The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1868, Page 5

P “THLRGRAPHIO NEWS FROM - AEL PARTS OF THE WORLD. Mr. Gladstone Accepts the Premiership ; of Great Britain. John Bright Offered a Place in the New Ministry. ‘The Court Divided in the Jeff Davis Case. Chief Justice Chase Favors Quash- ing the Indictment, ENGLAND. ‘The Premiership Formally Accepted by Mr. Gladstone—Gat! i Residence—Spec Oabinet—John Bright Tendered a Position. Lonpon, Dec. 4, 1868. Right Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone had an audience ‘with the Queen yesterday afternoon and formally accepted his appointment as Chief of the Ministry. There was a great gathering of liberal chiefs at the house of Mr. Gladstone last evening. The Zimes this morning in an editorial on the ‘Cabinet about to be selected thinks Lord Romilly, ‘the present Master of tle Kolls, will be appointed ‘Chancellor of the Exctiequer, and Sir Roundell Palmer Master of the Rolls. Sir Robert P. Collier will probably be Attorney ‘General in Mr. Glads‘one’s Cabinet. Mr. John Bright has been asked to join the new Ministry. FRANCE. ‘The Demonstration ct the Montmartre Ceme= tery—Bui Few Arrests. Lonpon, Dec. 4, 1868, The Moniteur gives an account of the attempted demonstration at the Montmartre Cemetery on the anniversary of Baud!n's dcuth, fully confirming the reports previously received from Paris. The Mont- deur says the crowd: were dispersed by the police, ‘who found it necessary to make only a few arrests. Weekly Statement of the Bank of France. Paris, Dec. 4, 1868. The regular weekiy statement of the Bank of France, made public to-lay, shows that the amount of bullion in vault lias increased 13,000,000 francs since last week. SPAIN. The New Captain ¢ieneral of Porto Rico Ac« cepts the Positic ou Conditions—General Dulce’s Departuro for Cuba Fixed. MAvRID, Dec, 4, 1868, ‘General Laureano Sanz y Soto has accepted his appointment as Cap'ain (eneral of Porto Rico on the condition that reinforcements of regular troops be sent to that island. Captain General Dulce will sail for Havana on the ‘15th instant. j\ANA. Injunction Ag inst the Mayor and Chief of Police of New Oricans Dismissed. New OKLEANS, Deo, 4, 1868, ‘The injunction issue! on appiication of the Metro- politan Police Board trough their President, Lieu- tenant Governor Duun, restraining Mayor Conway and Chief of Police Diamond, appointed by the Mayor, from interfering in any manner with the Louis Police affairs of this ci') se before Judge Leau- mont, of the Fifth Distr ‘ourt, to-day, on the rule taken to dissolve thes: tnjuactions., The Court a dered the injunctions to '¢ dismissed with jud in favor of the defenda>'s {n the injunctions. Rone Lesumont’s opinion was very lengthy and coincides with that of Judge Cooley, of the Sixth District Court, ‘but goes further thun tiie latter, saying the sectio: without which the ac’ is of no avail, being declare unconstitutional, the whole act is Aneousivutionsl. A motion for a new trial of the Sixta District Court case Will be argued to-morrow. ALABAMA. The Legislature=Paseace of the Ku Klux Bill—New Railroad Proposed—Accumulation SS Montoomery, Dec, 4, 1868. The Senate to-day passed a bill making the wear- {ng of disguises and masks vy any number of men a crime pupishable by fine and imprisonment. Bills were introduced and referred allowing cer- tain counties to subscribe to stock in the railroad lika to Tuscumbia, and to open judgments foment by yy any of tho courts of this State where the 7 action exisied prior to the 25th of May, louse is el on the Revenue bill. “the 1 fs refused to adjourn on the 12th of Decets » and there ts uo indie in of the time when it will arly every bill before 16 is of a private an i ‘acter, FLORIDA. The Reed-Gleason Cnuse=The Petition of Gleason Denied—Tie Case Abandoned by Responde: te = ‘a TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 4, 1868. ‘The Supreme Court to-day decided that the petition of Lieutenant Governor Gleason to remove the suit to the United State Courts under the Civil Rights bill did not allege any fact which brought the case within the act referred to, and that Lieutenant Governor Gleason had had every right extended and had in ‘this court a full and fair })caring, and his compiaint pt oe ouly be based upon an assum: discretion vested in him by an erroneous construc. the court of the Civil Rights bill to revise the decisions of fine apknogs le Gleason, upon the announcement of the ft the court room and his counsel Shandomed th the case. A judgment of ouster is ex- Justice Wescott in announcing his opinion as mf the jurisdiction of tue court stated that case was instituted to try the ht of an inde. Yidual to an office created and existing under the constitution of the State; and that the respondent, to any class which was de- nied a it finrenn a the first section of the rae ay and _ oe had iS a ae fair jowever, ie was m! constrtion of the Civil Rights bin, and if it was, unconatitul ta effects would teto Steer a in inthe pore of al individual to stay all in the State courts at his own He (the ‘Sudge) farther stated that the section of this act pop penalties for its violas it he was waiting to meet y prosecution which could follow the exercise of Honeat judicial discretion. indications are that on the meeting of the = lature next month the tmpeachment question iil again be brought up. Fire in Leavenworth. LEAVENWORTH, Dec. 4, 1868, ‘The saddiery