The New York Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1869, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR All business or news letter and telegraphic espatches must be addressed New York Herap. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. a Vol eo XXXIV AMUBEMENTS THIS EVENING. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Homery Dorr. with NEW FEATURES. Matinee at 1'y. Broadway.—Tug EMERALD BROADWAY THEATRE, RING. Matinge at 1. NEW YORK THEATRE, Broadway.—Tu® Fit.p oF ‘THE CLorit oF GoLD. Matinee. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broaitway and 1%: Sup Sroors ro Conquer. h street. — NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadw: AFTER DARK ; 08, LON- oN BY Nioit. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowers -Tue BortLy, O8 THE Drunkann's Home, Matinee GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner ot Eighth avenue and ‘28d street.—LA PeRroioL! jatinee at 2. FRENCH THEATRE. Fourteenth street and Sixth ave- nue,—L'er. CReve. Matinee at 1. UM AND THEAT: on and evel woon's Broadway.— Thirlioth atreet and Performance. ANY, Fourteen! DL NICODEMUS, street,—Lrs FoLLime— Matinee at 2. UNION LEAGUE CLUB Wavorr. EATRE,—-Ein Grass B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brooklya.— MRS. F. Arisa SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 585 Broalway.—Eta1o- PIAN ENTE 2YAINMENTS, SINGING, DANGING, eo, BRYANTS’ OPERA HOUSE, Tammany Building, Mth atreet.—ETitOvlAN MINSTRELSY, £0. RIS OPERA HOUSE, 201 Bowery.—Comio GRO MINSTRELSY, &c. Mativee at 2's. NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourieenth strest.—EQuRsTRian AND GYMNASTIO ENTERTAINMENT. Diatinee at 239. HOOLUY'’S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklya.—Hoot, Mixsrerio—Arime Licut, &0. Matinee at 2). HOOLEY'S (E. D.) OPERA HOUSE, Williamsvurg.— HOOLEY's MINSTRELS—TRIP TO THR MOON, Ac. NEW YORK “i CSEUM OF ANATOMY, 613 Broadway. BOIRNOE AND ART. New York, Saturday, January 23, 1869. —— MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS. The Dairy Henaup will be sent to subscribers for one dollar a month. “= The postage being only thirty-five cents a quarter, country subscribers by this arrangement in receive the Heraxp at the same price it is rnished in the city. Europe. The cable telegrams are dated yesterday. M. Walewski, of France, has been appointed to Convey the protocol of the Conference to Athens. It 4s believed that Greece will agree to it. The death of the Crown Prince of Belgium is an- pounced. The journalists of Berlin have held a meeting and adopted an address to General Grant asking his gid towards establishing an international copyright Jaw between Germany and this republic, Bullion has increased 1,300,009 francs in the Bank of France since the last report. Japan. ‘The Mikado has formally announced the return of peace turoughout the empire. There is no Northern army now tn the fleld and the Southerners are dis- Danding. The financial troubles were very great, and the government was issuing paper money, against which the foreign element are protesting Unless there is bullion enough on hand w redeem it. Australia. We have Sydney and Wellington dates to December ‘1 and 8, which fully confirm the terrible story of the maasacre by the Maoris at Poverty Bay, N. Z., report- @d telegraphically in the HERALD yesterday. Thirty- three wiites and about twenty friendly natives were killed, and the prosperous settiement was entirely Plotted out. Paragury. Our Rio Janeiro letter, datea December 26, gives a fall account of the rout of Lopez and his army at Willeta. The Brazilian loss is placed at 2,000, but it fs understood that the Emperor admits tt to have been much heavicr. Angostura had not yet been ‘attacked, but a division was marching against it. Minister McMahon is reported to have come to an ‘unde: ing wiih Lopez, and the steamer Wasp had returned to Buenos Ayres. Cuba. Count Valmaseda is returning with his column from Bayamo, the insurgents, it 1s understood, hay- ing out-man‘covred him bya slight show of resist- ance to lis advance wile they made a move with their main vody on the Western Department. An at- Vempt to burn the city of Manzani!io waa recently made by the Insurgents, but they were repulsed. General Quesada, with a large force of insurgents, is in the neighbor- hood of Villa Ciara. The Spanish frigate Lealtad arrived at Havaua on Thursday from Cadiz, A Berious mutiny took place among her crew daring the voyage, owing to excitement over events in Spain, and soven of the ringlealers were landed on the Canary Islands. The passport sysiem is rigidiy enforced at Havana. The Banco del Comercio lias resumod payments. Congress. In the Senate yesterday Mr. Frelinghuysen made a Speech in opposition to the bill for the prevention of State taxation on passengers. A joint resolution as reported from the Committee on te Pacific Raliroad «and concurred in, directing that 3,009 per mile of the government subsidy withheld from the Paciiic Railway Com- pany a3 security for the completion of the roads, Mr Morgan introdaced a bill to constract a Dridge across Kast river, between New York and Brooklyn. I was referred to the Committee on mmerce. The bill to construct @ railroad between ww York and Wasliungion was again consi “d ‘Mr Doohtile made a specck azainst tt, and tue Senave goon alter adjourned. ‘In the House Mr. Griswoid introduced a bill to Aiminish Muctuations im gold and providing for