The New York Herald Newspaper, February 5, 1870, Page 4

“ee NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, All business or news letter and telegraphic feepatches must be addressed New York era. Volume XXXV......cceeeeeeeeee AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNION AND EVENING. ROOTH'S THEATRE, 284m, between {ih and 6th avs.— Mathnee—Hauurr. Kvening xu MKneiiins. FRENCH THEATRE, 14th st, and 6th av.—Matinee—La Buanpw Duowxsex. kvening—East LrNNz. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Brosaway.—Senious FaMity— THR ®PITFIRF. Matinee at 2. FINTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth st—SURY ; DR, SUMMER ScENES aT LONG URAaNcu Matinee at 2. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Gaanp KOMANTIO PLax or tae Duxr’s Moro. DEMY OF MUSIC, Hih street,ITALIAN OPRRA— Ce eee or dio. ‘evening-Okaitb ConoERT, WOoD's MUSEU AND MENAGERIE, Broadway, cor- ‘ver Thirheth jatines daily. 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S8—Advertisements. @—Eattoriais: Leading Article on Congress, Impor- taut Measures Pending Before the two Houses—Persoaal Inteiligence—Lecture on Special Senses—Movements of Prince Arthur Yesterday—The Proposed Daty on Cigars— German Immigration. §—Telegraphic News From All Parts of the World: The British Telegraph Worked by the Govern- ment; The Pope Fangued by Infalli- bility; Spanish Reports of Victory in Cuba— The State Capital: Proposed improve- ment of the Water Front of New York City—The Alleged Harlem Jew eiry Robbery—Execution of two Ne- groes in Delaware — Strange Suicide of a German Importer—Army aud Naval In- telligence—Serious Charges Ayaimst a Con- gressman—The Workingmen's Union—Busi- ness Notices. @ The Courts: The Rights of Naturalized Citizens to Begueath eal Estate to Aliens—Proceed- ings mm the New York and Brooklyn Courts Yesteraay—New York City News—Brooklyn and Suburban Intelligence ~What the Fire De- partment Costs in Brooklyn—The Turfmen’s National Congress—Interview With tho Butcher, Jack Reynolds—Heavy Burgtary tu Fifteenth Street~Stealing from the Sheriff. yeFreaks of Esculapius at the Brooklyn Navy Yard—Musical and Theatrical Notes—Louis Napoleon and the Darten Canal—Police Triais— Financia) and Commercial Keports—Marriages and Deaths—Advertisements, _ S8—Washington: Military Interference tn Civil Afj fairs in Virginia; An Uureconstructed Member from Nort Carolina; New Feature in the Gold Panic Investigation; Senate Debate on the Franking Privilege—Tbe Palace of the Female Sovereigns of Wall Street—Fires in the City Yesterday—The Police Blackmatier—A Remarkable Phenomenon—Fatal Hatchway Accident—Billiard Match Betweon Doery and Dion—Shipping News—Advertisements, NOTICE 10 HERALD SUBSCRIBERS. OF TO-DAY’S HERALD, We will esteem it a favor if our readers will {nform us, by letter addressed to this office, of any dereliction on the part of the carriers of the Henao, either in furnishing the paper late, wubstituting other city papers, or leaving spoiled sheets. gressmen, it is to be hoped, will lead to tem- perance in debate and in legislation, Gotp iN In11vo1s.—The report comes that gold fields have been discovered in Clark tounty, IlJ., and that the people of the neigh- borhood are wild with excitement and leaving all other business to search for the precious metal. It strikes us they would find gold in larger quantities by sticking to their regular vocations. Taz Conosen’s Jury in the case of the rail- road accident at Chatham, N, Y., have ren- dered a verdict that the company was negli- gent in not supplying enough brakemen, and that one of the brakemen, who was not at his post, probably caused the accident by his care- lessness, It would be well, then, for the com- pany not only io supply enough brakemen but to supply brakemen who will attend to their business. For me Bexerivy of ae CommitTER.— There is to be an investigation by a committee of the Assembly of the way in which business Is done in this city by life insurance and other iasurance companies, and the investigation is to bo asort of Star Chamber inquest, with slosed doors. That is not the way to make an honest inquiry for the benefit of the people, There is much in the management of insurance fnanciers to justify investigation ; but inquiry with closed doors is only a way to grease iich- Ing palins and smother the truth, Sarz or Caversnirs.—We are pleased to notice that the Military Committee in the House at Washington has under consideration the subject of selling by Congressmen of tadetships to the Military Academy at West Point and the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Advertisements to that effect have appeared in the Heratp. The whole matter is repre- hensible. Members of Congress who lower themselves to this despicable business should be exposed, and the military committees of the House and of the Senate—Wilson {n the Sen- ate and Logan in the Ilouse—should eee that the republic be not dishonored by putting up at public vendue national favors looking to the fntnre of Young America in the bestowal of the yeople’s representatives in Congress, NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1870. : CongreseImportant Measures Pending Be- fere the Twe Houses. There are various measures