The New-York Tribune Newspaper, December 3, 1866, Page 4

L N A o Amusements. MERICAN MUSEUM. -OLD ADAM. Nir. C. W. Clarke and DRED TH D CURIOSITTES— ECTION OF WILD ANIMALS. WINTER GARDEN. THIS EVENING-1TALIAN OPERA-THE F E e <o AN OPERA-TIHE STAR OF THE NBLOS GARDEN. THIS EVENING=TiE BLACK CROOK—Grest Paris Ballet Treupe. YORK THEATE R. FITH GAUNT; Or, JEALOUSY, T NEW THIS EVENING=GRI¥ THIS ¥ Robert Bickrey aud AEATER. TO CONQUER. Mr. Lester r. Johu Glibert, Br. Charles Vermon. OLYNPIC THEATER, _TAL LONG STRIKE. Mr. THE WANDERING 5 Charles Wheat- INSTREL. Mr. Bifati Robson. A HOUSE, FIFTH AVENUE OPER E, B 'S MINSTRELS. A TRIP TO TiHS FVENING OWORTH'S THE MOON. FOX'S OLD BOWERY THEATER. NE; Or, THE SECRET OF A OF ANATOMY. COLLECTION. Ot MUSEL OMICAL NE THE WASHI) Opeu daily from 8 a. . NATIONAL AC, OF DESIGN SEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF TiE ARTISTS FUND SOCILTY. Open from 9 8. m. to 10 p. . BROADWAY THEATFER G—ARMADALE. Miss Kate Reignolds. THIS EVE! STEINWAY HALL, THIS EVENING=MES, MARIE ABBOTT'S FIRST GRAND EONCERT. RMAN THALIA THEATE —SIC 18T WAHNSINNIG, Mr. Boguwi! Dawison. CADEMY OF MUSIC. ND MONDAY POPULAR CONCERT. cDonsld, Mz Hill, Mr. Colby, Theo. Thomas's (8 DIE WIENER THIS EVE IN PARIS, BROOKLYN VENIN E( THI \ Bugmess Notices. The GoRuAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY SILVER- wairus of Frovide fine ELECTRO PLAT: Srmvices and Ta of such quality ction to the pur- dtius rabitity ae wil insore les tinde by them are tioi by the wud extreme ehaser. Al e GORIANAPG And all such are fully snsrauieed. They feel it n 10 call the sttention of purchasers to. the above dosigue huve been slready cxtensive!s imitat ouly by procared from rrspousible dealers (hro Davis Contamore & Co. No. 479 Broadway, 4 doors below Broome st Having Enlarged their Store Ty Extending it through to Mercor-st., Lave added SILVLR FLATED WALE Lo their Large Stock of CHINA AND GLASSWART. We desire Especial Attention to s Lurze Assortment of NEW (HINA DIN] BEIS, Tae HOLIDAYS. TwE LARGEST ASSORTMENT I¥ THE COUNTRY OF RICH DINNER AND TEA SETS, PARIS CLOCKS AND STATUARY, axd Fixa FAXCY Goona—of our own importation. OVINGTON BROTHERS, Nos. 236, 238 sud 240 Fulton-st., Brooklyn T BaTCHELOR'S HAatg DyYE.—The best in the world; Retiable, Instantaneous; the only perfect dye—black or disappointuent, no ridiculous tiots. Geouive signed uELon. At ail Droggists and Perfamers. FOR MARKING LINEX, &C.—CLARK'S IMPROVED IN- tented 18561806, For vale at wholewsle by C ter, & Co., Willy Wallach, J. J. Meritt, Olvey & ad other dealers. A retail by Stationers aud Drugzists. Manufactured [ Prxcrt Co., Northamwpton, Mass FLORENCE Reversible Feed Lockstitch SewiNG-MACHIN v, Best family wachive in the world Frones 8 ML Co. o Broadwsy. MorT's CHEMICAL POMADE Restores Gray Hair, Rocps it glowy and from alling out; removes Dandruff: the finest shoming Uved.” S0 by Rrsurox. No. 10 Astor House, and Drugeiats. SEVERE COUGHS AND COLDS are bel rapidly pro- \produced by the sudden cliunges of weather lucident to our climate, ut Dr. Javsws Exercronaxt will ss promutly cure thera. AT EVERDE ARD DEPOT, No. 302 Broad We Cards, Ball € Orders of Dencing—all the new The new CRYSTAL \ 17 ‘AnDs will be out Dec. 6. P —— s " ) DaMg's PULMO-BRoNCHIAL TROCHES or Coughs, Colds and all Throstsod Lung Discasc. Sold everywhere. Ladies, discard ipjurious paddings. Madame Jumel’s 'Baim and Patent Breast Elevator to develop the form phys- Depot 362 Canal-st. Soid by drvegists. Seud for circular. Nervous Headaches are instantly cured by one dose ftomty deopr) of MrrcALy:'s GREAT HEEUNATIC Rixeoy. Soid by ol Druggisia. Piues, cared. treated. A ourthst.. 'fi:’l T SEwING-MACHINES Fom Spux - and ; 4 s distressing affection permanently surgieal operation required. The woist cases succesafully st Dr. A Upmax's Medical Office, No. nt ‘door frous the Bowery, sud between Howery snd To Rext. No. 744 Hroadway, up staire. L. D.— wnd civilisas. 1,609 o, Boston. Avoid The *best” free to soldicrs, and low to officers Chestuutst., Phils.; Astor-pl, N.Y.; 19 Green froudulent of his RO LocK-S117cR MACKINES for Tailors and ulctarers. Grovex & Baxen sxwixe Macmixe Coxraxt, . 495 Kroadway. TRUSSES, ELASTIC STOCKINGS, SUSPENSORY Baxo- NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1866 New otk Daily Tribune, DE! MONDAY, IMBER 1866, sing customers to hand n 1f reenived afte: ations, What he taken of Anonymons Comy for insertion must I Ty ddressed to cations. L5 An interesting article upon the Stewcart Tenement Houses, the Ciril Court Reports, the Monetary Review, and the Markets appear on’'the second page of this tssuc ; the litcrary items are on the sicth page, and on the third weill be found w report of the investigation of the singular arrest of Mrs. Bishop, and the shipping intelligence, We print a full account of the reprieve of the mur- derers of United States soldiers in South Carolina by Mr. Johnson. It appears to have been an uncalled for interference. B Ex-Postmaster-General Dennison has written a letter, clsewhere published, giving advice which, coming from an old Cabinet associate, may be well received by Mr. Johnson. eom— Our Washington correspondent states that the Presi- dent’s Message will not hold out the olive branch to Cougross, but will rather make proposals likely to in- troduce new dissension, We shall ki at are Mr. Johnson's intentions by to-morrosw. i w Mr. Stevens intends to introduce into the House a ded to bill, of which we present the sections, inte restrain and regulate the President’s power of appoint- ment and removal. The provisions are strict and comprehensive, and one prevents the President from jously rejected by the appointing an officer pr Senate. The Fenian troubles are coming closer home to En- gland. Such is the excitement among the large Irish population of Liverpool and Glasgow that it is thought advisable, as & measure of precaution, to send troops to those places. Meanwhile martial law has been proclaimed in Limerick, and reénforcements, Dboth military aud naval, coutinue to be di=patched