The Sun (New York) Newspaper, January 14, 1869, Page 2

Ee AMUSEMENT —— =: ALLACK'S—fhe Btoope to Conquer BOWERY THEATRE—Biveskin, or Jack and his Pale Matinée Satarday, ORAND OFERA HOUSE—La Perichole. TWENTY-SUCOND REGIMENT ARMORY, 1th at, Jan. 19—Grand Reception. GOOPER UNION, Jan. 16—Free Lectare for the Ad: ‘vanéement of Ketenee aod Art. TRE TAMMANY=—Light Barlosqae, Comedy, and Ex travacanga. THEATRE FRANCATS—L'Ghil Creve. Matingoon Bat nrday. OLYMPIC THEATRE—IMumpty Denpty. 14 o'clock, Wednes aye mid Saturday, WOOD'S MUSECM-Fenant: or, The Horn of a Dtlemn- ma, Living and Wild Animals BNEDKUOWS ART GALLERY, 73 Rroadway—Thos, Hii ite Valley BREW YORK CIRCUS, 1h Mosic—Hine Beard. le nee Wednesday aud Ratnrday at ¢ Ti Bhines for ATL The THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1869. To Advertisers. ahite Row far exceeds every other daily paper in 1s L inthis city, Brocslyty dersey City, and How doen, Tie ct-cotation tn other parts of the country te also rap creasing, caprciatty in ihe Bonthern Wostern . It thus offers ® mort vntonole medium for every Mod of advertising which 's designe? to bo read by the great masses of tha people, Our rates are eo lower, cirentation being coneidered, than those of Woy ott Jourr The Senatorial Contest. ‘The lat n Albany {a that Mr. Fenton has concluded not to withdraw from the canvass for the Senatorship. He will remain o candidate, and will abide the decision of the Republican canena, It is also reported that the friends of Judge Davis have determ ned to bring him into the field again, in tho expectotion that he may botuken up by the eaucue after ft shall bo proved that neither Mr. Fenton nor Mr. Monoan can succeed in getting the necessary majority. Another prominent gentleman {9 leo propoted for the same purpose, in the person of the Hon. Joun A. Grisworn, He will bo a very res, octable enndidate, Though Deaton in the vace for Governor, le proved himself to possess on unusual degreo of popularity. if he shonld be sortously urged, the list of candidates will consist of Epw1n D. Mone an, Reuven BE. Fenton, Mansmatt intel! jrenee fre oO , Noa Davis, and J Gmsaworn j ant» very atrong jist at vill be Among 1, however, our ” etill is that the ee are } Ir, Manan Bribery in the Legislature. The iden hae Leon oxtensively diffused by gome of the newspapers that the pending Benatorial combat at Albany will probably be settled by bribery, The Times has said that it is “quite generally conceded on wll hands that money will decide the combut.”” The World adds that“ nobody dreams that the Republican caucus nomination will not goto him who pays the most for it.” The bame journal also reports that when the Hon, Honace Gieurny evnounced himeclf at Albany 8 an advocnte for the election of Mr. Maneusrt O. Routers, one of the gen. tlemen of the press who welcomed that eminent jouruairt responded to Mr. Grex LEY's avowal of Nin preference by saying, “Well, old fellow! how much money have you got? Let's know the size of your pile.” Now, we have known the Legislature of New York tolornbly well for many years, ‘and have no doubt that there have ulways been, and now are, corrupt men in both branches of it, We have also had a hand tn several Senatorial elections, and are not igno- rant respecting that one which will be con suminated on Tucsday next. And wo pro: nounce tho alleyration that it has been the practice to decide such elections by (ie use of money to be untrue and calumnious. In all our experience we havo never known of any evidence which could prove that any man had been bought to vote for or against the euccossful candidate, We have repeat: edly heard the defeated party make such accusations, when their untrath was abso- lately known to us. The imputation now thrown out in ad- vance, that the present election } iil probably he eonctatel ¢ balbery, lv doubtless jually gronndle = We are well aaquainted | with the thr whynre Just now rominent ax candidates, Mr, 1 Mr. ewe and Mr Rongire; sod wo say Wet (hove 6 wot Lhe slightest reason for the belief that either of them Is 90 lost to honor, decency, and common sense as to contem- plato gaining that by purchase which he finds he cannot gain by the fair favor of hie party. Besides, if they were not withheld by scruples of conscience or gentlemanly fecling, common prudence would lead them to forbear from offering bribes, The penalty for such a triusgression would be severe; end ina contest markod by such inflam: party end personal feeling as the present, the penalty could uot fail to be inflicted, Tho press renders a great public service when it unmorka real corraption and beings wrong doers to the punishment they deserve but itoz!y contributes to demoralize and de- grade the conselence of the people when it msacorraption which has no exist: uid reproaente tho most solemn political | transactions ae governud by motives the vilust fnd most conterapt le, a Siauging Jgnorant Men—Who is Guilty? Tart woek tivo extremely ignoraa} men perished on the scaffold, Wootny in New Jersey, and Canswein in tl State. We Lelleve Uist geitler of thom could read and write at the time of their conviction, though by the aid of the clergy Woonny learned to read while under sentence of death, He was about fifty years old, and the fact that at that age he learned to read in a short time, shows with how much facility he would have ae quired knowledge if the opportunity had been offered him when younger. Wo ought not to feel very prowl of our civilization when native-born citizens grow up among us unable to read. N such mea in thirignorance commit crimes, the guilt \s not wholly their own, It isslared in some degreo by all who might have educated them, auddid not. Every person, whether teacher or playmate, who lnughs a child out of school on account of its regged clothes, incurs a part of the guilt if thet elild ever subsequently through ignorance couinits an offence. . ‘And how ia {t with the rich? Will not the gibbets on which the ignorant whom they might Lave educated have been stand in thott pathway end block up tele, road to heaven ? * Bettor to build school houses than ecaf folds ; better to hire teachers than hangmen! — Angling for Canada, Josert Maupin, one of the proprietors and editora of the Chicago Trilune, hos | written an article calling upon Gen, GHANe to “say but the word,” assuring Lim that in reply hundreds of thousands of hie old war | riora would “rally around fing,” ard | carry It to the invasion and conquest of the | new Dominion of Canada. That there ian strong focling thronghont the Union in favor of tho annexation of this areat British