return to specie payments. It was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to bo printed. The consideration of the bill granting land Yo the Denver Pacific Rallway and Telegraph Com- any was resamed. Mr. Logan modified his pro- sed substitute, and Messrs. Clarke and Van Tramp made specches for and against the bill, when it went over. Eulogiams were passed upon Mr. Hinds, r from Arkansas, Who was recently assas- ved in that State, and the House adjourned, The Legislature, i Very littlo business was transacted in the State Benate yesterday, Two or three bills of no general terest were introduced, anda number of notaries iblic for New York city were confirmed in execu- session, after which an adjournment was had Monday evening. fin the Assombly bills were introduced to provide laying out a public park in Albany; for the better of religious and civil rights of minors; tn toa public market in New York; to amend militia laws, relative to & oor expenses of county, and for tho ¢reation of a board of ged to consist of eight mombera, who fo ‘we wowers and duties of NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1869. ————>; the prevent Board of Regents aud Suparintendent of Public Instruction, and also providing new regula- tions for the distribution of the public brary money. The House then adjourned until Monday evening. Misceliancous- General Grant has been the recipient of many courtesies and ovations in Baltimore during lis Present visit there as one of the Peabody trustets. A brilliant party was given in his honor last evening at which among many more Gistinguished guesta were several ex-rebel soldiers a d one female ex prisoner of war. Menard, the colored Congressman from Lou'siana, was before the House Committee on Elections yes- terday and made an elaborate argument in @ free, unembarrassed manner in advocacy of his right to a seat, : A new trial in the case of Whalen, convicted of the murder of D'Arcy McGee, has been denied by the ‘Toronto Court of Errors and Appeals, and leave to appeal to the Privy Council of England has also been refused. Whelan, therefore, will, in all proba- bility, be executed on the Lith of February. The Indiana Legislature yesterday elected as Vuited States Senator to succeed Hendrick Hon. D. S. Pratt, who was clected a Representative from the Eighth district at the recent State election. In the Georgia Legislature yesterday a resolution that no distinction in the selection of juries should be made on account of race or color was defeated. General Sherman has been quite ill for several days in St. Louts, Merchand’s Hotel, at Riviere du Loup, Canada, was destroyed by fire yeaterday morning. Three of Mr. Merchand’s children and a Mr, Wallace were burned to death and a number of other persons were more or less injured. The Central Pacifle Ratlrozd ts compleied to a potut foar hundred and elghty miles east of Sacra- ramento and within one hundred and eighty miles of Monument Point, at the head of Salt Lake. At Tucson, Arizona, sickness of a malignant type prevails to an alarming extent, almost every per- son in the place having been attacked and many having died. Mrs. Twiichell, of Philadelphia, on trial for being accessory to the murder of her mother, was yester- day acquitted, the prosecution abandoning the case, and the jury, under charge from the Cuuri, render- ing # verdici of not gulity. Whe City. ‘The Rogers murder still remains a mystery, and ‘Tom’ has not yet appeared. The romantic stories accredited to a Waterbury (Conn.) paper are not be- lieved by the prominent police authorities, The argument in the habeas corpus proceedings for the discharge of James Logan was postponed yesterday for three weeks. In the New York Central litigation yesterday argu- inents of Messrs, Fairchild and Field were heard, and the case was closed, the Court taking the papers and reserving tts decision. United States Commissioner Osborn yesterday held for examination Antonio Donard, an Italian, and some half dozen of his countrymen, on a charge of being engaged in counterfeiting in the premises No, 75 Cherry sireet, ostensibly used as a barber's shop. There was a large quantity of counterfeli five dollar bills and other notes of less denomination on the Rhode Island bank found with the parties. In the United States District Court yesterday in the case of The United States vs. Blaisdell and Others, charged with frands on the government through violation of the Internal Revenue law by the filicit removal of whiskey from a distillery, Judge Blatchford charged the jury, who, at about five P. M., came into court and rendered a verdict. The defendants Blaisdell and Eckel were found guilty on the main charge and McLaren guilty of aiding and abetting iu the removal of the spirits. ‘The latter was recommended by the jury to the clemency of the Court. . The steamship Merrimac, Captain Zimmerman, will sail from pier 43 Nortn river at three P, M. to- day for St. Thomas, Para, Pernambuco, Balua and Rio Janeiro. ‘The Anchor line steamship fowa will leave pier 20 North river at twelve o'clock to-day for Liverpool. ‘The stock market yesterday was strong, with a re- newal of the speculative feeling at the morning boards, Later in the day there was less disposition to buy and holders were disposed to sell. The after- noon boards were dull, Gold was firmer, selling up to 135% and closing at 135%. Prominent Arrivals in the City. Horatio Seymour, of Utica, ts at the New York Hotel. Baron A, de Riviere, of Paris, and Albert Coote, of England, are at-the Clarendon Hotel. Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, General Swane, of the United States Army, Colonel W, R. Osborn and General Fullerton, of St. Louis, are at the Fifth Ave- nue Hotel. General W. G. Ely, of Norwieh, Conn.; Lieutenant Fitzgerald, of San Francisco, and General E. W. Whittaker, of Hartford, are at the Metropolitan Ho- tel. Captain Higbee, of the United States Navy, and Colonel C, EB. Fuller, of Boston, are at the Astor House. Captain C. ©, Carr, Captain Fecht and Captain T, FP. Tobey, of tt men How Dr. William Kemper, of Philadelphia; Colonel n. Gibson, of Jackson, Mias., and Surgeon Gilbert, the United Siates Navy, are at the St, Julien Hotel. United States Army, are at the Hoi of the Tel Struggle to Defend the Monopoly. We yesterday published a synopsis of the “Statement of the Western Union Telegraph Company,” made as a defence against the solid speech of Mr. Washburne in the Honse of Representatives in favor of the proposed union of the telegraph and postal systems. This defence of the monopolists, however logical on the surface, does not stand the test of analysis. They try to make a great point in comparing the number of offices in Europe with those of the United States, saying that the former has one office to every 60,249 popu- lation, while we lave an office to every 7,549. In this estimate they include the vast wilds of Russia, with sixty-cight millions of servile population; the unprogressive people of Nor- way, of Hungary and other districts of The Government and ‘sraplie~The Europe, like Spain, which aro in a lethargic condition, and are not spurred mp, as we are, by the culminating and civilizing forces of this century—countries which have no de- mand made upon them for constant intercom- munication of thought, as in the United States, The beat basis to reason upon is the amount of letter writing done in this country ia com- parison to Europe; and then, as the people demand a more rapid sending of their com- munications, furnish us the facilities requis We are not content to let even the governme dictate to us bow much civ dealt out to the nation, much less allow a com- pany of telegraphic monopolists to say to us, “We give you one office to every 7,549 people; you are better off than Europe; therefore be contented with what we permit you to have. When we consider that it is well to let you pay. That ten per cent ia not too great a figure is evident, if we take into account tho numerous telegraphic insulators which have been distributed among Congressmen, reducing the guardians of the public interests to the deadhead level. Deducting this ten per cent, it places the coat per message at more than sixty-three cents. But this is not all The average length of a telegram in the estimates of the Western Union Company is ten words, exclusive of address ; in Europe twenty words, or double. The average here, including ad- dross, is about twenty words; in Europe thirty. Even granting the table presented by the monopolists to be correct, the _Enuropean people are paying less than two and three-fourths cents per word, while we are paying, in reality, three and fifteen-hun- dredths cents per word. Furthermore, the monopolists give us tables of costs in Europe for the year 1866, carefully avoiding 1868 and 1869. We are not living in the past century, but in 1869. We want the public to under- stand that European countries have opened their eyes within the last two years. France, on the Ist of January, 1868, reduced its rate for inland messages from one franc to one-half a franc for twenty words, This, per message, is about one-fifth part of what the Western Union Company now charges us, and yet the monopolists would make the public believe that the Europeans pay more than we do for telegraphic despatches. The rates to-day in some of the European countries are as fol- A depa nt). France (to another departs lialy (for 66 miles or lesa)... Italy (for any greater « Prussia (v6 miles or less) Prussia (65 miles and wy Switverland Wiirtembe ation, the railroad, telegraph and general progross have been of too rapid growth since 1866 to have that year palmed off on us. Compare the above table of last year with the sixty-three cents per message with which they are now blocking our march to greatness. In the Postal Committee of Congress the monopolists are making a desperate effort to continue their hold upon the business, the pro- gress and the press of the country. They make the plaintive plea that their stockholders have sunk their fortunes in the good work of stretching lines over the country. Ifso, why do they object to a change which cannot be other than for their benefit? They dictate to the press, forcing it to go without the news of the day orsubmit to the domineering extor- tions imposed. Information which might be freely distributed for the general benefit we are obliged to dispense with, because they place such a heavy tax upon it that the press cannot afford to buy it. Freedom in commn- nicating our ideas and the events transpiring in the world is one of the primary elements of our organization as a nation and by far the dearest prerogative of an American citizen. We submit to Congress that to-day we do not possess this privilege, owing to the fact that a ring of speculators have seized upon the avenues of communication and dictate to us how extensively we shall use them. If one thing more than another should belong to the people in their great corporate capacity as a government it is the telegraphic system estab- lished and to be extended and perfected in the United States. No men in Congress dare stake their political future upon opposition to this the wish of the people. If they dare we shall re- place them by statesmen who understand our civilization better. Tae Par. c ar AUAYAN WAn.