The New York Herald Newspaper, February 4, 1869, Page 4

‘We give below a budget of European news from our special correspondents abroad, together with a collection of other news, which will be found of intereat. ENGLAND. The Cession of Gibraltar. : LONDON, Jan. 6, 1869, ‘The cession of Gibraltar to Spain 1s fast becom- ing the question of the day, Admirals, generals and other correspondents are filling the papers with letters about it, The editors, in labored leaders, are discussing it, pro and con. More significant than all else, the question has been debated in court circles and apparently decided in the afflrmative. Mr. Arthur Helps, the well known author, is also a well known courtier, He is the clerk of the Privy Council and the literary assistant of the Queen. Now, Mr. Helps has just published a very capital book called ‘Realmah,” mm which he endeavors to resuscitate the lost history of the people buried under the lakes, and especially to trace the career and describe the vir- tues of a certain imaginary king, who is, of course, depicted as a sort of Queen Victoria iu trowsers, The book wanders about, without any apparent moral, until just at its close, when we find this imaginary sovereign advising his\people to cede just such a fortress as Gibraltar to jast such a people as the Spanish. ‘fhe whole book leads up to this one point; and it is generatly regarded and ac- cepted as a hint that the Queen herself and those who surround her are personally favoravle to the cession of Gibraltar. I have reason to know that this inference is quite correct. The Times naturally takes @ part in this debate; but it is a very curious and characteristic part. Instead of stating any opinion or advocating any view the Zimes publishes all opinions and states the views of all sides, and then pleads for delay, as uf feeling about for some firm round to stand upon. Surely Elijah Pogram must ave left America with Mr. Jeferson Brick and been engaged to write leaders for the Times. ‘Foreign observers of English politics must be impressed, we shouid think,” says the Thunderer of this morning, “by the discussion on the suggested cession of Giv- raltar.” Tat is very much in Mr. Brick’s style. “One thing we may certainly say, and that 1s, that no other peopie in the world would ever have enter- tained such a proposition for a momeut.”” That is the style of Mr. Pogram. “There is no Power in Christeadom whick would so much as debate the question of surrendering a strong military position and throwing away a grand historical trophy, out of pure dejereuce to the assumed susceptibilities of others.” The Pecksnifan hypocrisy of this asser- tion will soon be made apparent. Let us briefly review the whole question. Gibral- tar, an English fortress, captured from Spain in war and once believed to be impregnabie, lies off the Spanish coast and once guarded the entrance to the port of Cadiz. It was tormerly useful to England @3 a coaling station, as @ depot for Ny lies in case of war aad as a harbor for vessels. Time, the in- vention of the American iron-clads and the manu- facture of iuuuense rided cannon have changed all this. Gibraltar is no longer impregnable. An American or French iron-clad fleet could lay off ata Bafe distance and batter down ail its defences, It no ionger commands the port of Cadiz; for iast war steamers could run past it without recelv! a shot. ‘It no longer offers a safe harbor for vessels, since the roadsie; is open to the winds and sea Waves and exposed to the presence of the enemy’s ships, armed with long range guns. Consequently, in case of war, Gibraltar would pe of no use to Engiand a8 @ coaling station, a depot, a harbor or a fortress. One large iron-clad, like the anchored opposiie to it would reader it Practically useless, The staement prominently put forward in the English Ts ia: the preseace of Engiish troops ani the Bris flag at Gibraltar wounds tue suscepti- Diuities of the Spanish people all pretence. The Teal grievance is that tue English make Gibraltar a Dest of smoggiers, Wao Open'y violate Spanish laws, -@immish the Spauisa revenue and bring We spanish government into contempt, and that whenever Dpain attempts co pu.sue and punish one of these smugglers Great Britain interceres, blusters and Dullies Spain and tureatens to bombard Cadiz. ‘This is the real wound to Spanish sus- ceptibilities. I have been upon the spot, talked with the Spanish officials aud citizens along the coast, and inves\igated the alleged cause of complaiat, and | know that if England wouid suppress the smuggling at Gibraltar and the smaggiers who come from Gib- Taltar no — would care a pin about the —- of british troops or the display of the ritisa fag—wihich, in fact, very few of them can ever see. But it sults the pu diplomaiists to shat tie eyes of the public to thes: facts and to represent that the whole Spanish nation 1s crying for Gibraltar, is sulking because Gibraltar is not given up and is hurtin its pride because Gib- raltar ts tn foreign hanas. Therefore, they say, Gib- raitar ought to ve returned to Spain; but for a con- sideration, mind, for @ consideration. This consid- eration is the turning point of the whole astair. ‘dhe suggestion of the cession of Gibraitar was first broacned at the tae When Queen Isabella was dethroned, and then it Was to be the price pald for the elevation of Prince Alfred of England to the Spanish throne. The Spaniards did not ask it. The Engi sh themselves su-gested it. The HERALD pre- dicted that Prince Alfred would not be asked to take the Spanish throne, and this prediction has since been verified by events. Consequently that bargain fell to the grouna for want of a customer. But dur- lag the gossip about that bargain the facts in regard to the usefuiness of Gibraltar were prominently noticed in the press, and after it was dis- covered that the Spanish did not intend to receive an English prince as their ruler, even though he wvroaglt an old, worn - out, obsolete fortress by way of a bribe, the English diplomatists cast about for some otuer plea for get- tiug rid of the rocky elephant on their hands and securing something more valuable in return. They could not swap Givraltar for tae Spanish throne, su now they are trying to swap Gibraltar for Ceata. Ceuta is a town aad harbor on the Moorish coast,. and was captured frou the Moors by Spain, to which nation it now be.ongs. Ithasa good, commodious harborage, and at @ comparatively smail expense could be converted into a safe depot for naval and military supplies. Duckyards couid easily be erecved there, and with the modern system of fortitications and doating batteries the place could be rendered as impregnabic as Gibraltar ouce ciated to be. Whattie Engilsn ask 1s that spain shail give them Ceuta tn ex- change for Gibraltar, and #hall also give suficient Imouey “to boot’ to erect the necessary fortifications and gi the harvor for war vessela. This is British “magnasimity!’ This ts the generosity which is to “consderably impress foreign ob- servers!” This traie, barter, swap, in whicn ‘Spain 3 useless rock in excuange for a magnificent arbor, 1s termed “surrendering a strong military — aud tirowine away @ grand tistorical ropiy out of pure deference to the assumed sus- cepubilities of overs!” Since the wily magician caine to Aladdin's palace crying “New lamps for old!" there has been no such one-sided bargain veiled under the hin hypocrisy of magnanimity, benevo lence, generosity aud al. the other virtues. It is to be hoped that the Spanish goverament wil! not be taken in by this stirewd scheme. Gibraitar as a fortress willbe of no possibie value to Spain. Ceuta, both asa town and & seaport, may be tin- mensely Valuabie. In the hauds England or any other Power Ceuta migit be made to dominate aii the coast of Spain. Fast privateers issuing taence could cripple a! spanisa commerce in the Mediter- ranean, and @ fee: cuuid be fitted out there to bom- bard Oaaiz and Malaga. If, through the necessities of the Spauwsh treasury, Ceuta is Low or ever shali be in tu the United States need a station ip the Medierrancan Huw quite as much as England. nd could afiord to pa ard dollars for it instead of the hard rocks t gland of » It seems to Mme that in the prese: ‘Bal condition of the Spanish goverument, and taking imto account the republica 1 the Spanish people and the (intimate re exist and are being strength ened between =y ith United staves, it is at once tue prividege aud Lue duty of Secretary Seward to interiere ia tus watier by a Word of advice and warning to tue $)acisu Aimbassador at Washington, and tual itis equaiy the privuege and the duty of te American press to expose tis contenpiated barguin which very closely resewbies a brilisgit swimdic. The Evite of Voting by Ballot. In a lengthy editorial on the subject of tue work- ing ciasé.s the London S.uniara says:— We have said over an! over again that if the in- terssts aud politeal aspirations of tue working Cases are to have © Special representation in the House of Commons we should Le giad to see the mission entrusted to bona Jide artisans, rather than to the professional demagogues who have so largely monopolized it out of doors. But here, as tn the United states, the laboring population, cven in the pienitude of their power, deliberately reject candi. dates of their own order for Men of a higher class in society upon whow they can reiy to uphoid their loyitlinale mteresis whenever they are affected by the ation of the Legislature, This is the malin ground of the quarrel of the Ketorm Leaguers and ther pa- tre eral election of 1868, It is puerile nonsense to assuine that intimidation or corruption had anything todo with the result, The workingmen exercised their new priviieyes with aiacrity and freedom, but da a manner of Which Mr. Beales and his friends not uonaturally disapprove, 1¢ demonstrated that those nolay aud industrious politiciaus were not appre- ciated at their own esumate, Mt, Beales, as the workingman caudilate tor the Tower Hamlets, has his own opinion as to the uprightness of Mr. Newton, the otver workingman candidate, Is it not poasibie that the working cjass voters formed thelr oWn judgment as to the Claims ot both, and acted upon it? It is mere hypocriay to call out for the ballot. Every one knows how the ballot can be and has been manipulated. it gave \ankee and negro Senators aud members of Congress for the outhern States in America; and Garibaldi can boar withesa to its efficacy in transforming toe Bavoyards and the Nizzards tuto treachwen. It is the liar and convenient weapon of tyrants, whether they be Andividuai desyots or mobs, “Give “e the b°liot,”” says one of Lord Lytion’s 8 with the order of things brougtit about by the | | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. “and I should like to seo the man Who would dare to vote blue.’ If it were & question of putung @ stop to corruption or intumidation we conservatives are far more interested in taking matter in hand than the statesmen of the Adelphi, ‘They have suifered most in those small constituen- cies where bribery and undue inttuence—spiritual terrorism, in fact—have been enlisted against them; and if they could perceive in the ballot a sure safe- guard against the use of similar tilegitimate weapons Tu the future they would be the first to urge its adop- tion, But this is not the case with those who are angry because the clients of Mr. Mill and Mr. Smith, the unsavory darlings of the ag have been uni- formiy rejected. These persons, backed as it would seem by ‘nysterious funds,” have appealed as work- ingman candidates to constituencies m which the working class voters were all powerful. They were rejected to & man; and, instead of accepting their defeat in silence, they matter charges of undue in- fluence and clamor jor the ballot, when they 1ust be perfectly aware that the enormous constituenctes: to which they appealed were precisely those in which the arts of corruption and terrorsm could not possi- biy be brougut to bear. SPAIN. Designs of the Provisional Government=The United States Gunboat Fired On—Apologetic Letter from Serrano—The Cuban Troublo— Financial Embarrassment. MapRiD, Jan. 10, 1869, It is understood that the government has been sounding the troops to ascertain their feelings in regard to a coup q@etat, Some of the infantry, oMicered by‘Prim’s friends, are ripe for anything, but the engineer and artillery corps cannot be cor- rupted. The latter are the élite of the Spanish army. ‘they declare—at least their prominent officets de- clare—that they will support the government in all that is proper and right until the Cortes meet, and whatever that body decrees they will obey, but they will not permit any coup d'état if they can help it. ‘The position assumed by these corps has rather thrown cold water on the ambitious designs of the government, Still it cannot be safely aifirmed that they have been relinquished. They will not be until the last moment, although it is more impossible daily to carry them out. The elections take place on the 15th, and the result will greatly affect the plans of the government, : Marshal Serrano, President of the provisional government, addressed Mr. Hale, our Minister, a note on New Year's Day, with a copy of a telegram trom General Pavia, commanding troops in Malaga, informing the government that a boat of the Swatara, bearimg the United States flag, had been fired into by the revolutionists while it was convey- img some ladies to the ship, General Pavia had dis- persed the revolutionists, and he did not know whether any one had been hurt in the boat. He had made explanations to the commander of the Swatara. Generdl Serrano, on behalf of the pro- visional government, deplored the act of vandal- ism. ‘The relauons between the United States and Spain were always friendly, aud he regretted that anythi should occur that might im any way change them. He promised to secure and punish the uilty parties for this grost assault on the flag of a tendly country. Of course the act was ove that could not be prevented, and the government is not allto blame for it. General Serrano very A gene os ly, on behalf of the government, conveyed to Mr. Hale the news and regrets. That was all that could be done. Mr. Hale has, no doubt, expressed his entire satisfaction at General Serrano’s dis- claimer, and the alfair will be dropped, unless some- tl digerent is reported by Commander Blake or the Vice Consul. ‘The news from Cuba is aid to be very gloomy. Every exertion is being put fort: to hurry on rein- forcements. Transportation is limited; the Cadiz and Malaga aflairs have affected governmental plans, and above all the finances are in such a de- plorable stave that it is doubtful whether any consid- erable number of troops can/be sent out before spring, when it may be too late. We do not know the precise nature of the intelligence that General Lersandi has sent by Atlantic cable, but we may infer that its bad irom the eect in the higher cir- cles. Sp: begin to ly admit that they con- sider the isiand of Cuba lost to them, aud they say that It does not surprise them when such persous as General Dulce took with him are sent out to govern tue island. it 1s confessed on all sides that no such jot of needy and penniless adventurers were ever sent out of Spain before to be dled on the poor Cubans. With very few exceptions tuey are men of no talent, position or respectatulity. ‘They came to the suriace a the revolution and must be taken care of by the government. They will fill their pockets in Cuba if the revolution there does not choke them off, and come home rich. As illus- their character they relate a good saying of a wit, Who stated that if those fellows could raise money by mortgaging Cuba they would have pi sd half of the islaud and spent the proceeds before they sailed from Cadiz. It isa pity taat Spain could not send better men. What wonder that the isiand is disaatisiied to see its resources dissipated or bagged by these n adventurers! To be sure the oificials here are but Iitile better, and Cuba may not im jus- tice claim that partiality has been shown her. The Finance Minister isin @ painful position, The old government had negotiated a loan with the Roths- chiids, of Sind beaeae 000 reals, aud bonds to that amount had been sent him. He sold tn one way or another 100,000,000 in these bonds, and reinitted tue government 90,000,000, after having deducted 10,000,000 for his percentage, insurance, and I know not what, Mr, erola, the Finance Minister, re- lied on the sale of the 300,000,000, to meet the interest of various bonds now due.’ But day be- fore yesterday he received from the Rothschil all the bonds in his hands, with the information that he I Spa ae undertake to put = on e jmarket—very sharp on the of the Paris bankers, Bat ezosedingty Rad ae en ee Satna Toe Minister of Finance found himself, speaking, on ais beams end, and was com, to borrow ven init: lion reals from the Bank to meet impera- tive ents. No one Knows what will be done now. e interest of the debt must remain unpaid, unless some method is discovered by which money cau be raised. What that method slall be just now eugages the thoughts of every financier, who can see nO My iL anywhere. | 1 euough wit! couers well filled, but when fectly empty it is really dishearten! 5] funds are dropping — and lower daily. Sy end pre- £ must come very soon. How can the crash vented? Nous verrons, Fermin Saivoched, the leader of the revolution in Cadiz, was before a court martial found gulity and sentenced to twelve years’ ion. His con- duct before the court was cool and conident, When asked what his religion was he replied, “Patriotism and love of my feliow man." When asked what his object was he “To establish a republic on the model of the United States.” His judges requested him to tell who were his accomplices, and he coolly told them to find out, The Andaiusiang are 0 to the sentence of the court and the Wholesale arrests that have been m: Men were arrested wh) took no in the fight, but solely because they were members of the republican com- mittee. About thirty are yet in prison awatting trial, Many rich persons are still leaving Cadiz. The Andalusians have little respect for ettner Prim or any of the parties in power at Madrid, and wili not ve satisfied with anything short of a fair repre- eenlauve goverument, ROME. s Festivities in the Holy City=—Mid-~ night Mass at St. Peter’s=The Condemacd Ajani 1 Luzzi—Preparations for the Coming Council, Rome, Jan, 7, 1869, Christmas week in Rome is a period of religious and social solemnities, to attend which crowds of foreigners collect from all quarters of the world, The principal events in the first category are of course the celebration of midnight mass on Christmas eve in most of the churches of the metropolis and the performance of high mass in St. Peter's on Christ. mas day by the Supreme Pontiff himself. His Holl- ness went throagh his dutics last year as usual, with all the gorgeous accompaniments which the Court of Rome alone can contribute ou such occasions, and the rush of spectators, foreign more tian indigenous, was a8 notable ag usual in the vast basilica, although the royal boxes were more meagrely tenanted than usual, no crowned heads or royal highnesses being visible there except their ex-Majesties of Napie: With some of the royal princes. The 26th of Decem- bor, belog the Pope's name day, the festival of St. Joxn the Baptist, the Pope received the oficers of his army, headed by General Kauzier, who read an ad- dress expressive of the devotion of his troops and thelr determination to resist valorously any further invasion of the rights of the Holy Sec. In the even- ing 300 zoaaves paraded in the Belvedere Court of the Palace with torenes on their bayonets, and sev- eral manpuvres for the amusement of Pio Nono, who inspected them from a balcony, and finished with forming the figure of the Mentana cros#—an evolution they had been studying several days betore in the barrack yard of San Callsto, 1 mentioned in my Jaat letter General Rocca’s visit to Kome and the supposed object of his mission—to obtain the lives of the condemned prisoners Ajani and Lu In the consistory following the General's audience at the Vatican the Pope complained to the cardinals of the andacity of the King of Italy in pre- stiming to intercede for two Pontifical subjects con- demaned to death by @ Pontifical tribunal for crimes committed th the Pontifical dominions, and, more- over, before the Court of Appeal had decked defi- nitely as to their fate. His Huliness considers his sovereign prerogative to have been infringed on by Victor Emanveis autograph missive; but, althoagn he would not grant a favor tu tue King of Italy, he could not deny it to the Emperor of the French, and as the French Ambassador tas decidedly urged the impolicy of another capital execution the sentence of the two prisoners will undoubiedly be commuted | Jato imprisonment for life, Meauwhile poor Luz has gone mad. A serious matter is agt | nity in me just now. | Bamed pt, Was arrested a few wing ogo, OO y) of having induced some of the man soldiers to desert. Mr. Kopf was of his house, to wife’s alarm, bt, and tin acell wig fourteen thieves and cptthroats. ere being no Wirtemberg minister in Ko! Consul, Mr. Kolb, having died recently, Mr, Kopt would have had no one to protect hin had|not the Prussian Minister, Bacon Araim, who was |immodt- ately applied to by the sculptor’s friends, umed that daty and exerted himself so actively, elfen golug tothe Pope about the affair, that Mr, liopf was spared the unpleasant necessity of passing} second Bight with fourteen assassius. He was set jt liberty. aud apo'ogized to, it being discovered that notives of persoua! enmity lac used bis arrest, But the tm- rant segue! Of al! this is that the nonPrussian Jerinaus residing in Rome, including Austrans, as | am assured, have ed a petition to Baron Arnim, entreating him to take them all under his v@id pro- tection. is uot this a practical step toward German unity? The Prussian Minister will of cours¢haye to report this petition to his government, wheh will hardly object to that unification of Germaninterests in Kome which it advocates 80 Warmly in (ei of Westminster, Monsi; in Rome and wil! remain here un- The Archvishoy ping, has arrive til the middle of Lent. Preparations are commencing in St Peter's for the coming cil, in that part of the nave in which w Pope usually performs the Easter ceremony of Washing the apostles’ feet. The mere rough cirpentry for the support of the stali destined for the assem- bied preiaies is to cost 220,000f, Letters from Aruer- ica announce the proximate departure @f many bishops from distant sees to come and tak} part in the preliminary discussions of the Counc ITALY. The Mill Tax Troubles; Under date of the 8th inst, the Florence correspond- ent of the London 7imes saya:—The disturbances ou account of the grist tax are apparently nearly at an end, although to-day’s papers contain accounts of armed assemblages, attacks on the authorities, miliers compelied to grind ia deflance of the law and various similar irregularities and outrages. But al- though the impression thus given is alarming and unfavorable it must be set down in great measure to the easy-going ways of Italian journalism, for on examining dates it is seen that nearly