The New-York Tribune Newspaper, December 19, 1866, Page 4

- QAmusements. (\'l"fl AFTERNOO YETRUCTIOSME, K ING=iTALIAN OP) ER GARDEN. KUY BLAS — KATHARINE AND ooth fn two characters. THIS EVEL- ANPA. KIBLO'S GARDEN ¢ BLACK CHOOK~Great Parisienne 1 o'clock WALLACK'S THEATER NO-" DUR'E" Mr. Lostor Wallack, Mr. Prederl. John GUbert, Mr. Chaties Fisher, Miss Madoline Hoa- OLYMPIC THEATER._ T8 EVENING-MASTER OF RAVE! Jowdan, Miw Lose Eytinge. WOOD. Mr. Goo BROADW THIS EVENING—PEOPLE! OF MY LIFE. Mr. Jobu E. Owe ER— HAPZIEST DAY ONK THEATER J1LLON-GRAND FAIRY BALLET. LD BOWERY THEATER. OfTflLll’f()" THE CORL—PANTOMIME, ko, : . Fox. o TS B Miss Fou AMERICAN MUSEUM. AN —KABRI; Or, THE WOODEN SHOE- AKER. M wud & foll compuoy. TWO HUN- :wn THOUSAN B-iun N b CURIOSITIES—VAN Gi'S COL- LECTION OF WiLD ANIMALS. ¥ K CIRCUS. THI3 EVENIN W YORK CIRCUS TROUPE. Jumes Maiviia, Australinn Mile. De Berg. [ £ OPERA HOUSE. TS PVENIXG—BEDWORTH'S MINSTRELS —THE MAN IN BLACK=TWO PO KE UP ABRALAM, ke THIS EVENIN DAFRIQUE, o NEW.YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY.® THE WASHINGTON ' WINS—ANATOMICAL COLLECTION. Open duily from 3 o . 070 p. . NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN SEVENTH ANNUAL EXUIBITION OF THE ARTISTS FUND SOCIETY. Open from 9 a. m. to 10, m. CLINTONGHALL. THIT EVENING=ME VALENTINE VO TAINMENT, “THE UNITY OF NATIONS. DODWORTU HALL. THUIS EVENING=M. HARTZ, THE ILLUSIONIST. SDEN'S ENTER- 3 STEINWAY'S ROOMS. THIS AFTERNOON—SEVERINI AND PEASE'S THIRD MORNING CONCERT, st 3 o'clock. THIS EVENING—-GRAND CONCERT. et Richard Coben. CECILIAN CHOIR. THEO. N AHOMAY S ORCHESTHA. FIFTH A SKATING POND. THIS APTERNOON—CONCERT BY DODWORTH'S FULL BAND sud SKATING, FAIRS. Qroat Musonlo Faic ot the Presbyterian Church, corer of Grand 's Church, Twenty-eighth nd Third-aves. Ocphans of Soldiers, et ‘and Twenty third at, (he Thirty foarth-st. Reformed Dotch Church ‘carser of Thisty fourtheat. and Eighth-ave. Business Nollces. The GormaM MANUPACTURING COMPANY SILVER- R. I, inform the trade that they are producing oovs, comprieing foll Di¥xew end Tra of every dessiiption of a very superior s The base ia Nickel Silver, of Pore silver of such thickuess that ag+s of olid silver in uiity, snd from ish re un distinguisbeb! it any refer with coufidence to the Bigh reputation they bed in the production of SoLin Siivee WAk in whic been for many yesrs engaged, and they now seued the public taia buat reputs- by adaciion of ¥ of such quality B tothe pui- "rabiity a4 w tic'os made by U . CONIAMAG Aud wll sach are fully eoaranteed. ‘They fool it nocessa toular! B vebasess to e aheve (s aark, . thoe doaizna havs bery siready cxtensively imitated. Tirss can nly bo procured (10 responsible dealers thronghout thy cogtry. oLLAMORE & Co., Brondwag, 4 doors below Broome st Store by P.xtending it through to Meroer-st., bave sdded SILVER FLATED WARE ' Yo their Largs Stock of CHINA AND GLASSWARE. Wo desiry Erp-cial Atteution to s Large Assortment of # NEW CHINA DINING BEIS. HAvILAND, CTURCHMAN & ENGLAND, Op Sraxp, No. 47 Jows-sr., Nyw YoRx. . Frexcn Cuisa. We are rocciving from our factory in France, richly decorated DixxER, TeA AND ToiLsT SeTs, Vasss, &C. Tue HOLIDAYS. Tun LARGLeT AsSORTMRNT IN THE COUNTRY OF RICH DINNER AND TEA SETS, PARIS CLOCKS AND BTATUARY, and Fixs FANCY Goops—of our own importatien. - OVINGTON BROTHERS, Nos. 338, 238 aud 240 Fulton ., B l“toluwl Revers'ble Fead Lockstitch Sxwize-Macmivee. Boat faauily washize in the world. Fronzvon 8. M. 545 Broadwa TORER, Co., Tag WoxprarvL VICTORY HaIr R WITHODT SEDINENT ON IXPUNITY, Wil positively restore the hair and ite color. For walo by Droggiets and the propristor. % Hunex, Proprieter, No. 473 Sizth-ave. PULMO-BRONCHIAL TROCHES all Throat and Loug Disesses. Soid everywhere. "Ladios, discard injuriouspaddings. Madame Jumel's ot Bresst to develop the form phys- Mawmarial Ba'w e Flevetor Ttugie sty Depot 203 Canabw, S0id vy drgive. Sevd fur cirbiar # . BEw1nG MACHINES - Fox fara and To Rext. VoW, Wickms, ’l;’“ Brosdw ' talre Pravrivor HAR —CHEVALIER'S LIFE FPOR THB Hamn positively restores gray hair to ite original coloz and yontiful Bosuty . imparts life snd strength 1o the weskest hair: stops ite falling _ out stonce; kesps the hesd clean; is unparal eled as o bair-dressiog. Sold by ali druggists apd fushionable hair-dressers, snd st my office, o L Srndway. N V. Sanan A. Cnvaviem, M. D. A Toucw oF WINTER premonishes the foct their FUme. At No. 513 Brosdway, o fabionabigrart ta rosches, GRN) e & (‘:Llllli. 1AL Daxriers, g% 'No. #53 Brosdwe 100, ore—will he saved to merchants fumfiies, woekly, by obtaining their Merchundiss. Securities, ' oeal Service, ke . through the BURRAU 0¥ INroRNATION, No. 450 Fuitoa v, A iable Deteatives W IxTER CLOTHIN s from Nine Ower. Toa to Porty Uoliare Fous, Fuas, Fues. Capss, Talmas, Collars, Col- Raretivs, Sluffs, Cuffh, Skating Hoods and Robes of every description, ot Baura ¢ old siead, corner of Caual sud Wooster sis. A NOVELTY in Opera, Field and Marine Glasses, wide field of observation, iu end- Sxuvon, wey. combining extrsordinery power and variety. 1% e HEAD, AT and mode of treatment fountain heal. 10w ves ab cee K.uh terrible dissase gt it Lotaplen, stuppiges ol the head, offensive ""hfif"w" roath sore throat. Mu'llsm this loatheome mslady for eves. et to Noxrox, de; o. 11 Anw-st. © RusuMaTisy, ACUTE AND CHROXj0! Gout! NEv- e, Nanvous Himinacia'—The abuolete Medical gracics o but never cures. Nature's Remedisis from Plants etad] w-o disosses for }:wh eircular, one stamp. anstis. E #, Flishing, N, Y. i e Lad & Boors, Smors and GArTErs at Huxt's, No. 430 S e i & e wiee.” Prenis Beo Dt of our's i ke i i - 'Tme Most ELpasnT AND Userur HOLIDAY Grrr,— Faurnic Mook Locksmicu Sewixe Ma- 01 s C:‘lamuv’..l ‘ru’:n Rl'lo;::d Gray lhir-. ?