The Sun (New York) Newspaper, January 4, 1865, Page 1

THIRTY-FIRST VOCAL ’ NUMBEL 10,1°6 f By Lelegraph to the N.Y. Sun, NEWS FROM VIRGINIA. The Dutch bap Canal, ATTEMPT TO PLOW IT OUT. The Experiment Unsuccessful. "ATTACK ON UR PICKET LINE: Suddea Dash of the Rebels, N. YORK STATE LEGISLATURE Message of Gov. Fenton. INTER! ING ENVAEGURAL, CER WONE | Bad Beginning for the New Year. NUMEROUS CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Murder of Harry Lazarus. DISASTROUS EXPLOSION IN JERSEY, | rerning of the Steamer Goo. } Washington, a&c., Sc. CENERAL BUTLER, Reported Explosion on the Dutch Gap Capal Washington, Jan. 8 —Partios who arrived here this morning by the ma! boat from City Poimt re- port thatthe Dritch Giap Canal explosion took place on Sunday afiernoon, The earth was blown ous and up to a great hewht, but it descended into the anal again, blocking up communication, SROOND DIAVATOM, Washington, Jan. %.—On bunday afternoon the Wulkbead of the Dutch Gap Canal was blown out tn part; but the masa of disturbed earth foll back into the water, The explos. us failing of its otject. Dredging will therefore become nectsaary should the projector persevere in coptinung the work. Ting ; but accounse differ as to the powder usel on the oecasron. & 1 th The souvd produced was low and rumb- P atnount of +s se : From the Army of the Potomnc, 8 Washington, Jan, 2- I formation from the | Army of the Potomac to the evening of Baturday is 4 as follows: 4 About daylight this morning, our pickets ou § ehes portion of the front line between Forts How- 2 ard and Wadsworth, now occupied by the 1st and © Bd Brigades of the im Corps, were aurpriaet by ®@ about 8% rebels, wh without charg don therr ] @ny previous warning, and dr hem back with- 4 du the entrenchinenta killiog & wounding 8 and LF eapturing 6). The rebels then gathered the blan- & Kets, knapaacks, oto. whi! ¥ picket posts, and ‘The attack affair so quickly n lee at the do to thelr own lines. ntirely unexpected, and the ver, that the our reti was of our plek- 48 et-guard had not time toeven give orders to the 6 men with a view nti! they had fallen © back upon the entrenchments, The assault was of 8 « most furious character, the evemy charging with @ yolls and firing rapidly as they advanced, very nat- © urally inducing the belief that it waa an attack in force. The scattering fire maintained by our pick- Yew during their retrwt was ineffecsive, and the enemy did not rerawn long enough for those be- * Bind the entren ° i e a 4 From .New Orleans. Captare of a Blockade Kanner Saccessful chmerits to be aroused, Fxpedidon to Aiabaina— Destruction of | ships bave been those of friendiy courtesy. Tu the ry Li Rebel supplies, Railroads, Depots, ete, riormance of your gree dl vari uaaies H } 3 great an * duiies, ian ch ainda oille you will encounter much that is painful and . Cairo, Jan. 1, 1165.—The steamer Moillo Able, y misappt hensions with regani to your ‘ from New Orleaue i6ih, Las errived bore, Sho has diet and your motives; but I do not doubt, ene hundred and thi ven bales of cotton for | Sir, thu! at the and of your official tern al- 4 Cincinnat though (as those who have gone before you have | arabes cage done.) you may failinw errora, tha: you will be r Au English ec) yoouer, a blockade runner, with 2 the conscionmess of having served ; bales of cotton, had arrived a ow Orleana | ; Bae Witt» 1, fl belly, fad Sheerity The retry saa hat ard 15 yrent duties and questions of the day will lift you t leared to Gs ton and was captur PRY | koowe naseitye paagions aud pre and you the gunboat Pri: weess Roya | Will be governed by the tmporta cle of up , December, a force of about 2,900 | bolkling the Lovuor of New York and saving tt : ir States. The sp Upon Which we taebrnents tr the Maine | ea U8 with le, for in this é tAln a ‘ the J Now | q was he mnof Dele- York cavalry, three regiments of colored .nfantry, | y Frank ,’ nd two pl ABR BS Pigg up® plan toe Colonial ‘ Union lily and savage War- i « eo) ! ‘ ton fare, Ace Up of the Holland ey raraid int) Alot at ver r who planted the frst aetilenent upon the banks of q " » tthe Ht thay *L vkex mignt'’ these ¥ telegraph ans atl 9 i ae oe : h | Ticlogates took here the first step, which ended in | ke b property # as mip m these euleebled and divided settlement On reaching »Pollar nthe 1th, the place was! grewt confedersted — pp The capite © found ovacua ted, The tall epoty a train of | New York lathe !irthplacs