The New York Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1872, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR Volume XXXVI No. 5 AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNQJN AND EVENING, AIMEF’S OPERA BOUFIE, 720 Broadway.—Opena La GRanpk Ducursse. WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, ‘ances aiternoon and evening, OU +h 8. ~Perform: PIE, FIFfA AVENUE THEATRE, Twoaty-fourth street. Tur New Drama OF Divonos, WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway ant Wh street. — Joun Garren. IBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston streeis.—Bi ACK CROOK BOWERY THEATRE, Porrs. OLYMPIC THEA TOMIME OF H Bowery.—PepesTin—Tur Two » Broadway.—Ti® BALLET Pane uPTy DUMPTY, BOOTH'S THEAT! Twenty-third st., corner Sixth av.— JULIUS Osan, GRAND OPERA HOU Tuk COLLEEN Bawy. MAS. F. BL Monte Onisi0. THEATRE COMIQUE, 614 Broadway.—Couto Vooate 16M8, NEGO AC 16, 80. orner of Sth av, and 24d sh CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, Tho Bill to Confer Extraordinary Powers on Comptroller Groon—The Action of the State Senate, The bill to confer extraordinary powers on Comptroller Green, the main provisions of which were published in yesterday's Heratp, will be found in full io our -columas to-day, together with the debato and action of the State Senate thereon, It is certainly a most extraordinary measure, and the Senate acted wisely in taking time for its full consideration. There is no doubt that some speedy legisla- tion is needed to meet and remove the financial embarrassments under which the manicipal government is at present laboring; but we must not forget that before now extraordinary exigencies have been made the excuse for the enactment of ill-considered and bad laws, and the experience of the past should not be unheeded while we are yet suffering from its evil effects. Certain bonds of the city and interest fall due between this time and the lst of May next, and must be paid in order to protect the credit of the oity. It is said that there is at present no legal power or authority under which the amounts necessary for such payments can be properly raised or applied; and UNION SQUARE THEATR way.—NRGRO ACi)—BUeLE TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSK, No. 2 eas NEGRO Eccentnrevreins, BURLESQUTS, fee 201 Bowery. BRYANT'S NeW 0 0 PERA HOUSE, 231 at, between 6th and 7th ava.--BRYAN 1” SAN FRANCISCO MI L HALL, 685 Broadway.— TUE SAN Francisco M LS. NEW YORK CIR THE Ring, Acros: sent arrest. tinee al 2%. -S0BNES IN NIXON'S GREAT SOUTHERN CIRCUS, 728 froadway.— SoRNMS IN THE Rix, ko. Matin New York, Fri De » January 5, 1872. = TODAYS HERALD, ements, Capital: A Lively Day in Poth Ixciung Debate on the Bill to word ary Powers on Comp- ; War of the Factions in the Assembly—lmportant Meeting of the Bar. 4—The Wharton Trial: Highiy Important Testimo- ny of Dr. &. Warren—General Ketchum Died of Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis—Not by Hu Hands, bu by the Special Dis- d—right Hopes for the posed Attempt to Burn ments and Ex- traordsnary th Homicide on telie”’—Outr Pinioso) A Mere Baga- -Deaih of a SeThe Ins and Beloi le ant Revelations the Senatorial Custom House Com- avecley Uxaimined for Three Hours— Knows of Subsou Pottt Curious Xposures of Leet’s Coniection With the Gen- eral Order Bw tow He Threatened Collector Grinne is Grant's Letter of Recommendatio: Washed in ruv Deal of Dirty Linen ig Up a Bank: The Run on the Third Avenue Savings bank lo. creasing—The Allcged iiarbor Abuses—A Mean Swindle—The Ain an Shipping Interests: Proposed Rep ot the Law F istration of Fo: mn Built Ve With Receiving len Goods—| ndarism in Westchester—Seioo! of Sctence and Art— Meeting of the American Instliu'e—Anoiber Chance fur Botts—Orome Watch Swindle, h he bill to Con- Comptroller The Action of the State Senate’— volution in Mexico—Telegrams trom Cuba, Porto Kico, St. Thomas and Venezacla— Amusement Announcements. 27—Luropean Cable Ne ‘Phe War Cloud Resting over im and the United States—seven Lron- Clads rittng Out for Cuban Waters—Uproar in Sew Orieans—Misceilaneous Telegrams— Business Notices, 8—Luropean Mail Details: the Alabama Confer- ence at Genova—The City Charities: Work of the Commissioners of Charities and Correction for the year 1) Political Mo Views—The Burroughs’ Poisontt bie Garravrant Entrapped at La telligeace—A Fraud on the or The Newtown Frauds—fhe Smallpox—The ‘Temparauce Movement in Newark. P—Municipal Affairs: Pursuit of Municipal Re- form Under Diliculties; Meetings of the Boards of Aidermen and As-istant Aldermen—Mrs, Dr, Connolly's Lunacy—Thieves at the Young Men's Chrisuan Association—The Peanut Stand Bond Robbery—The Franklin Siatue—Robved in His Own fiouse—Financial and Commercial Reports—Marriages and Deaths—Acveriisements. 