—The Paraguayans, after a desperate battle, have been dislodged from Viileta and have taken up a strong posi- tion further inland. The allies lost in the attack at least two thousand four hundred men; while the report of the Brazilian com- mander gives the Paraguayan loss at twelve hundred only. Uf the allies pay thus their usual price for Paraguayan victories, we see but little chance of their succeeding in the object of the war--the deposing of Lopez from his Presidential position, Away from the river coast the Brazilians have little chance, It ia probable, however, that they will seize this opportunity to attempt a peace, thinking that a little shade of glory at Villeta will enable them to withdraw from a contest in which they have met with more disgrace than honor from its inception to the present moment. Tux News rrom 8A. —By telegraph we have further intelligence from Havana. Gen- eral Quesada, the commander of the revolu- tionists noar Puerto Principe, is reported to be moving westward upon Villa Clara, and Count Valuiaseda’s troops are to be brought back from the east to look after him. The dispersion of the government at Bayamo and the naturally exhausted condition of the country from that point westward through the jurisdiction of Puerto Principe leave little material for anything like a respectable body of troops to live upon, and the inaurgents were, therefore, under the necessity of moving west. We incline to believe that the revolu- tion in the east has degenerated into a gue- rilla warlare, and that the result of General Quesada’s movement will depend upon the disposition of the people of tho Western Depart- ment to rise and join him. This we shall know in a few days. 1, Women’s Rioura Conyaxviox.— tional Women’s Rights Convention at Washington has just adjourned sine die. The members passed, of course, their stereotyped resolutions demanding ‘that in the recon- struction of the government suffrage shall be based on loyalty and intelligence and nowhere be limited by odfons distinctions on account of color, people or sex.” They also declared that in demanding the ballot for the disfran- chised classes they “do not overlook the converse a little more among yourselves we will extend to you the privilege, providing yon do not object to the tax we put upon your progress,” The monopolists, moreover, in their state- ment, inform us that the average cost of send- ing European telegrams is eighty-one and five- sixthe cents each, In this they Include the different European telegraphic cables, over some of which the messages average more So thirteen dollars each. They state that the average cost of messages over Te Fostorn Union is fifty-seven cents, In tho estimate they inclade about ten per cent of ‘“deadhead” despatches, for which they make the public logical fact of right to be voted for.” But what is more important than all their formal ent and dried resolutions is their unconscious disclosure of what seems to be the real raison ttre of the women’s rights movement—a movement less to secure women’s rights than to’evade women’s duties. ‘Several women who spoke said that after they became voters they would not broil over a stove and wear themselves out in kitchens, and they were going to sit in Congress.” They would pro- ably disdain even @ place in the kitchen cabinet. They seek political office only to get rid of household work. These “several women who spoke” lat the cat right ont of the bag, Obina Advancing. The nows from China shows that the old exclusive empire is advancing with the age. The Burlingame mission and the manner in which it has been received are producing the best effects upon the Chinese government and people, Steam and the telegraph will do much more. It is really surprising to see how the former exclusive regulations and inter- course with regard to foreigners are breaking down one by one, The Yang Chow affair has been settled satisfactorily, and the Chinese government, under the liberal policy of Prince Kung, has proclaimed freedom of action and protection to foreign religious establishments, missionaries and travellers, Americans are working at the Chefoo gold mines as freely and as safely as they could in their own country. Evidently an extraordinary revolu- tion is going on in China, Now is the time for our enterprising citizens to extend their inven- tions and trade with the cmpire, and for tho East India Telegraph Company and the Pacific Telegraph Company to lay their cables to China and along its coasts. Looking at the liberal disposition of the Chinese government, there appears no reason to doubt that conces- sions would be made for telegraphs in the interior if the concession already granted for a line along the coast to connect the principal cities and seaports were carried out. Now is the time for American enterprise to get a strong foothold in that rich and populous empire. Trig Toxnaae or Yaouts.