The New-York Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1867, Page 2

WHAT THK CITY 18 LIKE-SOCIAL KTIQU PEOPLE AND HOW THEY LOOKED—GEN GRANTE RE. CHITION From Our Special Correspoudent WAsHINGTON, Pob, 21, 1867, Washington is the concrete of seediness. It is a poor relation of prosperous cities. It is out at clbows, shabby at toes, generally dingy and neglected, while the showy public buildings shine upon its poverty like pinchbeck jewelry, Founded as a land specula- tion, i€ bears its hateful birthmark still. Nothing here looks thrifty. Smart and forced gentility nudges dirty and dejected poverty. Occasionally a sturdy threa-story brick house pushes itself np in a rash moment, but it soon has a forlorn and deprecating wir, a8 asking pardon of the surroundiog wrecks for having disturbed their dolefal harmony. The plan of the city will remain a mystery till the end of time. Why Fifth-st. should run at right angles with Soventh-st., and parallel with F.-st., which is at cross- purposes with D.-st.—why, when you think you haye conquersd the labyrinth, and convinced yourself that the avenues have some purpose in existence, and follow the same system, you should be cheated of your faith in the wisdom of our venerated Fathers, by learning, at wwuch expense of muscular toil, that Penus; jia leads to Venezuela, and New- Jorsey to the Hobrides - why every object of inter- est should persiste turn its back on every other, and refuse to know that it exista— the front door of the Capitol should studionsly be hidden behind the building (unless, indeed, it were in & laudable effort to conceal the statuary which adorns the steps), and hove all, and beyond all, why the sun should rise in the sonth, and set in the east— must remain a puzzle to the casnal mind while the world is. The very names of the streets betray the povecty of the city. Not even a whole numeral is al- Jowed to all of them. Fonr-and-a-half street! Think of that, in a Jand which has as good an alphabet as any other, and the Roman system of mnotation and aumeration, with the Arabic to fall back upon! Streets, quoth 1! But to speak as in bondage to the trath—there are no strec There are vast, dreary, aninhabited tracts, destitute of verdure, and roamed sver by herds of horse-cars and hacks. So distant from the sidewalks are these inconveniences that the curb-stones are lined with waiting people, each pos- sessed of an opera-glass and a speaking-trumpet ; the first to ery the approach of the vehicle, the second o hail it. 8o wide are the avenucs that the very {angnage takes on new meanings, and if you say you are writing to friends at a distance, you are snpposed, unless vou explain yourself, to be in correspondence with the gentleman over the way. In all the hotels it is against the regulation of the house to send wait- ers across the street, unless you remunerate the pro- prietors for one day's loss of time, and a8 you must foo tha servant beside, old residents do all their er- rands themselves, rising an hour or two earlier for the purpose. The blocks—but there are no blocks; there are only aggregations of lath, plaster, clapboards, and br rise like so mauy dirty and snperannuated Venuses #rom s sea of mud; and if it is not mud, it is dust— (lying, blinding, ehoking, inflamiug, and irritating Inst. For Washington has no knowledge of that nau- tieal experience known as “between wind and water.” The Capitol stands on a hill in the center of the desertof Sahara. Tt was placed on this bad eminence that it might not be submerged in mud, for in a wot time Sahara itself liquefies and encroaches. At the other extremity of Pennsylvania avenue—but whether north, south, east, or west from the Capitol not Tyeho Brahe could tell—is the White Honse. Its site differs from the former in_that ifs bad eminence rises inside the building. 1 believe, however, that it stanils on a pretty hillock of its own. The truth is, I haven't seen it; but as all great works of travel hegin with the geography and topography of a sonutry, T thought mine must. The social etiquette of Washington is nnlike that of any other American city. Strangers coming here are sxpected to call upon persons whom they wish to know. In return they receive a card, and, if eligible, an invitalion. The Secretaries, the Licutenant-Gen- sral, the Chief-Justice, and those Senators who have fixed days for receptions, issne cards, which they send to their personal fricnds, to those persons 1o whom they owe civilities, and to recognized public funetionaries. Then anybody who is on terns of in- Limaey, or who has an eminent soeial position, may soli ard for his friends tarrying in town. So it will be scen that the Republican Court is not a Court of exclusiveness, and that the drawing-rooms of our queens of society may be achieved without diplo- maoy or heart-break. The wives of the Senators must be called upon by the wives of the Representatives. On no acconnt must this ceremonial be reversed or emitted. If the wife of Senntor Smith be much younger than the wife of R entative Brown, and indebted to her, and ofien entertained by her at her home, all this goes for nothing in Washington. Mrs. Smith must ex- act her pound of etiguette, or the social world would madly erash off into spac Feminine Senators aud Reprosontatives (why not *—our great captain’s cap- tain—Shakespeare), however, most alike call on the wives of the Secretarics. and they in turn, with all the rest of the world, on the ladies at the White Homse. Theu for the Presidential receptions no cards are issned. Every body goes who wishes to see the uneasy head that wears a crown, or the somewhst startling upholstery of the Exeeative mansion. To [ coptions of the Speaker of the Honse, also, everybody goes who has a desire to peep at the most democratic and charueteristic society of America, and to shake hands with the Kindest-hearted, blithe- womest, wost over-worked, and most popular good fellow in (he land. When one goes to make a eall in Washington lot him turn down the corner of his visitiog card. For should Lie send up that eligible pastebe he will be held to have Jeft it by a servant, and not to have called in gerson. And after investing one’s solf inane’s best clothes, and taking mnch trouble to b neighborly, one hikes to bave the eredit of it Auil. by the by, since honor is the subject of my story (T refer to elothes, but a fresh quotation, now and then, so brightens up oue's pages), let me tell the dear, but unsopbisticated virgin who is about to make her first visit here what she shonld put in that vast sarcophmegus of & trunk. lmprimis: A service, short as the tale of ber foibles, for, Washington mud is like the blood- stain on the hand of Lady Macheth, and will not vanish, though adjured in her phirase. Next, » black wilk, and that is to be her dinner dress through the ages, if she stay so long. Forif the waiters at Wil- | lard’s have a gift bevond their fatal facility in juggling you with somebody else’s spoon, un- washed, and a preémpted napkin, is their supernatural ease in enlivenineg one’s side-breadths with splashes of gravyfand spattering tomatoes on one’s most cherished peplum. They set down nanght inmalice. 