our Union and ¢ ‘ , f : Alb dav New York lathe eh lof support of that Union, tight cara a a A UFORS and whose vital principles were here tirst eet forth, P storchouse flux » r an ernment props | and, beyond all other states, Upholds by ita ar- we ia + ey xd cor “ Store. | niles om! ite treasures the power of ite Natic \ erty) quartarn 1 cor ry store. | pe r iy | id ment which wos inaugurated in ite great houses led with etor a n TY i b ere is po #taim upon ite history, { with 2,000 #ton and the tr * ' ne when, At thic point and the f ini e reitrond w fthe Hudson, ¢ ies Wer bled by the ° eas AS riat who ur toretuc) Vetter shan other ' . : rot that day the principles of civil and religi- 1 pedition set out to retort ‘wer batloule erty, New York bes ever been foremom in § Vaeu!bia bythe ener rc el A rerous weleowne to all fonalities and ; “4 vita hold enterprise, ite w aud compre- F who opposed their crons bridge, The colored P } 20 Oppose! é ’ syatermof public education, its generous infautry made a successful cl arge, led by Colone harities tor the relief of al! forms of cuffering, and ' hob on, who fell, ehot thr the thich, when ereat works of internal improvernenta, which ‘ t wonky ite OWu but she vational i half way acromtbe beige, Aw Colonel Robi pros} virt its Wise and generous eon Was Wonnded, the cor a | volved upou | pp tate pped ail otler States, aud now ’ Lieutenant-( nel A. D. 6 ine the Second | *¢ ja the Union, in wealth, in population, 2 ’ and in pow fo your keeping are now placed ite Maine, A seaond attack was mace by the enemy, fhe interests enc ghts. Fabel! not try ' y ; which was repulsed, and the ret beattered | tof tihe future, ne events of the pust four through the woods with heavy loss, including | } ree thes pride of opinion w ate ’ uve ‘ . RO an " te rete Ale whic res. with th s- ) cad killed chel flags were | cc f a powrr bigher than that of man. Put the ‘ . a5 lested, | ut atrivnm, 6 tly and hopefully to serve ' Our tote) loss a wat 4, Ay COUDUY Peas vith us. Lao the future, asin | i .7e the pas We w eled tofullow different path- } wounded and mits ny, Ways vus may Alm glty God grant that before the ' r cna of your wrm of office we may rejoice in com. | Brazil and the Florida Affair, | mon over a Union reswred, over # return of peace a Washington, dan &—A paragraph has been | and fraternal Felanonship Mareuabont our land, and & renewal of thet happiness and prospenty which >| ito many 2eWs ve ibhin vf a } fopied into many Lewspaperm within the pas berewofore marked us among the ustions of tho } Shree ® thatthe Brazilian representative near earth, 1 eGovernment has accepiol Bocretary Seward's | GOV, ¥ENTOD'S ADDEESS. § better in reladon uo the a.zur the Florida as | Gov, Serworn;—In takmg whe oath to wuppors | Mea, Too wad Loe ier bbe rome abe ibe Conshuion of he United sheies end tha Con, The Latest Wews. | NEW YORK the Charge d! Affaires was not anthorisad to #0 de terrane. The letter of the Secretary has, howev- er, been trananitted to the Government of Brazil fidin due time an anewer will be forwarded through the proper channela, which, it je not doubted, will be of a responatwe friendly charac. ter, The Rrasilian Charge d* Affaires acoompanied the other ‘oreign represcntatives to pay thar rea- poets to the President yesterday, and afterwards called upon the Secretary of State, at his residence, Rorning of the Roson Traveller OMice, Dostom, Jan. 2. ~The Boston Traveller Duilding, corner of Biate and Congress streets, was nearly burned out this morning, between 6 and 6 o'clock. The joss included the Daily Evening Traveller O Toe, ARCOND DIAPATCH, The fire in the Traveller Building was the work of an incendiary, The composing and otiorial roome were burned ont. Their prosa, being in the basement, waa not much dam- aged, Messrs Willard 4 Sons, chronometer ma- kars, on the first floar, had their property secured in safes, and thns escaped serious loa, The other portions of the building were mainly ocenpled by offices, The fire waa chiafly confined to the upper moriea, The Trav Office ts fully tnsured, and the suspension af ite regular publication will be only temporarily, The New ‘State Government, Iunuguration Ceremonies. Albans, Jam. 2, 1565.