store of B. 8. Richards, No. 66 Dela- ware stseet, and the furniture store of Abernathy Brothers, adjoining, were burned last night. Rich- ; insured for $3,000. Abernathy ‘Brotors! toe bout $40,000; insured for $18, 000 im the Home, of New York; Home, of New Haven; Un- Cerone, oN etna, ithe Mercantile Library and Rhey & Co., haters, were damaged by water to the anount of $1,000, PENNSYLVANIA. ‘The Caso of Hester Vaughn—Interview of the New York Committee with the Governor. Hannissure, Dec, 4, 1868, A committee of ladies from New York called upon the Governor this morning to urge him to pardon Hester Vaughn. The indies were courteously re- ceived and informed that their action had long since juletly anticipated by thousands of humane and philanthroy that citizens,” mostly ladies, of Penn- sylvania, and that # any turther agitation ‘of the sub- Ject would be unnecessary, as the case was thor gugnly“undoratood and the Governor's action de- : NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1868. THE CASE OF JEFF DAVIS. Argument of Mr. Dana on the Motion to Quash the Indictment—Reply of Mr. O’Conor—The Court Divided=—Chief Justice Chase in Favor of Quashing the Indictment. RIcHMonp, Dec. 4, 1868. In the United States Circuit Court to-day, Chief Justice Chase presiding, on the motion to quash the proceedings against Jefferson Davis, R. H. Dana, for the government, opened this morning. He pro- ceeded to show that the fourteenth amendment, pleaded in bar of punishment by defendant, was not penal statute, but was merely a change im the po- lical system adopted to secure trustworthiness in office and preserve purity in the administration of the government, It was a measure of precaution to secure the country against filling offices with per- sons who once before filled them and broke their oaths. If it bad been intended to inflict punishment it would have been the utmost folly of eye seeing that while it would, if received as the defend. ant’s counsel received it, lighten the mnianenen of the leaders who had held office and broken their oaths, it would leave people who oe held office exposed to penalties of death and imprison: Ment, as denounced in the constitution before the Sennen of the amendment. It was an expression only of the public will as wo the fitness of persons who engaged in rebellion after breaking’ their oaths to hold office It was not intended, as alleged by the de- fence, to act a3 an amnesty, nor = there a single word uttered in the stad ado at framed, or t! Northern Legislatures thi srioried it, to warrant such @ construction. So 2 m that, it was in- tended as a test bi ed be reached and guarded against who had noren de unfaithful to their pledges to the government. It could not be place. in bar of conviction for tredson, seeing that it applied to those only who had, after taking oath of office, engaged tn insurrection and rebellion against the government. Now, treason i some- more than engaging in insurrection and rebel- lion. It is levying war against the government, and of this the defendant stands charged, It would be stramge indeed if Jefferson Davis coul ht under this plea, come to the bar and, acknowle tnat he was guilty of treason, deny liability to be punished because of the fourteenth amendment, Mr. Dana contended that, viewed as the aes would have Hs asa repeal of the punishing cl of the’ constitution, the fourteenth article goad offer a premium for rebellion hereafter, securing as' it would the participators who had held office from all penalties save disfranchisement. Mr. O’Conor followed Mr. Dana, He showed from the very nature of the great civil war that it was. impossible to follow it up by trials for treason, conducted with hs fairness r ena by_ law. How utterly repognes! to the world’s idea of humanjty it 1s that ser being race during the war in all and honorable men the leaders of the anaes force should be searched out in peace to be hung as hier He maintained that the prea: People ; had never intend thts, and it was for this reason that the fourteenth amendment had been adopted. It was a constitu- tional! provision and executed itself, aud those who fell under it were now suffering the punishment. He asked the Court to give the construction to the fourtgenth article that the American people intended it should bear, and to accept the great and benefi- cent act o! mercy in the construction which they had put upon it and which tends to advance what all good wen wio are believers in universal suffrage 80 much desire, that universal sul ould be accompanied, hand in hand, with universal amnesty of supposed oljences arising out of the unfortunate controversy in which universal suffrage may be said to have hai its origin and establishment. The court adjourned until to-morrow, but after the adjournment to-nigut the counsel were recalled, when Chief Justice Chase announced that the court was divided, he (Chase) being in favor of quashing the indictinent and District Judge Underwood op- posing it. ihereupon this division of the court was certified to tie Supreme Court of the United states. Chier Justice Chase leaves for Washington to-mor- row moruing. ' NORTH CAROLINA. Negro Murderer’s Sentence Commuted. RAL&IGH, Dec. 4, 1868, To the utter surprise of the entire community here Governor Hoiden has issued the following com- mutation of the sentence of the negro Alexander Willis, condemned to be executed to-day for the murder of Auderson Selby:— Executive