The New York Herald Newspaper, January 8, 1871, Page 4

é THE STATE CAPITAL. REDUCTION OF CITY TAXATION. The County Mombers Who Don’t Go Home, and Their Appreciation of the City Delegation— The Important Bills To Be Introduced in Refereno> to New York City—Palace Horse Cars and Increase of Fare. ALBANY, Jan. 6, 1871. Tt is an open question, I think, whether the true Gothamite, accustomed to the busiuug excitement and turmoil! of metropolitan life, could exist an en- re year in Albany without occasionally paying a visit to New York. While the Legisiawre Js in ses- sion, ani the “b’hovs” from your ety are about, of course (ie usual monotonous aspect of things be- comes vastly changed; but now that they have taken up ther dads, aud, unlike the Arabs, stolen awa not very silently, the o.d state of affairs has become doubly duli by contrast, Tobe sure, there are still in town a goodly number of country members who cannot afierd to iidulge in heavy travelling ex- penses every week’, or Who, unlike ‘he New Yorkers, do not get complimentary passes on the railroads; but, be it knowa, your country legislator, as a rule, though he may TALK HAY AND STRAW in the Honse, to the utter dumbfounding of his metropolitan brother member, is a very oyster in dis dumbness outside the capital, and dos fer the life of him, howto “make things lively,’ as the poetical Jammy Irving would express it, Yet no one feels the absence of tie lively ones mere keenly than thts same species of the toor-al-raral. He may hate metropo.it nm democracy because he beheves it smacks of We slums and reminds him of the hard rebel stories he studied by heart during the wal still he cannot help admiring them for the glibness of their talk, the rollicksomeness of their manne: and, possib'y, the way they nave of pulling the po- Littca: Wool over the eves of their wondering country consreres. THE MAJORITY OF ON Speaking of the New Yorkers reminds me of the rather peculiar con ition of the ruling party in tne Legislature this year, and which condition may be rendered a very disastrous one politically if some of the elly members do pot gel over an old habit chey lave of spending more ume m New York during the sessions tian they do in their seats at the Capitol. It 18 this. The House stands sixty-tive democrats to sixty-three republicans, wnich 1s exactiy a bare ma. jority of one, and the actual nUBver oi Voters neces- sary to carry @ povtical So at will be seen that “if every democrat is not at his post when he is wanted the republicans can deieat any political measure they aisiike, aad that without m any wise exerting themseivcs Jor tae purpose. ‘he democratic leadei understand this of amairs so weil, and hi such litle faith in the constant attend: their number, that they are already talk quite that wey did re 2 or all eginming to ousoliugly apout how fortunave it was 11 the real politteal work during the jast session that they wanted iodo, and that this vthey have no Gesire to brag forward any po- litical bili of great importance. in view of the con GiHiou OL Adacrs this has very uuch of the fox and grapes kind of polley look about it. At least some Tepublicans thiuk Stull, on the other hand, it may Tarn OLt thai the democrats Wil not have to depend upon tie presence of their own iolks to do as they se aud those wiih Whom the wish 1s Tatler to Lue tought base the pes Ou THE WANT OF HARMONY which at present exists amoug a aumber of the re- pubiicans, Lhe Fenton-Cenkiing feud has so em- bittcred the Iucticns One agaust the other that It Wii, indeed, be a tairacie if Wey are Jound at ail suouluer lo suoulder against their political id, Even Shoula the democrats be counting too muca on ihe fend tor own good, tl claim —at least, few of the country members can be *, ever tiey are Wauved. ‘To give you an idea of jAUSIDLILY OF the heed only meulion act that one of the hangry set countrymen Who are to repub- an couutr; virtue om Hoe wis ¥ York mem: en the Comm: te Cities. mi ntend to be overloo: pre 1s ung ie be York me are certamly 1 dinary elroums.auc ty friends; but, juagi * under ©: y eoun- things, Te Will be a wide ni tuem as Wo the prive at which tuey t, it body and soul purchases ave to be 1 vid story of buying up a legisla neckue and a ten deliar bill ated, | but it w uever dat the expense ol aciivy mem- ber. ever, IU 1s ing session wiil b ved Una the com- and tal the will be few a Whicu is to b may give the work aud the re 1s one bill session that cousideravle em opvortunity to Pp ‘hungry’? hat it costs the live and a qu tianroad Company upon how they circumstances. beueve that the New York deie- geuon, se If any on voted it,”’ said one oi Wem to me yesterday when l asked him about 1, “he might ia Vaiu WHISTLE ut this Le eal future, 1 prove ihat Lue ciiy radroads are about and whow they ba through boia hou: And ¢ job may come in. DR A RE-ELECTION. lo not know what they to deai with to get it is just where the iry meinbers of both fear from thew ¢ ite ,» WhO have nothing to ts IM vetiag for 4t, may s New Yorkers 3 ing sudstan- a wink from oue of wel to tielr will answer y uimse CITY “PALACE CARS Anotlier railroad bill—Uus tme concerning the Tuird Aveuue Rauroad alone, | belleve—wili aiso be brought up curnug he early part ol tue session. It is to allow the company to Tun “pa the | fare to ide m which will be e novelty areio taxe well with the ciiy members who © been inded on ihe subject, but there are ethan aiew who be that if the priviteg granied ise cor aby would follow the satt of ny road Co} uies aud keep their ore dinary « uch a condition tat every. | body” wo be compelie despite limseif | to " take ten ce vehicles af ne wanted to 1 all. Taere is more wnth than poeiry in us of na it may turn out to be the great sium vck in the Way of ube vill’s ring New wil Supervisors nee & ta. ‘The lead- ave thy (the country too, for that at their bec& aud wat py Uns is tie bne and ery shorn of much of its about the city taxation will 1 ie able strength, and tha amount wuIDINOUS propriauons. ihe new Cuar ” rae TAX 1 pious departments, such for the the public e Legisiature, and che pre: propriauons p ; Mayor, Com) hal deparcment, waose be ata pariicuwar ume under consideration. When tue bill liuuting the tax to Uwo per ceat becomes & law each department after Oxing its own wants, | will know that there fixed amount leit to be divided among ali the others. Hence each will be compelled 10 be economical in order that all may get ils ju t Limited due, and thus one will be une | able lo make a big grab at tie expense of tue other. | TERRIBLE ACCIDENT—AN ACTRE TIONAL TREAURE SEVERELY AND PERMAPS FATALLY BURNED.