The New-York Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1867, Page 2

I —EE 2 FOREL CORRESPONDENCE. phu DUBLIN. BUBSIDENCE OF THE PANIC—EXPLANATIONS— THE “GREEK FIRE" AND THE ‘‘FEN ORDER NGEMENTS ESTS AND STEAMER"~VIGILANCE STILL TH OF THE DAY—DEFENSIVE AR AT THE V IAL LODGE—AI DISCOVERY OF ARMS IN DUBLIN, §rom Our Spactal Correspoudent. DupLis, Docomber 15, 1886 Some foolish persons in Dublin, aud perhaps else- avhere in Ireland, took it into their heads that Thurs- Aay last, the 15th inst., had been fixed by James Ste- hens for the “ rising,” and in anticipation of it they emained up all night. They listened tremblingly Cor the horrid noises of the conflict— The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade, And ever and anon, it tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. y Fut no such sonnds came to them. The quick, light asional passer-by, the measured i---lhll of an oc y tramp of the policemen, and the sharp rattle of acar or cab now and again, were all the noi hat disturbed the small rs of the night. The norning of the 14th dawned and found Dublin wi ng its usual aspect. No barr ywhe o be seen. Not a drop of blood {m\ - ent. And so one night of danger passed harmlessly 2g article of one of our Ry .{v To-day, in the le eekly papers, I find ording to populal n Thursday. the 13th—the pr ng was 10 e ise date at w rite. Possibly we may have soethiug spicy to an- pounce in our second edition.” The rumor ferred o was based upon some words spoken by James tephens at one of Lis last meetings in New k. or ather npon a misappre pnof those wo The speech by adh, who had 5th, and_ bis re- ny apprehension thei cases wonld be added that by that time would start!e the Canadian stos. But to prevent any nistake as to hi ing, “mind,” said he, “I do inm say that there will be fighting by that time; that fead Center had oeen interrupted in me allusion to the Vu-nuers in C sentenced to be hanged on the ly was that no one need be hat the seutences in parried out, to which he here would he news th rnummlm and the Fe 0 only promise by the 1st of Jannary; but I say there will 5th that will give the Canadian nows by, 1l se to think about beside Ciovernment soimething e anging their prisoncrs” Notwithstanding the ex- licitness of his words, the notion got ont here that n the night of the 1 wlluded to. I e wera well aware that Janes tephens did not be fighting in Irels he_13th of December were yet so unpressed eclaration that omething startling was to occur on rabou ‘hat date, tl 1 forward to it pmost hopefully. The en_have in the promise itephens is really amazing. The only notable thing hat occurred about the 15th of December was the rrest and imprisonment of some of the honest, en- husiastic, but very eredulous persons to whom Lhave ust alluded. " Sinee that date there has been a,manifest decrease 'n the paumic feeling of Dublin. we had a * frightometer” constructed to show the rise and fall of the public alarm, it would 1 1 plegrees lower down than the p: 1 ilu-ae days ago. One reason for the variation wonld he move was to be wa 'mnee the alarm ‘high up” Feni. be found in the fact t n & house at Ballyl ®8 “ Greek fire” d elared to be nothing of the sort. 1t turns out to be wothing more terrible than concentrated sulphuric cid, used in the preparation of bone manure, and in he manufacture of which Mr. Smith, who was ted on the premises, had long been engaged. uch is the statement now current in the Dublin als, If I mistake not I intimated in my last let- er some doubts of my own as to whether the com- und was what the police had supposed it to be. It aaonly yesterday the Dublin papers had the correc- Li’un regarding it which I have just ationed. But hat is their authority for that correction T ~Does it gpome from the chemist to whom the Government sent ‘?wuufl for analy They do not s: and 1 can iek up no trustworthy particulars relating to the nian uses, is atter. 3 Then that suspicions vessel detained by the Gov- rament in the Medway: it turns out the Fenians have no claim on her eifher. She is named the Boli- var, and is the property of the Republic of Columbia. This fact having been established to the satisfaction f the Government, they withdrew their marines and uard ships from her, and made her over to the par- ies in charge of her for the owners. These circum- tances have tended very mnch to allay the terror of he Feniaus ‘which had taken possession of many inds here. They now notice that all the efforts of he police, and the detectives, and the spies, and raitors, have not brought to iight a single fact tend- g to show the possession of any elements of real trength or any cousiderable resources by the Fe- pians. The 86 rifles seized in Cork, the few cases of s seized more recently at Cardiff, the half- hullets seized in the po of Mrs. Staek’s dress, and he fow rifles and revolvers seized to- ouse of Mr. Dennis Downey: these, after all, do not mstiinte a very terrible armament, and even if Mhey are regarded as indications of similar smug- elings and hidings iu other places, yet when con- prasted with the armories and stores_and magazines i at her command, the probable wtock ought hard] fri wut of their ser to be enongh to hten people But account for it how we may, rom one canse or another, or from 50 canses com- hined, a feeling has got abroad through this city that “oni i passed, and that there will be'no attempt at insurrection. 