The New-York Tribune Newspaper, January 23, 1867, Page 4

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Horr: Tho ceived send two b ndred 1. ore pe I CousT ScnousaLors, High M Oastle Zar-koje. From + Mr Morr: H of Denma: jered me Mujasty the Kin 3 our MAL cmbers of b | Alde-do-Ca openhiagen. {Infl- Marr Exra dte Tiaraun's Tice $6 per ed ou bis 0w pers L. CASTENSCHIOLT stian 1X. of Deawmark. 542 Broadway (op it7, Brooky3, Hobo- D for Preser: | Wghttl and a9 world ever produced. Tue Makrrs or Prn Pe 7 Elwitfl\\'nu:\, CHANGE D Lun, prodaces Sold evesy Farscr where 6§ o i1's CASSIMERES. will conslt economy by choostng hese stand, Shan foreign @ s LiFL roRat Curvats ¥ bair to 1 3l eolor aud yonthful 0 the we Liate; stops s falling o wparalleled asa bairdressing »ad st my ofice, No. 2 g o S I g M et {'sition, an article on Cleaning the Streets | on the Ice, and City News, la | sald, suicide is work Daily @i e z — & The second page contains a letter on th Finances of the Country, Jrom our Washinglon Corrvespondent, letters fromour Special Corres- pondents_at Doston and Dublin, details of the 'Police Commissioners' Annual Report, Letter from an Artict, Our Artists at the French Lxpo- s ts, Oricket The Money Article, and Markets are on the third page, and the Court Reports, some Brooklyn “news, and the Shipping Intelligence, on the seventh page. We publish this morning new and conchusive proofs of the fiendish cruelty displayed by the Turks against the women and children of the Cretan insurgents, and of the horrible outrages | committed npon the dead bodies of their ene- mies. The details which we publish of the Spanish coup d'état show it to be one of the most vil- lainous and despotie acts which disgrace the modern Listory of Europe, But its disgrace, wo doubt not, will end in good. The more senseless & despotism tho epeedier is its fall. The Wiscousin Legislature, by a vote of 21 to 11 in the Senate, and 75 to 21 in the Assembly, T condemned the course of Senator Doolittle, and instructed him to resign. Unregretted by the party he betrayed, and repudiated by his own State, Mr. Doolittle can hardly console himself with fellowship with {he Democracy and the applause of Rebels. Resignation under such cireumstances is suicide, and, as Ma. Webstor confedsion. The remafoing amendments of the Linance Committeo to the Tariff bill were yesterday adopted by the Senate, and the Dbill is now open for general debate and amendment. Mr. Cattell mado an unangwerable argument in fa- vor of protection, and presented many impor- tant facts, exposing the fallacy that high duties on imports injure agricultural interests. The Genate intends to consider the Tariff bill daily till it is finished. e e The Hon. Fredetick T. Frelinghuysen was yesterday elected Senator from New-Jerse for two years, to fill the vacancy cansed by (he death of Mr. Wright. IHis opponent was Mr. John P. Stockion, Gov. Mortan was alse clected by the Indiana Legislature to the over Mr. Voorhees, for the term end- 5. Senator Howe was reclected for the same term by the Legislature of Wis- consin. Mr. Pomeroy was reélected by the Senate of Kansas, aud it is probable the House will concur. “enate ing in 18 e e Our Pesth letter, in this morning's issue, gives a full and Jucid cxplanation of the new diffiendty . which has arisen Dbetween the Aus- trian Government and the Magrare, In orde to cope with the formidable army of Pru Anstria deemed it neces: to reorganize her own army after the Prassian model; but this radical measure, s our correspondent clcarly ¢ to prove more fatal thun any M. Palszky believes that this g of the end of the House of shows, is like previous polic is the beginm Austria. THE TEERYMEN AND THE LEGISLATUIT bly, which yesterday, without a dissenting vote, Kagam A, Curvazies, M. D. MaCHINE, Melf-lomper tie els s ot | Proes, in every form, frondiered s b ot berv sod Braa " . Wit & GLENNEY, Practican Desviors, No. 493 Broadwey sk o¥ Hiy 120w (e taon bis e BroxcitiaL at and Lo pus padd Dawrs Per Coghs, C and al ings. Madame ator 10 dovelap injuric t Linds of 0 pe It works & prir borses, o y ‘clay, wakes 3,000 good bricka per Aoy v Bour by steam, and satislactio A Rraia, Geaersl Agent, No. 141 Brondway, New-York. Act X e “Tuk TRIBUNE ALMANAC ror 18 .l:"“ Prica 3 cestn. Bec aivextisement wades hel of Nea Pullia | Yridges by or FLORENCY Reversible Ferd Lockstitch Srwing MACH KR Bost family smackine in the world 105, Wik axp Buisor Bor iruggists. HAGERTY Buos., whole rt.cle in evers hoaschold rLor’s Ham t in et B Ir perfect dye—black or e sigued Wi, 4. Eadical Cure Trass Dye.