” relinquishment of prerogative. “Manual” was passed over the Mayor's veto. No | ‘ In this the people may get a lively sense Board adjourned, city, and, better than all, of his astonishing account of @ rumor that reached them that a gang of oughly, beginning with the Revenue Depart- offered their services to the Drew party, and a ‘The tedious sherry wine case, which involves only | With a view to the next term. Another thing the United states District Court. feels that unless he does this ‘‘the party can’t Portland, Maine, has made a second effort to elect | been told by some strange creature that that is to the amount of $60,000, and killing one man, son's successor, Already he asserts his claims in prices was established. The number on sale was fair, 120. #1630. Milch cows were slow of sale, but reconstruction; as one of the men who in the report on the Church street extension was reccived from the Committee on Street Openings, and the | of his notion of the character of the Presi- dential office, of his mliar political saga- The Drew-Erie party in Jersey City have assumed ae a 2 the defensive and fortified very strongly of late on 1 - sincerity. kidnappers was lying in wait to carry Mr. Drew As for the offices, he will clean them out thor- bodily to New York. The police of Jersey City have system of fire signals by night and guus by day has Hex, he # man shall be ae — hie ar Deen estabtiehed in case of an attack. bem with a view to ‘“‘making friends”—that is, the law point as to the price of certain casks of | he will do, or try to do, is ‘‘to stop this out- sherry at the place of shipment, ts still going on In | rageous system of frand and peculation.” He ‘The North Carolina election ‘is fixed for 2ist, 2d). “ 2 Me and 24 days of April next. live. He will go in with all his might for a | high protective tariff, having heard or read or @ Mayor Without success, Aharricane has visited Toronto, causing damage & measure likely to benefit the people, Alto- At the National Drove Yards yesterday the market | S@ther we wich the republicans joy of John- for beef cattle was fairly active, and a alight advance as the head and front of his party; as the light, being only 1,000 head. Good to extra steers | originator of the fight wit eo t @old at from 17c. to 19c. per pound, and inferior to a syed rest pre ines steady in value. We quote inferior to extra, $500 “Committee on Territories” made the war; as $110. Veal calves were less active and lower, the first to secure the first nigger suffrage ing at 18, a 13)c. for extra, 12c, @ 12)sc. for prime, | enactment. He claims the paternity of and 10c. a 11}¢. for inferior to common. Sheep | 4) the more offensive parts of radi- and lama were unusually quiet and heavy, though " prices were not quotably lower, extras being quoted | calism. With all this : self-assertion he at 00. 0 9%0.; prime, He, a84¢.; common to good, | Promises that in the Executive chair he 630. a 7%c., and inferior 6c, Swine were duil, but | will be a mere cipher—the shadow of being in small supply were held at fail prices—viz, 100. for prime, 9c. a 9)c. for fair to good and 8),c. #00. for common. The total receipts for the week ‘were 4,079 beeves, 116 milch cows, 1,180 veal calves, 14,002 sheep and lambs and 10.720 swine. ‘ authority; and in the same breath frets that his term in that chair will be so short, showing his unmistakable purpose to make it longer by any and everv means. _NEW YORK ) EERALD, TUESDAY,) MARCH 17, 1868. Stanton on ‘hel | Warpath Again—Prepara- tions to Meet the Army of Virginia. It was supposed that Secretary Stanton locked and bolted himself in the War Depart- ment and had himself well surrounded by guards to keep out General Thonias or any other invaders from the White House, but this appears to have been an error. We learn from Washington that s more terrible enomy has been conjured up in the mind of the great War Minister. The Army of Virginia was expected to attack the capital. Mosby was in Washing- ton a short time ago taking observations, and while there, it is said, purchased a large quan- tity of saddles at a government sale. Putting this, that and the other together, and looking at the provocation which the radicals are giving for insurrection, Stanton has come to the con- clusion that the capital may be in danger and that his precious body should be guarded. No, it is not the President nor General Thomas that Stanton is afraid of, but that terrible.Army of Virginia and that terrible guerilla chief Mosby. As a consequence the