The New York Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1870, Page 7

NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 1'870.—TRIPLE SHEET, Blective system, in so far as concerns any com- mlssion that affords a.man a chance to make & fortune by ‘his office. In the present adminis- tration of our State prisons there is a great eal of money to be made. This is principally on account of the contract and labor system. The entire revolution of the labor system—its abolition—would take away the cause that , might corrupt prison management in any hands, and with that cause away the commis- sion system would be the best. We belleve that the abolition of enforced labor in the pris- Ons would have other good results. In the end ft would be 9 better economy to make the prison a schoolhouse rather than a workshop. The latest movement looking to prison re- form has been just announced in this city inthe form of a call for a national convention, to be held this year at Cincinnati. The object is to consider the most advisable means of criminal punishment and reformatory treatment, and the circular, which we publish elsewhere, is aigned by official representatives from nearly every State. ‘ Tho Lenox Library—A Gift to the City. The latest instance of a growing and com- mendable disposition on the part of our wealthy men to make donations during their lifetime for the benefit of the people is offered by the proposed free gift to the city of New York of the finest private library in the United States—a library which Mr. James Lenox, of Fifth avenue, has been collecting for many years with the utmost taste, intelligence end liberality. Mr, Lenox has won an enviable reputation as one of the principal bibliophiles in the world. Besides its other priceless treasures his collection includes a larger num- ber of rare editions of the Holy Scriptures ‘end of various works relative to America than any in this country, or perhaps in Europe. Together with its valuable paintings and sculptures, and the rich additions which Mr. Lenox pledges himself to make to it, and the still further additions which other wealthy col- lectors will doubtless be stimulated by his example to give, the Lenox Library must in time rival even the British Museum and the Bibliotheque Impériate, A bill has been intro- duced into the Senate at Albany for the incor- poration of the Lenox Library, the munificent founder of which proposes to convey to trus- tees a block of land in the vicinity of the Park as a site fora library building that shall be an architectural ornament to the city. He will devote to the erection of this building three hundred thousand dollars, and as much more money a3 shall be requisite. So splendid a gift as the Lenox Library cannot be too highly appreciated. A great public library is in itself @ true university for the people. It is only to be hoped that the trustees of the insti- tution will administer it with such wisdom that it shall be readily accessible at convenient hours to citizens of all classes. Toe Western DeMooracy AND GOVERNOR Horrmay.—The Cincinnati Hngutrer, a lead- ing organ of the Western democracy and the special trumpeter of Mr. Pendleton, opens fire on the financial vidws of Governor Hoffman in his late message as an abandon- ment of the greenback-debt-paying platform of @ the National Democratic Tammany Convention of 1868, and flatly declares that the Governor's new ideas will never go down with the demo- cracy of the West. This means that the West- ern democracy have a rod in pickle for Hoff- man, to be applied in 1872, in order to settle the outstanding Western account against the New York democracy for Seymour's artful dodging, whereby Pendleton was cut out in 1868. This makes the case look doubtful for Hoffman. City Powitics.—We present in another column an interesting review of the state of the political market in this city, which will be found comprehensive and to all the parties in- terested of special moment, and to the general reader of interest, showing, as it does, the working of the several political cliques and parties, ral THE STANTON FUND. The Subscrip for the Family of the Late Edwin M. Stanton—One Hundred Thousand Dollars Raised. The fund raised for the family of the late Edwin &. Stanton amounts at the present time to one hun- red thousand dollars, one-half of which has been Subscribed in this city. The Union League Club appointed a committee to receive contributions, and Mr. A. T. Stewart, repre- senting that committee, has obtained fifty thousand @ollars. His personal list contains, among others, the following names:— A. T. Stewart......%5,000 John D, Wolfe.....$1,000 Wm. R. Stewart 1,000 J. B. & A. Col 1,000 Judge Hilton +. 1,000 Henry Clews. 1,000 ‘There are a few others upon Mr. Stewart's paper ‘who severally gdve $1,000 each; the remainder of the $25,000 on his paper is made up in sums of $500 each. Collector Grinnell represented a committee raised in Washington, of which Mr. Justice Swayno, of the Supreme Court of the United States, was chairman, and Mr. Samuel Hooper, Representative from Mas- sachusetts, was secretary, The following is a copy of Mr. Grinnell’s paper:—~ - Ww ed, hereby agreo t tribute the eet agniuat our respective namer ioward the formation Stee fund to be applied for the benefit of the family of the late Edwin M, Stanton, and as & slight testimonial of our appre- ‘elation of the services rendéred by him to our common coun- iu ite period of greatest trial :— loses Taylor... 1,000 4 i Wm. E. Dodge. 1,000 Morton, Bliss & Co. 1,000 Jas- H, Banker. ... 1,000 ‘W..R. Vermilye.... 1,000 Wm. W. Phelps ... 1,000 Chas. H. Rusgell.... 1,000 Adams Express Co. 1,000 Marshall 0. Roberts 1,000 Jas. Lenox. 008 M. H. Grinnell. 1,000 Cas! Edward Mints 1,000 ‘im. rr 1,000 The reports from the other principal cities do not amount to much, The summing up is about as follows:— Mr. Stewart’s paper. r. Grinnell’s paper. iD... hiladelphia ashington. TOtAl ....ssseeseccsescesscssccsessessees se» $97,600, Senator Chandler, of Michigan, gave $5,000 of the amount raised in Washington. Boston promises 65,000 more, and Philadelpnia $10,000 more, which will make @ total of $112,000, without hearing from Mr, Stanton’s native State (Ohio), which has not reported. OBITUARY, Baron Von Becke. 