1f the plate touches the table with @ concision whieh prodaces a rebound, or, being tipped, sends its contents down that inclined plune, their ignorunce of the laws of gravitation and 1 is elearly in It, not the concrete Ethio- pian. So what can we do but pass the Military bill and establish free schools every where—and we: black silk dresses at dinner ! Plainly, it is not worth while 1o scold these dusky vassals, nor to complain (o the head-waiter, “Then. beside these, our neophyte necds only pretty i« dresses. They may be just s natty, and even st ax this eurions game of o tectotun and spins wany sided, and exposcd to all. Or, if she hias but one—she may be just as happy, for shier will hardly meet the same person at two parties, and if she do, they will have forgotten wlhat she wore the night before, such a whirl and bustle is this curiows life. In faet, Tom-Tom of Islington who mar- ried 8 wife ou Sunday, bronght her home on Mouvday, went glad on Tuesday, scolded ber on W wesday, 23 was she on Thursday, dead was shie on Friday, sod was Tom on Saturday to bury hix wife on Sunday—this ingenious legend, 1 say, is the apologue of Washington. Every day is the excitcmont of the debates at the Capitol, and the duty of calling on some recoptive lady. And every gt thore s party. Aud every wook tragedy uud each other. And every Sundayone rosh tho sameroutine. And through it all one has & vague sense of unrest, of undurability, & FTE=FAMOUS | gim fear that the shining coach will turn into a shing vpon you's moment the Territory of Arizona: d by s0 many three times as large as the State of New-Yorl not meet again, that yon pinch yourself to see if you | 4" common impression that it embraces ouly the nar- row strip of land known as the Gadsden Purchase, - aro awake. But to return to the receptions, from which, methinks, Tmust have wandered. Mr. Speaker Colfax receives on Thursdays, from half past eight to Three large rooms are open while in fact it confains a much greater are: tending from Sonora to Utah, and from New-Me: to California. correct esti Arizona and its resources, the peculirities of its three fimt patural divisions must be considered, viz: that 3 and the interior country, a district in itself gearly as when you reach the house—surely, you think—8 | Jarge as the State of Now-York, and bl'('ll]biola solid phalanx of American citizens has possession every ineh of room. By dint of taking advantage of the departures you cork-screw your way from the gidewalk to the dressing-room in 2 minutes. Then in the wake of a refluent wave of guests 3 down stairs again, and the tide takes you into the Presence. A familiar presence, with eyes blue and sunny asa baby’s. A smile with a whole gogd heart behind it, and an artlessness so-entiro that it scems the highest art. This face all the country knows, for it it is scattered in card photographs—which are farue —throughout the length and breadth of the An admirable officer in the Honse—candid, judicial, rapid, clear, he has yet such odd bonhommie (then why don’t we have an English word which means jost that?), such a genius of good nature, thatone wonders how that larger oy was ever chosen Speaker unless, indeed, the doubt explains the fact. In this drawing-reom you shall see everybody. “oreign Ministers, beauties, dowdies, office-seekers, literary celebrities, and hosts of those charming people who are the air- ‘Well-bred, pleasing persons without an angle, who touch you like down, and [ muck whom you are thankful to rest upon after the ex- hausting brillisncy of the many-hued, talking ma- Whites only since 1863, Each of these divisions is ¢ | famous for its mines of Gold, Silver, and Copper, and each has wore or less of nméculmml land. rado, tl Salinas, the Verde, the Agua all ninhund«mn of ofrn;‘v‘ltmn by a large po?u- o ation in bre; ) vated, ;m)dumd excollent crops, “Everything \ rhn Legislatiire, * seems to attain the most luxuriant and complete fl’flw“l in the shortest ible time.” travel, Arizona is not difficnlt of access, and many think it offers the only feasible route for the easy construction and economical working of a Pycific railroad. The navigation of the great Colorado to Callville, a distance of some 500 uniles, )msl;mvcd a and, in the face of all the I population is steadily increasing. Large numbers ol miners from Iduho and Montana have entered the Territory this Winter, and, within a circle of 50 miles from l'n-n_m%t, the capit cushions of society. stated, will beiu opers such quantities of arable and grazis such a climate, that nothing prevents its great pros- r-nfylm' the presence of the A 1 do perceive here a divided duty. We all want to sottlers in constant alarm. know how these men whom we honor, and these women whom we envy as leading a charmed, per- fumed existence, whether they are made of our clay, or of a 1¢ substance. All of which is natural, and laudable On the other side, these people whom we set here as our trusted oracles, society, may object to point a moral and adorn a tale. “Why should we belong to the newspapers ! perhaps they sigh, after some cruelty of J we are here must we lose all pri Ah, patient folk, sufferance is the badge of tribe. 