The New York Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1869, Page 6

ee NEW YORK HERALD wee BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. + JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR “ All business or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New Yore Herat. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. — naene ws -No. 17 Volume XXXIV......... RELIGIOUS SERVICES TO-DAY. eres CATHEDRAL,—Rav. Dr. MoCLosKry. SIXTH UNIVERSALIST sig OF OUR SAVIOU! awe street. Rav. J. M. PULLMAN. Morning FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH.—Rev. C. E. BLAKE. Morning and evening. EVERET? ROOMS.—SPinitUAListTs. Mus. BYRNES. Morning and evening. Prreeerry, Wash juare.—BisHor an . ington aq Snow. BLEECKER, STREET | UNIVERSALIST CHURCH.— Day K. Lee. Morning and evening. CHURCH OF THE REFORMATION.—Ray. AgEOTT Brown. Morning and afternoon. CHRISTIAN CHURCH.—Etpxe W. J. Howe. Morning end evening. CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION.—Rav. Dr. Fiags. ‘Morning and afternoon. COOPER INSTITUTE.—Rev. Dr. Bectows. Evening. glORTY- SECOND STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHUROH.— De. Soorr. Morning and evening. FREE CHURCH OF THE HOLY LIGHT.—Rev. East BURN BENJAMIN. Morning and evening. WESTMINSTER CHURCH.—Rev. Gro. M. MoEcKRoN. ‘Morning and evening. Pl nor ania na HALL.—Spigirvavists. Afternoon MURRAY HILL BAPTIST CHURCH.—Rev. Dr. Siv- ner A Canty. Moraine and Sekai TRIPLE SHEET. eo York, bins acacia 17% 1869. pee New Arrangements for Furnishing the Herald. The steady increase in the circulation of the ‘snap has forced us to bring into use all our press facilities, which now enable us to throw off pighty-five thousand copies of the Heranp per hour. Newsmen and carriers who have hereto- fore found delay in receiving their papers will in Yoture have their orders executed at a much ‘earlier hour. MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS. The Daty Hexaxp will be sent to subscribers ‘tor one dollar a month. The postage being only thirty-five cents a ‘quarter, country subscribers by this arrangement can receive the Heap at the same price it is furniehed in the city. Europe. The cable telegrams are dated January 16. ‘The London papers comment favorably on the final signing of the treaty for the settlement of the Ala~ bama ciaims. A meeting in favor of the adoption of the batlot system in Parliamentary elections was held on Fri- day evening in London. A number of prominent luberals addressed the assemblage. The Conference on the Eastern Question had another meeting in Paris yesterday. It 1s said that Greece has been asked to suppress incursions into fhe neighboring States of the Sultan, and that ‘Turkey is counselled to withdraw her ultimatum. On the 1st of February the money order system, similar in nearly all respects to that at present in use between the American Post Office and the gov- ernment of Switzerland, will go into operation be- tween the large towns of North Germany and the United States. ‘The disturbances occasioned by the collection of the mill tax have been renewed in many partsof Italy. A number of the rioters have been killed by the military. ‘The elections are progressing quietly in Spain, and the government candidates are meeting with suc- cosa. Cuba. , ‘The bank del Comercio at Havana, known as Fra- zer’s Bank, suspended payment on Friday. The ila- ities are heavy, and the shareholders wiil be the clpal sufferers. Our correspondence from the Of war is dated the Sth inst., and gives sdine thto the condition of affairs in the tnterior te “ever faithful isle.” The revolutionise represented as having improved astonishingly their organization, and to have received reinforce- ts and arms in abundance. The revolutionary ‘committee consists of three men of marked ability, of whom resided in the United States several An American man-of-war is needed off Nue- tas to look after the interests of our citizens. residents at Nuevitas do not feel entireiy afe, and are subject to many indignities and exactions at the hands of the Spanish troops. The Legislature. The State Senate was not In session yesterday. In the Assembly bills were introduced to amend the act relative to the Croton Aqueduct Deparment, and to authorize the trustees of Canandaigua to borrow money for the completion of a canal at the foot of Canandaigua Lake. A resolution was adopted phat the House proceed on Tuesday morning next foclect a United States Senator immediately after he reading of the journal. Another resolution was Antroduced, but laid over under the rule,yproviding for a joint convention of the two houses on Tuesday for the same purpose. The resolution providing for ‘an investigation into the affairs of the Merchants’ Union Express Company was called from the table, and after debate was again laid on the tabie, aster which the House adjourned until Monday, Miscellaneous. The cancus of the republican members of the