4 cable telegram announces the death of this nobleman. He first appeared prominent soon after the close of the last war between Austria and Prussia, when Baron Beust was appointed Chancellor of the Empire, In the organization of the Minis the deceased was made Minister for Finances ( mber 24, 1867), position he filled ‘with marked ability. To him was due the present system, by which the taxes are made to bear equally upon ‘the fnhatitants of the various countries com- ) prising the empire. When he entered the Ministr; e finances of Austria were in a deplorable oondi- tion, and the fact of his ee them on @ more gatisfactory footing than they had been for years previous attests, the great financiai tatents he possessed. Itmay, indeed, be truly said that by his ‘death Baron Beust nas lost a col league who was, next to him, the most successful Cabinet Minister tat Francis Joseph has calied to his aid, TRLEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD Paris Tranquil and the Radical Press Under Control. Marine Disasters on the Brit- ish Coast. Death of the Austrian Min- ister of Finance. THE WINNIPEG WAR. The Sioux Indians on the War Path. Fears for the Safety of Ameri- can Settlers. The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments Ratified by the Mississippi Legislature, Protest of a Georgia Senator Against the Military Board of Inquiry. FRANCE. Paris Tranquil. PARIS, Jan. 15, 1870, The city ts tranquil, Action Against Radical Agitators. Panis, Jan. 15, 1870, ‘The government authorities announce ther inten- tion to bring an action against the proprietors of the Reorme, & revolutionary organ, for violation of the press law. That paper has violently attacked the government lately. Two journals in the provinces will also be proceeds ed against immediately for the same cause. The Ministry and the Press Law. PARIS, Jan. 15, 1870, It ts reported that at @ Cabinet meeting held to- day it was unanimously resolved to continue the Prosecutions against tue violators of the press law. Yesterday M. Emile Ollivier created a sensation by urging, in his great speech before the Council a’Exat, that offences against the press law be sub- mitted to a jury, To-day the project was brought before the Corps Legislatif. Judgments in the matters of the press will be deferred until a vote can be taken on the subject in the Corps. ENGLAND. Reports from Paris, Lonpon, Jan. 15, 1870, Private letters received from Paris to-day mention the restoration of tranquillity and the absence of ex- citement or uneasiness. Heavy Gales on the Const—Marine Disasters. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 15, 1870. The heavy gales along the coast continue, and disasters to the shipping constantly coming to hand, The following reports have been received of dis- aster to vessels engaged in the American trade:—The “Glenconse,’’? from San Franctaco for Liverpool, ex- perienced heavy weatheron the 7th; shifted cargo and was badly damaged. The ship Kenilworth, Captain Austin, from New Orleans December 3 for Liverpool, was totally lost off Patrick’s Causeway. Eight of the crew were saved. The Johan Martin, from Falmouth for Philadel- phia, sunk at sea on the 31st ot December in longi- tude 14. No particulars, ROME. Progress of the Council. Rome, Jan. 15, 1870. The discussion which has been going on for sev- eral days in the Ecumenical Council on the subject of ecclesiastical discipline was continued to-day. AUSTRIA. Death of the Minister of Finance. VIENNA, Jan. 15, 1870. Baron C. Von Becke, Minister of Finance, is dead, OCEAN TELEGRAPHY. Deep Sea Cables Consolidation—Financial Ar- Fangements, LONDON Jan. 15, 1870. It is announced to day that a working arrange- ment between tne Anglo-American, the Atlantio‘ the New York, Newfoundiand and London, and the Société du Cable ‘fransatlantique Frangais com- panies has been agreed to. The arrangement is finally settled between the airectors of the compan- ies, and it,only requires to be confirmed by the share- holder, ‘The receipts of the three cables will be placed in a joint purse and divided in the proportion of thirty- six and two-thirds to the Société du Cable Trans- atlantique Frangais and sixty-three and one-third between the Anglo-American, the Atlantic and the New York, Newioundland and London Companies, Should any of the cables, or the land lines in con- nection therewith, be tuterrupted at any time the messages will be sent by the route which is open, without regard to the company which may have ac- cepted them. Thus the public will be benefited, while the companies will have the advantage of their revenue being continued in the event of any of the cables being broken. It ts also understood that the Anglo-American and the Atlantic Companies are to be reconstituted on the basis of a common stock. PARAGUAY. Lopez Reported Wandering in Brazilian “ Deserts. Lispon, Jan. 15, 1870, The regular mail steamship from Rio Janeiro ar- rived at this port to-day, bringing late tatelMrence trom Paraguay. ‘The despatches previously received announcing the flight of Lopez and the termination of the war, are fully confirmed. It seems that Lopez did not re- treat toward Bolivia, He was last heard from wan- dering with & 1ew followers about the deserts of the Btazilian provinces. THE PACIFIC COAST. Heavy Rainstorme—Favorable Crop Pros pecte=The Towa ot La Porte Destroyed by Fire. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14, 1870. ‘The rains for several days past have been quite general throughout the Pacific States and the pros- pects for the crops are most favorable. There 1s no longer reagon to apprehend danger to the growing grain in this State from a want of rain. ‘The ship Chieftain has been placed under the Sal- vador flag and her name ch: to the Clotilde. Jacob Benjamine, execntor of the estate of Frank Decatur Forrest, deceased, minor, peir of Joseph L. Folsom. has commenced suite of éjectment against over two hundred defendants for @ portion of the Rancho de Los Americanos, in ento county, ‘The property is valued at $250,000, ‘The town of La Porte, in tl destroyed by freon the 11th of January. . Fi fos Sind as crea S'S 1 ey Cy HT 36. Legal tenders, 830, THE RED RIVER REBELLION. Alarming Intelligence from Fort Garry—Sioux Indians on the Warpath—The Hudson Bay Company’s Treassre Seized by the Iusur- Goute—Prospects of a Settlement—Demands of the Insurgents to be Conceded. CHICAGO, IIL, Jan. 15, 1870, A letter from Pembina dated on the 3d inst, an- nounces that the Sioux Indians at that time were within three miles of Fort Garrv, and had informed Parties sent out by Reille to stop them that they were on the warpath against the halt-breeds, insur- gents and Americans, instigated thereto by Shaw, the man who, as asserted by the French half-breeda, was employed to do this work by Governor McDou- gall. Considerable excitement prevailed at Fort Garry. Another correspondent says that Donald G, Smith, who was sent by the Hudson Bay Company to super- cede McTavish, had publicly acknowledged the validity of Reilie’s government, There seemed to be some prospect for the success of the mission of Fathers Thepault and Desalberry, as these gentle- men seem inclined to concede nearly every demand of the insurgents. A despatch from St. Cloud, of the 14th, says Dr. Shuffer had arrived there from Pembina the same evening, and reports matters as in a very serious state at Fort Garry. The French, under Reille, are mastere of the situation. They have seized the Hudson Bay Company's safe with £250,000 in gold to pay the troops. Father Thebault and Colonel Desal berry, the latter a commissioner of the Canadian govern- ment, were on their way to open negotiations with Retlle. Mr. Tupper, who 1s @ prominent politician, thinks they may be successful in doing good. It Was rumored that the Sioux Indians were coming down, and the Dakotah and Minnesota people are much alarmed, they fearing another Indian war. Retlle, who acta as Commander-in-Chief, has 350 men under arms, The Hudson Bay Company’s officials are said to be apathetic and winking at the acts of Reille. The Scotch and English half-breeds are passive. DOMINION OF CANADA. Licenses to American Fishermen to be Abol- ished—Tarif Changes Proposed—Severe Weather Throughout the Dominion. . Orrawa, Jan. 16, 1870, Tt 1s rumored that the Cabinet has decided to abolish the system of licenses to American fisher- men and to fall back on the interpretation of the treaty of 1818. It is said that the assent of the impe- rial government has been obtained to this policy, The rumor is renewed that achange is to be made in the tariff by imposing duties on articles on the free list. At Montreal yesterday the thermometer stood at twenty-two degrees below zero; at Toronto, one de- gree below; at Quebec, twenty-four degrees below; “at Ottawa, twenty degrees below; at Kingston, aix- Coe degrees below, and at St. John seven degrees low. GEORGIA. Protest of State Senator Hinton Against the Jurisdiction of the Military Court of In- - quiry. AtLanTA, Jan. 15, 1870. In the Court of Inquiry to-day the counsel for the defence filed the following plea against the jurivaic- tion of General Ruger, General Haines and Mayor Goodfellow, composing the Board of Inquiry:— The ineligibility of the undersigned to at in the Legislature of Geargia under the Reconstruction gress of the United States, the under- ary being officially notified of the appointment of the meeting of this honorable court, and being also noitfled that he might appear either in person or by attorney, and defend himself against the alle- gations that he 1s ineligible to a seat in the Legisla- ture of the said State, does now appear with all due re pect for the members of the Board personally, and does hereby protest and declare that the honor: able Board has no lawful right or jurisdiction to in- cane into Cart ed judgment upon the eligibility of the undersigned to a seat in the Legisiature of ee for the reasons and upon the grounds fol- lowing :— First—The undersigned, after a full investigation as to nis qualifications, and after taking the oath prescribed in the reconstruction act for registerea Voters, duly registered as voters, and aiverwards. duly elected to the Senate of Georgia by the regis tered voters of the Senatorial district which jhe Tepresents, 18 entitled to his seat without let or nindrance, eligibility, so far as com- phance with the reconstruction acta, 13 concerned hag been sanctioned and ‘con- firmed by Congress, inasmuch as under those jaws DO qualifications for office are required or im- posed save those required of voters, and as all the ‘voters had to be registered, and as the undersigned is @ registered voter, recognized and declared to be such by General Meade, who then commanded the district, ne is unquestionably entitiea to vote. javing the ordeal of registration his ineligibility was judged by the standard pre- acribed 1n the reconstruction acts and the constivu- tion of Georgia, which have been approved by Con- gress a@rule of action on all other grounas of nee buss and tne military have no jurisdiction of the question. the resent act of Congress, entitied “An act to promote the reconstruction ef Georgia,” does mn repeal i modify the ee atte ae ex- vence when passed relative to qualifications of voters or office holders; but Congress, Mgitestnred upon the assumption that there had been piesa, r gistrations and members of the Legislature t! ereby elected in violation of the reconstraction laws of the Fourteenuh cle of the cone tion of the Unit Tequires members of the Legislature shall take one or the other of the oaths prescribed in the recent acts, on in of indictment, conviction and punishment Riony, which 18 in conformity to, and | in turmersace Congress declared What Of, the existing laws. Thus ig the mischief, pointed out the remedy and desig- nated the forum whose jurisdiction should be the sole and exclusive power for the enforcement of that remedy. There 1s no power lodged anywhere to ae @ Qifferent rule of action or prescribe a remedy. > Fourth—Congress