1O—Jersey Jealousy: Tragedy, Comedy and Scan- dal; A Lively Love Sensation in the Village of Spotiswoou, N, J.— shipping Inielligence— Advertisements, ULeThe Courts: Interesting Proceedings in the New York and Brookiya Courts; Criminal ‘rials in the United States Courts; The Business the Court of Oyer and = Terminer; The Yorkvilie Police Judge: Sentences the — General Session Important Will Case in the Brook- lyn Supreme Court—The Quevedo Divorce Suit—Horse Thieves Arrested—Onictal Pro- ceedings of the Boards of Aldermen and As sistant Aldermen—Advertisements, 12—Advertisemenis, Tre Spanish Don is stirring up a lively bobbery in official circles just now. The Cabinet have harmonized, iron-clads are ordered into commission without delay, army and navy off talking fight. Misgiv- ings on broads ships vs. monitors are in- dulged in, the Bird of Freedom is ruffling its feathers, the Hornet's nest is to be protected and the Florida flurry to be explained. Our correspondents give full and interesting details of the latest thickening of the war cloud, Toe Cavacazy Case.—Prince Gortchakoff has addressed an cificial note to United States if this be the fact—although it would seem that the general powers of the Comptrol- ler and Mayor ought to be sufficient to meet the exigency—it would be wise to make _pro- vision for the issuing of new bonds for the purpose. This, however, seems to us to be the only immediately pressing necessity, and’ it is covered by the fifth section of the pro- posed bill, There are arrears of salaries, rents, contracts, supplies, &¢., yet to be set- tled, and there are the current expenses of the city government between now and the Ist of May to be provided for; but the former can be suffered to lie over a few weeks longer with- out any extraordinary additional hardship, and the latter can be ensfly supplied by a temporary loan. We must not forget the liberal offers of support tendered to Mr. Green by members of the Committee of Seventy and other reformers when he first assumed the practical duties of the office he now fills; and surely this aid would not be denied him now, when permanent release from all our embar- rassments is so near at hand, Under these circumstances we fail to see the necessity of making the Comptroller for four montha an autocrat in the city; of placiag in his hands absolute power over the expenditures of every city department; of giving him authority to create and abolish officers ond departments at his will, of leaving him the sole power to decide whether permanent improvements shall be continued or abandoned, and of conferring upon him precisely the same authority as was ormerly conferred upon the famous tem- porary Board of Audit, to settle claims against the city to the amount of four and a half mil- lion dollars, Yet these are precisely the pro- visions of the bill introduced into the Senate by Mr. Benedict; and it is no recom- mendation of the measure that ils real objects are reached in an _ indirect manner, A single instance will illustrate our meaning. The first section provides that ‘‘no office the salary of which is payable by said city and county (of New York) shall be con- tinued or created in said city or county during the period aforesaid (four months) unless an appropriation therefor be made in accordance with this act’—that is, by the Comptroller himself, Under this clause the Comptroller is actually empowered to create any new office, or, by withholding the appropriation, to dis- continue any existing office in the city or county of New York, The bill might have been made to read “The Comptroller is hereby authorized and empowered to create any new office in the city or county of New York and fix the salary thereof, and to discontinue and abolish any office in said city or county at his discretion.” The meaniog of the bill would then have been apparent on its face. There can be no necessity now for any sud- den and violent experiments in our city gov- ernment. There is no longer any danger of wanton or corrupt expenditure of the people’s money, ‘The several departments are in the hands of honest men, and Comptroller Green holds the keys of the public treasury, The Department of Public Works, one of the most important in the city, is under the control of George -Van Nort, whose competency and integrity are not ques- tioned. The public parks are in the charge of prudent and honorable men. Mr. Green is himself at the head of the Finance Depart- ment. The people are quite satisfied to leave the affairs of the municipal government in the hands of those who now control them until some definite reconstruction of the Minister Curiin, in St. Petersburg, on the subject of the Catacazy case. the document have reached us by cable. His Excellency the Russian Minister appears anxious that justice shall be done to all parties, and repeats the government expres- sion of satisfaction at the reception which has been accorded to the Grand Duke Alexis in Amerioa. Pennayivania vs. New Jersey Rairoap Uyrerests.