New York Legisiature for the nomination of a United States Senator in the place of Edwin Db. Morgan, whose term expires with the Fortieth Congress, was held in Albany last evening, all the members (ninety-two) being present. On the second Dailot Mr. Fenton received fifty-two votes and Mr. Morgan forty.. The chairman then declared Mr. Fenton nominated, after which the nomination was made unanimous. Mr, Fenton wag subsequently called upon by a large umber of citizens of Albany and congratulated ‘upon his success. ‘The President on Friday sent to the Senate the treaty recently concluded with Great Britain for the adjustment by commission of the Alabama and other claims, Also the treaty settling the question of the rights of naturalized citizens, and the treaty upon the joint occupation of San Juan. Aespateh from General Sheridan says the de. @raction of the Comanche village on Christmas Day by Colonel Evans was the final blow in the Jndian war. At midnight of the sist of December a of Arapaho and Comanche chiefs arrived Gobb on fovt and begged for peace & ny terms. They report their tribes for their losses and their ‘The destrutcion of Black village i justified, and that noted chief ie ° to have been a tending spirit in the iate out- frontiers, 80 fer from his war party ‘their reservation at the time of their natue : veins cenaral Custer, they wore @ hendred miles ou. | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1969.—TRIPLE SHEET. side their bezodtaries, and emong the articles cap- ‘vured in their camp, besides goods stolen from set- tlers last summer, is their own illustrated history, giving & summary of the murders, robberies, &c., committed upon the whites, The Indians on the orthern Plains are reported quiet, those around Fort eames 4nd along the Upper Missouri giving no It is reported that a large number of hos- tile chiefs have assembled in the Powder river country and were holding councils, the object of which waa not mrp. 4 S party of troops ip Soe Ja Poudre valley suczeeded in recapturing 100 horses and killing one Indian, Gerald Eaton was yesterday sentenced to death in the Philadelphia Court of Oyer and Terminer for the murder of Heenan, a motion for a new trial having been previously refused. An internal revenue oMicer in Tullahoma county, Tenn., was dragged from his bed a few nights since by @ band of masked desperadoes and threatened with death if he should ever attempt to enforce the revenue laws in that locality. A national colored convention at Baltimore adopted resolutions asking Congreas to so amend the consti- tion as to secure beyond cavil the right of suffrage to whites aud blacks alike; and also asking Congress to redress the outrage of expelling the colored mem- bers from the Georgia Legislature, The receipts of fractional currency at the United States Treasury during the last week were $945,000. Mutilated fractional currency redeemed jand de- stroyed in the same time, $35,200. The Senate Committee on Commerce held a meet- ing yesterday and agreed to report the Honse bill of last session, appropriating $5,000,000 for the improve- ‘ment of rivers and harbors. $230,000 is appropriated toremoving obstructions in the Hell Gate channel of the East river. The New Dominion Parliament has been prorogued Until the 25th of February next. The Reconstruction Committee have closed up their investigation of the Georgia case. It is be- lieved they will report against interfering with the present State government, but will leave the Legis- lature to decide the question whether, under the constitution, negroes are eligible to hold office, with the privilege of an appeal to the Supreme Court. At a meeting of the Portland (Me.) Board of Trade yesterday strong resolutions were passed in favor of @ reciprocity treatry with Canada, and a'so favoring a2 appropriation by the government for a Niagara ship canal. The iceboat race at Poughkeepsie yesterday was not very satisfactory. Nine boats entered, and the race was won by the Haze. The distance run was eighteen miles, In the Georgia Legislature yesterday @ motion to rescind tife act unseating the colored members and to reinstate them was lost by a large majority. Nine ruMans belonging to the militia stationed at Marion, Ark., on Friday night, went to the house of respectable widow lady and outraged her three. daughters, Yesterday the commander of tne mititia arrested the guilty parties. Notice has been served on ail the new Louisiana Congresgmen to whom certificates have been issued, except one, that their seats will be contested, and the contestants are busily engaged in hunting up evidence to support their claims. The City. A meeting of the Ninth army corps oMcers and of the officers of the- Burnside expedition into North Carolina has been called by General Burnside, to meet in this city on the 8th day of February next. The Superintendent of Public Buildings in the Western District of Brooklyn, in his annua! report, shows