territory to the United States everybody who knows our pooplo is well enongh aware, It is not only a natural am bition on our part, but it {9 aleo a matter of public poliey, and eoncorna very intimately both the trade and commerce of the country, We have for many long years east a loving eye upon the fur trode and cod fisherios of | Canada, to sary nothing of ite vast lumber distriets, ite wheat and corn growing lands, its fine harbors and euperb rivers. Aw the Dominion 1s ruled at prosent, it is ruled at a loss. Its immense resources are undeveloped, and the industry of the people ia in conse. quence almost paralyzed, We want St, in fact, and it wants ua, Evon the Canadians have no real objection to bo cut adrift front the mother country, and to be joined indis: solubly to the daughter nnd her destinies. Mr. Mrpint. writes with vigor, and cannot be accused of being monly-mouthed in his propositions respecting annexation. He anys | truly that wo owe the English nothing, not even tho consideration duo to an ally, after thetr treatment of us during the war, and their cold Mooded destruction of our once ubiqni+ tous marine. Wo neod not, therefure, accord. ing to Mr. Mrprnui’s showing, be equeamish in dealing with them about Canada. He ey gests the purchaso of the country by gi to Great Britain a receipt in fall of the Alo- bama claims, and §100,000,000 to boot. If she refuse to accept auch Hberal terns, then we aro to take immediate possession, and #0 sweep away all our vexatious custom houses and tarifis ata blow, Mr. Miori1 has & vory prompt answer to those who might question our right to deal thus high-handedly with Great Britain, asl ing how this power got Cauada away from France? how Prussia added one-third of Germany just now to her dominions? and how Britain obtained her East Indian pos sorsions? In one hundred days Gon, Grant may de- cide the question “ Aye” or “No.” If ho tays “Aye,” then Mr, Maupin. thinks the Dominion will be ours, But is it worth while to make war about it? We think not. oe The Rogers Mupder. The bellef in many quarters that the mu derer of Roaens, whoever he may be, cant be convicted unless witnesses can be prov duced who saw him In tho very act of shed: ding the blood of his victim, indicates the niyg { Rature, became a conspirs Grace Church Faminding the passor-by of the country. ‘The void which will be left in the how pital aeeommodations of the lower part of the island is to Le supplied, we bear, by the compo as building for the reception of patients, which, in connection with the police stations, will meet all the emergencies of sudden aceidents, while the old hospital will continue to be the grand re- source of pationta who can bear transportation, As the removal will give the institation a fixed me of nome $200,000 per annum, it would sewn to be in every way & wise measure, oe Woe congratulate Mr. Janus Fren, Jr, npon the commencement of his cnreer as the proprietor and manager of one of the most beauti- ful opera houses in the world, He has succeeded in tue world of busiucse, As o poddler driving four-in-land, asawholosale merchant, as @ rail. way operator, as the imprisoner of Bam Bownes, hia success has been splendid, We don’t doubt it will be equally aplendid in the world of art; and weean assure him that the press and th public will be ready to bestow the most cordial epplause upon his triumphs in this new sphere of effort, The marriage of a gentleman whore name is surrounded with extraordinary historical asso ciutions is aunonnced in our columns this morn. ing. It is that of M. nw Mosteanm, great-grand, ton of the brilliant soldier and statesman whose death at Quobeo over a century ago attended the Tritish conquest of Canada, ‘The bride, Mite. Krouxowsna, isa young lidy of Polish origin, who has lived in this city for several years, ard whose charming talent a4 a musician has beoa admivod wherever it has been known, The mar- riage coremony was performed with Puritanic simplicity by the Re Poors, and eased hy a fow friends of the partion, lieve that M, oe Mowrcata is the only Mving representative of hia name, He iuherits tho democratic instinets for which his race was distinguished even when his ancestors held t pla ong the rich and powerful of their o try, before the Revolution bad swept away the greatness of the old noblesse, A democrat by and endowed with a temperament os ardent as his convictions, in his youth he easily or, Me was thrown together with Lovrs Naronrox, and though he never en+ tircly confided in the patriotic py ns of that eminent adventurer, be learve of his secrets, Tuitiated into the political socictios of that period, his advanced views ax @ sociulist excluded him from official employment during the Republic of 1818. After the coup d'dat of December, 1862, Lovie Narotxon sought to gain for his dynasty the genius and the devotion whose value he had learned in his own earlier if not better days, ‘The offer of high station was mace, but it was sternly refused, The sturdy ropubli« can could not be seduced from his principles, bud Navoteox resolved to crash the man whom be could not buy. Tho futher of M, oe Monta mach had gained a@ respectable fortune as a farnisher Tle had considerable contracts of army supplies. pending at the time of his death, which took plice about the epoch of Naroncon's usurpation, The fon desired to be allowed to fulfill these contracts, but obste were thrown in his way, On fiivoe lous pretexts he was adjudged to have broken the contracts, and having thus been reduced to pov- erty, he was thyown into prison as a political offender, After a tedious iprisonment he was sot at liberty and placed under the surveillance tone of public opinion respecting the facility of producing {alse testimony in our conrts, Indecd, even if persons #liould be placed on tho stand who would swear postively that they eaw the prisoner at the bar plunge his knife into the body of Roomne, his case will not be regarded as hopelens by those who are aware that for each man thus tertifying two other men can, for a consideration, be pro: duced, who will locate ¢he prisoner, at the precise moment when the homicide was com. mitted, on any portion of Manhattan Island which his friends may indicate, Many years non traveller in Ttaly related that on ingutring tho occupation of a class of persons whem he generally found ban, ing around its courts of justic awored, “We swear;” that is to say were slippery scoundrels who got the by following perjury asa profession. Search the world over and we question whether you can find in any of ite cities a lar ger proportion of itt