—The corporation presided over by the great Pennsylvania iron road monarch, Scott, find that the inhabitants of Perth Amboy are not to be put in subjection as easily as the Southerners whom they have successfully overreached. The former wish to stop the latter from bridging the Raritan River; but at the meeting held at Perth Amboy last night, the Mayor presiding, it was determined that a strong fight should be uodertaken by the citizens, and that New Jersey must have its way in this instance, Tae INTERNATIONAL Society ArMING.—A flespatch from London, which we publish this morning, says that the agents of the Inter- national Society have purchased large quan- tities of the arms which were captured by the Germans from the French during the late war. It may be so, but we disbelieve it. If the Internationals desired to possess them- selves of arms it is more than probable they would acquire them in a less public way than by purchasing them from a source which they have reason to dread, They would, to use an expressive though not elegant phrase, be “giving themselves away ;” and from what we have already learned of the movements of the International Society, its members and its secret agents, they gre not at all likely to muake apy auch mistake, The points of | city charter can be made, It would be of very questionable expediency at any time to place Im one officer’s hands so vast and unrestricted a power as is asked for by ; Comptroller Green, It is especially inexpedi- | ent now, when we are on the eve of a com- { plete reorganization of the city government, and when it may soon become necessary to appeal (o the popular vote on the question of our next municipal rulers, We have already had experience of the undue influ- ence wielded in an election by those who have enjoyed absolute power over all the city departments; and, while we do not suppose Mr. Green has any political object in view in seeking to be made the autocrat of the city for the next four months, we fail to see that there is any necessity for his promotion to that dignity, or that such an extraordinary course is demanded by any considerations of public good, It is the general belief that the Comptrolier has at present full power to raise money to pay off all arrearages due to clerks and honest creditors of the city, At all events, a simple deficiency bill, to which no objection could be made, would enable him to do so without delay. So complete and sweeping a revolu- tion as he proposes in the city government should, at all events, be carefully considered by our legislators before it is suffered to be- come a law, and the best thing they can do with Senator Benedict’s bill is to strike out all | except the fifth section, and let its other im- portant propositions lie over for the present, Tar Murperers or OutLaw.—It will be remembered that this man was hanged by a band of disguised men some time since in Graham, Alamance county, N, ©., the ciroum- stance at the time causiug great oxcitement from the open manner in which the crime was committed, The Ku Klux organization was suspected, and through an act of the General Assembly of the State the Grand Jury brought in indictments against all persons known to be connected with secret political societies. Among those _so arrested were two men who were placed in charge of one Stoddart, but who were allowed by the latter to escape. According to our despatch he was arrested as amember of the Ku Klux, and when in the clutenes of the law hounds he confessed to being an accomplice in Outlaw's murder, and gave the names of all the others. Tie officers bad not arrested him for this, but the old proverb as to the guilly conscience has a special application here and proves that, sooner or later, “murder will out,” Row tu the Louisiana Legislature—Arrest of Governor Warmoth—Foars of a Riot—A High-Huuded Proceeding. The politiclans are having a lively time in Louisiana. The republican party, which has control of the State, is divided into two fac- tions, and they are fighting one against tho other over the