~The best ever — .. ANK PALMER, to officers and civitians. Greea Lox s Lock-Stiteh SEW S o, gr. (gaal insesior of he Seviag Ma o8 Boi Titk SAYEST AND Bis 3¢ Vor Cliculsrs, appl s Dorian, Ry LK No. 119 Broadway, or to N Boiixk Wouxs, Philadelphla, P NORTH-WEST RAILROADS. ——— CHICAGO AND COUNCIL BLUFIS, 10WA, UNITED BY T TRIRORATR T Cuicaeo, Jan. 2. graphic comq-oml‘n { « ' fo PeRRY H. SMr1if and L. DUNLOP: The elt- 37e0m of Council Blufis congratulate you on the extension of the North-Western Rauilway to Council Bluffs by completion of the Cedar Rapids and Missourt River todfi. This gives you the only unhroken railroad the Missourd to the Lakes. Muy the future be as s to d'm" road as }n compieiion is valuable aud to Western Towid. (. BALDWIY, Mayor. O¥FICE OF THE C111CAGO AND NO Ilt'-“'l t!;nlt. " MICAGO, Jan, 23, 1867, To C. BALYWr, Mayor of Council Bluffe, flowa: Your weleomed and retuined. “ Blest be sy We give you the right hand of fel- lmmwu yuud on m:"”i Joined "?.'ifr'. 00w | . KEAD (ch of empire w one day 10 roverse the flm.;u.x:":f.;nta and '-’:uu- west, Prigy H. Byuitn, s . G0, L. DUxLor. MEetinGg 1x Hoxow op qay A meeting will be held ut important tele- this moruing vwa, Jau. 22, 1867, ~ R S honor of the passa; o Mfl!’fin biit t of mxumm,uwhf:h“fi’numuuw ‘fl 7 D Fallney of Midsisalppl, Prof. W, Howard 3 ia raon, 1. Downing, and = nished by the compan | adopted a resolution, offered by Mr. Creamer, | which directs “an immediato investigation of | “the present system of fe e o Last “apd North 3, at the City of New-York and instrncts the Commitiee on Commerco and Navigation “to report at an early day a bill | “cempelling the ferry companies to afford ! “hetter security and protection to the public.” The preamble of this resolution, in langnaze certpinly very mild, declares that our citizens now sulfering great inconvenicnee on | aecount of the inadequate accommodation fur- 8. Not a single effort has been made by the Terrymen to serve the public, and yesterday - .npum'd the disgraceful scenes of last week. During the night the boats were run very irreg- nlarly, though the rivers were nemly free rom ice, and at the Fulton Ferry the boats, or some unknown reason, were kept in the lips half an hour at a time. During the mon- ing, no attempt was made to rim the boats, owing to the change of tide and the floaling ice. The fe houses, Lridges, and adjacent wharves were filled with thonsands of persons | unable to procure passage. When the boats did start, they were dangerously overloaded, L and the disembarking crowds were met on the owds equally large. No police arrangements were made, and we are not surprised that on Monday eecning, at the Falton Ferry, one of the passengers was 1 || _ | knocked down, and had his leg crushed | between the Dbridge and the boat. That such accidents do not occur every trip is not the fault of the Ferry managers. At the Conrtlandt-st. Ferry one of the bridgze-tend- ers spends his time in resening peoplo who {all into the water, and forcibly preventing men from jumping upon the boats after they have left the bridge. A few Presidents and Directors might be detailed to perform the same duty at the Brooklyn ferrics. The citizens of Brooklyn, we are informed, disgusted with the ferry system, intend to Lold | a public meeting at the Academy of Music for the purpose of maturing a plan and obtaining the capital to build a hridg(- over the East | River. “But it will take a long time to build a uidge, and meanwhile we need immediate Lelp, and ghall continue to need it, for the mis- management of the ferries is chronie. If there is no ice in Summer, there is a perversity on the part of the ferry companics not less inconven- ient to their patrons, There is something inspiriting and soothing in the promptness with which, when despotic corporations trample too savagely upon the patient and prostrate | public, our present Legislature hurries to the rescue, Iaving brought the great railroad lines to terms, the Legislature has an opportu- nity to do a similar service to those who, for their sins, are condemned to cross the Brook- Iyn and Jersey ferries. . The public is heartily tired of ferries that are not ferries, boats that the | cannot cross narrow rivers, and ferrymen who langh at just complaints and perpetuate inex- cusable fuconveniences, Mr. Boutwell yesterday reported a bill in the House probibiting lawyers who cannot take the test oath from practicing in United States Courts, and the debate naturally turned upon the recent decision of the Supreme Court, by which a Presidential pardon was dodam(i to place any Rebel above the legislation of Con- gress. The temper of the Democrats was,shown in the bricf speeches of Messrs. Chanler, Rogers, and Finck, and when the previous qnu;.lon was called on the passago of the bill, the minority L adopted {heir faverits mothod of flibustering, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1807, | The notorious mismanagement of the Fervies | Tias attracted the attention of the State Assem- | Under the rules, which declare certain motions o bo in order at any time, and give the right to one-fifth of the membeys to order the calling of the yeas and nays, the Democraty amused themselves by worying the {ouse, and wasting the public time. Dilatory motions to adjourn, &c., on all of which the yeas and nays were taken, | kept the vote on the main guestion suspended, and snndry buffooneries following the A minority has no right thus to trifle with Congress and the country, and it is uttarly use- less to embarrass legislation