all these narratives refer to what occurred on the 3d and 4th inst. The government is not uneasy, The accounts received from the povinoee at the Ministry of the Interior up jate last night were quite satisfactory, the more so because it had been feared that yeater- day, the festival of the Epiphany, being a holiday, might have been selected for a renewal of demon- monstrations and disturbances. This has not been the case, There is no doubt that the extreme par- ties, and especially the reactionary and priest fac- tion, have stirred up the people, Many of the lower classes find themselves worse off than under the old regime, ana eitner do not understand or else undervalue the ulterior advan! of the change that nas arisen, What they know and feel is that they pay more taxes, and it is to be feared that, with most of them, that consideration causes the future greatness of Italy and the advantages of living in @ great constitutioual kingdom to kick the beam. ‘The manceuvres of the priests and the influence of Wealthy reactionary families can be traced in va- rious places, and especialiy at Campeggiore, near Reggio, m the old Duchy of Modena, On the night of the 3d, according to a Bologna paper, about 1,500 peasants marched upon Keggto with the object of releasing forty-five prisoners who lad been made at Campeggiore, but the sight of mili- tary uniforms at the gates of the town suiliced to cool their ardor and they retired. On their retreat they visited various mills, compelling the millers to grind, and spoiling the machinery of some of them, while they at the same time set all the alarm belis ringing. “At two A. M. all was over. The priest of & piace calied Mancasale, a bell ringer and several peasants were arrested. From the southern pro- vinces we hear of no disturbances. General Ca- dorna has taken command of Bologna, Keggio and Parma. Upon the whole, and although the oppo- sition papers, according to their unpatriotic havit, have ie the most of what has cccurred, have ciamored against the government and have de- Manded the immediate convocation of Parliament, as though the State werein imminent peril, these riots are no more than has often been witnessed in other countries on occasion of tue imposition of uew taxes, indispensabie, but always unpopular, PRUSSIA. Parliamentary [nflacuce in PrussiamLamenta- ble Deficit—Public Education Ventilated— American Oratory Translated—Theatri- caleA Prima Donna’s Sudden Flight— Jobany in a Fix. BERLIN, Jan. 7, 1869, An articie in the Ministerial organ appeals to the Deputies of « the Lower Chamber, which re-assemble to-day, to hurry on their work, fintsh the budget debate and provide means for the inevitable de- ficiency. ‘If they will heed this advice,” says the said organ, with admirable naivete, “and will grant indemnity to the government for previous expendi- tures, it will result in a short session, and the whole état could be completed toward the middie of the Present month.” This suggestion of managing the proceedings of the Legislature in the style of a horse race shows in what estimation it is heid by the Min- istry, who consider the Deputies just good enough to Say yes and vote whatever money is asked by the government. Only recently it has leaked out that the Prussian deficit is far greater than visible by the akilrul grouping of figures in the budget, aud there is no further doubt of the cause of it being the War De- partment of the North German Confederation, which is laid out on ascale altogether too large forthe means provided for it. Measures of economy taken last agutuma, such as a postponed recruital, extensive furloughs, &c., had no other effect than to lesson the deficit by a few miilion thalers, and tt ts now evident that the sum of 225 thalers per head is greatly insufficient, though at the time it was de- manded by and voted to the Bund Chancellor it was considered by the smaller States as highiy exorbitant. It ta diMcult to see how a deffcit for 1869 twice as large as that for the past year can be avoided without @ reduction of the army by 49,000 or 60,000 men, and it is pretty certain that neither King Wiiliam nor his generals will listen to any such idea, The great financial difficulties experienced by Prussia in the re- o tion of her standing army are now fully in- berited by that of the Bund, and though no conflict with the Reichstag need be antici at present, it is quite evident tuat it must take place in the course of a year or two. It 1s @ pet ol the Bund Chancellor to levy a direct tax the people of the Confederation, and raise ti such & considerable sum that a large thereof may go tothe military Co tga and now itts to be that the Reichstag will not be cajoled into voting any tax without, at the same time, keeping strictly’ under their conirol the application thereof. Any other government instead ol demanding the fixed sum of 225 thalers per head annually, and that for a nuinber of years, would have preferred making the experimen for ove year only; bot it is rou § characteristic of the military régume that in all matiers relating to the army, which is a consideration quite apart from the in- Lerests of the people, no interference of Parliament should be tolerated. Jt may be interesting to note what Deputy Harkort says in 4 circular to his constituents on the subject of public education as ventilated in the late debates. ‘The learned gentleman says:—“More luterest was taken in the Lower Chamber about public schools and churches than bad ever hitherto been evinced, and that the Dylit lasted over six days. 1ne minister taking a@ dogmatic standpoint, defeaded his positoa with consuinmate skill, passing over some matters with sileace, placing otuers in a very favorable Nght The weapons of his partisans were biant. In spite of Herr Von Moihier’s abie wnttewashing, glar- ing defects in the pudiic school ayatem could in no oe be conceaied. The dearth of public teachers in ve COV as 140 Vacant appointments, while 200 teachers would not meet the existing demand. This 1s readily ex- plained by the fact that learned and clear-bead Maen have no desire to face actual starvation, Four Villages in Bast Prussia were pounted out as counting 141 landed proprietors, out of whom only twenty- F could write. Insome places, at the residence ‘ven of a school Inspector, Instruction was i only twice a week, only two hours each day. (Wha: becomes of the boasted intetligence and p 3 of Prossia?) Of 12,135 children Mt for school im the district of Dantzic, 4,456 had not been registered in the year 18¢7, Among 148 recruits forty-eight were bamed as being without any scholastic ‘instruction. The question Of connecting schools with Lg bellel should be left to the various communities. What tie existing state of things has led to can be seen here in Beriin, whero a teacher of arithmetic impregnates his course of instruction with ious dogmas. Of 10,000 imperial chasseurs in Tyrol, Where but one form of jaith prevails, only forty-six can read and write, and this speaks volumes against uaton of Charch and school, Protests had come tn from all parts of the State agatast this dnwarrantable interference, and it is abundantly proved that the sthalier States are far more advanced im their sys term of public instruction than Prassia proper, I have formeriy said that our public school elon is ailing. J DoW say that it is worse, and the bills be- fore the House wili not better it, ‘The country ex- pects from its representatives that they will make & strong stand tor nauonal education. For the approaching Confereuce on the Turco- Greek question Prussta has deputed Conant Solms a3 her representative, who, since Count Golta’s illuess, has been acting ag Charge d’ Affaires at Paris, ‘The oMcial Gazette of to-day remarks that the discussions of the Conference, if