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THE Yumber 10.490. se he Latest New y Nelegraph to the N, ¥. Sun, 4 ROM WASHINGTON. National Debt. “he TOTAL, $2,711,850,000, HE PRESIDENT’S POLICY. Two More Expositions. Delegation That Didn't Make Mach. LABOR QUESTION IN CONGRESS, ORTANT FROM EUROPE. iE FENIAN MOVEMENT. land Under Martial Law. rit of Habeas Corpus Suspended HE MEXICAN QUESTION. astrian T Max. ty and Miscellaneous News. HE HEALTH COMMISSION. ‘ME PURIM BALL. rand and Beautiful Display. d&e., &ec. THE NATIONA Washington, March 1.~The following is « state- sof the public debt of the United States, on the sof March, 1566:—Debt bearing coin interest, 177,867,291 80, Debt bearing currency interest, 156,495.98) 60. Matured debt not presented for Marah bar shih 64. Debt bearing no interest, roops For Total debt. 2, 827,868,959 46 Amount in Treasury, coim, @55,/36,19912. Cur- ney, $60,282,767 12. Together making $116,015,969 Total amonnt of debt less cash in Treasury, .71 1,560,000 22. The forecoing isa correct statement of the public Dt. as appears from the books and Trearury returne the Department, on the first of March, indd, Hue MoCritocna, Secretary of the Treasury, \- THE PRESIDENT’S POLICY, Twe More Expositions. Washington, March 1.—Toeday the Committee pointed at the mass meeting held in Baltimore to idorse the President, waited upon President Joba- mn, amd presented the reselutions adopted at that erting. The committee was saecompanied by Gov- ‘nor Cox, and was composed of the following gen- psmen: Hon, P. W. Crain, Thos. Cantlan, Jr., A. Chapman, Closton Levering, aud Chas. G. Kerr n being admitted, the membore were introduced the President, and (iovernor Cox and Judge rain made short addresses of the asual stamp. The President said, in reply, that he could make pepeech further than to aay his policy was before @ country. He believed the country would be stored to its iormer oonditien of prosperity and srineoy. The taunts which been ut- red againss trim had po effect upon him. is «only work was the restoration of the ontry—all will come right in th d, notwith- ending opposition, On this tremiste of th sections, while pursuing different means, labored padily to the acoompishment of the same —the “straction of the I/nion so far as the dissointion of 16 Lmion ie concerned—one is ar bad as the other. ‘hen the Tebellios is put down, and we find « party r consolidation and concentration, it is the same Mrit as rebellion, and leads to the destruction of the overnment, As for me, my only object is to restore 1” Union to ite dull and reconciled normal con tien, The company then, afler engaging in conversation wa few nsinutes, withdrew. A DELEGATION THAT DIDN'T MAKE MUCH, The Delegates to the Lrou and Steel Couvention fterwards called on the President. Captain E. B Vard, of Detroit, President of the American Iron pd Steel Association, presented the gentlemen who ere representatives to the Convention held yestere ay, to the President, remarking substantially : We are a Convention of workingmen reprerenting pe hundred gnd fifty thousand employees with their ilies. They are trying to eet Congress to raise i. duties on their manufactures, and aster as Hee ble aevist mavufasturing interests of the rountry. Ve believe that the Southern States in « few years ill develope their resources, ‘They are as rich in Sources as the Northern States. They have a larce jam ber of their people poor + bites, to the number of wo miltbons, who cin be employed m manufacturing arruily, and thereby advantage themsely sand ruire he marmilacturing interests of their vection. We pssermblird last night and posed resolutions in refer- nee to the interests ofithe laboring Glasses, whom we re desirous of impioving, The P cesident replied in substance, as foilows: He thimked them for the compliment of calling pon him, He eympathized to the utmort extent n what they desired to periorm in reference to in- reasing the bapp ness and promoting the interests ¢ the Working classes. His whole iife had been levoted. to the work of elevating the condition of the vorking c'asees, He would say tothem, however, hat while they were here engaged in their yyect, he heped there wes another object mn whieh they were equally inte:esied, The iret ol ect was the restoration of the Government, You theeby enlarge the area for the currepvcy to cir- rniate. which would have the effect of preventing rontraction, while it would give ail the piactical ponefite o be derived from contraction, y bring: ing the provucts of ‘he Bouth—some three hundred million dollars worth of tobacco, cotion, etc.