1 weigh your wish aga many who shall never see Washington hut in their dreams, and the majority wins as it should. Hore—let the crowd give way a little—here isa cannon ball of & man, as hard as direct, 95 har to the touch, as terrible a power, almost as dusky and round as Lis prototype—gallant Ph a little fellow, hardly more than five fo say—such a red-faced, vision made for them by the Indian Departu some of the so-called fri and interrupting the roads from the capit | rh‘u'l’y needed for the purluwul proseenting the war agninst the coming th much in th troops furnished to hunt them over the great extent of country which they in the States of Massachusetts, Vein Humpshire combined, Indeed, owing to cirenm- sta look, and what they do, and nd our best product of " familiar with tl necessarily been desultory rather than regulars, not likely to be trans! pliee of the volunteers, an offonsi and persistently waged by an adeqt o Terri . Yet there is fi the nerves, eager hands, will and energy in the heavy brows and set mouth. And what answers he when one says, “Tam glad to shake hands witha soldier whom the nation honors; & man might well have spent a much longer life to have won Gen. Sheridan’s reputa trne soul replies in this fashion: ‘Sheridan’s Ride” called it pome) made their beads of carpet-| i . as been responded to round black eyes, dask tion for more troops has been Tesponde the of A‘nmlm, bt for the speedy opening of that coun- try, in which t we hope the Wal *Tam afraid that I mean (and I the hour w in Arizona may b bave to belave myself to keepit, for I notice t American people will not continne to be heross who do not have the heroic stuff in them. have got to prove my title, yon know.” By which | wisdom, little Phil, you are like to prove it. comes the one man who, without oue romantic im pulse, one angle on which to hang an enthusiasm, one eloctric and kindling spark of genius, possesses the hearts of the people, and is a Lero through the Phil. Sheridan, Kearney, Gar field, Wifithrop, Dahlgren would have seemed heroic Not so this quiet Grant’s face, heavy, expressionless, lighted by no quick changes of the eyos, by no movement of the shut, thin lips, looks what it is—the face of men of diverse politics, at its recent session, passed the followi of either House re affirmative : grandear of success. after failure. i the bl and harm perity and growth of this young commuity the only man sary to blot out a multitude of other lives, and conld work out the Woody sum to its accurate, Never was such fr The square, straight meaning of the wary, unchanging eye tellit. The eyes watch the heavy, unquivering nostrils; the nostrils command the locked mouth: when the mouth opens the strong chin keeps the secret of pa tient brain and tyrannous will. white-gloved, and smooth of hair, General Grant is lowed and the least conspicuous person in Mues. Grant, who w which ber beautiful shoulders and arms show to ad vantage, is @ suniy, sweet won 1o be a mark for eritic make the mistakes which invite it. "RIBUNE, that if all these Dons of high degree were not present at this particular party, they were at some othet, or they might h. And I have the high authority of the N. A, f ings of this sort. For did not 1 jean Flag in “ Washington Crossing the Del: vor Cooper in voted the Governor and members of that body com pensation additional to the wmonnt allowed by law aud directed its payment from tl ury. This bill Gov. Ballard message to the Legislature, jnstly r should be repealed, wi ASONTY AMong brow knows the and will not terrible result. In undress uniform, ocratic members of the Council, or | i vont o thelr feelings by wning th | coucerning the Goves | seene terming rs black vely resolut 100 unassuming mple and kindly to {Now you kno required it will b “ that such officious intern matters peading in this House will not be 70 paint the Am Vrom Our Special Spanish-looking polite in painful English, is Seiior Komero, the Mex- | ican Minister, and there are so many others of the Logations that they become in miemor oscope of decorations and foreign the crowd is so great that if on and Equal Rights g eity. Itix in attended by Parker Pillsbury, the Brown, Bessio Bisbee, Charlos 1 and others. The att evening was quite respectable in point of mumbers, | ly akuleid- can distinguish rd unbroken, | a the eity. Mr. Remond, the colored lectnrer, was the first | iy mnselfish and .‘mk.'.,.n.-;..m.u for his own ¢ next neighbor, and it becomes the weary wight to make room for the still-arriving guests, and betake himself to the next party, or to ant good-nights are | engaged iu this mo fanatics, and yet there are few men or wo try now who will not admit that if the these w would i mneh of the best blood of the na his peaceful e 1 wo come away from a delightfully nnes 18 and amusing seene. Andnow I have not left myself roo the grandest toilets of the Grant's reception. on were made for ¢ y ticket was eagerly songht, and how unfortunate people who conld not that trifling ceremonial, How when your car- looked forth, and you were in the midst of the Army of the Poton you found that these hundreds were only people waifing like yourself to get into the house. sidewalk wus covered with three solid rods of guests, How the front yard was packed, the steps jammed, 1 stairways massed with wroteh g toilet, which seemed a satire on the How, at long intervals, councils show Edul"ly that the refinng influence of woman Is needed there, A glance over th utry will indicate full well that every iustitution which his i ¢ 1 it that our went without all the same, Tiopelessuess of the oceasion. a parting guest, not speeded but d (nobody conld move, or emerge, or do anything which expresses action) from the door, hatless, cloakless, ientless, and reached his carriage and yv; but how nobody was seen to get in. How, after a vapor bath of three-quarters of an hour | froms the steaming streets, and an experie; deferred which seemed likely to give us colds in the 1, the muthematical one among us decided that we might hope to enter about 24 o’clock if the guests the honse would go out. at the back door, obody had any thonght of dving. How then uded to go home, loading the air with kindly | greetings to Gen, Grant, and how three monuted or- derlies rede up and down erying out, * Hack it was a hack—“Fifty thousand nincty | Nothng in Washington is so abundant as the hacks, except the Cougressmen, of whom the number is ap- palling. How it was another half hour before that ancient vehicle was found, and brought te the door and filled, and driven awa; that Gen. Grant ought not to give up to party what was weant for mankind, and have huge mobs, when anice little seception once a week or 50 would be vastly better, until the million learn that it's not po- Tite to go to feasts unleas they are bidden. All this 1 would have told had I room, but I cannot, and in thix Ciceronisn wanner must the remaiuder of the tale be provoguod tille uew lottor. uy ns she will, for she can wear them all in | whese crmyiady B 8| of the champlons of women's Tights opened here yester- 1o vote. 8he h nd how the moral was to lmsm po milia franchisement. Parker Pillsbury spoke next. He argue nvote, He asked Where mfinm('iha right to vote. What