— fi'ufi ling reuives 7l . the fnest . No. 10 Astor Houwe, and » '-._ u: Lezo, - ] A-nl..“l !.(.D.m s patente by B. FRANK Paruss, LL. D.— it arions of 5 e el Sgwing-Macnixg Compaxy, No.506 Broad- R ke . mw Hamr annn beu:x the world; Instantaneous; the anly pescect dve—black or s el HoupAY PRESENTS OF AFFEOTION AND CHARITY— Machines. o .mnw-—r-mmm | “Houway Prresvme.—STERkoscorss b ESEN - b ';'“nnd ViEws, .' Tus w Macnixs Co.’s Lock-Stitch SEwiNa- — 3 _‘_..'7'_'_i.'._:: et <n & BAXERS - Macuivs. No. 435 Heoadway. R S B Casranono’s Motk Dys—The best foctured. Wio'owls sed ratalli s'se Jb‘:‘m ‘I.:': :;::’I‘-:-"sn o, %o Thirey Dodlezs. A Sult of Clothes from N. A K, | Tun LAws or HrAumi. 1410 wactens (or Btate Legisiatures to pass laws on the pressivaiion of the pudlic bealth, If tha great Law of vl preseraation, which Lo ita enforcemant upon the vl of the individual, (s sullersd ad letcer. iy wu adalt member of the community, of elthor wen {0 this 0ounty, who hias not san the testimony in favor of , Hosrsrin's Stomaon Brrrans, furvishoed over thaix own sizuatures by parsona of asknowledged em! nence tu acience, literaturs, art, commerce, aud every department of bu dness and professional ife, Thess witaeses biave doolared in the moa exphiolt terms thst the proparation is s esfoguard against epi- domise, & sovercign remedy for dyspepeia, o valusbie autibilious melioine, a promoter of appstile, & genia! and hatmioss stizulsnt, & good scclimatiog madicine, & strongthensr of tho porves, & gendmol fnvigoraat, aprotection against the delsterious effe-te of malaria and {mpure water, aod that (s imparts & degres of vigor and sativity o tho ‘vita) forces which ls not communisated by sny otlier of the tonios aud chic in use. Under thess olrcumstances the self-pressrvative law of nature should tesch every rational person who, either by conson of inberent debility or {n sonsequoncs of exposirs Lo un wholssome inflaences, is i peril of losiag the groatest of all tempors blowslngs, MEALTE, the importanse of using the BITTIRA &4 8 de/muire medicine, Dyspophics who neglesh to give it & trial aro aimply theix own onsmies. It iv gusranteed to curs Indigestion fn alb ity forms, and the bitious and necvous will ind nothing iu the whala rauge of officlal and proprietacy asdicinss which will afford them tho s el Grear Barasms v Foeg Loois Baitanp, Waoussaus MANvPACTURER OF FORs, Now. % sud 52 Howacd st et ot ratail, commonoiug Moxnar, sz 10, His outice Stock, cousisting of Mowrs, Coitans, CoLuAmatTee, Prisninns, Borruas sod Tarwas in Eance, Rovs Pasins, Mink, Frron, Sqomeni Alvo gooda for Gentismen's woar, i Orrex, Braven, Coxay, and NoTRIA AOLIDAY GrFrs! FAMILY SILVER'' Lucios Hagr & Co. The Oldest Plated Ware House Nos. 4, 6 wad § Brauine Sur, (Foot of Johu-st) S1LvEz-PLATED WARE, At Moderte rfltu'_‘* TIFFANY & O _ Nos 55 AxD 852 BROADWAY. Are now opening over 100 casca of choice goods, of thelr own im o ation, and specially wade to theis order—eabracing ol the novel- Gies i Jeweiay, Crooks, Broxzea. Axn Faxcy Goons fixvhre‘ this seevon fu_ Pacis, London, Vienns. Gooevs, N Lome, ete.. oto., forming rt rich w vare articlos of City, or Neurslgis. Its o fails to eradicate evecy AT EvER 302 Broadway, Wedding sud Vistivg Curde, Monograins, Franch Note Peper, the Iasent atylen, the new CHUNTAL V151110 C oD for the Holidays. A Houipay Presext.—Poruak & Sox, No. 692 Brosdway. New York. uear Fourth-u. msonaux Pres Maxv. s, _Piros cai Lo order. repaiied and mounted. Cartes Vignette, $3 per dozen l'uylic Allnogatives vegisternd. K. A. Lrwis. No. 160 Chath NetwDork Daily Sribune. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1866, 10 ADVERTISLRS. We will thank o vptising customors to hand 1 their Advertisements at .gru&y E:m p‘E-.m.. 1f recsived ateg 9 clock they caunot bs claselfied under their proper boads. T0O CORRESPONDENTS. No Dotioe can be taken of Anonymons Communications. What ever s intended for insertion must be authentieated by the name and address of the wrifer. cessarily for publica: tion, but es a guaranty for his g b ors for this office should bo aldrossed to Fux s, New Yok We oannot undertake to return rejected Communic ious, " Literary Items will be found on the sirth page to-day. Commercial News and the Markets appear on | the second page. The Committee of Ways and Means was instructed | by the House, yesterday, to consider o measure for | the employment of female clerks in the Departments, with especial reference to the relatives of soldiers. ‘We need scarcely say that we are heartily in favor of the plan. 8o faras women are employed by the Gov- ernment, they do their work well, and there i« much labor for which they are especially fitted. e— The report of the Board appoited to examine breech-loading s has just been published over Gen. Hancock's signature. The couclusions of the Board are, that all arms in the service should be fitted for the same cartridge, and that Col. Berdan’s plan of alteration should be adopted; but it is unable to re. | commend any of the breech-loaders presented to it for exsmination. The Spencer- magazive-carbine is re. | ehould ?o published for reference and record, but cer- tainly if can be dono at a much cheaper rate, MEXICD IN THE HOUSE. Wa rofurrod yostarday (o the adoption by the [Touse, a4 wo think somowhat nesdlessly aud withoul debate, of tho followiug rasolution, offered Ly ir. Harding