—The Nutional tueatre, a place waere our Geran citi pugregate On special occasions for the purpose situated on South F AT THE Na- us of seeking enjoyment, and which is near Alexander, was Mg acciaent ing. The d 8 going to Le cele! more Wan usual spirit on is oveRs.on bY a sp variety entertainment, one weil to ple and gratily the Teutonic el consisting of songs, dances, &¢, ‘The building was well filed with spectators, li seemed bent on enjoying them- selves to Ui with their amilie arusts engaged was a Mrs, Byron, scarcely: ore Wan seveuiven Yours Of age, pretiy aya atiractive, who sings aud ilances very charmingly. just Hulshed a solo an. Tespunded to an encore, alter Which se setuxed to her dressing room w pre- pare for ine hex! While tere, making her toilet and rear fortunately 1 ned over Low her t wing Mm coniact with tie flame, ignited, aud 10 @a instant tier head. enveloped wih fire, Tne lent $5 Walch she wore a'so caught, and in ber terror wod Tor a mome: or two utterly powerless to call for When length she gained Voce her shrieks summoned assisiance aud (he fames were exunguished. It was found she Was burced in a most tearful mau- uSpecl Of } > qualitt of ‘The fact that vugh of uselt lo make the to be tainpered with fhe measure, daira Avenae | by ail the other au 2 all of jure. The’ ad- they can show that ¢ chand every one se of we five © ite he Z siatcuent will be made Asufiicient number of the coun- | ail the purposes of a | but we sali see what we | last even- | Auong the | She had | ranging her luxuriant barr, she-un- | rd the gas purner, and | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET, < og the head, face, neck and upper portion of @ body, Dr, C.D. Mosher was summoned as soon as the attendants could recover from the consternation in which they were thrown by the casualty, and Le did allio bis power to alleviate the unfortunate crea. ture’s suflcrings, afler which she was conveyed In a carriage to her residence on Orange street. Mrs, Byron was married abeutsix months stnce to Byron, Who is @ professional actor, her matden name bemg Wright. Her parents aiso reside on Orange street. It 1s thought that sne can scarcely recover, (rom the fearful manner in which she is burned.—Alvany Journal, Jan, 8. JHE NEXI PRLSLDENCY Vice President Colfax on the SituntionGene- ral Grant the Future Choico of the Repabe lean Party, Vice President Colfax, who has over and again retierated his determination to retire to private life after his present term of oMce expires, and who deciies, under any circumstances, to be con- sidered as one of the numerous aspirants for the next Presidency, 18 Out in an article in this week's Andependent, in which he takes up the cudgel for the republican pariy in his usuai vigorous style. “The Future of the Republican Party’ 18 is tite, Of course the theme affords Mr. Colfax a wide field for speculation. He believes that the | “prophets of evil,’’ who croak about a ‘new party” that must of necessity arise out of the ashes of the old republican party lo carry the next election, are croaking in vain, and that the same votes which carried Lincoln triumphantly to the White House will ugain place General Grant at the head of the nation in 1872 Mr, Colfax argues from the past record of the republican party to show that it has by ho means iost its hold ou the affections of the people; and as to the Southern States which have lately gone democratic, instead of their being an in- dication of the way the Presidential election of isiz will go, he deciares that the results of these same triumphs will serve but to strengthen ‘Une republicans as a party. In support of this as- sertion he proceeds to detail what lie calls the “re- sults” of the democratic triumphs, South, such as “anidnight assassins” im Kentucl the election to the Senaie from North Carolina of its tormer revel governor, and so on ad libitum, Mr. Coifax then closes as follow: What preserves the republic from the rule of the democratic party, Wlich contains these elements Within ii, 1s tue Continued power oF ihe republican party. And it is because the voung masses 0: (his Patriotic organization, who, without the lead of politicians, created it, realize that it was & reform party at its. birth, and has been a reform’ pariy during all its exist- ence, and has carried through more vital relorms than ali other parties in our century of na- tional lie, and can elaborate and censaiamate ull needed reforms in the future as the'r necessity be- comes apparent, that they intend (© Win auoiber triumph ior it ind its standard bearers in 1872. Low- ever the President, its successful camdidute in 1863, may be criticised or attacked, 1 believe iui stronger with the people at large tian he was when thus chosen, ‘then there Were Iears with some tat, though @ republican, be might act be in its advanced line, Who Jears it now? Some douded wheiher, with a life spent m armies and all his fame wou there, he might not be too quick in pushing international questions to a warlike setlicment. Let bis stand iu regard to Cubau mter- venuon, despite lis persona! sympatiies with that struggling people, prove how tiese douots have been dispeied, * * * General Graut (with some one of the many promineut republicans East or South, Whom ail coniiae in and will delight to honor, asso- c.atea wiih lim) wil, 1 sincereiy believe, lead te republican phalanx, as he has so olten led thos unger lis banner, 0 @ signal and eucpicions vi tory. And it will be a victory Unat will give stanility and rest to te country by ehuing forever, as it will, ail hopes of ademociatic reaction agaist ihe re- suite of the war as embodied in our cousuitution and AWS. THE ESTRANGEM:NT OF GRANT AND SUMVER. * Rann Senator Smmner and President Lincola— A Pertinent Reminiscence for the Present Time. the public has knowledge, has its origin in Mr. Sumuer'¥ opposition to the Domingo project, has brought to mind the ttme when Mr. Sumner op. posed one of President Lincoln's schemes. was the aud Mr. L neoin would brea | the magnanimous | petty prejudices, tr Vo othe! id not his own views to in | Salps. | paper S.dent Was superior to ail orded Uberty of opinion allow frank @ifference trom personal friend- ‘This locldent has beeu meat onea by sume Witn Various Commeats, but we are giad to give ix. Sumner’s own verston of it, as barrated by iim in his own house to a gentieman Who Was puss ' img the of the latver — | | i | | ening With him. We copy from the diary | 'i Vt | Monday evening.—He (Mr. Sumner) re- marke yan inquiry as to what be considered | hi: rant services tothe country during the war, | » “Tbat whieh theeountey knows th 1} int Mr. Liocoln, ani co: Oc emageipation as the me na to be used in crustias the re- be! i didnot urge i: then a@® a moral question, for, er may be sald of me,I have always aimed to be pation toe day a e ward, of which the public in small aba great things. | Twas always honest and very plain withiMr. Lincoln, so Tauch 80 that sormeti S he was almost angry with me, but he never allowed dierenes of opinion or Irankness to ater. the Latue of Bud and a hesitated trom that vis in: (ay { our familiar and comida i re WAR 4 beautiful fi | think, the last week of the last Lincoin’s pet project | ali told me] had mad | set his beart v vo che best inte e. in February, I I defeated “s saion, Whe ‘admitting Louisia a great mistake, a the President had me. Lut my couvictivas of tidelity country, ad I viewed the audject, atiast, alter earnest conversation im 1 Would not oppose his Lousiana provided he would require negro suitrage in all other 8, bedeving that Louisiana could not stand out alone, that the relluent wave from the other States would roll | over ber and she tion, But Mr. Lf | feat a mpie parliamentary tac- | Wes, working aud taiking agatast time, e., &c. | Iwas a com pecially wi opponents, th Sumer; he has kicked the President's pet project down {6 stairs.’ We bad | been «reat friends, ans it was a cause for rejoicing to these meu if | bad, by my course in the Senate, ruptured the inti- j macy, and 1Gid not know myscit but that such might be the | result, But, on the contrary, on the day ot the inauguration | ball J received an autograph note from Mr. Lincolu tnviting | me to attend the bail, aud saying that I would go he would call for me in his own carriage on his way thither, ‘and you shall be one of our party.’ Thad uot intended to go, and for | the four years T had not ‘beeu to an evening pariy'or enter- tainmeni, but, m the circumstances, concluded to accept the | invita‘ton. | At the proper time the carriage came to my door. I found | Mr. and Mrs. uincoin and Mr, Colfax wituin, and [took the | fourth and remaining scat. {took Mrs. Lincoln on my arm to the dais or plattorm, and then toll Mr. Lincola I. would | leave them and mingle with the throng, as the crowd wauted | to look at him (Mr, Lincoln); but he insisted that I should sit with him, and-seemed to take this very conspicuous way of assuring the Sena‘ors; Representatives and people present | that he stil claimed me as a friend, aud that 4 couscientions arge of What I thought my duty, alunough directly op- to what might be his favorite projects, would not sever m our intercourse, This emphatic endorsement y little sensation at the time, At the proper hour I took Mrs. Lincoln to the supper.” | This incident was certainly complimentary and | honorable to both parties, and it is certainly sugges- | live in the present reiations between the Senator and | the President. | ih te | Tae DYNAWICS OF LIF! mark, and I de. " my_political it is all up Ww. Hl Lecture by Professor E. L. Youmans. | The first of a series of free Saturday might s | tific lectures, under the auspices of the trustees of | Cooper Lastitute, was delivered by Professor E. L. | Youmans, in the great hall of the Institute, last H evening. The Professor will be followed vy Major | Powell, the explorer of the great cailons of Nevada; | Arthur Gilman, Dr. Ebelle, Professors Guang and Chandler and other well knewn sctentific | gentlemen. For the better regulation of these lec- ) tures the trustees have provided tickets, which are | delivered iree of charge at the Institute during the Persons holding these tickets will be admitted irom halfpast seven vo ten minutes to eight; b ) tween ten minutes to eight and eight o'clock, When | the lectures commeuce, the public will be admitted aud ine doors at once locked, s# as to prevent inter- | ruption. Vrofessor Youmans’ name drew a crowded house. His subject was the **Dycamues of Life.’’ He opened by taking ve Uip haminer as an illustration of the force, and showed that as water eli the force was given to raise the hammer. He beautiiully and tn- leligivly explained by diagrams the laws that govern mutter and force as shown in the creation of all living things, = animai and gvegetable, traced the creation of plants and ies, and by diagrams exnibited | the fact that matter 1s mdestruci that as a pe plant as it ascends Liguer in the scale of ue. In the Tormation of the buiterly the law of force was grandly illustrated. Tue little egg grows into a caterpillar, whic throws oi its cover- ing and gives ite and force to the but- werfy. Tne same Jaw was o in the creation of planis and trees. cording to the | science of geology there were ite siages before the ien- creation of mau—the moliusks, tie articulates, the | dishes, the reptiles, the mainmala and then man, Commencing wits the lowest grad the creation Goa finished with tue highest. Matter and force, | he declared, are inseparable, and it wad | utteriy impossible to destroy either. Towards the | Close Of the last century it was discovered that mar- | ter merely changed 1s form, and now a chemist must account lor the most infinitesimal his inv tions. Bo tt 18 with force, strncub. vat constamtiy viergolng uecessary in the creation of * ently practical, and to weigh carefully ail that Tsay. I} ‘on of tle seed rots It gives foree aud life to the | my constant | tant pressing upon ita | dese | both. ws Lut litte and which was manilest | theai tice benellt of tt | out nd my friends | agree taal the course of | * work, ; Churcn I baptize you, my brother, im | Magisti | intimated. NORTH CAROLINA. Baptism and Spiritual Reformation of Governor Holden. Abbott’s Chances in Contesting Vance’s Seat— Scene at the Baptism of Governor Hclden— The Governor's Impeachment, His Suspen- sion and His Successo:—The Call for tho New, Constitutional Convention to bo De- cided by the People—The Movement Demanded by the Necessities of the People—Reform in Taxation and the Judiciary Needed—The Elections in Caswell and Alamance — The Negroes No: Voting. RALEIGH, Jan. 3, 1871. With the limited information now before me, and as far as judgment can be based on a general Know- leage of affairs here, there seems scarcely to be a chance of Senator Abbott's success in contesting ihe seat of Senator elect Vance, on the ground that he received a majority of the lega! votes of the Gen- eral Assembly. He presumes, witheut counting, that a large number of the members of both branches of the Legislature are disquauded under the four- teenth ameudment to the constitution of the United States. That vhere are a few who are banned by the provisions of that amendment 1s true, but not a sul- ficient number, the cancelling of whose votes would elect Abbott, Vance was legally elected, and it would do much towards the restoration of peace and har- mony in this State If he would be allowed to take his seat. It would be a gracious act on the part of a republican Senate, and wouid serve to prove that tnat body will not necessarily mit a State in her choic2 of a representative purely be- cause of his politics, Then amuesty7s certain to be the leading political issue in 1872, and as certain as fate the party carrying it on its banners will be the successiul one in the Presidential contest. It will sweep the entire South and West and many of the Northern States, ‘The sensation of the hour, in the absence of more exciting events during the nolidays, ts the BAPTISM ( F GOVERNOR HOLDEN, which took place on Sunday evening. During the morning service at the Baptist church the suspended Executive rose in his seat and reviewed at length his religious experience, golug over Une greater por tion of bis life from his sixteenth birih- day downwards. He said:—“I have done a great deai of wrong im wy hfe, but I will, with Heaven's help, endeayor to do better hereafter. 