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. . ‘i , I H E f P O W I N G - P O S T ; H E W Y O K K , W E D K E S E A T , D E C E M B E K 2 9 , 1 8 T 5 . t , tred n e o d m jr, a>ec. 29^ X& 7 S, atrrstD E b e a b i S g m a t t o s . I'lEST P aqe - T te Ccissio of tlia Cat&—T to Caban B;-ia Oiaestica- 21ie tAtc air. BJodptt—©CEeral Elch- ard MisrtEcmay-Tlio SecSEe of Hew EagUc4—The McniicgNewB. Fonrm PioE • Third erd FoaiUi Edltica Eehdlng » H * P Y S * JBEAETH, 5Sio latttit Te^iorl* o f Ee^^sfew of VEAl Btat&Bcs s h o r n « a ioecevta i s anmbMr o£ 2 e a # s l a t h i s c itY 'ia t£ie wetOc la ^ S f t o r ' d»y, M bcnjpM ed t r i a ^ -pstrriom -sfeek. A more££afE]riDsahoiringlBtfa*«of ikoompsriaoa b e tw e n -Ore Tecord o t week; a n d o f t i o k in 1674, a e r o being ade- £tOlQ S2Z2alIpO^ typhoid fever, a i d 6i Ieeathajtozi6 ye0r<i!4,. Observ&ifoB3 in tbadis- is where casesof dipbtheida a re d t e n w i XHX COWAXQXCE OE StT K lddSm TfcoEas q n o t« Jfom a 'f t o e a t a r tl d o l a tea E vesiko Jiuft p s M z o In fHifoh w e eaid a a $ tils o ld d o c i ^ o f tho B a n ^ alm o st with* &OI1X BcuU & is^& i^& o m jTfenty-nlne aunong c h ildren i has. PO B U B S E ^ ’ AKSainSCSSMESTS. iSlco at 11:30 o’c^ck A. * The Weekly E vbkiss P ost —Bamon fer Earepe—Is cow ready. Single copies. In wrappers for ma£-> 3 , ave cents. SFCPUX. TSSSB. For ecicaty-ftve cent? pet month t h s E n s n i a P ost wiH be cesHed daily to tosTcllOTrellers orr to sabscribera who y address for three caOBths. For serenty-five cents o are tempcRiriiy absent from Sew York. For the e; s tlie Seml-Weckly E vesoso P ost will be sen ccrrespondlngwedi; j*r*w*g fe r o r o% ^ t m e r < td e is w h ere c aaea o f diphtheria o re o l t e n ^ rs- pcrteddiacloee the f a c t th a t the A m ihof Foorteenth street, «hongh contaisingfaU y one- half of the Inhabitant? Of th a city, ofs much e r from the disease than th e newer words c o r & c f t h a t iins, iho pn^ooition h d n g that of one h u n d red a n d ^ t r t y tw o to tw o hundred end thirty-three. THE EIBEAIBE OP THE PETOES. Skeptical y o ung gentleman and gentiewomen f t i » m a ture age of ha lf a-dozen yeaia o r so troublesome qaesHons liow- qneaUoi ledge of ancea d exception, proved cowards during ^ r, a n d w ith a spirit yrorthy of tho old lists themsrivee denounces onr X eiaazkss m ade fa, “ .fae grtEsesS jlgnormicd o f fae This is very w ell u an^ossarSem, of rse, b a t like a good m a n y other asserHons it th e i l l luck to h e ontm e . The article in twice removed ited duellfct from aiznmand besaoss of da ileriy conduct; another are a p t to ask troublesom e qaesHon w ith teg a r i to the a d v e n t o f Santa nnonnt of the ocean postase, travel- re the EvEsrsG P ost mailed t Weekly, for i llbeciianscdi care of their bsnkcrs^for ths following p s n t^ : The Daily, for cco month; the Send-Weekly, months; the Weekly, for sis:ls: months.nths. Thehe E mo T address of Changed S3 Often as B desired. . story of hfe descent through the chimney w en enough in the old days when chimneys w ere p rovided w ith throats b ig enough for such a purpose; t a t w h atever of compression ’ the Cfaristmas Saint m a y be personally c s p ^ l e * \ a intellects of our direefc soldierly conduct; anoth er noted duellist, wen promoHan by kflllng his imm ediate sups rior