undertake to infringe l'lj;:n the right of woman o vote, right o vote came with the right ! Speaker continie i favor of bis tiowe. —r- ARIZONA. ; 5 am A late number of The San Francisco Times pumpkin some miduight ; because the pageant so 2 ' changes and shifts, you sce 50 mauy new faces that has tho following regarding the condition of and then disappear ; yon Arizona 15 a Territory of great size, bolni nel-lrl{y. « ot estimate of In order to form a cor Jow the Gila river; that upou the Colorado river: by the The grelt vallays of the Colorade, the Littls Colo- Gi the San Ped 0 Gila, the Santa Cm,i-‘rio‘, i r!u(n:‘h: ampa, and smaller valleys thronghvut the mountains distant past), have, wherever culti- lanted,” says the Governor in his last message to the present popular line of overland Although of: , and the construction of & railroad from that Ul Doint to Salt Lake, with a view of securing to San rancisco the trade of Utah, is serionsly considered, The eliuate of Arizona is Yn'r“i':'r‘lbhl'lli; 'i' ‘Illi'::!;h('uhl:. o ; y a dozen quartz-mills, it is on_by Spring. % While, like all mineral countries, Arizons has orthless land, it has such an extent of mines, zing lands, and ' hes and a few indred Indians, whose depredations keep the ro- t, pdly Indians are hostile, tolorado to the but an inerease in the military forco is Just now, owing, it is said, to the inadequate Apaches. The diffienlty in over- vages hitherto has existed not so ir strength asin the small number of abit—an area as broad nt, and New- « over which the military anthorities on this had no control, there have bee ang the few troops assigne ¢ had an opportunity to untry, and the operations have nous. Now that the war in the East is at an end, and ! take the war, vigorously te force, must n the subjugation of the Apaches, to of them who sur- t ¢ v, that none h will make tho d to get upe vat ud to re- a war w ot only be the most cal, but it wonld sceni to be the the sure means of makin ory entirely secure at It is vinderstood that Gov. M life and property 1 ‘ ormick’s dditionsl companies to the but it will make the entire for thousand me not_¢ o suggested. Not only for sturdy and deserving pioneers setion of st, at leust, has a lively interest, ppartment will, as fast as pos . provide additional troops It wonld seem the art of wisdom to adopt a policy ealeulated to hasten OUTces hL- tl known to abound 1 without constant an whose atrocities are often | ance. from savages, beyond description The Legislature of Avizona, composed of resolve: every member wding his vote in the tesolred, By the Tlouse of Representatives (the Couneil offictal and social fntereontse had tive Assembly with MeCorick d the knowlcdge tal affatrs acquired by v confirmed vigiant and fmpart tly devoted to the | Territory and ity people | nent of strength | — Sueh unanimity is i which must contribute to the pros - IDAHO. lature (De ) of Maho recently The Leg Tersitorial Treas (Ropublican), in upon the leading 1 g hens for over on | by the sdoption of the following pendation recelved 1 bill n Kesolved, That the message of recon relating to Coun WOMAN'S RIGHTS. - | CONVENTION AT TROY. copoudent Trov, Tuesdny, Fol A convention of the advocates of Woman'sSuffrave ally, is now being held in this d over by Miss Susan B, Anthony, and Olymipin nx Remond, ndunce of eitizens laat comprised many of the ding minds of hiscment of women. He sald t sent are termed adical ideas of out yeurs ngo, it Iions of woney, and aders had been car e saved years of war, The Rev. Olympla Brown remarked that the vational the iufluence tly all our ational 'rs of hen-roosts and ruvity of it s only 8 con jon that where y e the followlng prewuible and ution, supporting s u brief speech Whereas, All just Go its derive the consent of the governcd, and o Sta i ¢Ith, and be assented to 1he same was true of t Convention of 1842; and wh ¢ i nothing i the New-York to prevent * requires and precedents war rant that the contemplated Constituti Convention should be composed of delegates elected irrespeetive of cate, color or sex ; nor should any elass of eitizens ever be held subject to taxation thut has not an equal voice in {rauing e Coustitution, and enacting and execuliug the aws." PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION AT NEWHURGH, Y TELKURATH 30 THE TR NEwBURGH, Feb, 2. The first day’s Convention The weather wis decidodly s, the snow, with a very plain behalf of * her sex slrong, and wonld stato th ng condition of the fernale seX wis 0%ing to d that it s woman's right, a demand of justice, o dewund higher than any decision of courts, thut she shonld have was meant by lnallenable rig) Has not woman as much at stake as man 1 When we A The we slep in between Creator and th tonigth, ustng o xhaustive HER OCEAN TRIAL TRIP—FAST SAILING AN FASY MANAGEMENT OF THE MONSTER—GUN-PRACTICE One of the chiet featnres of our celebration of ‘Washington’s Birth-day, was the going to sea of the great fron-clad ram Dunderberg, on her final trial trip. The construction of this'mighty engine of war has been already thoroughly described fn TaE TrIBUNE of the 30th of last July. But afew words in this respect will be now neces- sary. The hull of the Dunderberg is 380 feet ¢ inches in length, 72 feet 10 Inches in beam, with a capacity of 5,000 measurement.) The side armor i8 of the best hawmered fron, manufactured into slabs from 12 to 15 feet In longth by 3 feet in breadth, with o thickness of 3} ured to the armor cushion by a8 with armored vessels The ram is the inches; the plates being sec 1j inch bolts, The pla manafacture, form this ram, back 80 feet; thus rendering it fmy shock to break it off. Deavy Jucket of wrought-iron, sufficient to only Trom the shot of the enery, but also fro: in contact. The vessel has four deck, covered with heavy wrought-iron deck, or fighting-roous; d The casemate ‘There s an ample lower spac at stem and stern. A TLe ram Iteci rlutu‘i the guu- , and the oes not cover the entire hull. o extending beyond it both on of the latter space 18 ocoupied as the ward room, and the remainder as un impeoetrable to protect the screw; while the low flat the how comprises the mighty ram Itself, beard; the long submer the side of a hostile ship, In case of & ged, and has nearly the engine-dec at Its extromet; cut-water, whi would first stri oollision. The vessel is now fully rig) all her appointments com| ou board at present, but t Dahlgren’s, and cousist of an 11-fnch gun at the bow storn, and one i1-inch and one 15-fuch gan on each side, her, she {5 considered by her builder avd designer, _ H. Webb, and by competent engineers, as by far o8t formidable vessel of war ever constructed. TIUE TRIAL TRIP. Ihe Dunderberg made a short trial trip some months ago. On this occasion it was demonstra sviftly and easily at the same time ; s8ll anxious to prove that she was in every respect a sea- ng ship, as well able to withstand the dangers of the ad ocean as any frigate ever built; and this was ono the Tuain objects of the test she underwent on Friday ard Baturday. At 9 0'elock on Friday moruin o the vessel lay, at the foot of Sixth-st. people who patiently stood in the 810w, waiting to see the great ship float aws The mumber of invited sisted prineipally o lete. She has onl 036 Are Lonsters. d that she sailed her owner was wis thronged wit Yy uests ou board was fow. They the Naval Commission, weee to report the result of their observations Jepartment at Washington. 