—We give else- where an interesting communication from Mr. Kennard on this subject. Mr. Kennard informs us that his own yacht (the Octavia) is by different measurements variously put down asa vessel of three hundred and forty tons and as a vessel of six hundred and fifty tons. This illustrates tho ridiculous nonsense of s0- called measurements, ang shows that the thing above all others that measurement does not tell is the size of the vessel—the very thing, of gourse, that we want it to tell The propo- sition made by Mr. Kennard to measure by displacement of water has been made before, but it points to the only rational plan. What contests between yachts aim to determine is which has the best model for practical ser- vice; and, of course, we must not assume any model as a basis of measurement in finding the size of vessels that are to be parties to the contest. C1ean Faces.—Some of the philosophers have come out against the tyranny of soap and water. There is a rule in our public schools by which the children are required to come with clean faces and to be otherwise as tidy as circumstances will permit; and any one aware of how filth spreads disease in promiscuous assemblages of children will see the propriety and importance of this rule. But the nice philosophers, who think it is nonsense for the “masses” to care about cleanliness, set up a clamor that those who choose to come dirty shall have the privilege, no matter who suf- fers, since their children are safe. Tne Pay or Orner Days.—The hardest life of service in the United States Navy, and service in its highest rank, may-entitle a man to be retired for his old age on two thousand dollars a year, and a whiskey inspector can make half 4 million in one term. Is this as it should be? The navy officer's allowance is based on the old rates of pay when money was in coin and bore a far different relation to com- modities from what it does now. Some change is necessary here. Tom on Te Have the police been all this time after a party by the name of Tom, when that is not his name at all? On the envelope that Mayor Hall has put on all the dead walls the name is Tim, not Tom. There isa very substantial dot over the vowel, and nobody dots his o's. The line that makes the i look like an o is perhaps a jagged extension of the upward stroke of the tas made by an awkward hand. A Ifist ror Fesvox.—The following mys- terious circular haa been industriously cireu- laied among those believed to be the ‘faithful’ of the defeated Morgan clique ia this city: — Us. A. * NEW YORK COUNTY COtINC 29, 1869, AN Sir—The regular monthly meeting will be held at bail-past seven o'clock on Saturday evening next, at the council chamber, corner of ‘hird avenue and Seventh street. You are earnestly requested to lay aside ail other business aad be present at this meet- ing, a8 busmess of vital importance to every member Will be transacted, V. ALEXANDER, President, Thos, G, Ba Secre! . As the envelopes in which the copies of this important document are enclosed bear the Congressional frank of E. D. Morgan; as the president who signs it is an “in” of the Tax Department at eight hundred dollars a year salary, and as the secretary is au “in” of tie internal revenue ring, under P. ©, Van Wyck, the whole affair smelis of blood. Let Fenton be on his guard. Gavin's New Equivment.—The angel Gabriel used to blow a horn, and Raphael and other good authorities have shown us his ex- panded checks in the little end of such an in- strument; but now we observe a learned Con- gressman refers to the aforesaid Gabriel as “snapping his resurrection gna." Gabricl, we suppose, has changed wilh the times; but which plau does he accept? Is his gun « Springfield, a Chagsepot or a Ziudnadelge- wehr? Wuarre Were tHe Fire Escapes ?—Two children were burned to death in Williamsburg for the want of communication between the upper stories of a tenement house and the street. Was that house furnished with fire escapes? And if not, will the Board of Health tell us why? Proscrirnos.—In the number of candidates for fat places he is thrice blessed who hath his record right, and he is naturally eager to shut out the fellows who were wrong. Thus the Fenton men are very careful to publish the proscription lists of all who went for Morgan. Tus Amerioan InstireTs 1 tua Fienp.— The American Institute men say the Brooklyn bridge as proposed can never bo built, and they present another plan. Whose job is this? Is everybody coming forward with a plan? Where is the Farmers’ Club ? Goop ror Grant.—It is not the loast ex- cellent of the many good thivgs Grant has done if he has knocked on tho head that grand apasm of Washington vulgevity, the Ioaugui ras, | tion Bal, Ca ‘The House Instructing the Senate. It is said a petition is being circulated in the House of Representatives for the signa- tures of members to ask the Senate not to confirm any more nominations that may be sent in by President Johnson, Now, while we think it would comport better with good taste for the retiring President to leave appoint- ments not necessary to be made to the incoming President, we cannot ignore the fact that Mr. Johnson is the actual Executive and has the right to do what he is doing. But this interference on the part of the House of Representatives is impertinent assumption. They were not sent to Washington for any such purpose; they have nothing whatever to do with appointments, and they are stepping beyond their duties. The Senate will know how to act without instruction from the House, and it ought not to pay any attention to such a petition as that which is being cir- culated. When any nomination comes before tho Senate the question should not be made a political or partisan one, but simply, will the public service be promoted or not? No rule should be made that will not allow Senators to act freely at any time upon this principle. Whar tre New York Papers Pay ror Texsararnio Nuws.