that during the year 1868 there were 243 com- plaints made of unsafe buildmgs in his district, of which complaints ninety were sent to the Counsel for prosecution. The Brooklyn police arrested during the past week 276 persons for various offences. ‘The children of .the Sunday and industrial schools connected with St, John’s chapel, on Varick street, held their annual Christmas anniversary yesterday afternoon. The several schools connected with St. John’s chapel number about 3,000 children, ef whom fully 2,000 were present at the anniversary yesterday. For the week ending yesterday there were in this city 409 deaths. During the year 1868 the number of births registered in the city was 12,672; marriages registered by clergymen, 11,584; deaths, 24,889, The owners of the cases of silks seized in this city for defrauding the customs bave offered to compro- mise with the government by the payment of over $50,000, on condition that the goods be returned to them. Inthe United States Circuit Court yesterday, before Judge Benedict, in the case of William Waiton, in- dicted for having in Wis possession counterfeit national currency, with intent te pass the same, the trial was postponed until Thursday next, in order to allow the defence to procure testimony from New Jersey. In the case of George Barry Davia, indicted for perjury in one of the noted whiskey suits, an ap- piteation for postponement was refused and the trial set for Monday. In the Supreme Court yesterday Judge Ingraham granted an order on application of James W. Blatch- ford, yequiring the oficers of the Merchants’ Union Express Company to show cause, before twelve o'clock to-morrow, why a receiver should not be appointed to take charge of the affairs of the com- pany. In the Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday an ab- solute writ of prohibition was granted, restraining ‘the coroners of Rockland county from further in- vestigations into the cause of the death of the wife of Robert J. Gamble. In the Brooklyn City Court yesterday Judge Thompson refused the application of Henry B. Scholes for an injunction 'to restrain the City Council from entering into a contract with other parties, in accordance with a city ordinance, for the purpose of filling up certain lots belonging to the plaintit, and which had been declared a nuisance. Yesterday a Brooklyn bogus Bohemian was brought to grief. Several days since he victimized Mr. P. J. Cross, of No. 127 Farman street, out of five doflars, under pretence that he was deputized to collect funds to defray the funeral expenses of a late at- taché to a New York paper. Mr. Cross soon found that he had been swindled, and yesterday coming across the rascal, a half-fedged lawyer, calling him- self Edward Phillips, he caused his arrest. The stock market yesterday was depressed and declined under heavy realizations and “short” saies by the “bears,” who are said to have begun their usual attack. New York Central was an exception to the general list and sold up to 163%. Gold was dull between 1365; and 1962;. ‘The amount of business transacted in commercial circles yesterday was light, almost all of the markets being extremely dull. Coffee was in demand, but sales were restricted by the materially higher prices asked. Cotton was in active demand from both speculators and spinners, but the market was heavy and rather lower, closing at 29%4c. for middling up- land. On 'Change four was quiet, but generally un- changed. Wheat was dull, but generally firmly held, though some sales wert made at 1c. lower prices, Corn was in good demand and a shade higher, while oats were uli and nominal. Pork was dali, hgavy and nominal, while beef was stealy, and lard dull and heavy. Naval stores were dull, but quite steady. Petroleum was dull and lower, crude in bulk closing at 200. a 20)<c., and refined, “4c, ‘ge. Whiskey, though quiet, was steady. Prominent Arrivals in the Clty. Gereral J. Stanwood, of Alabama; Colonel Mallory, of Connecticut, and G. T. Cobb, of New Jersey, are a ‘the Metropolitan Hotel. Charles B. Wheeler, of Chicago; G, EB. Garlock, of Cleveland, and W. B, Stubb, of Montreal, are at the St. Charles Hotel. Achille Andries, of Belgium; W. H. Furlington, of Wilmington, N. C., and Thomas H, Kennedy, of Con- necticut, are at the Maltby House, Congressman Join V. L. Pruyn, of Albany, is at the Brevoort House, Governor Burnside, of Rhode Isiand; M, Videl, of the French Legation; Collector Smythe, of New York, and 8. Woodrufy, of Vermont, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. W. Penn Howland, of Auburn; BE. Hutchins, of Louisville, Ky.; Joho 8. Ranney, of Canada, and Jos. Bark, of Lenox, Mass., are at the Hofman House. Fara Cornell, of Ithaca, is at the Aator House. Colonel C. N. Pomeroy, of the United States Army; Dr. Reed, of Chicago, and Captain £. R. Stevens, of Baffalo, are at the St. Julian Hotel, Chiof Imation Chaco om the ‘Trinmph of | The Alabama ClalmexFermisation of