which they are una- ble to prevent. THE ARTISTS' PETITION AGAIN. “If my gossip, Report, bo an Lonest woman of her word,” the Seuate, in Committee, has so far acceded to tho petition of the artists as to recommend an ad valorem duty upon imported pictures, somewhat exceeding the present tariff. As might have been predicted, the tax asked for by tho artists—&100 on every picture, and an additional tax of ten per cent on the excess above §1,000—was considered unreasonable and quite impracticable; and the rate actually re- commended would appear to have been agreed upon for the double purpose of ndding a little to the revenue and giving the petitioners some- thing instead of nothing, rather than from any belief in tho reasonableness of the petition. We have little doubt, for ourselves, that oven the original mcasure, if it could have been carried, would lave been of no advantage to any one. Thoe importers of the more expensivo pictures assure us, and, cven, we may say, prove to ns, that the addition of $100 to the prico would often prevent their sale. It may be argned on the other hand that it would not Lave this result, the rich purchaser not mind- ing the addition,or perhaps more bent on laving the picture, the more the high prico enabled lim to have something that lis less wealthy neighbors could not afford. Iow this might bo with regard to the costly pictures, only experi- ence would enable us to decide. But we may bo very sure that the importers of the cheap pictures, which are the ones that the artists declare themselves in danger from, are not {o be driven so casily from a field in which they have promiscd themselves go rich alaryest. They are an astnte class, and it is not for nothing that they have entered upon the noble task of educating the American people, and teaching them “ what is wha in art. Beside | he noble desire for our regeneration, they have a desive, equally elrong, for our greenbacks ; and though they might, for a consideration, forgot the one, they will not give up the other without a siruggle. Already it is whispered in Gath that one dealer, convinced that the artists’ petition will be granted, and foreseeing disaster, has determined to import a small colony of second and third-rate artists, and sct them at work in his building, manufacturing here, quite as casily as in P the pictures which delight | onr public and disgust onr ac We cheerfully grant that nothing can exeeed the | impudence of somo of these importers, self- nstitnted teachers and benefactors of our public. Any one who will investizate will find that for pictures which cost but two or three pPmiciana. hundred francs in P ate dear at that, a8 many thou lars are un blushingly asked in New-York. We are called on to beliey P worthless painters who v { known at home in Paris were it not for a noisy D p pessantly be utterly un- aise, ave men of astouishing genius il that we are lucky to get their A told that if it are cven pictures at were not for the failuve of 5o mwa Europe and the scarcity of money that prevails anker there, certain pictures conld r have been brought to this couutry at ) ul these only specimens of the despesate measures re- sorted to by the men who have determined to establish themselves here and prey upon onr gallibility. If our artists expect to it all their own way with these men and drive them out of the country without we can tell them beforehand that they are mistaken They may retire for & time, but they will find v to retumn, We are very glad to learn from the letter, in another column, signed “An Artist,” that the artists generally are not willing to be thought desirons of keeping foreign pictures out of the country. But we know, and it cannot be denied, that the leaders of the movement contemplated exactly that result, and that they Lave long been devising means to accomplish it. We a! know that the best of our artists aro not cordially in favor of the wovement, and have either not signed the memorial, or hate done so rehe- tantly, and out of good-natured compliance. This must be 8o, for to be a good artist im- plics intclligence and Jiberality, and this meas- ure is an unintelligent and illiberal one, and experience will prove that it is a mistake, We think the ertists might have availed them selves of a surer if not of an casicr remedy for their groubles than a reconse to legislation. They might have determined, and it is not yet too late, to kill bad work by good work; to match industry with industry; and thus secuie a position from which no rival could dislodge them, and which no congress could strengthen. There never w country more generous to its own writers and artists t is ours; never one that grected more cordially every promise of excellence, every achievement, In truth, it would have been betier if there had been some- what less flattery and more discrimination; if fame and fortune had been Larder to win; for, it i3 in mo ankindness that we own onr belief that the present somewhat indifferent attitude of the public to American art is the result of a growth in the public mind whieh