1t is alleged, for one thing, that the military gen- Mlemnien who eame to visit us from your side of the water are all making t their way back 1f such w it would not be very g, for military men 15t the persons who preciate the situation here, and understand a gho and at present on Irish soi 5 m to kuow the facts truly judge X them calmly and rationally. But s Kvhio Are at the same time political euthusiasts—who p ir i upon a cast,” and are willing to » azard of the die”-—may not be quite so pornpulous. I'greatly doubt that the reported rush bf Insh-American officers from our shores is a matter of fact. Such of them as have come hither will, T hink, wait out for James Stephens aud the first of anuary. We haad four arrests in Dublin to-day. They were Mr. Denis Downey, proprietor of the tailoring estab- ishment No. § Trinity-st., his brother, Mr. Christo- pher Downey, John Darey, a porter, and Thomas »Rourke, hookbinder. Al were taken in Mr. Dow- mex’s house except the proprietor himself, who was aken in the law courts, whither he had been sum- moned as Aljlun-r. The police searched the house very carefully for arms, room after room, and at b, in the top-story, discovered a nmnber of rifles Bnd revolvers 4 in the wood-work around the pors and windows. They also discovered some very rleverly secreted in the corn and moldings of he shop. Then recollecting that the face hml’%‘em Irwmly fitted u[lv(. and knowing the earpenter who had done the work—a man named Turner—they pro- ‘;wded to his house and arrested him also. I should have said the arrests were five in number, and not Your, as above. This discovery of arms will send up the " frightometer” a little I warrant; but as it oc- rurred this evening, the effect cannot yet be noted. I recently mentioned the getting in of water-pipes wnd buckefs to Dublin Castle. Similar, precautions {re now being taken at the Vice-regal lodge in the *henix Park, the private residence of the Lord Lien- enant. New and strong doors are being put up at he entrances in place of others regarded as too weak Yor such times as the present; the window shutters nre being strengthened with bolts and bars, and tlozeps of water Luckets have been procured for the premises. Lights are kept burning in the house all pightt, watchmen are retained there and take their regular turns of duty, and there is a’double gnard of poldiers at the gates. So it is plain thdt whatever i’qmau Stephens may do in January, 1 he has the '{ah Executive in a precious fright in December, 1 have spoken of the reported flight of the Irish- American officers. There is much more truth in the weport of a hegira of British officials, magistrates nnd landlords. To such a length has this gone that even the loyalists ] ves complain of the deser- tion of their posts by men who, at this time, ought golntaud by them. As indicative of this state of lunju, 100k at the inlluwm{ letter, which appears in The Mail of this evening. It is headed “ Irish Refu- 81 : You have promised to print the names of “timid fficlals ;* would it noet be well to expose to public con- empt the names of those who are leaving the country mud gotag to Eagland in s emergoney t 1 know peii (mm'l‘o lhde'(‘.lu\"t-run;t':x‘l and .vl P8 who are doing so. 1ving a y list of these who ave leaving I hyh'tlm’you ‘would do gmsw rvice. o And here is the editor’s reply : We would gladly suj the information asked for by pur correspondent if it were in our power, Depend on it, the slass of men who are running in the greatest numnbers, ave those of whom John Bright said that, if this island were a thousand mses away from England, they would either have to yield jus- ce to the people, or they would be exterminated” by ear that, although the island is not a ) v, they might in a time of popn- Jur conumotion, come in for a small taste of that style of treatmeat alluded to by the great English re- former, and they very much prefer being out of the ay. As Aepeaz IN Brrarr or THE Destiture Cor- ORED CHILDREN OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK.—The Mis- pionary Commission of the S8abbath 8chool attached to the A.M.E.T. Church, cor. West Tenth and Bleeckbr-sts., fi?.: most respectfully ask the as:istance of the frionds poor in their efforts to relieve their sufferings. wembers of this Com: actuated by th: mst umane feelings toward that are in need, have found children who, for the it of the pl;rt clothiug, ay or Sabbath schools. Bowe unable to attend 4 fathers have sac their lives in the recent o are discha ble, o :lul % AL, Or Wi now brokes N“M hile in l;g of their nautoy':nb "nn-hh to performn * Inbor. 18 Bchool belng anxious to alleviate, as i :’u , the wants of the needy, we respectfilly donations of clothing (old or new) or money, 10 (ntulad i gy Lk o B Wb eiawed Ollect ALY dan —eee tions sent to BB, Coss,No. 474 Broome-st., or Mrs. Ellen gt‘nvom,fl‘muurfl, No. 3 Thompson-st., will be thank- ved and rly applied. S reoa ol S D ’Nn&usumn. President. e — RISTORI AS MARY STUART. Madame Ristori is said to be enthusiastic in her admiration of what she Las seen of America; and, indeed, she conld hardly be an Italian and not feel a cordial movement of sympathy toward a people whose interest in the welfare of her native Rnd has been decp and constant, and whosa delight in the liberation of Italy from the hateful despotism of Aus- tria and from the patronizing insolence of French tutelage is as sincere as its faith has been strong in the ultimate fulfillment of her moble aspirations. Yet, feeling so warmly to uvs, she must sometimes have accused us, to herself, of an almost English apathy, and thought that the blood flows but coldly in our transatlantic veins; for much of her most careful art has seemed at times to be accepted with indifference, and such slim applanse as has been doled out has often been bestowed upon those por- tions of her acting of which she has least reason to be proud. But, being as intelligent as she is, and generous, she must no doubt have reflected that the fact of her acting in a foreign language is a bar to perfect sympathy, and that the spirit of man, wanting y road of speech, is long in finding a way to ith its own. But at last the great actress has found the way to our hearts, and the applause which she received last night, upon the occasion of her performance of Mary Stuart, must have convinced her that we are not incapable of appreciating excellence, nor slow to acknowledge it with our hands and voices when once we are fairly moved. We wisk that our English reserve did not so chain our tongnes. It sounds a more cordial and spontaune- ons greetimg (o welcome an actor with the voice as well a8 with the hands, rather than with the hands alone, old as the fashion is of giving the hand. For- eign andiences have a more friendly, social air than ours, from this habit that prevails of oxprm_mni approbation and delight (as well 88 their occasional contraries) by word of mouth. It at once brings the actors and the audience upon a plane of sympathy and equality which wakes the aitist’s spirit flow more