—The managers of the Western Union Telegraph Company state to Congress that they received in 1866 from the entire American press for news reports the sum of five hundred thousand dollars only. Of this amount the proportion paid by the press in different localities is as follows: —New York city, three-tenths; Boston, one-tenth ; Philadelphia, one-tenth; Chicago, one-tenth ; Cincinnati, one-tenth; St. Louis, one-twen- tieth; all other Western cities, one-tenth; all other Northern cities, one-tenth; all Southern cities, one-twentieth. From this we find the following results: — Whole amount paid in 1863 jor press tele- BTAMB sess ceeceeeesseceeeee wee $500,000 Proportion paid by New York city journal three-tenths.........+++..+0+ 159,090 Of which the HkRaLp paid, as per recelpted All the other civy papers combined paid 73,000 ‘The HERALD paid for telegraphic news r all the other New York journals combined. 4,000 Cuntivatina Murper.—The city organ of moral progress is not satisfied with the present state of society in regard to the freedom of murder. It starts afresh with urging the ab- rogation of the death penalty, which it calls ‘judicial killing.” These fellows have no feel- ing for any killed but those who are killed by the law. At war with order themselves, they can sympathize only with its enemies. Maxine Use oF Us.—If o man is entrusted with money to carry from one city to another he takes New York in his way and sends word to the owner of the money that he had his pocket picked or his room robbed in the hotel. We are so bad here that anything may be true of us, and the owner of the money helieves the story. This has been tried twice within a week. Two Argipavits.—Afidavit number one is from Jenks, of the Horse Marines, alleging that he heard it rumored that ‘Vanderbilt had one hundred and thirty thousand shares of Central.” Affidavit number two is from Van- derbilt, to the effect that he ‘“‘never heard this rumor.” Equally substantial decuments. Someraine in It, Arrer ALL.—Banks was not exactly bidden to supersede Grant; but that would finally have been the result of obe- dience to the order he actually received to join Grant with his army, since he by rank would have commanded both forces. Stanton’s de- nial is characteristically indirect. Ay Orv Hero Like Hewrzriman, with a splendid record in the late terrible war, can at the end of it return to his regimental grade, and some friend of Andy Johnson—one of his neighbors when he lived in Tooley street— receives the nomination tor a vacant briga- diership in the army. ARMY INTELLIGENCE, The following changes have been made in the stations of the Third and Fifth regiments of the United States artillery: Furst—The headquarters of the Third artillery will be transferred to Key West, Fla, Second—The headquarters of the Firth artiliery will be trans- ferred to Fort Adams, Newport, R. J. Third—The field officers, except the commanders of iments, Will be assigned to stations by the division and department commanders respectively, ‘The companies belonging to the Third regiment of artiliery will be stationed a8 follows:—Virst—Com- nies #, Land M, at Port Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Fia.; Compantes ' and Dat Key West, Fla.; Com: pany G, at Borrancas, Fia. ‘The following companies of the Third artillery wit erg by rafl to the places designated:—Company to Fort Johnson, aud Company H to Fort Ma- con, N.C, The following companies of tho Fifth artillery will proceed to Fort Adains, Newport, R. 1, and await assignmeat by the regimental commanders, viz.:— Company B, now at Fort Johnson; company H at Fort Macon, N. C.; company D at Key West; com- pany F at Barrancas, Fia.; and companies 1, K, L and M, now at Fort Jefferson, Fla. Company A, now at Norfolk, will be relieved by a com) designated by the commander of the First Military District on his arrival at Port Adams. ‘The commanding oficer of the Fiftn artillery will disiribute his regiment as foliaws:—To Fort Adams, three companies; Yort Warren, Boston Harbor, three compant ‘0 Fort, Independence, Boston Har- bor, ona eaimpany; to Fort Preble, Portland, one company: to Fort sullivan, Hastport, ove company, NAVAL THTELLIGENCE. The Asiatic squadron of the Vrited States Navy was distributed agfollows when heard from to De- cember 26, 1868:—The flagship Viseataqua and the {roquols were at Hong Koug; the Unadilla and Aroostook wore cruising tn the Southern China Waters and the Ashuelot and Onelda were at Kobe, ‘The United States Naval division, composed of the Qninnehang, Pawnes and Kansas, under command of Captain BE. Barrett, arrived at Corrientes, Argen- Ey tne Repul on the 20th of December, from Monte- video, On the 30th the Wasp, bearmg the fag of Admiral Havis, came to anchor off Corrientes, Gen- eral MeMahon, Minisver to Paraguay, was on board. ‘The Wasp coaled in haste, and on the following morning proceeded up the river bound to Asuncion. The other vessels were to remain at Corrientes till further orders, Inthe event of the Brazilians con- testing the Admiral’s passage beyond their lines the fleet was to steam from that port to force matters if necessary, ‘The Kansas