population who cko out @ threadbare existence by practising: perjury than ply that vocation here. The numerous beuds and suits prow. tum out of the revenue and tnternal tax wo, and the multiform claims which hove sprung into existence from the prolific boil of ovr great civil war, have added a wide and | ieultful territory to that previously cultivated by these professional swearcrs, As witnesses on the trial of civil canses, their skill in recollecting tho damesing ad- mirsions of tho party who has omitted to summon them is marvellous, Dut their peculiar forte—the field wherein thoy shine —Isin establishing an alidé in a criminal casy of suficiont importance to bring them out in all their glory, An alilé is a conclusive dufence against the most heinous charge, provided it does not Drenk down in the handling. ‘Those versed in tho literature of the Jaw of evidence will recollect, that in the famous London case of Banpwene vs, Prekwick, reported in the first of Boz, that great lawyer, tho elder Mr, Wenunn, when he saw the tide sotting strongly against the defondant, insisted that the true line of defenco was an ali, “SAM iver, my son,” said ho, “they should have proved a ha " In the handly less famous Boston case of The Commonwealth against Tones, wherein tho prisoner was indicted for cutting the throat of Manta Bicksonp, and for setting hor house on fire, two kinds of defence were laid before bis leading counsel from which to take his cholee—alid and somngmbusism, ‘J'bateminent advocate, Ru- res CHOATE—he was the counsel—replied, ‘I dou't like atilis ; they often break down, ] prefer comnambuliem, ‘That is something fresh, and Tean make it stick,” He did not misjudgo, ‘This novel phase of insanity eap- tivated the transcendental mind of Boston, and enabled the unrivalled jury lawyer to carry lis clicnt safely through the terrible ordeal of two trials involving his life-—one for murder, the other for arson, When the uuthoritics have made up their ininds as to who is the assassin of Rocuns, and bave laid their bands upon him and brought him to trial, we advise them to keep a sharp eye on the list resort of a hard pressed villain, an alive — It {s definite), settled that the old City Hospital is to be removed to Bloomingdale, The pleasant grounds it now occupies on Broadway ‘and Duane street have been laid out in building lots, and are offered, on long leases, for building purposes, The probability is that by this time noxt year huge piles of bricks aud imortar will cover the spot, which for many years has been excouted | thy ouly oue between the City Hall Park and | Forty second strects, of the police. He succeeded in. effecting bis eseape from France to Germany, and has now been for wo or three years in this country, earn. ing his livelihood by his profession asa physi+ clan, and by giving lessons in languages, mathes matics, end various other branches of science, M, pe Montesano is perfectly authorized to bear th jw of Marquis, by which his great pro tor is known in history; bat we believe be has never thought fit to claim any such aristocratio distincvion, A genuine radical, well versed in the sober philosophy of experience, is ideas lend hima to place @ small value upon here: honors | opt whea their possessor has made good his right to them by labors of illustrious usefulness to hurnanity, — The Hartfe Tlawes, of rd Tia vays that Mr, ALONZO Albans, Vermont, whose strange statement respecting @ son of the late Mrs, Si covnney was publisied in Tite Sex on Monday last, is crazy, and dit many things to annoy that lady during her lifetime, liv whole story is pronounced by the Zé huunbug. oto be un unmitigated — Tn an article upon the flight and capture ot Jnvvenson Davis in the last number of Zuckard’s Monthly, Mr. BE, A, Poutany says that ‘the | wicked and absurd story that Mr, Davis was cop- tured disguised in ferele attire is scarcely ered- ited.” Lioadds (hat when Mrs, Davis saw that their camp was being surrounded she urged him to es- cape, and “threw over his shoulders # shawl which he hed been accustomed to wear.”” On the other hand, Col. Hantisox, the Secre- tary of Mr, Davis, in his account of the eapture, affurds the additional information that the Con- federate Prosident had hastily put on a woman's dressing gown Just previous to his being taken, This fact, coupled with that of the shawl mon- tioned by Mr. Potanp, contains the elements of the truth, and contirma the real history of the affair, ‘The story of (ho capture is correctly “given by Gon, Winson in his official report, ay it, was do- rived from the evidece of the officers and non. commissioned officers, who took part in it, The tent in which Mr. and Mrs, Davis and her sister were had becu surrounded by a number of troopers,who had halted at a couve: e. It was etillearly iu tho morning, aud when Cor. poral Monon catered the tent Mrs, Davis desired him to withdraw in order thet the Indies who there might muke their — toilette, went out accordingly, and alter @ He short tine be was followed by three persons, all in the garb of woanen, Mr, Davis was in the iddie. He was dressed ia @ long, dark gray waterproof ovgrcoat, such as aro made for wo- mon, It had M&rrow sleeves and a full skirt, and Imttoned to the feet. Over his head was fistened a black stella shawl with a bright border; this was so arranged ay to give to his drab slouched = hat, = which it —sanetriy concealed, the effect of @ woman's bou- net with a shawl fastened over it, Not only was he thus disguised as a wowan, but Mra, Davie represented him aa such to the soldiers, whose line she asked that he might bo allowed to pass in order to fetch some water, So evident, also, was the nature of this disguise that afterward, when Me, Davis addressed Col, Prrrenann, who had come np, in language of bravado and denua- ciation, the Colouel rejoined that his words were not sulted to his garb. Such is substantially the narrative of all the witnesses of this event, except those interested in concealing the incident of the disguise, It will, we think, be in vain to depreciate their testimony by pronouncing it wicked and absurd, Having seca aud handled the woman's over coat and shaw! which were worn by Mr, Davis on this occasion, wo are able to certify that they were neither of thou such as be likely to wear habitually, and could only have been put on for the purpose of a disguise, ee Jobn G. Saxe, LL.D, i# to deliver ile celeprated ter Poetry and the Poets,” with recitatlons from "The Proud Miss McBride” ond * The Press,” at Lyric Hall, Pixth avenue, bteweou Forty-firet and YOO agg ch. THE 38UN, THURSDA¥ iman would *) SOUTH AMERICA. pacenrvennney “3 ekg wires Going to the ‘Dear An ire in Chili and Peru—A Gold Fover tn ration af Trinity Ohnretk They intend to erect Bolivia, ‘From Our Special Correspondent. Paxawa, Jan, 6.