1 will do my duty to myseif, my fellow men, my country and my God." The penitent Gov- ernor was then received into full membership in the Church, a8 was also his estimable laay. At the evening service both were baptized, the text se- lected for the occasion by the Rev, Dr. Pritchard being Acis of the Apostles, xxi, 16. ‘The entive chapter was read by the divine, presenting Ina most striking and beautiful light the persecution of the Christians by Paul and the subsequent conver- sion ol that Apostle to the religion of the Redeemer. It was remarked that the text and sermon bore a striking analogy to tie spiritual reformation of the Governor, Who all the time wore a humiliated and Christiaa-like aur, Tae sermon or text was not ine tentionaily levelied at the Governor by the clergy- man, Whose sole object 13 the conversioa of sinners, whether they be objects of legislative i:npeachmeat or convicted penitentiary felons—whether they be of high or low degree; for the greaver tue sinner the ; To THE EdITORS OF THE BOSTON DaILy ADVERTISER: | greater need of repentance 18 Dr, Prilcnard’s motto. The unfortunate political estrangement of Presi- | I , dent Grant and Senator Sumner, which, so far as | as it was not generally known the Goveror would was only an ordinary congregation present, be baptized, When the Governor stepped into the baptismal font the entire congregation rose to their feet, some eagerly chinbing on the seats to ob- Tt | tain a better view of the ceremony. After a lew re- supposed by Many of the Senator's friends, | Marks 1m advocacy of tuum rdently hoped by bis political enemies, that | rend doctor never fulls to ma 4 the reve- id:—“In obe- rsion, wh he s k friendship with him. But | @ience to the command of the Great Head of the | name ¢ the Facher, aud of the Son, and ct the Holy Guos Amen.” Governor Was then geutiy iowered and the entire body being lmamersed, Le Was ag: placed 1m aa upright posiioo, whea he slowly aud With seeming di.cuity nded from tue pool dry pmg With tue sacred water, and he disappeared HOLDEN'S IMPEACHMENT. The comments of We Northern pvexs in regard to the impeacument of Governor HO read here With mu ry interes:, and the supp siuon thai pusplracy oa” th utare Is received with £ oitien 2 litle o almost Gua liberties, U Y UreEsis, ai to alow orvus, As Mdignauion than ai Toiden was Wupe: ti et people, who: aged iy ‘his suina mous demand of we regarded, were ow imprisonme: and the re wait of habea far as a thorougit invesigauion oO: iP prepared to say tuat the Legislatare were torced by iged puvite opimion vir action 1a une ime peachmeat of the Governor. Auybody tmumately acguaimed with the history of poitical eveuts Jo this Staic simce the close of the war whl he republicans who were in power in every branch of the govermmens—the Execuitve, Legisiative and Judiciai—nas veed age gressive, corrupt and unprecedenied. Tue Execuuve us ed his ncuiens; the Legislature ruimed the credit of the Staie and mace it buakrupt, and the Judiciary were uolortousiy partisan, frou the negro e to the Clef Justice on the Supreme Bech, tbat in the recent eiections tne Stuce went over wheliingly against the repu ns, the fhances ve ing the main issue. There is now scurcely a chauce Of that party ever again regaiuing their Jost power, the assertion of the Goveraor to the conuary not withstanding. As to tne 8 SION OF THE GOV which is lookad upon at the North ary act by the deneoe. y here, it was conformity with the law p Legisiature at the time of th dent Johnson. Even ule con: vest radical talent of te State proviee pension 0: the Gevernor irom ail e ions after impeachinent, audit t y due to the republicans thei which the democrats are in now? Adcded to tis, us has been said belore of the HERALD, the vemocracy removal of the Governor from o: cessor, Lieutenant Governor Cady of the most orthodox euaracter and e Whose political retirement would be cnurely as satisiactory a3 that of the Governor, if not more so. “Chickens Will come home to roost.” and the radi- cals have themseives to viame for the suspension of the Governor. ‘ihe bill to call the INSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION is also misunderstood cr purposely misconstrued by a large portion of the republican press at the North, Which seems to be under the mistaken impression that the Legisiature lias ordered the assembling of a new constitutional convention, in yioiat.on of whe present constitution, This 1s not the case. Main provision of the bill is that the people shad ‘evolution- together in + republican nt of #Test- iramea by the for the sus- + €8 Mis suc » is a radical cass their votes “for or “against? a convention, | aud at the same time elect delegates to such a body. If, ailer the votes are counted, it is ascertained that a'majority of the legal voters im the State are in lavor of a couventiok itis then made the duty of the Governor to issue his proclamation cailing the dele gates together in April, 1871; butal a majority are Opposed vo the calling of thes convention then it will not assemble. The correspondent ot a New York paper at Wasuington wiltuily musrepre- | sents the truth ‘when he says there 1s only a bare majority in the Legisature im favor of the couvention. ‘There clearly two-thirds in both Houses who wii! vote for the bill on tts tinal passage. Nor is this a revolutionary measure, as ‘The convention is by the fail restrictea in 18 action ugamst any and 4il interference wiih the fundamental principles of ue present constitu- uon, such as ‘he right of suiraze, the Common School jaw and the Homestead Exemption, These the people are determined to stand by, and particu. larly are they pledged to guarauiee the poutical and civil rights of the colored people, What the specific and necessitous object of the convention wiil be 18 the amendment of tue constitution tn the matters of taxation and the recoustruction of the judiciary sys- tem. Taxation under the present Instruwent 18 too excessive and the judiciary 18 cumbersome and ex- pensiv The cnormous appropriations to railroad corporations made by the last repubil for which the Siate never saw a [oot of railroad, though the bonds have ai! been sold and lucksiered in New York, have 80 bankrupted the State tat the people, unable to bear tie taxation, have demanded reform in thunder tones from the mountains to (he seaboard, Lo this % to be added the Item of the expease of the judiciary, which is heavicr now than tie State governiuent was prior to the War, and wien fhis is said the reason why a Lew corstitational convention sbowd be cailed will be strikingly appareat. The speciat ELEOTIONS IN CASWELL AND ALAMANCR, the recenily alleged insurrecti ry counties, have resulted in sending two Conservative Senaiors and Representatives to the Legisiatare, Which gives that purty a majority of tlree in the Senate when the impeachinent trial comes up. In Alamance to ne- groes polled a fair vote, but in Caswell they re- Trained from gomg to the polls and jet the election go by defauit. It is now the inten\iou of the rade to asorive chis to intumidation, but the dodge won't It ls to transparent. tacts go, Lam | ‘o such an extent had Wiese enorinities goue | a ee the columns | ain uuthing by the | treme views, | The | an Legisiature, | ST. DOMINGO. bral’s Manifesto—His Suc- cesses—He Counsels Moderation— Yellow Fever Raging. PorT Av PLATTE, Dec, 23, 1870, General Cabral furnishes the following officiai re- port of the defea: of Baez's force: God, Country and Liverty. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. CITIzENS—The South is stil) in arms; we are fight- ing. Lately one of our columns marched on ‘troba- no, defended by Generals Andrea and Timoteo Gent There the enemy was met, beaten aud rou! Alter this event reinforcements of Baez left Azua for the recapture of ‘Tuhana. Our advanced posts met them,jand 1 was at once mformed of that and issued 0) rs (O arrest it without awaiting for the infantry. I most vistoriously defeated them. While these operations were taking place General Marcos E. Adon, with 300 meu, attacked and routed the iorces of the Caribon de Otrabanda. At the same time and by way of Petit-Trow another force of the enemy was enurely deteated. In Trobano a general of the enemy was killed, and in Petit-'Trow another, Tn addition to the losses occasioned to our enemies In the four encounters many families nave presented themselves ‘for protection, among thei Priest Barriento, with hits family, To ail of them we have given a patriole and paternal reception, The wounded have been treated with humanity and the Suantons demanded by Christian charity are paid them. | _ Indulgence and liberality have been shewn to the surrendered, With these triumphs the campaign will assume superior proportions. I count on a sufficient force, | good arms, good amount of munitions and all other resources needed by the army. The revolution will be splendid because upon tis triumphs depead the salvation of the country. Baez 1s the enemy against whom we tight, Tnis adminis- tration 18 not acceptable because its erueluies, 11s abuses and its tyrannical acts impoverish the counixy, Buez 1s faithless to us. In exchange for gold he wants to sacritice our independence; and our inde- | pendence we must maintain, as the only thing we have and as the most precious jewel we can be- queath to future generations, In our lines all Dominicans have a piace, and none will be asked thelr past political opinions. ‘those that yesterday differed from us come to as ani we will recetve them as brothers, The revolution accomplished we will have the Majerity to the election of men of known. hunesty anc intelligence to fill the offices of public adminis- tration. Citizans! union and we will save the Dominican repubiic. JOSE MARIA CABRAL, HEADQUARTERS IN SAN JUAN. After the victories that Cabral had obtained before Azua he was prevented going further on account of the rainy season setting in, the low banks being swamped. The result is that an epidemic of coantry fever, but which 1s nothing less than black vomito, is raging in the district ana the natives themselves | are dying tn large numbers. Some few hundred bales of tobacco were shipped to New York, which the friends of baez are trying to show is an increase of production, bat which 1s only sent to be trans- ferred to the European steamers for Bremen and Hamburg, as the Franco-German war deprives us of the means of direct shipments, The country never ‘Was poorer and the laboring class more disgusted than at the present time. THE TENUANTEPIC SHIP CANAL. Synopsis of the Concession by the Mexican Government for a Ship Canal Across the Isthmus of Tehuantepic. City OF MEextco, Dec. 29, 1870. The following 1s an epitome of the ship canal con- cession, which passed the Mexican Congress on the | loth of December and has now become a law:— ARTICLE 1. Authorizes the Tehuantepec Railway H Company to construct a ship canal and its appurte- | mances, tn addition to its railway, across the | Isthinus of Tehuantepec to connect the waters of the Gulf of Mexico with the Pactilc Ocean. The canal is to be of @ aepth sufficient to pass skips | drawing nineteen feet of water, and the concession | 1s for ninety-nine years; the Mexican government | to protect the execution, preservation and secarity ' of the work. | Ant. 2, Exploration { within three | mite nd surveys to be completed , and plans and profiles to be sab- ed to the Prestdeat of Mexico for approval. ‘K on te canal te be commenced within one | y ter the plans are approved, AL Requires a boud trom the company in the stun of $50,000 Uiat plans shall be preseuted within 0 Years. ‘The obligations of the company to do the < required may be suspe ease or by Jorce mieure Provision js made for the prover notices to be given the government of the removal of the mpedi- and tle recommencement of the works, and on | lie lands wit in aid of its constraction, Ant. 6. May take private lands for use of company henever necessary by indemuiying the owners according to law, but iisy lake public lauds and erial ut g the construction of the canal the unport on Cie isthuins the materials, s, coal, carriages und other useful and alter nal ig completed | company may machi years the machinery ) quire. ; Arg & For ninety-nine years the Mexican gov- h-ernment will exact no Coutribution for transit | through the canal, lor on the capital invested | therein; after that’ time tue works become the | property of the government. Anr. 9 After twenty years the government will | be entitled to twenty per cent of the net profits when dividends are paid to stockholders, Axi. 10. YariiY and regulations gor the canal and other works tot ay and submutied to Ute President of Mexico for his approval. | ann. 11. ‘The company to butld two lighthouses, | one oa each coast, Which are to becuine the prop- | erty of the governmer Akt 12, The tran-tt tarough the canal shall be free to ali the Inhabitants of the globe. Al nations mnay tse it in thne of peace for transportation of their troops, Manitions and vessels of war; but its entrance shall ba vigorously closed to troops. munk- tions and Vessels of war belonging to natieus which | May be at war with one another or with otuers. ‘Che canal shall be neutral and open to ad jiations at }eace with the Republic of Mexico; but the tran ert and other du hall be increased twenty-iive per coat on vessel tions having no treaiy of neutrality with Mexico With respect to the trausit by the canal. 