Devantaiier oF Norte Canora, RALBIGH, Dec. 3, 1868. To the Shorf of Wake County, Greeting:—You are hereby notitie? that the sentence of Alexander Wilis, now coniiued in the jail of Wake county, has been commuted to imprisonment in the Penitentiary for life at hard ‘avor, and you are commanded to retain said prisoner in your custody until otherwise ordered. Herein fail ot. And wWiiness herewith my hand and the great seal Of the State, ius dd day of December, 1568, W. W. HOLDEN, Governor. It is a matter of conjecture among many what could have iniuenced such an extraordinary Ex- ecutive clemeucy. The murder was brutal and atrocious beyond comparison, and still excites the highest indignation among the colored citizens here. A prominent Judge of the Supreme Court is reported to have said:—‘/Willis has been a lunatic his entire life.” This may account for the Governor's execu- tive action. Legislative-The Bribery Investigation—Im- portant Disclosures Expected. RALEIGH, Dec. 4, 1868. , The lower }ouse was engaged to-day on the reso- lutions for investigating charges of bribery. The Sexo’: resolutions wére finally adopted by a small majority. The in ition will now proceed. There was “mach opposition to the resolutions. Grave disciosures are @: tod Both houses have adopted a resolution to take a recess from December 21 to January 4. ~ ARIZONA. Annual Message of Governor McCormick Favorable Condition of Territorial Affairs. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4, 1868. Governor McCormick delivered his annual Mes- sage before the Arizona Legislature, at Tucsan, November 16, He says the population of the Terri- tory has increased during the past year, and that taxable property is one-third greater than in 1867; that no great pi can be made so long as the Apache raids — “yo He compliments the regu- lar troops for the exhibited. He favors the construction or the N80 n Pacific railroads as the means of subjugati ed — Re and opening the country to se! Territorial debt 1s $20,000 in currency, hewioh wil’ be reduced one-third before the close of the year. The Wicken- burg and Cubaiyi mines pay well. MiSSOURI. The Missouri Pacific Railroad—An [nvesti- gation Into Ite Management Demanded. Sr. Lovts, Dec. 4, 1868, Resolutions were introduced in the City Council to-day setting forth that the city and county of St. Louis each own $500,000 worth of stock in the Mis- sourt Pacific Ratlroad, upon which has been paid annually for seventeen years amounts yi gregat 000, for which no dividends o1 other Fetus have been received; that it is i currently reported that the officers and directors have profited by furnishing yg EL to ~ company and have awarded contracts ves and to others at such terms as di phy the rood g proper of its profit; that the m: of said company have pemencerent the com} ‘8 red in a ee - wa uence soned rates of freight onthe roa the Neroad y whic! fais! criminated, and providing ‘@ special ae pe of ive. to investigate the Same rion other = taining to the it of the road; ane Prequesting the Court to the city in the tion, and procure, if tabeer ar & meeting of hoiders for an examination of its affairs. 1OWA. Railroad Bridge Carried Away by Ice—An Ine dian Chief Killed by White Ruffians. CHIcaGo, Dec. 4, 1868, Adespatch from Councli Bluffs, Iowa, announces that the temporary railroad bridge across the Mis- souri river at that place, which was only completed the day before yesterday, was swept away by tue floating ice last evening. Rour hundred loaded freight cars had been taken across the bridge before its destruction. This is the second that has been destroyed in a like manner, Toad authorities will at once rebuila the S| which Is greatly needed for the speedy id ry of freight {rom Chicago by the Northwestern Rall to the Union Pacific road, A despatch from Dunlap, Iowa, situated on the Chicago and Northwestern wey, er Says that on the morning of November 27 Yellow Smoke, chief of the Omaha indians, visited that place durin, hn 2 even- ing and was drugged with liquor by a pi Troughs with the intention of Foreng him. Duriny the a night they bn juarreiled and during the Baus Yellow Smoke ‘was struck on the head by one of smashed bis skullin, He succeeded tn get ing va where there aro several hundred Indians encam, about four iniles east of the town. He cane Nothing was ocead Anh he mat Wednesday mm pining, ter until jast nig, when several wet of the principal partt a cont was always loted for belng very friendiy and eitiotly honorable. [iis band comprises some 1,500 wi arriorg; | | who, according to reports, ate in fast an hering iy oxcltgd, Leligw Smoke ven buried yeu THE WEATHER. ‘The First Snow Storm of the Season. Yesterday was cold and cloudy, and the weather- wise were importuned to deeide as to whether it was “going to rain, snow, or what.’