—And still we hear nothing definite from the Hon, Caleb Cashing. He isin Bogota, He rides, attends / ites, ent, lee ps, He has oc casional \uterviews with the friends of Mosquera and Salgur, the rival candidates for the Presidency. While the former bandies Mr, Cashing gingerly, the latter pays him marked attention. Ja Prensa, te leading newspaper at We capital, Is filled with ware like rumors, and never mentions Mr. Cushing’ name. KU Nvero Mundo, the wemi-oMelal oreun, says that Gen. Cusiing's mission Is In the interest of the proposed Darian Ship Canel, and intimates that In the prosent disiracted state of the country any defl- nite arrangement will be almost impoesible, Coa gres# will meet In March, cud until that ttme all negotiations are to be kept arcrat. We bad a raimor ‘on the 94 that Gen. Costing was on his way down the Magiolena river, aud that he was coming direct to Panama, It «aa aleo ramored that staterooms had een eneacod for him on the Callao steamer, bat on {nontey T od thie to be without foundation, ‘The putives here, in conversation, stil Insixt (hat the Whole thing 14 one of Secretory’ Bew ard’s Iand epee Thtlons, ara that hia real object t* the vequisition, by Cr erook, of the whole Styte of Pana w Granada it In A chronic tate of arevembles acity in a atate of siege. i war, Roidiers first The c'Biate of a ne il prisoner Leginiatere of San- harawe ite il contract the old and new follow sul v Lew al 6 amendment had upon the legality of Buene the Siate of Panama, at Cabildo, on the awall on Friday, ider: Pannina there are rs Titan nee haw actually become ingnflerable, The ment is afraid to levy at the doge tiiroagls fear of a revolution, iciled to Hive ina The nul mamnnity ‘ol eral cases of hiydrophobia have orearred, and niles shoe very soon, the pign® indicate ® iplic frothing at the mouth, | chit Smith, atta Heary V. Clinton, a seocn. drol well crown New York city, hue born wen. fovced to thirty-two months imprigonment oo the Ohirge of forgery. Gen. Chiles Thomaa Wright dled at Guayaquil on the 16:4 wit, The deceased was a native of Grent Hiriuals, but emigrated ealy to Bouth Aimeriea and % ok se active pert in the war of indeyeadeuce of a omnbin. wernmont ta aending additional troops to Neurly 20 arrived thie moruing } We lave dates trom Va'pa 10th ott Fevere earth continue to be experienced along the cout, On the night of the 10h a heavy shock won felt ul Cogmmbe, whieh extended norih» | Keronas, Caltera, and Cobija, but was not felt aly th point; whether it Was felt southward tos word Valparaiso is not known, but it ix feared lt eve there. ed transferring to Mr. 1 Meiven the roatract entered into with M the Medijlones guano b responvible for the OH “advanced to M 7, have bean ha mes ian Tressary bonds of the debt whieh the Stute eto the Mist inat, T Innes its ravages out of twel 1 rewal two hundred | i ! | | | edingly preductive, nulling those of California and Austratia, ‘1 eporis may be exaggerated, aR % ee Henrl Hochofort and French Republi cans of New Yorks An interesting correspondence has recently taken piace between M. Henri Ror the Lanterns, and a comms cnine de Langue Francaise of this elty. in acknowledgment of the & fort 10 ie cause of liberty fn Fronee, emt him an elegant pen, and urged bitn not to allow Ihueelt to be drawn tnto ducts by pald Vullies in the service of Nupoleou, whereby bin iife might be endangered, he tollowing te hie replys Decemnen 2, 1963, Dxan Furew bei might even say lear fellow -citle ren, for all men belong to one party—J have been deeply touched by the nddress which you have fratcrvaily voted me, and by the epicnald souve that you have ded 1 to my eiforts to Hit th | Frenel nation out of the abyss in whi feventcos years she has been # . The epeciacle presented by Au | inst tyranny; all ¢ » the groand before that fect, he is wertul, in rlep, ond yet whe is Imagine then the joy I feel deur friends, at | receiving from across the Atlantic ® cordial hand | grasp from thore whom every Republican must ro- gard as bis masters and models, ‘My dear friends a Lican Cluv, of the Radical lj other organiaations wile Jubors, you beseech me tunequal duels take an int longer to risk my life in When Eturew myself into the strag: gic against thore mililary politicians who are plun- derlig Brance, and whow 1 know to be capable of every crime, Eat once ofiered the sacrifice of my life, ud Tam bound to conduct myrelf in such wise ax to prove to them that If their offers have not seduced me, thelr threats cannot terrify me, No one knows better than niyselt fo-called affairs of h every day more dis ut in @ community Whetelt has beeoine wlwost impossible to write or to speak, 1b remains only, a a last resort, to show that you are a men, We at last, I hope, entered pow struggles more importwnt and ferious. it is for these you counsel me to reserve myvelf houcofortiy, since these alone can bring us the long awaited tlumph of liberty and jusuce, A thousand, thousand eer friends, for the comfort your sympathy bw me in the miist of my labors, which are somctiincs clouded by dis courage To one who as wale up his mind to struggle where tore ly 69 Lite certainty of vietory, words like yours aie more thin a hope-they are strength an Be assured, however, deer brothers, that whatever mity be the result of the War Wat hovest men Lave now declared agolnet trimaphout crime, Twill nev employ the magnificent pen, the receipt of which has aroysed tuch agrecuble emotions of nurprisa, but In defence of huraulty and of Trance, and not mere- ly to the last drop of thy ink, Lut to the let drop of Blood tu my veins, Humble soidicr that Tam in ¢ fdeat, it ie from men like you tat I lok (or my promotion, No decoration civeu by a despot enn ever be #0 Valued ay the peu or hovor thal T have this day reeelved from the hinds of loyal el/xeus of free America, Receive in return, dear Mond you—my gratitude eud my w ternal acknowledgments, . Ra ¢ folly of thove fenee of Republican N thet T oan acnd aud most far MYRE ROCHEVORT, League Clad. The annual meeting of the Union League Club for the reception of reports {rou the retiring oMeers, aud the choice of officers for the ensuing year, takes plage at the Club Mouse this evening, As is almost Juevitable tu 80 Large a body us this orgaulzation has grown to be, two tickets of candidates are In clreu- lation, one vepresenting the recnlar