2 direction and management of whe canal shall belong to the company, but the govern- ment reserves the right to Appoint one-fourth of the | number of directors, who shall have the same pre- Trogalives as those ciected by the stockliolders. The company shall make an aunaal report to the President of Mexico, | Arr. i. ‘The company, though formed abroad, Shall be deemed exciusively Mexican, and, if it | thinss proper, may form separate companies for the | carrying out of 1t8several operations, and may or- panize suid cormpanies either in the republic of Mex. ico or in the United States, under geuerai or special | laws of the place where iormed, ART. 15. All persons now and hereafter engaged | in the enterprise are to be regarded as naturalized Moxicans, Aut. 13. The restrictions of the previous articles | sliaii Lot affect differences arising between aliens and stocKnolders outsiie of the republic, nor shail the decisions of for Visioas of thts law a r Mexican interests. Art. 17, The company caunot transier, alienate | or mortgage the concession, nor the canal and iis accessories, without the consent of the government, and tn no case can it be doon toy foreign government, nor can a ioreign government | or State become a patiner in the enterprise. The | company may issue and sell bonds and other obli- gations Without the approval of the government in | Such amounts and at such prices as it may see ft; | and may merigage the canal and its accessory | works Co private indiviauals or associations, Art. 18, The grant shall become null and void: '—If the surveys and plans of the canal are ade within three years. Seoond—For not commencing the works within | one year atier the plans are approved by the Piest- | dent of Mexico. Third—Kf $1,000,000 are not expended in the first year after the works have been commenced, and $5,000,000 per annum thereaiter untti the works are compicicd, except in case of force majeure duly proved. Fourih—For violating any ef the expressed provi- sions of Uns law as enumerated. Lfthi—In case of forfeiwure of the railway conces+ | ston. Stcth—In case of neglecting for 365 consecutive | days to keep the canai open for use, Arr. 19. in case of fortelture of grant the com- pany sball lose the concession, but will retain as | its own property, until the expiration of niuety- nine years, the works whicn It ehall have con- structed; but the successors of this company snail have the right to take the same at an appraise- ment. Art, 20. All doubts and controveray as to the in- terpretation or execution of this law will be decided by the competent federal tribunals of the Mexican republic, “ALT. 21. The company shall appoint a representa- tive, to reside in the Cuy ef Mexico, who shail have power and instructions to treat with the federal government and other anthorines upon al matters included in the present concession. ud hard coals that it may re- ning the de by the The Texas State Gezelte announces the death of Mr. Nat Raymond, editor of the Plow Boy. Mr. Raymond died very sudaenly on the 2d ult. while | on the way from Ausun to Lockhart, nded by a fortuitous | uf ef the pub- | t, duty free, for ninety-nine | id merchandise oelonging to na- | n tribunals atiect the pro- | Mexican | MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. eee eee The managers are making more persistent exer- tions this season to attract the public than ever they did before, Business has not been so dull for Years past, and empty treasuries are now the rule, with very few exceptions. Only first class entertalu- ments have been pecuniarily successful, and more theatrical compantes have exploded, both in this city and the country, than ever were known before. Business, in the general sense of the word, is worse this winter than bas been felt since the momentous year before the civil war. The fatlures have been proportionately numerous, This week, however, is & semi-revival in the dramatic senso of the word. Several good, ‘desirabie” features are to be intro- duced, Music ts as dead as if there was never such Such a thing heard of in this city. The crowning sensation this week 1s the revival, In the most magnuicent manner, of “Richelieu,” at Booth’s, We call it a revival in the metropolitan sense of the word, altheugh this ts the first produo- tion of Bulwer’s great play at this theatre. Every- thing that scenic art and managerial preparation can do has been done for this ‘occasion. Mollen- hauer has written new music for it, and nothing bas been left undone to make it a success, The cast 1s as follows:—Mr. Lawrence Barreit as De Manprat, Mr. Sheridan as De Bavabas, Mr. Eawin Booth as Richelieu, Mr. Fenno as Joseph, Mr. Anderson as Huguet, Mr. Pitou as Louis XIIL, Mr. Pateman as De Berighen, Mr, Howson as Orleans, Master Sey- mouras F ancola, Miss Pateman as Julie De Mor- Umer, Miss Livingston as Marion De Lorme. In connection with this cast we may mention a gentleman who stands at present at the head of young American artists—Lawrence Barrett. Bar- Tett is an actor who possesses more real talent and genuine fire than any of those who are now on our stage and precede him even on the score of se- nority. “Saratoga,” ever “Saratoga,” at Daly’s exquisite littie boudoir, the Fifth Avenue theatre. So much for home talent and so much against the reprehen- ! sible practice of dragging over across the Auantic the late weak effusions of cockney authors. Mr. Daly 1s the pioneer 1 giving real Amer can talent a chance, and as such alone, independent of nis ar- tistic ability in placing things on the stage In an un- exceptionable manner, he deserves the praise and patronage of the entire public. Dominick Murray commences an engagement to- morrow night at Lina Edwin’s theatre. “St. George and the Dr gon” is the new burlesque at Wvod's. “War’? I still kept on the boards at Wallack’s, and is likely to remain so for a long time. We douvt very much if Mr. Robertson ever had his play pre- sented on the stage in such a magnificent manner as Messrs. Wallack and Moss have given it, and the public seem to be perfectly aware of the fact. There is nothing like Keeping "p to the spirit of the age, no matter about former prestige. “Wee Willie Winkie” begs to assure the public through his particular friends, Messrs. Join Dutt and James Hayes, that he is always to be iound at the Olympic, Just as we write “Herzog, the Black Crook,” Wishes to announce the same at Nivlo’s. De Vivo announces “Un Balio en Maschera” for Tuesday night at the Fourteenth Sirect theatre, Grau, the prince of waaugers, takes Secvaca to- morrow evening to the Stadt theatre. She appears frst in “Marie Stuart.’ Marie Seevach 18 ihe Rachel of the present day, sans doute, Onlenbach’s “Brigands,” with Ain ing role, until further notice, at the Grand Opera House, Tonight the big band, Niuth N.Y. S. N. G. Joe Jetferson plays “Kip” tive tues at the Bro: a eegu, commenciug on Monday night. Poor joe Welch, Hughes & White’s Minstrels threaten an excruciating vill at the Brookiyn Opera House tais week. So ao Kelly & Leon’s Ethiopian tragedians, who have ousted Hooley across the river, Mrs. Conway haS new ariisis and a new bill gale her numerous patrons at the Park. In a sketch Of this favorite of the American stage, Who has ex- hibited wondertal talent and perseverance iu mak- Ing a great success of that terrible bugbear—a Brooklyn theatre—the sprightly Season of Paul Nicolson says:—“Mrs. Conway was gifted with an intellect of strong aualyuc power suiicient to tit owt haif a dozen ‘leading ladies’ Of the present day. She had withal a hue, expressive face, whose beauty lies chiefly even now In its revelation of mental power. At one period of her profes- slonal career she gave promise of becoming not merely a fine but a wreat actress. All hor acting bore tie stamp of a thorough understanding of tue meunivg Of every line sie spoke, and, under tae reiining influence of a short engagement at the Lyceum and at Wallack’s, 1t seemed certain that this intelligence would soon imbibe ail tiat was necessary of poetic taste and finish of manner to render her a worthy rival of Mrs. Julia Deuuett bare row, then the irst leading lady oO: the American