of general im- portance pending before each of the two honses. In the Senate yesterday the House bill for the total abolition of the franking privi- lege in all its ramifications was discussed, The Weatern Senators were anxious to amend it, especially in reference to the country newspaper press, They appealed for the restoration of the twenty miles fréo transport in the mails to the newspapers of the rural districts as really ne- cessary to protect them against the widening circulation of the great city dailies. We think it likely, too, that the protection asked will be given; but we are half inclined to suspect that these amendments are slyly intended and may possibly operate to defeat the bill between the two houses. Against any such designs or ten- dencies we would advise the friends of the measure that the Congressional privilege of franking books, pamphlets, speeches and letters by the ton, to say nothing of fancy goods and presents of various descriptions, has become a burden upon the public mails which must be removed, The Senate bill expanding the currency of the national banks to the ex- tent of forty-five millions fon the benefit of the South and West (short of cur- rency) is before the House Committee on the subject; but why the Treasury should bo called upon to pay two or three millions in in- terest for this increase of paper money, when it can be saved by issuing greenbacks instead of national bank notes, is a question for seri- ous consideration, as, indeed, is the main ques- tion, why should the Treasury pay twenty or thirty millions, more or less, for this national bank currency in preference to greenbacks upon which this interest can be saved? It is apparent, however, that the national banks are part of the republican programme, and that nothing short of a democratic onslaught upon them, like that of General Jackson against “‘Biddle’s Monster,” will shake them. The Funding bill reported to the Senate from the Finance Committee is a measure embodying some of the practical financial views of the administration, Southern reconstruction has been settled by the House bill (the same as the Virginia bill) for the admission into Congress of the State of Mississippi. Texas, in her tarn, will doubtless be admitted upon the same terms, and then there will be an end of military governors and the Union will be re-established. The fourteenth and fifteenth amendments of the constitu- tion clinch the work done; but there may be, during the present session, a general law passed for the enforcement of these amendments with special reference to Dela- ware, Maryland and Kentucky, where negro equality id the matter of civil and_ political rights is not yet recognized, the late slave States, in short, not having heen officially involved in the rebellion, have escaped Congressional reconstruction, and have progressed very little beyond the thir- teenth amendment, abolishing slavery. A bill from Congress that will wake them up may, then, be looked for. The Mormon bill introduced in the House by Mr. Cullom and recommitted to the Territorial Committee is clearly intended as a warning to Brigham Young, with its sweeping pains and penalties of disfranchisement, outlawry, fines and imprisonments against Mormon con- cubinage, bigamy, Brighamy, polygamy, spiritual wifery, or whatever else that saintly institution of a plurality of wives may be callod, and the great high priost and prophet of the saints will do well in put- ting his house in order for a timely evacua- tion. We have no idea that it is the inten- tion of the two houses of Congress to rush this bill through; but we do believe that its design is a timely warning to Brigham Young that he must make up his mind to dispense with polygamy or abandon Utab. The Gentiles, by the Pacific Railroad, are crowd- ing around him; and the day is fast approach- ing when nothing but the protection of Con- gress will save him and his people. To secure the protection of Congress the Mormon ruler must come to an agreement either to leave the United States with his congregation st to abandon polygamy under a ner7 revelation. This, we believe, is the warning intended by Mr. Cullom’s bill. The House passed a bill yesterday for the temporary relief of the poor of the District of Oolumbia, instructing the Secretary of War to issue rations for this relief, The destitute poor of Washington and Georgetown, which make up the District, are chiefly the negroes drifting into those cities in consequence of the war. Thus at least twenty thousand desti- tute blacks have been added to the population of Washington, and as they cannot be permit- ted to starve, and as the city is not responsible for them, Congress must feed them till other- wise provided for, We think, however, that, instead of being encouraged in idleness and vice, it would be well to provide for shipping off these starving negroes to some public works or to some of the Southern plantations, where their labor is wanted, and where these vagrants may be turned to a good account, In short, there must be a period fixed for this feediag of Sambo in idleness on government rations, and the sooner the better it will be for him, even in Washington, Taz Emprie 1s Peace.