tramp and noise of war are. heard again. Forty army wagons, with teams and teamsters, are kept in readiness to move at a moment’s notice for the transporta- tion of supplies, and private orders have been issued to the commanders of garrisons about the city to keep their commands, both officers and men, in quarters, Another rebellion! Where are the loyal leagues in this crisis? How is it that Generals Sickles and Cochrane have been spending their time in making speeches in New Hampshire and in this city instead of being at the front? The capital may be taken and Stanton captured while they are seeking glory from radical mouths rather than from rebel cannon. Whatever doubt there might have been heretofore of radical assertions that the rebellion still exists, there can bé none now. Somebody is deeply in- terested in keeping the rebellion alive, and alive it must be kept. We wait with anxiety for the next important news from the front. Spring Freshets. As the icy fetters of winter fall from the benumbed limbs of nature beneath the magical influence and balmy breath of spring they take a still more formidable and disagreeable aspect, being converted into mighty torrents which threaten destruction to the hapless inhabitants of the river districts. Rivers which have been long pent up under the custody of Jack Frost are no longer content with their legitimate boundaries, but evince an annoying propensity to visit every house and farm in their vicinity. The Hudson has already given premonitory symptoms at Albany, the Mohawk at Schenec- tady and the Delaware in Pennsylvania of what we may expect from the usual freshets which follow the ice gorges in the principal rivers. The first of these rivers would do a public service by paying a visit to the State Capitol and cleansing the more than Augean filth of its halls and lobbies, unless the political stench thereby communicated to the waters might create a pestilence. The people living in the vicinity of the great Western rivera should adopt precautionary measures of more than ordinary efficiency against the expected freshets during the present season; for the inclement winter that has passed will render those inunda- tions unusually severe. The immense accumu- lation of snow on the mountains and near the sources of our rivers will probably swell each stream beyond its accustomed limits to a greater degree than the experience of previous seasons might lead us to expect. When the Father of Waters and his hundred tributaries begin to feel the influence of the spring in this. respect there is much cause for alarm and necessity for precaution against disaster in the West. The levees protecting the low lands should be strengthened as much as possible and every means adopted to protect life and property. i Emigration of Freedmen to Liberia. There is a disposition among many of the freedmen of the Southern States to emigrate to Liberia. It is said that four thousand of them have just petitioned Congress to obtain the means of going there, as they are too poor to pay their own way, and many of them have already friends and relatives in the African re- public. This is an idea that ought to be en- couraged, not only for the benefit of the blacks themselves, but for the advantages which must accrue from sending a large partially civilized element into a country still steeped in its origi- nal barbarism. It will be good for the South and good for Africa if this emigration goes on flourishingly. We can well spare the negroes, who are now a heavy burden to us, and Africa stands in great need of them. They will be much more at home as their own masters in Africa than they ever can be as the masters of white men in the South; but as the latter is the position into which the radical Congress seems determined to force them, it is not very likely that much aid will come from that quarter on behalf of emigration to Liberia. It would be a great blessing if the whole three or four millions of Southern negroes could be transplanted to their native soil; but that, of course, is impossible. However, it is evident that the poverty-stricken condition of the South and the abject misery into which the black population has fallen are rendering popular the idea of emigration to Africa, which was most unpopular before. Radical politicians, both white and black, have heretofore strenu- ously opposed the scheme because the dusky masses could be used for party purposes. It is probable that the poor darky is beginning to understand that, and is thinking of looking out for himself. IneLaNp—Tae Prick or Waune’ Vistr.