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| | \fmona transmitted to us by tradition. In this poatner apy astronomical observations or phe- can, with the aid of tho diagrams, be feadily established, and the exact date of their ‘occ @ be minutely ascertained—an im- ‘portant advantago this for chronology ‘should future observation and discuss \sion prove this system to be the ‘true one. By tracing back on the diagrams ithe route that the carth has pursued up to the pPtesent day we are led successively through yall the great traditional phenomena; the last deluge suffered by the earth is seen to arrive in its proper placo by the natural succession of events, and the manner, time and cause of its occurrence are made manifest thercon. Moreover, Joshua's stopping the sun, the biblical account of which has puzzled so many theologians and provoked so much ridi- cule on the part of scientific men, is shown by the same process to have really seemed to occur and to have been a phenomenon resulting from a simple, natural and comprehensible cause. Two of the diagrams, illustrating the seasons of the year, whether they represent truly or not the mechanism of the planetary bodies, are remarkably simple and ingenious. In fine, the whole work is condensed in the following sentence, with which it concludes :— “One single substance, spraad throughout the universe, is its origin, its law and its preserv: tion.” : Systems of astronomy are simply theories for the interpretation of observed facts, and we bespeak the aitention of the world for Dr. Trastour’s system, on the ground that it accounts for the whole range of observed phenomena better than any other system does, Sixty Thousand Sewing Women in New j York and Brooklyn. At arecent religious meeting in Plymouth ehurch, Brooklyn, one of the speakers said it was eslimated that thero were sixty thou- sand sewing girls in the two cities of New York and Brooklyn, and that a gentleman con- nected with the trade expressed the opinion that the average earnings of these girls did not exceed three and a half dollars per week, with which they were expected to find bread, lodg-’ ing, dress and other necessaries of life. The speaker remarked that in view of the tempta- tions thrown in tho way of this class of per- fons it was a marvél how little vice there was among thémi. He said that while this was 4 most important field of labor in view of the future good morals of tho two cities, ‘there was none so entirely noglected by the church,” The speaker did not spare his own (Plymotith) “church, which he said numbered two thousand members, not three hundred of whom, he ob- served, did any active work with the church, except to attend the Sunday service to hear Pee cloquent discourses of Mr. Beecher. Passing, for the timo being, = shortcom- ings of the members of Plymouth church, as acknowledged by one of Mr. Beecher's flock, and assuming that there is perhaps as much disposition to do good on the part of its two thousand members asin any other church of any other denomination of the same number, we propose to submit a few observations to the public, of a practical nature, with reference to the poor women of New York and Brooklyn and ,Vicinity. Statistics recently published show that there is a great scarcity of females in the Western States and Territories, Industrious, intelligent young ladies, with common school education, frugal habits and amiable dispo- sitions, would be welcomed in the States and Territories of the West, if properly introduced ‘by responsible members of society. We or- ganize companies and invest capital to bring German, Irish, Chinese, English lads and others from their foreign homes to this coun- try to people our prairies, tit our lands, work our mines, tunnel our mountains, bridge our rivers, build our houses and construct our railroads and canals, Large inducements are held out to such people to immigrate to the United States. This is the work of organized capitalists who sock cheap labor to improve their Western property. Their purpose is not so much to improve the human race as to inereage their wealth. While securing the latter object, which is uppermost with them, they do not object to any improvement that their working people may make. Their field of labor is well enough in its way. Their desire for gain makes selfishness the prime object in their enterprise; but they do great good nevertheless, Improvement of the mind and body of the man or woman is the natural result of emigration and settlement west- ward, It follows, not as a design of the action of the emigrant corporation, but in Bpite of it, as the growth of corh follows the planting of the seed in spite of the wishes of the planter. Emigrant societies, therefore, are doing a vast amount of practical good to others, if their prime object is selfish. A growing evil among our people is a ten- denoy to centralization. There is not that desire for country life, pure air and water, fer- tile fields, woody glens, fruits and flowers which ought to exist. There is no doubt that many of the sixty thousand sewing girls of New York and Brooklyn, if there are so many, could live in the country and be comfortable, but, for some frivolous reason, they prefer the storied up city, with scanty clothing and ene mealaday. Atthe samo time there are ®@ very large number of poor girls in both @ities who would gladly go West if they knew where to go and had the means to get.there. Here isa fine opportunity for a charitable emigrant aid society, whose sole object should be to ascertain where in the West