freely and gladly to its work. So, when Ristori is at home, in her 1tely, the people follow her finest warts with intense engerness; and loud eries of de- ight, murinurs of pity, and fond, caressing epithets fly unrestrained from month to mouth. On a sides s, “ Oh, “Bella! Oh, Bella!” “ Brava!” * Bra- Mia cara!” *“ Mia Bella " and as the act- ades recall some well-known statue, ** A, N 1" “Laocoin!” they cry—these wi ll»lfin-mmi children of the sun, So, as wé see, she is used to sympathy and cordial greeting, this Italian woman ; and, trained though she be to go throngh her parts hout depending on her own moods, or on that of udience, still, she must act with more may think, when she people, than when she sees hundreds of eye the pages of a book, and when the enly sound that greets her is the rustle of the leaves that are turned with lndicrons simnltanconsness—often in the very climax.of a burst of tragic pain. L As usual, without any help from the erities, the people bave rightly judged which are Ristori's 5 impersonations, and crowd the th o beth” is played, or ** Medea,” or ** Mary Stu. they do well to recognize the wonderful sl 1 actress in these parts, for it is skill of rare attain- ment, and carries her talent close to the goal which only genius ever fairly There is tenderness in all these characters, but it is tenderness born in the nature of different In Elizabeth it is coquetry passion and mother-love, and jealousy; 3 art, it i8 the tenderness of a queenly nature "'“"5'" in cns;h{ity, the loyalty of fallen lordship to faithful friendship, the fervor of religions faith. And Ris- tori's conception of each of these parts is admirable for its consistency and for its truth to nature. No less admirable 1s the simplic with which she evolves her conception, her power of restraint, her exquisite attention to details, the conscientions pa- tience with which she finishes the picture in every part and up to the very limits of the canvas. There 1s but one exception to make to this remark, and that we have already made in these columns; we allude to the last act of Elizabeth, which admiration would be blind indeed to justify, even on the ground of its cleverness. Let us, then, leave out of the count.this last act of Elizabeth; let us try to forget it—as if we could !—then it remains to be said that Ristori’s act- ing in the rest of the play and in the plays of “Medea” and ** Mary Stuart” is unapproachable by any living actor. et, it 15 to be observed, that none of these parts demands the highest acting; none of them calls for the highest imagination. ey can be well acted without genins; talent, study, ¢, conscience will suffice. These are rare gifts, rave qualities, not so rare as genius, lying more within l*m reach of the will, but, still, so rare that we are rifices to see and enjoy them, when God graciously bestows them. But we must make distinetions and keep them clear. Ristori has not ins, and when she takes a part that demands it, she fuils. She can express the emotions that are saperficial, the passions that are external, or that move external natures; but the pro found, the immeasurable, the delicate, she not at- tain. We ean measure her hight and Ler depth, and feel that we comprehend her, in the parts that, hy sympathy and thought and a world of study and care, she has made her own. How mmnch more can we measnre her in parts on which she has rarely laid inds too bold ¢ Then, nature has been good to Ristori, and being fmd to her, she has been good to us. She has given her a face so beautiful, that it is s and health to look at it, and a voice that is {‘ wd of sweet sounds, and a body whose movewents are the reflex of her own large, abundant natu She does not, indeed, make statues as Rachel did, she rarcly rests in one attitude long enough to snggest sculpture, and when she does, as when in “* Meden,” she falls npon the altar steps, after her children have been taken from her, exclaiming: “1have lost my sons,” she recalls no Greek statue, but rather a Roman Empress, with her robes abont her in multitudinous, fine folds. Her face is one of the most mobile we have ever seen, but its range of expression stops somew short of the deepest (ragic power, and is more at home in other moods. She impresses us as a person who has studied her capacity and gifts well, and clearly comprehends them, and knows how to use them all to the best advantage, Her figure is not particularly good, but Ler bearing makes it seem so, and whenever nobleness is required, or freedom of movement, o1 “encrgy, it never disappoints us. So, her hand is not handsome, nor her arms, but she nses them with such meaning and grace, and so einingl suits her actions to the word, that we think only ) the grace, and quiet truth of the gesture, and this rm; ;mld tratli make the limbs themselves seem eantiful. The p!xny of “Mary Stuart” is an Italian version of Schiller’s drama, and follows it quite literally. Like that of all librettos, the translation is stupid, and it is also incomples The actors several tunes pro- nounce long speeches not set down_for them-—beside, which is not the fault of the libretto, omittin A]»eechu which are in the text. Any omissions wlnrfi the present company may favor us with shall be gratefully acknowledged; we cannot have too little of them, and are inclined to rebel, when, not content with wearying us with two long acts in which Ristori docs not appear, we hayve Elizabeth going off into a long recitative of which not more than a anarteris in the book. A mild infusion of comedy is kindly given us by the gentle Mortimer, who has the best disposition in the world to make ns langh, and whose death-scene enables us to mingle our laughter with our tears in_a way altogether delightful. But &he play, although quite as dull as Schiller's, is ren- ered bearable by Ristori's acting, which shows the a:wgr of a geuiine picce of work to hold the at- ention of an audience in default of incidents situations, or any of the usnal extraneous sources of interest. Ristori’s conception of the part is so clear, and her skill in elaborating it so fine, that she holds us firm to the very end, and when she is on the stage weariness is impossible. The play is in no sense a Listorical one. 