5, ief of the Commission; Capt. Mr.W. W. Wood, Chi Fittian, Assistant ong, Chief Engineer Engincer Purse, Licut. Assistunt Inspector of Ordnance, aud Mr. Brandt, Chicf Clerk at the Ordnance Department at Washington, These wentlemen, most of them stationed at the Brooklyn Navy- X rests of the Nav, a guarantee that the the duty ussigned them. pock during the war Are well re hanney lost an_arm while commanding crrible conflict of Mobile panded difforent vessels throughout the war, and the others have i commendable service. Mr. Webb, the bui The services of Capt. Harmony also ¢ 1t will require a oct of the Commission ider of the Dunderber, Government to buil 0,000, e accordingly built the no turrets, ata cost of ahout ent refused to aceept, p vessel was different from About three-fourths of « ple, for the sum of rescnt vessel, whi c th fhut of the yessel ¢ 1l contract-money Webh, whe thereuy tosell the vessel to Uy to refund (he 1 proffered two propositions. Goyernment af cost price. S money advaneed, with seven per cent its use, and be permitted to dispose « foreign power--he agreeing thereafter to for the Governmn of those on board and on t the Dunderberg by, od eastward about 50 miles, or until about 2 o'clocka. m., and then returned. In the early morning all of the guns ‘were tested with shell, The shootin, ved v&ry satisfac- tory. The mnl were handl , consider- ":’f‘u‘.ofl’ll ..u"."f";flm t.{: P';mfnn fl;x}?&% n ing .l eurfivmn.mmedl‘“-flwly underneath were somewbat shat- tere concussion. Mu:’ crossing the bar, on mm.{ at 12 o'clook, the Dunderberg proceeded foward New-York. The weatbcr had been fine until this time, but now it began to snow furiously, and the vessel was envel inamist, through ‘which 1£ was difficult to steer. She had been making an average specd of elght kuots an hour,but now,upon passing between forts Lafayette and Richmond, additional steam s cracked on, and for a few minutes a velocity of 12 knots a1 hour was maintained. All of the guns were loaded, and when near Governor's Island, salute of the entire armament was given with stunning effect. 1t was here that an aceident ocourred, which was rather ludicrous, but which might have been very setious iu its conse quences. 1t was about 3 otclock p. m., and all the guests were at diuner in the ward-room. The several courses ad been discussed, and the champagne was flowlig, when bang went the first gun of & 1 salute without alarming anybody. ! went_the second am. and bang! went the third. Now it bap- pened that the third gun was the rn_gun, the inuzzle of which projected immediately over the ward- room, where the bauquet was i progress. The effect wis instantaneous and terrific. A Dlinding flash lnu,)(d through the ward-room; the skylights gave with a crash which scattered their panes in atoms, and covered the guests and tables with flying fragments of glass. Hnnhy ople were M{hlam‘d. While practicing in the harbor the Dunderberg made one run of six miles in 30 minutes—12 miles an hour, there Dbeing at the same time about 41 revolutions of the serew r-r minute. Khe finally anchored in North River, off the oot of Warren-st. at 3 o’'clock p. m. During the entire trlr the ofticers of the Inyestigating commission were iu- defatigable in their observations of the workiug and gen- eral efficiency of the vessel. Nunfln{ will defini l( be known in ml‘mct to their opinion until their report is finally made to the Department. But it was generally understood that the result of their observations exceeded their highest expectations, and that their report will he highly favoruble. Every one on board the Dunderberg appeired to be highly gratified with her efficlency, and overy one expressed the hope that she would not be por- mitted to pass out of the possession of the United States Government. THE FIRE INVESTIGATION. et The Assembly Committee on Insurance, investi- gating the eauses of fires In this city, held a final session on Saturday at the Metropolitan Hotel, and aftor exam- ining & number of witnesses, adjourned sine die. The fol- lowing {s the substance of the evidence : Messrs. John Fiteh, Edward Bonnell, and John T. Wil son were first examined, from whom Do new facts were elicited, the witnesses agreeing with those who had pre- viourly' testified that the recent fires were caused by carelossness and ineendiarisin; that the paid Fire De- lmmmsuf 18 more offective than the volunteer n{umn: lint the firemen are as effective as it 18 possible for fire- men to he anywhere; that the complementof mwen and horses 15 not sufficient ; and that hose-streams mwight be useful In extinguishing fires. Mr. Bonnell testified that hie had seen a Fire Commissioner intoxicated at a fire, and within a year had seen one of the Board counter- mand the orders of the Chief-Engineor. He also testified that he know of l‘ollthml cancns being beid by the Board at Fireman's Hall in Mercer-st. John H. Rhodes, Water Purveyor of Brooklyn, sald that a head of 150 feot Tud sometimes been rediced to 9% fect, Bt ho thought the waste of water could not be_remedied oxcept by mensurement. If the waterin New-York wus metred, and the owners of buildings were held responsi- ble for the quantity consumed, he belleved there would wlways be » sufficlent supply in oase of fire, Wuter meters would not exceed $30 in cost; in London, where they are used, the daily cons tion of water is only 60,000,000 gallons, while in New-York, which has but one-third the popnlation of London, the consumption s 50,000,000 gallons. 