ten, twenty, fifty or one hundred worthy females can be employed in a lucrative and respectable busi- ness. Then forward the required number as they may apply at the society's headquarters ie this city. Let such a society be organized by the’ wives and daughters of our wealthy citizens, 1,” ® gentlemen cannot or will not ho it " rhis 4g a field where no one will ques- diomiwenibials wr rae to act. Open a headquar- te voung ladtes who really re and request all , seation and better their desire to change their le. at they are worthy condftion, who can show th. ‘ar their names, of confidence, to call and regia. they would stato what they can do and where > no fear prefer to go, &e., and there need be that great good will follow, a It cannot be denied that the New Engla. Kansas Emigrant Aid Society, organized 7 Boston in 1855, though tts prime object was political, Sccomplished great general good. As it turned out, but for that society (notwith- ‘ending the founders of it were politicians and | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, land speculators) Kansas would have beck made aslave State, and thp hardy men and noble women who were sent into that Territory under its auspices would have remained in the cities of the North to delve out a comparatively short and miserable existence. The Aid Soci- oty sought out the bsst unomployed people for settling up a new country, and offered them inducemenits to {eave an uncertainty for a cer- tainty, The great bonefit received by tho emigrants who went in 1855-56 from New England, New York and Pennsylvania into Kanass Territory—which then embraced No- braska—and settled is best shown by their pre- sent record. They are the most wealthy, most active, and most worthy people in that popu- lous, growing and now rich country, consist- ing of two States—Kansas and Nebraska. In all the branches of industry, science and art, in morals, literature and religion in those States the emigrants of 1855-56 ware the prominent leaders, There is no fleld of usefulness where so much. immediate good could be done as the one to which we refer. To organize such a move- ment in season for the spring the work should be begun at once, Ft will take some time to correspond with suitable persons in the West- ern States and Territories to ascertain exactly where to forward those who desire to go, and the early spring is the time to start. Who will set the ball in motion? Lot the wealthy young ladies of this great metropolis begin, and the capitalists will respond to their calls. The Comunissioners of Charities and Core rection. The abstract which we published last week of the annual report of the Commissioners of Charities and Correction affords gratifying evidenco that their work has been well and faithfully done, The large sum of $1,476,000 which they have expended during the year in charity and improvements, and the estimate of $1,220,765 for expenses during 1870, might at first suggest a suspicion of official wastefulness here as elsewhere. But the sus- picion must be dismissed as soon as we con- sider the immense demands of our crowded metropolis, With all its destitution and crime, upon the funds at the disposal of the ag Sioners, and how much has already been don8 and still remains to be dono by them. Many of the inStitutioag dH the islands and in the city have been enlarged and improved. A new lunatic asylum is in course of con- struction on Ward’s Island, and will pro- bably be completed in June or July. It is urgently needed; for there are now at least fourteen hundred male and female patients packed together in the illy-arranged tbedlam on Blackwell's Island, and two hundred in the lower tier of cells atthe Workhouse, while the number of these unfortunates is continually increasing. The Infants’ Hospital, on Ward’s Island, is rapidly approaching completion. Five hundred foundlings are now crowded in the old building, which cannot suitably accom- modate them, although their present condition is reported to be comparatively healthy. At this hospital during the month of November a successful experiment was made in feeding a number of bottle-fed babes with an artificial food—Nestle’s bread-and-milk flour—which is commended as worthy of being introduced into all the foundling hospitals of the country. The Inebriate Asylum, on Ward's Island, con- tains at present three hundred inmates, one hundred of whom are non-paying patients. It bas been in operation for two years, and admitted to be a failure by all but the physi- cian, who may not err, however, in cherishing hopes that it will yet prove successful, But the most justifiable source of the pride with which the Commissioners may look on their labors of the past year ia to be found in the complete success of the schoolship Mer- cury, the pioneer in their laudable experiment to rescue from poverty. and vice and convert into good and thoroughly trained sailora the castaway street gamins of New York. No legs than three hundred lads who have been picked up in tho streets are now on board of this vessel. Now that Congress and the peo- ple are awaking to the vital importance of restoring our merchant marine to its former enviable position and of increasing the effi- ciency of our navy, the prospective value of such a nursery of ‘‘able seamen” as the school- ship Mercury cannot be too highly estimated. Thirty-five thousand dollars were paid for the Mercury, and an additional appropriation of forty thousand doHars for alterations and im- provements during the ensuing year has been asked for by the Commissioners. If they had done nothing else but launch this schoolghip they would have richly merited public apyro- bation, A Home vor Consumprivts.