to Ireland. — » by way of A statement comes to us from Mexi San Fran to the effect that the French are in favor of Ortega’s claims to the Presidency. Gen. Bazaine is said to bave been supplying arms and am- munition to the opponents of Juarez, and to have promised that provided they use them ngainst the partisans of Ortega will not be interfered with by the French forces. —_— takes place in Lon- A great Reform demonstrati ofiting, it would don to-day. The Government, | seem, by the lessons of the last fow weeks, has given orders that the military shall be confined strictly within their barracks during the day. Evidently they feel that it would be perilous to t ny more with the feelings of the people on the guestion of Parlia- By this time they must be con- are iu earnest, and determined mentary Reform. vinced that the peo upon having their rights. Our Consul-General in Egypt, Mr. Hale, has given the Government the important information of the ar- rest of John H. Surratt, a man of whose connection with the assassiuation of Mr. Lincoln and escapefrom justice, little is known but enough to cause iutense interest. W recently printed a cable dispatel that Surratt was in the military service of the Pope. It is now stated that he was seen on a European steamer shortly after Mr. Lincoln's death, and then spoke freely of his part in the crime, and it is very possible that his triai willl lead to new revelations. Mr. Boutwell, in the Republican caucus on Saturday, made the startling assertion that, while search was being made for Surratt, Mr. Johnson knew where he was hidden. e THE OPENING OF CONGRESS. The Congress of the United States in reassembling to-lay bas the assurance that the people fully sustain its past action in regard to the Rebel States, and de- gire that it shall enforce the principles which tri- umphed at the recont elections, whatever new form may be chosen to embody th Congress meets victorious! after the struggle with the Presi- dent. His grave doubts of its Constitutionality have been answered by the power which makes Con- aoms, SuppontEns, kc.~Mansu & Co’s Radionl Cure Truss Office only st No. 2 Veservt. Lady attendant. " SEWING ELLipTic 8. M. C LOCK-STITCH SEWING-MA- gunn No. 56 Browdway, Higher priom (id mede) of My d Inatitute, Oct, 31, 1856 wlso at N. Y. wnd Pa. State Fairs, 1966. “GROVER & BakEr's HIGHEST PREMIOM ELASTIC Srircn Swwina Macwixes. for faiy use. No. 4 Brosdway. ehine), President, Stitch SEWIN - ow. . ot e olrlrhr Bewing-Ma- CrisTADORO'S Hatk DyR.—The best ever manu- Bacmixes. ‘IJAI‘“ fpetured. Wholesslo aod retail. aiso appiied at No.6 Astor Hooss. Cartes Vignolli, #3 per dozen; Duplicates, All nesatives registored. R. A. Luwis. No. 100 Chathai A SURK PILE CURE. Dn. GiLuent’s Prue INeTRUENT. Positively cures the worst cases of Piles. Seut by mail on re seipt of 4 Circulars free. Soid by droggists. Agent wanted every- boss. Addrows J. B. Rouaran, Musager, No. 3% Brosdway, WILLCOX & GI¥BS'S SEWING-MACHINE.—** 118 seatn o lewslable o rip, than the lock atitch.” =+ Judgen, Decision” at the Grand Trist"] Kend bath stiches. No. 08 Brosdw A HOLIDAY PRESEXT.—POLLAK & Sox, No. 602 Broadway. New York, vear Fourth-st,, MErrscuavs Pire Maxv- vACTURERS. Pipes cut to order, repaired and miounted. NEW-ORLEANS FAIR. The great Fair recently held at New-Orleans was a suc- eess, The weather was pleasant, and the attendance was from 30,000 to 50,000 cach day. The objectof the Association is to encourage all branches of agriculture, including the culture of sugar, coffee, to- bacco, rice, and hemp; also, the mechanic arts, home man- wfactures in every department, and the general advanee- ment of rural economy. The value of the property of the Bociety is estimated at more than $200,000, equal to that Reld by balf s dozen Northern States. ‘The opening of the grounds was consecrated by a grand wmass; 35 Catholic clergymen were gathered in front of a richly decorated altar; there were 75 pieces of musical in- struments, and 150 lady and gentleman amateur singers, *T'his was followed by prayer, sermons, and addresses. Then the Fair opened, with an exhibition of horses and arace, The list of articles on exhibition was creditable, ncluding improved stock of all kinds, agricultural ma- chigery, farm, floral, and orchard products, specimens of the fine arts, of rude work, musical, philosophical, ckemi- al, and other instruments, sculpture, paintings, &c. The attondance of ladies is mentioned as being remarkable, aod the papers glow with rapture in describing their beauty. On tho whole the Fair scems to have included everything common toFairs in the Northern States, andin addition, be it remarked, all classes coutributed to make & most brilliant oceasion, and oue long to be remem- 'l‘m;nmny eunur&\l alddmv";. Th;'id dwelt bn the of good farming, snd on ucin, 'It:lz n;;r“nrhd cfi;mm; det w: possil wo Ay peudent of vivers, forests, and rieh soil should e made tributary to A Julia Dean, whose name revives & grateful memory of ® graceful, thoughtful and admirable actress, bas left the #tage after a series of triumphs on the Pacifie Coast, and will henceforth reside in New-York. Ten years ago, or mmfi married Dr. A. P. Hayne of Charleston, son of G. Hagne, whose Senatorial debate with Webster on Nullification has become bistoric. Last year Mrs. Jiayne obtained a divoree from herhusband, onthe ground of Tailore to . Sho is now the wife of Mr. J. G the charming center of that ad not forgotten the brilliant Daan of & past seuson. stitutions, and his opinion that Messrs. Stevens and Sumner were traitors has not prevented the election to the XLth Congress of a two-thirds majority of men who believe in their cardinal principles, If the elections mean anything, it is that Congress is em- phatically authorized by the people to make the doctrines of freedom the conditions upon which the Rebel States may resume. tneir places in the Union, and that Mr. Johnson's plans have been ut- terly condemned, What is usually meant by com- promise would be, therefore, a concession on the part of Congress