—“‘L’Empire c'est la Paix” is an excellent theory, there is no doubt, but the recent performance of Victor Hugo's drama of ‘‘Lucrezia Borgia” at the Porte St. Martin theatre in Paris would almost infer that all is not couleur de rose in that gay and festive city. To please everybody is next to an impossibility, and although the Empe- ror is doubtless willing in every possible man- ner to accord the desired liberties to the French nation, still there will always be some impatient spirits ready to vent their discon- tent. Were sugh demonstrations generally in- dulged in throughout France the aspect would be sad, but fortunately it appears that the un- easy spirits are but the minority. The major- ity prefer peace and tranquillity, and to await the consummation of their ardent hopes, with- out haviag recourse to forcible measures, NEWFOUNDLAND AND WinstpEG.—The (rou- bles of the New Dominion continue to press hard, In the Newfoundland Logislaturo on Thursday a resol.tion of no confidence in the Lieutenant Governor and requesting the forma- tion of another Ministry wa¥ carried by a vote of 21 to 8, because the Lieutenant Governor in These three of, his opening speech had expressed a hope of confederation with Canada. In regard to Winnipeg, it is determined, at Barl Granville’s suggestion, to charge all expenses to the Hud- son Bay Company, and to deduct the amount required to put down the rebellion from the three. hundred thousand pounds to be paid for the territory. The report telegraphed some time ago that Riel had been captured and the Hudson Bay Company had assumed control is donied, and his adherents, it is further stated, have so much confidence in him that they think of investing him with supreme power. The New Dominion, however, seems determined to open war early in May, when her troops can be transported to the Territory. The annexation of the disaffected provinces to the United States would not cost half as much and would really be much more satisfactory to all parties, Reshaping of Political Parties in Virginia. The newspapers in Virginia, as a general thing, do not seem to be at all satisfied with the terms upon which theftate has been read- mitted to the enjoyment ef the blessings of the Union. Some are even rampant at the amend- ments tacked to the act of reafiiliation, but others treat the matter more moderately, and, althongh not throwing up their caps in exultation at the event, seem to regard ‘“‘half a loaf botter than no bread.” Propositions to commence the reshaping of political parties in the State have met with strong opposition in influential quarters, The suggestion of the Richmond Zngquirer in favor of forming a flat-footed democratic party, upon the ground that there is a democratic element in the Legislature, is objected to by the Whig, which avers that during the canvass a demo- cratic element was never heard of. ‘Tho name of democracy,” continues the Whig, ‘was 80 offensive to everybody that it was never mentioned excopt by the radicals ;” and, suggests the same paper, ‘‘the members of the Legislature will certainly not take upon them- selves the quarrels of the Northern democracy or waste their energies upon the miserable ab- stractions which were our (Virginia’s) curse in the past and will be in the future.” This is simply an attempt, to revive the old lines and re-establish the old landmarks which in olden times divided the democrats and whigs in Virginia, The democrats were then led by the veteran Ritchie, of the Hnquirer, and the whigs by the chivalric Pleasants, of the Whig. We trust the asperities and feuds that were then created between the champions of the two par- ties will not be revived, no matter what differ- ences of opinion may arise in regard to ques- tions of purely State policy. But the present movement does not, unfor- tunately, seem to be entered into on the part of the old democratic organ with a profound desire for conciliation or compromise. It dog- matically expresses the opinion that ‘“‘the democratic party will control the State ;” that “the issue must be narrowed down to a con- test between the radical party and the demo- cratic party,” and then proceeds to give a list of the battle fields on which Southern soldiers havo perished, and to rekindle the sectional feelings which it was hoped would have been allowed to slumber forever. We hardly think the mass of the people of Virginia want to fight those terrible battles over again, even in theory, in order to estab- lish an oligarchy sander the dame of any party, but would prefer that new men, with en- larged and progressive ideas and actuated by sincerely patriotic motives, should assume the sway of affairs, for a while at least, and instead of talking about reviving or reshaping parties proceed to the more congenial and praiseworthy task of restoring the Old Do- minion to her pristine degree of prosperity and greatness, InFaLiiniary—Tuz Porg Wirapraws From THE Disovssion.