? Opinions differed. Some were convinced “it” would rain, others prog- nosticated snow, and one jocular individual said he would not be at all surprised ‘af it were to what a Ulttle.” The clerk of the weather put an end to all doubts about eleven o'clock last night by letting loose a driving shower of snow, In less than half an hour the streets were carpeted with white and the house tops tood outin bright relief against the dark wintry clouds, There was no preliminary drizzle; the virgin Hakes found dry resi Places. ‘A bleak north made frantic ‘attemp' create snowdriffs, but failed for want of till) to work with, It was pay demonstrated, however, that the Abruzzi ats now so fashionable with our gay Lotharios will have to be abandoned daring the Mwinter for the reason that the “kink” in the crown will hold too much snow. The Grecian bend will also be aban- doned unless ee ladies wish to have the fleecy flakes piled up in pyramids—the base resting on the small of their and the anes towering toward the nape of the neck. The snow ceased about mid- night, but there was every present of a further and heavier fall as soon as the wind abated. Snow Storms Throughont the Country. ‘The following is a report of the state of the weather throughout the country at nine 6’clock last night:— PLaistgr Cove—Blustering snow storm all day. Wind northeast, Sr. JonN, coma, mild, appearance of snow. Wind Boston—Oloudy and cold. Wind northeast. {ass.—Cloudy, appearance of snow. cloudy, with indications ol SPRINGFIELD, Thermometer 30 deg.; barometer 20%. mowing. Thermometer 35 om PHILADELPHIA. Wind not BaLTimone—Been snowing all afternoon; now more snow or rain. Wind northeast. WASHINGTON—Been snowing, sleet and rain; storm now. Thermometer 36 deg. Wind northeast. ForTRESS MONROR—Heavy northeast storm pre- vailing. RICHMOND—Drizzling rain. Thermometer 39 deg. New ORLEANS—Cloudy and cold. ALBANY—Cloudy, cold, ora snowy. Wind north. BurraLo—Commens snowil hep -five min- utes past five o’clock P. M. Very high wind, OswEao—Cloudy, cold. Thermometer 27. Wind northeast. At Sse Bene with sleet, since six o’clock Crnomnati—Raining slowly, been snowing. OLEVELAND—Clear and mild. CHEYENNE, D. T.—Storming very hard here. Wind westward. beset Dec. 4, 1868. A lively snowstorm, accompanied by a furious gale of wind, commenced at an early hour this morning and has continued during the day. The trains on the various roads centring in this city, as far as heard from, have suffered no interruption. Trains will leave here this evening on time. The gale on the lake has been furious, and it is feared that several propellers and other vessels known to be out may have suffered. Large quantities of lum- ber appeared about the breakwater in front of Michi- gan avenue this morning, indicating that some ves- sel loaded with lumber must have been wrecked or her deckioad swept off. Storms are reported all through the Northwest. Sr. Louis, Dec. 4, 1868, A heavy snowstorm commenced here last evening and continued until nine o'clock this morning. From six to eight inches of snow fell, but it is melt- ing rapidly. The storm extended west to Kansas, where from two to six inches of snow fell at different laces, At St. Joseph, Mo,, the storm was very eavy, more snow having fallen than for many years. Thermometer 35 deg. NEW YORK. The Cole-Hiscock Case=The Jury Out. ALBANY, Dec. 4, 1868, Judge Hogeboom charged the jury in the case of General Cole for the murder of L. H. Hiscock this morning, occupyiug two hours. The jury is out, ‘with no prospect of agreeing on a verdict. Workingmen’s Meeting in Rochester—Large Fire in Wayne County. ROcHESTER, Dec. 4, 1868. The workingmen of this city held a large meeting last night to protest against the contract system of labor in the penal institutions of the State, The Mayor presided and several gentlemen addressed the meeting. A fire in Clyde, Wayne county, this morning de- stroyed property to the value of $25,000, including the hardware store of Blossom & Johnson, D. Wald- Torf’s flour store and several restaurants and small stores, There was an insurance of $11,000 in the Home, of Hartford; the Security and other compa- nies. It was with ‘great aimeult Pihat the fire was checked, and it was @ narrow escape that the whole village was not swept by the flames. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS. The ice in the canal at Schenectady is three or four inches thick. Another fight is to take place January 12 between Mike McCoole and Bill Davis, near St. Louis, An old lady named Mrs. Hanlon was run over and killed by a street car in Louisville yesterday. The murderers of the two negro girls in the eastern part of Jefferson county, Ky., are to be tried under the Civil Rights bill. The ship James Waples, laden with railroad sup- plies for Havana, is detained at Richmond, Va., on account of the Cuban revolution. “The high achool building in Fond du Lac, Wis., was burned on Thursday ities, It is supposed to i be been the work of an incen youth named Eddy Cutler, ten years, broke trough the ice at Deane’s Pond, in Warren, Mass., pe sce while skating alone and was drowned. pie rapany a a see Beige cart eo ae at Uni jarroll count Foed Company it. The loss 1s batimated at about $10,000 Simon D. reas & Stele keeper and stage pro- Pritt lett, of re. was rae, eo eg stoner Hallett, aka money.” He wee was held to ball | = arate on the ne cleveland fad Tovedo al oo Toad: at te fo peseengene otal perscas were injured. ‘The cause of the disaster ‘was & misplaced switch. The loas by the destruction of Neal Dow & Sons’ io Me., on Thured: nt, is es timated at 000. ‘The ‘p ron woe tngured $5000 and ‘and $2,600 each in the Bene, Pu ge ee "8, Monumental and Atlantic oficos occurred. Two negroes were eee Eeanl wun pelens Wi whom has ite persons were also in- SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT. The Cashier of the Bank of Fishkill Jumps from a Railway Train Through Mistake— His Injuries and Denth. PovGHKRErste, Dec. 4, 1868. A despatch in the newspapers tells of a fatal acci- dent to J. E. Van Steenburgh, who for