unuecessary and unfaithful. It is in- structed to yield no jot of principle, and, from the tone of the Republican cancus on Saturday, it is evi- dent that the majority in the House fully appreciate the force of the national indorsement. But, though compromise with the President is not called for, it would be unjust to consider it eertain that Mr. Johnson desires or expects it. In opposition to the people he is powerless, and by their will be has, on countless ocecasions, declared it his intention to abide. That will has been so positively and clearly expressed that the President cannot help understand- ing it, upon his own pledges, and is bound to obey it. His policy of immediately admitting the Rebel States, and conceding to them that the Rebellion did not de- prive them of the right to representation, will no doubt be abandoned; mnor will he continue to assert that the exclusion of Southern Representatives makes uncon- stitutional the acts of Congress affecting the Southern States. All this, as a servant of the people, he is bound to yield. Mr. Johnson, in his message, may, a3 he bas the perfect right to do, accept the decision of the people as his guide, and yet suggest to Congress another plan for carrying it out in fidelity, We de- giro that Congress shall take no steps to renew un- necessary dispute, but that it ghall consider that the elactions have established peace in the Government till it is known whether war is meant, Three policies of reconstruction will probably be urged in this session: that of the Constitutional Amendment without further addition; the policy of treating the Rebel States as Territories and reéstab- should the disgrace of the long imprisonment of Jefl, Davis, withont a trial, be overlooked or permitted. | A great rosponsibilit rests upon Congress, asd we it has the intelligence and courage to s1stain | it. We have made little progress in the restoration of the inter. ns of the country, and somewhere thero bas been a vast mistake in the whole policy | of reconstrnetion. The experience of two years | should be a sufficient guide to more p actical wisdom. |V all its difficulties, Congress m ith & Detter opportunity and more power to establish per- manent order and prosperity out of corfusion than it has bad at any period since the war We believe it will use its sdvantages with prudente and ability. THE CHARTER ELECTION. On Tuesday next the people of New-York are to vote for & Controller, and Aldermen, Councilmen, and School Commiss 5, offices which contin the very seat of the offense against which an overtaxed commuuity has for so many years protested and pe- titioned. Knowing this, it is a wonder that a body of our citizens are content to let the November verdict in favor of the State decide for them that they have dono enongh for the city, and permit, by their indifference, the election of the very men azainst whom the vote which elected Gov. Fenton was in- tended as a blow. We do not expeet that every cau- didate for Reform can be elected in districts where majoritics on the side of fraud are to be reckoned casily; but it is urgently important that no dis- trict where success is at all possible should be ne- glected and lost, The nomination of three men with such names in the vulgate as *“The Allen, Mike Norton ad Oney Geoghan,” shows that the friends of public robbery hold out to us the hope of improvement, either in kind or degree, and will accommodate us with bad men in office as long as any number of their fellows can be drummed to the polls to vote their tases into the pock- ets of pilferers, The threo gentlemen named are doubtless among the candidates to whom Mayor Hoff- man alluded in his Saturday night's epecch 88 not fit to be chosen. For the records of such would-be Aldermen as Mr. Theodare Allen, wo refer public inquiry to the Police Gazette, 1f men who have been tried in our courts for larceny, assanlt and battery, and bounty jumping, and have graduated from prison, are proper candidates for Aldermen, by all means let the honest voters of this great metropo- lis vote to have their pockets picked openly. We are glad that, on the other hand, the candidates for Reform, supported by the Republican party, the Citizens' Association, and honest bodies of Damocrats, who prefer a pure administration of local government, are in many respects superior to any local ticket ever presented to the voters of New-York. Such men as Eugene Ward, Don Alonzo Cushman Martin Thatcher, Robert €. Brown, James F. Horan, and Councilmen White and Pulluan, the two latter distinguished as veteran opponeats of the Ring,” represent as candidates for the Board of Aldermen o respectability, honesty and influence to which that body is present utterly a stranger. When wen of this class enter our local politics it is from o high sense of duty, and sn earnes purpose to serve and not swindle the public, The nemination { of Don Alonzo Cushman, one of our worthiest and of how mnch is at n is to In nown wealthiest citizens, is evidenc stake in the election of officers increase or lessen our alread | the same way. the nominations of such well | citizens as Smith Bloomfield aud Col. Maon ce fy the aterling claracter of our Schol ticket. All these nominations should e the hearty and united support of respectable voters. Especially should an able and houest Controller, pledged to ving reform of the abuses of his office, be chosen. By experience, capacity, and standing as a citizen, no caudidate las more claims to the office than Jddge Richard Kelly. Let every friend of metropolitan reform and progress contribute to his plection, and that of the'whole ticket, and thus bring us nearer to the day when the Goverument of shis legishtio enormons ‘ax a sw great city shall be redeemed. e ASSOCIATED PRESS. Mr. Halstead, editor of The Cincinnati Commercial, and Mr. White, editor of The Chicago Tribune, feel moved to write us a letter in defense of Mr. Craig, our ignomipiously dismissed agent. We are of course | glad to give these distinguished journalists all honor, and their statement has been