in a doel, w as .removed &om c ommand o f a beleaguered f c r t which ha b e ^ e d I ^ v o to evse- note, and the g a llant South Carolinian planter who tuccseded him In command h a d n o diffleulty w hatever in bolding the place; others kept oat of Congress, and still I sort o r other, of the field as members o by th e tao n tso f th duellist, O. JenialD{ th e Richmond Exam ii k ^ a n A Story Of A r t - a n d Rome,” and w ill appear doritogthe a m ilng season, th e cuu h u sdrfd asd twenty-e%hth yolumo o f , LiUelPs lAvfoiy A g e gives promlao in. Ua first number of well m a intaining tho eairtneiitrcpa' taUon its predeceaeors h a v e earned. In the p res e n t number wo Isavaonsof F r itz Rsater** stories, t r a nslated ta r the ideing A g e from th e F latt- Bentsch, a n d s n b s c ribm f o r tha now voluma a ra : promised stories from, Sirs. Crall^ fihe a u thor of “'Jo h n HflHfaT, Gentleman,*^ W illhun Blaekand lliiss Thackeray. There a re already ounonnesd, nco, liapartanfc articles b y M a r Mliller (on national EdUcatton), Cardinal Manning (on the Pope and Magna Chortai, Francis Galtcn, P. R. 8. (on tho Theory of Heredity), Peter Bayno (on T7alt W h itman’s Foetfyi, Dr. Car penter, E d w ard A Freeman, W . G. Palgrave and others. Tho L irinp Age gives American readers pretty n e arly e very thfa^j; of importance £n current foreign periodical Utdrature, a t a cost scarcely g reater than th a t of a single one of the magazines from which f t draws its stores. ‘’The Fertfofio” for December contains two superb epecimcns of the etcher's art, one of T h e 8he«3tt»s OfilcC* - PE iC T icii o ifiE in o s ' o f a h o a m c n o s A iin s T o m m u o A m o f iga and appitJTcd b y G o tciisor T23en inrelatiO n toi ponrfe o f record f a county o f KCw ’S 'o r t,'' c h a p ter 025 of 1S75, passed. J n n s 21, ISIS, a a follows: Brc, L AUcrflersofsncst.’uarrautsGr al miga and proeccdhnB m rcgvig^p<go BPSDBBSS -KOTICEg. A P O T H IH SALES. H O I J P A Y N O T ICES. H O I J D A Y TO T rO E S l S “ \\ Thoefiectsof thiafaw c a n better be realized if we rovfew tho modo o f teufag tho aboveepeoifiad proceesea In tMa c ity a n d c o unty before a n d sinca thopromulgafioa o f tha statute In quEstioa, and I7cw ■STeartu f^resents. Gents’ Toflet Court of Arbitration lAMBEB Oe COMMESrS OF TB* STATE Of ESTABLISHED BT ACT OF THE LEG iSL .VT0B.B. Sctsiocs Of this Cooxt are held dally at the i.ioms at Will eiAi^ ATb.trstcr. No.2K^ Broatlwar, for the This {Wednesday) and Thursday evenings, at the CUnton Eall p a le Booms, Bale o f a Inrge Collection of Fine Books, mostly lilus- irated Works, best editions of English anti American Authors, in elegajit bind ings. The Mes-‘>rs. LEA VITT Auctioneers. M I I I A E D ’ S N U T t l M l f L O W E R S Iteirical Cosines at fariroifis. Cf tiis P< WA?HIKGTOSe acuN iteer Christmas gifts can bs forced-down the fins o f a grate or through tho register of a the scientifically Inclined 0 HtGa folk refuse to believe th a t such Ut-l at u : i F street Suhscrlptloiis and advertlse- cents a-; received at thiB office at the Eame rates as at •A\ oSc3 ill i'-T-c,n.-< '‘.\Ire nl Edlt’ca of Stanford, Cora., may obtain t! f t-e Ek-B-siso P ost of A. G 1 of the todn at 5-.f4 p. a. ' fireplace h eater. 