has not been matched by a correspouding growth in the work and aim of our artists, It is human to complain of circumstances, of accidents, of rivalries, as bars to our deserved success, and to refuse to see the true bar in our own deficiency. DBut Cassius had the right of it when he said— “The fault, dear Brutus, {3 not n our etar, But in outselves that we wro undorliugs,” and the sooner our American artists, many of whom are men of real talent; half developed, and of ability that seldom accomplishes all it might—the sooncr these gentlemen resolve that they will stand up with these foreign inter- lopers aud pretenders—aye, and with the for- eign men of genius, too— a square fight, and give blow for blow, and ask no odds of Con- gress, or of any one, but fight with pluck, with science, and endurance, until the day be fairly theirs—the better will it be for Art in America. The facts of the wreek of the steamer Com- modore, as elicited by & Government investi- gation, are not new to these columns; but we have mow official evidence that one of the moest inexcusable of disasters resulted from neglect worse than a crime. First, it appears that this cighteen-year old halk had been condemned in October last, and though it was subsequently repaived, was still considered by * gxoerionced seamicn unsalo 1 a struggle, and these disgraceful proceedings were only | enlivened by the arrest of absent members | that a tribo «f | NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 95, I867. for Winter navigation. Second, its own- ers obtaind a certificate on condition that that they ehould fully equip their ves- scl, which condition they utterly failed to fulfill, and thus sent their vessel to sca unlaw- fully, and in an unseawor thy condition. Third, that the Captain started her out in a lull of etormy weather, of which every seaman must lave been aware, and without consulting his barometer. Yourth, the Commodore was insuf- ficiently manned, eo that when disaster came, the* steamer was helpless. We defy any one to concelvo a clearer caso than this in all respects. It amounts to a demonstration that (e owners of the steamer Commodore are re- «ible for the gross crime of sending passen- boat little better than a coffin, that, too, in outright defiance of the gimplest law of public safety, and the plainest ule of navigation, and of morals, and of common sense. We quite believe with Capt. Mew that there is a class of owners who can be reached only by the most stringent cnactments, and we carnestly hope that the case of the Commo- dore will not be found beyond the practical application of the law. spon gers to sea in a THE GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT. About 175,000 peoplo are supposed to have gnashed their teeth and torm their hair yester- day morning over the news from Chicago. Itis 1ot rash to assume that of those who held tick- efs in the Great Chicago Lottery, a vast major- ity fully expected to become the fortunate pos- sessors of the Opera-House, and that the ©00 lucky ones who drew the smaller prizes are almost as disconsolate as the thousands who drew mnothing at all. For ourselves, we must confess we don't feel sorry for them. They gpent their five dollars foolishly, and they richly deserved to get nothing for their investment. T'his business of lotteries is fast becoming an insufferable nuisance, and it is high time to abate it. The policy-shops, where servants and day laborers squander their hard earnings ; the still meaner swindles staring us in the face at every corner, where the unsuspecting are deluded into buying worthless “gift jewelry ik the “exchange offices” where you may stake your dollars on 4-11-44; the charitable raffles, in Wwhich the demoralizing passion for-gambling, and somctimes, we grieve to say, the grossest dislionesty, are impressed into the service of religion ; the Art Union enterprises, now fortu- pately less popular than they used to be; apd finally, this great scheme by which Mr. Croshy has got rid of his white. €le phant—all these are symptoms of a mauia which is fast becoming epidemic and threatens to play fearful havoe with the moral health of the public. We don’t purpose at this late day to reopen the question of the mfluence of lotteries, The sensible por- tion of mankind decided long ago that it was bad. We only want ‘n-up](- to ask themselves whercin lottery gambling on the stage of the Chieago Opera-Houso is any better than policy- playing in a dirty den on West Droadway. That men of good reputation and social stand- ing gave their countenance to the former scheme worst thing about it. They ought to have known better, and remembered that they are the class to whom the poor and the jemorant have a right to look for good example, Perhaps the unfortunate persons who didu't draw the great prize on Monday may be helped to a resolufion to avoid such things for the fature by looking at the follow fignres: is perhaps ti The Opera-Honse was valued (by its owners at 600,000, though it certainly could not have been sold for near that sum, The Art Gallery vas