eighteen years has been connected with the bank at Fishkill. ‘The real facts of the occurrence are very sad and somewhat different from those already published. Mr. Van Steenburgh left New York on the five o'clock take ay eat special train last evening, having in in the last car on fhe ‘trains Betore Peekskill he fell asi not being anvaned ad left tie mand was going northward. Near i nw eige he opened his eyes and conceived the idea that tl train had just left Ta to ‘and ring @ him to Roe’s Hotel, Feekauh ent ene re Lan from his wants, the Peekskill in attendance, As soon as ible, at the the urgent request of Dr. Lent, Mr. Van teenburgh is will and settied up a few other affairs of ite, and a few minutes after ten o'clock died, surrounded cA hang wife bo % jury the tacts. iis xs this ety, Motane, Hamilton, Torte killed in the first chi ae the Seventh erat under General , in the battle with the India: on the 27th uit, EUROPEAN MARINE NEWS. Lrverroot, Deo. boomy ship Research, from St. John, N. b., for is port, experionced a re 4 gale. in which ‘ane ke Tost hee rigging and had her di eared. LivsRrroot, Dec. 4.—The ue Captain ‘Aud, of Allan’s line, rue ‘Vember 21, acrived bere Quebec No WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 1863, The President’s Message. The President has written about two-thirds of his Message. Some of the reports of the heads of de- partments are also unfinished. Printing of the Reports ef Departments. Some of the heads of departments and chiefs of bu- reaus have received printed copies of their report. In all cases they will endeavor to prevent thetr pub- lication in advance of their presentation to Congress. Members of the press receiving them in advance will be required to give assurance that they will observe thisrule, Among the reports already printed are those of the Secretary of the:Navy, the Secretary of War, the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Treasurer and Reg- ister of the Treasury, The report of the Secretary of War was printed at the office connected with the De- partment; the report of the Secretary of the Trea- sury at the Treasury office, and the remainder at the Government Printing Oice. Those immedjately interested, after the close of the investigation, are Satisfied that no portions of the President's Message and the report of the Secretary of the: Treasury have been surreptitiously obtained from the Treasury printing office. Public Debt Statement. Owing tothe attention which has been required from the officials in the Treasury Department in pre paring tables and other data for the Seoretary’s re- port it is Probable that the public debt statement will not be ready for publication untit some time: next week. A New Phase to the Universal Suffrage Pro- ject. Senator Williams, of Oregon, sees a very strong objection to a constitutional amendment granting universal manhood suffrage, after the plan proposed by certain philosophers in New York and Boston, giving the ballot to all men, regardiess of race.and color, and fixing the naturalization of foreigners.at six months. California and Oregon—in fact, the whole Pacific slope—entertain a decided aversion to ® project of this kind, as it would in very short time hand over the control of that section to the hordes of Chinese that are daily landing on the Pacific coast and threatening to become numerically greater thanthe present white population. These people will never amalgamate with the American | element. Their entire teachings and traditions are anti-Christian, they are wholly ignorant of repub- lican ideas, and could never be made to understand what they mean. Yet the amendment which It is contemplated toJntroduce this session would make every Chinaman after six months’ residence a legal- ized voter, and, with a volume of emigration from the Flowery Empire greater than that from Great Britain and Germany combined, it is easy to con- ceive the effect upon the voting interests of the State of California. The New Tax Bill. The chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Mr. Schenck, of Ohio, has had a busy time since he came to town, a few days ago, attending to number- less suggestions from all parts of the country as to the various features of the Tax bill which have yet to be acted upon, and also as to the appointment of Supervisor for the Southern district of Ohio, for which position Mr. Schenck sent in the name of Mr. Comly last August, and expresses himself exceed- ingly disappointed in having it rejected after a four months’ consideration by Secretary McCulloch, Mr. Schenck believes the unfinished portion of his tax bill will demand and receive the immediate consid- eration of Congress. He anticipates it will be about the first regular order of business, in conjunction, perhaps, with the bill for funding the public debt. New Railroad Schemes. Senator Williams, of Oregon, will introduce a bill this session for subsidizing a railroad from Hum- boldt City, on the line of the Union Pacific, to Port- land, in the State of Oregon. This enterprise, it is expected, will be favorably considered, as it will fur- nish close and convenient communication with one of the farthest outlying sections of the Union ana save the present tedious and troublesome means of reaching there. The number of railroad bills with which Congress will be deluged this session are com- puted to be past all precedent. The Western mem- bers, tt seems, will enjoy the monopoly, and in the proportion that they recede from the west bank of the Mississippi the larger will be the number and extent of the many projected lines. Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives. ‘There ts likely to be a lively contest when Congress meets for the position of Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, The position carries with it a good deal of influence, and is eagerly sought after. At present the three most formidable candidates are General Edward Jardine, of New Jersey; 0. 8. Bux- ton, at present assistant doorkeeper, and Mr. Good- enow, who formerly filled the position. Mr. Buxton is popular with members in general, and will prove a strong candidate. General Jardine was a gallant Union officer during the war and comes into tht fleld backed by such men as Governor Ward, Senators Cattell and Frelinghuysen, Generals Hawley, Burn- side and Sickles. He has many friends also among the members, Judge Fullerton’s Movements. Judge Fullerton had a very satisfactory interview with the President this morning and left on the noon train for New York. During bis stay here Judgo Fullerton was in consultation with Colonel Mess, more, and it is said the information thus obtained is of the most valuable character. Colonel Mess- more ts believed to be thoroughly conversant with the whiskey ring operations, and his accession to the Fullerton side is regarded as an important gain to the government. Extensive Seizures of Smuggled Goods, Information was received here to-day by Judge Sargent, Commissioner of Customs, that, in conse- quence of instructions he had forwarded some time ago, Agent F. R. Toole, who made the seizure of smuggled goods a few days since in New York, had been successful in seizing another large lot of silks and velvete in the same city, valued at nearly $20,000, The same agent also reports that he also seized in Philadelphia yesterday @ large quantity of valuable dry goods, which had been smuggled into the country frge of duty, worth about $50,000, The vigilance of ‘Treasury agents and detectives in all branches of the revenue service, excepting whiskey and tobacco, has recently added very considerably to the public revenue. It is stated on the best authority that the report of the Commis- sioner of Customs this year will show that the money received from fines and forfeitures since June 13, 1867, is over $500,000. ‘The Virginin Constitation. A sub-committee of the Republican Executive Committee of the State of Virginia have arrived in the city to urge upon Congress the necessity of or- dering an election to be held in that State at the ear- liest possible day on the new constitution. The com- mittee will ask that the constitution be submitted to the people entire, and not in separate sections, as has been proposed. They will also present @ peti- tion, gigned by about fifty of the leading men of the State, praying that the Freedwen’s Bureau, in all its branches as at present in operation, be conunued until the State is admitted to representation in Con- gress. Among the names signed to the petition are those of Governor Wells, Judge Underwood, J. E. Mulford, L. B. Dudley, W. ©. Wickham, John Minor Botts and L. H. Chandler. Financial. ‘The outstanding circulation of legal tender notes 1s nearly $856,000,000, and of fractional currency $52,000,000, making a total of $884,000,000, Tho total out of use as a circulating medium ts $126,000,000. Total amount of all kinds outstanding, $565,000,000. Goods in Transit Between New York and San Francisco. . ‘The following letter, addressed to a morcantile firm in New York, in reference to cording and seal- ing packages of American merchandise in transpor- tation from New York to San Francisco, orvce versa, was transmitted to-day to Colonel L. B. Grigsby, Deputy Collector of New Yort:— GENTLEMEN—On the 2ist ultimo I addressed a let- ter to you in reply to one from yor, addressed to th Boeretary of A Troasary a! ow 7 basal Pn ~ ber, fa which you inquire w! er Americal - fuctared vovaces in bond from. New York to. San oa ae of ext roiaicnn, Re. 8 corded t recent regu! ’ that iver repli ied a that ‘he regu! guiation referred to ‘was intended to apply to merchandise of foreign pro- duction sut to customs duty and inspection, Le] not to merchandise of American origin Rnnetomn ip bond under the provigions of the in | a tax has been assessed upon them. hee Bax has been euscned apo m tobacco, snuff and cli ee fore ‘any tax lly accrued ‘thereon—i. ! the sale or removal for consumption or sale—it will one of the herotc feats of surgical art in the opera- tion of ovariotomy, removing from the abdomen of @ young woman a tumor weighing sixty-four pounds, The operation was and affords completely satisfactory results of one of tho boldest operations known to surgery. tumor in the abdomen of a rather small woman life could have been little else but a burden, and the early death that would have come could have been regarded only as relief from mivery; but by this operation the woman Is restored to complete heaith and to all the comforts and pleasures of life that any may enjoy. most steps that conservative surgery has yet taken. It i@ peculiatiy an American truimph in the healing art, and, indeed, bears the stamp of the cavtious daring that is part of our national character. Its first suggestion ‘has been claimed for European On m.tture Fedection, and Percelving what would be the pr.vetical 0) under this construction, I