—We have hefore spoken of the noble charities of New York. We have now to notice an excellent institution—something of a novelty in chari- ties—which is situated in Tremont, Westches- ter county. It iscalled ‘‘A House of Rest for Consumptives,” and is an Episcopal inetitu- tion, under the direction of Mr. Henry J. Cammann, Miss Boyle taking care of the house and attending to the patients. It is literally a home where consumptivés may rest, where their dread disease may receive the wisest and most thorough treatment, and where, ifthe disease is incurable, the patient may receive tender and kindly care until death. ‘A VOICE FROM THE CUBAN JUNTA. New York, Jan, 7, 1870, To rue EpiTon or THs HERAL D:— A telegram from Washington publishea in this day’s HERALD gives the following statement as pro- ceeding from @ high official source :— ‘That intercepted letters show that tho Cuban Junta 1s badly demoralized and distracted by internal dis- wensions. That one member of the Junta has wutten toa friend in Cuba stating that the Cuban pnvoy, Mr. Morales Lemas, is 4 weak, ineMicient, ambitious sud pompous official. That Aldama is called @ traitor. That nearly every mem- ber of the Junta is abused by some one or other of his colleagues in the fiercest manner, and Cc! ter- ized by Lhe with the vilest epithets. Although the close analogy between the above stateraent and the action recently attributed to the Junta in a faise telegram from Havana, published in the press of this city, is suM@ciently apparent, we feel it our duty thus publicly to declare that not one of us has ever written the letters referred to, nor any others in the remotest degree containing such ex- Ss that the Junta is not and never has been istracted by internal dissensions, and we defy Spanish Minister or any one else to produce any such Pani sald to have been ate a we trust that the non-acceptance of this cn: wil be @ sufficient proof of the falsity of the charges made against us, and'that it at the same time nal how Pinan the statements given to “ondents are about Be Mahal being . a - Sn ~ a TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM | ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD French Cabinet Consolidation and Reform. M. Ollivier on Industrial Combination and the Press Law. POLITICAL AGITATION IN SPAIN c Papal Infallibility in a New Shape. Arrival of Spanish Gunboats at Havana. FRANCE. Cabinet Consolidation and Pfinisterial Ac- tivity—The Army. Panis, Jan. 8, 1870, M. Ollivier to-day received the magistracy of Paris inaboay, . Yesterday there was an important reunion of the Ministers at tho Ministry of Justice, and there was sull another meeting to-day unger the presidency of the Emperor. It {s said that a circular will be sent by the new Minlster of the Interior to the Prefeets of all the departments making known the policy of the gov- ernment. The documents, it is furtner said, are very liberal in tone. It 18 reported to-day that tho Mintatry will proposo @reduction in the contingent force of the army of from 75,000 to 100,000 men. The Press Law. Paris, Jan, 8, 1870, ‘The trial of the editors of the Rapper (“irrecon- cilable’’ journal), for ® violation of the law relating to the public press, has been brought to an end. Charles Hugo and Felix Pyat, the chier editors, were Sentenced to four months’ imprisonment and to pay a gue of Lom tase caoh Be ter goutenas | Was also senténced addiuoua Tiontis? im- Bylsonment and 1,000 francs tine for having dis- tributed antepg the soldiers iu the barracks an arti. cle calculated wp foment insurrection. Auinegty. |” Panis, Jan 8, 1840, Prime Minister Olilvier recently petitioued the Emperor for the pardon of the miners who naa been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment for par- ticipation in the riots at Aubin some time ago. The Emperor has complied aud to-day the prison- ers were act at liberty, SPAIN. The Governmental Crisis—Previncial Agita- tien, MADRID, Jan. 8, 1870. Nothing has yet been settled concerning the Min- istry. There 1s much political agitation throughout tbe country. ROME. A French Plan of Infallibility, Pants, Jan. 8. 1870. The Memortal Diplomattque asseria that a com- promise has been arranged on the question of the Infallibility of the Pope, Infaibility will be aMirmed, but dissent from the article will be imdulged. Pere Hyacintho Again. Paria, Jan. 8, 1870, The correapondent of the Temps, writing from Rome, ridicuies the story extensively prevailing that Pere Hyacinthe, upon appealing to the Ecu- menical Counci}, was not heard or recogwiaed, ENGLAND. The United States Debr. LONDON, Jan. 8, 1870, The Saturday Review ‘of to-day, in an article on American fuances, thinks that the chances are de- cldedly against the repudiation of the national debt on the part of the United States, because its payment is easy and profitabic. President Grant Expected. Lonpon, Jap. 8, 1870, A story has been extensively published on the Continent lately to the effect that President Grant Will soon visit the sovereigns of Europe, and that he will make the transatlantic voyage accompanied by & fleet of iron-clads. YACHTING. Mr. Ashbury’s Statements and Their Vaine, Lonpon, Jan. 8, 1870, Mr. Douglas, owner of the American yacht Sappho, publishes a letter in the London Times to-day, in which he disprovés Mr, Ashbury’s statementa made in @ former communication relative to the match engagements of the Sappho and Cambria. In this letter Mr. Douglas