The New York Herald Newspaper, January 3, 1869, Page 7

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM AEL PARTS OF THE WORLD. THE WAR IN SPAIN. Four Hundred Insurgents Killed in the Streets of Malaga. ‘The Spanish War Vessels Open Fire on the Rebels. ‘THE AMERICAN FLAG INSULTED. Montpensier to Be Placed on the Throne of Spain. ‘All the European Powers to Be Repre- sented in the Eastern Conference. WAR CONSIDERED INEVITABLE IN ATHENS Wnited States Troops on Their Way to Savannah. Return of General Sheridan and Custer’s Troops to Fort Cobb. E:ittle Phil’s WZethod of nding Up the War. SPAIN. Vhe Insurgents Fire on the American Flag— ‘They are Charge¢ by the Government Troops and Dispersed—Barricades Levelled. MapRID, Jan. 2, 1869. _ Aspecial despatch from Malaga yesterday states ‘that the insurgents in that city fred on one of the ‘boats of the United States gunboat Swatara, which ‘vas engaged in conveying an American family from the shore to the ship. fi A short time after this the troops attacked the in- surgents in the streets, carried three of the barri- cades and dispersed the oppositionists with compar- dtively slight loss, General 10 expressed much regret at the acts of vandalism Smmitted by the insurgents, and as- sured the American Minister that the guilty ones ‘will be punished. Wour Hundred Insurgents Killed—Six Haun- dred Prisoners—Contemplated Act of the Government—Probable Establishment of a Monarchy—Feeling of the People. Lonpon, Jan. 2, 1869. The news received here to-day from Spain con- firms that previously obtained in relation to the oc- Cupation of Malaga by General Caballero de Roda, nd the defeat of the insurgents. * ‘The vanquished lost 400 men in killed and 600 were taken prisoners. it is believed that when the disarming of the citi- gens throughout the proyince 1s completed the gov- ernment contemplates a coup iu favor of Montpen- sler for the Spanish throne. This act will be carried into effect before the moot. tng of the Cortes. ‘ Generals Serrano ana De/Roda and Admiral Topete fupport the contemplated movement. General Prim regards it with disfavor and op- poses tt. ‘The Spanish people generally are in favor of a Fepublic, but the military overpowers them and they ‘will probabiy have to submit. the Insurgents in Malaga Were Brought to Terms. Lonpon, Jan, 2, 1969, Further details of the suppression of the insurrec- Sion at Malags have been received by telegraph. After a sharp engagement in the streets of the city General de Roda succeeded in routing the rebels a restoring order. The war vessels at anchor in ye harbor acted in concert with General de Roda yy pourmg a galling fire into the ranks of the insur- genls. The country is now entirely tranquil. How TURKEY AND GREECE. The Proposed Conterence of the Oriental Question—Greece and Turkey to be Repre- sented. Paris, Jan. 2, 1869, It is now more than likely that both the Turkish and Grecian governments will participate in the ceedings of the proposed conference, It is given Dut to-day that Alexandre Rizo Rangabe, a noted Grecian poet, will represent Greece, and Fuad Pacha, the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, will repre- sent the Sublime Porte, ‘Who will Compose the Eastern Conference— President of its Deliberations. Panis, Jan., 2, 1869, ‘The Conference for the settlement of the differences etween Turkey and Greece will be composed of the jAthbassadors to France from the various Powers of jurope. The sittings will be held in this city, and presided over by M. la Valletie, the new French reign Secretary. The time of the meeting has not ‘Jet been fully agreed upon. Demand for the Surrender of the Steamer Erosie=War Inevitabie. Lonpon, Jan. 2, 1869. A despatch from Athens states that the Tarkish Admiral, Hobart Pacha, has formally demanded ‘the surrender of the Greek steamer Erosis. ‘ The despatch adds that war is considered inevit- @bie at Athens. FRANCE. ‘The French Press on the Importance of the Present Chinese Mission. PARIS, Jan, 2, 1960, ‘The Patrie of to-day, in the course of an editorial bn tie Chinese Embassy, says that “China, obsery- foe her international obligations, comes to treat ith the great commercial nations,’ and expresses -the belief “that in the negotiation of treaties with hor the Powers will find that additional markets for the commerce of the world will be tena in the new regions which will be opened » civilization.” The Patrie, consequently, hopes that Mr, Burlingame’s mission will prove successful. 