spoils. One faction is repre- sented by Governor Warmoth, and the other by United States Marshal Packard, who is chairman of the Republican Executive Com- mittee. He is supported and assisted by the federal officials, who thus become arrayed against the Governor. Each party is anxiou@ to get control of the Legislature in order to command the federal patronage. The feeling between the contending factions has been run~ ning very high, and the indications have been that it would culminate ina fight. Exciting scenes, at least, were expected when the Legislature met. Each side claims a majority of the members in its favor. There was no quorum in the Senate on Wednesday, but there was in the House, and the proceedings were disorderly and disgraceful. While the members were voting on a resolution to appoint a committee to investigate the charges of conspiracy and fraud against Messrs, Carr and Dewees, Carr became excited and moved that the Speaker (Mr. Oarter) bo deposed and Harry Waters elected in his place. This gave rise toa scene of general confusion—everybody was on his feet, and thirty or forty of Carr's supporters approached the Speaker's chair, when guddenly, as if the movement was anticipated, a number of per- sons rushed from the Speaker's private room to the platform and checked the unruly mem- bers by this counter movement. The Speaker kept his place, declared that the action of the House was revolutionary, and called the members to order. Finally quiet was restored, and tho ordinary business was resumed. The confusion was continued yesterday, and great excitement prevailed. Two hundred colored troops, with Gatling guns, were put in the Custom House, and the police were ordered out. The proceedings in the Legislature were disorderly, Inthe afternoon Governor War- moth assembled a quorum of the members of the House, and at five o'clock the Speakership was declared vacant, and a member was elected in his stead. Much apprehension is felt that these revolutionary proceedings may result in an armed conflict between the forces of the contending factions. Senator James O*Briem The bold position taken by Senator O'Brien on the question of reform, since the opening of the present Legislature, is such as to thor- oughly justify the promises he made before election, The introduction of the bill to re- peal the infamous Erie Classification act is sound, practical evidence of this, No more overwhelming disgrace needed removal than the act tying up the fortunes of the Erie Rail- road in the profligate gang of adventurers known as the ‘Erie Ring,” and which helped more to injure American credit abroad than the entire mountain of our public debt, It must be borne in mind that to Senator O'Brien's “services in unmasking the gigantic city frauds, by procuring the unanswerable array of figures and facts which dumfounded Tammany, is mainly due the sweeping victory of the people over the ‘“Ring” last November, The questioners of motives in the partisan journals give various pettifogging and doubtful reasons for James O'Brien’s gction in that matter. We choose to look rather at the fact that inestimable public good has resulted from his simple but stern denunciation of the rob- bers of the public purse, and to credit the man in full with his lion’s share in the work, If these poor partisans, never at a loss for vir- ulence and innuendo, wish to Justify their un- manly sneers before the world, let them lay their fingers on one dishonorable act in O'’Brien’s public life; otherwise let them hide their diminished, plot-hatching heads. From the day that the Senator first stood out as the accuser of Tweed and the “Ring” he has had to submit to slander and vituperation from its satellites, and many cowardly side- thrusts from the republican journals whose canse he was benefiting in the State. That he was not “respectable” was the last, and that he was ‘‘a former friend of Tammany and not to be trusted,” their general commentary on his accession to the ranks of the reformers, Manly enough to disregard these piu-pricks, he perse- vered, and we are heartily glad to notice that his hand was raised against the Railroad Ring the first of any in the Senate, On the record which he has raised up for himself within a year he has now room to build a reputation to be surpassed by none of his fellow legislators, We have had enough of those loud-mouthed friends of the people who are always at the frout when talking in Senate or Assembly is to be done, but who generally disappear when it comes to making good their words in measures or even voting upon salutary measures when introduced, The day of those