was to proceed to Paraguay as soon a the despatches from Montevideo arrived, Ny advices from the Kast Indta squadron lately re- ceived the United States sloop-of-war Lroquots has met with an mjury to her shaft, and the doable. ender Ashuelot has disabled her rudder, ‘The gunboats Maumee, Unadilla and Aroostook re- quire extensive repairs. The agua and Oneida Meanie D. Ammen, of tag Piacataqua, las lett for Vaptain D. Ammen, of ti Mi for the United ‘States, ind Gaptain Creighton will as. suine command of ‘ae flagship of ir Admiral Ro |, Which vess), was about to proceed to Bata- via and Siam. Ti» “health of Me squadron was ox- cellent. By advioes Washington, we Jearn that Com- modore E. ¢, Wiliams has beet detached trom ord. nance d"¢y at Charlestown Navy Yard and ordered to prr-eeed to Japan end command of the tla, NAVAL PERSONAIA, Acting volunteer Lieutenant Pierre Gerard tag been honorably disel (com tho naval service gf the United Salem, met igre ec cnttre—aetre ternae THE STATE CAPITAL. The Meiropotitan Felice and Excive Laws on ‘he Tapis=The Nigger on tho Floor— Amusing Scene tn the Honse—Radical Sin- cerity Tested on Sambe—The Morgan Senu- tors Deny the Soft Impeachmeut—They Will Not Bolt the Party. ALBANY, Jan, 22, 1869. ‘The Metropolitan Police law and the Hxolse law are to have & thorough ventilating (kis session. The ball has already been opened by Messrs. Murphy, Mitcheil aud Frear in the House and by Senators Tweed and Creamer in the Senate, The bills intro- duced vy these gentlemen nave gone over to the proper committees, and this is but the beginning of this clags of legislation and the skirmish fighting of a great coming battle. Mr, Murphy’s bill is intended to regulate the price of licenses from the minimum, fifty dollars, to the maximum, two hundred and fifty doliars—now the uniform cost of a liquor license. The bill (urcher regulates the houra of the day apd night during wiich Uquor may be sold, Mr. Mitchell introduced a bill relative to the duties of the police, which ought to find favor with every humane per- son, providing that when policemen arrest @ party for intoxication they must take him at once before a magistrate, instead of detaining him in a cell, Gften from early in the afternoon until nine o'clock the next morning, withont food and almost without alr, as the practice now 13. It 13 to be hoped that thia alteralion in the law will be made, As most of the partica so arrested are poor taey havo no redress, ag the only way open to them is a civil suit at law, which they cannot atford to dntertain. Mr. Frear proposes that the Metropolitan Excise act of April, 1893, shall be construed as conferring power upon the board to issue Meenses for a leas term sina one year, but not for less vime than three months, ‘This ts in avcord with the spirit of Colonel Murphy’s bill, and tt provides, moreover, that threo months licenses may be granted on the 1st of May, 1869, A good deal of amusing badinage occurred in the House to-day on a resolution of Mr. Murphy, of New York, that a colored man, Siephen Myers, be appointed extra doorkceper, This, lic said, he did to “iest the suncerity of the republican side of the House.” It was intended to set off the resolutions of Mr. Bender yesterday, that im order to test the opinton of both sides of the Honse upon the deciaration in the platforms of each party a reduction oa equalization of taxation was desirable, The Committee of Ways and Moaus report in favor of assessing oll church organizations and their ministers equaliy with other property and persons, in order to equalize taxation, Mr. Mur- phy’s resolution, after calling out a variety of absurd amondimenis, Was of course iid on the table, all the radicals to a man going back on their colored irtend—without a blush ior the inconsistency—by voting upon Mr. Husted’s motion to lay the whole matter on the table, The democrats could not refrain from showing their gratification at the result of their joke, which put the radicals into an ugly corner, Tiis man Myers was, in the old slavery days before the war, the underground railroad agent in Albany for running fugitive slaves into Canada, and he did yeoman’s service in that capacity, He is now the agent of the Colored Home in this city; so he is thus a man of mark, as well asa man of color, itappears that he was promis2d a place in the House by the Speaker, but his name does not appear on the list of appointees, layers may, therefore, be indebted after all to his democratic friends for his ad- vancement, if he gets any. His ancient, cocoanut faco may be seen every day in the ante-room, radiant with expectation that something may he done for him. It would seem that the mission of befriendieg the negro race has fallen to the democratic members this session, Senator Henry C. Murphy introduced into the Senate to-day a bill for the incorporation of a colored educational institution, in which the sons of negrocs may obtain all the advan 3 of @ thorough education, with the result, probably, of a full graduation and diploma. It seems that the Morgan Senators (Folger, Stam- ford and Hate) state that they are not prepared to bolt their party to the extent of giving ald and com- fort to the confirmation of Governor Hoffman’a nominations, They cannot afford to let their dia- content carry them that length. The threat waa (pemecenred made Ina fit of indignation, but neverthe- ess I believe that it was made by a friend of one of the Senators. Both houses having adjourned until Monday even- ing the trains starting North and South are carrying off the political particles of the State capital, to leave that ancient Dutch city to its Sabbath quietude tor the next two days, and the full enjoyment of ita domestic morality, AMUSEMENTS. BROADWAY THEATRE.