—A cablo despatch which we publish this morning has it that his Holiness the Pope has declared that he wiil hereafter decline to participate in the contro- veray respecting the dogma of personal infulli- bility. This may mean that the whole thing is up—that the opposition is so strong that it must be yielded to. Or it may mean that the victory is so certnin—that the Pope's friends are 60 numerous and so pronounced—that there is no need for the chief captain mingling in the fray. It is difficult yet to say how it is, Before we come toa final conclusion we should like to know what the Emperor Napoleon has tosay. It is our confident belief that if the friends of infallibility push their purpose they are sirong enough in the Council to command success, The personal infallibility of the Pope, 8o far as the Council is concerned, is less a question of strength than of wisdom. The Council can decree infallibtlity if it is deter- mined to do so. But such a decree would to a dead certainty divide the Church. Which of the two would be better—the Church as it now is, with a fallible Pope, or the Church divided, with a fallible Pope, or no Pope at the end of one section and an infallible Pope at the head of the other? now proposed by some great reformers to ro- organize the army by putting its distinguished officers on reduced pay. The only reason given is that some other officers do not get so much as certain army officers do. Certain men have devoted their lives to tho study of war as an art, and because they did so they were enabled to save the country from division and ruin; and now we are asked to show the nation’s gratitude by putting them on water gruel, A great doal better way to get over the discrepancy botween the pay of civil and mili- tary officers is to increase the pay of the civil officers. The Genoral of the Army does not get too much, but the Chief Justice of the United States gets altogether too little. His salary of six thousand a year, in an age in which lawyers get such a sum as 4 fee in a sin- gle case, is simply a national disgrace, Rorreyness IN TH RECONSTRUCTED States.—Governor Reed, of Florida, has been found guilty of charges on which a committee of the Florida Legislature call for his impeach- ment, Considering the state of affairs in Loui- siuna, Georgia and this case in Florida, and the doubts evinced by the radicals in Congress over the admission of Virginia and Mississippi, we must come to the conclusion that recon- struction, although successful in some thinga, is not a perfect work, and is not considered go | Pay oF Ciym aNp Army Orricers.—It is: Filling tho Harber. The question of the right of persons to build extensive structures on the Jersey shore, thus encroaching on the wators of New York har- bor, is likely to agitate once more the old tople of jurisdiotion, and, as tho parties are large capitalists, the topic may be pushed to a legal solution, We do not doubt that in that event it will be conceded that the Jerseymen have a rightto build, and we have, moreover, no apprehension that their buildiog will be an {njory to the navigation of the harbor. The qlaim of New York to the control of all the waters around it is an old one. In the charter of 1730 it is granted that the limits of this city shall extend ‘‘to low water mark on the west side of the North river, or so far as the limits of our said province (of New York) extended there, and so to run up along the wost side of sald river at low water mark, or along the limits of our said province,” &. Hore is at once the claim and its qualification, Woe go to the Jorsey shore or to the limits of this province in that direction. If ‘at any time it shall be found that the limits of this province of New York do not extend ao far as the Jeraoy shore, then,’ a8 matter of right, we only go to the limits of the province, wherever they may be. With regard to this issue tho boundary line between New York and New Jersey was fixed by commissioners appointed in 1833. They determined the line to be in the middle of the Hudson river, That, therefore, being fhe State boundary is our boundary under the old charter that limits us to the State line; yet these commissioners assented that our city and State had jurisdiction over all the waters of the harbor and of the lands under these waters to the low water mark on the New Jersey shore, this juris- diction, however, being subject to certain limitations or exceptions. Ono of these is that New Jersey has tho exclusive right of property in the land under water to the west of our boundary line; and another, that she has exolusive jurisdiction of and over the wharves, docks and improvements made or to be made‘on the shore of New Jersey, Thus, although authority over these waters is ours, any encroachment that is made in the name of “wharves, docks or improvements” has legal justification. We do not believe that tho building of the proposed improvements on the New Jersey side will injure tho harbor for navigation, for we do not believe that the rising and falling of the tide, or the quantity of water that enters a bay at evory tide, can be affected by the form of its banks. Depth and width of bays and rivers aro the two points that bear exact relation to each other. If you narrow a bay you do not cause less water to enter the bay, but you cause the water that enters to deepen it. Navo.eon anp Hrs Dynasty.