stage? We may say In addition to tnis that Mra. Couway has iully and always upheld the great ndard which her earlier carcee was idenufled in the lead- particular stars of our stage. Butler & Gilmore, of the Comique, haye a rare bill for this week. The weil pantomime troupe and the chi stuinp speaker and geueral apton Ethiopian tist, Laghey Dougher- cabal, are tie new feavares, ‘rank Drew, whom everyboay knows, is the graud re atihe Bowery. He is a side sputter, For consiaut novelties aud persistent attractions commend us Josh Hurt and the Globe, Josh bas a new drama, a postiumous work of Dumas’, so he says, calicd “New York as ie aud iw * and immense is the expression he uses in coanection wiih tt. Mina Geary Fitzpatrick and Julia Esmond are rapidly making “irelaod in Shade and Sunshiae” a big success at Apollo ilali. Miss Jenny busk, the wonderful contralto, Clara Perl, Miss Krause, Lefranc and Coletti will appear to-night at the St. Svephea’s clurcl concert. ‘The New York Circus has a splendid bul for this | week. ‘ony Pastor has made such a hit with his “Black Sheep” pantomiwe that he seriously purposes build- ing an opera house uptown. igands,"? at Bryant’s and the San Fran- cisco Minstrels, Will probably run the entire season at these operatic halls. fe success of Miss Clara frances Norris, well Known in | this city as a dramatic reader, who has made & most | Successful debut upon the tragic stage 1 the e } Catharine of Arragon, in Shakspeare’s “Henry ; Vill,’ under the management of Leake & Dickson, . H. Leake sustaming the part of Cardinal Wolsey. Matiida Heron Stoepel, the last ofa great and now, unhappily, unknown school of great artists, las re- covered from a severe attack of iiness, Mme. Blanche DeBar-booth, niece of the cele- brated tragedian and an artist’ of the highest sian. dard, has made a genuine success ia the 7éle of Meenie, in “Kip.” She will appear to-inerrow even- ing at the Brooklyn Academy. Mr. Sidney Woollett gives 4 Shakspearian-recita- | tion on aloaday at Assvciation Hall. Northeastern Singers? Union. ‘The delegates of the Northeastern Singers’ Union, New York section, met at the Germania Assembly Rooms on Thursday eveuing, Mr. Theodore Heiden- feid presiding. Letters were read from the ‘Teu- tonia Maennerchor, of New Haven, Conn.; Germania Maennerchor, of Patierson, J.; Letdersranz, of Providence, R. 1; in which those societies an- nounced their Intention to join the section and to participate in tne singing testival which will be New York section numbers now twenty-nine sing- | ing societies. The Stingers’ Union comprises, besides the New York, a biladelphia and Baitumore section, | consisting of German singing societies of Laose calles and their lespective vicinities, It waa resvived that alter the ist oi March no more societies be admitted to the New York section for pariicipation in the singing festival. The following are the three mass choruses which will be sung by the whole Singers’ Unien at ile festival, rehearsals of wiich have already commenced in the New York tion:—"*#vidhjol’ssage”’ (Friahjot’s story), by Max Bruch; ‘salamts,” by J. Gernsneim, aud “Morgen- hed’? (inorning song), by J. Rietz. MILITARY NvTEs. Although the drill season has opened with a good deal of zest the members of the various regiments are determined, as usual, not to allow the mouth of January to pass without making 1t memorable for its military festivities. There was a time when the young Seventh were wont to open the ball in grand style, but i woald scem that they are this season lying back see to Monday evening. It should be remembered that the “veteraus” are not by any means gray-haired and Sottering, according to the popular acceptation of the term “veteran,” for they boast among their number a very large minority of tne active members of the young Seventh, Of conrse ail the latte: be on hand ia full civilian tog, not excluding even tme jovial Weed, the siately Kipp or the com: muanging Clark. The reugion wkes ce at the Seventh regiment armory on Monday eve) January 9, and pronuses to be an anusually fine at ‘The decorations are very elaborate. ‘ike upper drik- room has been converted tute an tinmense marquee, While cologne fountains wnd statues Sieg the old Twenty-seventh regiment are ple od Mminent positions. The maim hai and stairways are bemg festooned witn Nowers, everarcens and fuss. ‘The plaster cast of the monument to be erected in Central Park will be placed on exhibition, The sual dri room bas been Converted tute an artgalery, aad with, and thatshe new stands one of the bright, | Brotne: Kaown Laurt | ty, lately imported irom Havana via Tehuantepec | From the Indiaapolis Journa? we learn of the | helt by te Singers’ Union in this city nex! Jane. The | what thelr confreres of the old Seventh will doon | . ) Kuatroad to put dowa anotuer track of steel | bhe i | will | contains some of the choicest paintings tn the city, mostly oi a military character. The several com- pany rooms will be thrown open and many will Sloanlly decorated, The music by Grafulla’s Wul be @ special feature, the programme of marches, &c., played upon memorable occasi: from 1840 to the present time, The tickets have been nearly all disposed of, ana the occasion will bring together one of the largest and most sole seeSrOnIARS that has graced the armory for a jong time, ‘The Twenty-second regiment will also do ita best to divide the iestivities of the evening at its reception, which will take place at the Academy of Music, The greatest preparations have been made to make the reception a very grand one, and the committee are exerting their utmost to eclipse any previous at- tempt of the kind which the regiment has taken nold of. Colonel Porter has, to use the janguage of the “boys”? of the stail, laid himself out for occasion and will spare no expense to make the ball @ suo- cess. THE FENIANS. The Reception of the Liberated Patriots. Active Preparations for a Grand Demonstration Letter from One of the Priscners—What Congressman Roberts Says—The Sixty-Ninth to Parade. “Could ye tell me whin the martyrs ll arrive?” Was the question asked yesterday by numerous toil-stained sons of the Green Island. Anjanswer ta the negative, a wise shake of the head ora random guess was all that could be gleaned, and great was the consequent bewilderment. When @ man has made himself up fora sensation it is very hard to keep hun is ON -TENTER HOOKS FOR A FORTNIGHT; and such has been the feeling of suspense among a large portion of our Irish popula- tion since the cable announced the fact of the Femans in England “having been released. ‘They were afraid to keep them any longer,” averred a stout-built Hibernian to the HERALD reporter, with a knowing leer, ‘the Roosian bear had such a hoult on Johnny Bull's pants that the Faynians wor shook out of ius breeches pockets,” ‘This allegorical logic was unanswerable and the Hibernian fell into a pitying mood. The captives were, one by one, reverently mentioned, “On’y to think of it,” he concluded, as he took the cutty pipe from his mouth, “five long years in a dirty prison, ating like a dog in a hole, working