the Chrietiantey. Negotiation. On the evening of Sunday last, and before a ‘The cable despatch tells us that the treaty large and fashionable congregation at one of | between the United States and England for the the Washington churches, the Chief Justice of | settlement of the Alabama claims has been the United States delivered a lecture on the subject of “Christian Missions.” From the quilings of the lecture, which we published ja the Hanatn of Tuesday last, it sdatie to have been scholarly and philosophical, full of hope and confidence as to the final success of Christianity. The Chief Justice on the rostrum within consecrated walls must have been rather an interesting and edifying sight. We are concerned, however, rather with the lecture than the lecturer. It has become so much the fashion of late in certain quarters to speak of Christianity as worn out and effete that we gladly seize the opportunity to note some facts and to point out some tendencies which warrant the belief that the triumph of Christianity is certain and not so far distant as some may imagine. It is a fact to be deplored that in the nine- teenth century of the Christian era scarcely one-third of the human family belong to the religion of Jesus. That it might have been otherwise is easy to say. That it ought to have been different and more to the advantage of Christianity might not be difficult to prove. The fact, however, is as we have stated, and the fact we must accept. One-third of the human family nominally Christian and two- thirds non-Christian—such, in brief, is the world religiously. On the other hand it must be admitted that the shadow: of Christianity overspreads the nations. Everywhere it is felt to be a great and growing force. It is already the con- trolling power of the world. Wherever there’ is progress, energy, enterprise ; wherever there is true freedom, culture, intellectual inde-' pendence, there is Christianity—and of all these she must be regarded as , the parent and the nurse. From Christianity have the: sprung and on Christianity do they depend. What have the non-Christian two-thirds of the human family given us during these last ten centuries in the shape of literature? Ab- solutely nothing. Weare not forgetful of the literary outburst of infidelity which preceded and followed the French Revolution ; but this we claim for Christianity quite as much as anything ever written in its defence; for it | sprung out of Christianity, and some of the literature of that period is more Christian than either its authors or its enemies be- lieved. What have the non-Christian two- thirds done for us in the shape of mechani- cal invention? Absolutely nothing. The steam engine, with its countless applications, the electric telegraph, the printing press— all these modern forces which are revolu- tionizing the world, which are breaking down the barrier walls of nations, which are bridging the mighty waters, piercing the un- dulating hills, annihilating distance, .creating a common sentiment and common interest worldwide in their range—have they not all sprung from, and are they not all allied to, Christianity. Such are facts of which Christianity has just cause to be proud. If we turn aside from these facts for a moment and look at what we may call the dominant tendencies of the age we find equal reason to be proud and hopeful. Prominent among these must be noticed the aggressiveness of Western civilization. The civilization of Europe and America marches with rapid strides and is making itself felt in all lands and on every sea. Not only have the millions of Asia ceased to send forth their con- quering hordes ; they no longer feel it possible or prudent to resist the aggressive energy of these Western forces. With Europe on the one hand and America on the other the day is not far off when the Asiatic Continent in all its length and breadth shall be revolutionized, transformed, regenerated by what it is still the fashion to call Western civilization. This civ- ilization is nothing if it is not Christian. With* the railroad, the steamboat, the steam plough and other mechanical appliances developing the wealth and utilizing the pro- ducts of the Continent ; with the printing press and the electric telegraph quickening thought and fagilitating expression, the doctrines of Christianity will be more successfully preached, than they have ever been by any missionary in’ any age. As it will be with Asia so will it be with Africa, so with every island of the sea. The tide of Christian civilization will roll on, Where it is accepted it will remain and bless, Where it is resisted it will roll on and destroy. This, however, is not all. Inside of this Western civilization itself there are certain marked tendencies the re- sult of which cannot fail to be a gain to Christianity. From a variety of causes, all of which are in active operation, nations are becoming fewer but larger. The lesser are gradually being absorbed