nominations, and the other the opposition element. ‘The name of Mp, Jokn Jay appears on Doth tickets as cundidute for Providente-a graceful recognition of the ability, ine dustry, and courtesy with which be has for the last three years Mled that oMfce, Messrs, George Cabot Ward and J, Langdon Ward ave slso renominated for ‘Treasurer and Secretary by both parties. ‘Tho prin- cipal atrugele will occur over the nominations for the Executive Commitioe, to which { a great measure the management of the Club {+ coufided, Whichever party way prevall, the ewdaates nted by each are ® suMicient guarantes Sit Lue Interests of the Club will not suffer during the next year, The Unton League has now npwart of thirteca boy rel mem. ders, and isin an execed\ngly frosprrona condliien. Its revenues Lave since last January been Iayyoly io excess of Its expenditures, and Sis auperb Club blouse has become o favorite social resort, In edditionto | ie relent members, distinguished gentlemen from various parte of th’ coupiry enjoy the privileges of ihe bomee to tb ity Of pomrcskdont members, Incidents Festivities, &o. From our #pecial Correspondent. Bixanatox, Jan, 12.—Tho completion and formal opening of the Albany and Sasquchanua Rall toad to Tinghamton was celebrated to-day with a @rand excursion and banquet. Pally twenty-five hundred people arrived lore thia afternoon in five treine from Albany and pointe along the line, and were heartily weicomed by the citizens, ‘The new Toad runs from Allany to Binghamton tn nearly a dl- Feet Tne, a distance of 142 miles. It traverses a re- fon hitherto inaecessible except over long and te- dione turnpiies, and whose productivences has re- mained undeveloped to its fullest extent for want of cumy communication with the various centros of traf- fic, Boginning at Atoany, the road steadily for a distance of fifty-five miloa, first passing across the table lands lying under the Helderburgh bills, & spur of the Catskille, then running trough the deep ravine of the “Mad Creck,"* and stretehing down the fertile valley of the Beho- heric, ‘The surnmit of the gente is reached near Kast Worcester, the clovation belng 960 feet above Albany. ‘Tha ridge here divides the waters of the Hudeon from those of the Susquetanna, whose sources, however, are but a few feet apait, ‘Th story Is told thata Dutchinan pared Berver, at Kast Worcester, lives on the spot where two rivers rise, running in opposite dircetions, An ox standing on the top of the ri 4 will fit the apace be- tween the Koring of the Sclenevus, which na, and the spring of tae Coble sway fiw From Wi the rond descends, crosses the Su nt Hfieen miles tals side of Bing- nel 2.200 feet In bengtl— Ove Tong. Tt wan commenced in 163, anil the maven work abont itfa etillurdinished |The Inst ten miles of the trick Is laid upon the sine hill ove looking the Chenango valley, which offers the most eliarming secnery of any portion of the ronte, 'This new railroad ope rich region of farm and wood lands, Much of It is ® grain-prodneiu, trict, and the Company claims that not a mile « Waste oll ie tobe found upon the line, ‘The water- power advantages are also considerable, To the intabitante slong tho road the benedis Arising feom iw Gok completion will be great. A new stiniulue for thrift aud enterprise in developing the resourees of that section '@ now offered, already the apirit of it# people is beginning to # fteelf. Farms have risen In vate fd tmporta houses and villages springing atid business ison the en of } ny aid Binghomton—the terwin derive great advantages from it. ‘TY by rail from the latter city to the Hudwo ed ciglty miles, and, the roundabout tery by way of Byreeuse avoid? 1. Alvany hop s some ( coal directly, from the Penneyivanty mi new route, ‘The Jdughanvon Kemubtican “Those who from dis bby this tron ta wil have tho # they have her Rul no claws dealer tu Uy ofore been Almont entirely exe nippers will he ae much bene SLC, why bya wr their freight u aniage of by articuinrly in the on wil this he the rable market at red, at cheap beon de- ay whitie vantages moustrated alrewly. It ia an uufinlehed state, withont the many At will have wow that it is Mnished.* In the course of a year or moro, three or four rail- roads will Intersect the Albany and Suequebanna |. At Slaney Plalns the Midland road will crows, ing from Otngo to New York, Tue Coopers: 1 road will Intersect at Coltlerevtile ; the Middie und ScLobarte Valley rond at Schonarie, A Four is algo projected from Sharon Springs to Cher- ty Valley, All these roads will be of great value to the contrat part of the ctate Wien compioted. The frst trip over the ontive line of the Aibany and Suequehanna Kailroad was made on the last day Of December, 1°04, ‘The man who deserves hovor More than any other for carrying this enterprise Ubrongls againat aveming jovpcssibilities is aniversal ly adiaitted to be the Presid nt of the Company, Senator Hemscy, of Albany. ‘The road We broad Rauge, and it is known that the Erle Ruilroed Come Pany are desirous of getting contre: of it, THB EXCURSION, ‘The road finished, Tuoaday, Jan. 12, was the day ported by the Company for a general jubl {Be ‘ovent, ive ti tickets were In Auhavitan Line, aud thirty couches eursion to Binghamton. wanvers tab ‘Wus cou ro provided for @ Jered 4 minor matte raiue lett Allany—one ot ® A, M. tore and tavited: the inbabitonte on kill and Oneonta, "The drawn by two engines decorated with the notables on board were Preedut peaker D.C, Litticgotn, dudse Pook Lyman ‘Treinap, tae “t beup, = wajOrity U Tire, n delegation of ruilroaders from Ser od wu hundred or more others whose ot asec tal Tho progress of the names were triin was sow, and the passengers vccupied then scivos In Atcolling through Uhe cars, sine talking WD Pallroutiy Otverw discussing Morgad vere Feuto and" voue were playing eards.” ‘Tho enchustes of deuizens of the nr bout the ne tho) pounded ns passed along. wersy ile Were hung out, and # large ctuwd gathered around the rain,” Many « excursionista jumped olf at the latter “pl a rushed for the by in a eakill the excursion Was ‘Of & Awagl caunon, display of ‘cries for * Hofman.” The Gov ‘excursionist, t rural districts iy thelr anticipations of seclag wore away, law u » ig the route faded into and Bingh union was reached at 600 y THY BANQUNT IN BINGTIAMTON, Notwithatinding the lateness of the hour, it seemed ae Walt Dinghauiton had come down to the depot {© welcome the Jatt tran Dearing the digu tar) eitizeus had prepared bauauct at for the reception of the Albanians aud others, apd upon their avrival hey were marched’ up, headed by, a band