of Ilinois s * Resoived, That the House of It “the Congross of tho United Statoawill giva unfallor- “ing support to the Executive Departmont of tho «Government to vindioato the time-honorad policy of “‘this Republic against foreign armed intervention “which tends to tho destruction of comstitutional ““liberty on this continent, aud ospec eommends “tho tone of the mational voice in reference to the “ Republic of Mexice.” In & matter 6o grave as tho Mesican question aud involving so directly tha national honor, it becomos the Houso of Rapresentatives to speak, if they epoak at all, in langnago ko cloar, definite, and explicit that no misunderstanding can arise touching t y meaning, application, aud extont of their uttorance. Such dooa not secm to us the character of Alr. Hardiug's rosolution, In view of what has come to be tho fixod dislike of the Americau people to resolutious which, like the responsea of the ancient platforms of the modern dembderacy, may beink rpreted to mean ono thing or another, to suit the prejadices or desiros of the reader, wo wish that some member of tho House had suggested to Mr. Harding tho pro- prioty of Lils explaining the meauing of his words and the objoct of their introduction. The Mexican matter as it stauds is one that pro- foundly interosts the country, as involving interna- tional principles and, possibly, eventual war, and the country was baginping to look Lo Congreas for assist- ance to proteot ud trow being plunged iytp furthor complications by the reckless management of the State Department. This resolution throws no light upon the situation, and is altogother so blind and vague, 60 singularly inapplicabls to existing facts, “and 8o absolutely pointless in regard to our pending policy, that we cannot but express our surprise at its adoption. The situation is briefly this: The iuvasion of Moex- ico by France, for the establishment of an empire, Las been ignominiously defeated, without our aid, by the Mexicans themselyes. Tho defeat is acknowledged by the French Government, the Freuch press, the French people; and Louis Napoleon, with a debt of somo three hundred millions of dollars, is gathering & fleet to remove his troops from the soil where be bas meot with such bitter disappoiutment. The throne of Maximilian will of course crumble at their doparture. The Mesican people, who Lave vanquished the armies aud Marshals of Franee, will make short work of any body-guard that may remain bebind. It is not therefore apparent why tho Fouse should think it necessary at this moment to pledge them- selvos to give unfultering support to the Execative Department to vindicate the time-honored policy of the Republic against foreign intervention which tends to the destruction of constitutional liberty on this conti- nent. Ifa similar resolution, but one more porfoct inits grammatical construction, had been introduged when danger really threatened ug, when Mr. Seward viewed complaisantly the beginning of the invasion, shutting his eges to patent facts, opening his ears to diplomatic assurances .which were palpably untrue, expressing his *eminent satisfaglion,” and *the esteem with which the vprightuess and the frankoess of the explanations,” iuspired him, or when he afforded to the Fronch in- vadors thy Castom-Tlonse facilities udnn‘( which Senor Roreto protested, or when Mr. Bigelow pro- posed to Mr. Drouyn de Lhuys that e would recog- nizo Maximilian when the French troops had left Mexico—if on any of these occasions Mr. Harding had endeavored to arouse ‘he State Department to s senso of national hovor, it would have been most opportune and happy. But to intro- dueo it now serves ouly to remind the nation and the world how little the conduct of our Government thronghout the Mexican struggle has corresponded with the feelings of our people aud with the dignity of the nation. The Resolution goes on to “ especially commend the tone of the national voice in reference to the Re- publie of Mexico.” If by the * national voice” is meanf, as we suppose, the voice of the American people, it may be a question whether it is worth while for the House to bestow upon it their * especial commendation,” for it is their province mot to praise the peoplé but to do their will and proteet their digoity; aud this brings us to the prominent if not the only point now lelt in the Mexican business. The Fronch are beaten and are going Lome. They would have gone had we not said a word; but we did speak and our worls are on record. The first order for their recall was thus explained by M. Drouyn de Lhoys, writing to the Marquis de Montholon, 15th October, 1865: “ In writing yon this dispatch I bave entered into a mtatives of commended as the best cavalry arm. —ee | The corruption of Legislatures can seldom be reached by the law, but it is encouraging that a meni- ber of the New-Jersey Legislature, convicted of sel- ling lifs vote, has been seutonced to imprisonment for oue year and forever precluded from holding publie I office. A fow examplos of this kind in our own Legislature might have & wholesome effect. The torions, the fzqi'q w [ to prove. Democratic members of the House make a point of declining to serve on the New-Orleans Investigating Committee. It is no matter for wonder that Mr. Jobnson's friends should desire to put an obstacle in the way of inquiry into what was done under his in. spiration in New-Orleans. But the Democratic re- cusants are 9ot §0 foolish as to suppose they oan pre- vent gn infestigation; the g the (5tomm71t! ) to raise { A in:l {he fepot! when presented, as a partisan stafement. They be- Dbe imposed npon by & device s0 shallow as thig, and s they know their own party botter than we can, we shall not accuse them of under-estimating its intelli- gence. But other people will see the sham. = AT “The Houge yeste bated the usnal appropria- tion for the maintenance of The Congressional Globe, in & spirit which warrants the bope that the days of thet expensive monopoly are numbered. This paper costs the country from $200,000 to $300,000 annually, and its sole use appears to be to preserve the debates of Congreas. 