— In the cable despatch of yesterday we had it announced that the Prince of Wales would make his expected visit to Ireland during the Easter holidays. It is also reported that the viait will be signalized by a royal proclamation granting an amnesty to political offenders. All this is well. By whomsoever conceived it is & happy thought; and if the visit is well managed it will not fail to do a world of good. The Irish are naturally an affectionate and a loyal people; but they require attention, and attention is never ill-requited. If the Prince would make an annual visit to Dublin, or if, imitating the example of his parents, he would build another Balmoral at the lakes of Killarney, the Irish would soon become more loyal than the Scotch or English. The visit of the Prince is an indication of the feeling which is now in the ascendant, There is a general disposition to remove all cause of complaint: aud now that Disraeli is at the holm of affairs we may expeot that Irish discontent will soon be # thing of the past. If it is not so, this land of Goshen of ours is always ready to receive them. Hore, if not at home, they can prosper and be happy. Mr. Logan Has Discovered No Mare’s Nest. Notwithstanding the reports of whitewashing committees, it begins to be apparent that Mr. Logan has discovered no ‘‘ mare's nest” in the serious charges of corruption which he has alleged in Congress against the Treasury De- partment. On Wednesday last, recurring to the facts in connection with the certificate of the destruction of eighteen millions of bonds, Mr. Logan related the circumstances which justified his statement, and avowed his deter- mination not to be bought off, or scared off, or driven off, but ‘‘ to do his duty in the face of all the men and all the powers and all the com- mittees on earth or in heaven.” One would suppose, he said, that the Treasury Depart- ment was filled with angels, with the arch- angel Michael at their head, and that there was no corruption there. But he was resolved ‘to Puncture the rottenness of that rotten concern, the Treasury Department; and he notified the Committee on Retrenchment that he would give it work enough to do within the next four weeks.” On Thursday Mr. Logan's cry was, “Once more to the breach!” and he proposed to have a document read to the House in rela- tion to 8. M. Clarke, the Superintendent of the Printing Bureau, ‘which would make devils blush, showing the kind of man who had fre- quently been whitewashed by Congress and was now again whitewashed by the com- mittee.” The reading of this document was interrupted and Mr. Logan withdrew it; but not before enough had been revealed to in- dicate that, what with five hundred pretty female clerks in the Treasury Department and other tempting facilities, the Superintendent of the Printing Bureau may have enjoyed a warmer bed than any “‘mare’s nest.” Mr. Logan is wildly wrong about impeachment and all that; but this does not hinder his being all right about the scandalous corruptions of the Treasury Department, and the people will sus- tain him in his fearless exposure of its secret iniquities. Wars anp Rumors of War.—This is about the beginning of the season for the usual crop of rumors about Indian outrages and barbarities on the Plains and in the Far West. One that has attracted some attention is to the effect that two thousand bloodthirsty savages were marching into the Sweetwater (Utah) country from Idaho and Montana, de- vastating everything in their way. This story has been pronounced a fabrication made out of whole cloth, or, more likely, out of rotten shoddy Indian blankets. All these reports are started by Indian traders, contractors, specu- lators and whiskey jugglers in the East as well as the West, in the hope of inducing the government to send out re-enforcements of troops, supply trains and other material for baiting these army cormorants. The truth is, our troops in the Far West have now about as much as they can attend to in routing out white horse thieves and other pale-faced desperadoes. The Indians gi e thom the least trouble. Sr. Parniox’s Day.