—~At noon to-day Governor Penton, secompanied by his staff, proceeded to the Capital, under escort of the Zouave Cadew, They were received iu the Executive Chamber by Gov- @rnor Seymour and staff, and thence procended to the Assemnb|y Chamber, where Governor Seymour spoke as follows: PRuvow Crozer York bas alwa, ect upon every : The office of Governor of New labor and care. To touching the varied interests of four millions of yple : to see that those laws are faithfully carried out: to take care that the rights of the people are upheld ; to listen each year toa thousand pleas for pardon, which are urged at al! ‘trea and in all pinces where ® hearing cau be gained, for the sucred rights of misery and of muf- fering cannot be restrained by rules or methods has ever made the position one of anxiety and toil, The present war has added to these duties until the position of Chief Magistrate of this State calla forth every energy of body and of mind, Within the past four years, New York has sent nearly 44,000 men to the armies and navies of the country, More thau thirty thou- mv! muitary commissions have been given vut b. the Executive Department during the same perio: T therefore ask for toy miecessor a liberal support, in the position which uo is te hold for the next two years, This is due as @ matter of justice, of wise ecomomy and of generous patrioti« Whatever tony be the course of the war, his labors will grow reaier, In their nature they are accuraulative, h year adds to the use aud the value of the rec- ords of the office, as they prove claitne for pensions and bounties, show the quotas due from the di ffer- ent towns and countios under the sfor men, end will in the end be proofs mpon which are to be eettind the ciaims of this State upon the Gen- eral Government for vast mums of money. should be untrue to the position which I have hekl, and unjust to him who now taken that ph if [did not urge upon our people and our L sure the duty of strengthening hie hande by Sppropriations, which will not only give to vera! him a sufficient nuriber of assistants, but which wi!l also enable him t call to hie support, by Hberal o enaation, men of ability aud of exper eace io pub- ¢ affars, I know th # policy ie demanded by en- heene’ econcms i justice, Gov, Seymour then addressed Gov, Fenton: To you Sir, ¥ho pow cuter upon the duties of Chief Magistrate of this great State, I tonder my sincere wishes for your svc Y pastiil adroinistration, vy and I, look upon public affairs from different ‘am! points, and we have held conflicting views, and bave reached different conclusions with regard to the methods by which our country cau beat be saved from the periia which overhang it—tut none the loas Sir, have you my best wishes for your per- a! welfare and success in ail the afaira of pu’ lic ad private life. In tbese days, wheu we are called upon to confront problems so great, so vital, and eo far reaching in their effecta he who does not speak out bis earnest convictions lacks manhood ; but be who cannot treat w ance the convictions of oth trivtism. Tt is a source of pleasure to me that dur- ing the sbarp politica: conflicts of the day, and the distinct antagonisms of our pomtuions, our rolatou- Mitution of the Biate of New York, I am deeply conscious of the sacred obligation imposed, and I secep: tho executive trust with » lively senailaliay of the high honor comfarred. Iam aware mir, that 4 is an honor not tnmixed with crave reeponal- Dilities, Your tewtimony to the de icate, diffeutt sud artuons duties of the tation, aa weil as my own observation, edmaniah me to mvoke the bess wishes of all zond men, to hi for their counsel and Co-operation, and to pag for strength and courage in the discharwe af these dnties from the fountain of Divine wisdom, I shall steads y strive t© advance the material interests of onr great Biaty, to promote the welfare and honor of the people, aac Twill alao to the extent of my Executive authority and tnflaenoe, faithfully maintain the national free- dom and unity, and perpetuate the liberties of the people. . of our arma the determined Patriotism ofthe people, their fidelity to the princi- plea of free instieutions, and their calm and herois resolve to defend, at whatever cost, the Inberitance left as by the fathers, is couse for heartfelt cong rat Wlation, and gives sasurance that the unquestioned Fo phys d of the government wi)| soon be estab lished over every portion of the Republic. I join YoU, Governor, in expressions of forbearance in Political matters, and I thank you for assurances of friendly consideration and good wishes in coming to thie sneient and renowned city of Albany, the capital of our noble Commonwealth, to enter upon the duties of the pamtion thas the people have calied me to oocupy, Bubsequently, Governor Fenton returned to the Exeoutive Chamber, and received the congratula tions of crowds ef citinens, Organization ef the Legisletare, BENATE, Albany, Jan. 8.