1f it printed the speeclies as actually made, and not as members would like to have de- trouble ig, that while the existence of bribery is no. s 1 ’-’nelru’rdapéc g;\rymw, by keaping off 1 1 States shall do thg_vv [ had dond dnd né¥i ¥o path opened by Mr. Bigelow bimself several days In a conversation in relation to other watters, sked me, in his own name, if I did not ink that the recagnition of the Mexican Empireby “'the United States might facilitate and hasten the «eturn of onr troops. The instructions I send you are “in answer to this question."”. ¢ Mr. Seward, not assenting to recognition, gave the most axglicit surances of non-intervention with the Feople of Mexico whgp {reg from thg Emperor's politi cal and militar intervention. He said, ' We will our- felt se“-e-xul.]ish--.'\ sovereignty and | “independence,” and in support of this pledge be ap- pealed to onr history. L PP The French Emperor replied, * We receive this as- “ surance with entire confidence. We find Iu it a suffi- * cient guarantee ot to delay longer the adoption of « measures intended for the return of our army.” i To'Mr. Motley, at Vienna, Mr. Seward wrote pro- 0_,91- ag:\l.x:-_ tha gngflwgalym yoluntg fl' And [ inviting Atstrla ™ £ ommd fip on the same ground of | “ non-intervention in Mexico which is mnlnwipad.by lieve their Demooratio constituents stupid enough to | « the United States, aud to which they Leve uw - CRe 2 | * France.” At <A After giving these pledges it is né% pm;;owd that, | Austria and France being out of the way, the United thing we declgred ever uld &, dud annenie flgmml in the internal affairs of Mexico. In fact, the first step has been taken, and in the arrest of Ortega we offended against the rights of the Mexicans, against the plainest principle of international law, and against our own solemn snd repeated pledges. Now, what possible bearing upon this state of things had Mr. Harding's resolution? What action of the Execu- tive .does it approve! ‘What policy does it support? livered them, the reports would be more valuable. Oue of the worst elements in the business is the con- tract by whioh the proprietors of The Globe supply ! each new Congress with back numbers, The expense, | of course, iucreases anovally, and the appropriation this seasion is for $9,375 to furnish the members of the XLth Congross, who are not mewmbers of the In:uxm. with back sete. This is an unusually small amount, owing to the réclection of so many | members. We are glad that the amendment, de- | claring that this arravgement shall end with the XLth Congress, was adopted. The real question at issue, whether Congress shall continue to bundreds of thousands of dollars to pay The Globe for ‘nporuu and printing mattors of news, was not de- ¥ cided. Probably the Committeo on Retrenchment, | from which 80 much economy wes expected, will re- | porton the subject. Itis devirable that a report of | Comgrossional proceedings, {ulier thau the abstracts | the daily papers cars to prin’, and the public to road, ‘What did the House mean when they allowed such & resolution to be spread before the people, followed by the word * adopted 1" A Misslssippi Judge of the Supreme Conrt has de- cided that his Btate never lost its organization by the war, and that it was in overy respect a State de jure a8 well as de facto, eSercising Its functions constitu- tionally, The least effect of such a decision would be to vitiate Mr. Jobnson's plan of jon. In other words, if a State bo such a State as the Missis- sippi judge conceives, reconstruction is an imperti- nence. The late sct of the North. Carolina Legislature, gragting ** pardon to all officers and soldiers of the State of North Caroling, or of the late Confederate Blates armies, or of the United States,” for offenses against the crimival laws of that State, harmonizes aptly with the Mississippi decision. Nortb Caroling {orgivos not ouly bor own'sins but those of the United States, which shows that her resonstruction, if pre- cdMous, is, in ono sense, porfoct. 8he is sovereign enongh to absolyo hersell. Could the President do wore ? and if fio did, woald it not be necessary to par- don bim? THE NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION Preparations for constituting the North German Confederation have been car; on with great activ- ity since the return of Count nark to Berlin. On Saturday, Dec. 15, represeatatives of tho sovera! Governments mot in Derlin, in order to maturo tho propositions to ba pubmitted on tho part of the Governments to the first North German Parliament, which will assemblo on the fat of Nebruary. Ifithe keptin mind that of the 29,220,862 inbabitauts of the Confoderation mo less than 23,500,543 belong to Prussia, it will be evident that the Couferences in Borlin have more the appear- anoo of & meeting of vassals of Prussia, than of peers. 