jugglers who keep “the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope” will have passed from our Legislature with a few such men as Senator O’Brien there to make the ‘‘professors” toe the mark, He will be none the less valuable that he is not a talker. A quiet course of consistent action can be more easily judged by the public than the frothy orations of those Solons who have always some “trimming” to do, It is, therefore, with a perfect consciousness of the value which the young Senator can be to the Empire State in all its varied Interests that we encourage him to continue zealously in the work he has undertaken, and we can polat toa futuro in which he may be hailed a3 ona -< the moat useful and vigilant of our local statesmen, This is a reputation worth striving for, There are many grievances to be removed under which our citizens labor, and many a pool of corruption to be cleansed before we can hope for the millennium, and to the consideration of these we inyite the Senator's _Mitention, Io the tuaaawhile he dai Peat assured of our support while he pursues the path of honest, unflinching reform, in which he bas made such telling strides, The Mexican Revolution. By special telegram from Matamoros, and from other sources of news, we have a report of the progress of affairs Mexico to the 3d instant. The condition was muddled, as usual, and without any symptoms of a solid or profitable national advance. Treviiio asked Palacios to join the revolutionists, Palacios refused in the usual terms of an indignant Mexican patriot. He went to work immediately in strengthening his position; then he called for a new money loan, Perhaps the last shoifld have been first, a least in Mexico; but this makes little matter out there, so as the General obtains the cash. Camargo was still in posseasion of the gov- ernment forces, A mixed or piebald ‘‘free fight” took place between parties serving on different sides, and made up of men of different color, at a place called Petros. A number of persons Wére kitted; so that itis probable the survivors were satisfied in the aggregate. The river steam trade to and from Browns- ville is impeded most {ojuriously by the oper- ations of the Mexicans—a fact which really constitutes a main feature of the news con- tained in our special despatch. Later advices, received this morning, an- nounce some serious facts, Juarez’s troops. were in acttve exertion. The revolutionary chief Valdez, with other insurgents, was hanged by Canale’s forces near San Carlos, The clty of Jedras-Negros was captured, The cause of the insurrection was gloomy in Tamaulipas, the town of Mier being their only remaining stronghold. Enough for the day. Colorado—Governor McCook’s Message. The Message of Governor McOook, deliv- ered to the Legislature of Colorado Territory, in joint session on Wednesday, represents the affairs of the Territory to be ina flourishing condition. The Territory has no debt, but on the contrary has a clear balance in its treas- ury. There has been an increase of over fifty per cent in the yield of the mines since the last meeting of the Legislature. The silver mining interests of Colorado are extensive, and many of them are valuable as permanent investments. Denver Is now connected by railroad with the Kanszs Pacific on the south and the Union Pacific on the north, and is the most promising little city between the Missouri River and California, Governor McCook makes several suggestions with a view to the increased prosperity of the Ter- ritory, the most important of which is the adoption of measures to secure its admission into the Union asa State. Itis evident that Colorado will be the next to join the Union; and, considering her valuable mines, her vast agricultural resources and her magnificent scenery, she has all the elewents to make her one of the finest of the far Western States, Tor Fame i Persta.—Distressing news comes to us from the East. Persia is still suffering from the plague, the famine con- tinues to rob her of inhabitants, and whole districts are laid desolate by the terrible ravages resulting from hunger, disease and sickness, The latest official advices from Ispahan show that the country is still in the dreadful agony which for long months back has afflicted it. The distress in the cities and large towns is described as terrible, and all the exertions of the authorities prove unavailing to stay the march of desolation. The absence of news from the East for some time back led us to imagine that the famine was disappearing, and that Persia was slowly but surely recovering from the calamity which preased so heavily upon