The New-York Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1866, Page 2

NEW-YORK DAILY 3 CIVIL. COURTS. - 0. 8 DISTRICT COVRT - brc, 20 o Judge BrrTs, Yo i RECRUITS, | Michael Conme A4 John Jump are recruits int 5. A i wse from tie serviee i pos t £ thele not belug 18 years dd . I toup soue fime time n that they . o over 18, they wer ot ] for the boys Bl 1 t v ng that th i g e reeruit, ws to t o wnat, ¢ e, usd Docu 50 amended s o ¥ s proviod e statute After he (rgummeat, the Court touk the papers, ro- serving its docisioii. U.8.C11 “OURT SVALLEY. ] , & .luul of counter- ANTEN(C The follow! foiting, were br 3 Johu Murphy, rfelt compound interost motes, seven years at Lard Jubor in the Peuitentiary at Albaiy Harty Parker, dealing in counterfeit U. 8. Treasury notes, two years ut hard labor in the Peuitentiary ut Albany Catherine Clark, passing counterfeit Discharged 0n ber own recogiizance — UNITED BTATES COMMISSIONE 2.~ before Commissionor BETTS. ALLEGED MUTINOUS CONDUCT—ALL AND INHUMAN TREATMENT. United States gt Thomis Mo Thomas MeCarthy Geo. G, Fletcher. Natioual curreney. 'S OFFICE.- DEC. GED CRUEL These were eross-charges and have been eithier Ly setting apart, s Thave sald, Mr. Pl reviously reported. “The first cuarge wis et | ghare and not usdug it at all, or by accountivg regular feCurthy, by Capt. Berry of the steaer 2 Star, | with him, if rot by atojeable arrangeiocot then by fill s conduct off tho harbor of Peraam- ice in that charge had been iston wntil by McCarthy il for alleg buco, Brazil, ven, the Con ad heard the ade ed emiel and , the | vide ubso » ground |y} that the chinrges were not sustained. | it &ho! nquire and report INTELRESTING CASE OF WILLIAM MURRAY, DISTILLER, | whether Mr. Or the proceeds or " IN BEOOKLYN, | any “part there and - Pine were William Murray was fousd runuing his distillery on the | joiutly interested, m on business B 24th of Scptewber withont license or muthority the 20 of Feviuary, and i ot how he s His cuse was reported to the Internal Reverue Lem from his other money; and referve nevertheless Murzay m that time till Oct. At duy e was fou of whisky on haud Is and pun wheon | a pretended seizure was mac wins found runing the distil A k the whisky beflig warm anbranded. At7 o' was drveu to Deviin's p manufictured g agatn reported fo th a seizare was made and a keeper pla On the seizure of Devlin's papers Nov. 1 wred thit notwithstanding the scizure Murray had been | runuing without interruption, and had sold 11 barrels of whisky to Deviin, On Dee. 4 s place was again seized by Collector Wood and a keeper placed In possession. Twenty hogsheads of molasses were found on the place at the tine, It pow turns out that Marry conti to run his Qisti this | seizure, the keeper acting ns Superintendent, and has run 15 hogsheads of m King nt Jeast 1,300 callovs of | v Yeard that | whisky. On et Attorney Murray wi t word to Collector Wood to tiui effect. 2 this, new 1onikes were | n Thursday and agi and the still ict Attorney | ainst Murray and ob s id in operation. On a warraut to be 1 sioner Newton #2650 to the Collee ther appears that the ow did from October to Nov. liquor to Devlin, The Commissioner Newton this morui —— SUPREME COURT—Ciiavirkns—DEC. 25, INCHALAM BOARD DIFFICULTY — ARGU- L—LAW OF MANDAMUS, Bradley agt. Thomas Stephens and C7 Robert L. Durrugh. The motion in this case was made on an or- der toshow cause fo ry mandatwus to Stephens and Darragh, the P Assistant Commissioner of the Croton Aqueduct , 1o fuduct Mr. Brodley, who was appoluted by the rd of Aldermen on the 7th of December, into’ the office of President of the Board. The present incumbent, Mr. Stephens, refused to sur- | render the office, on the gronnd that the Tax Levy not | only provided for the payment of saluries, but’ ako | axtented the term and wiihdrew from the Mayor the | lg:fllmiug power, He claims wider the following elunisc: “Raluries of the Croton Aqueduct Department, #1350, | The Engineer and Assistant Cownmlssioner of the Croton fice shall contivue in | years, from and vassage of this wet, and any cacancy in their nu led by the members of the Loard remaining in ofice.” furn of Mr. Stephiens sets forth that since the 2th of April, 186 las been President of the Depart- ant, and that ho still coutinnes to discharge the duties of the office, us he has been advised by his counsel; that | lmlm:n'wlln-mu has been appoiuted in the manner pro- | vided by Taw. « n ent of the ea g at 10 o'clock. Before Justice THE CROTON MENT OF COUN People ex rei. Joli ted, nor has | Mr. Darragh returns that he Lias not appo he united with Mr. Cruven, the Chief ) eer, Jn ap- Flmlun: puy person to fill the vacancy in the office of resident of the Crotoh Aqueduct Departine used by t pliens’s term of office. Besides these returns there is the affidavit of Nelsop .J. Batteiby | that after the pussaze of the act referied to, by the Legis. | Inture, and before the signature of the Governor had | Dbeen hed, the clause resd Engineer aund Assistant Comnzissioners, but these words had been subsequently stricken ou Mr. Lawrence, for the relator, argued that the provis- fous of the for an alteration of the cl r of New- York in regard to the Croton Aqueduct Departinent was uncoustitutional, that purpose 5ot being stated in the titie of the net, 1t was further argned that if it was consti- tutional the &I!'ulll aud direct reading 0F the act coald not | u’-pb to the President of the Board, but ouly to the En- | gineer and Assistant Commissione Mr. Marsh, who appeared on bel Ar‘ilwd that these proce od s were hot th 10 teat the right of Mr iley to the offic peeially where the constitutionulity of the law was b ght fu with regard to Mr. Darra s peculiar, he nt Commissioner and th ot beiug the office in dispute. Mr. Justice Ingraham stated that he had considercd the point and regarded Mr. Durrvagh as a proper party Mr. Marsh argued that tho writ could enly be justified | petter title to the office than Mr. on ut Jssue was the title to the office, 1of trying the quest! ture of quo srarranlo, « of the Court to interfere by there was ai the provisio sense local opgrivate; the prououn their iu the cl ferred to the rd as u body, aud not simply o the Ei gineer and Asshitant Cotamissioner. The substance of the argnment of Mr. Hutehine, who Collowed for Mr. Darrugh, was