not worth, at the outside, over 50,000, About 180,000 tickets were sold at &5 each, yiclding $000,000. penses, you have 8700,000 as the prico obtained for the Opera House—at least 30 per cent more than it wonld have brought at a regular sale. Bat this is not all: nearly 30,000 tickets remain- ing unsold were reckoned the property of Mr Croshy, and placed in the wheel; so that the owner of the building, beside getting o ve Landsome price for it, had one chance in eve seven of drawing it himself! donbt that the drawing was conduesed honestly, and without deception; but had we not better avoid, for the future, all transactions in which the seller has such tremendons advantage over the buyers? ——— NAPOLEON AS REIORMER. s ogo by the Trench Government have taken Frauce, and the world by sur- prise. mperor has kept his secrcts well, No intimation of the appearance of the de- crees had been given through the French or foreign press, and they were, therefore, all the more eagerly commentedf upon, A majority of very liberal. The Cabinet seemed to regard the decree as a total chapge of policy, for all of the members tendered tleir resignations, tut, although unexpected, the decrees can- not be said to be inconsistent with the politi- cal theories which the Ewmperor has always professed. However much at variance with the progressive party in France, and in other countrics of Europe, the Emperor Las never for o moment ceased to claim for his ralo a dem- ocratic origin and a democratic character. As for {ts.origin, that is wiitten in the bloody his- tory of the coup d'état and the massacres of the Boulevards. But the word democratic, which is 0 offensive in the court circles of other European eountries, has frequently and emphatically been claimed by Louis Napoleon as characteristic of the Napoleonic Statg. And it cannot be denied, however anti-Liberal his policy may have been in many respects, that Louis Napoleon has frequently, for his own purposes, defended the principles of demoeracy in the councils of European diplomacy. He has been the spokesman of oppressed nation- alities—France excepted—and the liberation of Italy from foreign rule is undoubtedly, to a lurge extent, work. To the attacks made upon his policy as anti-democratic, the Em- peror has often replied that it would require geveral years before his Government, which was based upon the national will, could be sufficiently consolidated to allow of that degrec of popular liberty which he desired to give to the country. First, the foundation of the new cdifice had to be protected against the plots of the old parties before he could think of earrying fully through the Napolconic theory of Govern- ment and establish the greatest popular freo- dom in complete harmony with the strongest executive. The time for completing the edifice of his Government has, in his opinion, now ar- rived, and the object of the reform decrees is declared to be to “crown the edifice of a Btate “founded upon the national will!” The full text of the Imperial decrees will give us a clearer view of the granted reforms than can be obtained from the brief Cable dis- patch. Tho latter mentions as reforms which the Government has granted the right given to the Legislative Body of questioning the Gov- ernment; an improvement in the condition of the press, which will greatly rojoice at the re- duction of the stamp - duties, and the offenses of which will henceforth ugt ho- puuislied by Allowing 150,000 for ex- |} We have no | The reform decrees which were issued a few | the Paris papers, it is stated, regarded them as | e oxtra-judicial decrees of the Government, but in the regular Correctional Courts; gnd a re- moval of some of the obnoxions restraints which have hitherto been imposed upon the right of the people to meet in publie. Louis Napoleon wishes these reforms to be regarded a3 marks of his confidence in the popular will. But they aro conceded at a time when the foreign policy of the Empire gives to the Liberal opposition more powerful weapons for assault than ever before, and when the un- populatity of the projected army bill compelled the Government to yicld largely to the pop- ular will. Europe will not fail to seo that the necessity for conciliation had fully as much to do with the reform decreed, as con- fidenco in the loyalty and in the Impe- rialist sentiments of the French people. The announcement by the Cdble that the ma- jority of the Paris papers regarded tho Tmpe- rial dcerees s very liberal, is not sufficiently distinct as regards the effect which the decrees produced upon the Liberal party. Theiijorgans will, of course, welcome any new liberty that the Government may grant to them; but will they on that account become rcconciled to the Second Empire 1 A thorough reconciliation would for the present appear to be impossible; for the aims which Louis Napoleon on the one hand, and the Democratie party of Europe on the other, keep in view, mo still radically divergent. Democracy, with greater hopes and greater activity than ever before, is working throughont Europe for