1t not, only violates peipetually the truth of history in its incidents, but the whole char- acter of Mary, as given by Schiller, is a mere fanoy- picture, without more than the fument of a founda- fon. With this we have no_present concern. Ris- tori takes Schiller’s conception, and has given us a matchless interpretation of it. The scene between Elizabeth and her, in the Park at Fotheringay, is in- companably acted by Ristori, and does her the high- est honer. The naturaluess of it cannot be surpassed, So, too, the last scene of all, where Mary takes leave of her lndies and women, is inexpressibly solcmn and beautiful; itisso simple and resl that we do not think of it as IC‘H:P. at all, but are in the very preg ence of death and parting, and fee the hlum{)m with wrath at the cruel indignity of tois end of so wuch majesty and sweetness, Iu closing, we_must priise the acting of Virginia Casati as Anna, Mary’s nurse. It is a faithful, excel- lent piece of work, und, we think, must have been lwomxlzed as such by nmn{. When, at the last, she comes in and touches Melville on the shoulder, as he knoels with Mary, to tell him that the hour is come, her action is 50 simple and true, that the heart stands still, as it must have done had the incident been a dreadful verity and not fiction. Bat oh, call it not fiction, nor & ‘mockery of solemn things. Such act- ing as this is not idle nor vain; it is history made liv- ing to us by a poet’s hand, and interpreted by a noble womnn’:n tic heart. Long must Ristori’s *Mary Stuart” live in memory, and often must that gra- cious image of majesty and sorrow come between us and the pages of the book where we read a far differ- ent and, alas, a truer record ‘l hypocrisy and crime. WEATHER AT PHILADELPHIA. BY TRLEORAPH TO THE TRIBUNK. Prmiaperrnia, Dec. 81—t commenced snowing at about 4 \his mo) and still contis 3 3 Do of lelghis are ot ool i THE WEATHER AT WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Dec. 81.—It commenced snowing at an early hour this moru; At noon the snow 18 four or 110 ik ol Hud Wi i 1 4ulie 690 NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1867.. b GEORGIA. gy THE CONDITION OF THE FREEDMEN—WOMAN- WHIPPING AND THE CHAIN-GANG—REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION—THE CHOL- ERA IN SAVANNAH—SEA ISLANDS. From Our Special Correspondent. BAVANNAR, Dec. 23, 1868 That there is a desire, and that there are persistent efforts made to keep the Freeedmen down—to keep them from rising above the condition of mere hewers of wood and drawers of water—is exhibited every day, and everywhere, in the temper and actions of all classes of the whites. They are dragged by hundreds before the Courts npon charges of the most trivial character; and, upon testimony which would be of no weight among a people, or in courts presided over by men, who think more of justice than the gratification of asilly and ignorant prejndice, they are subjected to exorbitant fines, long imprisonment, and ernel and barbarous punishments. Those twin relics of barbarism, the chain-gang and the whipping-post, are ve? common, and to-day the crack of the lash can be heard almost as often as in the most jubilant days of the slave oligarchy. In the proceedings of every County Court we can read : "E‘lm State_vs. Dudley, Freedman.—Simple larceny, Verdict, Guilty. Judgmeht, six months in the chain-qmg and 59 lashes.” “ John, Freedman, was arrcsted by Policeman Smitl for having in his possession some wood that the policeman thonght was not John's. Sentenced by the Mayor tosufiny- in the chain-gang, and to.pay & fine of $10.” A black boy was fined #6 in this city yesterday, by the Mayor, for calling at the front door of & white resident, and refusing, when ordered by the tenant, to go to the back door. Some one Las re- marked, and with much truth, that almost the entire expenses of the cities in this State are met by the unjust fines imposed utmn Freedmen, A 'f'ho sl:ce are almost all Irish, of the most ignorant class, 'They are silly enough to think it an honor to hate and abuse “a nngur 7 and, like all ignorant men, of whatever race they may be, they invariably abuse any official or other authority with which they may be invested. Hence we find these Southern po- lice continually seeking some pretext upon which to drag some unfortunate being whom God clothed with a dark epidermis, or whom some Southern slaveholder rund«rm}’]u\nly white, before ** his honor the Mayor!” And in such cases the testimony is almost invariably ex parte, the mere statement of “one policeman bclgl suificient to subject the poor unfortunate to the chain-gang, and a fine, if it be found possible to get any money out of him. In every village and city one can see negroes in the chain-gang, and see negroos whipped, but never a white man. And it is worse than vain to appeal to their sense of justice in en- deavoring to show those in authority that these things—these partial and cruel modes of treating the colored race—are wnm{. You cannot lead them to entertain, for a moment, the idea that ‘hm' 018 at all commendable, so far as the white and colored races are concerned. Degrees and kinds of punishment which they deem too degrading even to think of in- flicting upon a white man, when inflicted n the negro, meets only the most lenient and ordinary de- mands of justice, A learned and dignified Southern Judge, who wonld shudder at the idea of his own wife or daughter being even so much as found fault with for quarreling with hLis neighbor’s wife or daughter, does not, for a mo- ment, hesitate to sentence the wife or danghter of a colored man to be stretched upon her face upon the ground, have her entire person exposed to the las- civious gaze of brutal men, and flogged by some fellow of the same base propensities, whose chief delight is to draw from his vietim the most e xernei- ating cries of agony that the lash and his physica gth can enforce. And the men who will, in instance that a white man is brought before 1 on a charge of murderi think it perfectly conistent with the ¢ and humanity—with_the spirit of Chnstiavity—to hang a negro for stealing a mule or a horse! From the report of the Burean Superintendent of Education in this State for the month of