substantia the same, Mr. Brady contended in reply that it was only where the party in office had some color of right that the rule agafnst o mandamus issuing would apply; it would not apply 1o a mere clal In tMs case the Court had but to wread the act Lo see that the ndants had no rizht what- ever. There were no disputed fucts in the ¢ The construction of the , as contended for by the defend- ants, was urh;’runul one that the Court could not en- tertaln it. The Court re od its decision. IMPORIANT QUESTION OF PRACTICE—THE COLUMBIAN INSURANCE COMPANY. Tu re Edward Rowe et ul. The petitioner in this case insured in the Columbian In- surance Company, sud gave premium notes. The Cou- having fuiled, the Receiver commenced suit on notes. The petitioners, on the other hand, had claims agamst the Compauy to nearly the extent of their notes. Fearing, however, thut they could not ‘lhnpfl'ly 0 he expiration of Mr. St. At of Mr. Stephens Proper ones 1 at 1 2 | nfter February | memorandimmn with clerk, wnde by the plantite for a | r o camting up fo the present | I made by L L part of the Ju pou the gron acconnting sl 1 ouly tok s scparated, and no lo . A now 1 g i apinion of the Court on the motion: B C mDOzo, Jo~4 om of opinion that & partu \ | asthe Jury o in this cose=that is, 0 for infte —ix hssoliable by « oue | ) o, thiit Hiit | on with | cording to my withdrew fron d never |t 2l ufterward took any part , Clearly brings the ease within the ntion by - yred from the withdr i proceed with the business, but plication should be partier and bis re Ulis doos not absolutely dispose of the question us to the | poiiod te be covered by the accounti If Mr. Oimshe |l' g of tho proc s ¢ A om the moneys with v Lich Bt thicn put aside . Pind kept it separate and distinet hie carvied on businese snbsequent to tie dasolutioil, tink that period would terminate Mr. Iie's right to an Ko nt. But 1t is perfeetly settled that if either partoe: uses the purtuersuip erty (even ufter dissolution, beforc final ucc ing and distibution), aud wakes profit out of it, Anip wccont that profit us 1or he ¢ or Lo way be charged with interest. st | 1y 10 ohe Would question this milo or its | bility if tiiis partnership were an ordluary one U the purtiers were jute A fn the stock. Put, the I thut they were onl terestod 10 the preceeds, can make | no difference on privciplo. 11 by the use of e proceeds, | in which Vine wus fnterested, Ormsbee | profit, thut profit must be deereed to b Ouinshoo could b pres e and, 1 he omitted to ta thi pirnership fands, ¢ and required decree shonld Tt ought to his Bl in Eagnity for that purpose, either of theso methods, ad used pated s doiNg 80 us 1 LISt The interlocut i Kb e ntiel +tate an accomit” of G cas subsogUOBLY nd dow to the time of his report which will sormation of the court, 8o that when it makes cree ft will be able to say whether Mr. Pine has Feb. 3 only, or to the dato of it to witteh he may b tithed withic oy further referee, accord- ing 65 npon tie referve’s report, and the picadings, proofs, and verdict rt may be of opinion that tue one (o control. The order shouid also pro- e nscertain and report, whether any bruary 2, 1865, were filled after thait 1 of those traussctions sep: the general aceount after Februar )y, even if Mr. Ormsbee should show such & < wounld exempt him from general Habilitics e micht still be bovad nt for ds of such (ranact At all ¢ tter v ill be befou can bo made without further ingu! proposed interlocutory decroe these views, and will be settled attomey. 1 De for the the report; the i joe to Mr. Onnsbec's Emerson . Bhea and vodrich for defens Rogers for plaintief, DECISIONS, ham agl. John 1L M et al, wgt, The inn.—Ordee granted. t Wesiern Lus, Co. —See John Gry Boas, Carr n CARDOZO. BABCOCK AD- Before Jud, ERY.— WM I TO BAIL. wock, one of the defendants in Lord Liond gobbery aud wio is charged with having 1 246,000 of the #tolen bonds, was before the conrt Suturday on o motion by his conusel to have him ad- mitted all. A imilar motion was made fn the Sapreme Conrt Cham- Mr. Justice In- CrAMY THE LOKD BOND MITTH The case of Wm. R. B h constitutional under the p shall be admitted to bail where the case is bailab) was also argued that the evidence upon which the [ndict- ment was found, was fnenfficient to show a guilts know edge on the part of the prisoner, It was strongly urged that the vol returnof tie prisoner from Rhode Tsland when Lie heard of thie diffieulty with regand to the bonds, was sufficlent proof of his willingness to appear by the petitioncr, although two iis comnitinent. ‘The Court, after hearing the argument of Counsel, granted the motion and fixed the 1 20,000, Up toa late hour in the afternoon the sreties had not been piocared. 0. L. stewsrt and John tGraham for defendunt. | Geo. W. Blunt for the people. | ——— SURROGATE'S COURT. | g | i Before Suire The wills of the following de Bave been_admitted to probate during the past week Henry J. Kerr, Ellen Goetschin, George M, Zicglor, D ames Engs! Mary Moore, Charles Bacr ider, John W. smith, George H. Dixon, Juue W, s of Administration have becn gr Howing deceased persons persons | wlla dolnstone, Eliza Her Phayre, Alice Gray, Char- uncey, Henry M. Fowler, Teapella Johnstone, Mouney, Barah Shop- Jos. Kellett, ry Ritwer. urad Kogel, J John Lurel COURT CALENDARS -THis Dav. COURT ~TRIAL TERM. MAR Fleld by Hxansy, 1. —Cou w10 o'cloct, & w "1 Kauflinger agt. Taylor. |2 1%~ Neleon agt. Allen. ey agt. Metealf. —— BUSINESS OF THE COURTS FOR 18 . Below is a statement of the amount of husi- ness transacted in the several Courts and offices con nected therewith during the present year, Our law re porters are indebted to the judge i nd officers of B Courta for courtestes and faciiiiies atforded them in the prosecution of their dutics. SUPREME COURT. on. George G. Barnzxd, presiding Justice, the Hon Leonard (sitting this year in the Court of Appealsi. . W. Clatke, Josialh Sutherland and D, P Ingriham Justices, Jobu H. McKeon Clerk.