carefully considered. We rogret that we did them seeming isjustice. We think the injustice was only seeming. The trouble with these gentlemen is that, coming to New-York on Pross business, they find themselves more concerned with the success of the Craig speculaton and more anxious to build up a monopoly in Cincinuati, St. Louis and Chicago, to the detriment of growing cities like Detroit, than to attend to what would seem to us to be the real object of their mission. If Mr. Craig had paid these men to do his work they could not have done it better. The Associated Press here was asked to abandon its organization and to surrender a business that had cost many hundreds of thousands of dollars, and which now costs the daily New-York journals thousands of dollars per week, into the hands of a charlatan and adventurer, who was dismissed because we could not trust bim, merely to accommodate certain gentlemen who pay the merest fraction of the expense. Thus the news which costs The Chicago Tribune about seventy dollars per week costs Tk New-YORE TriBUNE more than five hund- rod; for the seven journals in New-York composing the Associated Press pay as much themselves as the combined Western Press. These gentlemen mistake cutircly when they say the ** New-York Associated Press was willing to sell us all the news we wanted, coupled with restrictions that did not regard quantity,” The Asociated Press does not sell news, and certainly no anxiety was oris felt to make the sale of news a busivess. We had merely an organization which gave us news, end if our neighbors wanted our news they might pay one-third the cost and take as much as tiey pleased at that rate. 'We could not enter into competition with any private business, because the rules of our Associ- ation prevented. As we have said, this Committee bas been more anxious to serve Mr, Craig and destroy the Associated Press than to attend to its own business. Here is a card, for instance, which Mr. Horace White sces proper to send to a paper in Troy, New-York, & paper which he does not represent: THE w Youxk, Dec. 1. therwe shall ave “J. M.FRANCIS * Lhe real e s e e o ¢ i “ Upon the Jeading 're of Cinciaati, Chieago, St Tonis, and other Weatern ciibs, repreaenting @ larger eipi tal than the New-York Awsociated Press, will fight to the cmfuj the chapter, and will win, too. 1 you wieh to achicee independence, now ie yur time, * Hokack Wiiw, * Editor of The Chicago Tribune.” This card plainly shows the * real philosophy™ of lishing Provisional Governments, and that of Impar- | Mr, White and Mr. Halstead. We an scarcely tial Suffrago and Amnesty. Until Congress has given | imagine anything more impertinent tlan for the definite shape to the spirit of the people, as expressed | editor of a Western paper to attempt tomanage the at the polls, there will be but little interest taken in | affairs of a newspaper printed in New-York, and it other great questions that must not be neglected. would be diflicult to write a statement more disin- Our Mesican relations should be made, the subject | gonuous than this, Mr, Craig has tte reputation of of early and thorough inquiry. We havo repeatedly | putting about the smallest amount)f truth in any deelared our opinion of the true course to be pursued. | given quantity of writing of any fentleman with The revision of the Tariff is a duty imposed upon | whom we are in correspondence, and vo fear that Mr. Congress by the condition of the country, and the ex- | White bas not been uninjured by thi new relations, perience of the year ought to resuit in the correction | Ho and his comrade have decided ugon their policy. of the mistakes of the 1ast session, An carnest effort | We can frankly assure them that thatpolicy does not will be made, we trust, to form some satisfactory plan | in the least affect the existence of the Associated for a return to specie payments. The dignity of the | Press. The Western press will probally find it casier nation requires that the history of the New-Orleans | to leave our Association than to nturn. We are massacre should be thoroughly searched, and that | anxious, however, that the journals in the West, Congress, standing above the Civil Courts of Louisi- which these gentlemen have so unworthily repre- | sented, should know the truth, Henc we say what | ana, should assert thelaws they bave contemued. Nor we say, and trust that we shall have occation to speak no more about it. HIGH DEBATE IN OXFORD. It is very droll—a party of undergraduate gentle- men in the tremendous exercise of pre-baccalaurcate wisdom, discussing, as they bave lately done in a de- bating society in Oxford, England, the question « Whether Mr. John Bright is oris nt a reproach to the country that gave bim Dbirth?" We admit that the subject of the debate, for the reason that it haz a present and living interest, is somewhat more sensible than most of those which usnally divide college de- bating societies, such s, ** Which was the greatest general, Julins Cicsar or the Duke of Wellington?" “Which was the wisest man, Solon or Pericles” " or even the fine old stock subject, ** Did the French Rev- olution do more good than harm? " But the English of wodern times pride themselves, and perhaps justly, upon their common sense, and of all common- sensc men of the United Kingdom, Mr. Dright is the foremost. About his patriotism there is no false glitter; in his advocacy of reforms which are vitally necessary there is no self-seeking; he is neither a place-hunter nor a pensioner a fawner upon the great nor a flatterer of the common people; he is more than a Member of Parliament—he is a representative, in the House of Commons or out of it, of the great mid- dle cinss, of its energy, its prosperity, its intelligence, and its humanity; and depending as England is at this moment for its national existence upon that class, it is bard to see how its leader can in any respect be “*a reproach to the country. If Mr. Bright were a bor- ough-mongering peer, a pluralist clergyman, a cham- pion of high corn and of low wages, of restricted