November, we learn that there are % schools for Freedmen now open, in which there are 113 teachers and 5,040 pupils hese fignres show an increase, over the October re- port, of 5 schools, 50 teachers, and 2,504 puyll; ot these schools 43, with 57 teachers, and 5,52 pupils, were sustained exclusively by the benevolence of the North ; while 50 schools, with 56 teachers and 1,52 pupils, were sustained wholly or in part by the Freed- men. It is estimated that ahout §2,000 were paid to the support of education in November by the Freed- men. Of the teachers en were white and ged during that month, 60 Thirty schools, with 43 teachers and 116 pupils, were sustained by the American Missionary Associat with 14 teachers, and 847 pupils, w Vew-England Freedmen's Aid Society iscopal Chu; prth. The Superiutendent informs us that no e cment worthy of m tion is given to the educat of the Freedmen b, the Rebels. They proclaim themselves friendly to the work, yet the only notice that is taken of those who come from the North to engage in it, 14 to insnlt them whenever opportunity is afforded; and, when any white citizen of the South engages in the work, heir action is followed b tacism by all o solemn and e gone to the Ya Te have mo use | Some sixteen deaths from cholera ocenrred in this city last week, and there were, during that period, o greater number of cases than have occarred in the same length of time since its first appearance this year. The many great and sudden changes in the ather, it is supposed, have had astrong influence in superinducing the di The mafority of the ca have been among the negroes. Gen. Tillson is busily engaged in setthing the Sea Island land diffienltios which arose under the famons order of p. Sherman. As o general thi the diffi eultios w I being amicably adjusted, and since Nov. 1, 147 warrants for 20 acres cach have been Nov. issied to the Freed L bly be disposed of by the first of J we shall furnish a full and detailed nce manner in which it shall I 1 adfusted, affair will p THE RIOT RELIEF FUND. The following communication from the Trustees of the Riot Relicf Fund proposes a generous donation to policemen for meritorious services. It fs a subject of di- rect interest 1016 patrolmen, who, on inguiry, shall turn out to be entitled to the gratuity—tive of whom will re- e $200 and ten §100 cach. The communication of the Trustees and the response of the Board of Police are glvon below : New -Youx, Dec. 27, 1065 7o the Honorable the Board of Metropolitan G x: Tn th July, 16 e purpose of offering’ relief to pression of the riots which e entire amonct contributed by patr sufferers among the police aud twilitary engag.d wan $35,019, of which $2000 w et of the ! & balauce in the ation, o s care man would recei oll as to be of i that the best disposition that could e made of the mone cordance with the views of th permanent fund, to be ealled of the trustess (osen of the trustees, to, Tu acciauce with this determination the funds L converied, aud the Trustees now propose to distr bas scerued upon the amount in accordance with the spirit of thelr tr The Trustees of Tho Itiot Relief Fund, therefore, respectfully in ou that L 767, 1o piv you 'may recommend for bixhly mer each, aud to wich other tea members meritorious services the obedient sersants, etropolitan Police 24 e s a5 toc th great resy Lxoxann W. Jexoxe, Tnasc Bn Swrrnenn Kxarr, WK Vexmiie, Sikruenn Kxary Reief Bund, of Metrapolitan Police to acknowledg the reecipt of your communication of tha Z7th lust, pro- posing to make a donstion from the revennes of the Riot Relief Pund to the Metropolitan Police who have performed bighly meritor- o 1o Teport to you f your generous de- ded Information. 8. C. Hawery, Chief Clork. y dar, tranamit to ‘or the Board of Metropolltau Police. —_—— k Tue FAMILY oF THE DROWNED YACHTSMEN.~The feeling of satistaction at the successful teruwination of the great Ocean Yacht Race has been greatly suddened by the knowledge that four of those who shared in the dangers of the passage were washied overboard and drowned. There is 16 doubt that the New-York Yaocht Club will take pleasure in relleving ull immediate wauts of the families of these men, but in order that others may have opportunjty to contribute to this end, subscription 1ats hiave boen opened at the office of Prince & Dauchy, N.;h« lh;:'nd}:l. under !.h; direction 'i' tvr;r following Co mitteo: W. B. Travers, Treasurer; L. W. Jerowe, G. A. Osgood, 8. L. 1. Burlow, G. T. Talton. Y e — . A GERMAN Cnuist™as FesTivaL—Some nights ago & Chirlstmas-festivity, was given to the pupils of Mar- ket-st. Academy by their principal, Dr. R. H. Hirgel, The entertainment [m{ place at the Turner Hall in ('l‘r:-lurd- st., the large saloon of which was filled with some hund- reds of happy looking children and thelr parents and friends. Three long tables und a splendid Christmas tree, were placed in the hall covered with rich presents. Mr. Hirgel opened the festivity with a short, but lmpressing speech to the children, in Which he explained the mean- ing of Christmas, after which their performances in elocu- tion, music and gymnastics were admirable and roceived merlted applause. e — ANNUAL ELECTION OF THE INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.~The aunual election of the Board of Managers of the Institution for the Blind was Leld at the Asylum, cor. ner of Ninth-ave. and Thirty-fourth-st., at 4 o’clock. The follnvln"fienuemn were olected ns nng:n, to hald o e office for ‘6ar 1867: Augustus Bchell, rt 8. Horn, Waldo Hutchive, Chaties 1t Tackerman, Dol 1. Tomp: kins, D. Ki{dl( QIHM,NIC el P, Hosack, Joseph Grat- ton, uiley Myers, John Isaac Irving, (:hr{mn N. Potter, James M. Hchn, Bmith Clift, Charles B. Hoft- mian, Wi, Whitewright, Jr., Thomas Addls , Win. Mhnmafi.(é‘lmlu @ Rham, Henry Hilton, John E. Burrill. An tion for officors will be held on nest Wouuoodpy) Jauuazy & ab b : THE MONEY MARKET. —— SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. N Y & Ne -Hm'lrll: 0. . 800, . 50 Cumberland Pref 100.....0000nees 99 | Quicisilver 119, 1194 J000c sz adndse 2,80 % 2 (Cleve & Pitis ), 10,000 25,00...........108 3 Series, 0,000 L. 104 N Vstato s T Ln .a Navigation ..107 Unfon 200, 933|500, e aesd0T, . 