—Cireuit, Part L= Trials Dy court and jury, 107; trinls by conrt and jury waived, 33 inquests Ly conrt and jury, ¥ inquests by court, 175, complaints dismizsed, 24; canses referred, 21, Tu consequence of the large amount of businese in 1lie various branches of this Court, Judges from other dis hos. W. sotup these ol s in the action, they petitioned the preme Court to compel the Recciver to llow thein 18 & Bet-off. Tt was argued in opposition to the motion that these claims did not arise until after the dissolution of he fl.unfluu were, therefore, not proper offsets against the ers. The following opinion was ren- red by Mr. Justice Ingrehaiu 1 think the doctrine of cquitable set off where motual eredits have existed applies to these cases; that the claims of the petitioners should be allowed agaiust tl glven to secure the premiuins on the insurance, Tnterest shoul®be allowed on both sides from the time when the payments are due. 1t is suggested that, ju the action now mfllnl. the decwsion of this question should e luade at Cireuit. Tt miay be difficult at the Circwt iu an action to recover the face of the notea—to allow such a set off— when the case is tricd bc{'on- o Jury; atany rite, permis- sion should be given to the Recelvers to make such o set off. Asthey do not admit the amounts claimed by the potitioners, a reference might be necessary to adjust the Bocounts of both parties. An order should be entered nllowing the Receivers to make such adjustient, and allow such set off. If they refuse, and go to trial in the action referred to, the partics way then have the beneft of this order. A. W. Speer, for petitioncrs; Mr. Dudley Field, for re- spondents. THE_NATIONAL BANK NOTF COMPANY QUARRFIS. Fitch Shepard et al. agt. Geor H. Danforth et al, The motion in this case arose out of an sction relating to the stock of the National Bank Note Company, on ‘which, it will be remembered, two actions were recently tried. The quostion s simply whether the parties to the n#llll contract for formiug the wlllpl;?‘ being dead, their representatives Lave a continuing right, Mr. Jus: tice Ingrabam delivered the !ouoflnr nfon o the case: “Iam clearly of the opinion thal contract termi- pated b{ the death of some of the parties. The whole ob- fect of the agreement was defeated by that eveut. No mn(lull.ll existed afterward, and the provision that the 08 sliowld be equal fu ull respects, and should boid no than three-fiftis of the stock, could vot be carried out. It was a personal engagement not binding the re resentatives of the deceased, and no part of it could onforced except the third article as to thesurvivors, And even that action would be inoperative 10 a certain ‘extent, because it sontemplated that sl should share in ; whereas, 't‘r represeutatives of the urchased, and the the purchaser ud that of his deccased asso- and Chioate for detendants; Stanly Evarts, Southmayd wnd Laydell for plaintiffs. SUPREME COURT—CitAMRERS— DEC, 2.—Before Justice R MASON. re the petition of Thomas M. Wheeler et al To re the of Thoma: denied Before Justice INGRAHAM, Piteh no‘r“rl et ol agt. Geo. Q. Dauforth et al—The =ufll- i gu snd should be dis- ..v.te&.l‘luthp-m 'ward Rowe lu"mr.': George F. Keller agt. douled. COURT OF COMMON —DEC. 29— % AL TERM—DEC. 2. PARTNERSHIP LAW, This nciion wea toled bedoes s Jiy oo fraped ~Petition on of ef neuvr to make Mattox.~] tricis are compelled to sit in this every term. A statement of the number of canses on the new gon- eral Calendar for 1567, will be published with the day Cal codars for Monday, January 7, 1867, CIRCUIT—PART IL Clerk, John Kempston.—Number of trials by Conrt and Jury, unmber of trials by Court without Jury, 53 numiber of inquests by Court and Jury, 9; number of in- quests by Court without Jur er of defanlts | taken, 1%; number of complaints 4% uumber of cnses referred, 8. No statement 0 this part made out by the Clerk. SUPERIOP COURT. | The Hon. Anthony L. Rovertson, ChiefJustice : the Hons, John M. Barpour, Claudius L. Monell, Samuel B, Garvin, John H, McCunu, Samuel Jones, Justicos ; James M. Sweeney, Clerk ; Joseph Meeks, Deputy. GENERAL TERM. Number of caes heard and decided, 219 ; nunier of mo tions heard and decided, 9. BPECIAL TERM. Number of motions heard and declded. ncludivg mo. tions In Chambers, 5, number of naturalizatio 000 p TRIAL TERM, Number of canses trled, 433 ; number of inquests, 199 ; Acelaration of intentions’ by natlves of Great Britain, 1177 ; declaration h" natives of other countries, 1,364 : du- plicate certificates farnished to parties losing thelr orikin ) certificates, 5,000 ; number ot causes on calendar, 3,194 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. ‘Tho Hon, Charles P. Daly, Jolin R Brady and Alvert Cardozo, Judges; Nathaniel Jarvis, jr., Clerk; Thomas M, Landon, Deputy. General Term—Appeals from jndgments aud orders at Bpecial Term, 76; appeals from judguients of Marine wnd District Courts, 220, cclal “Terus—Causes on Jury calendars, 1,90; causes dlspo TR dar without & jury, 107; cause: tried under law in relation 10 unsafe buiklin: of habeas corpus, and declsions thereon, &j:f granted, 31; change of namcs, 13, iuventories of propert, assigned and assiznces” bonds fiied, v ouigiu cerutl. cates of citizenship, about 8,000, duplicate cortiticates of cltisensbio given (o partics losin einale, 1100 appll catious fo o ary y, bounty and prize e R e Thon, % R BOSRX A8 Tromas H. LANDON, Deputy Clerk. IN THE COURT OF APPEALS. ALeANY, Dec. 27.—Ordered, that the Calendar be firwt called at the next term of this Court on Wednes- day, the 2d day of January next, and that no day-calen- livorces dar be wade up for T Yy the first duy of the teim. Bl ! CRIMINAL COURIS. ! et COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS, [Before Justice Kelly.] i The list of offenders brought up for trial on Saturday was rather larger than Saturd: Shown, 8nd. the varicty, s well as the e of 0% | offenses was rather out of the cowmon order which on ted to the epleure in criminal staple dishes of Em larceny with very little relief from any sort of side dishes. O Satarday last the calendar pre- sented 8 most unusual, if not welcome, variety. ‘There were In all 46 brought forward !{r trial and sentence. These were divided as follows : Petit larceny 11; amault and battery, 14; keeplng unlicensed .gu.:;‘ i gaml €] antmals, strueting rallway, 1 vw:& ’mul’hv,x; mulh . prisoner, 1; . Total, 46. it of and assault-and battery, ) cases, Tug COLD DROVE HI¥ 70 IT.