itself can go no farther than pass a law for the enforcement of the fourteenth article of the constitution of the United States, and a recent act of law plainly states what remedy shall be for violation, and where and how the remédy shall ve rced against the members of the Legis- lature of: rgia; and the undersigned ect full: asks how officer of the United States, civil or Lads do more or less than Von; ‘has pre- scribed, Fyth—The fourth section ofthe present act declares that persons elected to the General Assembly, who shall comply with the provisions of the act by taking one of the prescribed oaths, cr afirmations, shall thereupon proceed to reorganize the two Houses by the election of proper of- ficers to each House, and if any member shall take either one of the oaths falsely the act itself pro- vides what shall pe the punishment, Sixth. —The constitution of the State provides one other remedy, and that ia found if the power of either houge to expel any of its methbers who may have rendered himeelf infamous by perjury or auy other hetnous crime, Seventh—In view of the proposition hereinbefore submitted, the undersigned most respectfully asks what is the object of the inquiry which this honora- ble Board is directed to institute? What is to be made of the testimony which thay be given before them? Is it understood by these proceedings to lay a foundation or pave the way for the trial and pun- ishment of the eheta feo by @ court martial or military commission? 80, the proceedings are a positive violation of the recent act aforesaid, which gives to the civil courts of the United States the sole exclusive jurisdiction of the question and prescribed the mode and measure of punishment for taking either th falsely, Is it intended by this investigation to int out who are guilty of felony and who should prosecuted before the civil tribunal? Ifso, this proceeding is an usurpation of tbe functions of the Civil courts, prejudicial of the case,and places the civit courts where they must comply with the orders of the military, or take direct issues with them. Can it be intended by this proceeding to obtain‘a report from the board upon which the pee authorities intend to expel the undersign: from his place in the nate, after he has registered ag voter—after he has been duly elected to. the Senate by duly quaiMied voters of the district he represents—after he has served two long sessions as Senator, participating in the ratification of the 1ourteenth article of the constitu- tion of the United states, ana declaring by solemn Public act the assent of Georgia to the fundamental conditions upon which the State was to be admitted to representation im Congress by the terms of the act of June 25, 1868, After he has complied with the provisions of the recent act by taking one of the prescribed oaths participating in the election of president and secretary of the Senate? If so, a power will be ec: ercised for which no suthority can be found in t constitution of the United States, or the reconstru: tion laws, or the recent act atoresaid, or any law in existence; nay, more, it would be exercising a power unknown to the generous spirit of the American government, subversive of civil liberty, destructive Of the best hopes of @ vatriotic people. KEighth—Great as are the powers of the District Commander, he has no lawfui power or rightful authority to set at naught the recent act of Congress or to provide additional different remedies for the evils which Congress would correct.. Ninih—Said recent act of Congress confers, neither expressly nor by implicati V sort of authority upon the military power in the States to in- terfere in the organization of i Legislature or pe ean eee poe ee eli ag t a members. erefore, &£C, y ttorne| Jonn Callin, R. Hi. Clarke, and W Teeter, makes the same plea for all like cases, The Court | Was engaged all dey taxing testimony. WASHINGS ON. The Home Cruise of the War Steamer Swatara,. “ Wall Street Operations Under In- vestigation. Gould, Fisk and Corbin Before a Congressional Committee. ASSESSMENT OF INCOMES FOR 1869. Wasuinaton, Jan. 15, 1870, The Gold Panic Investigation. The Committee on Banking and Currency, in- structed to inquire into the late New York gold panic, heard to-day the testimony of Messrs. Hodge: kin' & Bonner, bankers, of New York; Mr. Benedict, late president of the Gold Exchange Bank, and Mr. Stout, late cashier of the Tentn National Bank of New York. James Fisk, Jr., Jay Gould and Mr. Cor- bin have been summoned to appear before the committee on Monday. 3 Envoy from Hawaii. To-day Elisha H. Allen was introduced to the President by Secretary Fish, and delivered his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary from the king- dom of Hawall. The customary addresses were made. Assessment of Incomes for 1869. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has just issued an important circular, of which the following is the substance:— The blank forms for the annual assessments upon incomes of 1869 are now ready for delivery, and the orders for the same should be forwarded at once. if any blanks remain on hand from last year they mi be used by core | the dates to correspond wit the form for 1870. The value of coin at the close of the year should also be changed. The vaiue in New York December 31, 1869, was 120, It is advisable to commence assessments immediately, in all cases where parties are willing to make returns. If a taxpayer 1s unwilling to make a return the assessor cannot make an assessment or enforce any penalty for delinquency until after the 1st day of March, Assistant assessors should be instructed to leave a blank form twenty-four with every ptrson who in any probability has a taxable income, and to make a list of the persons with whom blanks are thus left. They should also require all these forms to be rewurned filled up im detail, subscribed and sworn to, The form prescribed for declaring that a person is not possessed of an income of $1,000, as provided in section 118 of the compilation, is by making and rendering a detailed statement of form twenty-four, Alterations iu the Capitol—The New York Post Office. 