her; but the latest intelligence destroys the illusion, and in its place conjures up a picture which it is impos- sible to contemplate but in sad thoughtfulness for the wretched inhabitants of poor Persia, Tae Miners’ Strike AT WILKESBARRE, Pa., yesterday is, it is feared, the commencement of another struggle similar to that which agi- tated the coal trade of the country last winter. The men in this instance appear to have taken a weak position; but that docs not alter the effect the strike will have upon the market, Speculators and operators will take the utmost advantage of every circumstance of this kind for the enhancement of their own interests, and that means an increase in the price of coal to the consumers, Our correspondent does not believe the men employed by the large corporations will join issue with those who have now turned out from the mines of the individual operators; but the misfortune is the great probability that eventually they will, and thus add to the difficulty in 4 hun- dredfold degree, Tux MANIFESTORS OF “THE ORLEANS Prpyozs.—We print in another part of the Heratp this morning the manifestoes recently issued by the Orleans Princes to their con- stituents, They rise to explain the little arrangement entered into with M. Thiers, and by which they agreed not to take the seats to which they were elected in the National Assembly. Since the pact was entered into between the parties alluded to circumstances have changed. M. Thiers has become Presi- dent of the French republic, and the Princes now see no good reason why they should not discharge their duties as Deputies. At all events they declare the contract null and void, and argue that it Is not now a right they claim, but a duty they must fulfil, The common sense view of the matter, even in Paris, is that they are in the right in taking the stand they do, and so far as President Thiers is concerned he figures in the transaction in a very unsatisfactory light, Tue RocngsteR Necro, Howarp, SEN- teNogp.—The misguided man, who has de- stroyed the hopes of a family, been the cause of excitement, rioting and bloodshed, and drawn down upon himself the execration of every right-minded citizen, whether white or colored, was last night taken secretly into Court and sentenced to twenty years imprigon~ ment in Aubara State Pris 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET, A Skirmish in the Assembly—First Blood for Tammany. On the principle that the bending of a straw will show the direction of the wind, the par- liamentary skirmish that took place on the floor of the Assembly yesterday may be re- Garded as an indication of the opposition tbat is to be made to the Speaker diiiag the ses- sion by the adherents of the rings and lobbies, who were so badly damaged by the defeat of Alvord. Qolonel Rush C. Hawkins moved to take from the Judiciary Committee and refer at once to the Committee of the Whole House the bill to confirm’ and legalize the acts of Judge Bedford in extending the November term of the General Ses- sions of New York and the acts of the Grand Jury of that Court. Of course there could not be real opposition to the consideration of this bill, unless proceeding from thoge likely to be injuriously affected by the action of the Grand Jury; but the oppor- tunity for a technical opposition was not neglected, and Alvord and Fields entered with zest into the wordy contest, They raised the points of order that the rules of last session, adopted temporarily for the guidance of the Present House, required that bills should go through standing committees; that no rule could be abrogated without one day's previous notice, and that the Committee on Judiciary not having yet been appointed, the bill, which had-virtually gone to that committee, could not be taken from it until after its creation. A warm and somewhat personal debate followed, at the close of which the Speaker decided that the bill, not having been placed under control of a committee, was still under control of the House, and could, therefore, be referred to the Committee of the Whole by a two-thirds vote. To this ruling Mr. Alvord objected ; but before a vote could be taken the Assembly adjourned, Tammany gleefully claiming first blood. This incident is apparently a trifling one, but foreshadows a combination between the democrats and the Alvord republicans which has already been alluded to by our Albany correspondents, The sticklers for parlia- mentary forms, Messrs. Alvord and Fields, were, no doubt, in the right, and the decision of the Speaker was wrong. The bill had been referred to the committee, and was therefore out of the