by the greater. Language is following « similar law, and evi- dence is not wanting to convince us that this tendency is destined to become even more a characteristic of the future than it is of the present. A common nationality and a common language for all mankind is no longer an impossible dream. In proportion as this is realized so will the conquering forces of Christianity be multiplied, and so will its sue- cess be secured. The race will be to the swift and the battle will be to the strong; and in this great future the United States, the second home of the English tongue, will play a conspicuous part. Let us hope that while the Christian religion thus marches to uni- versal empire, and while the most glowing predictions of the inspired penmen are being fulfilled it may grow also in purity and intrin- sic worth. Certainly the Church, as wo now see her, is not what she ought to be. The Bride, to use the language of the Book, is not yet adorned for her Husband. The preachers, so far as their work is concerned, have no cause to glory. Tur Seana Exnctions. ~Our Atlantic cable despatches received last night inform us thatthe elections in Spain, so far as heard from, show large majorities for the government candidates. This was to have been expected, and the fact that the elections wero attended with no act of violence—at least none aro re- ported to have occurred—indicates that the sentiment of progress animator the Spanish CoinotpENos.—General Grant ia forty-seven. Just the number of the Jacobins, or anti-Grant mon, in Congress, signed. This is the end of the dining and wining that have been going on for some time in Ty between Reverdy Johnson, in the of Brother Jonathan, and John Bull fn his most complacent mood, John Bull fs willing to pay the Alabama claims on condition that we let him off from the acknowledgment that he was wrong in con- ceding belligerent rights to the rebels. He is willing to give up the spoil, but the principle sticks in his crop. He is agmewhat in the predicament of Falstaff when pressed by Prince Hal on the robbery question— “though reasons were as plenty as blackber- ries” he would not give one upon compulsion. We are not sure but this is the best plan to settle the question on, for the simple reason that at gives us our due and leaves the princi- ple in the exact position that will enable us to take satisfaction in kind whenever an oppor- tunity may occur. The treaty has yet to pass its final ordeal before the Senate of the United States, to which body it was yesterday transmitted by the President, and we do not feel at all assured that it will be permitted to pass without question. We have held to the position that it was for the highest jpterest of Great Britain to settle the belligerent rights question in sense opposed to the granting of these to minor combatants. In that way the great commerce which the British flag mow covers on every ocean would have received a new guarantee and sailed in greater safety. Now we have only to grant belligerent rights to any petty community that chooses to resist England’s power, and the sea may swarm with cruisers like the Alabama and rovers like Semmes. They will find a British ship almost upon every wave and may gorge themselves with prey. This will be the shortest and cheapest way to restore the carrying trade to our flag and our seamen, and John Bull may find that he has made as great a mistake with Dandy Johnson in England as the radicals found they had made with Andy Johnson in the White House. Nomination oF Ex-Governor Fenton FoR NITED States SENatoR.—It will be seen by our Albany despatches that ex-Governor Fenton has been nominated by the republicans in caucus as their candidate for the United States Senate to succeed Senator Morgan. The vote stood fifty-two for Fenton and forty for Morgan. ' The vote was finally made unani- mous. This is a triumph of the anti-Weed faction, Weed’s acrimonious and calumnious assaults upon Governor Fenton undoubtedly contributed to this result. A Muss 1n Hien Lire.—Recent despatthes inform us that the Minister of Greece has been refused participation in the Conference of the great Powers, now sitting in Paris. The Minister alluded to is Mr. Rangabé, who, when on a diplomatic mission to the United States some time back, made use of rather vehement language at an official reunion held in New York respecting the Emperor and his policy in the East. Napoleon has a good memory and faithful reporters, and doubtless has not yi tate this incident. Take Cane. ety ‘(eae at a party in Brooklyn were poisoned by colored confec- tionery, and a little girl died the other day from the poison in painted Christmas bon-bons. This isa casein which you may discriminate against color. Paraguay—The Eeported Defent eof Lopez. Our telegraphic despatches report that Lo- pez has been driven from Villeta with heavy loss, and has retired to the interior. On the other hand, the Paragnayans claim a great