— "The Senate was called to onler at 11 o'clock A.M, by Lieutenant-Governor Alvord, who addronwni the Senators as follows: Senators: Taking the chair aa your President, I follow urage in asking your attention for » brief mo- ment. Our own Btate claima our time and our best efforte in legialation for her local intereata; but she alae damandaof ns that we fail notto bring her great undivided strangth to the aid of the Government of our country in this terrible crnsia of her fate While al! have claimed to desire the perpetuation of our threatened Union, differences of inion as to the policy of the Government haveheretofore woakened our efforta; but now the people, as signified through their recent action, have determined that arc rebellion must submit, without concession oF compromise, to outraged nationality We have t eadure alittle longer, The over-ruting hand of Divine Provileuce {a writing daily by the trium- aot progress of the armien of freedom and the Bion, the bistory of the rapid decline and ultimate sure extinction of the hopas and the power of traitors Lot us work, therefore, harmoniously to- wether to restore and re-emabliah on @ sure foun- “ation the government of our fathers, showing that while asa people we claim to be one with our bro- thers of the |r yal States, yet aan Btate we permit none to take from us in the yroat contest for [ree- dom and humanity, our proud title of * Bxcelaior.” You are too weil aware of the necessity of a strict siherence tothe rules aiopted for the guidance of your deliberations, to make ft important for me to ask of you a ready obedience to their requirements and I trust that [may adminis er the government ot your body in a spint of courtesy, kindness aod hhupartiality, coupled, if noceasary with firmness. Kile were noticed to suthorize the Mauufac- turers’ Rank of Wilhamaburgh to change its nome and to mako the terms of office of Justoes of the Tistrict Courta in New York to expire at the same time. Also & New York of the New York Common Counei! payment of local bounties, lo ameud the Bol- drs’ vouing law. To esuthorize the construction of» Sip Cane! from Cayuga Lake to Lake Ontario. To provide tor the appointment of Lospectors and ivassers in the elty of New York. ens iwoved @ resolution requesting Con- Tess to submit to the Lewis atures of sue several tales & proposition to armeod the Coustinuton pro- bibiung slavery iu the United states forever, baud on the table, Mr. Andrews moved resolutions expressing the thanks of the Staw of New York to Lieutenant- General Grant, Accra! Farragut, Geueral Sher- taan, Genera! Sheridan, General Thouas, and Com. modore Wiusiow, for theur brilliant and succosstul services in the cause of their country, Laid on tho table The Governor's message was thon read, and four thousand extre copios were ordered to be winted, (lhe message is printed elsewhere in Dae Bon of wxdoy,) Mr. Folger presented a report from the Com- mitiee on Privileges aud Elections in fuvor of awarding the seat of the Ninth D strict, now held by A.C, Niven, to A. #8, L contested ab the last 86 H.00. Mr. Bally submitted @ renort in the eame tenor, AGjourncd, Incorporate the Union Leange Club of To fix the compensation of members To forbid the APSEMBLY, AtilA.M., Mr, Joseph B. Cushman, Clerk of The stered to members by Mor the leet House, called the 4 sembly to order, oath of office was ain Chauncey M. Depew, Secrelary of Biate, The House | then proceeded to elect a Speaker, with the follow. ing result: Georee C, Haabind. cc seccssecssterseass 3 Avram Wo Weaver ee 19 Mr. Haskins, of Wyoming, wae then declared duly elkcted Speaker, Ho wldressed the Asser ly | in a few appropriate remarks, and the House pro- ceedod bo the election of # Clerk, with the following | rebu J h BR. Cushman m4 Francis ing 0008? The Speaker declared Joseph B, Cusiman duly elected Cler Charles FE. Young wae coily elected 8 rgeant-at- ury AR D orkeeper, bard aud Alexander rier Assistant i Mr. Bock way, Private Secretary to the Governor, avoouned the Annual Message, Which was read by the Clerk, Mr. Koevan offered the flowing: Resolved, Vata « tee of three be appointed to tender the thanke 1) e@ people, through their representatives in