of | music, the tabies Of ilk aud honey which the oxcursion!sts for Laure had longed to reach, Unfortunately ior mary, onl the huldess of Uckets coud enter the banquet h. winch was capable of accommodat aonsat'a time, But to ancicipatio Ot ateangers that wouk! flock imo the ely, refres hiculs Were provided for the wutioketed ii 'the bails of the Btate nd nowe went united. ‘AL Ficcmen's Hail the tablos were quickly and the samptucua feast quailed under the vigoro. Atluck of 50) kulves, forks, and spoons, The appre- Clation for the ,oud’ thingy of the bauquot was very marked. Th ‘anishing patrons of the great Albany a Ral the feant would spectator, lial suc! eon presrat. Binghau Totlane did tlommclves credit In Getting Up the collar dea, Pt ‘Avvaulans showed equal eaterprics ln gel ting it down. At Tenge the somnd of salary cowed and toasts and speeches were announces The benquet was proskled over by Jadve Dalcom of Binghamton, and about him at an upper woble ated the Directors of the apany andinvited rm . Order having been obtained, the Premdent faivodicod the Ho George Byrviett, of Hiughamton, who in naine of iis citizens welcomed (4, and congratulated all on tho fuccers of ihe’ great —culerprisa the compler ton of which they were celebrating. President wextcoled out aad reegived wilh great 30, Tle guve a history of the work, und elauacd fe honor Whcd tid Doe ascribed to hin was others. ‘Phe toa. D.C. Littler vt peech, ax did Senator Snow, ir. W ‘Me. dici’xriand, and others. J, i, Dat vin, Roa Foplid for toe rié Road, and Judge seat ley for the State of Penneylvai Fre meeting, wiiich Was marked by grent enthusl- su eet und ianaly feeling between. men Of ali partion, broke up reluetantiy at a la'e uour, to be remembered hereafter by wany as an event irom which to date their own pronperity and Ghat of a hath erio unblessed region of taeir Stite. ‘Ye exeurtionists returned by trains on the vame evening and on the following morning. ‘The hospi. tality of the jeitizens of Bingbamton was cate to those Wiel the hotels could not accomt 4 Regular trains on the Albany and Sasquehanna Road wil commence running on Jan, 14, ‘The time of travel from one end to the other is #ix boars and a half, nd Two Almanacs, The Dribuns Almanac for 1869, just issucd, is undoubtedly the most coimplcte political manual of \he kind ever printed, Its most valuable feature is ite lection Returns, ‘The figurcs, in nearly every cage, were taken fror the oficial records on file in the offices of the various Secretaries of State, It contains complete county returns of the vote for President, and the detailed vote for all the Gover- nors and Members of Congress chosen in 1808, Tt ‘as the votes of New York, New Jersey, and Con necticut by towna, The work refleets the highest credit upon its compiler, Mr, Franklin J, Ottarson, who has, in years past, beep edityr of many of these almanacs, * ‘The Democratic Almanae (Van Evrie, Horton & Co., 1% Nassau strect) contains matter similar to that above mentioned, The votes of Maine, New tlcut, New Jerse Delaware, Hare een eeatass Ohio, Aas, Biko! Minnesota, N 4 Carolina, ae Tosisans 4 jer ma" ter u roteras of io Tribu; manne. Tea eta Aiiicnder'in the take-up of the Ten: table whi id be rect.tied in a second Aion, Tho" World taatheuadelan bis ovideully bega st work emong ite dearce, PRICK LAYERS! CONVENTION canal Fecond Day's Keasion. From Our Bpecial Correspondent. Wasmtixotow, Jan, 12.--Last evening the dele gates wero given an elegant ¢ollation by Union No. i of Washington, ‘The banquet took place in Trades Union Hall, The entertainment was agenerons one, and showers of wit and good feeling fll apon the teatal board, ‘This ts the second day of the Convention, The members have Just fairly got to work. A part of to- day's session wax frittered away in trivial mottone, which drew forth a sharp rebuke from Secretary Kirby, tnt with this exception everything passed uit pleasantly. When the Convention reassembled thie morning, the Chairman said that the Rev, Mr. Drinkhouge had Offered his services to the Union whenover required 5 but that be had told him that he did not think the members desired the meetings to be opened wiih prayer, ns they deemed it ruffle cnt to have the Com vention formally opened wit peayer upou ite first assembling, The Convention «ustainod the views of the Chair, but thanked the reverend gentleman for his offer. A Home discussion ensacd . bout tha eligibility of ear- tain members ty reai# im the © avention,and the status of thoxe dolegetes who anions were in are rears, when Mr, Conroy eubmicted a reaoluion that all unions In arrears ve mot entitied to seats during the present sittng of the Convention. A motion to take # recess of haifan hour, &» allow delecates an opportuvity to vettle up, was carried, At the expira- of the time allowed for r the Convention ) called to order, when the Secretary ported several of the ani ment of thelr duce. The subject of admission of these dolinqnents, upon piving thelr notes for pay: ment of ders, was considered at some Yength ; afer which a resolntion was carried that no delezate be admitted Unless the dues of the union represented by him be paid in east, Bateequentiy the Beeretary Announced that wil the delegates reported prewent had settled their duck by the payment of the cash, and therefore were entitled to the privileges of mem- bers, ‘The Rocretary then read Mis annual report, which why received and referred toa rpecial commi'ter of sting of Messre, Niler, Farioy, Nichole, , and @wayne. President then read the Treasurer's report, Tur Which showed a balance on Land from last year of $648.70, which, up to the id to the receipts in the mean time Ith of January, 1909, amonnie to S4Se.98 5 108, $600.14; balance stilton hand, $202.74, ‘The Convention then took # recess cutil 1 P.M On reassemblirg Mr. J.B. Browning made the wingt- lar motion that, when outside tho meoting of the Convention, no genth i be assailed for lan uage ured during debate, ‘This Jom that @ pugiiiatic spirit controled certain members of the body was promptly rebaked by Me, Gaul of your city, who mid he thought common conrtesy woull prompt gentlemen to olwerve @ courteous demeanor toward each other, He added that he bad heard of no members being assailed. Mero Mr. Browning eprang 10 his foot aud said, * Bir, it has been don: Mr. Browning's motion waa then carried, From the fow facts ta my possession T learn tha there Was 4 personal rencontre between th ree of tie cmbers last evening, bat that it was more of nature of & personal difiewity, and did not have ite origin in the heat of