—into gur commnerce, would avert any possibility of @ fuancial crash. Anything he could do te piomote all the interests of the country, be assured them he would co, Mr. Ward then said: The great danger to the country are the vast importations from turope, whic’) caunot be checked except by the imposition of bigh duties, The President replied: y creating a greater demand for the currency in @x'ending the area of its circulatio hereby obvi- eting the necessity of diminishing all danger would be averted. The paramount ob however, to #6 us have w restured Wovernment—s anited nica. Mr, Ward here said: We are under the impression that we have a Gov- ernment The President replied; Let us have a whole Government—s restored Union—« thoreughly reconciled and united country, The delegation then withdrew, with an evident fenpression that, so far as their particular interests were concerned, they were sbous as well eff es when @uave entered CONGRERSIONAL PROCEEDINGS, Thirty-Ninth *cesion, BENATE, Warhtroton, March 1.—Mr. Morgen. of New York, | Pp eee. ied the memorial of the Free Trade League of New York, for @ eontinuance of the present Keci- | procity Treaty, which was referred to the Commiites om Finance, Mr, Wilson, from the Military Committee, report- ed 8 resolution for the disbandonment of the militia of the lately rebellious States, and to prevent their reorrenirtion. Mr, Brown, of Me. called up the bill to grant land fm aid of the construction of a rafiroad from Spring. field, Mo., to the Pacific Coast by the Southern route Postponed. Mr, Bherman, of Ohie, reported from the Commit tee on Agrreuiture, the House bill to amend the act to prevent importation of meat eattic, The bill was passed, aad when signed by the President will become a law. At one o'clock the rerular order came op, which was the House concurrent resolation : “That no Senator or Representative from any State lately in rebellion shail be admitied to either Honee nntil Congress shat have declared such Btate entitied to representation.” Mr. Bteward, of Nevada, took the floor in continua tion of bis speceh commenced yesterday, advocating the President's policy. At the conclusion of Mr, Stewart's remarks, Mr. u took the floor, He seid: There coes not e ny one of the late rebel States, any purpose of wish to rea et the authority of (he General Government, Mr, Johneon then went into a long arcument to show thet the States are absolutely Becesary to the Government. You can. said, no more go on with the Gowernment without the States than you would be to adm a r the ( ment without the peo Theietore, whoever to blot out the ex e@ot a Sin eot the strikes @ biow at the wery life f the Ciovermm It may Live although one be stricken out of exis ener, It may live although Tut the blow at the Goverament, although not abso- lately fatal, accord) to tie hypothesis of fact which Th suppesed, is none the less a fatal blow. The General Government is infinitely more depend- ent upon the Bia'es than the States are upon the (ioverument, The whole sanyere of contracts as be tween man and man, the mode of disposing of per- sonal property, the mode of disposing of real estate, the mode of dividing real and personal estate. the law of marriage, aud judicial juriedistion over these several subjects in anything that coucerne the inter- eats of the ciitren is with the States, What is to become of the interests of the peopie of the several Bteies If they bave no government of ther own? Anaichy! Mr. Johnson next considered the rtatue of the lately rebellious States, denying the erounds taken by some Senators that they were reluced by the rebeliion to the condition of territories, The lately rebellious States, said Mr. Johneon, are States and pot territories, If thie be true, it is obviogs thas they are entitied to representation in ¢ x) The Mr Johnson then referred to the fact that the creden tiais of several Senators, from iately jusurrectionary Beaton, were before the Sepate, He had binwvel presented the credentials of Mr, erry of Bouth Carolina. Mr. Sumner asked if Mr. Johnson wae aware that Mr. Perry held oftice under the rebel Government, so that be could uot take the oath required of a Senator? Mr Jolnson was aware of that. lle was speaking ef Mr, Perry eg an todividual, But while Mr. Perry might have made mistakes in the past he bad no coubt that he waa as loyal as Mr. Bumner bimvei!, The fact of disloyalty reven