—The qnos- tion of a liberal government in France, coupled with its effects upon the Napoleonic dynasty, has called forth some very suitable observa- tions in the columns of the Opinion Nationale of Paris. The observations are suitable and apropos, bozause they carry out the views that have frequently been suggested in the columns of the Heratp, thereby prov- ing the correctness of our judgment, The question is justly termed one that not only affects the Emperor, as being a question of dynasty, but for the nation it is one of revo- lution—neither more nor less. Personal gov- ernment is virtually dead, and France ignores itfor the future; and if the empira should prove incompatible with liberty Franco would not renounce liberty, but would ronounce the empire. Ifthe Emperor desires his power to be lasting let him remove all fetters from gen- eral liberty; let the liberal movement be stimulated by his own influence, which is still very powerful. Let him renounce all the little tricks by which no person can be duped. In one word, if he does not succeed in establish- ing a thorough liberal constitution thore will be but a slender chance of the daratioa of his power or that of his dynasty. Taz Hopson Aan Ci0sep.—After being open through almost the entirs month of Janu- ary, the ;Hudson river is again closed with ice. The steamér Coanecticut, which came down on Wednesday over. a clear course, was compelled to lay up and unload at Hudson yes- terday on her return trip. Tho thermometer indicates such o low figure that there is some hope of cold weather yet. This modo of navi- gating by fils and starts is too inconvenient and: expensive to remain popular for a long tim. Tag Brooktyn Navy Yarp Jon.—The proposition to sell the Brooklyn Navy Yard and locate a new yard on the North rivor is efended by General Slocum, the originator of the measure in Congress, on the ground that it would be a benefit to Brooklyn anda good operation financially for the government. No doubt a site on the North river, sixteen miles above the city, could be purchased for a smaller sum than the yard in Brooklyn would sell for; but we doubt if the sale of the pro- perty in Brooklyn would over replace to the government the money it would cost to put up in a new yard the houses, docks, &c., that it already has in the old one. We would be glad to find the motives of the Brooklyn repre- sentative based in o patriotic economy. If anybody wants to know whether there is a railroad to be benefited by this sale, we oan only inform them that Mr. Slocum, the mover of the bill, is president of a Brooklyn city railroad company which skirts for a couple of miles the district in question. A Spruypm Customer ror mk Gas Compantes.—We have hitherto indubitably shown that the gas bills were made out by expert patent but sometimes stupid guessers in the employ of the several companies; and now comes lo our support some startling facts. One of our readers has acted on the faith of such a thought to his own groat advantaze. His bills were six dollars, with two burners in use, He then used fluid and only one burner. The result was an immediate increase in his bills, A friend then told bim to uso all the burners in his house, and agreed to pay the whole amouat of his bill above six dollars, Careless for his friend’s pocket, he boldly lighted ewery burner, and, coal being hizh, introduced several gas stoves. The startling result was that his bills theaceforth were never more than five dollars, We advise tho companies to set all their guessers to work to find this man; but we hope they will not by {ts makers, asse3s the whole commanity for his stoves, Our Ovsax News,—The latest intelligence from our correspondents in Cuba is most favor- able to the cause of the revolutionists, Two expeditions recontly left Nassau for Cuba, with men, arms and ammunition, and thero is every reason to believe that they have proved suc- cessful. A steamer is reported to have landed on the north coast of the island with arms and ammunition, In tho neighborhood of Santiago de Cubs the Cubans are up and doing. A Greater degroe of activity is noticeable in the condust of the revolution than has previously characterizedit. The patriots have also learned the advantages of silence, in keeping to them- selves their proposed movements, and not to blazoning them forth for the benefit of their enemies, Let results tell their own story. Tho prospects for Cuba, taken altogether, are brightening, Tue Resorion or Hoar.—The Senate did not like Hoar’s reading of the reconstruction laws—which cut the radical bottom ont of those statutes as thoy applied to Virginia— and that was an important count against him when the Supreme bench was in view. Indi- viddal Senators, moreover, did not like bis manners when they came to him asking little favors for friends, And if neither » man’slaw nor hia manners are satisfactory what can be hoped from him? When Benedick said he would die a bachelor he thought he would not live to be a married man; and when Hoar was brusque with Senators he certainly thought he would never stand in need of a favor at their hands, If the law does not make a man’s hold long enough to prevent these oversights what is the use of it? PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Prominent Arrivals in This City Yesterday. Colonel J. H. Lathrop and Dr. Evans, of Washing- ton; Judge KR. 5, Mathews, of Syracuse; J. Mattoon, of Oswego; Judge W. Baird, of Providence; Judge W. Woodra® and