have beet constrained to change ty opinion, and now have eee Ly the yah, regulon mentioned re- quires that the mentioned by you should be be era and sone if Es Ag be transported other across foreign mee Very eae” . SARGENT, Commissioner. your obedient er The Appoiatment of Supervisors. Although nothing kas beem done towards filing the rematning vacancies in the supervisorships aince the rejection of the neminee for the Southern dis- trict of Ohio, it is understood the Secretary has de- clared that he will confirm the first nomination Mr. Rollins shall make for this district, and it is more than probable that the other three vacancies will be filled, andthe whoie troublesome question of ap- pointing supervisors be finally clomed at the samo time, Internal Revenue Decision. The following ruling under the Revenue law of July 20, 1868, has been made:— A manufacturer of tobacco, snuff and who sells re pas away from the place of produc- tion is a dealer in-tobacco and ia subject to all the Habuttiss ana entitled to all the privileges of other dealers in tobacco, Tobacco, snuif and ci , there- fore, which, aged to November 23, 1863, were re- moved from the place of manufacture to his place of business as a dealer in tol for sale, or which, ae to that date, were removed and placed in the nds of his agents for that purpose, may be sold without stamps at any time prior to the Jato pre- sented in sections 78 and 94 of the act of July 20, 1868, for stamping themim the hands of all selling them or offering: them for sale. snuff and cigars cannot, since November 23, 1868, be lawfully removed ‘feo. the place of their ees or production for consumption or sale until they ed and stamped tn accordance with the provi lions of the act of July 20.1868, even though her is have been een een ae returned and be al or ret as the case may be, upon an feel in proper ‘orm to the Commissioner of vernal Revenue. Custom House Receipts. The following are the receipts from custome from November 23 to November 30, tnclusive:— Boston . New Yo 988,000 Philadelphia ; + '102,286 Baltimore. . . 67,655 San Francisco, from Oct. 21 to Oct. 31. . 811,017 TOURL....-reeserercsreerrercensrensenses seo SR T0GT6 Army Expenses. The actual payments for the army less repay- ments in each year for eight years, from 1861 to 1868, both inclusive, were $3,241,000,000. The largest amount was in 1865, namely, $1,031,000,000. In 1868 they were $123,000,000, THE NATIONAL FINANCES. Abstract of the Report of Secretary McCul- loch—Thirty-five Millions Reduction in Pub- lic Endebtedness. {From the Boston Herald, Dec. 4.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 1863. . The report of theSecretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1868 has been com- pleted and will be turned over to-morrow to the Congressional printer. A digest of the report has been in the hands of the President for some days in order to enable him to obtain financial data for the annual message, In general suggestions the pres- ent report ia almost a duplication of that of 1867, as the latter was a reproduction of that of 1866, The Secretary congratulates the country that the na- tional finances are in @ good condition, and that the nation has not suffered for the present commercial year from an expansive credit system, based on a too redundant currency. Economy in public and pri- vate business interests has diverted industry into healthy channels, and he believes that.with pro- per financial legislation in the revision of the tartr andthe modification of certain portions of the In- ternal Revenue laws that the path to specie pay- ments Soy, weal tere hed, tow 2 & Bath = naming ples Beri declares ares that not! e gained by a forcca. re re- sumption. The funding of the public debt he ards as one step towards resumpuon, The report shows that up to Faate, of the seven-thirty bonds $327,629, 350 have mn funded into five-twent; Ait six per cent bonds; of ‘the first series, $299,605,’ ries, 330, 3, tl series, 107,875,450. Th This ‘eaves on the 18t of December, ‘of the outstanding seven- thirty notes, but $2,463,150, The Noating indebtedness in the shape of compound interest notes, which be- came due between tue 10th of June, 1867, and the 16th of October, 1868, have not all been redeemed, but many have received in exchange for the three per cent certificates, ae a few mulllions out- standing. This policy of funding, 80 carefully and steadily pursued by converting the temporary loans, interest. ing notes, &c., into a six per cent gold bond, 1s regarded as having @ most important bear- ingon the ee of resumption, and the report proceeds to discuss the next proposition, which is the consraoeion of the paper circulation by the re- demption of United States notes. Mr. McCulloch's well known views in this respect remain unchanged. estimates tue expenditures for the ing June 30, 1870, to be $250, 000,000 in rould t oa though the War Departi in the event an Indian =i, will 9d many millions to this Department blic debt is, in round ni ext fecal 000, the estimate for the next year is but little in excess of that amount. mates for imped fee yy some is 00,000 pea than last JSrosatinue ts ite work reduatag the bs Ppenditures in all branches of the service. ote iat Soa goat nt ear Will amou! jut ,000, dng the amount of feveuuaoes om by cbt, dation co ey ore ory pi aly Tana | hes o frost respectfully and ea solicits for it the favorable action of Congress. also