years «go was mot pivof of present disioyaity, Massachusettes was not ato- gether tree fiom the taintot treason, Im the war of 1514 she refused to let her troope leave the State, which waeciearly au act of hostility wo the Goveru- ment, Josiah Quincy in aap ech + tue liouse that the purchase of isiana would justify ana lead to the secession of Massachusetts. A motion to adjourn was agreed (o, with an under- standing thata yote on the concurrent resoiution would be taken to-morrow night, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Several bills end resolutions were introduced, among them” resolution by Mr. Caffroth to refund to the citizens of Chambersbarg, Penusylvania, who suffered by the rebel raid under MoCausland, the internal tax vaid by them for the year 1564. and one by Mr. Ketcham to reduce the duty on paper. Roth of these resolutions were referred to the Com- mittee of Ways and Means. eleven be stricken out, cryin glenn Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, from the Judiciary Commit- tee, reported several anendments to the Senate bill te protect all persous in the United Btatesin their civil rights, and furnish the means of their vindica- tion. The amendments, which were principally to enbetitute the words “Citizens of the United States” for the words “inhabitants,” were agreed to, The act dociares, in its first section, that all persons born in the Uoited tates and not subject to any foreian power, excluding Indians not saxed, are citizens of the United Btates without distinction of coor, and that there shall be no discrimination in civil rights or mmunities amone such cit!rens on account of race, or previous condition of slavery, The remain- ing nine sections contain provisioue tor carrying the law into eflect. Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, moved to recommit the bill, and spoke in explanation and advocacy of it, He hoped to report it back and bring it tw a vote to- morrow. The objects sought to be reached and se- cured by it would ensure for it the most deliberate attention, It was a measure of as grave importance as any that ever cominanded the attention of Con- ens, it wae @ postive bill, and he expecied it to mect with positive opposition, Some of the questions nied 4 4, were uot entirely free from difliculty, Presedent, oth judicial and legislative, were found in sha:p contlict concerning it. If the States would all pravsice the Constiiutional declaration, that citi- zens of each State should be entitied to ali the privi- leges and immunities of citizens of the several Statos, aud enforce it as meaning that the citizen has the right © be protected by the Government in the enjo mentof liie ang liberty, with the right to acquire aud possess property of every kind, Congress might very well refrain from the enactment of the bill; but the practice of the Btates lett no avenue of escape, and Concress must do ite duty by supplying the protection which the States denied, Congress mort de the best it can to protect citizens, from the highest to the lowest, from the biackeest to the whit. es', in the enjoyment of tae gieat tundamenta) rights which beiong to allmen, ‘This bill provided stor the execution of the powers deicgaied to ess, ‘Lhe power depended on no express dele- gation, but rao with the rights it was designed to rotect, and Congress possessed the same latitude n rerpect to the selection of means through which to exercise that power, asif it bad beeu expressiy deiexated Mr. Kaymond, of N.Y. stated that early in the sees.on, be had introduced a bill, which was referred Jadiciary Committee, 0 attain the same gen~ ral object contemplated b the preseus bill, Mr, Raymond's bill was read, as follows : atall the acts ot Congress. relating ion, be and the same are hereby y occur, the nd the words it6 Derson ;'' and eo that, in the matter of naturalization, ere sLall be no distinction as to rece or color. dec. %. That all persons born, or hereafter to be born, within the jurisdic ion of the Uuited Staten, shail be deemed aud considered and are hereby de- clared to be citizens of the Luited Atates, and entitied to ail righta and privileges as eucn. Bec, 5. That pothing in this act con'aiued shall be cons! rued bo Daturalize or authorize the uaturedcea- tiou of auy member vi the Indian tribes Mr Kogers, of Ni. J., sald that the Conetitution gave no authority to Congress w enter the domain of a State and interfere with ie internal regulations, In the course Of hie epeech, Mr. Rogers aaid (hat he waewiliing to trust the Boutheru peopie, lie be- lieved that the m of the people of the Southera States, when they were fighting against the thug of the country, were moved by high conscientious convictions, Mr. Thayer, of Penn.