1n casos 2fdisngrwmont‘ it may bo presumed that tho remonmrances of the allicd Governments will bo very modost, for they all know tha they are not only powerless with rogard to Prussia, but that the Parlia- ment which will soon assumble will strongly de- claro itself in favor of a comsolidation of the Confederation into ono State, and a oconsequont weakening of tho powers of the minor Governments. Tho latest roporty from Germaoy indicate that Prussia will earry ffirough with promptness and onorgy the cousolidation of tho army of the Con- fedoration, and of its diplomatic representation. The soldiors of the minor Governments will, in fact, at once by incorporated with the Prussian army and bo placed under the command of Prussian Gonorals, This virtually completes tho absorption of the migor States by Prussia, and the Jatter Govarnment cau well | llord to Atsplay 1 potnts of lassar fmportance an ap- parent liberality toward the minor princos. Tiro electivns for the Pacliament have hot yet boen Dbeld, but it is aleady safe to say that the Parliament will be neatly a unit in sustainivg the great transfor- mation which has taken place in the fedoral relations of the German States, and in urging on the Govern- ment of Prussia to complots the work of national unity. Infact, if there should be auy difference in the Gorman policy between Couut Bismark and the Parligment, it will be in the greater eagerness of the latter to udo a3 #oon #s possible the Germau States and Provinces which are still excladed from the Confederation. As the Legislature of Baden has with almost entire unanimity resolved to apply for adwission into the Confederation, end as France and Austria must be expected to mako to such @ admis. sion the most determined opposition, the discussions on this subject bid fair to be of gr erest, The new North German Coofe on i3 in point of population the fifth State of Europe, being ouly exceeded by Russia, which in its European dominions hias a population of 61,000,000; by France, with 37,472,732 inbabitants; Austria, with 32,572,000; and Great Dritain with 29, 79. But of its four superiors in point of population, Austria and Great Britain have evon now less influonce in councils of European polities than Prussia; and while they remain stationary, and are disturbed by violsut egitation and even fears of disinte- gration, Prussia is irvesiatibly pressing forward. Her arney is so powerful that it has even compelled the Government of Franco to attempt an entire reorganization of its military force, at the risk of creating o general discontent of the people. Uuless orerpowered by grand combinations of other Euro- posti powers, Gormany is now sure to advance, with o lair rgspect ‘,r ming soon, next to R " the leading power i 3 i - T Nl McCULLOCH AGAINST HOME MONOPOLIES —NOT FOREIGN. Secratary McCulloch has informed Congress that his notion of & nice tariff is, one whose rates of duty Which savors of buncombe. Which also has a stale flavor of free-trade cant, and a perceptible scent of dowagogi=m. It would bother Secretary McCullogh to tell how & manufacturing monopoly could be created in the United § Say a monopoly of making salt— saline springs aud roek salt being on large deposit in fiteen different States and Territories. How would you createit ! Copper sheathing for ships—how would you go to work to make a monopoly of manafacturing that; tho copper of America not being concentrated in a single hole, owned by one man or one. company of men? Pocket and table cutlery—bow, Mr. McCul- loch, conld you confer on the smartest Yankeo that ever simulated a gunflint, or cheated the eye with a ligneous ham, the monopoly of supplying even your town of Buncombeville with table-knives and forks, pocket-knives and scissors '—the road to Buncombe- ville being a highway by law to all the world, aud the making of cutlery, good or bad, dull or sharp, tem- pered or distempered, being one of the inalienable rights of every man, woman, and child in the United States. The proposition that high duties on imported. goods would **build up home monopolies” is a proposition that is absurd on its face. If the Atlantic rolled a tariff of fire and brimstone between us and Europe, manafacturing monopolies could not be established hore. Why?! Because, in the United States of America, iron, eoal, copper, lead, zne, oil, and timber are goographically diffused; aud becanse man is freo, labor is free, capital is free, and | land is cheap. By way of cbaritable sub- soription to a scanty stock of economical knowl- edgo where it is offlcially needed, let us lmpart that one of lh‘e fi’ff'.'i:l condjtions of 4 onopoly is a ¢op- of labor. Not till land becomes as dear in America as it {s in Great Britain can American capital control American labor. What«does Mr. McCulloch suppose to be the average length of manufacturing life in the textile mills of Massachusetts? It is only from three to four years for the men—ouly from five to six years for the women. They quit the mills then —for what? The men for & piece of land; the women for hushands and a piece of land. The * Homestead law” is o law of American industrial life. oy 03, W3 @'t keep Oporatives AL Work iitel they have earmmed money enough to buy and improve land, The American passion i to own'a bit of .tho ‘earth to bave & home on, to cultivate, to ader, to welcome children back to, to die on. A fact underlying political economy that a statesman should know. But where you find labor without education, without the right to vote, without political representation, without the power to fix its ‘wages, without the chuice of markets, withont access to land, without the power to change its condition, there you find the possibility of a monopoly. There, money and genins can build one up. England is | dotted