's Wishes for the Prosperity of Spain, Panis, Jan. 2, 1869, ‘The journals state that at the New Year's reception the Hmperor told Sefhor Olozaga, the Spanish envoy, to convey to his government the warmest wishes both of himseli personally and of France for the Happiness and prosperity of Spain. Napole Roview of the Officers of the Garde Mo! Pants, Jan, 2, 1869. ‘The oMcers of the Garde Mobile were reviewed toulay by the Minister of War, Marshal Niel, who complimented the Garde on the confidence which the country felt in that arm of its defence, JAPAN. Ne-Establishment of ti ment, Lonpo, Jan. 2, 1899. Late telegrams from Hong Kong confirm the re- establishment of the Mikado at Jeddo, Mikado’s Govern- NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY: 3, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. ee epee YACHTING. The Contemplated Ocean Race. Lonpon, Jan. °, 1869, The Express has an article to-day on the proposed international yacht race. It proposes that owners of yachts of equal tonnage with the Dauntless accept Mr. Bennett's challenge. ENGLAND. Reverdy Jobuson and the London Working- men Again, Lonpon, Jan. 2—Evening. At @ meeting of workingmen held at Lambeth to-night, presided over by Rev. Newman Hall, an address was presented to Hon. Reverdy John- son, the American Minister. Mr, Johnson made & speech in reply, in which he said that the continuance of good feeling between Great Britain and the United States was sure to be demanded by the people of both countries. His re- marks were received with great enthusiasm. =~ THE NEW DOMINION. Accidental Death of a Famous Shot. TORONTO, Jan. 2, 1869. The well known rifle shot, Caleb Giles, was acci- dentally shot dead at a shooting match yesterday, near this city. VIRGINIA. Peace Conference at Richmond—Proposed Terms for a Harmonious Reconstruction— Negro Suffrage and Universal Amnesty Ac= ceptable—Arrest of an Ex-Revenue Officer. RICHMOND, Jan. 2, 1869, For two days past a conference of some of the leading men in the State has been in session, at- tended by A. H. H, Stuart, of Staanton; Thomas 8. Flournoy, formerly whig candidate for Governor; John L. Marye, Jr., the present conservative candi- date for Attorney: General; Wyndham Robertson, formerly whig acting Governor of the State; George W. Bolling, James F, Johnson, former whig Senator; Frank G. Ruffin, General John Echols, W. 1. Suther- lin and others, Last night, after midnight, they agreed on @ preamble and resolutions, which sets forth that while the people of Virginia do not believe that the negroes in their uneducated condition are as yet fit for suffrage, yet in view of the expression of public opinion in the recent na- tional election, and in the hope of restoring har- mony and union, they are willing to accept universal suffrage coupled with universal amnesty. A committee of nine was appointed to visit Wash- ington and urge Congress to legislate so a8 to secure these to the people of the State. The committee is oomposed of Messrs. A. H. H. Stuart, W. Robertson, J. B. Baldwin, James Nelson, W. T. Sutherlin, J. L. Marye, Jr.; J. F. Slaughter, James P. Johnson and W. L. Owen. A resolution was adopted recommending the peo- ple of the State to hold a convention on February 10, in Richmond, to receive the report of the com- mittee and arrange for the canvass. This confer- ence is the result of a movement on the part of the “Do Somethings,” as distinguished from the “Do Nothings,” the former desiring t0 make some ad- vance towards meeting the reconstruction acts and avetring the disabilities of the test oath, &c., of the new constitution, and the iatter believing that the people of the State should under no circumstances sanction negro suffrage, which they believe disas- trous and degrading. 7 R. W. Hobson, ex-Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue of the Danvilip, Va., district, was brought here to-night charged with defrauding the revenue by not accounting for $26,000 received by him. He was held in $10,000 bail to answer the charge. ALABAMA. Proposition to Annex West! Florida—Tho Charges Against Judge Busteed. MONTGOMERY, Jan. 21, 860. Governor Smith has appointed J, L. Pennington, A. J. Walker, and Charles A. Miller, Commissioners to Florida to negotiate for annexing West Florida to Alabema, They will probably start next week for Tallahassee. A despatch has been received in this city stating that the Congressional committee appointed to in- vestigate the charges against Judge Busteed, will visit Montgomery at an early day. LOUISIANA. Collision in the Lower Mississippi—A Steam- boat Capsized—Wholesale Arrests by the Military in Texas—Arrival of Generals Porter and Babcock in New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2, 1869. The steamboat A. G, Brown collided with the Bre- men stéamship Teutonta between this city and the mouth of the Mississippi on Wednesday and soon turned bottom up. The books, money and everybody on board were saved. The Teutonia wae uninjured and passed on. A despatch from Jefferson, Texas, reports the ar- rest by the military of Colonel R. P. Crump, Dr. Mar- shall, B. T, Thompson, R. V. McGill, ex-chief of the police, and two freedmen; but the charges are not known, Several others are said to be spotted for arrest, Generals Babcock and Porter, of General Grant's staff are here. GEORGIA. The Negro Troubles Near Savannah—The Citizens Organizing. SAVANNAH, Jan. 2, 1869. Affairs on the Ogeechee are without any change for the better. The negroes are still armed in large bodies and are driving off the whites and plundering their houses and farms of ‘everything. valuable. No demonstration against them has been made. The citizens here are organizing, The matter is under consideration, and an anxious desire is felt to queil the insurrection without bloodshed. Definite steps will probably be taken to-morrow or Monday. , A Republican Paper Suspended. Aveusta, Jan 2, 1860. The National Republican, the organ of the Bullock “and Blodgett wing of the republican party, has sus- pended publication. It has been succeeded by the Daily Press, with Colonel Hamilton as editor. United States Troops on the Way te Sa- vanuah, ATLANTA, Jan. 2, 1869, General Sibley and a body of infantry ieft to-night for Savannah to preserve the peace. The new Mayor and City Council were installed to-day. THE STORM. Etects of the Snow Storm in Albany—A Roof Crushed In. ALBANY, Jan. 2, 1869, A large building on Union street, belonging to James Gould & Co. and used a8 a car factory, was crushed by the snow this morning. The building is completely wrecked. The contents were pretty much demolished, No one was injurea, ‘The loss is estimated at $8,000. ‘Trains Late in Boston, BosTON, Jan, 2, 1869, About one foot of snow fell yesterday, causing considerable delay to railroad travel. The New York train, due early this morning, was three hours late. ‘The Bastern atid Northern trains are less fortunave, but probably the tracks will be clear to-day, Gale in Springficid—Trains Delayed, SPRINGFIELD, Maas., Jan. 1, 1909, A furious snow storm, accompanied by a gaie, has been prevailing here all day. The Boston and New York trains are all two or three hours behind time, and but one train has arrived from Albany during the day. The Northern road to Brattievoro and Montreal is also seriously obstructed. Baltimore. Bavttwors, Jan. 1, 1869, A violont rain storm set in here yesterday after. noon and prevailed throughout the night and until afternoon today. This has rendered New Year's calling not aa géheral as it otherwise would have been, THE INDIAN WAR. Arrival of General Sheridan at Fort Narrative of His March After Custer’s Bat- tle—Treachery of the Kiowas—How Little Phil Winds up the War. Sr. Louis, Jan. 2, 1869. General Sherman has received a letter from Gen- eral Sheridan, dated Fort Cobb, December 19, noting his arrival there the day previous with General Cus- ter’s Seventh cavalry and ten companies of the Nineteenth Kansas cavalry, im all about 1,500 men. General Sheridan spent one day on Custer’s battle fleld, and found the bodies of Major Elliott and sixteen soldiers; also the bodies of Mrs. Blinn and child, white captives in the Indian camp. Mrs. Blinn was shot through the forehead and the child’s brains dashed out, General Sheridan followed on the trail down the Wash- ita seventy miles, when he came upon @ camp of Kiowas, who met him with a letter from General Hazen, which declared them to be friendly. Sheridan required the Indians to accompany him to Fv.t Cobb, but discovered while travelling towards that point that they were sending their families to the Wasbita mountains. Suspecting that they were attempting to deceive him he took Satanta and Lone Wolf and notified them he would hold them as hostages, and that if all the Kiowas did notcome to Fort Cobb,he would hang them. General Sheridan says:—‘‘The Indians now realize for the first time that winter will not compel us to make a truce with them;” and adds that the “Kiowas have been engaged in the war all the time and have been playing fast and ose; that they have attempted to browbeat General Hazen since he came to Fort Cobb, but I will take the starch.outof them before I leave them.” The Cheyennes, Arapahoes and one band of Coman- ches, with fifty lodges of Kiowas, are now at Washita mountains. General Sheridan, after consultation with General Hazen, proposes, when the Kiowas come in, to punish those who are known to have been concerned m personal acts ot murder. He will send Black Ket- tle’s sister out to the Cheyennes and Arapahoes and command them to come in and submit to like treat- ment. If they refuse to come in he will carry on war against them in the Washita mountains. He will leave with General Hazen a suiflicient force to enable him to control the Indians now at Fort Cobb and such others as may come in there, During the march from Camp Supply the weather and snow were very severe, bat the health of the command was good, two men-of the Seventh cavalry and six of the Nineteenth Kansas company being sick. In a private letter to General Sherman, dated one day later,General Sheridan says the Kiowas are coming in; that the Cheyennes have been very humble since their pun- ishment by General Custer, and he has no doubt that the Arapahoes will also come in, surrender and abide by his terms; after which he has no fear ofa renewal of hostilities, NEW YORK AND CANADA. Opening of the New Suspension Bridge Over Niagara Falls. - Orseeowe, causts, Jat. 2, 1869, ‘The new suspension bridge which spans the Niagara river a short distance below the Niagara Falls was opened to the public to-day. Four horse carriage and teams loaded with stone passed over it, In the completion of this work much interest was felt in this locality. It isthe longest spanin the world, being 1,268 feet. NEBRASKA. Fallare at Omaha—Death Paymaster. CuicaGo, Ill, Jan. 2, 1869, Messrs, J. M. and A. J. Prank, clothing merchants, at Omaha, have failed; Mabilities from $50,000 to $60,000; $20,000 is secured by mortgages on real estate. It is thought the creditors will compromise the matter with the firm. Lieutenant Colonel George Pomeroy, paymaster at Omaha, died yesterday of pneumania. of an Army