—The gentleman has told the Flouse thas be is @ progressive man, in tavor of the expansien ot humen liberty. Leask him whether he yoved tor the Covstitusional Amendment Abulisuing Blaver: Mr. s—No, sir; I thank God I never did! (CLaughte:,) | could not go howe and hedown at nibs with @ clear conscience before God, if I had been gu ity of robbing the people of this country of thous- ands of millions of dollars, invested in negroes unger the Constitution adopied by our fathers tor (he pro- try fathors joufhi'ts oc as tes tbe’ proveation af ary ors tas much as pro eas other Kighs, (Leushiers NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MARCH Mr. Conk, of Til, epoke tm ewpnort of the bill, He CM). Co@k) bad ex mined the bin aid had not toned a img if it tending to take trom any oody. whi e | 0! biaem, any iigh which he mow enjoyed under the Coo titation and iaws ef the United 4tates, (on- @r@ss would be gulity 0: @ want of com fe th if it | alaudones he f ee men who bad add the Geren. | meut, wd tur@.y vendre (Lemee cee obnoxious to Le white u en of the Seu: h, without protect! no Mr Thayer ob’alued the floor, and the bill weot over until to-morrow, The House weat into Committee of the Who'e on the state of the Union om the Miscellaneous Appi o- priatiom bill, Mr. Wentworth is the chair. Mr. Benjamin mored as an amendment a proviso thet no part of the sums app op ised hr the act should be expended in violation of the provisions of the act preecribing an oath of office, The amendment agreed to. . Windom, of Minna, moved to amend by stri ing out an item of forty thousand doliars ior mon am Young t© Indi an old that if euch monic re ever for hiring the Indians to attack emigrant trame aod massacre the emigrants. Instancing an attack made upona train by Lu and by Mormons discuised ss Indians, when dred and twenty men, women and childien were murdered in the most horrid manner Mr. Blevens nounced the spirit infiuenciag which caused the murder of Jee, Smith andt ion of the Mormons from the valley in [linc He was sorry to se@ this old cry of lodian massacres, which were never proved nat the Mormons, Mr. Washburne, of I\!tn0.8, also dedended the item denouncing the silegations alluded to Mr. dom, as emanating trom Jucge Cradiebaugh had been rent w Utah udge by old Bucha and who inauced Floy« cedition to be sent ut coating the Government ten millions of doliar delegave tom Utah ‘a aleent o4 accounts of tue death of hiedaurhter, If he was present, he could expiaim the mater, The amenament was finally agreed te. On motion of Mr, Thay proviso was put into the bill that hereatter no p iLor Mxeness of any living person should Le en, raved or placed om auy of the bouc:, securities, notes or postal curreucy of the | biled S.stes, The bill was reported from the Committee and Passed by the Lioure. Mr. Nib ack intiodnced a joint resolution doclar- ing eight hours’ labora full day's work by the arti sans, etc, in the employ of the Government, Ke- sarred to the Judiciary Committees. Adjourued. Mexico, A Froach Convey latercepted—Deteat of the Jaarist ‘l'roepes. advanced by him it ion and de- ee By way of Havana, comes news from the city of Merico to the 10\b of February, aud from \ era Cruz to the 15th. A large and valuable convoy from Tampico was attacked, at Tantoyuquita, by a Liberal toree under Mendez, who, the French account says, “stole a few things, when, ao Imperial force approaching, Be ran away with his booty upon mules, fiet setting fire to what he could not carry off." The truth of the matter seows to be, that Mender captured some valuable goods, end that the Fieuch were unable to reveut bie success, At Kancho de le Palma and "aso dela Carreta, the brigade of Mendez (luiperial), on the %5th of January, obtained @ victory over dW Juaiiets, cap uring 640 preouers, causing many deaths, and uirporsing the reet) Reguies aed several Of bis officers fied, with mrarie escor. in dillerous direction’, aud it le eald to be impossible for them to reorganize, At Pasquerie Grande, the everrilias ander Antonio Garcia, numbering 960, were dispereei, iosing 4y in Killed and wounded, aud =7 horses. wish equip: ote Pedro Martines attacked Colonel Lopez with two @qusdrons of the Hinp. ess reriment, while on their Way Saltillo, and paul dearly