Dr. Woodrutf, of Hartford, apd General G. W. Dent, of California, aro at the Metro- poittan Hotel. General Phil Sheriden, General G. A. Forsyth and a. H. Schuck, of the United States Army; George Peabody Russell, of Salem; Henry Wetles, of Aurora, and G. W. Childs, of Philadelphia, are at tne Fifth Avenue Hotel. William F. Hinman (editor Cleveland Herald), of Cleveland; E. P. Ross, of Auburn; Orlando Smith, of Obio, and J. L. Dawson, of Pennsylvania, are at the St. Nichoias Hotel. Judge O. C. Pratt, of California; Bradiey Barlow, of Vermont; H. F. Mann, of Pennsylvania; R. 8. Davis, ot Washington, and David Lyman, of Connec- licut, are at the Astor House. Colonel ©. L. Sayre, of Alabama; Warren H. Burr, of Hartford, and C. A. Gross, of Chicago, are at the Coleman House. Captain Whittemore and Captain J. D. Dillenback, of the United states Army; S. H. Hammond, Assist- ant Attorney General, of Albany; Lieutenant Com- meander ‘Terry, of the Uniied States Navy; Mat. Sloate, of Indianapolis, and General Frieze, of Providence, are at the Hoffman House. T. Whimey Bancroit, of Providence; Francis Wistar and M. BE. Rogers, of Philadelpnia, are at the Albemarle Hotel. Captain Greene, of steamship Eagle, and J. M. Goodwin, of Alabama, are at the St. George Hotel. Captain M. McGuire, of the United States Army; Professor Dunlap, of Pennsylvania, and Walter Brown (the champion oarsman), of Boston, are at the St.-Charios Hotel. Major L. 8. Webb, of Ohio, and Professor Thorpe, of St. Louis, are at the St. Eimo Hotel, Prominent Departures. Cadet F. D. Grant, for Washington; Colonel HB. Turner aad Colonel A. Grant, for Philadelpmia; Da. Eldridge, for Elmira; General McComb and 8, B. Cheney, for Boston; E. W. Corning, for Albany; Colonel G. W. Whiteley, for Delaware, and G. F, ‘Tyler, for Philadelphia, Miscellancous Personal Movements. Garibaldi has been made President of a “Washing- ton Club’ of Americans at Hamburg. ‘ Simon Cameron has inherited $1,000,000 from lately deceased father-in-law, McCormick, of Harris- burg. A minister, In Lynchburg, Va., on Sunday of last week spoke ‘of Congress a¥ “a set of infamous sap- heads." During the year 1860 there were nineteen births, seventeen deaths and seven marriages iu the royal families of Europe. In reply to a challenge M. Veuillot lately repyed “My Life belongs to Josus Christ, and he has nono loo many desenders just now.” A Montana vigilance committee caught an ob- noxious chal on #04 aim on his mule and told him he had praais fteen minuces to [eave the country ii. He replied:—‘‘Gents, uf tuis mule don’t valk, five’ answer.” ‘Tennyson's chosen friend is a puddler in one cf the iron shops of the Black Country, who Duagell a wet greatly praised by fie laureate, bui wuose citings not @ line has yct secn the lixar, In reply to the objections of the counsel for the ce- fence, & Virginia justice said uo didn’t care about ‘comsecatious,” and woula try de case any how, and if dey didn’t have «atisfaction, ‘dey could ye. peal agin’ bis exciziu2.”" rotrg.acre of 2, Rogier, the Belgian atates- ublic life is friends ‘and admirers K rnished his old house and presented it (om. In acknowiedzment of the gift he thanked ne donors tn @ series Of Verses, entitied “Retour a a Muigon. EE Se ee SPEC AL SENSES, Lecture by Professor Henry D. Noyes, M. D. ‘The new hall of the Young Men’s Christian Asso- cation, Twenty-third street and Foarth avenue, was filled by @ very fine audience last evening to listen to the first of a series of lectures on “Special Senses,” by Profeasor Weary D. Noyes, M.D. The stage was hung with scientific looking maps, exhibiting all the organs and functions of the human frame, with all its tissues and mem- branes under varivus stages of operation. Two f caictum lights were burning on either side of the platform, and preparations of an extensive nature were evident, especially among the ladies, who by their toilets, natural and artificial, evidontly did, if they did not seek to, charm the special senses, ‘The lecturer said that the human frame was acted upon by centres of nervous torce, resiaing princt- pally in the brain. Here were the seats ot the special senses, which he denominated sifht, near- ing and emell. ‘Tasie and the other commonly re- ceived senses were only modifications of general sensations, and he did not thercfore covaider thein fs belonging to his domain. He then went intoa very clear and simple explanation of the distribu- tion and communication of nervous agencies, snow- ing that the brain presides over tho oges, the ears and the olfactories, and supplies them with nervous energy; that proceeding down the apine there are collateral offshouts, which at first 1uterlace, thea become distinct, branch oif into the arms, limba, hands, feet. to eye, ear, &e, and even to che akin, being the channeis by which impressions reach the brain—that above all which regulates mental and physical operations, He described the charac- ter of these tissues, indicated tueir dcileate sensi. bility, and with marked perspicuity pointed out the wonderful structure of all the organs of the body. He then considered the special senses as relating to their” mechanical construction, and their actual uso, and made this distinc. Uion aa the basis of his lecture. The eve