the Assetpbly, to ex-Governor Horetio Bey mour, for the fai diligent able and | patmotic manuer in wh formed, for | the past two years, the Jutles of his office as Goy eroor of the State of New York be Kained, By Revben EF Fenton, Governor of the State of New York »—Tho Preside | ba ued his proclamation, dated the 20th day of December, 1864, calling ates for three } These men are needed + armies now adrainisteri: | the rebellion, to assist tho Who are so fearlessly risking their lives for the !ife of the nation, to aid Grant aud Sherman, Sheridan and Thomas, Farra- | Sub and Porter in socur'ng bh fruits of the victories | they have so bravely won, We cannot allow too enemics of the Republic to truvaph now, when they | are so near'y vanquished, When each success assault ik resulting euepiciou to th ? | the Unign, and so d.sasiro.my te tnat of its adver. saries The war ‘of {te oreservetiop mis? nthepeople of the rea- idred ¢ pective § strengthen the ach effective wallont blows to ve _— —— = —— contime until the last enemy of the netionsl rupremacy shall be sutdoet = In the great contest tn which the nation )SPRICK ONE CENT OOTY GOLD TWO CENTS IN CURKENCS. with poficemen, tn front of the Fxecutlve Mans to enforce compliance .with the order of arrange je tmhapply involved, New York haa not, doutn, Invite the of this State to exercise the ntmoa | TURF that Prancis P. Blair, Br, had gone 6 the dbhgouce in filling the quote whieh may be ssaign- | fronk charged with duties requiring com ed them under the call of the President, Helleving ourselves to be inepired by the ane lafiy senti- which animated our Mt et ‘ ments of in founding our free = inatitutiong, us continue to tmitate thelr — by examp'e of couracs, enturance and faithfulness of proecip ics in maintaining them. Let us be pauent aud persevere, Lot there be a rally of the people in every city, village and town. Let all true pe- triots vie with each other in efforts to make wp the numbers which may be wired, go that whew the iSth day of February arrivor, our qnote shail be compl¢tety filled, and by mes whe wilh be anxior not 6 avoid the discharge of « solemn duty, but to cipate in the closing of the great strugghe wh: is to re- sultin setiling the ceatinies this Government upon @ fou oo firca as truth and righteous ness In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the privy seal of the Btata at the city of Albany, this second day of January, in the vear of our Lord ano thoussad eight hundred end wxty-Ave, (Signed) By the Governor. B, Daockway, Private Secretary, Recoxx E, Pastor, —_—_—_—« ‘From Ennrope. Four Day’ Later News, Meamship New York, from fouthamptan on Dec. 21st and the Fane Sud, arrived yostariay with four days’ later news, Thue London Timgs of Tuealay, Deo, Mint, anyas “The only point of interest in President's Lin- coln's very baki message te tho disappointment of the expectations which prevailed for some time before ite dolivery. In short the mesaage \s chief- ly remarkable as declaring that Mr, Lincoln in his second Presidency will be precisely what he has been for the last four years, All we know {s that ho will abide by the “platform set forth by his friends previous to lis re-election, Ilo was cho- fen to continue the war, and {twill not coase #0 long a he has the ability to carry iton, Ho well baa Ditish neutrality been maintained, that there fa only one point which concerns this Empire in his message, directly, The resolation of the Fed- eral Government to piace an additional force on the Lakes js not t) be complainel of, Bo long ae the war lasts, it will be the object of the Confederates to make the Mritish Provinces the basin of some kind of operations against thelrenemy, As regards the Canadian authorities, we hope and believe the will not fail to take weasures to prevent their terri- tory being made the baste of incursions into « friendly Bate; and it in satiafactory to ro that Mr. Lincoln acquite ther of being unjust and unfriendly towards the Republics If by placing gunboats on Lakes Ontario ami Erie he can impale thease enterprizosy he will ouly be enyagedl iu an object in which the British authorities will be bouud to assisthom. Dut we mncerely trust that thie increaee of force ia not mear ut for no moasure haa been more success- than the common disarmament of tie tw powers oon these inland = waters, Asan exporienced politician and a man ofcommon sense, Mr. Lincoln canuct believe anything so ab- surd ae that President Davie koe) an unwilling lo in rebellion to the Federal « ity. He that there is no hope of reasserting the Union except by awar eo prolonged a4 to exhaust the Souto in men as well os material and money And ee be must prepare bin to be perma f for such » war, he deala only in ® general doolaration of his unchauged views, and keeps as much as possible to himself tae present state and future resources of the North. orn armies,"’ ‘The Dairy News saya that thove who have fol- lowed the eveuts of the last two months with winds ubprejudice!, will find nothing surprimng.