—Wimn. Cook was brought up charged by Jacob Hynes with stcallng a coat It cems that William, who s but fily provided ywith vor- | meuts tor 1 the cold winds of the laat iow lA:‘!,N‘QI imber of gayments hauging up i front of e stol Mi. 1y nes, sudendy was seized with o desire to Juve a d the desire seized him tlan bo at, snatehing It dows frow A | re it t of the store. William v vever, db- | 1ttle peentntion, and infore 't | | wafely | and made to her b | acked Me, Ttoss an m a th | For this assault snd buttery be browgl.t suite i the linghing-rtock of the Cowrt, | fiaed §10 for the tecluienl nssanlt. lin Eixthave. He sacceeded in producing sufficient | case of Chiaries G. Patterson o | e propr / TRIBUNE, he ¢ v puesued and wpprebesded. Wil iteniary for fonr months. A wnn herse Ross et fu L A CHBISTMAS THEE.~ Tifrty-f drenire the =ome ehil on Here n tromcnds y AWIg Ot every A to come are iny ous Cliristiis tree was tiade, and ey branch bore some sort of o present for some oue of the many Hite oues. When all was ready It was Jocked ep over nlght I the schoolheuse, ito place a few thieviing buys broke, on the diy before the picseuts were to be given, and iwlped theniscives (o the gifis tiat were hanging from the braelies of the troe; they stole ail the wax-lights, aud then, b 1 the s, they 4 ving tuken o absolnfely stole the tiee f, sdews Here they were enng stenlers” were seut 1o tho Tlouse of L cuch, CRUELTY T0 ANIMALS—Joscph Saffe was charged by Timothy Fulvey with eruelly beativg lis horse witha bourd, and then with # shovel. The prisoner did not de- ny that tho “baste got ugly, and then I got ugly, wnd then © it the ugly buste across the lead wid a shovel, an’ that’s all” The defendant, who was ditver of dirt cart, was fined & hie” 600 found means to pay, and ko escaped Toeking up. A GAMBLING HoUSE—Officer James G. Rusher com- plained that Mr. Henry Foster keeps a gambling honse it ont ou the t. The * Christimis-tree for b year proof, and the defendant was §200. ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE A PRISONER.— M. Peter Whalen was charged by Policeman Julian Marzani with attempt- ing to rescue o prisoner from him, in which atteipt he iceecdcd, with the help of confederates, Winlenw wus fined #29. Mivor ASSAULTS.~Frank Coffee for an assault on Osear Steinfeld was fined #15 . Patrick assaulted Ed- ward Hayden, and got 20 daye in the City Prison. MINOR LARCENIES. llen Lyneh stole a pocket book from Frank Stefuberg, and got months. ... Thomas Wilson and Thomas McCurmick stole an oak ehair from Charles Gitloe, and got two months each. .. Margarei Mad den stole sheets, aud got two months, ... Willim O"Iir and Michael Devlin, boys, stole 2 in moucy from Wi, A. Zwinge, got «ix months cach Adjourned to Thursday, Jun. 3, 1867, | S —— THE TOMES POLICE COURT. Eefore Justice DOwLING. Trerr ok A Honrse axp Treex.—On Satur- day wight, Officer Giynn of the Sixth Precinct, arrested John Camphell, while driving s horse attached to a truck the prope and valued ot v for s few moments by the owner, at the corner of Madison and Jomnessts., wid it is clarged, were driven off by the ccused. Justice Dowling committed him to the Towbs for triul. ATIEMIT TO PAss A Forcep Cnnc afternoon Henry Sinpson, a young Gern Bexibos himeclf a8 & bookkeeper, residing at N sau-st., Brooklyn, presented for colleetio Market Bunk of this city, what parpor for 160, drawn by Mesirs, Board & merchants, Simpson informed the § Jamos Stivers, on presentiog the and truck On Satunday , who de peceived it from the above fir ness. On looking olosely at the s Mr. 8tivers discs ed That 1t was n forgery, and consed the Officer Nl the Sceond rest_of Bimpson, by . The acensed was taken to the Tombs, where of the above firm appeared, amd on ny that the check win w forgery, Justice g ¢ uitted Shupson to the Tombs for tiial, in de fault of #1,000 budl. ARREST OF A PICKPOCKLT while Mrs. Mary Schenek, o boarder at the Merchuots® Hotc), in this city, was crossing on one of the Jersey City ferry boats, she felt & hand in the pocket of her dress, and of the aforvsaid hand into the On Baturday afternoon, Daulel Fallon on the charge of cruelty (o a horse which he wax driving, attached to & licensed vendor's wagon. The antinal was limping from the effect of # sore foot, aid was others ise unfit (o labor, Justice Dowling held the accused to bailin the sum of 0. Tur BECENT GAMBLING cinet on 8, a ASE d-st., Who was M libel, nrday, the 224 fust., on @ charg A Abell, arrested on & preferred by Mears. 8toke tors of a gambiing establ Justice Dowlinz, Y ense has already bhoen reportes TRIBUNE. As the Decessary Withesscs were 2, the ¢xamination was sdjoursed uutil £y 5, #t 11 o'clock a. u. 1e was lntimat ' ho setiled b somo muiuer by the ——y ESSEX MARKET POLICE COURT. [Before Justice Shandiey. | Ax Uxisviren Visitor Dogivg Dissei— John Wilkes was ch with The complaini st., came up befo Saturday last length " glary on complaint of t testifies that on Katur- SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS | d rooon, while sittiug at dinber i the | Aling, No | in the upper roon \ t. Pl | prisoner, whom he pursucd P o | guantity of silver spoons, which he b .yT-In.h»n_’nml some o | Burglar's teols fro Je prisonce Waw The call is No. 165—Joues »; | Sreatise.—Johs Commer- | ling » cont, vest, pair of pant- loons and a ~ilk dress, value $33, from the residence of | Jostah Webberley, No, 142 First-ave.,, and when brought ‘ | Defore the Conrt bie udiitted his guilt, but pleaded pov erty as anexcuse. He was connmitted ee—— CRIME - HOMICIDE IN THE EIGHTH WARD. A GERMAN SHOEMAKFER MO ALLY STABRED IYER'S SHOP, N s | ¢ evening two and the other white, entered | the shoe p of Christian Manch, located in the basement of No. 46 Thempson-st. None of the fumates were present b the time but @ workman known as ““Charley.” The Dad but o few o . A man naned M Shortly before 7 MO DOW T M nts previous stepped out f Yoyed in ) [ ason, employed the sb hearing loud talk o Jooked throngh the g1 sarty seemed 10 he quarreling about the price of » palr of hoots. it @ few words bad pas<ed, when, to the horror of the Jooker-om, the negro drew wdirk knifo from his poc and stabbed the workman thiee times in the lower part of the ahdomen, the right bieast, and near the center of the breast. The wounded man al once foll backward to the floor, with the blood znshiug from his wounds. The as- at onee Ned futo the street, accompanied by his sion, and before the horrified witness could re- | 2’ his murprise ni the