tor his im pnience, ln Senora eix Lundied amd forty ineurgeuis lave been defeated, with a loss o: one bund.ei and twen- ty killed, including ome officer, One bundred end fifty muskets, tive boxes of amiuwunition, filty bO.ets, One caunoa and Liteen prisoners were cap- tured. In ‘Vacambaro (Michoscsn) Canto, with four bun died wen, sufleied severe) Heeides several so. diere Kilieu Ge low bul ty four prinouess, All the above is contained in the Freneh-Mexican papers, and the editor of one of them, a Frenchwan, winds up as follows: *We omit other aetions of leas importance, which arefu ther proute thatat this rete the retele mart soon #itneriay down their arine or be caloruinated, which latter #@ should regiel, O86 io all Cases \uey are Mexicane, Nae ae CHOLERA, Deaths lo Gandaleupe. Ry way of Santiago de Cuba comes the news that the cholera continaes in (rumlaloape, Weat Lndies, Statistics up to January ist show that there had been 1,100 dear On the ITth the epidemic had do- creased in (inadaloupe, but had made ite appearance in Dowinica, Cuba. Cattle Diseases and Smali-Pox. An epidemic of the nature of the English cattle plague has appeared in Cuba, In the Sierra Morena it is called the canyrena, Large uumbere of oxen have died within 24 hours after be'ng attacked. When a benst dies the farmers wateh the carrion crows, and if they do not inmedia ely attack the holy, brush and tuel are Le ped up, aud it is burned, No p eventive of this disease is yes dircovered, Ihore are always iarge numbers of green tiles about the carcasses, and their bite is injurious, if uot fatal, to man, ‘Tbe small-pox is increasing Li Kezla, ‘hough the Gove: nment permits no staciatics to be reported, STATE LEGISLATURE, hemate. Albany, March 1.—Bitts Reronren.—To change the name of the United German Lutheran Churches ot New York. For regulation and discipline of the Btate Inebriate Asylum Jo extend the term of office of the Justice of the diswict in the Fighth Judicial district of New York, ‘To eetablish @ law library in the Fourth Judicial district. Against authorizing the Citizens’ Gaslight Company, of Brooklyn, inerease ite capitel to one m.lilon of reed to, Aganet amending the act to sons transacting bus ness under fictitious ; agreed wo. Incorporating (he American Con pany and Agency Incorporating the NEW YORK nai Land a Reciety for the Prevention of Ciueity © Animals, Coding to the Unied States jurisdiction ove certain lands under water in the lower bay of New York. To xempting the real estate of the ot Design from taxation, ‘To pro. vi tw ditional Surrogates in New York, aud extend their jurisdiction, For whe Loprovement of Clinton street, Brookiyn, Mr. li. ©. Murphy pre- sented petitions and reu trances for enuu against the bill, the Biookiyn Imp-ovement Company. porary sewer in Mavoolia stieet, Brooklyn To amend the Militia law b, insuring greater protection for equipments and anf. lorm, requiring claimante from taxation under anid | to put in their claiuwe during sittings of the aenenso For the reliei of common slools in Brookiyn; it provides for the rasing Of #159610 this year, in addition to the punk that may be decided to be raised for echoo! p Bourds of Supervisors and ( ommon cil Reso.otions.-Mr. Low offered e following, which was ed to a select commitiee of five Kenolved tin the judgment of the Senate, it fe ‘he tight and duty of Congiessto dewrmine when aod upon what conditions the rebel shall re sume the'r normal relations with the govern ment, and be entitiod to thei: represeitation in eon Ly the jolt diate and unconditional nid Kopresentatives trom ceentation 4 to secure itizens of toward jhe people of the lo, ai Slates aud @ rong to those e@atitied Wour prolecilod, Ww stood by the soverument and beeu feiiuful to the flag threughout the rebel- lion, Keaolved, That recognizing in Congress a body of faithful and devoted champions of conetitation liberty. truly setlecting and representing the wishes of their constituent @ shell iouk to them in co- operation with the President to initiate anu periect such measures as shail secure to the States in re- lion the admission of their rep eoentatives in , Upon such terms as aball be juss w the as abell protect trom wrong the loyalists of Beuth, and as well secure te a. men ike Ouual No we | the Pies 9 ¥ ~“) 1866. ‘ enjoyment cf lifp. liberty and the pureait of happi- Lee. Revolred That his Excellency the Governor he reques éd (0 tran emt 0 terolu lone to ent end to our Hep: esouta- tree in Congres Te @ s@nnve