states that ne endeavored last season to obtain—vy arrangement, but without success—An open sea race between the yacats, either to the Azores and back in return to the point of starting, or Tor.a distance of fifty miles out from the Irth coast and back. Mr. Ashbury evaded the offer by reiterated propo- sala for @ race round the Isle of Wight, which the leading English yachtwwen concede is unfalr to te American vessels. : Mr. Douglas now challenges the Vambria or any schooner yacht in Great Britian for one or three races, to take place in the month of Jone next, from the Nap lightto Cherbourg, France, and back to off the Nab, He aiso challenges any English yacht to race from Kinsale Head or off Kinsale, on the coast of Ire- land, to New York during next summer, starting on tne Fourth of July next or at apy over time, but the Fourth of July preferred. Another Account. LONDON, Jan. 8, 1870. Mr, William Douglas has issued a challenge to the world to race his yacht Sappho (American) to Sandy Hook on the éth of July next, THE YACHT METEOR. Disposition of the Wrecks Lonpon, Jan, 7, 1890, ‘The yacht Meteor went on the rocks off the coast of Northern Africa, near Cape Bon, os Bona, ig tbe neighborhood of Tunis, ‘The spare ana sails, with everything valuabie otherwise about the wreck, were got out agd away from her and the hull subsequently biowa up ALABAMA. nee Sneed Supreme Court Decisions—Sinvery Extin- guished in 1863—Status of Confederase State paving Mow¥aoyiey, Jap. 8, 1910, ‘The Supreme Court of Alsbama nas decided tht there has been no property inalaved since 186); thas every judgment given by any of the courts if ale wide ae 1865 ia Dull and void, nt uctiged offic it ig peat Sarna we pelted Sener THE SPANISH GUNBOATS, AinnnnnnnAtpepnnnnnrn The Mosquito Fleet at Key West. Key West, Jpn.-F; 1879, The Spanish gunboat Juan de A with the mosquito dees, srriyed hore last night on their way $0 Bavapa, ; Bre CUBA. THE RED RIVER REBELLION. ‘The Proclamation of the New York Juntn | Forced Loan Exacted of the Hudson Bay Rewarded as u Hoax—Arrival of Fifteen of the Mosquito Fivet. HAVANA, Jan, 7, 1870, ‘The “proclamation’’ of the Cuban Junta, recently printed here, is now generally considered as @ hoax. At tg thought the document was invented by the New York Croniséa or the Havana Voz de Cuba, There are many here, however, who are regularly imposed upon by articles in the Voz de Cuba, who believe the prociamation gonuine. No confirmation or de- ial of the truth of the dooument has yet been received from America, In tho meantime it has been telegraphed to various points in the interior of the isiand, where it has unquestionably exorted a powerful influence. {The denial was promptly forwarded from the Associated Press ofice in vnlacity.; Fifteen more of the Spanish gunboats arrived from New York to-day at noon, Thoy were ascom- panied Ly the war ateamer Pizarro. The steamship Saxonta arrived from Hamburg this morning. ‘The municipality of Matanzas bas Imposed an ex- port duty os foiiows;—On sugar, 10c. per box and 30c, per hogshead; on molasses, 26¢. for musoovado and 200. for clayed. Captain General De Rodaw Latest Procia- A mation. BAVANA, Jan, 6, 1870. One of tho gandoats from New York, via Charles. ton, arrived here last nighs, Captain General de Rodas has tasucd a proctama- tion, generally complimentary to the behavior of the citizens and army. He says the sickly season has passed without diminishing the strength of the army. The insurgents took the offensive twice and were twice repulsed, The insurrection, afver that, was confined to the mountains. The troops already hero were suficient to subdue the insurgents and the reason that so many troops were coming from Spain was that their Spanish countrymen desired to share the sacrifices of Spaniards in Cuba, Ho adds that the Cubans are not insurgents in war only, but in incendiarism. The civil tribunals were peforming their duties as usual, while, owing to the surrenders in the Cinco Villa district, tie troops remain without work, Keduced Cable Kutes—spaniards Invited to -Emigrate to the Isiand—Another Rumor About Cuban Buarbarity. HAVANA, Jan, %, 1870, ‘The recent reduction in the Cuba cable tariff gives general satisfaction. A further reduction is con- vempiated when tne West Indian cable ts fnisaed. The Voz de Cuba, in an editorial a couple days gince, seriously advisea the repopulation of the island with Spaniards, and suggests that induce- menta be heid out to the 40,000 Spanish solaters who have arrived here to put down the insurrection to Ruy permanently in Cuba and thns gx'ermiuate thd éneires oF spring The Prensa announces the xiii of thirty. un. armed men in toe vicinity of Mansealea a lew days alngg by the insurgenss, ‘The steamship 1a France, from Sé+ Nazaire, put in hore on the 4th, and sailed again for’ Yera Cruz on the 6th. HAYTI. Tho Fall of Port na Prince Confrmed—Eugiish Sailors us Firemeu—Salnuve Non Est In- veutus, HAVANA, Jan, 8, 1869, The capture of Port au Prince by the Haytien in- surgents 13 fully confirmed. The crew of tne English war steamer Defence aided in extingutshing the conflagration. The whereabouts and fate of Saimave are un- known, MEXICO. Death of a Prominent Journalist—Disastrous Fresbets in Chiapa=A Number of Lives Lost—The Revolution Epidemic. HAVANA, Jan. 4, 1870, The regular mail steamer from Vera Crus arrived here to-day, bringing advices from the City of Mexico to the 1st instant. Seilor Tarco, the editor of the Siglo and a promt- nent politician, is dead, The Congress had appro- priated $30,000 for the relief