suf- frage and of unrestricted land titles, of edueation for the well-born and of ignorance for the lowly, of Irish slavery and a domincering Church Establishment, of laws for the preservation of game, of simony and of sinceures—if this great man were all that in this ni teenth century he should not be, Dbigotly conservative, femininely timid, and with ** guicta non movere " for- ever on his lips, he would be adored in Oxford as, in that seat of learning and of lumber, 5o many thick- headed and purblind respectabilities have been exalted into demi-godship. Reproach! A college which idol- ized Lord Eldon cannot be cxpected to entertain any overweening affection for Mr. Bright! There are several things, it must be allowed, which this able gentleman has omitted to do, and which, if he had done them, might have rendered him illustri- ous. He has run away with nobody’s wife—he has never transported a poor devil for shooting his rabbits —he has never sworn to a creed which he did not be- lieve—he has never voted for wars to bolster up a de- ing ministry—he has not scolded the Ames cxas for excrcisipg the natural right of self-preservation— he has never played high at White's nor betted at the Derby—he has never sold his birthright of free thought free speech for & mess of pottage—he has never at hung upon the apron-strings of bishops nor been daz- sled by the epaulettes of generals—he has never by smooth speech and fair promise won the hearts of the people only to betray them—he has been neither Idle nor luxurions, neither a contractor of debt nor a pleader of privilege. In all these qualities and re- spects he differs from several men who have never been considered *“ areproach” to the country, but who bave been written down in history its safeguards and its ornaments—men whose Latinized names are re- splendent upon the rolls of Oxford—men who have been doges and senators while living, and who have been carried to snug corners of Westminster Abbey when dead. The political annals of England are full of personal bargains—but Mr. Bright is ncither a Bubb Doddinigton nor an Eldon, and has never trafficked cither his popularity or his unpopularity for a peerage. A very discreditable course indeed—if peerages were all! An Englishman who points out the sources aud the secret of English decay is entitled to the credit, and will probably meet with the fate of a discoverer. He may rescue the land from mortal evils, but he will be very spicily abused for doing it. This to him, how- ever, is & matter of small consequence. It would, probably, fill the gbosom of many o square-toed Don with horror to know how little Mr. Bright thiuks of what they think of bim in Oxford, or how little he cares whether they think of him at all. Men who are merely scholarly, however great they may be in the cloisters, will play but an unimportant part in that great British revolution which is impending. The work aud the power will be in the hands of those who have a capacity for public affairs, like Mr. Jobn Bright. THE DANGERS OF PETROLEUM. ‘The disastrous petroleum fire of Friday night last revives the question of its dangers and the way to avoid them, During the early days of the petroleum excitement, when law-makers knew no more of its properties and peculiaritfes than did the goueral public, a law was passed forbidding the storage of petroleum of less than a certain gravity, which met the point of danger much as would & law forbidding the handling of gunpowder whose graing were not of an established coarseness, The explosive quality in petroleum is benzole, which exists to a greater or less degree in all gravities of the erude oil except the lubricating oils. In some of the lighter oils of Western Pennsylvania the proportion of henzole is nearly or quite 25 per cent. The first action in the refining process is to remove this benzole, which should then be thrown away, or, at most, only for fuel. The largest and best-known rs never retain this ingredient iu their ofls, justly considering it too dan- gerous to be tampered with, There are unscrupulous refiners, however, who add this benzole to their re- fined oil to increase its bulk and their consequent profit, and it is this oil, containing & large proportion of benzole, which explodes and brings discredit upon the whole petrolcum trade. il properly refined will extinguish a burning brand as quickly as water, and such oil only should be sold. One simple law would regulate the question of dan- ger from oil explosions. Let the law enact that po- licemen or other officers shall test all oil offered for sale, by putting a lighted wateh to & vessel containing it. If it extinguishes the match, it is safe; it it ex- plodes, let the oil be seized and confiscated as danger- ous. The rapacity of unscrupulous mauufacturers or dealers should not be allowed to endanger the lives and property of honest men. used re We now especially warn the friends of good gov- ernment and city reform to be on the alert ta do their duty next Tuesday. There is great danger that bad men will slip into office, through the prevalent apathy in regard to the coming election. This election is one of greater importance, in many respects, to our tax-paying community, than the State election just passed. Therefore, We urge upon évery voter the importance of giving & few moments of his time at the polls on Tuesday next. By such effort only can wo demonstrate our capacity for local self-govern- ment. _— Mr. Albert D, Richardson of Tug TRIBUNE has in press a new volume of adventure, called ** Beyond the Mississippi.” It will contain 500 large octavo pages, and 200 illustrations from original photographs and sketches, and from the pencils of Bierstadt, Hennessy, hite, Eytinge, Nast, Fonn, Perkins, Wand, and other American artists of repute. Mr. Richardson bore & part in the Kansas Border Warfare, was & pioneer among the Colorado gold mines, and hag spent several years in the other now States and Territories. Readers of THE TRIBUNE are already familiar with his pictaresquo descriptive writing, and his