94 Pacific Mail T 100. ..167 28 2 130, 183 Cel b10. 400, vepszil .. 28 Chie & Rock Isl 1. 2 100 sabial - a:! 200.110.2d call 11“70 2d eall. 103 » 400, Erie 2d Mortgage | 500.. ....170 {Tol Wab & West 1,00............ 99 [N Y Central o Erie 34 Mortgage | 200. 830.1 8,000, ] 4,000, 09 Mich Bouth 2d m 10,000.......... 91 cufo & N W conwd 300, 100.2d cal Erio convert bonds ex-div.105 9,000, . 101 Lack & West 1st m 10,000.._ex-int. 98 Mich South 8 F B 2,000, ..on 90 Western Unlon Te 389, + ) 100.... .24 call. 70 Stoningion 30......0x-dlv. 90 MONDAY, Dec. 81—P. M. at 134 and closed at 133, The Heury Chauncey brings from Aspinwall §630,117, ument stocks are all higher, with an increase The whole share market is higher, but e there was an indisposition to pay the extreme rates. Erieisan exception to the advance, and has been steadily’pressed to sell all day. Adams Express advanced 4 per cent, and Hudson River 10 per cent. Pacific Mail was in fresh demand, and sold at 170, Mariposa Preferred scld at 324 and was in demand, At the close the following prices were paid: New-York Central, 1113@111}; Erie, 674@07}; Hud- son River, 135@140; Reading, 105;@1054: Michigan Central, 108; Michigan Southern, 82;@84; Illinois Central, 1203@121; Cleveland and Pittsburgh, %}2 90}; Cleveland and Toledo, Rock Islond, 142 108}; North-Western, 46@16}; North-Western Pre- ferred, S1i@s1i; Fort Wayne, 105@105%; Mariposa, Money is7per eent on call and horrowers very ready to pay it. In commercial paper the transactions are small at 7 for best names, and 8 for fair. In many quarters the opinion is expressed that the com- mencement of the new year is to be the signal for re- newed ease in money and a general restoration of business. As the canses which have united to produce the existing stagnation in trade and demand for money at full legal rates, upon the best collaterals, still exist in full force, this hope will hardly be real- fzed. War taxes continue to eat up the substance of the people, at the same time there is going on a contraction of legal tender money —a contraction only to be stopped by decreasing taxation point where the Treasury will be with- and out power to cancel legal tenders or to buy up con- pound notes, themselves legal reserve for banking purposes. Unloss these compound notes are renewed in some form as they mature, an idea which should not for a moment be entertained by Congress or the Treasury, there must be s sharp contraction in bank circulation and bank cre The compound notes now represent probably 500,000,000 of bank eredits, | which must be retired as the compounds mature The plain legal tenders are being retired very slowly, and thus far the decrease in legal tender all kinds has had no effect beyond advane ate of interest on call from 5 to7 per cent, But other and more violent effects will be shown upon the money market, and the prices of commodities, as u‘mn:.-h:nnx ceds to that stage where the combined amount of le s and coin fall below the legal rese ler the bank- ing law. Then will be seen a scramble to sell goods and to borrow money similar to that recorded in the numerous revalsions which have marked the histc of commercial enterprises stimulated by excessive paper credits, The new year is not to bring debtors | | | ompound ne required n abllity to meet obligations based on commodities bought-ut high prices by selling the same at lower rates, which means that a good many debts are to remaln unpaid. The real cost of the Rebellion is | now beginning to app and those who manage their affairs upon the model adopted when the Goy- ernment was waking and spending #wo millions paper money per day, and was at the samo time the great purchaser of vthing from pins to mammoth fron-clads, will soon find their error. The great purchaser with manufactnred mon s disappeared | and s succeeded by the tax-gatherer and a funded debt requiring daily nearly halt a million of dollars for interest alone, The bank statement is not so favorable as was ex- pected, and shows a decrease in deposits and legnl tenders. . e York City Banks: Toans. ne. #1,000.947 Bpecle. . R Deposits........ 20 Legnl Tenders. 64,810,063 TABLr of the Zoans, Specie, Cir "Hanks of the Oity of New- York, for the week endi day, Dee. 29, 1666, Avers Average Aveinge Nawrs o0 Amoun Auwouud Amonnd Laxks. Loane and o of Discounts. Specte. Deposita 'y ankof N. Y. . 7,568,053 2411607 8,225,307 Masubattan.. L 8826653 40,247 4,541 081 1,064,118 2 Bu Mech. & Traders. Greenwich. . 800 000 42 1000 450 e 1,07, 12, 529211 #2:m1 715,654 21 49 661,000 2,012,400 2101 399415 3,517 Atlaui . Tmportens i e A : g8 EE % 5 ourth National. entral Natlonal. .. oond Natlonal.... Nioth Nattonal. SzBis 32gagdE3 £2 3 ] 3 H 038,474 6.9 43,100 20148 32,108 008,468 No repoit ; same as last wogk, ‘ToraLs: The fellowing shows the condition of the New- | * ( Exchange is firm and higher. The don, 60 days, 100t@100§; London, Paris, long, 5.15}@5.13%; Antwerp, 5.181@5.17}; Swiss, B. 304@%); Amsterdam, 41} Bremen, 79; Berlin, 72§272} In Freights the offorings of Grain have fallen off, and the rates have declined. Heavy goods have been taken to some extent at easier rates. The engage- ments to Liverpool are 1,000 bales Cotton at i@ 9-32d.; 200 tes. Rice at 128, 6d., and per steamer, 300 Doxes Extract Logwood, at 20s.; 500 bales Cotton at 4d., and 75 tes. Lard at 25s. In charters a limited business has been done at irregular rates. Among the changes in stock houses we notice the retirement from business of James H. Stebbins, of Stebbins & Bloodgood. This house, one of the oldest and most suceessful in the street, will be continued by Mr. John Bloodgood and John D. Slayback, under the firm of John Bloodgood & Co., No. 22 William-st. Mr. Joseplr Hersfeld also retires from business, which will be continued under the firm of Hallgarten & Co. The members of the new firm are: Lazarus Hallgarten, William Rosenheim, Charles L. Hallgarten, Julius Hallgarten. C. C. Puffer, late cashier of the Shelburn Fall Bank, and Mesers. A. V. Dimock and E. D. Weston, late with Marquand & Dimock, has formed a new banking firm, under the name of C. C, Puffer & Co., at No. 16 Nassau-st., with a substantial capital. The New-Haven _and New-London Railroad Com- Imny have declared a dividend of $3 on a share. The husiness on this road has increased very lar ely, and, its friends say, will continue to pay regularly, a8 the new President has stopped the leaks. The following is an official statement of the bnsi- ness of the office of the Assistant Treasurer of the United States, in New-York, for the mouth ending Dee. 31, 1506: RECEIPTS AND DISDURSEMENTS. Dec. 1, 1868, by 3 +ee.