of nis family. Great freshets had occurred in the province of Chiapa. ‘The water completely washed away many farms lying along the borders of the rivers, and tt was computed that no less than 200 lives were lost, General Negrete’s partisans had invaded and cap- tured Los Libros. General Alatone, being unable to suppress the re- bellion in Puebla, had resigned his command, The revolution in San Luis Potosi is increasing. In Puebla the insurgents had captured several towns, defeating the government troops and cup- turing and executing General Bocardo. The estimates of the War Department for the com- ing year were $7,000,000, The feara of @ general revolution are datiy tncreas- ing. THE NEW DOMINION. The Extradition Case—Discharge of Caldwell— Attempt at Re-arrest Successfully Evaded— Keward for the Apprehension of Caldwell. Monreal, Jan. 8, 1868, Caldwell was, this morning, brought vefore Judge Coursol for examination on the charge’ brought against him Dy Mercer. He was discharged owing to the inauMiciency of the evidence. Some thirty other charges are pending againss him, and the high constable had @ warrant for his arrest on one: of these. However, immediately on the Judge pro- nouncing bis discharge, Devlin, his counsel, took his arm and waiked out of the court room with him. The door was locked behind them in the face of the High Cofstable, who was following after them with a warrant for the rearrest of Caldwell, It was some time before the door could be opened, and when it was Caldwell was nowhere to be found. The government constables are out m evory direction, but up to the present they have found no trace of Caldwell. The afar has caused cousiderabie exciement, Tne Judge end the counsel for the proseci tion are mm 4& great rage, There is no doubt that Devin and Caldwell had made com- plete arrangements beforehand for his es- cape, and it ia hinted that whe authorities were not 40 active as they might have been. ‘Tbe Consui General kas offered a reward of $100 for the apprehension of Caidwell. No clue was yet been discovered a4 to his whereabouls, The Canndian Pacific Railway~The Gauge of the Great Western Railway. Ortawa, Jan. 8, 1870, Notice is given tn the oficial gazette that an ap- plication will be made to Parilament next sesston for an act of incorporation for a company to build a railway from Ottawa to Fort Garry, Red River, and thence to the confines of British Columbia; also for the construction of a branch thereof from Fort Garry to the most convenient point in the United States, with power aiso to bulld steamers and other yes- sels and ‘igate the river Saakaichewan and ita branches, and the rifers and lakes traversed by the railway; also that the money credit of the Dominion be extended in ald of such company Pe nee mortgages on the wild lands of the Crown along the route {m proportion aa tho work proceeds. The Name of the company wiil be “The Canadian Pacife Rallway and Navigation Company.” Application Will also be made for anthority to narrow the gauge of the branches of the Great Western Ratlfay. SOUTH CAROLINA. Nogro Equality in Charleston—Negroes Re- fused Keserved Seats in the Theatro—The Civil Rights Bill. CHARLESTON, Jan. 8, 1870, Laat night @ colored man, for whom a ticket had been purchased by a white man, applied for admu- sion to the dress circle of the Aeademy of Music and was refused admittance by Manager Jobn 1. Ford, of Baltimore, the lessee, Another colored man ap- plied ror a ticket for the reserved seats and was also refused. This morning warrants were issued bt the aMdavits of the two colored men, sud Mr. Ford ‘Was arrested at the Academy of Music on the charge of violating the State law for hay Say out the pro. visions of the Civil Rights bill. Mr. Ford gave bat! to appear at the next verm of the Court of General Sessions, General Josoph E. Jouuston bay dotitely declined of Nashville, Tenn. at bie willingdées to scoapt iy Put be has “deouted that the business e 8 Wt present under him Wn bopgr to, ih Company—An Insurrectionary Organ to bo Established—A New Leader of the Rebel- Hon, Curacao, Jan. 8, 1879, Aletter from st. Boniface, dated December 24, waye:— On the 224 inat. the Winnipeg insurgents forced a loan of 850 pounds stertung trom the Hudson Bay Company under provest. Two hundred and fifty pounds of the umount was used co purchase the press and prinung material belonging to Caldwell & Co, {rom which i to be imsued & faper in the interest of the insurgents. Its name will be the 2 nt, and iv ts to be edited by Major Robinson. A young Irish priest, nained O'Donohbue, 18 leading the insurgents. He contemplates ,making @ journey to the United ‘States, but whethér lor raising funds or enlisting Fenians ts unknown. A letter from Governor McTavish, dated at Fort Garry, December 25, to the Hudson Bay Company's agent at St. Paul, Minn., says that vhe loan men- toned above was obtained by the insurgents carry- ing off the company’s safe, which contained the amount named. ‘The stolen funds are redeemable at Fort Garry, York Factory, in oxchango on London, He warns Americana agalust negotiating these notes as they are useless, THE PACIFIC COAST. Tho Sapreme Court Judgeship—The Nevada Branch Mint. BAN Faanorsco, Jan. 8, 1870. Governor Malght has appointed Jackson Temple, of this city, as a Judge of the Supreime Court of the State in the place of Judge Sanderson, resigned. ‘fhe Chollar Mining Company has deciared @ divi- dend of one dollar per share, payable on the 10un inst. ‘The United States Branch Mint at Carson, Nevada, is ready for operation in every