vic- tory, after a heavy conflict, in which the allies ‘are reported to have lost six thousand men. All this lacks confirmation. We have had so many allied victories reported and afterwards proven to be bitter defeats that we are slow to credit any news from them. It is certain that Brazil is on the eve of financial dissolution un- less some shadow of victory smiles upon her efforts in Paraguay. An empty treasury and the necessity of continuing the war demand some success if another loan is to be raised in the European market. Granting that Lopez is or may be driven from the bank of the Paraguay river, we do not see that the allies have gained the object of the war, which was—Article VL. of the bandit treaty—‘‘The allies solemnly agree not to lay down arms, except by common consent, and not until the actual government of Paraguay is overthrown,” &c. This obliges them to follow Lopez to the interior when he retires from the river bank. As they cannot take their iron- clads with them, Lopez will now have but about half the force to contend against that he has been engaged in battling for the past three years. The interior positions are far stronger than any on the river front and supplies close at hand. It is beyond doubt that the war is as far from being ended as ever, unless, as is pos- sible, the Argentine Republic should withdraw from the alliance and leave Brazil to complete the failure, — May WE ne Tuere To See.—It is intimated by those who ought to know that there is to be in a few days a grand velocipede handicap by and between Mr. Horace Greeley, Mr. Henry J. Raymond and Mr. Charles A. Dana — the, winner to be appointed Minister to England by General Grant. From the skill shown by these gentlemen hitherto in running each other down it is expected there will be rare sport for the lookers-on. Dana is the favorite at pre- sent, from the astonishing skill he has shown in balancing his newspaper between subscri- bers of different politics. Raymond's years of exercise on the fence, however, will be a rare help to him ; anda man who has won so many turnip prizes as Greeley may be relied upon in guch an emergency for a turn-up worth all the rest. In Att tae Crurones—Grand exposition of millinery and haberdashery in the best seats morning and afternoon—in the name of piety. How splondiily we humiliate ourselves! RatLroap Proreery, —No rail railroad can in futare be regarded as complete and in good working order without an opera house at the | Park magnates on Friday. ond of it, Vanderbilt must buy an opera, ‘Theatrical Mevomeats. There is but little new to chronicle in New York theatrical movements beyond what the Himratp has already announced. The abdica- tion of Bateman, the original founder of the opira bouffe dynasty in the United States, has been the event of the week, and we have else- where indicated the marvellous and almost in- Conceivable consequences that may hereafter flow from the accession of ‘J. Fisk, Jr., & Co." to ithe proprietorship of the “‘Grand Opera House.” Meanwhile, under the management of Mr. Birgfeld, “La Périchole” will, at Present, remain, thanks to its indisputable suc- cess, the chief attraction. This week the somewhat incongruous ballet (in which, how- ever, Mile. de Roga dances so admirably that her disappearance will be greatly regretted) will be replaced by a new duo de dijouz, just received from Offenbach and to be sung by Mme. Irma and M. Leduc. It is whispered also that ‘‘La Fleur de Thé” is to be rehearsed in a few days at the Grand Opera House. Splendid costumes for ‘‘La Fleur de Thé” are being busily prepared for Mr. Grau’s French theatre, in Fourteenth street, where, to-mor- day evening, Mme. Rose-Bell, having re- covered from her indisposition, will reappear, and where Mile. Desclauzas has been lately winning golden opinions, alike in ‘La Grande Duchease,” in “‘Genevidve de Brabant” and in “L'dEil Crevé.” At Wallack’s, where “Much Ado About Nothing” is in preparation, ‘‘Money” is under- lined for to-morrow evening. At Niblo’s “After Dark” is in the full tide of success. “At the Broadway the ‘Emerald Ring” enters upon its last week. At the Olympic “Humpty Dumpty” has been thoroughly reconstracted. At the Bowery Palgrave Simpson’s London sensation, the “Black: Sheep ;” at the Worrell Sisters’ the ‘Field of the Cloth of Gold,” and at Wood’s Museum ‘‘Ernani” continue todraw good houses. At all the other numerous places of dramatic, melodramatic, burlesque, equestrian and acrobatic entertainments in New York and Brooklyn, including the ency- clopedic mammoth Tammany, the usual end- less chain of variety. is uncoiled. Madame Von Birndorff (Baroness von Schoultz) is giving her interesting series of high comedy representations at the Union Club ‘theatre. The company of Mr. John Brougham’s new theatre assembled yesterday for the first time, preparatory to the opening, which is set down for the 25th instant. Finally, the opening of Mr. Booth’s superb the- atre, it may be expected, will take place early in February. With the opening of these two theatres the present season will inaugurate a new and eventful era in the history of the American mee Mr. Heer DE Rocmunimes of Lanterne no- toriety, is reported to have arrived at Florence en route for Madrid, in order to be present at the meeting of the constitutional Cortes. A Diogenes has long been wanted in Spain, in ordér to find the ““‘right man for the right place,” and perhaps this may be the object of the author of the Lanterne’s visit to that country.. He has our sincere wishes for his success. Bervst aNd Bismarok.