Geld ase tion in the evening, for the consider tom of (he (ioverno.'s Meseage, and Mr 4 "Donel! spoke ct eng h, chieftr ayoo ‘he wavional tep.ce. The epeech was cone vetoed modorave and Coucialory, Lhe BSeuate adjourned. ‘ denators aod Arsacmbly, The Speaker presented the annual report of the trustees of the Lost.tution of the Mind, Mr. Seebacher introdaced a bill w provide for the appointment of am interpreter for New York Guy 1) strict Courts, Bitts Apvascen Tw a Trip Reaniso. -To con- firm titles liens (0 real entate To amend the revised statutes relative to discontinuing old and laying out new highways. Mr, Hiscock, im the ehair, announced the epecial ordar to be on the resolutions offered by Mr, Tre main, to whom the floor was awarded. and who ad- dressed the Assembly on the subject. Bows Items. By Telegraph to the New York Sen,} Trane are splendid prospects of # large grain and gold yield in California this year, Gov. Wann, of New Jersey, yesterday signed the Newark and New York Railroad bill Tue Ata Cattyonsta, the largest paper fn the State of California, (Independent Union) eupporte President Joh naon's admintatration Ate meeting of the Trustees of Union Collere, heli im Albany yesteriay, Rev. Lawrence P, Hickox, DD., was elected Preaiient of the Insti- tation, Jonn J. Niox has heen renominated by the Re- publicans of Elmira, N. Y¥., for Mayor, and F Atkingon hy the Democrats. The stlon takes place on Merch 6th Tus Dewocrats of Bangor, Me., fired a salnte of thirty-eix wuns yesterday in honor of the Preal- dent's veto, and in the evening held @ public meeting in support of his policy. Pumsipant Gerveann, of Haytl, fe making an excursion along the coast, stopping atall the porta, in bis new war etenmer of thirteen heavy guns aod one hundred and seventy men. Tue Bank of Lima, Livingston county, N.Y, was entero! by burglarson Tuesday olght. An ineffectual attempt was made to blow open the safe. The burylers then visited the Post-office, and stele therefrom $170. Tar Miscelianeous Appropriation bill which passed the House yesterday, appropriates #100,000 for the purchase of Ford's Theatre, for the deposit and safe keeping of documents and papers relating to soldiers, and of the museum of the medical and surgical deparsment of the army. Tux report of the Commissioner of Patents com- municated to Congress yeste day, aiates thatthe number of patents issued in 1506 was 6,016. The number of appl cents to that year exceeded by nearly forty per cent. the nur! er filed in any pre- coding year, ‘Tne United States Revenue Commirsion has pre- sented to the Becretary of Treasury a report on petroleuia as @ fource of revenue. A repeal of the duty on crude pet um is recotnmended, when the duty of 20 cents per gallon refined oils may lo expecte:! to real ze $7,000,000 » year Avovt 11 o'clock Weinesday night three men in disguise entered the house of Milton Whip le, fn the town of R ga, N. Y., tied Mr. Whipple and hie wife and daughter with cords, and compelled Mr. Whipple to surrender the key of his safe. They then opened the sale an! took therefrom casi and bonda to the amount of $26,000, after which they departed. Mr. Whipple ia 70 years of age. This daughter extricated herself shout 6 o'clock the next fiorning and then |fberate! her parents. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF TIE Its Pewers, Etc. The Metrepolitan Health Bill, havimg received the signa.ure of Gov. Fenton, bas become a law, aud the appointments he has made for Commissioners beving been approved by the Senate, the Bill will ge into practical operation immediately. The organ- ization will probebly take place to-day or on Batur- day, at the Police Headquarters iu Malberry street The four Banitery Commissioners appointed by Gov- ernor Fenton drew lots for their respective terms of office yesterday morning, The result was as tul- ‘TH. lows: Dr, Stone Four years, Schultz- Three years, tir, Parker —lwo years, Dr. Crane--One year, These four gentiemen, with the Health ofticer of the Portand the Police Commissioners, constitute the “Health Commission" --in all nine members. The bill makes it the duty of the next of kin of any de ceared person to forward to the Board, within five days, the resideuce, mame, age, nativity, color and occupa tion of the deceased, Lirthe aud marriages are aiso required to be registered in the same manner, and every p reson who comes within the litnite of he law, aud fails te notify the Hoard of auy of the above mentioned occurieuces, is Lable to a