ILLINOIS. The Soldiers? Home at Chicago—Binst at General Butler. CuicaGo, Jan. 2, 1869. The Chicago Board of Managers of the Soldiers’ Home indignantly protest against General Butler's action ordering the ciosing of the institution, and have resolved to keep it open until spring, because otherwise forty or fifty disabled veterans wouid be without a home. PENNSYLVANIA. Murder in Shippensburg—Arrest ofjthe Alleged Murderer. :. SHIPPENSBURG, Jan. 2, 1869. Aman named Henry Steel, a stranger, was found buried, with his throat cut from ear to ear and skuli crushed, near the residence of Adam Titus, who has been arrested for the murder. Titus and Steel had been seen in company for three days, aud at the cor- oner’s inquest Titus acknowledged having struck deveased, Sentence of Brooks and Orme, the Water Gap Murderers. STROUDSBURG, Jan. 2, 1869, The prisoners Brooks and Orme were brought into court this morning to receive sentence. Each made aspeech confessing the killing, but endeavored to justify themselves by declaring that they acted in self-defence. They also sought to screen themselves behind the plea of drunkenness, although they pro- fessed to remember every incident of the affair. The Judge addressed them very feelingiy, but they ex- hibited no evidence of regret. The day for their ex- ecution has been fixed by the Governor. NEW YORK. Important Appointments by Governor Hoffman. ALBANY, Jan. 2, 1868. Governor Hoffman has appointed Samuel B. Gar- vin District Attorney for the city of New York. He has tendered the place on the Superior Court bench made vacant by Mr. Garvin's resignation to William H, Leonard, formerly Judge of the Supreme Court. General Palmer has resigned the oMce of Commis- sary General of Ordnance, and the Governor has appointed General William M. Morris to the office. MASSACHUSETTS. A Boston Broker Missing—Deficit in bis Ac- count—Suicide of an Orthodox Deacon in ee Bostox, Jan. 2, 1869, Joseph M, Davis, a well known broker, on the cor- ner of State and Devonshire streets, has been miss- ing a couple of days. His bank account is said to be overdrawn $10,000, and checks given to various parties came back this morning dishonored and un- paid. His office has been closed to-day and the whereabouts of Mr. Davis is unknown. The losses of depositors, who are worthy parties of moderate means, will be sadly felt by those unfortunates. Henry Emerson, &@ prominent citizen of Reading and a deacon in the Orthodox church of that town, committed suicide yesterday by cutting his throat. Found Dead Railroad Track. Wororsrer, Jan. 2, 1860, Daniel O'Brien, a section hand on the Fitchburg Ratiroad, was found dead on the track, near his house, at Shirley, Maas., this morning. He is sup- posed to have been run over and kitied by some passing train. ll ai The Express Robbery in ChicopeeArrest of the Clerk on a Charge of Defaication, Cuicorge, Mass., Jan, 2, 1860. The recently reported robbery of G. 1, Shunway, an express agent in this town, by two men who wore reported to have attacked him on the street and thrown red pepper in his eyes, 18 now alleged to have been a “put up job.” Shunway has been ar- rested and held for trial on the charge of defalcatton to the amount he claims to have lost by the robbery, and it is claimed that he started the story to cover Up (he alleged thet, __|WASHINGTON. Work of the Appropriation Committee. ONLY TWO BILLS COMPLETED. Proposed Creation of a United States Consul Generalship for Hungary. Generals Gillem and Reynolds Or- dered to the Capital. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, 1869, Expected Return of General Grant. General Grant is expected to return to Washing- ton on Monday next. Work of the House Appropriation Committee. The House Appropriation Committee held a long session to-day, but did not finish the consideration of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appro- priation bill, It will not be completed in time to report to the House when it meets next Tuesday. It has been stated in some papers that the committee would be ready to report all the appropriation bills as soon as the House met after the recess. This is nottrue. Only two of the ten appropriation bills have been completed by the committee, one of which—the Pension bill—was reported before the recess and is the special order for the 6th inst. in the House, The other is the Diplomatic and Consular bill, which is the only one the committee has been able to get through with during the recess, The Missouri Senatorship—Carl Schurz’s ~ Chances. Several Missourians who have recently arrived from the West gay that Carl Schurz will certainly be the winning man in the contest for United States Senator from Missouri. The majority of the papers in the State support Schurz, and the radical feeling against the anti-impeachment course of Senator Henderson is industriously aroused and kept warm. . The Minnesota Senatorship. Letters received here from Senator Ramsey repre- sent his chances for re-election as very encouraging. Donnelly’s opposition is pronounced a bugbear. He is said to have no such strength in the State as hs friends assert. gr Seizure of Cigars at New Orleans. Aspecial agent of the Customs Bureau, Treasury Department, recently