—It is evident that Baron Beust is\.a source of much un- easiness to the Prussian government. Bis- marck has regarded him unpleasantly for some time past, and the rumor that the Aus- trian Prime Minister intends to encroach on the Principalities, to make up for past Austrian losses in Venetia, is not calculated to promote friendly relations between the two governments, Our Paris Fashions Letter. We must refer to our Paris fashions letter for an exhibition of the kaleidoscopic variety of splendid and costly winter fashions. The writer of the letter ingeniously describes these fashions, distributing them, as it were, together with the wishes and compliments of the season, among readers of both sexes in our metropolis. It would be superfluous to recapitulate here the numerous items in a list of new styles so tempting to the imagination and so formidable to the purse. We’ may remark, however, that most of the latest Paris fashions have already been reproduced and happily modified by the improvements which New York taste and skill have learned to make, Only a few years ago, when it re- quired a month or more to cross the ocean, Paris fashions reached New York long after they had passed away in the French capital. But in these days of steam and almost instantaneous telegraphic communication the very latest, loveliest and juciest “plum ideas” may be transmitted at once from the Old World to the New. Every steamer the most recent patterns. Ere long changes of fashion as well as changes of dynasty will be telegraphed from the western to the east- ern shore of the Atlantic. Our ballrooms and theatres and opera houses and churches and Broadway itself will be gay during the same week with the same plum velvets, chame- leon silks, satin fronts, profuse embroidery, “bows, plenty of bows and bows all over,” which decorate those charming civilized savages, the belles of Paris, from the Empress of the French to the last crowned queen of the cocottes. Siok Jacopins,—A despatch from Washing- ton informs us that Vienna Schenck and sun- dry other of the forty-seven Jacobins in Con- gress are out with a statement that they have been misrepresented in regard to their views on the Tenure of Office act, They say their in- tention was to have the act so amended as to be shorn of its obnoxious features, but the previous question was so suddenly sprung upon them on the bill to repeal the act alto- gether that had no alternative but to vote against it. Thisis a mere subterfuge to get rid of the odium that attaches to the whole forty-seven Jacobins for their action in the premises. They want to apologize for their folly, cover up their shabbiness and put in an appearance that they are not hostile to the in- coming administration of General Grant, But it ia too late. They are sick men. They are marked as black sheep, and all the apologies they can make will not restore them to the favor of the powers that are soon to be. Sic transit the glory of Schenck and his sb six sick Jacobins. AN Owiss10N.—Thero was s meoting of the Nothing said about velocipedes, The Bohemians have made @ bad job of it la endeavoring to blackmail or @buse Delmonico, whose long experience in the restaurant busl- ness has rendered him familiar with such ecamps and their operations, and who has frequently had ocession to drive them from his lunch counter. One of the organs of these Jeremy Diddlers has recently. got itself into hot water by s general raid on the busl- nese men of the city, commenced about the time of the holidays, in order to enable it te pick up a few dollars and to lay in a stock of groceries and whiskey for New Year's, Among others this Bohemian crowd endeavored te “strike” Delmonico, and, not finding him am easy victim, slandered him in a shameful manner by charging that he swindled his cus- tomers by selling spurious brandy and othee bogus liquors in place of the genuine articles. In a pretended analysis of some of Delmonico’s stock thgse blackmailers gave the following false description:—‘‘Name of proprietor, Del- monico; location of business, corner of Cham- bers and Broadway; description of liquor, brandy; contents, fusil oil; quality, bad; re- marks, an imitation brandy.” The Bohemians also described Delmonico’s whiskey as con- taining ‘‘fusil oil” and ‘‘bad” in quality. Of course such a well known