snddenness of the oceor- a1 uronnd the corner. Mason the affalr having L Capt. Mills st once officers in pursuit of man had been conveyed L but it was at once app: ut physielan that there was 1o chiance vy. He was Insensible whien taken from the shov-shop, and never recovered conselousness. i few momente after being taken into the drig store. The body wis then taken to the Elghth Precinet Sta- tion-House in Wooster-si,, near Priwcest., aud yesterday it was vis.led by Coroner Wikdey. His employer did not know the full name of the mur- Aered juan, Be having been in bis employ but a fow days or where hix friends or relatives lived. © Mr. Manch B Heved, however, that he had friends residing in Brooklyn, but fn'what street be could not tell. He added that de- ceamed had told him that, be lore entering his employ, o worked in a shop in Thirty-fourti-st., between Eigl i iind Nipth-aves. Under these cireumstances, Coroner Wildey deemed 1t best to Temove the hody to the Morgue, ut Bellevue Hospltal, for identification, A adjourned the inquest until Thursday next. Deceared was a native of Germany, aged abont 25 years, country nine years. He s about 3 fect # laches in hight, of wedinm huild, has black halr, thin jmperial, and is Aressed in black felt hat, brown (‘nrd‘:gan Jacket, black yihbed eassimere pantaloons, white shirt, and hoots, Boon after midnight Detective Glynn of the Ejghth Pre- ¢inet arrested o colored man fu the Fifth Ward on snspl- Cion of being the murderer, but on confronting him with d the inmates of u shoe shop at No. 42 Thomp- , which place the men bl entered but o few mo- he assanit, they st ouce decided that he d the suspected individual was ac- cordingly dischar On “aturday night a colored man known as *“ Bummer (havley” was arrested by Detective Field of the Fifth Preeinct for having serfously stabbed a man on the 10th of Novenber lust. Since his arrest, from facts that have since transplred, 1t i= believed that he was concerned in the murder, and is sccordingly held to awais further de- velopment phorin HEAVY FORGERY BY BOYS, 000 PROCURED ON A FORGED CHECK—TWO OF THE BOYS AREFSIED-$8,300 OF THE MONEY KE- COVERED. For several months past Joseph Jucobs, aged 16 yeurs, s been in the employ of Messrs. Messinger, Gil- lott & Co., dealers in live hogs, st the Communipaw Abat- toirs, in New-Jersey, aud has been in the habit ofurr(- ing large amonnts of money cheeks for the firm to and from the Fourth Nutioual LN meuts before U was not the man, “ i 1 wished 1o with Snonnt, it were Bee kv ol Linade 14 ol v ithont ) i Friduy t wshare oL the p bly e ari followed in pi in from tie b Hits read el ey of o0, ® to PLitalpai dele weerds of the forg toxl ere | rauiif, Durli g ¥ b L wier pessed of b Woney tiey sieceded in fust liviLg. $290. Merer three s mix to e ilau 1 0 ments, b bu o st monfous-lookiug individual eal , No. & Washington ne s time and | ln'-‘pt ¥y coneluded te ihter. 1 also pretende thief could position is that ho w On Frida A SINGU Mrs. Cartis, residingat No. 60 Hudson-st., 1To- e vinlned at s100, while w y ubght, and was not mado £ hinel made good his d to Hodge's anl while on proximity of i slight jeik on ber 1 down u litthe, unon orteriog misscd the hind th L KU 1 OVer i ted, but t tul HORSE During t 1 it b the saloon they A SLIIES OF FOR( On Satuwlay, Jolm O'Conuor, employ of M. John Monlson of No rested by Detective the chorge of having forged a che drawn by his cmoloy o u t w Tiever & Colg by u fort imil ks w T for Wild ear Arawn by Messt i, or wis defectes Dt Dok 1 under the LAR AND DAT Miw. ( tall hick shawl, Sear 10 clue of the thief HIEVING ¢ 't andl folt Ihwell of the second purportic Tradosm w's g y, v on Investigation 1. O« 10 guied; the ot W found I (e ctivet. o by compartig 1y Lis e W wrrestedd ut the Weste RING r o i, and thus to give informntion whe this proved false, and the sup- veonfederate of the thief. vk, Mo S o 5. Mott The st. O be obtal ERATIONS. of the wi 1 id hired e of 1 POARDING=HOUSE THIEF. FOUng min el Hobok the doset Pt sanie manner af Paterson on Christinas off a new suit of clothes worth $60, and also at a rather ged work at Con Cenest., Thursday right DESCENT 0N GAMBLERS CAMING INPLEMENTS SE1Z5 D, L neting Captaln Garland, accompanicd by id & platoon of wen, all attached to wde a descent npon th So sidden o 81 Pave, Ming 18 causing great excitement nall that regl men re<ided and were at well K A 7ens of New Ul Amonuting to $105, Was also s her amd the ganiing table " lonns B nee gave the own L R e oy A e ttiooned | My of o g who it tarn hawded hins oser to ? party had an a0, - » 101 » b4 e | ol « [ o b p Ve s name s i disimissed tie previous application, viz: That | s FHOET ¥ | romen 1d be to the court in which the " o valuable siiy b It a0 saoh application had | CRUELTY T0 ANIMALS.—Officer Crook of the Sixth Pre- | il we Aming i lice Head portanity ad of 100 iy er deal-hox Kmansing yeirs ol ™ r1ze. The g tion- wked wp tor ti Robbing roud with betng th to rer ol dquarters. TesTH Theli vy gambler, 24 years ol ok i nelin s by the Latior was T Duting Friday o hox f o of 0 s hie night ) before Justice hic pro he having t hle-ny i that no ve, and the fifty oo , one 1y e artich oy s and ocenpat h I THE STORM. IN OF RAILROAD ADDITIONAT, PARTICULAL: — THAINS—A TRAIN ON TH TADY AND | SAKATOGA LOAD EUIIED BINIATI TLE SNOW— ENOW BANKS TWENTY VEET DLEP, &C. DY TRLRGK M 10 THE X, % THIRENS T10¥, —The eity is still snow bonnd. No t yaltormeon, "Yestos f 1 stvand roud for Schicnee- | tutty nid utso b A Saratoga rosd, but in caeh ¢ vy ed 10 teturm after proceciing f o Sehoneet | ana s [ A loconiotive | train of & koW vk o b dow 108 ciiy 1 st § sty rd| h for a Joie distare sitmday | " Bl i Hutn | Gontrad the streets wiil 1ot be x bon In | SR T o boy in the st tor ot sl e of Juhin g Seotelman i M. Mol it ack Y. ned. a sameti- Crishel's livery et oo a vali trending [l me of valuabl e 5 Patrick Fion, ris, patutor. years of uge 5 John Willlans, ors and tmplewents owse i Spring-t., whero the eaterday morning 3 een o engaged waj was i the toum, lookirg on, the wis an officer. s of $300, $300 bail cach. uents wiil be sent to the Property PXCITEMENT OVER THE NEW-ULM TRAGEDY, DY THLEGRAPH To THE N. Y. TRINUYR Munkito where th pl Dee. 29, Iyuched Leonght down for burial, and hive started up with the deter on i #hot him: i wrm * Farey fired, th zurds, ar * both siles., SHOCKANG Haxrvoni ihert We ndy. ar ent rush act. BosTON, Dee 1f throngh the head ier, by alifornta, | ul s they are well muke 8 few more P TRAGEDY X Dee. 29, arl tered the room, ul. putting the pis ing thirough b % belleved to hase 1o ¢ funers tol his rig ad and into the boo s was Dughly esteen ined his rank in th v death of his broth engine st Mare Tsl weens. the cause of bis HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN BOSTON. bank bills. WASHINGTON, Ded. posed {0 have been committed by the same purty. A pecial officer of the Department has been sent to inves- A POST-OFFICE KOBBED. kate the matter. tigate the matter. ——— e — Trr Wiisky Fraups,—On Saturday last the cases of Davis und Cunningham came up before Commissfouer Jones, and the parties cousented to walve further exami- nation and give ball to awalt the examinatien of the Graud Jury in Ja The case of the LY) - BROOK NEW ing spirits nuder the pretonse of man: dict, not the it will on Satarda; Bochme, Rowe, District Attorney anee o not he clared forfeited, he parties; but pressed, inasmneh as the uf: The New-Ulin traged ospe Targe body of eit wtion to have them at 1 they will bring s in New-Ulm, on s frared, as groat exasperation exists GLASTENBURY, CONN, y last evening Lieut, son of Thaddeus Welles of Glustenbury, with pistol, in Lis father's pistol in hand, threw his Kissed him,’ exclaimed ht templ 20.—Last evening a hawker of goods, known ax the “ rich pedier,” was assaulted and robbed on the road hetween Marlhorongh and Southborouszh, by three footpads, of §5,000 10 Government securitic ~The Post-Office at Ches- ter, Pa., was broken open on Friday night by burglurs and every letter in the office opened and the contents ab- b | atracted.” From the manner in which robhery wos committed, nnd certain other facts resem the reeent | oo robbery at Port Deposit, M, the two crimies wre su Hox ary. Yuited States agt. Henry Jackson, ar- veated for infringing the Internal “Revenue law by distill- cturing ehloro- form, was concluded on Saturday, and Commissioner Newton held the accused to awilt the action of the Grand Jury. I:lyw United States Cireuit Conrt, hefore Jndge Bene- the recognizances of Messrs. Angus, Schwablus were, on motion of the on_account of the t 13 understood that have promised to appear in court on Thursday nex ———— BPEAKER (OLFAX—LECTURE AND RECEFTION.— Speaker Colfax delivered his popular and iuteresting leo ture, “ Across the Continent,” in Plymouth Church Saturday evening last, uuvnr‘ udicnce. After the lectnre the tence of Mr, Henry C. Bowe: prominent citizens, irrespective of Brooklyn, and had been in this ldllflsl{lu reception at the resid Hights, where many party assembled. Tre EMeranp Bay, —— be held at the Academy of Music, January next. The most made for the occasion. Tur EArLy-CrLosiNG MovVEMENT.~TIt is un- derstood that the dry-goods merchants of the Eastern District, with one exception, will close their places of Dbusiness at 7 o'clock, p. . Rrreer COMMISSIONER'S APPOINTMENTS.—The newly elected Street Commissioner, Robert E. Furey, bas made the following appointments: Deputy James , John Brookl! wmple prov o — ————— Mecanley; Chief Clnrk, Chiarlos B. Cianey; “Foreman of Hepairs, J. F. —_— DaxGErs OF Ciy CAr TRAVEL—A narfow escape from a serious aocident was had on the Bleecker- st. line on Saturday. Asone car came to s halt at the T Long. uk, located at the corner | foot of Flm-st. hill, according to the runuing the car following came do 1l; Inspector lary e ~The 29th annual ball n ald of the Roman Catholle Orphan Asylum Soclety will m, on the th of slons wre belng r the 1st of Junuary. waK ur ot the The Lin Mg ith t Mlicer ation, i i where bo is now detaincd awaiting further develop: | heen itely dne 1 Y wers of 1 re me- 90 Yours v Patrick v s wnd ties telear. No Albang trafn has been here in v div Isios of the Coiiti bs clear. “The storm which hag prevailed bero g hae been of unusual severity O8WEGo, Dex shice Thursdiy & Ihe Rowe, Watertown und Ogiensburg and Reme and «d up by the snow. The w Wik Bcft here for J.-..mdn(mnmmg ot fast nd o bt east of Moxieo, Wiere it wpeilcd to romadin wll uight, ‘Thero have been no from Rome stice Thursdiy vight. On the ot through, but this time, The weather Ouwego ronds Lave beei bl [ Cuwego and Syracuse rond the traing 1 hours beld; to-duy i BUFFALO, Dee, 20.—No treins have arrived or departed from avy point east of Rochester today, on the Central Railroad. The track is expected to be clear to-night. The Lake Shore rond, between Luffalo and Dunkirk, i aban- doued for the prosent. Passengors golng cast from Cleve- L are traneferrcd to the Erie roed nt Duskirk. The r meted, i the through trabis from thme, The Great Western and Grand bstructed and runuing on their usual time. THE STORM AT HALIFAX. HaLtvax, Dee. 29.—Heavy gales from the sonth-cast since Thursday night, Telegraph poles have been pros- trated aid other damage doue. Beveral vessels Lave beeu dataged at the wharyes, HEAVY STORM ON THE PACIFIC COAST. San Francisco, Dee, 20.—A terrible storm, lasting | ahout tiree hours, passed over Nevada ou the 27th inst. Ruin and hail poured down alternately, accompanied with thunder aid lghtoing, flooding the strects and stores, Fenees wero levelcd to the ground, and large vuks and plues suappod off as though they were pipe steis. THE WRECK OF THE COMMODORE. STATEMENTS OF TUE CAPTAIN AND PILOTS. mer Commodore, which went ashore on e during the gale of Thursday night, broke up on Friday afternoon and evening, and her curgo was acattered along the beach, Wreckers were at work Satnrday and yesterday saving such poitions of the < could he reached. The people of Hermitage, nd, were kind to the suffering pusscoge 1in their powcr to render them comfortable untl v left for New-York. 3 stateinents are made by the Captain and Pilots of the boat © Capt. Curtis says: When the stenmer loft her wharf, foot of ¢ tiandt-st., the wenther was alittie hazy, with witd to the weatward and the promise of & file eve- thing worthy of mention transpired until 104, cast of Falcon Island, when the squall struck 1 to, sweeping away the entire broadside of the forward bulwarks, with ail the coal i the starbourd fireroom, the ¢ irou floor aud the stuarhoard smoke- For half an lour [ attempted to | gt e off