possession of the House, although the formal announcement of the names of the committee had not been made. The difficulty arose from the parliamentary {ignorance of Colonel Hawkins, who did not know how to set to work to accomplish what he desired. Had he moved to reconsider the vote referring the bill to the standing Committee on Ju- diciary the motion would have been in order, only one day having elapsed, and the mover having voted with the majority. He could then have moved its reference to the Committee of the Whole, which is in reality the highest standing commitiee of the House, and a two-thirds vote would have considered it at once. The motion he first made is a blunder, and his sharp opponents saw the opportunity at once to raise an embarrassing point for the Speaker to decide. It is significant, however, that the first floor fight should have been made in the interest of Tammany, and that Thomas G. Alvord and Thomas ©. Fields should have been found battling shoulder to shoulder, It is well to mark this preliminary skirmish, for unless the portents in the legislative sky should prove to be very deceptive we shall witness many such curious combinations in more important matters before the present session is brought to a close. PRESIDENT GRANT IN PHILADELPHIA. Arrival of the Presi ¢ and Party—Secretary Boutwell to Address the Merchants of the City Te-Day—A Party at Ex-Secretary Borles’=Programme During the Visit. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4, 1872, President Grant, accompanied by Mrs. Grant, thelr son Ulysses, Miss Drexell, of Philadelphia; General Porter and Secretary Boutwell, left Wash- ington tn the quarter to one o'clock train this after- noon for Philadelphia, arriving here in the even. ing. ‘The visit will extend over Monday, until Which time they Will be the guests of ex-Secretary jories. Many of the President's friends called this even- ing and patd their respects. Secretary Boutwell will address the merchants of Philadelphia to-morrow on the subject of ‘Direct Information.” A party will be given at Secretary Borie’s rest- dence to-morrow evening tn honor of ile President, It will be very select, comprising the elite of this city. ‘The President will visit Davenport's Chestaut street Theatre by special invitation on Saturday alternoon. THE GRAND DUKE. rn The Ball in Milwaukee on Wednesday and Departere from the City. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan, 4, 1872, The ball given to the Grand Duke at the Newhall House last night far exceeded the most sanguine expectations. The distinguished guest led oi the first quadriile with Mrs. Governor Washburne, the second with Mrs, Governor Fairchild, and the third with Miss Ludington, the Mayor's daughter, The dresses of the ladies, many of which were made for the occaston, were very gorgeous. No expense was spared in rivaling the metropolitan cities of the East, and it is doubtful if the Duke has often seen a more brilliant assemblage, At half-past twelve o'clock the dancing ceased and the guests repatred to one of the large pariors, where a bountiful repast awaited them, The ducal party will leave at tem o'clock this morning for Chicago. Arrival at Chicago—General Sherida falo Hunt to Take Place at 0 Cutcaco, Jan. 4, 1872, Tve Grand Duke and party arrived here from Milwaukee at noon to-day. This afternoon he will indulge in another pigeon shoot at Dexter Park, and this evening will have a reception at the Tre- ont House. maenersl sheridan’s arrangements for the Alexis buffalo hunt are now fully perfected. The , accompanied by General Sherldan anu boned tie aids uencral Forsythe, Colonel For- Colonel oe U tee cb ne ue MoPherson on the 5 ¢ North Platte station Buf. proceed to the ducal train, where all the servants ‘will be left daring the absence of the party on the hunt, which will take them from the railway some six or eight days. It is the intention of all those who go to the hunting geocas to take up the miit- tary mode of life, and dispense with luxuries, ser- vants, carriages, &c, The journey between Worth Platte Station and the buffalo region will be made ‘on horseback and in ambulances, and the Russians ‘will be treated to a good specimen of roughing it in winter on the plains, PRESENCE OF SPOTTED TAIL. TO BE SECURED, The Indian Bureau haying to-day received oficial information that the Grand Duke Alexis has agreed to participate in the buiaio hunt proposed by General Sheridan, or- ders were @t once issued to the proper Indian agents to take steps to secure the presence of Spotted Tall and other famous chiefs on the occasion of the hunt, which Will take