business map as Delmonico, who has made half a dozen fortunes through his honorable deslings and the superior quality of his wines and liquors during a long business career, would not be injured by any such slanders, but he neverthe- less determined to bring the blackmailers to their knees and to compel a retraction and apology. These have been made in an humble enough manner, under penalty of split ears, but still the Bohemian organ has not publighed Delmonico’s letter. Delmonico should compel them to do this, and should be satisfied with nothing less. The assault upon him and other honorable merchants of the city was most scandalous, and no amount of whining retrac- tion should save the blackmailers and libellers from the consequences of their rascally con- duct. ; Tar Prorosep Ocgan Yacut Raocg.—We publish to-day from our London files some in- teresting correspondence in relation to the ocean yacht race recently proposed by Mr. Ashbury, of the English yacht Cambria, with a few referential remarks of those papers. Mr. Ashbury seems very anxious to sail Mr. Steb- bins’ Phantom, a yacht smailer than his own, but is not so eager to tackle any of the other vessels belonging to the club. We propose that Mr. Ashbury send a direct challenge to Mr. George Osgood’s Fleetwing, which is about the size of the Cambria. We are willing to trust our laurels to the Fleetwing in an Atlan- tic race, and will leave the Phantom to take care of the America cup in onr home waters. The Fleetwing is not unknown to fame. She sailed in the famous race in December, 1867, and many still think that she would have been vic- torious in that contest had it not been for the unfortunate accident that befell her of losing a portion of her crew. ‘\ Greasing the Wheels. One of our Washington correspondents has given a full account of a Mr. Martin’s promised or threatened fevelations as to the. Alaska “Sob.” According to this account, while the Alaska treaty was being negotiated Mr. Sew- ard advised Baron Stoeckl “‘to do something to oil the wheels of legislative machinery,” so as to multiply the chances of getting the ‘matter through Congress. The following are men- tioned among the items of expenditure in the case:—To an ex-public printer, to the Wash- ington correspondent of a New York radical morning paper, to the Washington special cor- respondent of a Baltimore paper, and to a Chi- cago democratic morning paper, five thousand dollars each; to a Washington correspondent, who is on the list as belonging to the Heratp, but who is known to be attached to a Cincinnati paper, ten thousand dollars; to a representa- tive of the Jones family, and to an ex-Commis- sioner of Pensions, ten thousand dollars each; to a conservative morning paper in Baltimore, twenty thousand dollars; to an Eastern Sena- tor, who had influence with a prominent jour- nal, twenty thousand dollars; to a near rela- tive of old Thad Stevens, forty thousand dol- lars; to an Eastern member of Congress, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; to another Eastern member of Congress, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; to the chief of Washington diplomatists, two hundred thou- éand dollars, and to the New York Lobby King, five hundred thousand dollars. But this last item looks fatal to the authenticity of these revelations. Martin must have stumbled into amare’s nest. He can never make the public believe that Baron Stoeck! would have deemed it necessary to devote half million dollars to securing the presence of old Thurlow Weed at Washington and his promise to say something to somebody in favor of purchasing Alaska. In proportion to the other alleged payments five thousand, or even five hundred, would have been nearer the mark than five hundred thousand dollars for the superannuated “‘ King of the Lobby.” Our Washington correspondent is fally warranted in saying that Martin's story seems extravagant throughout. Toe Baoknone or THR INDIAN REBELLION Broxgn.—General Sheridan reports the cap- ture of » Comanche village on Christmas day, and announces that this success gives ‘“‘the final blow to the backbone of the Indian re- bellion.” We hope this declaration may prove more correct than those which were made during the Inte Southern rebellion, the back~ bone of which was broken so often that people despaired of ever seeing it again properly re- constructed—a difficulty that remains even to the present day, Goon Brnavior.—The Police Commis- sioners met the other day to try policemen, and there were no cases—no policemen on the force whose conduct needed to be looked into. Where were all those who ought to have caught the murderer of Rogers—and didn't? ANOTHER STREET OUTRAGE, Jonn Johnson, a burly negro, was arrested inst night by oMoer Holley of the Sixth precinct, while attempting to escape after he had snatched @ atlver watch from the ve of Edward Reilly. ie Sxhib boas = by pat, ine, See Seeue aopomc Stns 0 OOurk ais moruing ¥o