debate, Mr. 8. K, Goult, of your city, m delegate from the Natlonal Labor Congress, aubmitted « report, ta the couse of which he read trom the proceedings of t« Congress, a8 printed iv pompllet form, ‘The report War revived and accepted. Reports of Committees having been ealied for, Mr. J. W. Browuing, from the Committe dent's annual report, submitted the report, among Wwileh are the follow ing ree pendation: 12 of the coustitution, in relation to kes, be amended #9 us to vely ‘warning to the proper support; that the appren- tice question be deft with the local unions, but that no bose shall Le allowed to have more than’ three ap- prentices: that the setlon of the President in ret acbarterto the German Bricklayers of Morr No, 7, be sustained by the noon; that the Co ion Cone der the propriety and expediones gamating the Plasterers’ and Bricklayers’ that (he special tax of 60 cents per member, the President, to defray the expense of Whe covaplr Sul ts now Dending in New,York and New Jersey be Tiade null and void, aud the amount already f ed to the tr refunded of pliced to t as th hands of th ules t0 Missourl, if claim for as while we bricklayers of Now York were on trike, nd congratulate the bricklayers of Phila. Gelpain, Va. on thelr success in organizing, hopiug they Will persevere in the good work, and tat the amie opirit Wii animate fraternily ail over the and.” Mr. Conway moved that the report of the Commit- ico be considered by seetiona, and that the Convon- tion yo into Committee of the Whole for the purpose of evtertaining Whe proposisiens therein coutained, Mr. Browning hoped the Convention would not undertake to consider the Comuuttee’s report ln any such Manner as propos Each subject of recom: , dation lad been directed to appropriate commit- ‘tees, and should be intrusted to thelr disposition, Lf we take up the subjects moentionod, cousiderable debate would cusue thereon, which should Leavoided at this stage of the proceedings, Mr, Farley, of New York, desired to know whether the Chairman of the Committee on the Presiden's report (Mr, Browulng), moaat to smother debate by proposing to refer il questions of interest to the National Union to the different commiiteos, Tiere thore were estes of " Order, order" from all parts of the room, ‘The question wae finaliy amieadly settle’. An election of oficers was then qome Into, and reeutted iw the choice of Sauiuel M. Gaul, of New York, as Vresident; P. J, O'Connell, of Lliaols, as First Vico- President; Stephen J, Burrows, of New York, as Been Vice: i 3a. ol 5 fetta Mecrearys Waller Be Boboon i reaane?, The Convention them adjourned until’ tomorrow morning. me Veloctpede Races in Cineim From the Cineinnat Commerctal, Jam, 12. cinnatt had a new sensation last night in the velueipede meee which were ran in Pixe's Music Mall, Nowy fa, @ had advertised thronghout the city the marvelous things done by tie woudernal Auichine, and everybouUy Was anxionk to see whut a velueipede seally Wak aid What extraordinary feats it was capable of periorming. ‘The newly orgimia. d Cincinnati Voloeipede Club gave ull an oppor untey Lust nigat to see the mirmcuious irom steed, and weis Focompensed for their trouble in arranging for the entert nt by the plethora of dofare that towed nuturwily into thelr treasury trom the pockets of those Who attended the races, The liall was covie fortably filled at the hour aopointed pening @ the boli, nud aiter the brass band in attendances had produced & number of Lvsly aire, aid te lanipulawrs of the yelucipede given their new nia rush oF EWo around the foor, sport e The first race Was one of ainfle nd the bell being coar orge C, Miler. Both Tinge Wakors of this elty, ent ticir own manufacture, and young men conaceted with thelr respec: Tugnts. Mr, Gosling lab the frst Miller made vis frat bird of a tui mus, and Mr © establialie by a tall. Linluue siath round rd Lent in 1:16: third beat in 1:16, and was declared winner of the nd’ the prize, a handvome #i!ver goblet, worth ir. Wm, ution of Henry It, Smith & Co, ling wae the fret in vue field. He made th Miler followed, 116 8.5," Muster Curtis, a edit, made a yalorous struggle ovous Iittle ¥ for the prizo, but hiv brink Little pony was not equ to the task, He made the six rounds b b aN MeKinnev followed, but lomt by a fall, He gave way tu Mr HL, Perry, wo lost b3 with lus foot in the'seeond round, Sb. Clair, the skater, plunges in with an impetuoas steed, wines made’ directly for a pos throw ium to te Moor, the belng the weans df losing the race for Mr. St, Cialr, Mr, Wm. H. Davis put his Animal on the track, oat unfortunately give biw so mueb rin that he Urvke badly iu the third round, avd lors the vece, ‘This ended the race, and Mr, Millor yas declared the winner, Lhe third prize, a ailver goblet, contributed by Dutine & Co,, wax for the person ‘who could ride the vclocipeds atthe slowest galt, This slow ding touching the flour At this junctere ou the Velocipede ig @ deheate task, and requires ‘cou judgeme.t kud adeal of ue thanagement on ne part af nan Who atlompte it, prolonged his three elrcles around the pnd the spectators thought hi very Miller, bis Only rival, Was tmuelt around the all like tortoise, duishing ‘the feat in 5:10, By this achievement he won the third prize, and the plaudits of the whole assembly, ‘The sport ‘wound up wiih an exhibition of the skill of ail (he jate present, All the races were intercet- Ins, for the fistest time were very exoiting ed, rousing the spectators, and drawing tou themelecr after cheer as the particuiar favorites gained advantages, 9 an delinquent in the pay. | on the Preal- | SCUNBRAMS. —_>— Musical feet—Feet that are (w)ringing wet. =A cynic thinks the school in which women stady is the cendemy of design. i When is crowd woll preserved? When if fs a perfect jam, The eummary proceedings of Texas Vigilance, Committees are called “ hanging frolivs.