theintroduction of purely democratic institutions as they exist in the United States and Switzerland. Napoleon still clings to the “Napoleonie idea” of o State which is nominally demoeratic in its basis and really monarchical in its top. The uncompromising purpose of the Democracy cannot fail to bring on, ere long, a clash between the two theories. Then history will give its verdict as to the strength of each in the O1d World; but no history will ever Justly award to the Imperial Assassin of France eredit for sincere devotion to anything but the interests of his own dynasty, What he grants is extorted from him by poliey or by fear; that he should have power to grant or to withhold any- thing is the miracle of modern politics, and the ghamo of the French people—such a shame as no revolution, no just revenge upon the usurper, no atonement to the martyrs and exiles of 1831, can ever fully obliterate. THE NEW SENATOR, gt Sor i THE WON, TIMOTHY 0. HOWE. The Hon. Timothy O. Howe, who was yesterday elected United States Senator from Wisconsin, for the term ending in 1573, was born in Livermore, Oxford Connty, Maine, Febrnary %, 1816, and is there- fore, 51 years of age. He reccived a classical ednca- tion at the Readfield Seminary, and after graduating, studied Jaw, and was admitted to the bar in 1820, He practiced Lis profession {in Keadfield, and soon be- came known as one of theablest lawyers of the State, In 1845 he was elected to the Legislature of Maine, baving previonsly taken a leading part in the politics of tlte time. Near the closo of 1845 Le removed to Gireen Bay, Wisconsin, practicing in the leading Courts. He was elected a Cirenit Judge in 1850, and held the office until 1855, when Lo gned. In 1861 sislature clected;him to the United States Sen- | ate, in which ho Las eince scrved with distinction. He Lias been a member of the Committees on Finance, Commeres, Pensions, and Claims, and Chairnan of the Committees on Enrolled Bills and the Library. At the opening of this session Mr. Howe was elected Chairman of the Committee on Claims, and member of the Committeos on Enrolled Bills and the Library. He is ono of the most radical of Re- publicans. He voted against the bill to admit Ne- | braska, because it did not require the people of that | State to frame their Constitution so as to give the llot to colored men, and voted in favor of the | Lill tarepeal the amnesty power of the President. | 1n a speech made on the latter VLill he said that if Lie had been President, Jeff. Davis would have been teied and hanged loug ago. Ife was in favor of | amending the bill to regulate the tenure of office, so w3 to prevent the President from removing Cabinet officers without the consent of the Senate, and | against an educational test in the District of Co- a Suffrage bill. Mr. Howe is an eflective, though not a frequent speaker, and energetic and ndustric the Committoes and the general busi- ness of the ate. THE DRAMA. C——— VT TESTIMONTAL AT THE WINTER GARDEN, v that the Winter Gardvu was erowded, last g, would be to state the trath mildly, Fhe theator was quite overwhelned with people. The udience combined, in au unusual degree, the ele- ments of intelleet, culture, fashion, beanty, and social | cminence. Mr. Bootl's performanc of Hamlet was received with pplanse that was bothappreciative and enthmsiastic. His acting presented no new point of excellence, nor need we lieredwell upon a persona- tion that is as fumiliar s sunshine, to the theater- | goers of this community. That its merit is fully ap- preciated, the closing scene at the Winter Garden, last evening, bors eloquent testimony. We mean, of | course, the presentation, to Mr. Booth, of the “* Ham- let Medal,” Notice of this testimonial was given, in these column, several days since. At the end of the tragedy, lust evening, the Committee of gentlemen baving the matter in charge went from their private boxes to the stage, the united orchestral bands of the principal theaters in town playing, meanwhile, the Danish Nation sent o simple drawing-room scene, arriving upon which, the Committee met with My. Booth, in the costume of Homlet, and by their chaivman, William Fullerton, esq., presented the medal. Among others re appeared on the stage Gen. Barry, Admirals and Palmer, the Hon. J. I\ Hof{man, Maj.- Anderson, the Hon. George Baneroft, the . Daly, the Hon, Charles A. Dann, the Jarnard, the Ion. John R. Brady, gett, esq., W. Beard, esq.. Jervis Me- esq., A. Bierstadt, esq., Thomas {\':n\l, M. D, . Richard O'Gorman, and Wi, Fullerton, esq. nting the medal, made the ppropriate address: th n he Hos Mr. Pullerton, in prese subjoined gruceful and My, ¥ 1 You hav cservedly won s position in om which fow men have ever attamed. The fon of one of Shakespeare’s plays for ono usecutive nights to overflowing wnd delighted iph untecorded in the annals of the and {8 well worthy of L FOUT SUCCERS B8 AN ublio attention und called forth this demonstration. n have won alike the ap- I»Imm- and n-\m-t of your fellow men ; and_a numerous hody of your friends und admirers, through theiv €om- mittee, now heie present, desive to present you with some evide of the thon of your genius a8 an actor, and thew re 0 substan tinl and hearty plandits 1 ! y heard within To that end, they have fostrueted me to pr e nslcally, 1t I8 of little worth: hut s o token of the regard of your fellaw-citizens, it pos- sessen a stenificance far more” valuable than the gold of which 1t {s composed or the artistic skill which has bei tified it. Tt was thonght proper, Sir, that this presouta- ton slould take placo on the ‘occision of tho piny of et,” with which your name willever be assoviated, and on the very spot of vour greatest professional achiovements—therehy affording your numerous fris an opportunity of witnessing it~ But the time xxd il chosen for this coremon, i, o another and a deeper slgnificanco, They are futen a8 A recoguition of your Ife-long efforta to ralss the moral standard of the drama, and to encourngo you fn your future efforts to aceomplish that result, In conclusion, Sir, T heg you to accept this gift; aud, at the same time, allow me !ne!!‘h‘lfll @ uni- versal wish that you may live to win new triwmphs in a rmfonh-n which your virtues have elevated and your alents adorned. address was received with avez Mr. Fullortos demonstration of -|;|pm\'ul aud applause. Mr. Bool colingly. lied brig d “;‘he mmmavul in ‘}umflmmmnded by & ser- penfi There are emblematic flowers at the base, the skull of Yorick, two foils crossed, and the raven. In the center is Booth’s head as Hamlct. At the top is the Danish crow:nl,iom ‘which hang two wmlhlfl on either side, of laurel and myrtle. Tfla from which he medal depe has in the center, a head of , with emblomatio of comedy and ench side. The motto is, * Tho inseription on the back reads as CBPOAro, mezuit rnou';." follows: 0 EDWIN BOOTH: In wmmgllxq!:'r:&chz od rus of © Hamlet,” oo buadred wighta.” 8 snacted Hywm. The stago was set to repre- | POLITICAL ———— NEW-JERSEY. ELECTION OF UNITED STATES BENATOR, TreNTON, Jan. 22—Frederick T. Frelinghnyseg was this morning elected United States Senator foy two years, to fill vacaucy cansed by the death of the Hon, Wm, Wright. The vote in the Scnate stood 13 for Frelinghuysen snd 7 for Jol , Sfock: i iouae, 3¢ for Frefinghuyeen and 55 for Gerchtol® Pt INDIANA. GOV, MORTON ELEGTED SENATOR, INDIANAPOLIS, Jau, 22.—~Gov. Morton was elected United States Senator to-day, over D. W, Voorhies, Democrat. The voto in the Senate stood 25 to 19; in the House, 60 to 53. KANSAS, POMEROY ELECTED IN THE UPPER HOUSE~THY. SHONY TERM BETWEEN ROSS AND CARNEY, BY TELEGRATH TO THE THINUNR Torexa, Kansag, Jan. 22.—The Senate to-day re. clected Senator 8. C. Pomeroy by a vote of 16 to 9, The House refused, by a vote of 43 to 41,10 go into ag election for the long term. Poweroy developed a mas jority of 2 in_ the joint ballos, 'l¥| conte: short term is between Ross and nltf;'l," oA REDY ——— e WISCONSIN. SENATOR WOWE RE-ELECTED—TI'E CENSURE oF DOOLITTLE CONCURRED IN BY Tilli SENALE, BY TELEGRAPK T0 IO ® MapisoN, Wis., Jan. 22—The Hon. Timothy O, Towe was reilected United States Senator to-day, The Senate vote was: Howe, 23; C. A, Eldvidge, 5; Gen, I. 8. Bragg, 1. The Assembly vote was: Howe, 183 Eldridge, 22; Gen. J. J. Gappey, 1. The Senate, by a vote of 21 to 11, concurred in the resolutions which passed the Assembly last week by a vote of i3 to 21, condemining the course of Senator Doolittle, and instructing him' to resign, Thus Wise consin givesthe verdict on the course of her Sena The Constitutional Amendment wae made the wm order in the Senate for to-morrow afternoon. bt MARYLAND. DY TALAGRAPA TH THE TRISTNZ. ANNArOLIS, Md., Jan, 22.—The Senzte of Maryland to-night declared Alfred Spates Senutor from Alles ghany Co. in place of Ohr. Yeas, 14; Nays, 6. It ig expected that this will iusure Swaun’s olection ag United States Scnato: CIIARGFS OF CORRUPTION IN THE LEGISLATURE. BY TRLEGRAPH TO THN TRIBCNE. SaN Fraxcisco, Jun. 22.~In the Nevada Legisle ture, yesterday, the House appointed a Commiittee to investigate the alleged charges of corruption during the Senatorial contest. The Senate passed a Lill au. thorizing the sale of $300,000 of State bouds, beariug 15 per ceut interest per month. e THE SOUTHERN STATES. puinemm iy GEORGIA. BY TRIEGEAPH TO THE TRIBONE. SAvANNAH, Ga., Jang@2—Gen. Scott arrived hery this morning and left for South Caroling, where the negre trouble still exists. He earried with him the negro laws yer Bradley, who, it is sald, is the cause of the trouble. RETURN OF GEN. 5COTT. BY TELEORAFR TO THE TRINNE. Savaxyan, Ga, Jan. 2.~Gen. R. K. Scoit has re- turned from Sonth Carollua, afier making satistactory arrangements for the negroes to leave the plantation, oe contract within one week, i MISSOURL A LIBEL SUIT. BY TRLEORAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. S1. Louis, Jan., 22.—The Evening Dispatch publishey the report that Gov. Fletcher has brought u suit agained The Missouri Republiean for libel, Damiages are laid of 410,000, The sait is based upon a letter from Gen, R. Vaughan to Gov. Fletcher in regard to the affairs {,'x‘lfu) cite County. The Repuldicen editorially comments créon. i LOUISL BY TRIRGRAPR TO THE TRIBUNE. Ww-ORLEANS, Jan. 22.