—noth- ing that waa not to be fully expected in Mr, yin's announcement that the war mus, and it adduees arguments In support of this n Tho Moawtne 8ranr also thinks the Message in so far o8 1t does not in any Way propose to make over- tion with the Confederate governmen'. or Pos © Viet, Opon invitation, to Jefferson Davia hin + This rumor was magnified In other newspapersacd ginch importance attached to it, but the fs OENOER of yesterday seyn: “We learn thot i F.P. Piair, Sr, and Montgomery Blair have + turned from the front, having teen in Gen, Geact camp couple of days, Much epoculatior dulged in here as to whother or + ton apy co tingency, they wero to visit Richmond. Flon. Mou'- gomery Bair went on to Baltimore jast eveniue Anotier dispatch ptates that their errand vest Private, and they did not go beyond Gen (Grant's headquartera, General Intelligence. (Bp Medi wo the New York Bun.) Prartwetos, Vty thinks th fa no danger 9° any more raiding, and ia going to disband ber tee force on account of the expenses, A? Montreal, mow fell a!) day, an Monday, anc to~lay, with the thermomoter at degrees above sero, Ip was 10 abovein this naighberbood at? A wetres from Fortreas Monroe, Dec. 81 say “Biormy weather ati!l continues to preva'l w nnabated severity, There are no arrivals from the South or from Wilmington, N C, to report. Snow has been falling boro all day Tun newly elected Governor Fenton was former! t @ Democrat, and voted for hia predecessor, ernor Beymour three times for the same ove Governor, and mustained him during his first two yoars of his administration Guanreumactem General Meigs bas inmied a cen eral order, fortydding the purchase of more or! lery and cavalry horses, as the armies against Richmond and the Hhenandoah Valley are filly supplied. Seraton Anenman han received @ letter from on. Sherman, hia brother, who writes on the Wb ult. that everything was working well, and that large portion of his army was in motion, The results of bia present operations promise to be Very important. Tne new rebel cruiser ‘Ben King,’ which loft an Fogiish port some time ago, in now, under the name of the shenanloah, actively at work in de- stroying American shipping on the Atlantic, Ac- counta have been received of the capture by her of the ship Kate Prince; the barks Elena an!’ £ G. Godfrey, and the brig Susen and schooner Charter Oak, of Sanu Francisco, LOCAL NEWS. wew YORK ANDTHE VICINITY, CELEBRATION or Now Year’ Day. The secular Now Yoar's Day was celebrated on Monday by oll classes in a manner which proved thet the good old custom of rejoicing on the open- ing of e new year is not yot extinct, and thas the habit of receiving calla te kept up with ae much vigor as ever, The mornings opened very finely ine deed, and the cold throughont the day was by no moana unpleasant. Tho storvs throughout the city were generally closel, and every one, from the higtest to the lowont, appeared to enjoy the hol! - dey. The streets were crowde! with ‘'callera,"* and horses aud wagons were in reat requisition Many of these were lout by being left without their occupants, and the Police Telegraph had » good tures to the Bouth, te just what might have been | dea! of work to do on this secouns expected, It applauds the l’resident’s firm atutude | along no fewer than thirty-five having on tho slavery question, and says that history | jeon reported, and tus one or two does not record a more atriking iustauce of rote : bution than has fallon upon the South in the mater | Teeovered. In one instance @ sleixh was at the of slavery On the 17th December the coiling of the new At- lantic cable was commenced from the manulactory at Greenwich to the ship Amethyst, lent by the British Admiralty for conveymg the cable to the Great Eastern, at Sheerness The coiling was pro- coediny at tho rate of two mies per bour, The jury in the (Irish) libel case of Miss Tra- vers agaioat