reported to the Commissioner the seizure of thirty thousand valuable cigars in the New Orleans district, they having been smug- gled into that port duty free. The cigars were packed in barrels, each end of the barrels having been filled to the depth of #ix or elght anches. with peanuts. The goods will be condemned and sold. The same agent «tates that he has gone to Mobile to investigate the alleged dis- covery there of $1,000,000 in gold. He seems to think there is something in the report, and regrets that 1t has obtained so much publicity. Another ex- tensive seizure of cigars was made not long since. A Treasury agent in New York was informed that an attempt would be made to smuggle a lot of cigars into Baltimore, He went to that city, ascertained that a steamer from Havana was ascending the river, went down to meet her, boarded her and after six hours’ searching discovered about 27,000 cigars concealed in trunks in the engine room, staterooms and in passengers’ baggage. 6 The Baltimore and Havana Mail Contract. A statement has been published to the effect that the Postmaster General had made a contract with the Baltimore and Havana Steamship Company to carry the mails between Baltimore and Havana for $50,000 per annum. The facts are officially stated to be as follows:—Previous to the war Key West, Fila., was supplied with mails by the Charleston and Havana steamship lines. When the rebellion com- menced this service of course ceased. In November, 1867, a petition reached the department from the citizens of Key West and the United States oficers stationed tiere, asking that some arrangement be made whereby they might receive their mails regu- larly. This petition set forth that, with the United States squadron usually in the vicinity, some 8,000 persons were at Key West. In view of these facts the Postmaster General endeavored to make a con- tract for carrying the mails to Key West, but no favor- able offers w; made. He then engaged two steamers to carry the mails, with the understanding that they should touch at Havana and bring any mails for Key West to and from that place, at the rate of $1,300 per round trip. This is the present arrangement. How the Negro, Menard, Was Elected to Congress. The Second district comprised the First, Second, Third, Tenth and part of the Fourth wards of the city of New Orleans. This district was represented by Mr. James Mann. Mr. Mann died a short time previous to the November elections. The vacancy occasioned by his death was to be filled at the same time that members were chosen for the Forty-first Congress, but previous to the elections and soon after Mr. Mann's death the Legisiature for certain reasons added to the Second district the parishes of Jefferson, St. John the Baptist, St. Jantes, St. Charles, La Fourche and Terre-Bonne, thus reducing the Third district, now represented by the Hon. Joseph P. Newsham. The democracy nom- nated Mr. C. 8. Hunt as a candidate for the Forty- first Congress in the Second district, enlarged by the addition of the parishes hereinbefore named, and also to fill the vacancy in the old Second aistrict. The radicals nominated Mr. Menard for the vacancy and Colonel Sheldon for the Forty-first Congress. ‘The clection resulted in the district enlarged by the addition of the six parishes before named, as fol- lows:—For Hunt, 18,000; Sheldon, 7,000; Menard, 7,000; and in the district as it was when repre- sented by Mr. Mann, and when the vacancy occurred, ad follows:—For Hunt, 11,530; Menard, 93, For certain reasons the entire vote of the district in which thé vacancy occurred was thrown out and also in three of the parishes which were added. In the parishes of St. James, St Charles and La Fourche, which are represented in the Fortieth Congress by Mr. Newsham, Mr. Menard had a few more votes than Hunt. You will observe if the action of Gov- ernor Warmoth is sustained the people of the three last named parishes will have two representa- tives in the Fortteth Congress, while the people of the old Second district will be without representa- tion in that body. It is admitted, even by the Gov- ernor of Lousiana, that Mr. Hunt was legally elected to we Forty-first Congress. Generals Gillem and Reynolds. Brevet Major General A. C. Gillem, commanding the Fourth Military District, has been ordered to visit Washington on public bustness. Brevet Major Genera J. J. Reynolds, colonel of the Twenty-sixth infantry, has been ordered to repair to this city and report in person to the Adjutant Gene- ral of the army. ‘The Office of Superintendents of Exports and Drawbacks, Tie Secretary of the Treasury has extended the time for discontinuing the oMce of Superintendent of Exports and Drawbacks at New York until March 4. Reduction of Import Daties in Venezuein. ‘The United States Consul at Puerto Cabello has traasmitted co the State Department a copy of a de- cre of the provisional executive power of Vene- zuila relative to imports into that republic, which is as (ollows:— ARTICLE 1. The twenty percent extraordinary con- trimtion ordered by we executive decree of the ott of Novernber, 1865, on goods imtroduced by ves- sel arriving after that date is reduced to ten per cent, and the latter contribution shall be collec! rding to the conclusion of the terms indicated tolutely two of said decree, when they will cease ART. 2. Veasols arttving at_any port of this repub- Hewith cargos for others of its ports shall pay at the latter the seme duties they might have been sub- Jected to at the first port. ART. 3. Goods declared in deposit in conformity ‘wih article thirty-stx, of the law of the 26th of May, Is#7, on the administration of customs in relation 10 Imports, When inéroduced for the consumer, shall par the same duties they should have paid at the time the depostt was effected. am, 4 shalt designgte the mode of making the deduction article five of the mentioued decree establisnes. =~ . we 5. The decree of ie hot November, 1867, extraordinary contribution, is hereby Ant. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury remains in charge of the execution of this decree. Government Lands in California. ‘The Commissioner of the General Land Office nas addressed the following letter to the officers of the different land offices in the State of California, bear- ing date December 23, 1868:— GENTLEMEN—W. F. Willi of San Francisco, iams, has addressed a letter to this oMce on behalf of the California desires information remaining undis- posed of in the several land districts of the State; and you are hereby instructed to afford the Associa- tion all reasonable facilities for the object consistent with the reguiar discharge of the current business of your office. Very 303, 8. WILSON, Commissioner. ‘The Dry Dock at Martinique, W. I. The Treasury Department has received copies of a pamphiet issued in four separate languages by the colonial government of Martinique, calling the atten- tion of the shipping interest to the dry dock recently opened at Fort de France, the service of which is regu- lated according to certain dispositions among which “the colony of Martinique proprietor undertakes that no work is to be done to ships; the administration Jet only the dock dried up to the consignees. Cap- tains and shipbuilders wishing to make use of it for repairing or visiting ships do so at their own risk and peril.” The tariff of letting the dock for sailing vessels and steamers is fixed:— For entry, three francs fifty centimes; each day of stay, ninety centimes per ton. ‘The real burden of the ship 1s to be determined by the gauge admitted in the French Custom House. French ships of war, mail steamers of all nations and vessels leaking badly shall have priority of en- trance. The dock is constructed of free stone and shut with an iron gate, A ship coming to Fort de France solely to get repaired in the dock is assimi- lated toships calling at the fort at a “forced put” if said ship makes no commercial transaction during her stay. The selling of goods damaged at sea is not considered as a commercial transaction involy- ing the payment of auties of navigation and acces- sory taxes other than the duty of calling at the port. Petition of Hungarians. The Hungarians in the United States have united in preparing a petition to Congress, praying that a consul general of the United States may be created for Hungary, to be located at Pesth. The petition is numerously signed, and those advocating the move- ment say they are confident that their request will be granted. Receipts of Customs. The custom house receipts from December 12 to 19 of the following ports were as follows:—Boston, $283,672; New York, $1,562,175; Philadelphia, $105,931; Baltimore, $44,491; New Orleans, from De- cember 5 to 12, $110,254; San Francisco, from No- vember 22 to December 5, $364,900. Statement of the National Currency Circu- lation, The amount of fractional currency received from the printing division of the Treasury Department for the week ending to-day was $378,543. The ship- ments made were as follows:— To the Assistant Treasurer at New York.. $100,000 United States Depository at Balti- ae To the national banks. was 138,768 Treasurer Spinner holds in trust:— For national bank circulation 342,016,900 For public de Ith... .ee ee . 35,391,350 Amount of national bank currency issued during th ‘Total ef currency Mutilated return 225, Insolvent bank bills redeemed. 072 Fractional currency redeemed... om 254,200 Leaving in actual circulation at date 299,678,699 Personal. " The Commissioner of Internal Revenue will proba- bly return about the middle of next week. Postmaster General Randall left this evening for New York. AMUSEMENTS. A Night with the Stereopticon. The large hall of the Cooper Institute was com- fortably filled last evening with an audience who de- rived much pleasure and instruction in assisting Dr. John F. Boynton at an hour's entertainment with the stereopticon. The entertainment last evening marked the close of the Christmas series, which have been of a light, instructive and enjoyable character, and on Saturday evening next the regular scientific series of lectures will be resumed. The audience in attendance last night was a large and appreciative one, and Dr. Boynton was be rng Interrupted during his interesting descriptions by the heart: plaudits of his auditors. The entertainment, pariook of the nature of a lecture, a series of chemical experiments and a number of stereoscopic views, ail