not unexpe will Jead in a few days to The discourse of Mr. \ ciety in your city has created lively interest here, 4 extracts have been trausiated into Germau for sevoral of the daily rr Herr Hendricns, pers. our favorite comedian, has re- with yor, Wut sult he had an. tes and try toobiain a better result than has fatien to the tot of hts colleague, ‘The justly abused mpressario of the royal theatres, flere Vou Hulseo, Was only yesterday piacdd to ao i awkward dilemma by the sudden and unexpected fight of Fraulem Sessi, the accomplished prima donna, who left on the very da; was advertised to appear in the “Magic Flute,” and soon graphed her safe arrival at Paris, whither she went, according to her assertion, for the benefit of her health, It ls said, sed 1 ‘that this most charming young lady, with a profusion of blonde hair reaching weil nigh to ver heels, has captivated the heart of an opulent banker at Frankfort, in the victulty of which city she is BOW supposed to have taken up her resi- dcnce. ‘At the town of Gorlitz, where a police regulation compe's the closing of restaurants at midnight, @ Chinaman, @ performer at a neighboring circus, jgnorant of this custom, came in sharp coliision With a pouce officer, Johnuy, known for his pacific isposition, Was in this instance incarcerated for 8 only for the assault, on, the ground of his e of the language. The Stockholin gazeite, Got, Hamd-och Siof-Tid- is, gives the number of journals in Sweden, both ally aud periodicals, as 211, showing a great spread of iutelligeace im that country. POLAND. Melancholy Condition of the Country. The Warsaw correspondent of the London Post writes as follows:— We have had a very melancholy Christmas here this year. All classes have been so impoverished by the endless coniributions levied by the government that the shops, usually so full at this season, have had scarcely any customers for any but thelr cheapest goods, and there ts hardly a family In the capital which is not mourning the loss of one or more of its members by exile or contiscation. ‘The depreciation in the value of landed property, Sagp pere and in other parts of Poland, is almost incredible, Estates are sold every day at a third of their real value. Last week one of the finest houses in Warsaw, which cost 130,000 rules a few years ago, was sold for 41,000 rubles. This depreciation, which is mainly due to the general impoverishment of the country, is aiso in a certain degree to be accounted for by the arbitrary mea- sures of the government in regard to residence, ‘Thus 4 ukase decreed some time ago that all laaded pro rietors in Lithuania who were “suspected? of having been concerned in the late insurrecion should sell their estates and. settle in the Kingéom of Poland, ‘The result of this decree was tha: a number of the proprietors in question bought es- tates in the joining districts of the kingdon, ‘They had scarcely established themseives, however, in their new homes when auother regulation wis published ordering them to reside in the westem portion of the Kingdom—v1z., near the Prussian frot- tier—so that they are now compelled again to dis pose so their estates aud move still further to the soutl ‘the Zamoyskl Palace, which was sequestrated by the government in 1863 because a bomb had been turown out of it by some unknown person at Count Berg, has now been finally given over to the corps of engincers. But though the government has taken possession of the property it refuses to pay oi the mortgages upon it. One of these, amounting to 160,000 rubies (£20,000), was left by the late Countess Zamoyski to her children, being a portion of the property which was settled upon her at her mar- riage. The heirs have repeatedly urged their claun upon the government, but the latter refuses to pay either principal or interest on the plea that as the palace was the property of Count Zomoyski and had been confiscated the share of his children in the property must be confiscated also, The heirs then attempted to bring the matter into a court of law, but tne dread of offending the government here is such that they could not get a single lawyer to take up their case, ‘The system of Russification is still being pursued in ali parts of Poland with unabated vigor. ‘General Potapod, the. Governor of Lithuania and author of the famous decree forbidding Poles to speak Polish, has issued a circular changing the Polish names of the principal villages and towns in his district into Russian ones, and directing the officials to take no notice of any letters which are not addressed in con- tormity with the new scheme, which is to come into operation from the Istof Jawuary. Another decree just issued orders the Russian calendar (old style) to be adopted in Poland instead of the Gregorian calen- dar, or “new style.” This, as might have been ex- pected, has caused immense confusion in the com- inerciai and manufacturing districts, as the 1st of January will tis year be twelve days later in Poland than before. Joseph Siemaszko, the nead of the Russian clergy in Lithuania—whose prosecution of the Unitea Greek Church in that country in i839, when upwards of sixty nuns were. flogged in a single convent at Minsk, several of them dying under the lash. has made him an object of aniversal horror and detesta- tion umong the Poles--has died at Wilna. SCOTLAND. Depressed Stats of Trade in Dundee. {From the London Times, Jan. 11.) On Friday a general meeting of those connected with the spinning and weaving trade in Dundee was held for the purpose of considering the propriety of taking steps for restricting the production of yarns and soods, either by stoppin, machinery or adopt- ing short time. After some discussion the following resolutions were adopted:—‘Virst, That in the opinion of this meeting the present lo! conunued unprofitable state of the linen an jute trade tmperatively demands that those in- terested should take some combmed action to lessen production, which is the only rem to Lig eed a@ more healthy state of business. cond, the meeting recommends the adoption of short time— viz., ay hours per week—for three months, pro- vided spinners and power loom manufacturers repre- senting seven-eigiths of the spindles and power looms in the Dundee district concur by written agreement; with the option that, after one month, It shall be in the power of three-fourths of those sub- scribing to discontinue tne short time at any time on giving # week’s written notice.” It was stated in Lhe course of the discussion that the practical effect of acopting two-thirds time in Dundee would be to reduce the yarn spun by about 200,000 spindles Weekly, and the power loom production by about 15,000 cuts weekly. A committee was a peta to carry out the resoiutions, aud to communicate with spinuers and manutacturera not present with a view to obtain their concurrence. At a meeting held the same day, at which it was resolved to establish a soup kitchen In the town, it was stated that there pinky large amount of distress existing at present in under. bot FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. At Interlaken, in Switzerland, the gasometer re- cently exploded and leveiied the entire gasworks and adjacent buiidings, ‘The unfavorable issue of a long-pending lawsuit ip the village of Woliog, Austria, drove a fauner and his two children raving mad. By the recent urrangements in France travellers can go from Paris to Marseilles in sixteen hours, to Nice in twenty-four and to Genoa in thirty-two hours, Without counting the Rothschilds, there are in Paris about 150 Israelites, whose combined fortunes amount to about $200,000,000, A grand ball that was to have come off on the 25th ult. at the Turkish Embssay in Paris has been adjourned to the 26th of June. Fiyaro thinks that this sinells