department, KENTUCKY. Legistative Procoedings—Honoring the Mdm- ory of General Jackson—Teunesse State Bank Bills Recoivable for Taxes, LOUISVILL®, Jam. 3, 1870, In the Legislature the House passed 7,esoiutions honoring the memory of General Jacy son ana wm commemoration of the battle of New ¥ rieans. Resolutions providing for the appointment of a comission to prepare & systemigyf public schools suitable to the demand of tho day” ana report to the next Legislature, were referred W, 4 comuitter, Yue bil’ relative to delingy eny ratiroads were made the’special order for We¥ pesday next. ‘The bill requiring the oMicey, of the State to re- ceive the notes of the Bank of Yeunessee issued prior to 1861 lor taxes passod & 8% ond reading, MARYLAND. The Constitutionality of tho Stute Tax Raitroad Passengors, Barnteme -avKR, Jan, 8, 187s The Baltimore and Ohto Railroad Company hav- ing requested the opinion of Mr, Reverdy Johnson Upon the question of the constitutionality of the State Legislature, which requires the company to pay into the treasury one-fifth of the gross procesds from passenger travel over the Washington branch of the road, he discusses the matter at some length, Thd m egugiusion says-— Tam cléarly oF gvinion that tne acts of ine Mary- land Logisiature, ab6Ve referred to, of 1342, 1844 and 1852, a8 far as they impose tue tax tu question are uacoustitutional and vQld. . NEW YORK. ‘Tho Gleov’s Falls Bank Robbery—Navigation of the Hudsoa at Albany. ALBANY, Jan. 8, 1870. Thomas J. Shay to-day found in one of our streets an envelope containing, the willof Hatsey R. Wing, of Gienn’s Valls, partially burned. This wilt had been Ceposited in the Glenn's Falls Bank und was a part ol the property stolen trom that bank yesterday. the thieves were undoubtedly in uns city Lo-day. The steamer Connecticut reached her dock this morning from New York and wiil return to-morrow, The weather Indicates a close of the river again by Monduy. Messrs. Cormac, McWilitams and Michaei Conway will rep@sent the Albany Brickiayers’ and Plasterers’ Uuiou in the National Couvention to be hold at Chicago next week, INDIANA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, Democratic Convention at Lndiunnpolle= Nomination of State Oilcers—Severe Are raignment of the Administration—evolu- tionary Character of Congressional Recon. struction Acte—Expansion of the Currency Demanded. LyDIANAPOLIS, Jan, 8, 1870, The Democratic Convention convened Academy of Music this morning at ten o’clock. The Convention was cailed to order by Mr..L. Devlin, Chairman of the Central Committee. General M. D. Munson, of Crawfordsville, was made temporary chairman, and a comunibigg of one from each Con- gressional district was appointed to select perma nent officers, of which Judge Joseph &. McDonald was Chairman. The committee reported the foliow- tng officers:— General James R. Stack, of Huntingdon, Chair. man; B. J. Bright, of the indianapoils Sentined, and L. G. Mathews, of the New Albany Ledger, Secre- taries, and one vice president from each UCon- gressional district. ‘The following are the names of the Democratic Central Comumitiee seiected by the delegations of each district:—First diswict, ——: Second district, Jonn 3. Davis; Third district, R. D, Slater; Fourth district, Nathin Raymond; Fitth district, B. 8. Al- vord; Sixth district, William Mack; $ nth dis. trict, J. S, Williams; Kighth strict, J. Swintzer; Ninth district, Joun 0. Berson; Tent district, E. W: Brown; Eleventh district, J. D. Early. Judge James L. Worden, of the First Supreme district, was nominated for Judge of the Supreme Court, For Attorney General Bayless W. Hanna, of Terre Haute, was nominated on the first pallet. While the balloting for officers was progressing a delegate proposed three cheers for the State of New York for repeaiing the vote approving the fifteenth wmendment, which were given with # will. the following are the resolutions adopted: Resolved, That the democracy of Indiana, in delegate con. vention assembled, declare that tha federal Union, with all 9 Fights and dignity of the several States, shoulll be pre- ved, and to secure t t national biessfay the consi. and every appronch ther attempted ‘ecent events have more and revolutionary char- ures of Congress, und we vasion of t) ghts of the people and of all the State dependence of the Supreme Court of the esnential to the aafety and sucurity of the St that the measures of Ne the destruction of — the ce of shat court to, adjudicate on the enactments of Congress te & dangerous evidence of the waurpations of the logalativa over ihe judicial departments of the government; that we are in favor of a tarlit for tue revenue only, and we demand that the burdens of taxation shall be fairly and equaly ad- Jusied, wud that such an adjustment cannot be made with. out striking from the atatute Book the present un juet aud odious tari tayra—m ayatern of taxation bared upou favorit. ism and which has destroyed Awerican anipping and commerce ; oppressed the people of the great agricn tural te ions, which compels the many to pay a tribute to the few, ‘aud which haa bulit up monopolies and controls not only every American market, but uiso the legislation of Congress, and we depiand tint the prime articl ne consity, aucl upon ‘the free list; that we are willing to pay our debt in arict compliance with the contracts, wheth made payable in gald or greenbucks,; bat we wre un do my i that, and we declare tat the tive aro payable in greenbseka or wholr equivaien demn the policy of the administration, which i & pect centralized