all over with monopolies—with respect to the | rest of the world. There is a lovely monopoly in the town of Saltaire, which town Mr. Salt owns, the in- | habitants of which town Mr. Salt owns, and whom | Mr. Salt keops st work, supplying the world with worsted dross goods, thanks to the knavish free. trade gospelling which preaches and prays to nations not to make their ** tariffs so high as to be prohibitory, nor to build up home monopolies"—the foreign ones being all right. Mr. Salt makes eightcen milos of worsted dross cloth in a day! Consul Abbott thus describes his little monopoly : * The ‘Model Mill' erected by Mr. Salt at Saltaire “ occupies six acres of ground between the Midland * Railway on one side and the canal which connects “ the Atlantio with the North Sea ou the other. It * has 114 acres of flooring. The front on the railway ¢ i 545 feet long and 72 foot high, and has six stories, “ The lower floors are divided in the middle by the ** engine-1oous, but {he top story ruys the whole shall not be so bi%h as to *“build up home monopolies.” . “ length of the buildng, and forms one of the very “ Largogt rooms in tho world, The floors are built in * the most perfoct fire-proof manmer. The roof is of stiron. The windows are formed of injmense sqnares “ of plate glass. From the conter of i main build- “jog tho warchousos run haek to the oqrhl, a distance «in all of 330 feet, and risd to & hight of 90 feet «abovo the canal. Ou cash sile of the ware- “ [onses the romaining space is occupied with sheds “ coutainiog rooms for preparing wool. Below these “tarn immense cieterns with filiers, holding 500,000 “gallons of rain-water for manufacturiog purpoaes. E the top is ' tank, holding 70,000 gallons of ““water-pnmped from the river, for the supply of the “town, and for use in case of fire. On one “facing the high-road, ‘are oilices, store-rooms, &e. “The cogines aro of 1,250 horse power, with eight ““foiless, supplied by pipes ffom the river. In makiug “ tho engine-beds, 2,400 tuus of stono wore used, The “chimney, separatod at the comer of the works, is 13 “foot square at the base, and 250 feot high. Tho gas- “works aro very largs, and yield 100,00 feet per day “for 5,000 lights in the establishment, and for the “supply of tho town, gasometer is 60 feet in “ diameter and 18 fect doop. Mr, Salt employs 4,500 “ hands, who work 1,900 looms, and produce 18 miles of “cloth a day." « Monopolies,” Mr, MeCulloch! ~ Are they ovils? Indeed they aro. England is full of them. Engiand is tho manufacturing wotopolist of the world. Then why did you not ask Congress to guad the domestic industry of our country, upon the prosperity of which alone can you depend#for the income to pay our. debt and carry on the Government, ainst foreign mo- nopolics—the monopolies that do exist, and do grind and crush their unprotected competitors? Salt's worsted mill is o sampla of them. Saltaire is o prin- oipality. Salt is amonateh in the & s of the world, Salt tramples to-day on every worsted manu- facturer in the United States, and is turning thou- eands and thousands of our laboring mien and women out of employment into the snow. Aund why, Mr. Secretary of the Treasury? Bocauss your tariff’ practically is a froe-trade tariff. Salt walks over it and walks through it, and walks over and throngh his American compotitors, Congressmen, a tariff is a brenstwork for unoqually- developed industry. Raise ours Ligh enough and make it tight anonugh to save the people from foreign mo- nopoliats, THE CHICAGO REPUBLICAN. This young and able journal oceupios a field which has long been waiting to be tilled. Tts projectors, perceiving that Chicago stood m need of & first-class newspaper, @ud not doubting that a city of so great woalth and intelligence would sustain one, entered aoalously upon what promised to be a profitable caroer. Thongh their theory was correct, there were mistakes in their management, and for a tinge it soemed doubtful whether The Republican was destined to be & success. There never was a timo, however) when it was not a spirited and euterprising newspaper. Liko most other journals, it bad to encounter finaucial difficultios. We beliove they bave been met and overcome. So urgent was the demand of Chicago for & good journal, that capital was liberally offered, in order to complote an arrangement by which The Republican might be enabled to assumo at once ita proper position. Cineiunati and St Louis had, first-olass newspapors; thore could be no reason why Chicago should be content with second-class. New men stepped into the control of the paper and began to, edit it with great vigor, with enterprise, with courage, and with w'llllldév\dgme_ . Inavery brief pertod they bave more than dou fed its circulation, and they offer to the Republicans of IHinois, nd of the North-West geverally, a journal of genuine Re- publican opinions. The best thing we can say of itis that it deserves to bear the pame it has assumed. Two ‘ot three of its stafi we persopally kuow to be among the very ablest of American journalists. They and their colleagues aro likewise among the truest, so that they make The Republican known for a defender of equal rights and impartial justice for all men. At 8 moment when the industrial interests of the country are im- periled by reckless legislation, or want of legislation, we count it a scarcely less merit in The Republican that it advocates those fundamental principles of pub- lic economy which this journal bas steadfastly main- tained. It etands by o loyal Congresd against a dis- loyal President; it stands by