5 ‘The House wing of the Capitol has been in an up- roar to-day, tearing out the fixtures of the post office and transferring them to the basement. The Com- mittee of Ways and Means will occupy the room thus vacated. The House Committee on Post Ofices and Post Roads bad a short session to-day in regard to the construction of the Now York and Boston Post Offices, but no acton of a specific character was taken in regard to either. Naval Expenses Under Secretary Wells’ Ad- ministration. The resurrection of Gideon in the recent volumt- nous epistolary effusion on nautical affairs and the administration of the Department of the Navy during the rebellion does not disturb the lively bachelor who now presides over the. national honor on the waters, These etforts have hardly elicited any notice, except the inaccuracies which they put forth. Gideon seems to be incensed ‘at the economy now practised in the department. It might be weil for Mr. Wells to know, or rather to refresh his memory with the fact, that the foreign bilis alone in 1867 amounted to $3,000,000, and in 1868 to $4,000,000, two-thirds of which was for tue simple item of coal. Homeward Cruise of the United States War Steamer Swatara, The Navy Department has received the following report of the homeward cruise of the United States steamer Swatara:— New York, Jan. 12, 1870. Srr—I have the honor to report the arrival of this vessel at this port, twenty-one days from Aspinwall, Lhave on board @ draft of twenty-four men from the Resacca, On the 9th inst., in latitude 34 38 north, longitude 72 31 west, fell in with the wreck of @ schooner of about fifty tons. She had “‘Cherryfeld” in white letters on the part of her stern which was above water. I put three shot holes in her bottom to sink her to prevent veasels from running into her at mght, Having had a succession of northwosters since ar- riving on the coast, and boing hoyt-handed, I deemed it pradent to run 1p uadeér stéam before get- ting another blow, the extreme amount of coal for thal parpose being about twenty tons. Since legving this port, on the 27th of November, 1869, this ship has made 4,248 mies under sail alone, I are at tere the Tuscarora, Commander Greén, all Wall, 1 am respectfully, your obedient servant, Ww. ‘i. iN. EN, Lieutenant Commander, Commanding. Hon. GEOpGE M. ROBESON, Secretary of tue Navy. . Audleay of the Trensury. There isa movement to have Mr. William Pitt Shearman, at present Supervisor of Accounts or the Internal Revenue Bureau, appointed to the reapon- aible position of Third Auditor of the ‘treasury. The accounts of that bureau are said to be in a state of great confusion and requiring the services of a man of the largest experience. Mr. Shearman ig sald to be thas style of man, and his appoint- ment is accordingly being strongly pressed upon ‘President Grant by influential parties. Death of an Ex-Treasury Clerk. Samuel W. Walsh, late a prominent clerk in the Treasury Department, was found insensibie in the street last night and died this morning. Weekly Currency Statement. Amount of fractional currency received from the printers for tne week ending to-day, $743,437. SHIPMENTS. To New Yor! $100,000 To Boston.. 100,000 To Philadeiphia. 75,000 To St. Louis... & 26,000 To the national banks and others.. ++ 288,425 Total Shipments. .......-+s.seeeceeesereees $598,425 Treasurer Spinner holds in trust as security for national bank circulation $342,425,050, and for pub- lic deposits $18,991,000. Mutilated bills burned dur- ing the week, $167,230; total amount burned, $19,076,137. Bank currency tssued for bills destroyed during the week, $216,110; total amount issued therefor, $18,005,200; balance due for mutilated notes, $169,037. Bank circulation outstanding at |” this date, $299,750,837. Fractional currency re- deemed and destroyed during the week, $631,100. MASSACHUSETTS. Defalcation in the Boston Trensurer’s OMce— A Trip to Europe Spoiled—Arrest for Ems bezzlement—Denth of the Mother of Parepas Rosa—Fatal Acccident in Lowe! Boston, Jan. 15, 1870, A defalcation has been discovered in the City Treaa- urer’s office, which ts charged upon John W. Collins, late of California, a clerk entrusted with the duty of paying the interest on the city debt. He confesses to having converted coupons into gold, of which he lost $9,000 by gambling. He had on hand about 000, with which he was about starting upon a re tour. The latter sum was found in his des! ‘he total embezzlement is from $10,000 to $16,000, Collins ts in custody. Thomas F. M. Hawley was arraigned in the Munt- Hye Court to-day on the ol e of embezaling $ 5,000 from his employer, a merchant tailor in Elm street. He waived an exhamination, and was com- mitted for trial in default of $10,000 ball. Hawley states that he lost about $12,000 in pmblishing a Leg called the Boston Stage, and that besides this @ has expended a considerable amount for good dinners and fast living. A cable despatch last might conveyed to Parepa- Rosa the announcement of the deatn of her mother in London, and in consequence another opera was subdsttuted for the one in which she was to appear. John Hayes and Jobn Long, who were discharged from the State Prison on the discovery of their inno- cence, after four years’ imprisonment, have applied w the Legislature for compensation, Rev. Dr. Amos Blanchard, of the Kirk street Con- gregational church, Lowell, and a settled clergyman in that place for forty years, died iast eventing of heart disease, at the age of sixty-three. Sylvester C, Smith, # native of Rowley, Mass., an employe of the Boston and Loweil Railroad, was shockingly mangled and killed last night while making Up a freight train at the Lowell city depot. The old Brattle square church, in this olty, took fire this evening from an overheated fue. This relic of revolutionary times was fortunately saved from extensive damage vy the promptitude of the fire de- partmend " MISSISSIPPI. Ratification by the Legislature of the Fit teenth Amondment—The Senatorial Coutest— General Alcorn’s Declination of the Pro= Vislonal Governership. JaoKson, Jan. 