before the wind, but, finding this impossible, tricd to get her head to wind; bot this could not be ac- ForhR complisiied, on aceount of the galo and leavy sca. In A NvstngERr ARRESTED— | SRR Ch she labored very hird until about 12 o'cloek, At an carly hour on San- | when the other smokestack weat overboard. We then drifted ut the merey of the wind and the waves untii she went luside the bar, where we anchored at 20 minutes to At the smokestacks went over- ard we hied about 10 inches of steain, enough to work the wkey pump. We dare ot increase the suount of steam for fear of fir At this time wo were not making water dauger from that source, but ut 5 o'clock she sprung s-leak. Al hands that 1d be sparcd wssist- ed at the parips, several of the passengers assistl The pumps were Kept at k until she struck, when the ater commenced making so rapidly that we slipped her i and let her go ushore on the beack three miles west of Hortow's Poit Light and not Ifa milo irom Hermitage. The pussengers wer all landed safely o 3 o nays: We made all {arerP i The 38T fook the veascl, called the second watch, Capt. Brown, aud lay n hour after [ felt her coming t ]\ml?«l out and assisted at the wheel, but the ight being shifted to leeward, and the ship being on ber b shie wold not keep off on her regular course. We then dertook to bring her to the wind, but could not, in steam chimness, W ud had not draft enough We made Horton's Polnt Light three~quartcrs r hefore we anchored, keeping the ship to west- puch as we could. owi's statement 1% as tollows: T came on wateh lieving Cupt. Monroe, The boat at that on her usual _course, beading east, with ded right along by Faleon fock. From the time t Monroe, or; o Wi K wind west, © proc and Light, the wind increasing after we passed it When she broached to, five men were at the wheel. We were then heading south south-east, south by west. That s the best we could do, keeping her off on her usual course, We ran 30 minutes lu this way, the boat unman- Wieable, the wheel hard a starboard ull the time, the sea breaklik ncross ber and wishing the freight ovirboud. W then changed the wheel hard @ port to get her to the westward, aud kept the wheel in that position, heading from west south-west to south south-west, that being us Yigh as she could come up. The wind had then changed a little on the starboard bow. The wheel was kept lurd # port wnttl we anchored, The anchor held the boat in that position until 63 o'clock, when she sprung a leuk, when we slipped the starboard ghains and pated the lar- board chains. Tho leak gained =o rapidly that it w ond impossihle to keep the veasel afloat long, when we held & consultation and concluded it best to slip the chaius and go ashore. The engineer of the boat says: The engines worked well up to 104 o'clock, with 20 pounds of steamw. About 11 o' lock, when we Jost the smokestack on the starboard shie heeled down to port so much that we could not nto the port boiler fire room. We kept the bilge full enns of the donkey and two bilge pumps, Ked by the main engine, We kept a good steam up on the starboard botler until 1 o'eloe when the main steaupipe hauled ot of the aipjaint, that she blowed off steain about as fust s we could make it. We had 16 pounds, enough to answer Urposes, when we came 10 auchor, At 2 o'clock, when the second nines still worked well, and after worked to keep the boat 1 the nnchors. Capt. Curtis ordered the water to bo Bot'out of the starhoard boiler s0 ua to heel the hoat in shore land the passengers In safoty, From 10§ to the time we erossed the bar we lad to hold the valves up with the starting bur, 80 that the steam would fallow the piston the full length of the stroke; otherwise the engives wonld have stopped on account of the boat being heeled so that wheel was deep in the water, e passengers on board were emigrants or ople who could not ufford to lose the price paid for their passage. They had all returned to this city on saturday. arched board which came ushore at Lambert’s Cove yes- terday had the letters *Sylph” cut in the center in siall letters, Thero also eame ashore s sharp steru boat ined black, truks, rigeing, sulls, deck beams, part of ouse, &c. Probably the mrklfl]pn of Boston has gone 1o pieces and all Kands are ‘The bark A of Providence is in Tarpaulin ¢ h loss of nu:t:;ln:w A hermaphrodite brig is sunk in Vineyard Sound. NON-ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER MEXICA' BALTIMORE, Dee. 20, —Some interest is felt for the safety of the steamer Mexican, which safled from Liver- Pool on the 6t December for this port. PROTECTION FOR LEATHER MANU- FACTURERS. T the Editor of The N. Y. Tribune. Sir: The Tariff Question, now agitating the country and which is uner the consideration of the pres- ent Congress, 1, to the leather manufacturing interest ot the country, oue of vital lmportance. We cannet con- tinue the buiness and pay all the taxes imposed on indus. try by the present Internal Revenue Laws unless we ire afforded & protection from foriegn manufsctured goods, that will at least place us on an equality, W our owu markets, with forelgn capitalists. 1t 1 well known to the writer of this article that since and fu, | 1846 the import duty on certaiu Kinds of leathershas e ndin- | inerensed only five per cent, while since that time there vhid® | has been tmposed on the raw stock and tannivg material fully ten per cent; and dunug the last five years the cost of labor has inereased at least onehu! per cent. Now when yoi remember that wo have to pay an internal Tevenue tox of five per cent on the gross amount of onr sales, you will see that T have not overstated the matter. st have protection, or shut up our shops. A LEATHER MANUPACTURER. New-York, Deo. 29, 186¢. e — e QUEENS COUNTY NEWS. = FaraL AccipENT ON THE LONG IsLAxp RAILROAD.—On Friday sfternoou, Mr. Rawdon, residing st Queens, formerly of the firm of Rawdon, Wright & ers, while wi on the track of Nassau and Pine-sts., where his employers kept an ac- | of the Company, count, ' rapid rate, and before the brakes could be sufficen Recently young Jacobs became acquainted with two lplflnl w the car, the dul“;g‘nflh oar e other boys of about his own . One s named Edward | in advance, it from the track. " J. Browii, and the other i only kuown as “Max.” but ia | in the forward car, the , had bythe | New-YEA®'S AT THE Crry Havr—His Honor T A around the Hudson River ot K o Bk pow was i 1hbs 680 car .p.