—A number of the members of the Legislature have arrived. The talk of the ime yeachment of Gov, Wells has revived, hut it is gonerally wlieyed that nothing of the kind will be attemplod ——— TEXAS. BY TRURORAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. vrstoN, Jan, 22.—Tha Cnstom-House receipts for the last week were the largest known at this amounting to 32,500, nearly three-fifths as much as Orleans. The wunicipal authorities and cltizens are muking arrangements to receive the remains of Gom. Jobuston. Capt. James E. Lawton of the brig Goldes Vight, charged with smuggling, was acquitted it United States Court to-day, and immediately vearres on a charge of perjury. gt UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. ST TELEGRAPE TO THE TRIBUNE. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—No, 110—Samuel Harlan o8 al, appellants, va. United States, Argument coneluded. N o United States, appellants, vs. the stedmes Pearl and car Tize Ca ubzoitt £0. No. 113—Tho schoouer ng Beud,” gppellants, United States. Appeal dismulsse yumm‘t to n.xlau'& rule of the Court, No. 113—-William Brobst, plaintiff in error, vs. Jobs Brobst, Dismissed for want of Jurisdiction. No. 114—Edward Kelly et al., plaintiff In error, ve. Sam= uel Crawford. Case argued. No. 116—First case to-morrow. Adjourned to Wednesday at 119, m. ——— CRINE. et MURDER BY A MANIAC, Troy. Jan, 22—John Morton, a religzions entha. slast, or monomaniue, on Sunday afternoon last, at Sars toga Springs, shot and probably fatally wounded a man named Michael O'N Morton believes hlmsell to be Josus Chrlst, and says he is attended by numerous winis tering angels, who stand ready at all times to execute his slightest wish. Me has not Leretofore heen regarded as @ Qangerous mon, but rather harmiess ol inotienstve, O'Nell bought @ pasir of pants of hin 8 few days since, one of the couditlons being that it théy did not fit Morton b toke them back. O'Nell returned the pants on Saturday uight, b Morton professed to be 11}, and sald he could not ati t0 the attor then. On Aunday afternoon, O'Nell we to seo dorton again, aud insisted upon a compliance his part with the tévins of the bargain, Morton pxmd: elckness, but O'Nefl persisted n bis demand. 3o finally told O that if he did not_leave he would Boot him; but O'Nell paid no sttes ‘s threat and remaiy The unfort nate madman then drew a revolver and fired at O'Ne the ball entering the wind-pipe and pussing downvi into the stomach. Morton was fmmediately arrested and the pistol taken from him. O'Nefl was surgeon, and everything possiblo fs Yesterday morning he vowited ve lits I tho bullet, and_appenred comfortable, though his covery is doubtful. A CRIMINAL SENTENCED—-MURDER TRIAL—A FORGER SENT 10 THE STATE PRISON, AY TRLECRAPR TO THE TKIRUNK. Hepsoy, N. Y, Jan. Barngy McCann, who was tried last April for the murder of Edward Pye, convicted and sentenced 1o bo hanged, bt who obtained & new trisl, was to-day arragned, when he pleaded guilty to maw slaughter In the third degree, and was sentenced to twe years and six months fn the Jolin Allen, who mur most revolting manner, plea of Insanity, and Lis trialis set down for to-wmorrow. © 13 evident that he i3 elther a mantae or a flend. George W. Davenport, representing himself as o Tocad editor of The Woreesicr Gy Wwis senfenced to 18 monshs Tard labor in the Cliston Prison for attempting to utter ® forged check. ACCIDENTS. - COUN CGIER SEETOUSLY INJURED. Yesterday afternoon George W. Cregier, one of the Counellmen from the Seventh District, attempted to jump npon the &:30 cxpress teain of (he Hudson River Railroad, Jound up, at the corner of Fourth-ave. and Forty-fourth- ¢ but missed his bold and fell heneath the cars whiek r over his right log, severing it from the lwd{ The Afortunate man was conveyed to his residence, No. &7 West Forty-fourthest., where e now lies in u eritical con- Aition, STEAM-TUG EXPLOSION—THERE. PERSONS SCALDED. At 7 o'clock last evening, the steam-tug Eutorprise, while lyiug at her pier at the foot of Thirty-elghth-et, N. R.. burst her boiler, scalding the engineer (Charles P. tt, residing at No. §2 Charitonst.), the ’":i".d all: lady passenger. The engmoor was 0 badly scalded a8 Decossitate remmoval to. Bellevue Hospital Ly the Twentieth Precinct Police, who reached the sceno -'fl'..or the mmfl nee, and rendered .ve:{“nllm- others were ne nu“nlyimlnd. taken gr h!y their friends. The tug s employed ract ors for the removal of dead animals, returned from s trip to Bavren Islands. She widerably damaged. 13 A CorRECTION.—A dispatch from Now-Orleans, published in yesterday's paper, stated thad the widow of Mr. Horton, the clergyman who WM Killed fn the July riots, was fn Uit city tying 8 valn to bring s sult against the Corparation tor tho murder of Ler husband. We learn that this s 88 error. Mrs, Horton is now in Now-York, and has 10 prosecute such & guit, hough urgedt by lavwyors to Aq 90, .