—A large and enthuslastie audience filled this house last evening, the occasion being the joint benefit of Mr, and Mrs. Williams, whose engagement at this establishment, extending over a period of nine weeks, terminates with tho performance this evening. The forty-eighth repre- sentation of the “Emerald Ring” was given upon this occasion, with Mr. and Mra. Williams in the principal vles, including the rest of the original cast. After the second act Mr. and Mrs, Willams were called before the curtain, and in response to the de- mands of the audience for a speech Mr. Wiillama spoke as follows:— My only fear, ladies and gentlemen, was that you would not ask me for a speech; but now that | am before you I am much like the man thrown from his horse, who, when asked if he was killed, replied that he was only speechiess. Your kindness upon this as well a3 upon other yccasions has completely” filled my heart with titude. There are times when the heart is too full to give expression to its feeiti I beg to assure you that while this frame holds and soul together { shall not forget your fostering kindhess. 1 became manager of this thea- tre at a time when managers were unwilll to give stars, and especially native stars, an 0) cing oI oye either seen or heard. Since then we have at tits establishment the first stars of America, and, Tam proud to say, mostiy native talent. Mr. Williams: wound up by thanking his company and hia adju- tant general, Wm. A. Moore, for their earnest en- deavors lu making his management a snocess. Tax PULUARMONIC RuMAKRSAL.—The first rehear- sal for the third concert of the Philharmonic Society took piace yesterday at the Academy of Music. Tho house was crowded from parquet to gallery with avery fashionable and appreciative audience. The hour named for the opening of the rehearsal waa half-past two, but long before that time every seat in the lower part of the house was occupied. The full orchestra of the society, under the leadership of Herr Carl Bergmann, was present. The pro- gramme of the reliearsal comprised a phony, “Reformation, in D’’ (Mendelssobn), first time by th ety; “‘Leonore,” No. 3 (Beethoven), and two from au Untied eae ony (Schubert), which will also be performed for the first time by the Philharmonics at the forthcot Gaye Tho orchestra has been well practised In {! pieces; for the rehearsal yesterday had more the character of a regular concert. There were i, few Stopa in the course of the performance, and the beautifal Lien phonies were rendered in such a manner as to elicit the hearty applause of the audience. ‘“Leonore,’” especially, was ei and correctly performed, The entire rehoarsal fully justified the anticipationa of the friends and admirers of the society. Musical and Theatrical Notes. “our Gai? and “The Factory Girl” ato the at tractions in Frankfort, Ky. “fhe Black Crook’ is cutting up his capers tn Baltimore. Tostée docs Boulotte for the Newarkers on Mon- day evening. “Humpty Dumpty’? Mark Twain in Toledo, Miss Sallie Holman ts to do the Grand Duchesa in Bnglish tn Chicago on Monday evening next. “Long Strike” is the damatic sensation in Toronto, the troops , arrisouing that city sustaining tie leading roles. “Four de Thé” is m active Ld grag at the ThéA- tre Frangala. It is to be brought out im @ atyle supe- rior to the famous “Genevieve.” and will even sur- ass that opera in its mise en scene. * ‘Trenton is made happy Ls “Used Up” and “The Merchant of Venice,” the leading parts in both pieces betog sustained by the Buchanans. Kellogg, Lander and Frank Mayo aro delighting the citizens of Porkopolia. Mile. Camila Urao flddles in the same town on Monday next. “A Midsummer Night's Dream" is not proving #0 great a success in Indianapolis as was anticipated, ‘The fault is attributed to the slippery condition of the streets, An itinerant New York dramatic company and bal- let troupe are giving cheap entertaininent’ in Mon- treal. "God Save the Queen.” Kelly & Leon's Minstrels have been mecting with inuch success in Connecticut. They open on Monday evening in Providence with the “urenda, Duchesse.”’ LefMingwell personates “Romeo JaMer Jenk' ng for the Pittsburgers next week. He next goes ¢ st, Louis, New Orleans and Galveston, rf Mrs. D. P. Bowers is doing “Camillo” for, tuo But. fmt, the father of magicians, 18 qi A e father o clans, 14 giv ing sieight-of- hand exhibitions in the Quaker City of an ‘nvdusteta home, cal y for te Benoit delina Patti has reached St. to bo hoped will Hot De #0. Unsere UTE and It te cessor, Pauline Lucca, Who ¢niy sang twice eek her stay and has now 're'qfmod to ‘Berlin, mawel af fected in health and & t¢itg by her bad throat, Miss Rose Masse", Gn actress of American birth and English Fr pitation and education, arrived In this olty on " abahay, under ent to Wood's Museum, wihero slie makes hor first bow to an Ameri<iah audience as Darnley, in «The Field of tha Olgin Of Gold," on the event of Febraat Be wo a. Theodorus,” now form 10 Gall, paris, the batlerina assovida lias an ovation “ory evening, when she ts encircled by @ tame ser. pent, which cots her bosom, arma and legs with all the erace af s divides the honors with