fine of #10, Auy ordertoabate a nuisance which has bern so dec'ared by the Board, must be promptly attended to by the owner, occupantor tenant of the premises, who has aright to appeal to the Board for a modific tiom of the order uniess iu cases of impeuuing pes - ry len when the Board way exercise extraord P were; and whe Board may likewiwe order the re- moval or cleansing ol anything egarded as detrin tal wo public heath, And tor failure tocomply with such ord. ra, the Hoard bave power to cause the rem- evy to be applied. and the expeuse theroc all bee lien upon the property, Complaint books are w be kept, iu which en4:ies may Le made by any perron, in good faith, of complaints of nuisances, which shall be investigated by the board aud the remedies ap pled, The penaliies jor misdemeanurs under the ct ina fine ot $260. Ali powers re ating to the public health, hitherto heid by the New York or Hrooklyn Hoards of Liealth, or the Ma, Councilmen, of Alde:men of these elu la exc vely conlerred on the Metropolit in Commission, aud wo salary d wo any offi 8 actiog Uucerany #0 author by the Board, The Police, or officers the Boa:d, may arrest any per- eon Violating any o:dinance of the board, the arrest ed person to be ueuled as for misdene —s ‘Lhe Board are to appoint their own F ident and Treasurer; the Present isto be annually el cted; the Treasurer remains in office until removed. A Secretary, not @ member of the Hoard, ehall be appointed, to remain unill removed ‘The Sanitary | Ors an Any banitary ut trom meetings te te torteis 10 oo inthe becietary, The Py Health Officers te fort the lrersuie Comm issiouge from hie salary Commissioners f abeent. A Corresponding Secretary may be ap. po.nted, at notover $iuayear, Lhe President H Ww preside at meetings, and if the Becretary is ab- “nD { BA BUOL, OF Bppolnk & Be@vrelary Pro tem, i Treasurer sha. bold anu disburse funds and deposit them : w York city bamk or banks, and sbal give Louds, of uct lose than two sureties, tor $50,000, The sureties are to justify betore a Su- preme Court Justice in not less than $60,000 in the eeeregate, god the boud shall bw approved by the Btate Compirolier. The beard may smpcins ae expeciguced physician Thirty-Third Year. oe odent, ate eatery mot exceed 0 0 a year, also bwe nerie’ ant Superintendents at acslary not to exceed Gh. 000 0 yours wo axe olen in Brookiya, They may also int mot exceodii fifieon Sanitary Prepeoters, and preacefoe ‘pase rr I nature of their du los. The Board ere to make an annua! finauctal estimate and statement im conjunetion with the Mayors ana Comptrokercs of New York and Brooklya,on ot before Aureus. of vam required tor the year commencing the following Janwary 14 such eam to be raised nob to exceed $19.00, exceps im cases of greatand im- minent seril The follow me officers will be displaced in the Ciuy Tnepector's Department: The City inspector, salay S$ Sor; Chief Clerk, enlary $2,000, First Assistans Clerk, #2,000; Second Assistant Cierk, 61,000 Mee~ fencer, $4,000, Assistant Messenger, $900; 7% Health Warr ith _o anlary of @9 por day: TY Aasistan’ same salary; 23 Street Inepectors, same salary; & dia ributors of Corporation ordiuances, £2 per dey. HKendes theee, there are Dureaus of Sanitary [nepec- tion and Registry of Records and Siatistion, the aa- laries of which amount to @90,000 per annum Superintendent Kennedy, on Wednesday, isened An order bo the Police directing them to report to the office of the Inspector. at least once e week, ani Duisancs, and the names and owner of the premisce whare such nnisance exists, includiag tn the lisk b ne-boiling, fat-melting, soap and cavale factors, sod gas refineries, and any establishment conaid- © 6. @ Dalsance, LOCAL NEWS. SEW YORK AND THE VICINITY. Oranxtxe DAY or Sraina Fasutons—Tun Fare Sex Ovr tr Fores—Waar tam Faswions ase Lum Bro, Ero Opening day,” e@ applied to the Lat of March, has @ twofold significance; it de~ notes that notonly the Iadiew are about to foast their eyos on the latest prodactions of dame Fe- shion, by the * opening" of cases of imported and other goods, but «!eo that the glorious time of year, to which everybody looke forward with pleasure, has * opened "—4he Bpring Yesterday all the leading thorough‘ares, and business houses, were crowded with ladies who closely scrutinized anw& adroired or condemned, asthe case might be, the novelties exposed. At Madame Demorest's Binpo- num of Pashion, on Broadway, some very eleganu® designe for Spring were on exhibition wasalee the