—This being the anni- versary of the festival of St. Patrick, the day will be honored in this city’by the usual parade of Irish societies and the accustomed number of dinners, balls, lectures and the celebrations in the evening, whereby our Irish fellow citizens express their recognition of a festival which is both religious and national in its character. The outdoor celebrations have been hitherto— with one unfortunate exception, the riot of last year—very orderly. The presence of thirty- five thousand members of temperance societies, men who never touch ardent spirits, was alone a commendable feature in the proces- sions, and we presume the same gight will be presented to-day. The programme of the parade is given elsewhere, and as the streets have been put in tolerable order on the line of march, the processionists may fare better than their fellow citizens have done for three months past. Tue AbByssintAN Expgprrios—Tae Eoyr- TIAN MoveMeNt.—The British Abyssinian ex- pedition is beset with obstructions and em- barrassments. The Pacha of Egypt, for in- stance, instead of withdrawing, as requested to do by Lord Stanley, his contingent of ten thou- sand men, is re-enforcing it. He is supposed to be acting under French influence and advice, and doubtless from some reasonable misgivings that the English in this Abyssinian invasion will bear watching. The valley of the Nile, it has been discovered, is the only feasible busi- ness route to Abyssinia for England, and so the idea of Abyssinia as a British colony may have to be abandoned unless the right of way down the valley of the Nile oan be secured. This British enterprise, which doubtless covers a design to appropriate all the headwaters of the Nile and the fertile regions tributary there- to, may yet bring about some serious complica- tions between England and France; for that France has an eye upon Egypt cannot be doubted. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ROBBERY IN WILLIAMSBURG. A bold attempt at murder rder and @ saccessful robbery were perpetrated in Williamsburg yesterday afternoon by three desperadoes, who succeeded in making their escape, although seen by numerous persons, It seoms that an old German apothecary named Olig- sohlager, doing # small busineas near the junction of Flushing avenue and Broadway, has been looked ‘upon for a long time by his neighbors as a miser who possessed untold treasure, for the reason that he lived alone in @ miserly manner. Acting upon this idea, some of those who knew the old man and his habits, a few weeks ago robbed his money drawer of the sum of $100 and escaped detection. Since that time Oligschiager hes been very careful of his money and acted more cautiously with hia customers than was his wont. He seemed to distrust all who had any business trausactions with him, and freqnently refused to make change for his customers, believing that they intended to rob him. His conduct in this respect only excited the merriment of his friends; but their merriment was turned into profound sorrow yesterday afternoon when an attempt to murder him by those he feared ‘was made known, At about four o’clock three fel- lows without disguise entered his store, and while = them engaged attention another struck Ir the ‘need with langshot, FI Mg RR ir gat at Ly a quite insensthle, the atrocious deed Fiusbing et he but vr, Sane Th polte avenue; |, The of the Porty-sixth of the outras ired to the ond igachiager to to the one of Lis where he now lies ina A similar out ro Setar m belag apisare fat and tis hat Saver teen trvecst to _THE ST ATE CAPITAL. ‘The Hell Gate Pilet Lawe—Probable Amend- ment of Thom im the Interest of the Tow- bout Owners, ALBANY, March 16, 1863, ‘The Hell Gate Pilot laws are again up for amend- ment this winter, and from the determined efforts which the steam tug men are making the little band of forty-five who keep watch and ward at the eastern Gate of the great city are asked to surrender to thelr richer rivals, The matter is before the Com- mittee on Commerce and Navigation, who have heard the representatives on both sides. Mr. Kiernan, the chairman, has cross-examined rigorously all parties who have appeared to befriend or oppose the bill, and has been enabled to give the Com- mitteo a great deal of light concerning the dispute between the pilots and tugmen. The bill, which was introduced on request by Mr. Kiernan, amends the law so as to remove the provisions re- quiring the payment of half pilotage by vessels which boats, unless the thereof set signals for pilots. The making the refusal a meanor out, 80 that no penalty is attached to, the employment of tugboat, some t thi in Jamaica, | and ioe county gia ond 1 Boyer, ofthe Bhip- masters’ ? Association, a be- Thre he that the change is Reanaee the great shipping community of Now Tort, and in proof of ‘assertions called attention to the thousand and more names of