decidedly of “powder.” A severe collision took place near Bologna with the train that was conveying the Prince of Leuchten- berg and his afianced bride to Florence. No casual- ‘are reported. ie grist tax riots are quictening down in Italy and the mullers are taking out their reguiar licenses, Rusela is pushing her ratiroads forward with great energy, and it Is probable that the entire distance from St. Petersburg to Odessa will be compicted in the ensuing spring. At Irkoutsk, in Siberia, during the year 1867, eleven coro died who were more than 100 years old, Six ad — lo years, two had attained 123 and a ninth reached his 1Jist year. This shows favorably for a cold climate. The Paris Bourse was hoaxed on the 17th ult. by the et faise report: jobart Pacha has sunk tue Enosis in the port of Syra.” it afterwards proved to bea trap laid by an important house to test the discretion of its employes. The proprietor of @ travelling menagerie in North Prussia could not take enough money to feed his ani- mais and was obliged to kill them merely for the skins. Natural history must surely be at a discount du those regions. A French vessel, a arrived at Gibraltar, having on \board Romualdo Latuente and several other persons, who were implicated in the revolt at Malaga. The British authorities, however, refused bo receive them, upon which they made for Oran, A furions bull recently escaped in Paris and, mak- jae his way into 4 ratiroad station, took up th ion in front of an approachiug train, Serious we would have ensued had not a bul.et from a sen- ry’s Chassepot fortunately put au end to his belligo- Feat Intentions, A Mr. Wust, of Vienna, recently committed suidide by hanging himself; but before adjusting the fatal tope he collected all his correspondence, jeweis, ponds, de,, representing several miliions of florins, . bud set fire to te heap, determined that none of his al jamily should luvertt his weal: The Prince of Montenegro was recently fined 09 florins by the Custom House officials of Trieste for javing some tobacco hidden in his trunk. Unfor- unately for the officials his Highness asserted hig het ag a reining primey aud instead of geiting e fine they were threatened with dismissal from ead quarters. A celebrated rock, celled the Queen's Chair, sitn- fed near the Island of Aioen, on the coast of Den. ark, recently tumbied down during a slight shock an eartuquake. It rose 495 feet avove the level of 6 sea and Was much resorted to by Visitors on au unt of the magnificent view obtained from tue sum~ nit, The noise Of its fail was terrific and lasted seve mi minutes, ‘The number of arrests made by the twelve of the Carabinieri of Italy during the month GF he vember pumbered 4,3 The district of Fiorenve Was the most prolific and Cagiari yiewed the siuail- eat number. Since New Year twenty-eight deserters from the Antibes Legion have preseated themsvives on the frontiers of Naples. The Weiner Zeitung announces that the Mayor of Szegedin, in Hungary, has promised a reward of to aby one that shall canse to be discovered al * band Of brigands witch in. ta that neighborhood. and gzou any one that sliail deliver invo the hacda of justice two of the mia creauts, dead of alive, THE BALL SEASON. Ball of the Only X Society. The members of the Only X Society held their first annual ball last evening, Trenor’s Lyric Hall, corner of Sixth avenue and Forty-first street, being the scene of the gay and festive gathering, There was a fair attendance despite the unpropitious state of the Weather, and for a quiet affair the ball was consider- abie of a success, The programme comprised the choicest selections from the most popu- lar operas, and the masic of Lander’s band could not have been improved apon, The mem- bers of the different committees dischi their respectives duties in @ manner deservi of the highest praise and had the satisfaction of being ly complimented on the compieteness of their arraugemenis. Ata late hour the dance was going on vigorously and there was aoe prospect of doy being unconiined until sober daylight should break the glamour of the gasilght and send the tired Votaries of nimble-footed Terpsichore to seek repose upon thelr virtuous couches. Protective and Benevolent Order of Elks. ‘The second annual ball of the Protective and Be- nevolent Order of Elks was had last evening at the Apollo Rooms, in Twenty-elghth street, near Broad- way. This association gave promise last year of making their annual reunions so attractive that their repetition of the first entertainment from season to season would be looked forward to as an event of no small importance in the cycle of ball doings; and the pramise, judging from the aftair of last evening, will certainly not be unfulfilled, In fact the Elks on this occasion spread out their antlers in a capti- vating way that proved quite irresistible to a chab tering muititude of pretty young ladies and a host of “lords of creation,” who never fail to put in a goodly Aopeerence at every festivity where style and fashion hold an unbending sway. And of course this fact im no wise disturbed the equanimity of the gentle creatures with the multiplicity of horns, for they danced about the rooms with as light fantastic a toe as though antlers had never been known to carry de- straction to the heart of many adeer! The display oft fashion was really immense, without being 80 much so as 4 be out of good taste; and the way that diamonds glittered from powdered tresses and snow-Wwhite shoulders was a temptation which no ordinary chevalier @industrie couid have weil re- sisted had he been able to insinuate himseif into the midst of the brilliant gathering. ‘The music ale | it the evening was very fine. The whole affair, indee was one of hezrty enjoyment and pleasure; au may be safely said that the Elks, though young in the art of annual balling, are certainly very far ahead of many of their rival reunionists in that thorough Knowledge of al that is essentially neces. sary to inake a ball a relaxation from care, and not a time for meretricious show and tiresome labor. Arion Ball. Arion, Liederkranz and Purim are the highest gems in the diadem of Prince Carnival. The first of these will be exhibited to-night in a superb setting, which the Arions know how to chisel, the Academy of Music wiil recall the glories of the “Arabian Nights” ’neath these skillful genii Generals McClellan aud McDowell. Governor ,ioifman and paar Feuton, Mayor Hall and (out le monde will ere. THE IONE YACHT CzUB. Supper and Reunion Last Night. For some years past it has been the custom with the fone Yacht Club for the incoming officers to give asupper to the retiring oficers and the members of the club. During last month the election for officers for the current year was held, and resulted as fol- lows:—Commodore, Philip Malone; Vice Commo- dore, Alfred Moore; Rear Commodore, Jas. A. Luck- ey; Treasurer, Thomas F, Myers; Secretary, John Fitzgerald; Corresponging Secretary, Tuomas Mc- Loughlin; Measurer, James A. Havens, Last night these gentlemen gave the usual supper at the residence of Mr. Cornet, corner of Fifty-second street and Eleventh avenue. The supper room was elegantly decorated with the Jags of the various yachts belonging to the club and the club signals, Shortly after nine o'clock about thirty couples sat down to @ very substantial and recherche spread. After due ve had been done to the good things provided the speeches of the evening were made. Mr. P. Malone, the President elect, after thanking the members for the honor done him, proceeded to review the career of the club in past seasons, and predicted that the coming summer would be a very eventful one for the Ione Club. Several new boats would be added to the fleet, and the regattas and matches would consequently be more than ever