was his subject for the evenmg, or rather sight, Sight originated in the brain; it was not the eve that saw, but tho centre of nervous force in the brain, which consisted of two small gray masses on each aide of tho braim. The eye merely recaivea the linpresston, the tissues conveyed tt to tne nerves, thence to the nervous centre of the optical and brain structure united. Therefore the brain saw and the eve did not. A man might be on the street Gnd Not ooserve anything, and yet everysning within range of his retina would be pictured on his eye. ‘The lecturer then continued, going into an elaborate description of the oye, examining Its anatoniy, its powers, its angies of vision, its variety in birds, Trop Giles and beasts, and conciuded amid appiause. THE HUDSON RIVER AGAIN CLOSED, PovcHKEEraIE, Feb. 4, 1370. ‘The thermometer Is lve above zero. The river is filled with ice for a distance of ninety miles. The steainpoat Connecticut leli New York for Troy Jas nigut, bat could not get any turthee than liudson, and lays there now unloading ner freight apd pas- scugers. ‘ PRINCE ARTHUR. Movements of the Prince Yesterday—He Takes a Walk on Broadway, Dives with Mr. E. W. Stoughton and Attends tho Reception of the Brooklyn Ladies’ Club, Prince Arthur, after his return at an early hour from the charity ball at the Academy of Music om Thursday night, at once repaired to his hotel, not- withstanding the pressing invitations that were ex- tended to him by several well intentioned but alto- gethor too enthusiastic aristocrats to make a night of it and go home with them in the morning. He arose fresh and hearty as ever yesterday about nine o'clock and took breakfast with a portion of his anite, after which he bundied himself up in a com- fertable overcoat and took o stroll on the avenue and down Broadway. severe, shiver 9s The weather was ratucr and caused his Royal Highness though he were the most ordk Dary person in the world; but he bravely stood the dust that whirled from the “patent” ave nue pavement, and managed to take his walk a@ comfortably and with as little inconvenience as any pedestrian on the street. On bis return to bis hotel he partook of luncl about two o'clock with several of his newly made friends in this city, two or three of whom were ladies, During the day Aamiral Farragut, Admiral String+ ham, the nephew of the late George Peabody. E. We Stoughton and several otner gentlemen called upom him to pay their respects. In the evening no proceeded to the residence of E. W. Stoughton, where he dined by appointment. Among the invited guests present were Mr. Thoru- ton, three members of the British Legation, Colonel Eiphinstone, Iueutenants Fitzroy and Packard, Mr. Fane, Admira Godon, Major General McDowell, wm. M. Evarts, ex-Altorney General; Judges Blatch: ford and Woodrnff, William B. Astor, Bishop Potter, A. A. Low and Sidney W. Webster. After the din- ner Mra. Stoughton gave a reception, which wad well attended, and at which were present many of the élite of our “good society.’ At alate hour the Prince bade the family groodby and entered his carriage, when Le was driven to the ferry, and shortly afterwards arrived at the Brook+ lyn Ladies’ Club, he having accepted an tavt- tation to attend their reception, which took place last night. When the Prince arrived the excitement among the ladies was im- mense, and the crushing and crowding that ensued about the doors when it became known that he had arrived was positively appalling. Many of the toilets, upon which anxious hours of toil and patience (?) had been lavished, were utterly destroyed in the general scramble. and many young fair e3, whose desire to catch @ good sight of the Prince fuily equalled their audacity in elbowing all female obstacles out of their sight of vision, were forced to tuke a back seat during the reception, owing to the way tneir “fixings” were disturbed by circumstances over which they could have had complete control bad they seen fit to exer- cise it, The Prince on his arrival was at once conducted to the second floor, where @ small suit of rooms had been decorated in his especial honor. Flags and streamers—the American colora blending peacefully with those of the British Kingdom—hung in profusion from the cellmg, and the walls were covered with several splendid ou paintings, the property of @ wealthy citizen of the “Heights,” who had loaned them to the club for the occasion. His Royal Hignnegs, shortly after his arrival, was introduced to several of the prominent persons resent, and for over an hour a sort of was held, during which everybody vied with everybody else to testi in every possible way their esteem and regard for the royal gest Among those present were Samuel Mc! E. Pierrepont, A. A. Lew, Bishop Littiejonn, Long Island; Rey. Henry Ward Beecher, Admirat Goaon, Rev. Dr. Schenck, Key. Dr. Starrs, 5. Be Chittenden, G. Il. Hepworth and L. D. Sands, An elegant supper Was served on the third floor of the club house at @ late hour, whicb was done honor to py about four hundred persons. The reception, it may'be said in conclusion, was & very elegan' affair ti and was thoroughly enjoyea joroughout, by everybody who attenued. Pmnce ur, dui his brief stay, made himself per; fectly at home, and ‘was, as 