casein many other of the principal stores, The changes are, perhaps, not of » very radical nature, Dresses for the season are nearly all gored, and the skirts cut very short, #0 as to diplay the bor~ der to the petticoat; or else the drese should be jooped up with the patent dress elevstors, Among the prettiest of the new atyies is the ‘ Madeline’ gore! dress, This dress is cut without plats o® the walst, and the skirt and body ts all in one piece. Ib le made in buff goats’ hatr cloth, #o pale tm tint that it is little more than cream color, teimme® with blue velvet of the bright Moxicanfint, The peculiar feature of this dress consists of the side perce at the back, which are continued down. upon the skirt—forming coat tails rather them sashes, fifteen inches in width at the bottom, with wmulated pockets, The tails or shafts are repeated in front, but are much shorter, and aot se wide at the bottom. The velvet ts simply put om as narrow border to all the edges, and round bottom of the skirt. The pooitets aud frons ) cress are ornamented with blue velves bul w match. The ‘Crystel" tunic dress is enother novelty, and ia composed of two colors and two materials, Tho under dress ts of gray poplin, the bedy ent square aud the skirt gored, The upper or tunic dress of green silk, cut altogether-—okir® and boddice—4n the “Pi incease” style; that is ta say, without any plats at the waist, The tunic 7 open at each seam, and trimmed on the edge with ruching- 1 also opens upon the siles and shoul~ dera, for convenience in pulling on, thus complet- ing every novel and stylish arrangement. fear~ lot dreanes for children are all the rage, A very pretty sleeve, called the “Coulte,* ie exhibited, componed of goat's bair, or other spring noaterial. It in shaped to the wrist, but made full upon the the back, giving the effect of an inserted puff. ‘Two methods are adopted for trimming gored skirts one commencing trom the top, end the othem from the bottom, Trimming commencing from the bottom, begins et the skle, and ascends higher as it nears the front of the drom; but trimmings: or ornaments commencing at the top of the skirt, stould run deep at the back, and sborter as 10 nears the front, A new idea in the way of ome mente is now coming im vogue, in the shape of* medallion or cameos, whieh are intended to super~ sede the gold, allver and atee! ornaments now io Some of these are very richly gotten up and bave the appearance of # valuable carved cameo brooch. Epaulettes are worn, composed of two or more of these studs or brooches, held t- gether by chains of silver, and whieh bang in fes- toons from the aboulder, Bands and ornamental wear galloons will be much used this Spring, for trimming short cloaks and paletots; ar- ranged to sus the $ of the wearer Of the various articles of fem nine attire, toe bou- netie certainly the “Head Centre’ of attraction among the fair sex, [tie also an articio that is wau- {pulated by the fickle Dame, more than any other. Bometimes it ie oll crown perhaps all curtain, Another season it has no crown at all, and scarcely any front This season the bonnets ere of avery light and coquettish deseription, The ‘Ympire’’ at present worn, is to be succeeded by the *'Pamne- 1s"? and « long category of others tied the ‘“i\peey,” “Aurora,"’ &c, The “Pam avers pretty bonnet; one noticed yesterday wis eo n- posed of white crape, trimmed with violet rbboo and jet and straw ornaments, The crown was !ovse, the curtain formed with a narrow border of lace, ant the front depressed @ la Maria Siuart, Another. was composed of white lace, trimmed with orangs colored ribbons and white satin jossimon flowers, covered with wax, A hatcalled the ‘ Margaret'* {s to supersede the the Oxford hat now worn: it is similar in shspe, but larger, made of straw or Leghorn, and trimmed with volret and cameus, Round cloaks will be worn this Buramer in prefer - ence to any other, together wish talmas and double capes, scalloped out et the edye and bound with materia! to match the dress. Balmoral skirts will be little worn, except tn dirty weather; in fine weather cambrio skirts, trimmed with Quting, will take their place. Some very pretty skirts are made of goat's bair, striped with black and white, Short sacks, composed of velvet cloth and trimmed with hair or ogg fringe, will be worn, esther for tha street or opers, Tux Pun BAce came off, last evening, a6 the Academy of Music, and, as expected, was a gread affair, The Academy wes completely trans (Comianed em tho dam Pesen