15, 1870, The Legislature to-day ratifiea the Fourteenth and yiifeenth amendments, Ta! election for United States Senator will occur on Montay. B. G. Eggleston, the candidate for Gov- ernor last Year om the radical ticket; R. N. Flower, of erent and Major Genera) Ames are the pro- minent candidates. General Alcorn haw written @ igtter to General Ames, declining the Provisional Gdvernorship. He says:—Coming from mubitary authority and subject for support to the milttary power, the fitness of things appeara to me to forbid my acceptance of it while I hold the immediate prospect of position Of Civit Governor by that sanction most accep able to my instincts ag an American citizen, thaé of popular choice. EF may, perhaps, be indulged in the frank confession that under the fellowsnip, error and chastisement by which I am bound to the Southern people | am constrained by an irresistable force of my heart to draw back from lot or portion in the government Pa other right than that of their own con- ce. TENNESSEE. Tennessee Constitutio: Convention—The Bill of Highte—Proposed Amendment to the Federal Constitution. NASHVILLE, Jon. 16, 1370, In the Tennessee Constitutional Convention In ses- gion here to-day, Mr. Baxter, cnairman of the Committee on the Bill of Rights, reported back a number of propositions, and asked that the com- mittee be discharged from the further consideration Of the bill. The request was granted. George W. James, chairman of the Executive De- partment Committee, reported an amendment to section nine of the third articte of the constitutton, striking out the words ‘and shall state to them when assembled the purposes for which they shall have been convened,” and substituting for them the following, ‘in which he shall state to them spe- cifically the purpose for which they are to con- vene.” By this amendment the Governor is required to state in proclamation concerning legisia- ton in extra session the purpose for which it ts convened, instead of stating them to the Legislature after it has met, The committee reported adversely on all the other amendments referred to them. ‘Tue report Was read and ordered to be printed, A number of proposed amendments were offered and referred, one of which promises “that an amendment to the constitution of the United states, Submitted by Congress in convention of the States, shall only ratified or rejected by the legislatures or conventions elected after the submission of sald amendment to the States. ‘The Convention adjourned at an early hotr to give the committees an opportunity to work. OHIO. Child Killed by the Falling of a Wail in Cine cinnati—Verdict Against Insuranco Com- panies. CINCINNATI, Jan. 15, 1870, Between four and five o’clock this morning a stone wall, 100 feet long and thirty feet tygh, in the rear of # building in Third street, west of Elm street, fell toward the Third street building, crushing in the kitchen, A woman named Herre, who was making @ fire, was caught and held by the falling stones until liberated by her husband. Her leg was broken. In another house a boy seven years of age, son of Andrew Drescolo, was killed m bed by a heavy stone failing om him. Two giris were in the same bed, one of whom was slightly bruised and the other was unhurt. The wall was owned by u. McKentple, and had been considered unsafe for two years. The great rain last night was the immediate cause of its fall, ‘The suit of the United States mail line against the insurance companies to recover for the doss of the steamer America, burned December 4, 1868, between Cincinnati and Louisville, at the time of tne colli- sion with the United States, has been on trial before Judge Storer, in the Superior Court, all the week. The jury to-day rendered a verdict {n favor of the Tail line, after a consultation of only thirty minutes, NEW YORK. Gas Explosion in Saratoga. SARATOGA, Jan. 15, 1870, While & number of men were engaged this after- hoon at plumbing in the new building erectea last summer by the gas company of this village, and using an open fire in thgif work, an explosion of es- caped gas took place, slightly injuring some of the workmen and causing a damage to the buflding of about $2,500, The ghock was at first thought to be an earthquake. The supply or manufacture of the gas 18 not interrupted. A Fatal Quarrel. RocuEsrex, Jan. 15, 1870. Yesterday afternoon, in the town of Rose, Wayne county, two men, named respectively Samuel Oto and Walter Graham, whue chopping in the woods, had an altercation, in which Graham hit Utto on the back of the head with an axe, killing him almost in- stantly, Graham has been arrested. MAINE. The Belfast and Mooseyend Lake Railroad. Bewrast, Jan. 15, 1869, The Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad Com- pany voted unanimousiy to issue drst mortgage bonds for $150,000 on the road bed, costing $450,000, and second mortgage bonds ‘for the remainder. Ex-Governor Crosby, Judge Dickerson, of the Supreme Court, and Mr. A W, 4. fT, were chosen Trustees, Mr. V. Y. Nickborn, late State Treasurer, was here to-day in consultation with Captain Buckland, engi- neer of the Penobscot Bay and River Railroad. ‘The survey finds the distance from Rockland to Winter. Dort to be fifty miles. EUROPEAN MARKETS. LONDON MONEY MARKET.—LONDON, Jan. 15—1:30 P. M.—Consois closed at 92% for money, and 92% a 92% tor the account. American securities closed quiet; United States five-twenty bonds, 1862, 87; 1865, Old, 867%; 1867, 86; ten-forties, B4%. Stocks quiet; Erie Railway shares, 1734; I!linots Centrals, 1014; Atlantic and Great Western, 244. PARIS BoOuRSsE.—PARis, Jan. 15—3:40 P. M.—The Bourse closes dull. Rentes 73fr. 300. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, Jan. 156—1:30 P, M.—The cotton market closed firm; mid- dling uplands, 113;4.; middling Orleans, 114d. The sales of the day have been 15,000 bales, including 5,000 for export and speculation. HAVRE OOTTON MakkeT.—HAvRE, Jan. 15,—Cot- ton opened ale both.on the spot and afloat. LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKBT,—LIVERPOOL, Jan. 15—1:30 P, M.