Sr Wiliam and Lady Wild, bag returned © verdict to the fair plaintiff one farthing damages costs. (She sued for £2,000.) ews Items. (By Telegraph to the New York Aun.) Tur Maine and Massachusetts Legislatures moet | to-day. Ou tootion of Mr, Keadagton the resolution was tabled Fill up the Ranks. Gov Fentou’s Proclamation. The Quota to | of the United States | Goverson Fexton bas appointed John K, Porter, of Albany, to bee dudge of the Court of Appeals, ft. Belden, rewigued vice Henr 8 of Governor Fenton bave | A sumurn of Uae fr. promented hira with the celebreted Vicwria dinner | set ata cost of & | Tur com:nissior Vice Admiral Farragut waa forwarded last w dn tome to reach the Admire! ov Sunday uae New Year's present, A srretar mecsenger left Fortress Monroe at the close of last week with despatches from too G ernment for Admiral Porter | BNow commenced falling at Waehington yeater Jay, and by night it wae wufficianuy dec the k for sloigh- nd thie aenson, at the ng, the first arnieement of Vroasury uotee with ace | AS order was immed yestar ay Departinent that al! five por cent crued interest will be received for subsomptionn t the Ten-forty loau until tt at, wien it wil ve withdrawn, | Seogetany Sawarp, in company with Mr Nico. lay, the Progideut's priva eoretary, woud Mr Robert Eincoln, ‘stot left Washin | ton Inet night t end the tuneral of Mr Dallas | Philadelphia on Wednesday. They will after wards attend Mr. Dayton’ funeral et Trenton «9 Thursday Tur now ¢ government of Boston was oussnd recruits, | inaugurated on Monday. Mayor Liacown' exceedingly ¢ an beerful exhibits aud general prosperity of the city Munic'pa! Governments for the current year were | dress gives material gro’ | the pri j hi door in Weat Fighteenth street, when two yonug bucka who were passing jurnped into it, Tha was observed by the owner, who immediate! ¢ raised the window and presented a revolver ut the parties, who soon wkeladuled, The * New Yoar's calla," judying from the num ber of people who were seen in the atreeta, must have been very numerous and no doubt the oe- camon waa one of equal interost to the caller and the parties called on, The Mayor, according to sual custom, received calls from 11% to 1 otolock at his office, and probably over one thousand per fons called during that time, Among these were = Heveral metnbera of the Commen Council, the Surrogate, and ® numter of other public officers, At the City Hall, Mr. Georvo Koome—the keeper-bad an excelleut table rpread, end most of the Common Council ealled Tne Comptroller'a family received no enil Buperintendent Kennedy ; ©oief Prove De kor and mony other public men had recept one at thar several places of revidenes, and everything went ott in a pleassut m. ' LO Ines’ popular pace ro the city, however, for these toe hone f John W. Par oval tables wer alls, we ior, 4T Ludlow atreet Hore rer eld poor of ta city whoe n parallel linosy and al the mo to avail thenmelves vileve cane in and hada good apr ae wine wan added Hinner, ard ed weak Probably mi persons vall)d during the day, among to those wh lane of nouria re then 1,60 whom acre a] soldiers riknterta u ne The early of woeer afforded nbral sivnal wan up at an bour, the me! availed ther the At anid AAD opportunity which ene the ven the ¢ Park the upper and . alive with phat thenmely at toy ter i ! » Avenue Porm was alas wei (ere 8 ROW & spaciotin eat whe saloon fitted up Lens ove reean be had at erate ponds thi prices. ‘he ot vloutthe city Were algo wbronge!, an! wen celobruux at the send other socteues pervade! ho rT) With gront sutia e)) ports city Fintatica target compan #treets, and WeRt on excursions, while those who | also org ed to-day in sbout all the other cities | bad nothing elme to do had a fine time generully in in the e nwealth, the public houses, and other places of amus 2 Tue Foreign Ministers, officers of the United , But if tbe day was enjoyed by some, to others it Rtates, andthe people at large, on Monday, paid | brought sorrow enough, Many a family circle, their customary anuual respects the President, | which assembled around the festive boar! lat Thet vnd east room were densely crowded with | year, found this year @ loved one mining fron tr nih vexes. The reception continued for | their midst, War, with its horrora bad mute vi ba A muard of cavalry waa atti 1 at) the litte circle, and tars were chal for tuose | cach Cartlave vaceand a squad of infakeys Waa Comtinned oh WM (OM, POM ten.