alludes to the taxation of government bonds by the States, and ad- heres to his views ou that subject. SURGICAL. Dr. Carnochan, of this city, recently performed entirely successful, an admirable illustration of the ‘With so large a ‘This operation of evariotomy i# one of the fore- writers, on the strength of a declaration in De y hey fedendi,”’ that it was “dangerous to promee : oe on tear lest it might come fina’ the het i of some rash surgeon to tothe pw as his patent clared with asto not an authenticated had been removed through wi et all this, the operation is cone te im somauy Se tn complete ga ‘an we ins paper rita i. = y, ha shown 2 a pi ‘trans. the A‘ sae ede aS that at the has. any ty, send fi Asn other first class operation. DEATH FROM A TUMOR. som atone ga Maple! The wife of 9 japle avenu died yesterday motning q te suddteniy. She hat been troubled about five care wien enovarian — Wie adhesion to, the vital parts they found it Impoxsl- SS ee ree overed from the effects of the open ‘ton, but rallied e,0ugh to So necaaine her husband ana ‘riends. She was ve. 1 cou us and cheerful con ‘erning the operatio,’» 2nd in the event of it proving fatal had made all a"Tangements about her funerai, «©¢+ ’ THE THEA RE COMIQUE BURNED. Loss About Twenty Thousand Dellars. At half-past three o’cl.'\ck yesterday morning the ‘Theatre Comique, No, 514 b'Toadway, was discovered tobeon fire. Before the f,ames were subdued the building was damaged to the extent of $20,000, The theatre was closedon Thursday evening at the usuai hour, after the depa ture of a large au- dience which had been in attemiance. The lights were extinguished, the employs departed in the wake of the patrons, and by taelve @eclock the only oceupants of the structure were the porter, whose’ business it is to keep’ the furnace heated, and the watchman, who resides‘ on the premises. Hours passed and nothing occu Ted to alarm the two occupants of the building. ‘ the watchman fell into a quiet slumber, while the fi, '- man attended to lis duties. THE FIRB, At forty minutes after three o'clock the alarm bells * sounded and a few minutes lator several flre compa- \ nies were in: attendatice and endeavormg to arrest the fames,. Doors fell before the axes of the ener- getic firemen; mirrors were broken in theendeavor to get on streams of water; firemen entered the sanctity of the parquet, the dress circle and green room; hose was stretched through the windows; axemen hewed down partitious aud knocked flats into splinters, and before four o'clock a dozen atreams of Croton were combatting ‘the tfaines that in the meantime destroyed chairs, curtains, cushions, embroidery and carpets. The efforts of tie firemen for a short pertod were unavailing. The fire extended through the ceiling to the dress civcie, and, spreadin; ne hundred arms, enveloped the walls, inv: the boxes, swept arowid the age and devoured the d¥op curtain, flats and other combustible material that invited its teed Lingard’s sanctum was not spared; his rich. wardrobe was scorched, sinokea and burned. Holmes’ and Raymond's effects met @ similar fate, and even the delicately formed fabri of the lady members of the company were netspared. In a brief time the entire second story was in faines, and still the fire raged with increased fury. By tive o’clock the body of the theatre was a mass of fire and smoke, and. by six o'clock the fire had been ex- tinguished, but the theatre had become a compivte wreck. Several of the adjacent rooms were pur- tially burned, and all were more or less Nooded.with water, ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. The fire ortginated from the heater’ at ‘the rear of the auditorium. The flue extended through the wall from the furnace and was recently repaired and considered perfectly safe. The flames spread rapidly along the frescoed walls to the balcony front. and from this they extended almost instantly 10 ive upper part of the auditorium and stage. T' act drop, scenery and other light tracery wer fire when tue firemen entered the Vestibule of tu building. THE The building was owned by ‘William HL. Hodd: of No, 112 Chambers street, whose logs will. reo¢ $6,000 or $8,000. He is said to be insured in variow companies for $24,000. This building was fori known as. the Crosby street synagogue, and bot five years ago was transformed into a th the addition of a frontage on Broad now extends through the block. Som ‘time ago-ié was leased by Messrs White & Spencer, the presi vecupants, who Nave expended about $6,000 on ur provements. The loss of White & Spencer will & fully $8,000, upon which there 13 no insurance The wardrobe of the company was more or | tenet by fire and water. Mr. Lingard’s | abo and ‘Mr. Holmes’ $100, Mr. Rayim is8 Lena Hurn’s $300, ‘The loss of bers of the company is about $500. Tho or lost about $400 worth of music and instruments making the total estimated loss by the fre ovr 8, 000. It is understood that the lease is not vitiated 1 less the theatre is totally destroyed, and (har + theatre will be rebullt as soon as possible, ani Oo)» tions resumed, STN ARAN, THE WEEKLY HERALD. The Cheapest and Best Newspaper ia ity Country. The WEEKLY H@RALD of the present wee! ready, contains the very latest Europe the Cable upto the hour of publicatu graphic Despatches from the Sandwici Ouba, Mexico and other points; full Murder of Mra, Sm:th, in Ulster county, N. 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