$91,800,217 47 Receipts during the m On account of Customs. Onaccount Loans, Coin, On account Tuternal Revenu On account P. O. Department ccount Transfers. Payments . §148,31,893 99 Treasury Drafts . Post Offie 61,000,301 02 Balan 86,422,092 81 By Bal By Receip 17,780,420 61 To Pay 8,348,565 67 Balance. 9,441,004 04 By Bal,, Cr., Tnte By Apprurrl tious 6,570,704 76 sslon 4,485,451 52 1,085,343 24 48,078,335 59 ceember, 1866 6,934,078 B9 Decrease. $2,444,259 94 By Balauce, Ixpense Account for Assay o .o 1,790,630 48 By ( Mo 1,201,712 04 844,820 52 $2,136,541 56 3,927,181 04 To Payments in Coin .. $508,9M 12 To Paymcnts in Fine 405,795 29 972,727 41 Balance. . $2,954,453 63 . 96,948,500 55 2,507,968 93 —§09,455,360 48 653,368 63 8206079 o 943,250 82 Less Tem imbursed-. ... 5 85 $100,419,128 80 Luas Due Depos 631 238,00 17 Balance. . 88,085,508 63 Stateme United States Assay Ofice at of New 000 00 United States Bul peror)... Unked Stat 1,000 060 1,000 00 ..8260,000 00 Total deposits : Payable in Bars 0,00 Total deposits : Payuble in Coins. . Gold Bars stampe mitted to Uni plusa, for Cofnag s Mint, Phi cen . 415,183 86 —-— MARKETS. 5 reported for Tum T very quiet, 08 18 Most Jobbers are dis- 3 ringly unt'l the fivan- fined; and until this Is will be depressed. The sus- gard to the future bas greatly What merchants aud others suuranty that we shall have no hasty oon- ou, but something relinble and woll- iy that will restore, uot destroy confi- A1l brane usual during the posed to stock them 1 i the Governie understood busine Dreadstuffs provea to be larger than ed; but, with extremely limited re- fident and pricos of Wheat and i bave while coarse grains are Provisions boen fairly active, at im- the moment. aro moderately activs, the business boing ally with shippers. Advices from Europo have hoen vartable, but at the close under very clu\nun.dn{ ews trom Liverpool holders advanoed their pricos, and oved wnd ptton has b {»f.mI pleuty for the market closes very fom. Naval Stores have ruled dull and are depressed. Our stocks show a decided Inerease ws compared with previens years. Petroloum has boen com- paratively guiet, but getersily close firm. — Oils re with- vut special changzo. Metals have boen moderntely setive. Our Wool mnrket has ruled quite dall, but within a fow days i wore active demand prevailed for fine fleeces, and Loliders are firm in thelr views A The serivals of Pots have been %flnflm aud with a falr dewand prioss are sustained. have been unsetiled and prices are lower. COMPARATIVE FRICES IX KEW-TOXK JAX. 1. 1864, 1843, ¥ 1807, Pota and Poarls. .8 51} 040 B di2asl) $v@sll Siasls 25 BUTTER--The wrrivals have been moderate; choles Butter has met with s better demand; fn consequence of the holidays, prices have sdvauced and close firm ; other grides have beeu comparatively guiet, but are without change. COMPARATIYE FAICES IX KEW-YORK, JAX. 1 B, "1867. and prices have advanced, closing firm; other kinds have been moderntol; active at aboul previons prices COMPARATIVE PRICKS ;.m'»nlll. JAX. L. Common Tiard, ¥ A..... 813 0a8ls 00 §13 cowfls 50 ¥ M 3 - 17 00 15 ™ 15 009 0 00 40 00@ &5 0 % 008 ... far both Western and Southern X~ The fnquir, Yollow T been only moderates prices bave doelied and closo heavy wnd noiinal: COMPARATIVE PRICES IN KEW-TORK JAN. 1, Yeliow W Year Yellow Westera. | Your esters. 49y wioc. | 1568, RN n;' r. ]‘Xmlzsood. mark e inqul o 4 I8 firm, at 0@160. ¥ B lhentore!khhlr.bntlu g year, COTTON.—The demand hos been quits active and very gosoral, being from lp«nh.:u\ spinners and ex- porters, and prices have gradually ad vanoced, cloging quite firm at 350. for Middling Uplunds to 86o. mxfil&m‘ New-Orleans; sales of 6,050 |Illl,k«. NEW-YORK CLASSIFICATION, JAN. 1, 1667, v da Florida Nodha NOA Good Ordinary... Sie. | — Low Middling. Middiing. ... . Good Midaiing. NEW-YORK CLABSIFICA D ¥ e X.O.&Tena Ordinary. i %0, Middiing . o, Middling Fair - Falr =3 NEW-TORK CLASSIFICATION, JAX. 1, 1805, i lorida. Mobie N.0. &Texas Ordinary. 103 &1 05 #1038 & 0 Middling. 13 1% 1% 1% Middling Fair..... 12 135 13 138 & S 19 198 1% 128 CANDLES ~The de niud for Adamantive has been only moderate, but in priccs wo have no essential change to note. Sperm and Patent are genarally guiet, but prices are much the same. COMPARATIVE PRICES IN NEW-Y( Admantine. | Year. 20 @Ho. .99 @30, 29 @20, a and Patent. a1 @230, | 1807 33 @800, R—-The demaud for American Ingot has been moderate, and prices are well sustained. 0 recont de- oline has induced more flrmneuhlnd holders do not proas ol talen. Now: sheathing aud Yollow Metal are withous ohange. CONPARATIVE FRICES IN NEW-TORK JAN. 1. New Sheatbing Year. Amerl, an Ingot. | Yoar. Yol Metal. 31323840, 1984 4 @dbo. 4Byiravo. [1808 1 4140 430, (1808, e oo, et %0 HSTIMATED ATOCK_OF INGOT JAN. 1. T86h. "1868: " 1867, 800,000 300,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 9,760,000 7,000,000 DLl 000,000 160,000 Nowe, COFFEE—Thero has been some businoss doing in Brasil Coffee, but the markes still presents a dull a) and it Iz diffioult toglve a correod of the c mfl stato of affairs. From Aut 55 Shite runge of prices ah demandod by’ Bl which thn{:uu: unwfil" 1§ t0 make ozn % Imy.: ors rofuse to moot them exoept wheu compelled %o ope. R0 DI prosuig "eoessliios. sud all figures at the momsad \ Tivels CGMPARATIVE STOCKS JAN. 1. 