-u:l Mayor Hottmas will ecelve his friends and follow cltizens now- | was that Jacobs was intrusted of mouey ( to down declivity uutil the whs st the Governor’s Room, City Hall, en New-¥ Day, his gmployers, the other thelr com- 'alm'un&:m‘ o Dbetweon the hours of 11 o'clock 8. m. aud ] o' » W westi, Doe. 20.—The storm fs over, but the rwll | 3 300,000 probahly be passed. rvse 5 1881 Coup . 10} Weat Union T R ex 500, ... b0 10§ I eeiess.onee DN ichigan Centy A O o e . M Mic oo Big| 0. v 40, Illinots Central 100, .. 1 100 1), Atlaatic Msll 80. . 0o oee. leve & Pitts 0. § Pacifio Mail 1, 200, 100, 1,08 . 100, Mich S04 f Bouds | 160 ... .. ... 953 100, Clide & Gt East | m 100 o . . 7L 100, 1 Taud Pa7s | 100 0 R 50 K B0, New.Jersey ¥ 25, 0000m, con 108 Alton ‘aad T Haute 100, 300,24 call. 1163 2 |Mil &SP pr 200, blo, UPEN BOARD OF DROKERS—I0 A. M. Erie Chiec & N West 1,200 400.. 107} 1,800........... Cley & Tolodo s X 110} Chiie R1& Pa 3110} 400........ c.1 o1 est 11!» ... w100 UPEN BOARD OF BROKERS—1P.¥. |Cliie, R 1s .68 [ 60.... .. 68 | 300 675 20 64 100, 3 67§ Clov & Toledo -, 1 . ... 12431 200 o THp . 67§ Milwaukce & St PL" | P Ft. W. & Chio | 100, +ee0. 30 | o7 €..1054 Mil &StPpl i — BATURDAY, Dee., 20--P. M. Gold has been firm all day and eloses at 133} aftee selling at 122§@15¢, The market is now largely oversokl and is strong from this canse for the moment. The export of specie to-day was $556,906, and for the week, $1,075,000. Gold-bearing Government stocks are all up from A1 per cent, and upon guite small purchases. The 7.30s. are also higher and in good demand for tempor- ary investments. North Carolina fs rose L per cent. In xailway mortgages a small business at former rates, The miscellanons list is more setive, Cumber- land Coal has got up to 90, an advance of 14 per cent since yesterday. It is dangerous to buy or to sell unless the stock is in hand. Canton Company rose 9 per cent, Western Union, 11, and Adams Express, 7 per eent. Pacific Mail was especially active and sold at 167, an advance of 5 per cent. The general share market was feverish and showed no remarkable fluctuations in any direction. Erie was held firmly, | but thers was an abundance of stock to he had. North Western Preferred was dull, but some firmness was shown in the common shares. Fort Wayne was steady, and 107 bid freely, The market is almost entirely “a brokers' market,” outsiders having little interest, except as hokders at highor prices, and wait- ing to get out without loss. At the close the follow- ing prices were paid: New-York Central, 110, 211045 7168 ; Hudson River, 127; Reading, 105}@ Michigan Southern, $23@52; Dlinois Centraly ‘leveland and Pittsburgh, $91@%0}; Cleveland and Toledo, 124} : Rhode Island, 103} ; North Western, $43@45; do. Preferred, a79,; Fort Wayne, 10@ 104}, ex div.; Ohio and Mississippi Company, 2{@%0; Pacific Mail, 106}; Atlantic Mail. 111; Canton, #&@ 40}; Cumberland Coal, 90a%; Quicksilver, 4#4a457 Mariposa Mining Company, 1213, The supply of money to brokers at T per cent on call has been ample, and the offerings about the street are quite numerous. Nothing less than 7is talked of, and borrowers are ready to pay it. In com- mereial paper the rates are unchanged. Best names pass at 7 per cent, and names usually called fair can be had at paying rates. Collections from the interior are sluggish, and merehants in numerous instances are obliged to take care of both sides of their bill-book. From the Wess and South commercial advices are alike unsatisfac- troy, aud it is apparent that the year 1860 will yield alarger harvest of bad debts thau has boen made in & long time. Great hopes are entertained of relief from Congress, but it is bard to sec how that body can help people whose dilficulties proceed from over- trading upon paper money, which, having performed its task, must now be retired. Help will be given to the public at large by reducing taxation to the point. ‘where nothing but interest on the national debt and the ordinary expenses of Government wonld be roal- ized. 'This would cheapen the prices of commodities, stimulate production, and give fresh employment to Jabor: but it would not relieve people from the ne- censity of paying existing debls with commodities selling at half their cost. Relief cannot eome by in- creasing the amount of irredeemable paper, and it - safe to assume that Congress will commit no sueh folly, but allow the policy of contraction adopted st the last session to continue in full force. All that is wanted in the way of new legislation is authority te the Treasury to pay such a commission as will change speedily the 7.50s into 5-20s, or an absolute long bond at » less rate than 6 per cent, if it can be done. What is needed is a conversion of 7.50s and of compounda 0 rapid as to make it absolutely certain that no cur- rency will be ealled for by the Lolders at matarite. The conntry has been damaged enough already by using the National debt as circulating money, and any price will be cheap which will convert debt eall- ing for currcney at maturity into funded debt, to be paid when the country recovers somewhat from the losses suffered in suppressing rebellion. A talegram from Washington says : » 113 bri his Ml providing that the .Vu?gn'-‘ll "fim".-rmg"!nu not incrensed over 000, m-adlxu-ly after the bolidays, snd it Wik 1 My, Hooper will press this bill succossfully through, he will rendor the country a asting benefit. In Freights. the engagements to Liverpool aie 508 Dbales of Cotton at id; 2900 boxes Cheese at 28 and per steamer 3,000 bales of Cotton at Fa0-hut To London 180 tuns of Oil Cake at 2. 6. To Genos. 000 bbls. of Petroleum at ts. To Marseilles 30 pr. of Lard ot §d., and 26 hhids of Tobacoo at $11. Bills at 60 days on London are quoted at 108@108% for commercial, 100109} for bankers’; do. at short sight, 110@1104; Paris, at 60 days, 5.174@5.15% do., a% short sight, &A131@5.11%; Antwerp, 5.17@h.16%; Swise, 5.174@5.16% Hamburg, 36i@eh; Amsterdam, dli@ 413 Frankfort, 411@413; Bremen, Wj@™i; Prussian thalers, T1@724. E Megsrs, Fisk & Hatch give notice that they wilt lcytlomdu:n. 1, on the first mortgage honds of the Central Pacifie Railroad Company, at ~\ht(l‘omfl'.!l'.lllmu-ot..amwl(lum'nldin» [