valuable and sagacious observations npon the life, resources and industries of the Far West. The Pacific Railroad, welding its iron links with marvelous rapidity, will in five years make San How whall this e Francisco near neighbor to New-York. Then we shall have no pioneers, no Far West, no wild romance of half-barbarian existence, and frontier lifa will be a past phase of our national civilization. ‘We are con- fident that Mr. Richardson’s new book will, by its faithful transeription and its multiplied pictures, admirably illustrate this fleeting period. Mis ** Field, Dungeon and Escape” has nearly reached a sale of 100,000 copies—a suceess wnapproached by any other book of War experience. ** Beyond the Mississippi” is issued (by subseription only) by the American Pub- lishing Co. of Hartford, Conn, We understand that the publishers pay Mr. Rickardson $7,000 for the pte OUR MERCHANT MARINE. The objections to any 100 strict supervision in de- tail by the General Government over our mercantile marine are simple, and such, first, because the Govern- ment cannot afford to convert our merchant service into a navy, man each vessel with salaried inspectors of every kind, and generally undertake the charge of it. We see it proposed that a law should be passed guaiantecing two or three men to every one buudred tuns registered, thus making impossible such disasters as resalt from an ju- adequate crew. To this wehave noohjection. Butit is also suggested that inspeetors, carpenters, machinists, and practical scamen should be appointed to exumine every part of the vessel, from epars and rigeing to engines and boilers, and that these officers must signa certificate before each voyage of every sca- going vessel that she is stanch and seaworthy, Then each crew is to be mustered and inspected likewise, and examined by a regularly appointed surgeon; the boats are to be overhauled, and compass, bread, water, rockets and blue-lights, sars, thole-pins, plugs, rudders, tillers, mast and sail, and painters, are to be looked for and looked iuto, and apparatus of the most approved kind to be insisted upon in all cases, Finally, every captain and officer must be obliged to pass an examination in pavigation and seaman- ship, and be furnished with a certificate as to copability. With some of these suggestions we can find no fault, but conceive their application might be possible without so much com- plication of wethod. The passage of a law regulating the number of crews, and a more eflicient registry of vessels may be casily practicable, But it is manifest that the whole plan proposed for inspecting each ship on its every voyage from any and every port of the United States must entail very great expense, and some unquestionable disadvantages to Government and owners. In this country of free labor and free seamanship. military discipline canuat be attained iu our merchant marine, and the inspeetion of a erew that is liable to be changed, 1n part, at least, in every port, is, to say | the least, impracticable. Government inspectors would be multiplied by the thousaud, who might cer- tify, but would searcely inspect, to the extent con- templated. A law that would hold owners of sea- going vessels to strict accountability for loss of life and property, with the certainty of the infliction of proper penalties for violations of its provisions, would be more likely to work the much-needed reform. Perhaps the most important position in this State is that of Controller of the City and County of New- York. If Le is an honest man, having a single eye to the interests of the citizens of the metropolis, he can cause the reduction of the burdens imposed upon the tax-payers at least one-third. He cau do this by seeing that the franchises of the City, its ferries, mar- kets, wharves and piers and real estate, bring fair and remunerative returns to she City Treasary; as also that no warrants for stealing jobs shall receive his signature, That Richard Kelly, the Union-Repabli- can candidate, i8 eminently qualified for the discharge of the duties of this office, is generally and warmly conceded. We trust that no Union man, tax-payer or citizen, who desires & good, economical and ener- getic City Government, will fail to deposit his ballot for Judge Kelly on Tuesd: | | The Republican party, as reorganized in this city, has no aftiliation with any of the officials whose nests are in the City Hall. Neither of the Democratic candidates for Controller can, if elected, escape, sooner or later, the iufluence of his party associates now in office. Judge Ketuy will and must be inde- pendent of them all. He is, from the force of circum- stances, not so much the Republican as the People’s candidate. The office is one that needs such reforma. tion as Judge Kelly will be in a position to thoroughly and foarlessly carry ont. THE SOUTHERN STATES. - FLORIDA. JUDGE MARVIN RE-ELECTED SENATOR. BY TELEGRAPN TO THE TRINUNE. AUGUSTA, Dee, 1.—Intelligence received at Charleston reports the reélection of Marvin as United States Senator for six years from Mareh. THE DEA¥ AND DUMB INSTITUTE RROPENED. BY TELEGRAPK T0 THE TRIBUNR. NASHVILLE, Dec. 2.—After a suspension of five years, the Tennessee Institute for Deaf and Dumb, at Knoxville, will be again opened for the reeeption of pupils on Monday next. B VIRGINIA. THE STATE FINANCES. The report of the Treasurer of Virginia for the fiscal year ending 30tk September, 1366, gives the following statements Palance in the treasury. Ist October, 1865, .. §96,083 T3 Received from 1st October, 1563, to 30th September, 154, fuclusive . 99004 4 2 27 761,968 60 1 Dishursed from 1st Octol 1m0, inclusive. Balanee on hand to 15t October, 1866....,... &315,159 58 To the credit of the commonwealth, in the following bauks: Planters’ National Bank of Richmond... 6,215 2 Union Bank of Richmond 120 o1, First Natioual Bank of Richiond .