ship captains and owners attached to the petition socompany lng the heal ‘The Assembly committee to sane into the con- dition of the various ferry companies having boats plying between this city and the towns and villages on the Westchester, Long Island and New Jersey shores, consisting of Lawrence D. Kiernan, chair- man, Peter Trainer, James McKiever and George Van Brunt, of New York; Patrick Burns, of Kings, and W. 8. Cameron, of Chautauqua counties, see sion at the Metropolitan Hotel yesterd: original intention of the committee poenas, returnable at two o’clock in the at which hour the members proposed heariiig dence of the managers of the ferries and the rebutting statements of those who felt aggrieved; but when the committee reconvened it was ascertained that the presence of witnesses could not be compelled under Sroniy fone, poure bien. xarwier action was until half-past ten 0’cl wera The fominittes remain in session two di and to-morrow—and then adjourn to Albany, whens, a report of the evidence taken will be presented almost immediately to the Lower House of the Legislature. On Streets. The Senate Committee on Streets held their final session at the Metropolitan Hotel yesterday after- noon. Judge Whiting was recalled and further ex- amined as to the frequency and expenses of cleaning the streets; and in answer to interrogatories said he had expended on the public roads of the city in the month of February $33,000; but when requested to produce his books and point out the items which made up that sum sage declined so to do. He further stated that would first consult his counsel, ex-Senator H. H. Low, as to the pro] farts fa. further into an explanation other than a one in respose pombe genes, bea pounded by Senators of the committee, en the Sadge and is counsol had conferred together for some moments, Senator Kennedy inquired if he, the street iconieanete, was prepared to exhibit his books? To this bith a proceeded to e that the question should be pressed. His client was to extend beet courtesy, 80 far as it was consistent with his sense of personal duty, to the committee; but the exhibition of the books in question, although they ‘ial, lat Jead to legat <- wish to prevent their private tp- spection by Senators eda and Kennedy, and would accord 8 like privile; fo other gentlemen of 4 committee. To a sul juent question, Mr. Whiting stated that he would not produce his books or give any information as to his profits under the contract. He was, he added, pre} to sur- render his contract ithe could get Bac Pha he had paid for it. He intended, should he ever a own out of it, to not only oe ae the couerace, Ue publish @ statement rega — r poi as Pos had cect: geod soe it was his intention to w the lic the bull of reservoirs into whic! the flthror the streets could be swept by flooding them with water. There were other improvements which he thought oe (ery ad ee rove of. ‘To the question of Senator mer if he thought ind amount stipulated in be oie a — to the Kemet phan fae answered that woul poet = to ‘pon what’ the Senator t very clean, ry touch- ing the present condition of the st replied that the mud at the nt time Lindy too thin and fore could not theref« remot Senator Crowley here remarked that he and ener members of the committee had inspecting tne streets, particularly neighborhood of the markets, and unnecessarily filthy condition; and he was dole prepared to say for himself and for members of the committee that Judge Whiting had not c complied with the terms of his contract. Personal hoy oa tion had rebutted mach of the testimony given in de- fence of the work by the street contractor. To this, amid much laughter, Judge Whiting ener- getically replied that the streets were actually od in @ better condition for half a million of doliars b; ‘4 him than in 1863 they were kept for a million of do’ lars. He had been a resident of New York upwards of half a century, and he had never known the road- ways in a cleaner state. He had taken the contract, he added, with the fixed idea of soo ig ‘New York and giving to its inhabitants a salubrious at- tnosphere, without ro rd to personal cost; and even now, if could persuade the ‘mnnicipal aatlortties “to construct reservoirs for the reception of rain water, and carry out such other suggestions as he was prepared to present to the Common Counetl for consideration and appro- val, he would fulfil every guarantee, written or ver- bal, which he had ever made to the authorities or the citizens. The making of money out-of