interesting, The other gentlemen elected returned thanks for their election, and made short speeches, Mr. Luckey, the Rear Commodore, making a few pleasant remarks in response to the toast of “The Ladies.” The affair was avery agreeable one, the utmost sociability prevailing, ‘and the presence of ladies at the festive board added an extra pleasure to the festivities. After the Cece the happy company adjourned to a large room in the rear of the house, where every- thing was in readiness ior dancing. The music soon struck up and the floor was covered with merry dancers, who with quick feet chased away the midnight hours untill the small hours were gid getting larger. ‘The members of the Jone ‘lub are determined to find enjoyment, and when it 1s impossible to find it upon the water they devise means for participating in it on shore. The entire festivities were well conducted, and this was mainly due to the superinteadence of Mr. Malone and his corps of lady and gentiemen coadjutors, COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION. The following are the reports of the Commissioners of Emigration for the month of January, 1869:— DESTINATION OF PASSENGERS, During the month 44 emigrants have gone to Cana- da, £6 to California, 47 to Connecticut, 5 to the Dis- trict of Columbia, 1 to Georgia, 706 to Illinois, 134 to Towa, 93 to Indi 13 to Kent r, 12 to Ki 3 ere anne Goes aoineseen Tb to Maryland § to Michigan, 49 to Minnesota, 91 to Mis- souri, 10 to Mississippi, 2 to New Hampshire, 2 to Nova 187 to New tg 4 to Nebraska, 8 to North Carolina, 35 to Rhode Island, 300 to Ohio, 733 1 to eo Carolina, 6 to South Ing, 2 to Utah, 35 to Virginia, 4 to Wiscon- sin, 2 to Colorado, and eas have remained in this Stite—making a toial of 5,657. EMIGRANT ARRIVALS, During the month there have arrived at this port 44 emigrant vessels, 33 of which were steamships. The steamships brought 659 egbin rs and 4,257 steerage passengers, there being 4 births and 11 deaths on the auferent steamers. The sailing ves- sels brought 11 cabin and 1,476 steerage Ramenaers. — the passage there were 10 births and 17 eal FINANCIAL. Ralance in bank, $8,041 37; received to February 2, $102,141 15; disbursements, $27,255 24—leaving a ba: lance of $83,817 28 to the credit of the Commis- stoners, ‘The number of emigrants arrived this month exceeds that of the corresponding month last year over 300, HORSE NOTES. Quite a bitter war has been for some time in pro- gress between Colonel Brace and Mr. Wallace, com- pilers of rival stud books, Hundreds of errors have been pointed out by each in his opponent's book; but while both compilers may: be pecuniarily injured by the wordy war, the public will gain much valu- able information through the searching criticisms of the rivals, That any stud book of the magnitude of these volumes could be made perfect was simply impossible; and therefore the errors developed ought not to astont h the public or subject the com. ptlers to severe ceusure. Each belleved that he had the best stad book that could be produced, and both have probably by this ame been astonished by the discovery of humerous om\ssions and errors. Both books are certamly of great valine to breeders of thoronghbred horses. No other persons in America possess so much valuable matter for a sind book as these gentlemen, which they have obtained by much labor and no little expense. At the close of their war they will be wiser if not better men — certainly better prepared to furnish a stud book approaching perfection; and when peace shail be deci: they can best serve the pubitc and their own interes's by uniting their efor and publish. ing, by subgeription, a stud book which will embody all the information posseased by noth, and secure the patronage and confidence of the friends of both rites. Pare Belmont’s fine imported mare, Maid of Honor, by Newminster, died at “The Nursery,” Sonth side, Long Island, on Saturday last, Some weeks since she was frightened, as is sup) by the rising of a flock of quail, and ran throu trong: = nee, receiving @ severe wound in the shoulder, which subsequently caused her death. Mr. Lovell has disposea of his trotting mare Lady Wells to Mr. Martin, of the Seventh ward. Mr, Lovell, in her place, has parchased a very promising five year old colt, sired by Commodore Vanderbilt. ‘The colt resembies bis sire very auch in appearance and to his trotting action, ‘American Girl 13 in fine health and hae improved greatly in appearance since her last summer's cam- paign, She hag trotted some very severe races for one 80 young, but has escaped injury so far, and. no doubt, whl appear in the spring ready for further arduoos work, and with @ fair prospect of: reachin, the head of the list of the fastest trotters on the turf, WHERE SHALL WE LOOK FO8 RELIEF? To THE Eprror oF THE HetaLp:— I was pleased to read in this morning's Hrnaty some very important questions concerning robberies, &o. You ask, “Where shail we look for retiei?” 1 answer, not to police detectives. When thieves boid'y ausert that they fear no vetective, and only shun them because they (the detectives) are so ava- psa | tt is high time that honest peopie met to pe and agree upon some wan for mutual pro Ne The Study of Light and Its Sourcee—Highly Interesting Lecture by Professor Cook. Professor Cook, of Harvard University, Massachu- setts, lectured last evening at Steinway Hall before @large audience, on the Spectroscope. In the ab- sence of Judge Daly Mr. Tillman, the Secretary of the American Institute, introduced the learned lec- turer, who addressed himself at once to the subject of his discourse, by saying that the color of light de- pends to @ limited extent upon the nature of the source from which it flows. By studying this color of light methodically we reach new chemical analy- ses, and have discovered new metallic compositions on the globe; and we have also extended our in- quiries beyond the sphere of this planet, and have Yeached some knowledge of the constitution of the heavenly bodies. The first principle to know 1s that all bodies when sufficiently heated emit light; for light is the necessary result of high temperature. The bar of iron in the blacksmith’s furnace, the coal in the grates the gas which illumines the hall, are illustrations of this principle. In ail these the light has no peculiar color, but is white. The source, then, from which light fows is in every case @ solid body, and it is a universal truth that an in- candescent solid body always emits pure white light. But we must also understand what is pure white light. It 1s not a simple and not a very complex sensation. sir Ne we owe the first analysis of light, through the, means of the pi Which separates the of white light int many colored rays. If a beam of suniight passes through a alit in a door into the room it throws 4B ge Of the slit, in a rectilinear jine, on the opposite wall. If a giass lens be inter the image will still be perfect; but if @ prism, two dist nct results,are reached. First, che beam of light ts bent to the left and the several col- ored are spread out like the rays of a fau into a bre band of blending colors, eng the solar ctrum. If the ditterent colors of light be recom- bined they give pure wiite light again. Hence it follows that pure white light is a compiex sensation, composed of different simultaneous iinpressions upon the eye. The Professor then produced the instrument imvented to vt age light, the spectroscope, the me- chanism of which is exceedingly simple. At the end of one tube 1s the slit to admit the of light; 10 the centre the prism, which divides it and throws & spectrum at an angle to the left into a second tube, and then @ telescope is attached, the better to exam- ine the spectrum. There is a difference in the angles thrown by the