despotism d gress orthe Executive; th ever convinced us of the 1 rt the es and people, Congress bay and gree! s in Heu of paper, thus saving miiliona annually to le, and givisg to the whole peop! ad of the lew, te of tasuing paper currency; that the business Inter country demand an in d volume of eur- rency, burden of the public deb nigh rate of in- and ; terest and taxation imporativeiy forbid th currency im the interest of the ndpolders; that the shares of stock Im the national banks ought to be subjected to achool and muniolpal taxation on the same conditions as other pro- perty; and we demand of our State Legislatare tnat the sbares of auch banke shall be subjected to equal taxation with other property of the Stal hat the bonds of the United States ought to be tared by Congress for national pur- poses to such an extent as will substadllally equailze the tar- ation of such bonds with other property subject to local tax- ation; thas, denounce the acti jslature in Pier pin to force upon the people the rd fifteenth amendment to the coustitution of the tant § States as in palpable viol of our State conatitulgon, aed we fast Indiana being counted for said woreby declare our unutterabls oppost- tideation; that ant attempt to regulate the moral {dear, appetites or innocent amusements of the people contraction of jon of our inst Leg! by legislation is unwiae and despotic; that we are oppcesd to 0} inthe naturalization laws of th: ited Sts Srhoreny sdralesign to clteamahip Will BO mass ote Leet of transferring Qe naturalization United States idging the power of the State courts In iat Fespect as 19 and an expense to the poor and Frieatiess candidate for Atoerigan citi raw ship; that we re- cognize the prey the oahoot of ‘ntolerant powed as Know-Nothingtsm.-the twin relic of radi After the adoption of the resolutions ex-Senator pe ng and Hon. ). W. Voorlees made brief spcechos, A resolution wag adopted authorising the State Coramittee’ to seiecs @ chairman from their Cent bers. wention thea adjoyracd owa ‘Tue at they) 7 PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Prominent Arrivals in Tals City Yesterday. Colonel W.0, Moore, of the Unitea States Armys Colonel J. H, Crandall, of Connecticut, and J. Ae Argue, of New York, are at the Coleman House, K. 3. Hale, of Essex county, New York; ©. We Bradjoy, of Ludiana, and H, T. Sweetser, of Peon- sylvania, ure at the Hoffman House. T. V. Cunningham, of the United States Navy; O. Boyd, Jr., of Philadelphia; 0. F. Hardy, of Boston, aud AH. Farmer, of Whlsehall, are at the Witt Avenue Hotel. Adumurai Breese, of the United States Navy; Stephen Leahy, of St. Louis, and Alfred Bristow, of London, are at the Evereut House. . Col, Ke H. Ables, of Unicago; Judge Milford, of Indiana, and Capt. B, M. Wilcox, of tho United States Army, are at the St. Charles Hotel. Major Pall, of the United States Army; @. Howard, of Chicago; Co!, Grafton, of Kansas; J. He Stewart, of Khode island; A. Hyatt, of New York, and Gen. A. H. Ladin, of North Carolina, are at te Metropolitan Hocel. Attorney General J. R. Hoar, of Washington; Ho mer OC. Potter, of Poughkeepsie; C. T. Mulnurd, of Boston Falls; General B, 8. Roberts, of tho United States Army; Bradley Barlow, of Vermont; Jonn & Watts, of Santa Fe, and Congressman Varnawort, of Iilinows, are at the Astor House. General James Oraig, of Missouri; Judge Richard Hitchcock, of Uhio; Judge J. Wiley Edmonds, of Boston; ?. Houghiand, of Fort Wayne, and Gover. uor Hail, of Missourl, are at tio St. Nicholas Hotel, Mi.cellaneous Personal Movements. Philadelphia has a colored man worth $600,000, “Koights of the Red Bag’ is a Richmond secret society. The Bible Soctety of London sent a Bible as a pre sent to General Prim, im Madrid, the other day. 1s Was 4 Maguificent volume, bound in scarlet velvet and clasped with gol, The very day on which he re ceived it rim despatcled tt as a present to an Eng- lmh lady sojourning temporarily in Madrid, Wao has returned with it to London, A prisoner ia the Newport city Jail, Kenuucky, named Stigers, who ts under indictment for stea:iny cow, sent for a young attorney on Saturday who sted in prosecuting his caso before Ul examining court. When the lawyer made nis ap pearance ut the jail Sugers catled lim up vo one of he windows and dashed a bucket full of dirty water tn his face, List of Americans registered at the office of BHowles Brothers & Co., 13 rue de ta Paix, Paris, for 1860:—New York—Mr. i, Mr. A. G. Mr A. J. ra. H. A. . Kemp and the week ending December 22, Mr, J. G. Marshall, Lathrop, Mr. F. 1. Lord, Mr, J. Adains, Mr. and Mra. J. P, Rust, Muribat, Mra. W. HH. Milgurn, family. Mr. 5. 0. Mgevis, Mr. A. W. @rodell, Mra, Cuadehy, Mr 4, Waierhollse, Mr. 0, M. Sepops, Az, wALW . Mr. J. 0. Hey yyou, Ale Se i Pr eager William z + Abe wnat MY. hud Mra. 3. He ey. Boston I a? ‘id wie '* "wo. Vairemid, Mr. G.'t. MeLauthiin, al . ur. Wiggiesworth, Mr. VF. H. Smicn, >, ae Hi. Hall, ur, A. ©. Wallworth, Mre Gardner, Mr. T. B. Upham. Philadelphia — Mr. J. i. Brown, Mr. b. Miller, Mr. J. Af. Stanton, Mr. £. J. 1 H. Watson, Miss M. Brooklyn—Mr. Charles son, Miss w Lowell—Mr. Charles Whitney. Detroit— SeQg and wife, Miss Parsons, Mr. I, H. con Std—Mr. RN. Rice. Wisconsin— J Knapp. Galveston “, ,8. Anderson, Oswego— Mr. and bs ©. F. Johnson, Miss A. M. Joinson,” Miss K. L. B. Sognson. Westcliestor—Mr. Howard Painter. Toledo-“dlr. W. Gardner. Chicago—Mr. O. RK. Keith. Indiauspolis—Mr. J. Willard, Prove deace—Mr, A. b. Adants. MY cluse(ts—Mr. B. i, Hamilton, Mr. Samuel auf> Callfornta—Mr. and Mrs. 3. E. Alden and daughter, United states Navy—Mr. R. R. Wallace. Sordeaux—2r. C. Clinch, United States Consul. Florenco—Mr, A. Freucd. Hhoug Kong—Mr. J. Jackson. MISSOURI. Meeting of the Surviving Patriots ef the War of 1812 at St.’ Lonis. Sr. Louis, Jan. 8, 187% The surviving patriots of the war of 1812 re siding in this State met to-day. Quite @ number were present, and many sent letters regretting their inability to attend. General Ranney, of St. Louls, presided. ‘The obdjeos of the meeting was to draft a memorial to Congress asking that all surviving soldiers of the war of 1312 be placed on the pension list. ‘This object was ac complished, and the meeting adjourned. The ayes Of those present ranged fromm 72 to ¥L. EUROPEAN MARKETS. Lonpon MONEY MARKET.—LONDON, Jan. 8—1:30 jongols closed at 924, for money and 9: the account. American securities closed ; United States five-twenty bonds, 1862, 86> 1805, Old, 8634; 1807, 854; ten-forties, S4se, Ere Raiiway sbares, 17%; Ulinois Ceatrals, 102; Atlane fic and Great Western, 254. Pakis BOURSE.—Pakis, Jan. 8—1 P, M.—The Bourse closed firm. Rentes, 74L 75¢. Panis, Jan. §—8 P, M.—The Bourse ia buoyant, Rentes, 74. 90c. FRANKFORT BouRSE.—FRANKPORT, Jan. &—Uniteg States tive-twenty bonds ciosed quiet. * Lavgxroon CorroN MAkkRT.—LIVERPOOL, Jan. 8—1:30 P. M.—The cotton market closed quiet Middiing uplands, i1',d.; middling Orieaos, 11\a, ‘The sales of the day have been 10,000 bales, includ- Ing 2,000 or export and specniation. MavRE COTTON MARKET.—Havre, Jan, 8—1 steady. MAKK &T.—LIVERPOO! |. —Cotton closed quiet LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFY Janu. §—1 P, M.—Wheat, &s, a 88. 1d. for No, 2 Western; 9s. per cental for California white ang. 4s. Od. for red winter. Flour, 21s. 6d. per bol, foe Western canal. LIVRRPOOL PROVISION MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, Jan, 8-1 P, M.—Beef, 1038, per tierce of 304-1bs. tor new extra prime mess. Bacon, 6l8, per cw for new Cumberland cut. Livekvoos, PRopuck Marxrr.—LivgRPooL, Jan. 8—1P. M. low, 44s. 6d. per owt, Pernoneum MARK#r.—ANTWeRP, Jan. 8.—Petro- leum closed firm and unchanged. Bremen, Jan. 8.—Petroleuin closea fatat 6thalers 56 groats, P. A.—Kestorer Americn, We cull our article RESTORER, for auch in verity it tr, aw the experience of ladies and gentiemen of the highest sesso ts y in this city wi teat. Ni man will attempt to 0 refute this, but when quacks aud ve nable nostrums, deleterious mixtures aad barber-ous conceita ira pugn our veracity for the purpose of misleading the publ we think it igh time the line of demarcation was dra a limlt set to the practice of imposition. Take th vannted two battle uch stuff and mix the contents, what is the result? A recrement black aa the earl of tho lower regions? riding boots, wn hy asthe slag or wout found in the bol- (ea containing iis prototype, the Egyptian | This, {0 ste manipulation for tmmediate uae, you do nok parselie, simply because you apply the foal Mud be:ore as bad Ure to precipitate its filth, which it presently docw upon your hatr, leaving it smutty, traly amutty--sooty, reat: sooty. Recrement, seoria, dross, fiith ; very iby becomes the air of thy RESTORER AMERICA fs beautiful and translucent as cryst eye of lnnocence—sparkling as fou, ‘ith ; jaily ‘phel een—clenr us the mond 0: the first water— pretentious (ailures—(air aa the jawolled hilt of Iperfect Minnebana Laughing’ Water). Pre vents the decadenec of beauty's chief adorament, and restores. the (ading tresses to their pristing love.iness. REK AMERICA ‘Thirveeath, Fourt oi nth atrosts Sixth avenue; and the various hair empo Hum; O'lrien's, $27 Broadway; Buras’, 323 Sixth avenue, wad others. Prepared by Dr. 1. J, O'BRIEN, Wee of Works aud Wholesale Depot, 02 East Thirticth of and Quick Cure for Coughs, Col: one throuts--SAYRE'S COLAS POOR A Pamphlet at Your Druggist’s Narrates the Wonderful cura of Kidney Diseasen aud Serocula by Mlle SISQUOL SVKING WATEL A Phypiclan’s Opinion tc MHOFF'S MALT EXTRAC ta unquestionably a most rate ak ners, Loss A, Secretions, rE A.—Golden Hair.--Robare’s AUREOLINE, OR GOLDEN WASH, tho only harmless preparation for giving to the Hair that suany hue or golden shade so much sought after. Two oc three applications will produce the beautifal golden color so much adinired. Sole ageats for America, CASWELL, I1AZ- ARD CO. corner Broadway aud Twenty-(ourth ‘streek, jew Yor! Vitiation of @ A.—Truth ty Mighty! Read What Rarry’s TRICOPHEROUS has dono:—Henry Lawaon, of Spring street, New York, says, in justice to the merits of Barry's Tricopherous, I wish to acknowiedge that itis the best thing T have ever used for restoring, preserving and beautifying ¢ hair, Ratchelor’s Hair Dye—The Best tu the world, The only perfect dye; barmless, reliable, instanta- uesous, Factory 16 Bond atroe! Dr. Riggw’ Hard Rubber Truss Office No. Barclay strect, New York ; ontnblishort 1867. JAMES ©. RIGGS, Successor. Every Jewish Family Should Have the JEWISH MESSENGER. ‘43 Broadway. Ean des Fees, or Water of tho Fairies, How stores Gray H it no nitrate of gale by HERM « ATWOOD, 441 Jack's theatre, and druggiats generall; George Fraucls Train at Tammayy This (Sunday) evening—On “Old Fogies of the Bible.” “Admission BW and $6 cents, Hazard & Caswells Cod Liver OV is the Bests ee. Royal Havana Lottery.—Prize7, Paid in Gold. fe mn furnished. The highest rate, paid for Doubloona Toformat and ail kings of Gold and é TAYLOR & CO., Bankers,’16 Wail street, N. Y, Watt's Nervous Antidyte,—Warranted pee reicame AT igre See aE nm sche faptantiy. reanann i HENRY, No, U Collage place