of which were continued until a late hour, to the intense delight of those present. After experiment- -ing with some Water in a glass vessel. which was made to boil but a few degrees above the freezing point, Dr. Boynton, by the aid of the stereopticon, transported his anditors to the surface ot the moon, where he made them climb rugged mountains, peep into the craters of voleanos, travel through valleys of shadow and light, and, in fact, made them feel almost a8 much at home in that far olf planet as though they were examining the wonders of our own little earth. Then he treated them to a magnified view of an electric battery in full operation, wherein small wires were made to jook as thick as sized walking sticks, and the electric fluid itself resembled so much animal lifes Next came two smaii fish, a tadpole and a lizard, all alive in a tumbler of water, magnified to the maguifl- cent size of eighteen feet. This brought down the house, and us the monsters in shadow darted about over the canvass the audience could restrain their merriment no longer, but gave vent to their pent up feeling in loud Srenaee jaughter. This was fol- lowed by several views of the nebulous matter sur- rounding the earth, and active agencies at work tn the process of crystalization. The exiubition,or entertain- ment, or lecture, half microscopic and fine art ex- hibition, closed with some beautiful and scientific ex- periments of the refraction of light upon water, which 50 pleased @ Ly portion of the audience that they were almost loath to depart from the ball after the gentleman who had contribated to tkeir aftusement had retired. @ iseales) Theatrical and Musical Notes. The rivairy between New York managers at the present time is immense. All the better for the public. will carry the fleid. Moat of the theatres in the States had perform- ances en New Year's night. Concerts at Steinway and Irving Halls to-night. Nearly ail the reserved seats for the retnauguration of The Tammany to-morrow evening have been dis- posed of. John E. Owens, the American comedian, com- mences his farewell engagement at the Braadway theatre ‘on January 11. He appears as Joshua and Solon Novelty and talent . and W. J. Florence, her ballet and Miss Rose Massey will be among the features of Wood’s Museum the de- pageaee of the Thompson Nibio’s, Virginia with McKean Buchanan and company, will ry season of the classic drama at the New York theatre io . During that month the Worrell Sis- ters os Chicage and Pittsburg PoRiree different adios have recently iblic pu! Their i success in obtaining audiences should warn others not to repeat tha ex- periment here this season. Among the holiday novelties at Atlanta was Gene- ral Tom Thutwb’s miniature coach drawn by two very small ponies and driven by @ diminutive eoach- man. Commodore Nutt drew a crowded house at one of ae him play a game of billtards, on + FS theatrical H announced last week for roduction at Atianta “The Black Crook, with ven Beauties and the Happy Man.” Question. The Mormons call e “New Jenny Lind,” though they did not like her low neck dress. Miss Pauline —— com) | ee at the §) ra Hot Tue agar Western Opera and Dramatic have been giving the inhabitants of Leavenw: “A Kiss & ‘the Dark,’ with an afterpiece, “Ybur fe’s in Danger.” inshavogue” has met with some success in De- it. School inspector's reading of Hamlet—To whip or not to whip; that is the question. Kdmund Kean who baptized, Boston “The Modern Athens.” Tue proprietor of the Newburg Opera House sued for the rent of the building ane eveniog, which had deen repudiated because of a failure to properly wari and light the hail. The proprietor was beaten, as he ought to have been. Milwatikeeans are contemplating with self-satisfac- tion that Miss Clara Louise Kellogg will sing there some time—1st of April, perhaps. Mr. — ee L. Day r were announced to mal err et gg ye in Boston since their re- turn from Caltfor See, has caused —, merriment in that city by his inimitable sketches, A new opera house has been almost ine a at Rutland, Vermont. All new places of enter out are now called “opera houses," Mrs, t-Siddons had a benefit in Philadelphia on New oon tae it, Her iast appearance was an- Ween, performing with grest aug, 2 : 11,333; Theatre Comique, louse, $9,445; Worrell Sis- $8,922; San ncisco Minstrels’, $8,695; Kelly Leon’s, $7,280; Bryants’, $7,100, From the fore- going a large increase is visible as compared with the returns at the same period last year. At the French theatre, for instance, the receipts for Novem- ber, 1867, amounted to about $20,000, which shows a gain during last month of $15,000, A great many of the other establishments also presence satisfactory symptoms. Foreign. Gounod and Longfellow are both in Florence. , Opera is tine teat in Macrid. Signor Tamber- Mk has arrived in Peris trom that eity to enter upom his en, ment a6 the [taliens. ‘The Italian composers have adopted Signor Verdi's suggestion and a commission has been appointed to arrange the detatis of a Rossini commemorative Madame Patti has recovered her voice and on the night of her reappearance brought 16,000 trancs to the treasury. “King Tieodore of Abyssinia”? is to be produced at the Chatelet with unheard of splendor. Mile. Sarolta’s success at Moscow was thus tele- graphed to Paris:—“Hier. ‘Don Juan.’ Appeared 8 Zerlina. Immense success. Superb bouquets. Innumerable cals for Sarvlta. Great triumph.’” Happy Sarolta. Soiiiern is ig at the Prince of Wales theatre, London, in “A Hero of Romance.” Fischer was a German oboe player of note. Once upon @ time, when invited to dine with a lord, he was asked on sitting down to the table if ne had brought his instrument. “No,” res) ed Fischer, “my oboe never dines,” with which rebuff he wok his hat and left the room, . Mme. Rossini has consented to the removal of her husband’s ashes to Italy, and the government of that country has just decided that the mortal remains of the illustrious maestro shall be deposited in the Chureh of Santa Croce, at Florence, justly considered as the Pantheon of the kingdom, H. J. Byron’s new piece. “Not Such a Fool as He Looks,” was produced at the Alexandra theatre, London, on Monday, 14th ult. The author played the principal role, Sir Simple Simon, with success. Ata recent concert in the Free Trade Hall, Man- chester, the principal novelty was a serenade by Me iven for the first in England. Its written for two oboes, two clarionets, two cornt di bassetto, four horns, two bassvons and contra fagotto. “La Périchole,” which has been an immense suc- cess in Fs 1s to be withdrawn, as the Bouffes. ‘schneider from January to June, and then- la Diva over to London for some months. “La Périchole” will probably be brought out in London. Its production at Pike’s Opera House to-morrow evening is anticipated with pleasure. Herren Carl Tausig and Anton Rubinstein, the “tion pianists” of the hour, are roaring loudly against each other in the Prussian capital. Of the port may be credited, Herr Tausig roars If only Abbé Liszt, lion of lions, would but “shake wide his yellow mane,” wag has cent tail, extend his ample jaw and roar them He could easily do it, and then, as the French bee true connoisseurs and true lovers of music, de rive. St. James’ theatre, London, is shortly to be pulled down for reconstruction aud improvement. The theatre has been vought by Mrs. Wood, the American aciress. A marriage has just been celebrated at Rouen be- tween two dwarfs—M. Angot, well known for his performances in the Rancey Circus, and Mile. Cau- mont, @ seamstress, even smaller than her husband. ‘The bride is twenty-four years of age and the bride- groom twenty-1 Not less than 1,200 persons. ‘were present at te ceremony. Accounts from Lisbon say that Ernesto Rossi, one of the twin stars of the Itailan stage (Salvini is the has had extraordinary success im that city in presentation of Othello. ‘The King of Portu; sent for him the first evening and the second even- ing went behind the scenes after the second act to congratulate the classical artist on his rendering of the passions of the noble Moor, A suit is about to be tried in Paris, brought by the Director General of the Imperial Pheatres of Russia, against the tenor Fraschini, for breach of contract, the latter having declined to fulfil an engagement to sing at St. Petersburg durimg the four winter months, at a salary of 50,000 franes for the season, The defence of the singer is his i health. The damages are laid at 100,000 francs, ‘A writer in the Cunt?nental Gazette savs:—“Are you curious to know what Mdlie. Schneider gas at the Theatre des Variétés, now the favorite resort of every Parisian and of ali foreigners who spend a day or twoin Paris? ‘This year she has reatized #,000 francs by appearing 250 times before the public. Now, if to this sum we add what she gained by piay- ing, during her month's holiday, in different towns m France, the amouzt will come to 130,000 franes.”” Some fifteen years ago @ star appeared in the pianoforte playing spheres of Paris named Mile, Hersiie Rouy. Her performance at matinees and soirves Was brillant. This young lady sudde: dls. ared. It was at first satd she was may ext her death was duly announced, Mule, Rouy, how- ever, 1s neither mad nor dead. She has just re- covered her liberty. after fourteen years’ detention in a house for the insave, Where she was kept under the name of Josephine Chevalier. The Journal des pebats announces that this mysterious affair will speedily come before the criminal iaw courts: Accounts from Central America report that Orring’ Cahfornia Circus Company had periormed success- fully at San Miguel and had proceeded to San Selva- dor, where they were well received and had pros- pects of decided success. The performance of Miss Multon at the palace of Compiegne before the Court by the artists of the Vaudeville theatre, last mouth, was marked by extraordinary success. The acting of Mile. Fargueil produced the deepest emotion aad the Empress in the second act could not restrain her tears. Their Majesties were pleased to express their admiration at the manner in wiich the play was performed. ‘The Ap bey od ao. bubding a theatre on the Es or public square SAL. finished, and = recertica, “Eien without being asked af all : their of lavish ex, i agenda A few weeks since some .' or, The Brideagy by a Demonio" for £1 12s. a) “Romeo and Juliet’? tor 10s. 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