~ 4,796 60 Nationnl Exchange Bank of Richmond 2,405 96 £335,150 58 T'wenty-nine foreign insurance companies doing business 1 the Stite have, under act of Feb. 3, 1866, deposited in the State Treasury $885,000 in Virginia registered and coupon bouds, aud $30,000 in votes secured by deeds on real estate. Among the securities and outstanding countersigned lnou-‘: of the independent banks of the State arc the fol- owing: l'm:;mn and Oblo Canal bonds, $34,000; Confederato onds, 227,000, City of Wheeling guarantied bonds, #21,000; Bank of Winchester, circulation,” 20,9005 City of Wheeling, guarantied bouds, #22,000 Tho total amonnt of donations and sppropriations to the Monument Fund has been 281 99 ; “of which thero has been disbursed $204,458 35: leaving as a baladce of un- expired appropriations $144,823 64, S — ALABAMA. - —— JUDGE BUSTEED'S CHARGE—A PROFOUND SENSATION —REBELS 70 BE INDICTED—OPINIONS ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Prom Qur Special Correspondent, HoNTsvILLE, ALA, Nov. 24 —Judge Busteed's charge to the Grand Jury impanneled in this district on Wednes- duy last, has created s profound impression here, The gen- d thi }:chtm and thimbie-rig nfinu\ the end. mnstitution would mere t not of ol wajority. Submission to the elnrlrflp'-qf will ot ’ Yery ‘rcently this nbjorig s foc 4 il e Sl rret ngress for the refut on of the States that were ir Vrom this plan lfil"lldwhy will not mnl«.‘ 1'hl|: u8 any future cvent ean be, and I were false s and to the peaple among whom 1 jive. if | w0 give Weight 1o o coutrary opivi erms o tho proposed amesdment age Jiberal I regard their acceptanee ay evidence ol ol forceast. Politicel leaders and writers, in- arandizement and ploce, may disgnt aud exluini Agaiust the expression of any opiuion by the Béuch on tiks aestion. Anticlpating the ohjection, and in view the by list ot ealnmitoas results which have their teackings iu the past, aud which still vex and impoverish the people, [ hore take un appeal from those to these, from a false CASUISLEY to tie best ethics, from what is. to what shall be; and With the hest interests of the State of Alabama of & wotor, aud without o single individual interest to ve, I bope to fnducuce you, and through you your neigh. bors, and thus seeire your and their iufluence in ing a sound publie sentiment in respect of this mo ¢ measure of publie policy. The lae l«h"fl:v"::. persons still abnoxious to” the pains and penaities of xtrmoniinary clemency 1o offonders of thi grades mpled smnesty it hay Wity to o very few of od the nttempt to subvert the Government, within the exceptions are yet responsible to the ated aid contemued. Treason. it is admitted by wnl jurisconsult s ot ouly political ter. on, It <treme moral turpitude, 18 18 50t 100 much t in wickedness in concrete ; the prolific parent of widowhood, and misers, It is no answer to the of trenson to say that the person guilty of it was low this plea, and eve olated with lmpuity 1 place of law, and riot prevail o rimes must be accounted such. In all the rendered disreputable and unprofitable, pla'n duty to jind a true bill against any person whe hall be proved before jon to be guiity of haring levied vaf o United Ntates, or of adhering to their enemies, giving d and comfort, Au indictment for treason should upon eredible testimony that the acensed has commited t wet. Proof of this may be made by one witness, 1 1 recommend that the testimony of tWo Witnesscs te i st renson, ymuission of the sam e Au overt act i » h @ in furthe of the design, which makes manifest the wxistence of a treasonable intention. It must come 1o be ey uderstood in this land, that faitbful support and defe the Constitution, and of the uuion of the States therennder, does not wean the defamation of thew both, that to abide by the Acts of Congress referred to in tie pardon, does not mean to raisc out oy amd elawor against the National Legislature; aifdd that those who thns conduct themselyes are as liable to all the pains and penalties of treason as i not carry in 3 e their pockets the evidence of the paternal ¢! 'y of the Goy. ernment. anid their own wickedness. Let not the ancient ehiv. alry of tiia land degenerate into_treachery and cowandice, aud let'it not be brought into contempt by aets which honorable men, the world gyer, maat codemn. i the h of April, 1566, Congress, by o vote of two-thi of both its Houses, passed an act entitied, ~ An act 1o m: all persons in the United States in their civil rights, apd o fur- nish the means of their vindication,” This law is familiarly fnown s the Civil Rights bill. It is_intended to secure thap part of the population which is of African origin against op- ie poor, patient, kindly-natused negro! o s mative shaeee, and here cpved. witjoud wien it it the oo of e of the stronger without eonsulting it statns, it was ot of bin selection, sud it Were. an inerads . pon the uational escuteheon not to his future b " ulated to secure him in all bis rights as e ritizen United States, which, by this sct, he c [ ix declarad to be. This tardy justicewns the smallest repara. tion the American people could afford to make for cesturics of i fraud. 1t 13 proof of our mlulwilx:f civilization that our prejudices upon the altar vincly instituted and tample down and east behind us the baite of pleas. While 1 preside urnlhe Tench it will be wy umbic v to carry out the humane purposes of this enaet. u scetion of the act makes it an offense. ' imgrisonmont, {or any person, aibcial of I, Logislator, Governor, Magistrate or citizen, under Statute, onlinance, regulation or custom. te abitant of a State or Territory to the depriva- it secured or protected by its provisious, or ey ving at any time been held iy or race, to subjeet him o punishment, pains, or penalties than is preseribed for persons. This, I churge you, is the law of the land. 1 " 1) r must be broken with immnity, The peopies is pledged for its enforcement, and the people’s power i sponsor for the prople’s will ‘The Logislature will adjourn on the 7th inst. to reassem. ble Jauuary 15, Tt is said there is a_stronyg party formug in _’.n.] r of the Constitutional Amendment, if thai is made tinality. LRI NORTH CAROLINA. PROCERDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE. BY TRLEGRAPH TO THX TRIBUNE. Raveiim, Dec. —In the North Carolina Senate Me ot Hulifax introduced and carried a resolution offigers of the Legislature $10 and membens anded by substituting $4. X D 1t ol SOUTH CAROLINA. THE SENATORIAL ELECTION, BY TYLEGRAPH TO THE TRISUNE. CoLrupia, N, C., Dec, 2.