the contract was furthest from his thoughts, He was satisfied that but comparatively few of the people complained who reflected on the severity of the winter thr fn which we had just passed; and as for those who complain they were haturally Twult-luders and never cou pleased On “ae hth retit from before the committee the Chef Ei of the Croton Aqueduct Board, Alexander sworn. In answer to inter Senator Kennedy, Mr. Craven stated been engineer to the Croton Board for nearly nineteen years; that during the past winter he did not think that more than one or two culverts had been frozen; and was of the opinion that the strects had been better cleaned by Mr. Whiting than they were when Mr. Boole had the administration of them; not many years ago the streets were paved with cobble stones and were dificult to clean; but he thought that on the Belgian and Nicolson “and ments sweeping and Lng Oe ought to muchjeheaper than fot witness, in Teoly to a question of ‘Senator Ore Creamer, ‘answered thi was of the opinion that the Nicolson was nota yng ble Scene it would not where used last e iz Of ae nig cl e the committee i, breagent of of the oa or the Prevention of — addressed its members. Ie fad a oY =Seaantve hoa, but o had never seen a city yt by ks ae condition ss to-day. ie of lus western a in nin opinion Rew York perfectly for even a tess gum han @ willion of dol: lars, There was a company willing, he had been assured, who were to contract with the authorities of the city, and guarantee to Keep the streets clean forthe manure alone! He that he was more than before the committee and that were well cleaned, when it was apparent to that autos contrary was the case. He could not On the conciusion of Mr. Bergh’s remarks the oe mittee rose and red As s00n a8 ible a will be rend to the Legislature on the c of the streets of New York by this pass FIRE 1m WATER y STREET. Loss About ‘Twenty-ave ‘Thousand Dollars. About eleven o’clock last night # fire was dis- covered in the five story brick building No. 237 aye were subdued the the building were destro; to the extent of the building will be to the absence of the @ amount of on Owil led National Fong i We the stock building sbost $200, done to the sheet held a meeting adopted a resolution to abandon the enterprise this date, They ato resolution to arrangements 60 Toger and Derby races run upon some Qagr course, Pike-Harrison company sang “Ernani” to a very slim house last night. The loss was to those whe did not attend, for the opera was admirably sung, ioe’ ett veral causes may be attributed nd Er a ee ioe OrsRA Hovse—Lorra.—The grand operat calling out such brilliant assemblages during the past week at this model place for public amusement: gave way last evening to that popular drama, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” There was a large attend- ance, notwithstanding the unpropitious weather, ang the evening’sperformance was a splendid success, Miss Lotta as Topsy—a part as didicult to play as almost any character in the whole range of the drama—was unapproachable for correct conception of this lowest type of the negro character in a condi- Pa padetr and for her a artistic delineation of ct and true to life. Mr. Drake hae the of Incle Tom with marked fidelity and eifect, the peeeneonee st. Clair was likewise most futt by Mr. Dunn, ‘witle: Mr, ural aod Blaritge as att Ophelia the most nat Detae Ot feminine er) Bi the pi of the has nats A young al bg tive in Bella Green, but who nha, old 2 an ror trained in her rome whole company, in fact, admirable, and during Miss Lotta’s si 72 {fa for ons week only, there are certain to be crowde WaLLack’s THEATRE.—When a play has been pre- sented to gratified audiences over one hundred nights in succession upon its firs} production, and has on subsequent revivals been found to have lost none of its attraction, it may be regatded as super- fluous to speak of its brilliant and almost unprece- dented success. “Rosedale,” now reproduced at Wallack’s for the third time, has thus far proved the Emer hit of the ark and last night, as on its former Drgecarenons the house was filled in every iative audience. The leprived the pay of of = tion. formers. plated Rive Holland and Mrs. Vernon have alt eaenen their reputations in ee eereien a thea to’ vy me re- er no! even in those who membered the lamented Gannon and Mra. in their respective characters. The piece promises to have a run as great as that upon its produc- tion, if Mr. Wallack should think proper to retain it on the stage so long. WoRRELL Sisters’ New York THEATRE.