1863, Rio, bags. .. Maracain v ho, b Porto Rico, bags. Bavanilla, ba Java, bags . Java, ma Angostura, Laguayra, Bowmbay, b Manila, ima. Ceylon, bags . Costa Jica, b, Bt. Dowligo, hags. .. Jamafca, bags. 1,981 “ 2,08 2,500 an Ceara, fmgn. Bingapore, bags. Total bags and m: 159,290 103,018 99,154 COAL—The demand for Domestic has i od, but ‘with liberal arrivals and a large stock on hand, prices are without much change ; the stock of Lump s very this s unsalable; urqo %-wu are uncertain; from ard it 1 selling at 84 75385 50 per tun. In W very ittle has been done to test its value ; it 18 wi for gaa CEMENT—The business in Rosendale has been to a faly extent; prices have ruled firm but are without quotable sales at $2 cash. - th'x'? export dsanar:,d' the M'M:ea has beem vel imited; s TS con 1 operaf uenos of %" fall i mh{”fhtmgh their advices from the variation CHEES! markets report higher priecs; the home demand is - steady prices, and receiving houses have full in the future. COMPARATIVE PRICES IN xlw#fi‘n.l‘ JAN. k State Factory made, prime to fancy..15 @igje. utuic. State Factory made, good to choice. 17§@18¢. —— Ohlo, good to prime. . see e....16 @ITE, 162170, English Dairy, Ct., common to chioice.21 @23c. 15@180. English Dairy, Ohlo, choice. 2 @Rc. 1i@18e. l’llu‘uralr, to cholee .52 @3be. 11a 290, DYEWO! ‘The business in Fustie has been extremely dull throughout the week, but im prices there has baen no essential change, RUGS AND DYES—-We have notli nin“ importance to advise our readers this week, only the com, ve stocks, Chemicals are generally dull, and prices &re o BTOCK JAN. 1. 1563, Oplum, cases. . 8 Cream Tartar, cas 130 Duteh Madder, casks. 500 French Madder, casks. .. 350 900 FLOUR AND MEAL—Sinco our review of Tu I:: we have had a more active and stronger market for ern and State Flour; the demand has been almost entirely to the low and v in have advanced, and the market closes with a fair for the close of the year, and prices, under light are better on all grades ; we find our stock is conaid larger than we had estimated, an hont 600,000 consisting of about_onc-half family brands, one-q medium grades, and one quarter -bluplux or low We estiniate one-tenth of the stock as unsound, rior; 80 that our supply of really sound Flour The receipts of Flour last Winter averaged abou ST ot i bbls, daily ; this year they are not likely to average more than 3,600 dafly ; hence it is certain that the weekly de- letion in our stock will not be less than 30,000 bbia,, ale owing that.tie city mills will mrply the export trade for the season, which it is probable they can do. If we estimate the local and constwise trade of the city at 8,000 bbls. per day, we think we are within bounds, and conse present supply will be soon exhaused. At int at the West can we find any considerable,accumu. ation of either Flour or Wheat, with the exception R Cleveland, and their trade with the south-west 18 to take up their surplus at an ea ; and as most the wmills at the west o ceased for the we look for a very decided falling off in the recel a8 compared with the corresponding time last year, The saica at the Produce to-day are xcnm‘-‘p # e02%10 70 for sound Superfine #1075 2$12 30 for Extra do; $9 202411 75 for the low of Western Extra (sound); $11 602412 30 for 8hi Ohio; $12 s0@$14 25 for Trade do., and $142817 for Louis Extras. Canadian Flour has been in more demand, and with limited arrivals and & stock, prices have advanced, closing with demaud; sales to-day of 200 bbla. at $13 50815 Extra. * Southern our, too, bas been In animated «mand; the receipts have been u::)l({;rm»a have advanced. Our ruennu of good Flour is light and the market closes better and active; sales to-day of 375 bbls., at $11 50@§14 for Commeon to Fair Extra Baltimore and Unwnlr;, and $14 102617 n Trade and Family Extras. Rye Flour has advi under a good demand, and closiug strong and fairly aetive with sales of 450 bb] 75 Corn Meal de- lined owing to the il large stock, Closing ateady; sales of 460 % 10285 20 for J fiu for Western, and $5 25 for ndywine. Buclgq 'mhubwnhmreqnur.cml.flmulfitfl 100 . COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF PRICES FOR NINE YEARS. Y xtra Niate. Extra Westers. 4,700 bhls. i lid i ¥ i:itt!lflfl‘ - & S - F - mEanana FexZoanae £5i8 o ” g% & s = —a® L ase PRICES FOR CORN MEAL IN NEW-TORS JAN. 1, FOR JERSEY. 15 o | 1865, 800 | 1868 . 385 | 1807 45 50295 65 | arket for Dry Cod has ruled quite dull, i .3 duly FI fact there s scarcely anything doing beyond Jobl in prices we have had no change to note, Mackerel has ruled quite dull, buyers and sellers being a) thelr views. Pickled and Smoked Herriugs re and prices are more of less nominal. COMPARATIVE PRICES IN NEW-YORK, JAN.L Dry C ‘Mackerel. Tear. 6 00D 76 , 19000 == ESTIMATED STOCK JANUARY 1. 1566. 1867, Dry Cod, qtls.. 4,200 10000 Hake and Poliock, qtis 1,500 1,000 Mackerel, No. 1 Bay, bbis. 3,000 5,00 1 Ehore, bhis. 1,600 1008 2 Bay, bbls 20 none No. 2 Shore, bbis . —— pone X large No.3, bbls. 1,00 108 Mackerel, Halifax No. 2, bbis. 1o noe Pickied Herring, bbls. 6,500 6,00 Pickled Salmon, Dbis. . 30 18 Pickled Salmon. tes None, None, 100 No Pollock ou the market this year. FIRECRACKERS have been in fair request and have ;lul;l uu:'!‘v firm; we note sales of No. 1 Canton at §1 109 , gold. FLAX—The stock of Ordinary and Inferor is large, asd Jrioes of such are irregular; otoe ia not planty, asd irm, at our extremo quotations. We quote at 1’0“ B, i, GRAIN—-We have had & comparativi for Wheat since our last review. This it $1 26, ave and with more desire to sell, prices have olosing firm with a fair local trade; the arrivals M%{M bush., at_84@6s0. for Western, 69, and 66¢. for Ohio. Indisn Corn has been in mand, and has fluctuated daily, with only a moderate quiry for axl‘mn 0 complete our stook proves to be muoh larger than we estimaf giving ns » fine surplus for export; the decline in gold exerted & do ng influence, but after the of the year we may 0ok for & more cheerful feeling and a briak trade, ‘with buyers and sellers a) ; the lnq\uy is chis home use; sales, 17,000 bush., including Westarn a$ 1 11§ @$113in_store; Now Southern White, $1 0§ do. Yellow, $1 07, and Yellow Jersey at §1 06, COMPARATIVE PRICES FOR NINE YRARR. Red & White Bew Outa, State Yours - Wheat. Rye. and old. and Westers. 18@800. T4B80, —a— B7a%o, . B6BB0, — @~ @120, 0@, 1@ 84@sso. G4aeso. 4l wavie, Ti@ise. 6 1282183 14218 8 17021 85 1 8523 10021 00 2302 280 1042115 os@vso. 6l@éie. 02 350 1158128 1058113 64d60e. EXPORTS OF BREADSTUFTS. Fiour, bbla. Wheat, qre. Corn, qea Total to Great Britain and the Continent for the week end- ing Dec. 29, 1866. . Btnoe Bept. 1, 1868, For week ending Dec. 20, Bince Sept. 1, 1‘0 Ilgc time 1685 UNNY BAG3.~We Lave E !