1u the opinfon of Mr. Rhodes, four-fifths of the suppls of wiater was wasted, the present pressure at the Lydrants being only ten s, whereas formerly it was forty pounds, which t still be retained. Brooklyn bas metersin all the nufacturing establishments, but the head of ars ago, and cost of Id not he needed for ten years if a had beon adopted. RESIGNATION OF JOIN E. THE COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION. The resignation of Joln E, Develin, esq., as Conn- sl to the Commissioners of Emigration, has been already noticed. At the last meeting of the Board, held on v, the following reasous wero assigned by M. on in the premises : “In 1847, when the law ¢ and organizi Commissione: ps enacted, a majority of the Assem slowly throngh th Webl: Thomas W n the stream fine weather, s bar ut Sundy Hook b and the interval of tine'h Grasefully rounding B the massve stincture steamed up North Ri in the fnper wa marvelons ewse with ship obeys her helm Tubn be ot surprising in a v Standing upon her br ching the indica- s of L0 sbore, you sep her atern wheel atonnd with the 1 expeet it whe I8 wne of @ yucht, and, alniost be bouding 1 just the o o [ the grest 1-n X ter another, b with cardiy a tre whic ' impels 1t oh to engage s and nscful, The 1 You tread on whist appears e ure the two tall masts, wit A the tant new Higging giving o genersl s it to the whole stroeture, while you hiave the uncic mes thst beneath you s that grand fron sided with ite mighty cannon and busy orew o Jook ovor the Iron-plating of the stem, it descry the slight ripple of the water crged eut-water, the razor-cd it as the vesssl you look over the flat and over the heavy-plated shaft, und ean discern men sl eraft where Ih sliar the Fam, paria | covering he ward roon | wrated ovenang which covers th ashort disance beyoid the boiding disturbance poiler-flakes aro whirling in 1s of spray and brine a ug of the over yyossel bumps upon the wayes. at hiw post 1 the port boat, heodless of the warter whee the great | their work o Locomotic rew--greon though they ke clock-work, e the nuImerol APPORr b6 i the power of ko below, and, standing at one ex- Ve ti v wrand gund This s, Indeed, Rix mighty i at the opeLiort muzzle, andbut o little wond of connnu are required fo plaee theus in readi ents of cxeti for tetr misou pen, anl the immense thi wimcditely stiike ss 0f the sides W that the sid sho Kines nre of 1 hao « DU 45 18 the mac to work with exec! ward the ster, heurd the mensured iu the vater outside wnd on arrives at the fire-d e in NI blast. is 1 e of th which 1 hae been o ks, where the fur ita extent and general moetinfernally suggestive vl lot to witness for many The furkices, sixty in number, are arranged ulong tiers, flaming, | K, T any gridirons in the depths of Erebu bogrimed with smoke at ik ching this fire and imps of dark- . itehfork du each ritable retaiuers of the sides i réla the hunded iirem move abiat phanto aw, wndd only sweding the o o be trolsforiicd (nto Thertis no motion of the ship to be Were it not for he pemo bowelsf the e s who tfr np the earthquikes and generate the voleunoes, But werything is in perfoct onder. Each nches that, or rakes this fire ap- icht moment ; and coming up in the n Al wgiin, W find that the vessel still moves duck- und cusily thugh the waves. OUTKIDE THE AR, t i1l aber 8 o'clock at night that the pilot ven- wwa the bar at Sandy Hook, K the bar wis salely swogsed, and the Danderberg wias boar g out ocoun- ward with the easy assurance of any vessel that plows the s, This assirance was not, lowever, powrd. One of the Naval Commis- occnsion 0 serious that he hud in- d there were others not Indced, considering the berg—the enormons oue might fane surrounded by Toun stirs up thi parently just ut » sured his life hef welght of motal Above wate! pare of the vessel below (he surfuoe, (L Is 1o} stra me risk i going to seu ped that the sea outside the bar was very smooth 1 of the year. Thero wisn slight roll of the 1, Lhiers Wan 06 perceptihle f the vea, Nearly # very nucomfortalile nj cold, and no accommod #ts on hoard the the atmosphers (atlons for sleeping prepared. One might ax well ask a friend pitse, and after supper show him the door- for o mattras, & yite @ guest to pass o winter's without offering b even a blanket to wus composed of mewbers of the then Whig party, while Jority wis Democratio. L (presiding officer of the Senate), Hon. of the Intter party. At this prtions that ogether fn consnltatic posed legislation in regard to Hian C, Verplanek, James Boor- rn, Willlam wed as Con L Jucob 1Lavey, Re r, and David ©, t holding & ses as appointed Chaliman of which the bill, after it had passed wis referred, and by witich it was carried able ppporition through the Lower Hose. A heen matured, aud before it wis ither House of the Legislature, an houorable ntered mto hetween the Wilg and Demo- caders, and certaln members of the Legislature, to 1 thut the Board proposed to be established and organized under it, shonld uot at any time during ity existence be partizan, but should be eouposed, so far as the members appointed shonld be concernad, of an equal | number of Democts and Whigs. “ During t of Govs. John Young, Hamilton Fish, Washington Hunt, Horatio Seymour. Myrou 1. Clark, John A King, wud Edwin D. Morgan Thils arrnpgement, well known Lo tien, was sacredly aud Lionorably earried out. R been deiiberately violate wdireet ludorse engagoment, closely app taith, ible tation of publie " wish to be anderstood as In ne manner intending b ! s r:..,nnun the Il the vac | in the Board o 1 with them, i are oitizous of gltness u! rity, und to | | 10 objection. But e appolntiient is aith, and while they are not the parties 10 it, they are made tho respectable instruients by which it hae bean consumnated. 