—The election of a Unitd States Senator, to till the vacancy occasioned by theer irstion of the term of the Hon, John L. Manning wil oceur day atter to-morrow, The most prominent u;ifl named is the Hon. J. B. Campbell. e ooty THE LEGISLATURE UNANIMOUSLY EXPRESS SYMPATH WITH JEFF, DAVIS. WasaingroN, Dee. 2—The following dispatch was thi evening ved at the Tribune Burcau bere, from th ‘Iribune Bureau in Savaunah: Savasvar féia. Dee. L—Mr. Henderson introduced the s lowing resolutions yosterday, in the House, which have bea usanimously adopted in both branches of the Legislature: Whereas The General Assembly would do injustice to t| @reat heart of (Georgia not to give some formal expression Tieir respect for the charncter and services of the il prisoner of state, Jeflerson Davis. All the generous pulss that heart are in full unison and sympathy with his » and misfortunes. Lts warm affections eluster around the chiefof ndoned cause. There they! cluster o admire oll that is chivalne nature, wiile they regard all that is noble in virtue. fore, the General Assembly Kesoire. ‘That their sincerest condolence and warmest thy are tendered to Mr. Jefferson Davis in his coufinement, s look forwanl with anxions solicitude to the day s,and patriotie President shall pat en end tol t, and, by the interposition of Execntive im to & people for whom he so faithfully struggled. on account of whom he endures with Christin fortitude handshipg of a long and rigorous imprisonment. REEDMEN GOING TO THE SOUTH-WEST. BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. LoutsviLLk, Dec. 2.—Large numbers of frecdmen making contracts in Chattanoogs to go’Sourb-West ¥ work ou tae ralroads, Building squads dopart almed every day. —t— TEXAS. THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGISLATURE—THE A% QF THAT BODY—ITS ATTEMPTS PRACTICALLY o8 STORE SLAVERY=—ITS APPROPRIATION TO PAYT® SENATORS ELECT WHO CANNOT TAKE THE TEST-0AY OUT OF TH! ATE TREASURY—THE U, §. COUS® THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY THE CAUSE OF TUE PR BAD CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN TEXAS, From Our Special Correspondent. Austiy, Nov, 19 18 The so-called * Legislature” of Tesas finally adjosn¥ on Tuesday morning last. Its acts have been e: disloyal in tone and temper, but not so much 8o 05 the bates that occurred in it and which have not been The measures iutroduced and discussed, but which policy were not_adopted, are still more indicative of real viows and foelings of the members, ludeed, soot the mozibors seem to have taken the sentiments ¢ by the Rev. Petroleum V. Nasby in earnest, making intermarriages between whites and persost color penal, aud taking care not to punish them for together without being married, looks like carrying odl! ides of the Rev. Petroleum, Though the action Legislature woul! imply that was danger that intermarriages might become frequent, there seems 0 10 apprehension on that score. ‘The Acts in labor, trespass and apprenticeship, together with the Exemption and County Court Acts, constitato s dovised system for the practical restoration of The chief problem to be solyed by mmflm how to make contracts for labor :rdn and, at the same time, by means of sta and contracts 10 for ’:{o County at on laws, forceable. By means of the poor freedmen may be nal charges without' the Grand Jua; As Judge Roberts, Seceasion Convention of Texas of 1861, and Judse nott, the U, 8. Senators eloet, cannot take the (¢ the aturo has made them a handsome out of the State Treasury to enable them to act &% ml‘:?lafl‘ ature adjourned on the 13th jnst. afterd K ure on 3 sion of 1 the most ignorant set State. It was composed the Presiden politicians, by our rs capable of drawivg 1 a8 gentlewen. T ntatives who vere civil war. not twenty mem! b or who could be tlemen recetly in amied rebellion do not stomach it, but the **Boysin Bl ue,” and the chosen band who pever bowed {he knee to Baal, are jubilant, and have taken fresh cour- What was talked of oldly before, is now whispered f the adwirers of ¥ My Policy.” The impres- sion pi s that the Cougress of the United States must not be defamed by the men for whom o means of escapo from the punishmert due their erimes has been provided, and that o condition precedent in a pardon caunot be vio- Inted with impunity. I especially direct attontion to what he says about the i‘ongr-aion amendmente, &c.; the Civil' Rights bill, d the iudicting of the ducks that go waddling and quacking about, as if, because they begged and secired forgivesess for their sins, they are ncensed 1o add ingratitude and meanness to moral perjury, The Judge said: 1 am myself pmluwdl{ impressed by what concerns the o] ornfim ‘States, and cannot in the present exigency, even at the risk of encounwring eriticism from the tlippant, refrain from spenking what Tearnestly desire shall bo to 1t cltisons of “labama *n word in geason.” Let it uot, T pray, be aseribed to n miserable politic |n_u|m{l|lll“lm. that Turge you and the people at Lo to id in the prompt redistablishment of this Btade o beopract, 2 relations with the Geaeral Government. original Secessionists, the others “went with their States.” I other words, e Rebels o 10 Union men. Will the Congress of (8 States suffer sach men to rule this Sate! it :::'N shall not c:n “li the President * kicks e five F% No United States Judge 10 Texas, after over nuhm‘dumo “hvl-m' , has had the wor® to 20 8 Grand Ju mnt Johnson's 1?olley i the condition Mn:.lri in blminn Had t Bru S have had to emlgato. 1 out the shaw State Government sst up Rebols, by neans of that policy, they yet. —Thirty TyroeaTioN oF FACTORY GIRLS. Thi ™ poceutly arrived in Newark from I!n‘hnd," c:r":-‘hl P N ¥ i m-mm:s:a;‘- Clark & Co,, thrend ma) 1 ol } rom the large man