different colors of the light; the red and light hues are bent the least, the violet aud dark hues the most. What was sald of incandescent solid bodies is true also of liquids, which can be heaied to become incandescent, like molten metal. it follows b; analogy that when we see pure white ligit it emanales trom a luminous soiid or liquid body. ‘This is universally true on earth, and we may assume it to be a law of nature throughout the universe. ‘The light of the sun and of the ixed stars is pure white light, and therefore they must be or liquid giobes, and cannot be gases or vapors; for the light of the later is far less intense at the same tempera- ture, and there 1s a great difference between different gases aud vapors. The rule has been established that the denser the source the more oriliiant the light. Hence the d give a more brilliant light ‘he Professor per an space contradiction to this theory im the buraing of coal gas; but it was not the gas which burns, but minute particles of charcoal or carbon, which is formed as soot, and showed this by experimenting with two Bunsen burners, Tue Professor then burned common salt— compound of sodium and chiorine—by wiich the red color of a sheet of paper was turned to pale white, ‘The source of lignt here was sodium vapor, He then burned lithium in another fame, and Spt duced a red light, the source of which was lithium vapor. He then experimented with suiphur and nitre, used in fireworks, producing a pale yeliow, red and green light, the sources being e1taer sodiuin, }ithi- wim, boerlum or strantion, By pasing a.cucreat of electricity the light is made to shine stil more bril- liantly. Knowing ail tus, we can, by means of the spectroscope, analyze the light and determine tho nature of its source. New metailic elements have been discovered by this means as sources of light rubidium, sysium, thaliu and indium, And this has also led to @ knowiedge of the consti- tution of the heavenly bodies. The sun and the fixed stars have been touud to be solid or liquid globes, the light from which it has been determined passes through @ sodium atmosphere immediately surrounding them, ‘ihe nebulw aud their nature as gaseous or vaporous bodies, determined by the anaiysis of their light in the spectroscope, were at jength spoken of. ‘he absorbing qualities of light were detailed. The solar spectrum was explained and the manner in which to devermine the precise quality of the source oi light given in a very detailed and interesting manner, apd that the character of the metallic composition of the sun and his atmo- sphere contain! calcium, magnesium, nickel, boerium, gine aud otuers, but neither goid, sliver, antimony nor strantion, and several others had been thus fixed. ‘The lecturer closed with numerous beau- tuul experiments, some of which did not succeed so well as anticipated, on account of some derange- meat in tie epparatus, erected on @ higit platform in the centre of the hall. CHURCH OF THE HEAVENLY AEST. A new Episcopal edifice, entitled the Church of the Heavenly Rest, on the corner of Fifth avenue and Forty-fifth street, will be opened on Sunday, under the jomt rectorship of Rev. Dr. Robert Suaw How- jand and Rev. Dr. J. K. Conrad. A ser- mon will be preached in the morning by the former gentleman and in the evening by the latter. v. Dr. Weston, of Trintt eg will 1s of brick, oMiciate In the afternoon. The build 100 feet long by seventy-five wide, and stands back from the avenue. Next year an enlargement will take piace, when the present front will be tora down and replaced by a stone facade in a line with the street, surmount Chris angels. A peasans will The church will then be 150 feet long by ninety-five wide. ‘The groundwork of the interior ts of blue and fawn color. It has no galleries, The columns are of va- riously colored marble and the windows are alt richly stained. The furniture of the chancel, faclud- , ing the pulpit, choir chairs, atar and railing 1g of black walnut, A iar feature of the church is @ Gothic baldac-chino arching the altar, after the style of European cathedrals. The pipes of the organ are of biue, red aud gold. The choir will be composed entirely of voices, and the ser: ices will be ouanted. e pews are of bute ternut, and the uphoistery crimson. The whole in- terior is very rich and tasteful, and the popularity of the preacher will doublesss attract a full attendance wt the opening. — THE PANK MUSEUM, The following are among the donations to the Park since those last acknowledged:— A pair of ostriches, presented by Professor Joseph Henry, Secretary Smithsonian [neutute, Washing- ton. ‘They were caught while young in the interior of the province of Rio Grande. The expenses of ob- taining and forwarding them were kindly defrayed by Mr. Waiter 8. Bradley, an American resident at itto Grande, Aaron Young, Jr., United States Con- sul at Kio Grande, was instrumental in the presenta- tion of these interesting specimens. One eagle and one peccary, presented by N. Dex- ter. Seventy-five greenhouse plants—many of them rare ne eee by Thowas Addis ta met, M. D. One ashantee spear from Africa, presented by Cap- tain Michael Steveuson. * oa Kussian rabbit, presented by William & mith. One red tox, presented by Master Fred Leland. One Brazilian ostrich, & Gne specimen, presented by Count de Miranda. P Bag American biack bear, presented by Ledyard il. One deer, presented by Master Samuel Guaiteman. One bald eagie, presented by A. B. Corneil. AOUGHS OW A RAILWAY TAAIK. A daring attempt was made to rob the passengers onthe morning express train which left this city on the Hudson River Railroad at eight o'clock yesterday morning, Soon after the train left the Station, and while running slowly on the avenue, & oon gp Bene the inst a od Fd Leven shouted out, ‘Through passengers take the forwa' cars.” All started ty go forward, when the thieves oustructed the doorway and commenced th ir work. Ove man, a Mr. Brishain, doing business at No. 43 Dey street, New York city, was roobed of his wallet. Agviner man was robbed of his watch, and an uo- successful altompt Was made to commit a third rob bery. All tie thieves made their escape. A LIVELY TIME WITH NEGRO BUNGLARS. Herole Conduct of n Charleston Lady. One night last week, in Charleston, Mra. George Martin awoke and saw two negro burglars ta tie chainber, Une remained wile the other went into the ad olaing room. The one who remaine had o large butcher's knife, which he held over the sium bering Mir, Martin. When the burglar left the bed he placed the knife tn his teeth aud waked about the rooin, seerching the drawers, from which he Wok thirty-ive dollars in greenbacks and five dollars in gold, After a while he again approached the bedside and elevated the huge knife, Mra, Martin jumped Up and seized an artulery sword near the bd, and While the burgiar’s arm was extended over her sleeping husband strack the burgiar a terrible blow, which caused the knife to fall from bis grasp. Walle he swoped to pick uD the knife she gave lim a cub on the head, and as fis face swang back she gave him still another blow on the foretead. The burgar rushed at ths heroic Woinan and succeeded in giving her a severe kick in the side, breaking two of her ribs, Which cansed her to faint and fall.” This woke Mr. Martn, who leaped out of bed, only in time to see the scoundrels jump out of the window. Rosprry or a Post Orvice.—On Thursday pight Inst a party of burglars entered the Post OMive at P.eips ontario county, and stole apout twenty dol- Jars in stamps and money. They Vroke open evory letter im Uae vost ilies, Dut Were not stievesatul tn Sodiag sme booty. The Fata was not discoverod unt ine gy dem J engen g and up to this time no clue to the identification of the thieves las beea ol- veined, —alvany Argus, Feb.