American Industry against British Froe Trade. ‘We can commend it not loss cordially as a well organized mewspaper, which be who dwells in Chicago cannot dispense with, unless he is willing to remain ignorant of what is guing on elsewhere in the world. B THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU. Gen. Howard's letter to the President in reply to tha charges agaiust the Freedmen's Bureau by Gens. Stoedman and Fullerton, is as able and interesting as any document could be which had to be oceupied With answers to absurd and trivial accusations. Aftor Mr. Johuson bad quarreled with the country, he thought it necessary to make his qnarrel good by demonstrating that the Freedmen’s Buresu was su- porfluous. Mossrs. Sieedman and Fullerton were sout on & tour through the South, nominally to report on the condition of the Bureau, really to supply facts or statements in support of a conclusion determined nupon before the start. These Presidential agents had many _qualifications for such & mission, and when they failed, it was not because they found any part of their task'so contemptible asto be irksome to them. They uot only did, but over did, their task, and when their observation fajled pgoy elgd gut the deficiency itk ipyeotion. A mor¢ ong-sided and unjust yoport was mever made than tbat which thoy had the sagacity to offer the President, the effrontery to submit to the people. They spent four months in wandering through the South, hunting for abuses which did not exist, and }he result of their exoursion is a beggarly catalogrie of trivial facts, and & mon- strous deduction therefrom. The jnsincerity *of their pretended investigation is shown by their neglect to examine the records of the Burean in Gen. Howard's = ssomsiofl, They asked him no questiops, d then Complained that they could Dot i uthed) n s(n(;;gnq‘_lofumwumy desired. Gen. Howard sags * there is 80t p Burfad fn Washinglon with o more complete set of reports, books, records, &, than can be produced at this oflice for inspection at any time." Upon this dishonest investigation Messrs. Stead- man and {Fullerton ,founded their sweeping charge of *an entire absenco of system and uni- formity in the constitation of the Burean;” yet the laws that govern it were the work of Congress, aod were approved by the President. We presume, how- ever, that these gentlemen meant to speak of the con- dition of the Bureau, and not of its coustitution. Even in this respect their chargos were vague and without grounds, and we almost regret that Gen. Howard's duty compelled him to expose the wretched pretenses by which they attempt to prove that the Bureau exercises judicial powers in one State and declines thom in another; that the agonts arbitrarily interfere ,with the matter of wages; that the system of receiving and disbursing money is loose. They should bave known, without waiting for Gen. Howard to inform them, that the system of the mm-nmm-unmm by the Bureau, snd that if the pecuniary management of the Buresu is loose, that of the entire Government is out of order. Otber specimens of this investigation aro the attempts to make the Buroau responsible for matters which existed befors its organization, and to cito as present abuses the delinguencies of a fow officers who had boou suspondod or dischargsd Gom offigs, After 1 clnde that Messrs. Stesdman and , Fullerton nounced that ** the Buroau has been, in the s, ’ productive of moro harm than good.” Their opiniow would have had mors weight had'it beon uftared be- fore the, inapoction, for their known wmission, their ¥ conduct of it, aud their published reports destroy what Li¢!ls confidonco may bave existed praviouly im their honesty or judgment ’ Gen. Howard is porfoct!y right in .va.,[.ot'ing that the objeet of the inguisition, as understood by thess oficers, was to briog the Bureau juto contempt bafore tho conntry. Thay made that plain: so plain, in- doed, that the Burcau did not noed this defense, ‘Had Mossrs. Sieadman and Fullerton been wisar, they would havo known that the best way to maintain the Burcan was to attack it with malice, and ignorance, and falsehood. Gen, Howard, however, by thia thar- ough exposition of the workings of the Burean, ond demonstration of ita ‘hecossity, bas probably pre- ventod aoy futnre at acks of the kinl. Wo wish wa could hops muwp_mm by the losson. THE DRA ——— OLYMPIC THEATER. Tt i truly to be regrattod that a drama 3o suggestive (o the imagination, Bo delicate in sentimoat, o portio i spieit, and g0 preturesquo in accossories as “The Muster of wood”’ undoehtedly is, should #0 soon be withdrawn from public gaze. But, somenow, the public gazs has not largely discerned its positive beuulies; and 5o Mr. Grover will displace it at the end,of the present week. ™ It will Lo played sach even- ing, oxcepting ¥riday—when & performance of “Tho Lady of Lyons” is to be given—and it will be played at thy Matinds on Saturday. No votary of the poetic drama can afford to pass if by. To such a one the loss of its representation s ¢ positive loss: for this play revives recollections of e Lrl o etory, wherein romance is life " o world of makes real, too, characters that are ing. Edgar, the dark herd of a wasted life and broken Trwey Ashton, the beauteous, fragile victim of matornal wpita, and ambition ; old Caleb Bolderstoie, the tender. hard headsd, faithful old scrvant, wise, humorous, Mfl aain ; old Alice, wi MA. bis mastor’s lost do: Bioad Scobtish propbecics and her gift of second aight road Sc coles and x It of second- Buektaw, and et tous Jucobiica, and many more: W aro among those