—“Light at Last, or the Shadow on the Casement,’ is the title of @ new drama, in five acts, by Colonel J. Fitzgerald, which was produced at the New York theatre last night. The play is of the highly sensational order, abounding in striking situations and startling denou- ments, securing the interest of the audience at the start and entrancing it during its continyance. she scene is laid in Ireland at the me tigtibehy time,or: oe ives & much mot ition of Irish soci in the tas oneniy, Souney 4 as we now, with our assured know of what it ts, garner’ from later experience of letter and the conventional dramas, so often a bronght out here to “crowded he ” have presented, thus realizing, if in no other w: malig he preterred title bes erga ‘eg tne if iy sees of mention aay = ae aie Hawk (his first ap] cone here) as mpeg ae in several parts. Int juced on the eve of Day, & most apy occasion, & Masiecenta rm run may be ast night was exceeding! large, Snotwithstanding the storm, and loud and enthusiastic in its reception of the plece. OLYMPIC THEATRE.—Manager Tayleure has proved himself more potent by far than “all the king’s horses and all the king’s men’ who failed so signally te right the fabled fallen “Humpty Dumpty.” Not only has he placed that mischievous fellow upon a firm footing, but he has likewise started him off, pranks: and all, upon a magnificent ran which will is fast 0 into = mamimer solstice. Pg omg! Basar 8 improved considerably during that ar A time; but fee et remains to be done before the piece wilh reach that vod$ excellence which we predict for it. Throughout the entire p! eaten and im- provement are noticeable, bal ee in the grand transformation seene, which is now one of the most beautiful and gorgeous semen of the scenic art Ry Bgl w the York Messrs. G. L. Tacy are socoadiy tae funniest fellows that have delighted us for a long time, and Mile. Rita li has returned to the boards with more new steps and dificult feats — New Yorkers have yet been favored with on the “ight fantastic.” The house is maeet every night, hardly standing room being procurable. Bowery THEATRE.—Manager Freligh, not content with the brilliant run of “Mazeppa”, with Miss Kate Fisher’ as the “star,” has introduced that lady ia another “piece,” where the exponents of limbs have again full sway. The “Three Fast Men" last night were introduced to @ fall house, and Misu Fisher never appeared to greater or better sdvan. tage. Her characters are Simost innumerabl: she sifts them so nicely and “costumes” so quick! Bee tae rand wt aly fot alone she, but her numerous as- sistants in the great Minstrel scene, are fully ae eo meed of i we oa ape moment auired to to's chang res ‘tresses wit with an ex- quisite pas de deux that only was unlooked for wy the andicnce, but elicited applause frequent and BROOKLYN OPERA Hovse.—At this pleasant little theatre in the Eastern District Miss Emma Maddern, whose recent engagement at the Park established her in the favor of metropolitan audiences, appeared last night as Fanchon. We have already spoken here of Miss Maddern’s rendition of a, character upon the it of this estab- aK! how to maken in hamaburg in @ manner to iteelf as well as to the citizens. Oe New Museum ENTSRPRISR.—On Saturday last Mr. George Wood, formerly manager of the Broadway theatre, definitely arranged for a lease of ten years of the property known as Banvard’s Museum, com- mencing on May . From that time this Kon ah Aalae be closed ptember RS for @ thorough recon- struction in every P reopect it will open 4 on fan under the Inanagement of Mean of Mears George Wood ana Samuel Colville. fitting it up in first clase se eee, 100,000, and Mr. Colville to procure the that this will be no cin or Numba, out ‘& minseum worthy of the metropolis, MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. ‘The Florences are doing good business at De Bar's, St. Louis. Alice lege played last week at the St. Charles, Neyoily Davenport, “deceaset, had a benclt a — , New om on the 10th, wee English opera troupe made a t ht House, Chieago, rast week. ‘The oa ire “fh ecatacies over the event, Anna Mortis made @ great success, in am artistic point of view, at McVieker’s, in “Romeo ana. Juliet’, on Mon: sn musical people in Parts noth is tall about the last success of Anber, and evertony ais i tor | ia. A this work, ed te certainty ‘not a by ny dg ii Mise Netison make ir 1m London shorty, and wilt nova ae ce te ia also spoken of as in Preperation va | ee “ ci ong chad yin