1 had hoped to have seen an institution to which the care of so many simple and ipex- porienced strangens lad been committed, and which may clse 80 much influence to advance or petard emigra- | lch has contrabuted so bountifully of the resources of the conntry population) elevated and main- A high above the corrupting lllllwllrm of polinies. s I have been disappointed. e Board is now Ly purtisan, and tn o short time, T have reason to be- o, will be entirely rome! pessons appoluted iitical groi nthis | see with reeret the dissolution of the Commission wil the de- 1h stitutions of the Jiate.” PIANO-FORTES. o the Kditor of The N. ¥, Tribune. In your article on * The Ameriean Plano-forte Trade” in the Tuinux of the 234 iust., after giving o list of & wumber of lnises, with an secount of their business for the past sear, rou Mate (st * the other piano-makivg firms, beside the 13 named, are for the wost pars s of 5o repwentative importance, and the number of th enta mauufactured by them is wot large enough to be worth cluding in the above list” Tn this publie statement you bave omnten- Lonally done our bouse an injury which we think vou should reetify Ax o have given the list of the promineat firms i the trade, amount of thor business. we beg to say, that of the frma in Ne anufacture suare pianos enly, there are v than thowe of our bease the prices paul for our New New- York, Fel Goons ror The P, teamship 8t. Laurent, w) France, carried several hur oh salled on Saturday for o Western Farmer's home, a numbor of sewing-machines, a lot of silver ware, nearly 1,000 specimens of California and Colorado ores of precious wetals, Fairbanks's scales, different States and Territeries and from the Bureau of Agriculture, United Stotes welghts and measures, a ool- Tection of specimons of lead sud deon from Ponusylvania, Now-York and New-Jersey. ‘The balunce of the articles for the Exposition will be | y Harvarn Cros Dixxen—~The Barvard Club of | New-York gave their first aumal dinver on Saturday evening ut the Maison Doreé, about 76 graduates of the College representing classes as far back as 1513 ,Imm’: Frederick A. Lane presided. The of for 1his year are: - Brosidont, Frederick A. Lane; wick, Joseph H. ate; Treasurer, Charles Emerson; | I K dtiote the conclusion of the upial: The present finn- cinl year of the Nociety ends once to the rescue, If all Bunday-Schools which have not contributed this year, or have not filled up the measure o of their ability, will do this on the next Sabbath, and it all treasurers will make prompt payroent, all will he well, city, in behalf of the Amerlean Sunday-School Union, will | o be held next mouth l\x.mhuhlyl o8 usual, when the several amounts given by the vieinity will be publicly aeknowledged. Remittances may be made to Goorge 8. Scofleld, Agent, No. 9 Broad- wiy, New-York. 408 F.and A. M., are raising funds for the purpose of building a sultable hall for public meetings, na concert i " v, o i pillow whereon o rest lis woury head, Bub this las Lite to do with the sug- 1u Unlon-uve.. ou Mouday evoulng. H Conrt to explain to the magistrate the Crawfurd, Abram Mouroe, ( dovier, who, being the Poor to be faken cate of. TR its, Willard Parker, Henry D, Sedg. |t playlu SUNDAY-8CH00L UNION APPEAL~The Ametican | (A0 Bunday-School Uniou fssues an appeal for aid in extend- | to bail in the sum of $500 to auswer the charge of koeping g its distribution of good books, and in 118 establishiuent | & Kaming-house. The rewmaining prisoners wore ddis- of Bundny-Schools where they are now lackiug. We | b o w ————e . A New MasoNic Harr—Greeapoint Lodge No. 5‘2&2’?.523‘."-5‘:’#’}&’1«%“" o~ Lonse of 5o No. 31 iny-st. Mm? 1, 1587 (by order I ald of the undertakiug, will be given at the Tabermucle Aru;:l ana roal estate or'sumw'fn'\". 8. Wilder, fu i i e L —-— UNITED STATES MARSHAL'S OFFICE—Fus. 3. steamers, was, on Thursday morning last, lying at her pler, No. 46 North River, from which she was advertised ta sall at 8 o’clock that mormmna of the Messrs. Poll lon and the Sheriff went on previous to that hous and took the vessel in custody. Notwithstanding this sojzure, steam was got up and the vessel proceoded om her e down the bay, taking the Sheriff and X Poillon along. The snow #torm ‘vreumd the ateal prmedlllf urther than Quarantine, abreast of which 6 anchored In the stream. The Sheriff and Mr. Paillon re- turned to the city in a tug boat, and thers being an un- satisfled elaim ;ufulnmm- comr:(.vm had been pros- ecuted in the United States District Court, Mr. Poillon obtained the services of four United States Deputy Mar- shals, who proceeded to the Baltic and took possession of her on Thursday evening. They kept her in onnhdi - til Friday nlth, at 7§, at which fime the tug boat Nellie came down, haviug ou board Capt. Taylor, President of the Stewmshup Company, pilot, and also abont 40 sail- ors. On the arrival of this party ou board, a row com- menced, and the Deputies were forced into the tug boat, ‘when the steamer immediately got under way and de- parted from the harbor. It is stated in the Marshal's office that the Baltic hud a laxge and valuable cargo on board, which had been received on such conditions by the Company thut if it bad not been dispatehed fortiwith the Compuny would Liave been liable to forfelt its full value. phrr it UNITED BTATES CIRCUIT COURT-FEp. 2. Befors Judge BMALLEY. INDICTMENTS. R ' The Grand Jury came into conrt bringing with them the following Indietments: United States agt, John H. Trapp, two indictments, making and prosenting forgod writings to defraud the Govermuent; ¥ame agt. Charl J. Breonan alins William Mulligan, making and uttering false writings with intent to defraud the United Stales; Same agt. Frederick Gusetti ailos Jacaues Roellinger, attempt to defraud the Government; Same agt. Mary John and John A, Foster, forging an indorsement on » certificate of deposit ; Sumc agt. Freeman Clogston and Jonas Atkinson, making counterfeit fractional curreacy ; Same agl. Willim Brown, utteriig connterfeit fractionnl notes; Same agt. Freeman Clogston and Jonas Atkinson, having in possessiou counterfeit fractional currency with intent to pass the siue. The Grand sud Putit J the term. s e UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE - Frn, 28 Before Comissioner WiITe. TIE AUSTRIAN EXTRADITION ¢ . Luro the Extradition of Adolph William e, This ease was to haye | resumed on Fal last at 3 At that hour the Depnty Marshal, ha in charge, reported that e (the pris Dittentocfer, prisouer’s conn- pposed by Mr, Larocque, counsel for the Austrian Government, it wan finally ed by the Commissioner. After some little disenssion in relation to the wdmissibility of e rebuttal of that offered by the p i Mr. Lar contending that it was inindmisible under the Treaty and acts of Congress, and Mr. Dittenhoefer contending thab hie had a right to introduce such evidence, the furthee hearing was mPfllu'l;M 1o this afternoon at 1 o'clock. fiefore Commissioner BETTS, ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD TiE GOVERNMENT BY A FALSE PERSC The Cited States agt. Wells eviously w were both discharged for sel, moved Tn this ex fendant 15 ch ready, an a arranged between counsel. grir TSR SURROGATE'S COURT.