at the work of & baste, wid murdherers for company and mia like divils for drivers, and THEY NEVER GAVE IN, barrin’ thim that died of the cruel cowld and the lowness of sperrits, But tt was a happy relayse for thun, God rest their sowls.”’” The fact was casually related that a letter from one of the released men, Thomas Francis Bourke, had been received by bis mother. It was ascertained that the old lady lived la Twenty-first street, and thither the reporter wended bis way. Mrs. Bourke, who 1s a woman of some fifty years, with hair somewhat silvered, but still active and chatty, produced the letter at @ single request and proceeded to read it. It bears THE JAIL COUNTERSIGN on itscorner und the English coat of arms at tts head, Itis as foll ows, and is the latest information on the Master Which has reached this city:— Workin@ Convior PRis0N, Dec, 22, 1870, My Own Drak Morhen—I have just been formed by the Governor of the Prison that the govera- ment has determined to liberate me apd my tel- low prisoners. The government oifers to liberate us om the condition of leaving the country immediately and never returning. Iam unable to tofonm Zon when I shall embark for hone. A difliculty wiil arfse if the gov- ernment does not pay my passage. It would be a cruelty to keep me in prisoa until [heard from you. ii, however, he do reruse there will be nothing left to do but wait antl shail be able to receive # remittance irot you. [ sail, im the event of the government reusing, write to you as soon. ‘fs such refusal 1s communicated tome. 1 won't be home im time for Christmas or New Year's; bat, never mind, IT WILL DE CHRISTMAS DAY when I do get home. Goodby. mother dear, for a Uttle while lon ger, aud ever believe ine your aifvctionate aon, THOMAS FRANCIS BOURKE. Appended to the letter was a slip of paper which shows all the innate brutality of the Bngush convict system; it read thus:— ‘This letter was given (sic) to prisoner Bourke solely for the purpose of making arrangements with his trlends on subject of his quitting the Cuied Kingdom—the coudition oa which he wii be.released, W. D, F, BRAMLEY, Governor. Aung on the wall of the room, over the mantle Piece, Was a irame enclosing, worked op embroidered. silk, the speech of the writer of the letter, when be Was calied on to say why sentence of death should not be passed on lim. tt is defiant and contains @ herote reference lo his “axed mother Tue Next Visit Was pala to the ollice of Colonel W. R. koberts, M. C., sormerly President of the Fenian nood. ‘Lie action of the Tammany Comunt- tee in subscribing the muuiicentsum of $21,500 was under comment. PROMIN FENIANS OF FORMER DAYS Were giTiving in shoais, and to the oft-repeated question, Wien are ihey coming? the Colonel re pled that he had tat day sent & cable despatch to | Dublin asking immediate inforination on tue polut. The edit of some of the irish weesles publshed in this city were present, and “right wing” and “soft wing.” OF What is lett of either, agreed Loronce in awarding warm trivutes to THE SILENT GIANTS OF OUR GAUSE 43 one of them remarked. Colonel James Kavanagh, of the Sixty-ninth regl- ment, N. G., ounced his latenuon of issuing am an order for his regiment to told themseives in readi- ness ior a parade on tie Occasion, to act as escort to the Fenians upon their landing. Captain P. J. Mechan, wio, it will be remembered, narrowly es- ‘ped from an assassin’s bullet same months since, aid he would parade his company from Jerse: City on the same occasion. The ex-"convicis,” fel- low-prisoners of the men coming out, some of Whom Were present, also announce their intention of meeting and welcoming their “ringmaies’ at the water's edge. g THE MORE IMPORTANT among those expected are John O'Leary and Thomas Clarke Luby, editors of the Jrish People; Jeremiah O*Denovan (Rossa), Captain Mevatferty, John Deyoy, Patrick Lennon, (vagan) O'Leary, Geueral Hafpm, ‘Thomas F. Bourke, Richard Burke, John Flood, aad Diae overs in Australia. A gentleman present said he had heard two days previous at Toronto that it was generally believed in Canada the seventeen Fenians in prisons in Kingston, C. W., had peen ordered to be released. There seems to be a general dosive to give tie men a warm aad imposing reception, and, What is more rtant, see that ley get a Iresh start in the land jom under comfortavle and material aus THE GARDEN ¢.TY. Mr. A. T. Stewart's Hempstead Improve- ments—Tue Avenues and Streets Graded avd Levelled What Has Been Accom- plished and Want Remains to Be Done. ‘The grand scheine of practical benevolence which Mr. A. T. Stewart has undertaken at Hempstead has 80 far assumed shape and substaace that, although | afull description of it appeared in the HEracp in February last, another notice of it will be found of interest. Garden City, as it has been named, was laid out by Mr. Stewart’s- architect, Mr. Kelium, in June and since that time the work of grading, levelling and fencing the streets and ayenues has been car- ried on with vigor. The city is now fenced in, sur- veyed, engineered and prepaicd for building. itis two and a half miles wide} by ten to twelve miles in length, and runs north and south, Thirty miles of street have been cleared of soil and made per- fectly level, while there are sixty nules of fences, twelve thousand maple shade trees, from twelve to fourteen feet in height. The blocks are 500 Jeet wide and from $00 to 1,200 feet long. It ts intended to have the Jots 260 feet square. All the houses will set back seventy feet from the street. But one house has been built as yet, the importans work of laying out and: preparing tie avenues and stiecets laving eugaed the attention of Uie archi tect during the stinimer months. THE ESTIMATED COSY OF THE How: Will be from $3,000 to $10,000 each. Twenty houses Wail be erected this seasou, and after they are com- pleted others wil be pashea lorward until the c1y is imished. A tireprool hovel of mammoth dimen sions, to be located in the éentre of the city, 18 to be commenced inimediately, and, as soon as possible, a endid raiiroad aepot close to it. Arrange- ments have been made with tie Finsning AUS On road, Which wil poss througa the centve of the Garden City. The rads (sixty-four pounds to the meat yard) have been contacted jor im Russia. From the city the road will afterward be run out to arnbagdale, a distance of twelve mil The grading of (he road has been contracted for. It ts part of We agrecinent between Me. stewart and the Flashing Railroad Company that the latver finish the ing of the double track to the Garaen City by the ast of July, and the road to Varmingdale by the Ist of Getober. In connection Wii the ratlroad— whieh, by agreement, will be rum in Cae Literests of the cluzens—iher’ wiil be a ber of ferry boats of a new pattern to earr gers Irom dlunter’s Point up to Wie City; So t RS wat the time trom te fea Ony will be “Within tiley mmunutes, Mr vtermined to pusi this grand en- terpris ul issue with sible speed, Hk MO coud! belure very’ long the Garden Clty will mac out of the Loag tslaad prairie ‘a thing of Uewuty aud a joy forever’ to its inbabivanls.