* =Dirty Woman's Rauch is the name of 4 prospective metropolis In Colorado, A boy of,fourteen wos recently married af Holly Springs, Miss, to a woman of thirty-two. —Gen. Grant has been elected a member of the Celtic Bootaty of Philadephia. ’ Family disinemberss is tho Chicage name for divorce, The average salary of school teachers in Tennayvania te leas than $209. —A. W. Campbell is mentioned in connection: with the U, #, Senstorstip from Wert Virginia, —The culture of the olive tree is becoming very generol in California, Gen. Magruder is lec Maximilian in Baltimore, to epectable audiences.” =A Christmas goose, sent by a kind friend to, two prisoners it a Canada jai!, was stutted with tle and steel! saws, According to Figaro, there are more than twenty thouswud persons in Paris wo never waal, thomaelves, —Tho eatensive and valuable library of tha late Emperor Maximilian Is advertieed to bo raid eoon at Lewsic, Germany, —Hichwond and Letersburgh papers announce the arrival of Northern capitalists ia Virginia with @ vicw to purchase lands, A donble wedding party recently arrived in Duyron, Ohio, consisting of @ father wud son and them brides, two elsters, of whom the father married the younger. —The San Fraxedsco Times intimates that a Vigilince Committee is meeded to clean out the or= ganized Vande of barglare, garro and over rogues which abound In that efty, —Louis Mane, the French potiticnl exe ia London, baw jast completed, after nearly twenty years of labor, his History of the “ Preven Revolus tion," Ia twelve volumes, —Whoen a man aud women are made one by @ clergymen, the question ts, whieh is the one? Bore. tlnes there 18 along struggle between them before Uns matrer is Moully settied, —A Florida correspondent aays they have great trouble tn trying cases before the mixed white and k jurics tm that State, because “the jarymer will go to sleep.” —The population of Milwaukee has inercased fem QB in 1596, 1,700 in 1840, 21,090 in 1850, 45,000 im 1500, 10 80,568 in 1568, as estimated from the vote ae the last election; and there are %,06) children of schoo! age tu the elty, —It is proposed by Mr. Pickering, the velooi- pede maker, to obviate railway accidents by ending & man on a veluclpede abead of every train to glve warning of any danger that Le may discover on the track. —During the past three months there haya been 150,00 new rides sont from Providence, Rioda Iskad, to Europe, Over 6,000 have been sent tq Cuba, ond 6,000 masaleioader, transformed td Dreech-loaders, slipped to Mex Ferdinand de Lesseps declined to be nomi. nated by the electors of Marsellies for the vacon§ scat in the French Assumbly, for the rescon that the dir of the work on the Suez Canal was absorby ing all his time, energy, and facultios, -T Correctional Tribunal of Bordeaux, aring on Moxico and siall but bighly re France, bas just fined and sentenced two Jesuit futbors, teachers in an patitute vr hoym, for have too freely and hearily upon nud the Spanish Ambassador Olozaga, has gone to Madrid to advocate with the provisional Gove ment the election of the Duke d'Aosta, the second son of Victo Emanuel, as King of Spata, —The Municipal Council of the city of Flore ence have taken steps to erect a monument to Rose tiul, In the Church of Santa Croce, where already those of Dante, Galileo, Macchiavelil, Michol Angelo, Alfer!, and other eelebrities of aly are to ba won, —An association, with ramifications throughout Spoin, has recently been oreauized, under the pri 4. dency of the Marquis of Viiluna, to protect, 1 is ale Joged, the nity of Catholicism, but in reality to pava Ue way for # pronunclamlento in favor of Don Care jon, —Maria Christina, Queen Issbella’s mot sr, says her daughter's dethronement 19 her own faulty She wdvised Isabella many years ago to have Serrano and Prim court-martiailed and shot, and abe positivor ly rofused to act upon her wo ther's humane sugges tion, —Derthold Averbach, the German novelist, hag offered to devoie the whole proceeds of his next work, the sulject of which will be an episode ta he history of Bobemla, to the erection of @ aymagogud, in the little town of Kger, tm Hobemia, Firty dou sand copics of the book will be issued by the Jewins Publication Society. —At an uuction sale in Varro, recently, » old English concert programme wus purchased ‘or thir« ty-one francs, ‘The concert had becn given for a charitable purpose, in London, im the year 193%, at a, private uouse, Among the pieces announced on the Programme was “a violin solo, performed by Prinos LN, Bonsparte,” ‘ —The Rov, Granville Moody is a Wostern seris ational preacher, of whom the Xena (Ohio) Torch- Hight ways: He may ve supposed to have inherited, the temperament of an old-fashioned cainp meeting, and got it mixed up in Dix blood with a modorn torehilght procession. Where ho fs, thers must ba wind and thuder, aad volcanie eruptions, and earths, quak9#, tnd the ground torn up by the roots,” —Acocrding to the Paris correspondent of tha Tondon Queen, the balr is now usnally drossed high, and & rich spray of Sowers placed across the crown of tho head resting against the coil or piait of hair, Dark hair is now all the rage, therefore blondes are dyeing thelr gollen tresses, ond thoss brunettes wha lately Vleaciied their locks are restoring them to theiz corly honors, —Prince Fellx Salm-Salm, who began his milis tary carcer as weavalry oficer in the Austrian army, afterwards served in Algerin and Spain, then went throngh the American ¢lv!l war asa Union officer, and became o Briguiller-General U8, Volunteers, offred bis sword to tho Smperox in, aud witnessed Lis lamentable end, bar Just entered the Prosian army as Major of the Fourth or “Queen's Regiment of Grenadio” Guards, stationed at Berlia, —The bane of agriculture in one-lalf of the Kepublic is the idea that a wan who owns four buns dvod acres is probably four times as rich and pros perons ss he Who owns and Ulls ong hundsed, As a kencral practice, Southern aud Wester farmers have depended ona bundred acres, ploughed trea inehes deep, for throe thousaud bushels of corm When the same store could have been gathered from Gy acres, ploughed six inches deep, and well raanured —At recent examination ina gitls’ school, the question was put to a clase of little ones: * Wha makes the laws of our Governniont "Congress," way the ready reply, How is Congress divided Was the neat question, But the little gir to whom it was put foiled to nnewer (t, Arother Iittle gtrl im the class raised up her hand, indicating that aha could answer it, Well,” said the examiner, * Mise Sallie, whas do yon say the division Is?” Instantly, with an air of confidence as well as triumph, the answer carne : * Civilized, haif eivilized, and savage —The Chicayo Tribune says that the real of Mork Twain {s Somuct G, Clemens, Blease Jong logs, ho is tall, reaching fly: fect ten Inches boot ht, 167 pounds; body lisheand ma head round and well set on consid: rable nec’ feet of vast size, Ho smokes tobacco. ‘H's, are deep vet and twinkle like stars in @ ‘The Vrow overhangs the cyes, aud the S22, tected (rom the weather by dark ang? FROME He looks as If he would make goNDON Jolly father, a cape con yo» “al and Trotand Two lovers stood 4, BROS. Of Massaciims Yor. Budings sl) TT Serh tore bing, “DN marty yaoctaye pl Ms "salty Ath dally be aa