—¥en. 2. Before Surrogste TUCKER. The wills of the following deceased persons have i the past week : Thos. B line Offner, John P. Yol 08, heen granted on the fol- Mason, Sarsh administration iningham, , Henry K rtin. Lows Wie wsou, Conti , Henry Cook, COURTS. SPEUIAL SESSIONS—JUNTICE KFLLY. The calendar for Saturday at this Conrt prosented sst curfows feature, and one perfectly unique, the like rred before in the history of the re Was but one female preseited for the Jist is ususily Iy divided ha- 1 loyca of the : Petit . ty to i 3 Potal, M. 1t will be pemembered that during the first eold weathes of the season, a to, acemnpanied by a white man, wend futo @ shoe store, and attempting to muke off with a_paie of stol o resisted by Uhe German elerk, ©t. This negro is now wider the first_degree. On one e woek the sime oft was undertaken did not have the {ragle termivation of its prece neyro, aceowpyiuied by a white companion, ent Doot and shoe store of William Finnerty. Her, wi white man undertook to distract the attention of ¢ prictor by ingiries abont goods, the Legro, whos hutue s George Williamy, took # Dair of boots valied st & which he ooncenled under his coat. Willlams was found guiity and sent o the Penitentiary for two month. Just so loug as there ave junk shops, the Keepers of ¥ weeal anything and everything in the way of o)d metal, Just solong will there be theifte of every imaginable varicty of metallie articles, which e sold to thiese wen. Frequently report is mnde to Ui police that @ new honso, not quite finished, but into b the wan and gasittings e bevh put, b d all the zos- chandeliors, o an as brought up for stealing 50 ihver of bruss fan fro ticles stolen were w dollars than the purlolner could get cents fo 1 he took them heernse (here are junk ory streot near either of the rivers, who will b poud every scrap of wetal thit mi her wis sent to 1 Penitent lam Home, The ters ¥ by the brought 10 them. for one mouth 1t seldom happens that neiuterpreter can be found in yings of the jgr- tles to any sult, no matter what may chance to be their nationalily, sund onr reporter never saw am intorproter thoroughly posed and defeated until Saturday. Two wen appearcd, whose names were made ont to he Nelson and Apderson, the former of whom was charged by the latter With an assauit and robbery. The interpreter being called on to translate to the Court the story that each was se ager to tel for himself, forund out that he was as badly ab farlt as wis sny other person present. The two foreigu- ers were both Daves, and, there being no delegats from Denmark present, the two parties shook hands, settisd thetr troubles, and departed. A namber of minor cases were speedily disposed of, aud the Court adjourned to Tucsday, Feb. 26, JEFFERSON MARKET POLICK—JUSTICE DODGE. night Sergeant Burden of the Jeffer- son Market Court Squad, with the assistance of some of the Ei{nh Precinet police, made @ descent upon the house No. 28 Gireene-st. The interior of this establishnent ‘mmn‘w It issaid, an sppearance of the grossest licen- The foltowtug-named persons were found Herman Brinkhurst, the alloged pro- r; Henty Willams, John Thowpson, Albers ¥ rencher, Cornelins B. Johuson, John Louusberry, Harry rles Comstock, John 1ick- haye, Charles Frieckhart, =z man, Marshal Spohr, Charles Jane Day, Frank Dendevier, Edua Wilson, Eva Sherwood, Franels Howard, Frank Fisher. On belug arraigned be- fore Justice Dodee yesterday they were all discharge: with a reprimand except Clara ‘Trackart and Frank Den- being sick, were sent to the Commissioner of While Mr. Alexauder Phyfe of No. 170 Broadway was b iy i .:'I'n‘i.u_.;nnl,;..n:» e ol ™s st plscs, s | Pl up town on Sataday eveniug in one of the Broad- sbowing i they are vadued by (e pablic. - Yours trulr, way ecars, he was surrounded by several pick-pock Sy Ravis & Bacow. | oot whom, naded William 2o 1o steat: et ing from him a double-case gold wafeh of the value of Exrosttion.—The Havre | %600, When the wateh was socured Madison ran, but Mr. Pliyte following, soon overtook and arrested him. 1t i sald red tuns of goods for the | commited him for examination, ss he denies that lie i Paris Exposition, ineluding the selebrated Corliss engine, § gnilty. ison, suceeeded in steals that he offered $100 for his liberty. Justice Dodge ESSEX MARKET POLICE—JUSTICE SHANDLEY, M. J. Dynan, No. 224 West Fourteenth-st., charged w caloric engine, agriecultural lwplements, cereals from | with selling liquor hetween widnight and sunrise, was held T #200 ball to auswer at the Court of General Ses ians. While Mr. George Bacon of No. 15 Laight-st. was riding 1p town lust Friday evening, in one of the Third-wve. forwarded by the steay of March 2, by the stesiner g ! ol wrk-row. ’ with the ny, and wis commitied for examination, TOMES POLICE—ALDERMAN MCBRIEN, At 5o'clock p. m. on Satarday Sergeant Wade of Second Precinet, with a section of men, entered the blishment in the rear of the basement liguor i Nassuu-st., d the proprietor, Wm, g, and 21 others whom they found there engnged % “Keno” They were all taken to the Station House, and locked up Tor the wight. The implemer Sceretary, A. W. Groen; Execntive Committee, Albert | seized by the police consisted of 90 ivory balls, 44 Ktickney, A. . Huseltine: Committee on Adwissions, | ivory —cheeks, 200 keno eards, packages Lemuel” Hayward, Charles 1. Gambrill, James H. Fay, | of small keno cards, 1 eigar-box full of blaek buttons Nathun A. Preutiss, Charles E. Souther. (nsed a8 counters), 4 tables, 1 tally-board und pios, s kene L — globe, and the ** pool,” consisting of A1 40 in fractional urrency. Yesterday the prisoners were arraigned before gln trate Alderman MeBrien. UH;:'I wus held harged. The f.muu Lwplements were sent to “lerk at police headquarters, g . lock on Sunday worning, a row ocenrred in the AL} 0 Wwith this mouth, Al jts | O M eatiorn. (o misstongeies BISE he ot Thia ought to Evening Star concert saloon, No. 564 Broadway. Soon afterward u section of the Fourte reci o] be, and will be, if all friendly to the caise will come at | 1 EEWEEE 8RR B Capt. a‘:\‘rlml:l'.':m)mn«lm‘li: ifi‘.‘?. ud arrested the propriector, Charles Minerett, five waibet #rl-, and elght wen. All were locked up for lhm:s ‘esterday the prisoners were brought befg Ilnnfl‘l{l MeBrien, when llu«mnu\"‘u holx"l‘o The annual Runday-School Missionury Meeting in this | REEIE o0 TS0 & chirge of - keeping .':‘_lm vrly bonse. The girls wire committed, and the mei vere discharged. saloon in question s achiavod Sunday-Schools i this eity and | 55000 clable Teputation in times past e Sa128 0¥ ReAL Estare,The following sales ATE. 0 fol o“&“‘%@, bylm (seven years' to rin) and building, Win. Bainbris néu\m