place near Fort MoPher- son bétween the 12th and 30th tnst., and also to supply the assembled Indians with four, coffee, sugar, X¢., during is continuance, — eT GANADA, Orrawa, Ont., Jan. 4, 1872, The Hon, Mr. Scott, Commissioner of Crown Lands tn the new Oniario Ministry, Was re-elected by Na Constituents to the Legislature to-«lay by acclamation, ‘There will probably be no opposition to the re. uy the momberd of the new Cabinet. election of any of MEXICO. Herald Special Report from Matamoros, General Palacios Refuses to Join the Revolutionists, A NEW LOAN CALLED FOR. The Surrender of Camargo Ex- pected Momentarily. A Muddled Fight with Fatal Results. THE REVOLUTIONIST VALDEZ HANGED, A TRIUMPH FOR JUAREZ, TELECRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALB, The following special Heracp has been received from our corre- spondent in Matamoros :— - MaArTAmores, Jan, 4, 1872. A Commissioner despatched by Genera Trevino arrived yesterday, inviting, according to his authority, General Palacios to join the revolutionists, General Palacios refused, and stated that he would defend the city if attacked, The General is consequently engaged im strengthening the fortifications of the place, and has called for a fresh money loan for the purposes of the service, POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT TROOPS, The government forces still hold Camargo, but its surrender is expected hourly, sOPERATIONS AT PETROS, A despatch from Petros states that a party of negroes, with 200 men of Juarez’s army, reoccupied the place on the 17th of December, driving out the rebels after a severe fight. On the 11th of December a small force of rebels entered the town, supposing that thelr friends were still there, A fight ensued just atthe moment when they discovered thelr mistake, Many persovs were killed during the melée, The rebel party remained outside of Petros,’ awaiting the arrival of reinforcements from Trevino. RIVER NAVIGATION IMPEDED. The Mexican Consul at Brownsville refuses clearances to river steamers bound for the river ports which are occupied by the revolu- tionists. THE LATEST NEWS. General Valdez and Other Insurgents Hanged—Victory of Juarez’s Troops. Matamoros, Jan, 4—P, M. The revolutionary chief Valdez, who pronounced on the 19th of December at Sam Carlos, was captured and hung by the forces under General Canales, Governor of the State of Tamaulipas, with several other insurgents, The city of Piedras Negros has been cape tured by Juarez’s troops, with a loss of twenty-five killed and many of both parties wounded. The revolutionists so far have not been able to make any progress in the State of Tamaulig pas except to hold Mier. OUBA. ‘ Steamship Arrival from New York—Monoy Market and Exchange, TELEGRAM TQ THE MEW YORK HERALD. HAVANA, Jan, 4, 1872, The steamship Missourl, from New York, acrived thls morning. Exchange, since the holidays, ts dull; on United States, sixty days’ sight, in currency, 141% per cent premium; short sight, 3 a 816 per cent pre- mium; sixty days, ia gold, 9% @ 9% per cent prev miura; short sight, 11 a 1144 per cent premium; om London, 21% per cent premium; on Paris, 5% per cent premium, PORTO RICO. A Rigid Quarantine—Sugar Making Retarded. TELECRAM 10 THE NEW YORK HERALO. atop St. JouN, Porto Rico, Nec, 26, Aad Via HAVANA, Jan, 4, 1872. A quarantine of fifteen days has been established atthe Pocto Rico ports on vessels from Hamburg, New York, Haltfax and Philadelphia, gotwita- standing they bring clean bills of health. Vhe late rain has greatly delayed the sugar grinding. ST. THOMAS. Marine News and Commercial Repor'a, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERAL St. Toomas, Deo, 80, 1871. The bark Lydia, from Antwerp for Philadelphia, has arrived here leaking and with the lose of her sails, Her cargo is badly shifted and is being die charged. Tho brigantine Anna Vatl, sixty-six days frous Trinidad, has arrived here. The brigantine Wenogene, from Stockholm for Boston, has arrived here short of provisions. Business is dull, The only freights offering are for the United States, Salt 13 quoted at 140, cure rency. VENEZUELA. The President “in Active Movement Against the Insurgents, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LaGuayRa, Deo, ‘The President, with the untted fore rlor, is now marching to attack 8 Apure, a stronghold of the insurgents. If the President captures It the cause of the tasut> gents will be seriously injured, ‘The insurgent Generals Herrera and Olivo have retreated betore the President. Numerous arrests for ort have bean mada, Business i dull, eT. the inte- Fernando-de despatch to the :