—Bacon 578. per cwt. LIVERPOOL PRODCOE MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, Jan. 15—1:30 P, M.—Reflned petroleum quiet, LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—LONDU, Jan, 15.— Tallow quiet at 468. per cwt. PETROLEUM MARK&T.—ANTWERP, Jan, leum opened firm. co ea RRR PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Prominent Arrivals in This City Yesterday. General R. Arnold, of the United States army; Captain Theo. Julius, of Philadelphia, and Com- mander E. P. Sull, of the United States Navy, are at the Astor House. ‘ Dr. Charles D. Pearsoma and S. Burrows, of Al- bion; Dr. George J. Bull, of Montreal, and B. E. Smith, of On1d, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Colonel Bummer, of Chicago; Heary A. Whitteo, of Detroit; J. Hitchings, of England; H. W. Johnson, of Leavenworth, and A, Grant, of San Francisco, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Captain J. R. Moodie, of the steamship Cuba, aud W. P. Graham, of Lynchburg, Va,, are at the New York Hotel. 8. Shellenberg, of Ohio; 8. M. Holton, of the United States Army; E. B. Wilson, of Connectic' and E. M, Devotse, of Illinois, are at the Metropoil- van Hotel, General J. T. Lee, of Philadelphia; J. Stevens, of Boston, and J. E. Warner, of Michigan, aro at the St. Charles Hotel. : Professor E. Suydam, of Cambridge, and Dr. BE, R. Little, of Nova Scotia, are at the St. Elmore Hotel. 15.—Petro- Miscellaneous Personal Movements, Two ladies in Trenton have been fined as ‘com. mon scolds,” There are seven sisters living in Holmesburg, Pa., whose average age 1s seventy-two years, Every negro member of the Georgia had arrived in Atlanta on the 9th, haarcenicaly Governor Holden bas resigned his iti director of the Weldon and Witmingts Hpurosn, re Commodore Josiah Tatnall nas been elected Port Inspector of Savannah, Ga, an offi created by the Gity Council,” “moe Tecently A monument to Baron Steuben 1s to be over Dis gri io ann county, N. Y., nextdune Miss Frederike Holiln edits, Publisnes, sets up and Works of a weekly newspaper in Norleiva, Sweden. 7 —_—_—_— mr od Ravverry, Saturda’Y) January 15, James I id, oad Street, on Monday afterm * the funeral. Dublin dreiangs rs please oo, ; : a (For other" Deaths see Ninth, P02.) pantalla Cs Sandy Ridge, 1. claims the oldest fababitend ‘nthe Staten Hs neim ? 8 Robert Davis, He is 103 years oid; nis youngest son 8 elghly years old. and his grandson, Jease Perave, | vg years of age. He ig rifle hover Wears spectacieay > “T8* Fate ‘ eee A Savory Carel for the Seasou. (From the Evening Telegram.) THE WOODBINE. NOLAN, PRINCE OF CATERERS, IN “MINE Hosts" CHAIR—THE OLD CELLAR—THE PICTURE Gale LERY—THE BAR PARLOR, A few ofily of the real fine old Kuickerbocker barroo: former time now remain, They have been nearly all eee away, like most of the landmarks of the city. The Wood- bine still holda its old place, at the corner of Thirteenth street. and Sixth avenue, even in advauce of modern improve- ments. It is now forty-two years since the Woodbine was opened. At that time the end of the city was at Ninth street, and Thirteenth street was not cut through. The ran only to the corner of Ninth street and Sixth avenue. Many of the nabitues; old ag pegged ig? retired from Busi- BPE oats Age ell of whan they ‘uued to walk out to the of a fine summer evening thir Zeare oF 20 ago, tables used to be brought it ‘the uy ps taurant thus be improtiged,.* S7as# and & Fusllo ree service, the only thing modern in “ee etd ry pie larder ip walnut, and made b; Vogle, that Mr. Nolan ly centre figure being in the form di 5 being worked out to correspond on the iver. Bore avoe Washin, by ihe rear of the barroom le’ the pinta ‘and get the country alr around Thii "The barroom stilt retaina all the up at a cost of The celling is handsomel; ste Yuuable paintings ornament tho walla; one ta porvrait by, really fine collection. Herring’ —* the ouly one, it ts sald, in the count ell known to eonnole- seurs. One fig ikeness of the artist's own hter. The “Barn Yard Scene” cost 2,700, and would not be ‘sold There are in all elghty- five paintings in the all of ‘them’ bj Y),, pearly +4 the aid masters. The “Cructixion “of Christ ‘ve feet by seven in dimensions) ts» painting of great merit. he collection would grace a palace. Not the feast Interesting portion of the Woodbine is the famous old cellar, Once you enter there {sa network of cobwebs to be avolded, hanging thiek from th ceiling, and looking as if they had been there for a century. TI ort and the Woodbine Nolan opened a bora after raising the lid found = & Sons, London, dated 1820, led 1t was gnawed in several places, ots, In the inner cellar are stored wins probably by magge and ales, There is some Santa Cruz rum here twenty years old, with the color of paie brandy; some ale twenty-four ears old and rye whiskey nine years old. This sioce. 8 most valuable, there being nothing like it in this city, and nothing superior in the country. It is not for sale, but the proprietor ‘Treely su lion physicians with «mal ‘or thelr patients. acting altogether from worth of the wine as it is, calculating only Interest that should accrue on the’ original cost during the time the wing has been in storage, 4 single boltie, for most of the qualities, would now cont There ls counected with the Woodbine also a lunch room, where a Welsh rarebit or such like may be got of an alter noon. But a special feature is t are got up in the moat artistic style, best, nothing but the bast,” is Nolan these game suppers at the Woodbine are most recherch ite peculiar to the house, and as most of the W trons Rhine men in the city, profession nts, all of whom are stored with © ert 1 it may bo imagined how ‘th Feauon and the flow of soul” mingle at these suppers. The Woodbine was first started by a Scotchman named Marlow. After hin d is widow conducted the business until 1842, when Mr. Haywara (wao is now: Iiving in Italy purchased the interest of tt, and continued as proprietor untit 54%, when he gave itup to bis brother, but again beca: proprietor on the retirement of the latter. after about eig! ears. Mr. Hayward again ‘Mr. Howeil in 1560, im whom Mr, James E. Nol chased the interest a few mon interest In the business, with t $20,000. Ttis evident that the. p aa . With his twenty ence he will doubtless make things run in the id preserve the rey n of the ancient house the Commercial House, at No. 11 Pine street, which he gave up dn 188, Then purchasing the lease of Stringer & Town- #end’s old book concern tn the old Museum Buliding, be con- ducted @ restaurant there until he was burned out in I Next he opened atthe southwest corner of Broadway and Fulton street, spending his $18,000 ia fAtting up he piace in 4 was doing '& business of wl, famous Loew ridge was put up, and ere long the weekly receipts dwindled down to two or three hundred dol- lars, “He 1s at present suing the city for $20,000 damages on account of the losses he sustained by this bridge. His palace in the Herald Bullding, which le next open to every one, and now that the Woodblue cellars ble, In addition to the excellent stock that had been stored Annhatreet, Mr. Nolan is ahead of all down town competitors. A Remeeree America. De. L. J. O'Buri Deak 8in-—Ti like the Restorer better than anythin, dasa dressing, My halr does not fal Olit nearly so bad as it did previous to availing myself of your handsome preparation. . 8. GOSS, Ashland Hotel. UNE 17, Doctow—All I can say is that our folks would not be with: ‘out the Restorer for any conniteration, J. K. DAVIS, 123 East Fifty-eighth street, New Yorx, Dec. 1, 1869. ‘This is to certity that Ihave used Dr. O'Brien's Restorer America, and think that for promoting the growth of the pair and preventing its coming out it has no equal. My sister has also used it and is perfectly satiated with the resuit, Mise M. A. WARD, 254 East Fifty-tbird street. Dre. 10, init ‘The RESTORER AMERICA is to be had at MA stores, Thirteenth, Fourteenth streets and Sixth arenu druggiate and the various HAIK EMPORIUM, OMRIEN'S, roadway; BURNS’, 333 Sixth avenue, and others. Pre ared by Dr. . J. O'BRII 2 Depot, $02 East Tairtie oiflce of Works and Wholesale eet, “AH. H. Robeson’s FOURTH GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING will take place a TUESDAY, JANUARY 95, 1870. Books close at 1 P. M., drawing beginning at 8 P. M. The three previous drawings have given entire satisfaction to the people of the West, who have bought the largest aume ber of tickets and drawn’ the most valuable prizes, ‘There were a few tickets sold in New York city for the last drawing that was made December 24.” The following are the names of persons that drew prizes 5, F, Myers, 14 Carroll place, cash prize. 87 Marton street, cash priz q vision sireet, cash Charles G. Hein, $4 Stanton ©. G, Clapp, No. 8 W. A. M, Miller, 19 St. Mark's place, gold’ watel is J. Gaskel, 2 Chariton street, American silver waich. iT OF PRIZES. 1 Capital prize $5,000 in Gold. 2 Prizes of $3,000 in Greendacks. 3 Prizes of 2,000 in Greenback. 4 Prizes of 1,000 in Greenbac 10 Prizes of 60 Prizes of 100 19 Gresnbao! SaSS5ss 07 Watches pmonating in value to. 1 Solitaire Diamond King weighing 43 6 Solltaire DiamondjRing awei hing gorge 1 8 Solitaire Diamond Ringa weighing ito. 4 Solitaire Diamond Pina weighing 1 do, 18 Diatnond Cluster Rings, 8400 exch. 20 Diamond Cluster Rings, 8960 eact 52 Diamond Rings and Pins valued 12 full seta Diamond Jewelry, $700 ea: 7 half sets Diamond Jewelry, #500 er 7 half sets Diamond Jewelry, $400 eac! 26 Diamond Sets Jewolry 1,000 Gold Enameled Bri Total number of prizes, 1,455, dat. The uumber of tekets Yanued for this dr iu *" RATES OF DISCOUNT FOR TICK! 4 Uckets, 83, 7 Lickeis, 85. 16 tickets, No greater discount than this ‘will be made amount of tickets, Persons ordering tickets are advised to send money by draft, Post oflce money order, by express or in rugistered etter. Address aii communications to H, H. ROBESON, Lock box No. 218, Cincinnatl, Obie. Prizes will be delivered at the profeipal ofice, 17g Weat Third street, Cincinnati, or forwarded by express the next day after the drawin, A list of the numbers drawing prizes will be sent to each ticket holder, A.—Nevermore !—It is All Over With the Old hair dyes and other coloring preparations that uader so mauy Pretentious uames hare 40 long “brought sorrow lo gray airs.” Nevermore will they be found on the tollete of people who think and compare. Nevermore will any article save PHALON’S VITALIA, OR SALVATION FOR THE BAIR be used by men and women of common sense, who wish to feptore to theie ray, locks the color and lustre of their prime. Nevermore will the prudent ciot their hatr with slush, ex. haling nausenting odors. It is finished. ‘The new prepata- tion reigns suppe: Abnormal Rubicundity, Unnatural Redness of the nove, oF 8 {aco diafigured with black worms or pim- ies, is a deformity which imparts unsightliness to the most enutiful countenance. This annoying personal alliiction ts positively cured by Dr. B. C. PERRY, 4¥ Bond street, N. ¥ A.—Golden Hair.—Robare’s AUREOLINE, OR GOLDEN WASH, the only harmless preparation for giving to the Hair that sunny hue or goiden shade so much sought after. Two or three applications will produce the beautifal golden color se muchadmired. Sole agents for America, CASWELL, Ade SEITE QOn corner Broadway and Twenty-fourth street, w Taylor, of Fifty-fourth vs: For number of years sy batt bas jut wince using BARRY's TRICOPHER- the failing bad ceased, and the hair be- jus and strong. Principal ofiee, 374 Peart An Infallible Remedy for Bright’s Di Scrofula, Cancer and ail tmpurities of the blood—The Mee Sisquol Spring Water. Better Marry Than Go To Hell.—St, Paul, Vii ebapter, 9h verse. Go and hear Geor a Tammany to-night, preach on the text, Batche Jead or vitalic Bond street. come very ¥ street, rs Huir Dye Does Not Contain ison; it ie harmless and insiantaneous. 16 jstablished 30 years, Hazard & Cod Liver Oil is the Best. ‘elobrated Dumb Walters, Mane iy at 1.264 Brondway, near Thirty-soventh street, Dumb Waiters of all kinds repaired or altered at the shortest notice. JAMES MURTAUGH, BL Ra PM rp got Fg ot + Sche instantly. "Sold ty all druggioin, Wools, IBY, No. b Collage pitos,