who do not thiuk that Sir Walter Scott has beon pushad aside by the moderns ; and to us, 85 to ull of bke play x_:»unl dearer ngsociations than “1he Master 'hat it well acted ot is well prowented an has alrowdy boen said Miss ing: 0 hton i3 gew of grace, and feeling, uict, thoughtfal art. M. Jordau may not enl fill ono's ideal of the spirituslity of Kidgar Rarensioed— the strange, unearthly mournfuluess of mc ish and ‘an awiul deatli—hut ko portrave manly diguity, and trutholuees of seutiment, in point of ncting that botokens o trus artists : [dart, as old Cateb, i o keen: it lifedike, and very touching i its quaint adinixture of sbre ness and hardness and tenderness and venerable simplici Not to waste furthor words, then, lovers of the drama are counseled to seo this picce ere it be withdrawn, (o make rom —as it presently will—for *"The Huguenot Captain.” RISTORI. Madam Ristori, we are assured, bas been welcomed in tho hearticstmauncr in Philadeiphin. She willnot appear again L New-York until the #5th inst.—Friday night of next week. Her engagement Lire will bo limited to six performances. The plagswill_be * Myrrhs,” * Deborub " end * Angelo.” Qv the evening of the 34 of January, Madam Ristovi will play Mary Stwart at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. At the conclision of her engagement in New-York, she is to proceed to the West and South. The subseription book for Madam istori's next six bights at the French Theatre will be opescd ou Thursday, THR STAGE. The Stage—which is the organ of the Managers 13 i fon—a this week o now dress, having beew iy chlarged. Bt R L MR. OWENS. . Mr. John E. Owens made bis first appearance, th season, at the Broadway Theater, on Monday eveving. He ap- red as Gitman, in * The Hay Day of My Lifs;” and alse R Nolom Shingle.” The bouse ey e athon e dinlly welcomed. Few farces are so amusing a8 * The Haj Day’of My Life”" In Giman, Mr. Owens mng the state of infoxication; and, so far oy we can. ) u'nnl perteetiy weal. As 10 his Solon Khingle, it is one of the memor- able picees of stage art in our time. MR. HARTZ. Mr. Haetz the Tllusionist, who reappeared on Mondsy evening, at Dodworth's Hall, was greeted by a large and ssger audience. The room has lately been cleansed and freshened, and looks very well. It has, iiideed, bat one fault—the tion is insufficient, Mr. Haviz excented s number of his fu- wiliar tricks, all of whick are exceedingly good. Tis * Glove and Columu Trick” was "fi clover, and was de- wervedly applouded. The ' IHuman Float i Air" was, of course, the best of his A novelty of a positive charactor isto be ofered next week. it will be ealled * Multum in Parvo.” Most if not all persons Bave hitherto {magined hat sunbeams caniot be catracted from cucumbers. Mr. Hartz will show that one ought no to b positive in his eonvietions s to the idea that * nothing can come of nothing.” 2 “ouss. «Ones" will be bronght out at Wallack's Theater toalght, for the first time. The piece is from tho pea of Mr. Robertson of London—the suthor of * ‘—and it was originally produced at tho Prince of Waley's Theater in that city. 1t embodies & pleassit love-story of and illustrates ho-da British military life, * The scene is laid partly in Eugland and E‘"' inthe Crimea, during the well-remembered Kussian war. r rlwlntltmhh said to hare drawn his characters with idelity b fe, and t ve put very excellent, #| ing » e s B, A VT non, Miss Henriqoes, and other favorite are included in the cast with which the comedy will be given to-night. _ NIBLO'S GARDEN. It is worthy of note that the one hundredth perform- ance of ““The Black Crook” will be given to-uight at Nibio's Garden. No piece has ever been acted in ¢ ity which has Garlen, Mo plcy bee o e et e Tl sl b, 4 ttributabie to the ballet aud the cenery. These atiel re ever r. aincerely hope that managere will not lnne)ulv. Do persaded that the days of the drazm ary ’mt A ballet can dance jtself out of favor as well as lnto it ; put ot 13 immortal, and it is w the basis of it that the theater stands as a soeial NEW-YOBK CIRCUS. There was a good audience at the Cireys on Mon- duy 10 greet the first appearance here of Mr. James Melville, :M Hardle r‘\i:;,‘.ml the A":l.l‘r;linn f-y::lly‘.;:la:;‘evnll ot An i n bt St S he b W e Perg executed oue of her elever and dushing equestrian and Mr. J. B. Cooke performed most bravely wpon the bare bueks of fonr ively stygs, To Visit_ the Cireus is always to be put iato good humor. A Matineo will bo Kiveu to-day. WINTER GARDEN. There will be & Matinée to-day, when * Ray Blas” will be acted for the first time this season, together with the Shakes; n ion called ' Katherine and Petruchis.” e er porlormaen i 13 lciosk ] CANADA. o< b s THE CANADIAN CABINET. BY TELZGRAPH TOTHE TRIBUNE. Ministry Belleati O17AWA, Dec. 18,—~The Cauadian met to- day in council. The Hons. Blair, Campbell, and Me- ga were present. The Council adjourus to-morrow over the “hristmas holiday 4, C.E., Kking a trip occasionally. The Svening Uischssed the best way of bavored tetainiog & portion of ¢ st (3, & gran 1y f. G t has refused lhlbrlfl“. s "m;‘qn 44 to the loss of the steamer Queen Vie- Sm w at the Joss J:n in the open sea, 3¢ THB BANK a number v OF UPYER CANADA. BY TALEGRAPH 70 THB r Togo! C oemergt 4 3o fi:l\; that nfi'fl.’-: hu::: Mo Jos o by TR LI A et by T by ny of pwfl: for salary. That he was D‘ devote his time and services exclusively {0 U Baak. That he, had violated tho provisions £ of e B s Tho Con wation 2 biundering for (our 'months in this way, S , not surprising tho Joluson inspeotors should % croein =3 ?