8 matter of course surrounded, while he was nt, by bevies of Brooklyn belies, who did all that their pe- Witching ways coulda fest to make the Prince favor them with a royal smile, The good-natured young gentleman, however, was quite impartial in dispensing his cptety| and moved about and en- joyeda Dimseif as well as could be expected. The reception was exceedingly well under the charf;e of Mr. James and an extremely active come mitive; and they may congratulate themselves var eine to their efforta is aue the success of festivity, TaE PROPOSED DUTY ON CicaRs, Indignatlow Meocting of Cigar Manufacturert and Thotr Workmen—Protests Against the Decroase of the Duty—Detormined Spcechea ané the Petition. Last evening the large hall of the Cooper Institute was filled to about two-thirds of ics capacity by manufacturers of cigars, clgarakers and dealers In leaf tobacco, to protest against tne proposed reduction of d4tF om imported cigars from §2 60 per pound and twenty-five per cent ag valorem to two dollars, and to insist on reinstating the duty of $350 per ond and fifty George W. Helmet as elected presi. L B. Cohsa treasurer, and Messra, Morris, Davis and Aivan Oatmaa secretaries of the miciiig, ‘The Arstspeaker was Mr. James Gallggher, of Connecticut, iid dyain detailed thé manner in which the tradersin tobacco #¢re made to suffer by the action of Congrogs, in nearly jhe same strain of argument 22 fe used before the meot ing im the Astor House on Saturday last, and fully Teported in the HERALD of Sunday. He stated, how- ever, that the tobbacco growers themselves were aroused, cspec:ally im Connecticut, where men lived who were shurp in reckoning, and who found out that this reduction of the import duty on cigars would tax the tobacco grower to the extent of $150 per acre annually. Hence every member of the House and every Senator sent to Col from Connecticut would vote against the reduction. Mr. Gallagher grew quite eloquent when reterring to the totelligent man aud brave soidier, Rt. the ¢: ot m R. C. Schenck, of Hommittee; the m mes Brooks; the scho.astic statesman, S. 5. Cox; Governor Fenton, Senator Conkling and Fernando Wood, who himseif was a cigar maker. Mr, F. A. SOHRODER Moved the following resolu. tons aud petition, which Were pussed unanimous. 2 Wages ait ane Whereas tho present depressed condition of the industrial interests connected with the cigar wade of the country te owing entirely to the cuauge maue ia the tari ou cigars by the owuse introduced into the Internat Revenue bill, section elahty-seven, Viz. :—“Provided, that irom and atter the pas: sage of this'act all cigars imported from foreign poris suail pay a duty of tie 69 per pound and” wweny-hve per cent it tatoram”—-a iower import duly than is iuily adequate to protect or futierests against the capital aud low priced labor of other countries engaged in Maandiacluring Cigars; and whereas, In coMxequenos oi this change, thousands of men and womea wuo tormeriy earaed an honést livelihood at tuls branch of trade, are now turowa ous of eimpioymenty be is Lueras uve exolved. Yhat the reduction of the tariff by the proviso contaivet dn section 8, uct of shiy, 188, was uncwied for gid against tue best iieveste of We country wad howe Ine Kesolved, That a further reduction to two dollars and twenty-ive per ceut sultav,ry whitch. fa mow Toso eae MA the Ways aad Means Committee, woud be deri 4s wih Cen riitaous Lo OUT UBL t ‘ mantel and evan rut was and the avime vul- Resoived, That wo wnltedly appeal te all parties ia interest te od ua ih OUF eh eAVOYR 10 Fo-entaDiiva the Lard oa cigars ‘0 taree dollara per pound and fiity per ce existed previous vo July, W953, Cent ad tudor, O8 10 te Honorable the Sen House of Repté= in Congress assembied ued, 4 dition of the fudustrial inte interest Of tue counLry 45 OW. g@ nade in the taruf on elgars by toe of tue duties (rom turee doliars per pound and lity p a vacorein to 83 OU per pound and twenty-live po vilorem, which we have ound to work disastrous!y several interests. We do theretore pray your honyiablo bodies to restore the tarlff rates on imported cigars lo tires dollars per pound and fly per cent ad valorem, as we ave fuily persuaded chat it will prove both advantageous to tue @ aad our several Industries. We are also persunied that the aury should not be redacod wall all of our industrial relations are more fixed and reliable. Mr. Conrap KuuN followed in & speech in the German lan , Which Was loudly appiauced. it was arguinentative, and told oi the minds ol those assembied. Mr. Walter B. Pearce, of Utica of this State, was the next speaker, followed by Mr, 1, B. Coneo, when the meeting resoived to author ize the Committee of Arrangements to nave the postion circulated for signatures, and wea ad- Journed. GEAMAN IMMIGRATION. ‘The directors of ihe German Immigration Society report that during te past month 2,107 German tm. migrants were landed at this port, most of whom proceeded to the West. Tne receipts during thi qonth amounted to $10,004, and a balanoo of tat was reported in the Treasury. The Relief Cominit. tee during the past moatit expended $1,112 19 ard of needy Geruian immigrants, and $1,200 were appro. privied to oe waked tu tue sae Madoer during We Ue MaVES Lavusite