3,” and there la some r e a ^ n to believe also it we have ^ t the chimney as well as its t longer than need be. It fact is th a t we h ave retained the legend of the chimney after it has “ outlived its useful' _>Uons also: b u t riie f a c t remain>> and is well recognised a t tho Boutti, th a t the cemdnet o f the doeUiats d a ring -the w a r belptMl t a dueUtagfato disrepute. The l^ t e r from a ^ ^ ^ Louisiana gentlem an, printed elsewhere fa to- ^ctnro. In which o emmy-faced Kttle girl SIS8 P ost , confirms this ossertton a nd ^ ^ .^ ^ ^ e r e ra JST, confirm s this ossertion c lUy gnstolca tho oifaion we expressed in our li. Eicheton; a n d the other, a s tudy of an “ Old W ell a t Orleans,” is o n o rigmal sketch a n d etch- A Queyroy, “ T he Cnidlo\ is a quaint form er article. a b a b y i The accemoties are a tobfa w ith a n open Bible legend somewhat 1 IR E aPWICIPAL BOOTETY. Tiifc a tsu r u rum o r th a t the M a n icipal S> cifety m tem lid to keep its afluirs secret is con traclicttd by the publication o f its prelim inary procctfiin;rs. A n association -whose o b iect is a reffirm in w h ich the w h ole public is con- cerm i -Lculd take the w hole public into its confi lcnce. T h is the i l u a i c p a l Ssciety does at great length—too great le n tth , we cannot -ip tf.-ievinc. palled at the prolixity of the president in ; f.,-rih the corporate purpose. T h e re is danger th a t the public w ill be H olixity of th very flee typie -ciety* is going to do, how much te required to describe its t The society very wisely asks 11 g'joii cit Cblmneys w ill soon come to be considered a mistake and a n a nachronism. W e have a lready reduced them t o their smallest possible taze, have shorn them o f p r e tty nearly a ll their distlnguiah- iDg characteristics, and we retain them a t all rather bscuusa of their traditional thau of their actual necessity. 'W hy m ight they not be dis pensed w ith rdtogether, as candlesticka and Enuders have been ? A fire of any sort on a hearth, however small, is an excellent thing d o u b t l ^ and a cueerf u l one certainly, but a t tha p resent price o f coal a n d kindling very few of OA c o mparatively, c an afford a n y thing of the sort. A b lackfurD a ceinthecellar supplies o u r h eat through a n unseemly hole in the floor, and even this entails upon ns a n expense which not DRJAZ2I. The remarkable woman who for n e arly three arters of a century has held her place as the it known p lay-actor fa Franco, a n d who when nearly eighty years of age could draw fnb honses to See h e r in sprightly, y outhfol parts, was in a ll res{»cts a wonderful person. Her eccentricities of character, her genlns w ayw a rd generosl^, no lem than h w h at the are needed to tell w 'ii be require d to describ e i actual fyo'.patby and support of all K..it!y .itly m ee nn off w ealthealth andnd 3 f o r the c itizens— not m m o w a lei.sure, but ■ilio Lit-n w h o are largely occup-.ed w ith pri vate business. T h is laUer cha^s have neither tim e nor inchnatiou to read long and lab-)red iiocnnieDt& They w ill be repelled at the outset by a tedious prefatory .address, a n d wi! h-e dla..o'arsged from giving -any furth e r atten tion (f the subject. The nouLce the thing a bore einniug . and it ia fatal for even reform to become a bore. T h e society «-.ems to have im itated some of the m istakes it is desi r a id to correct. T h e fault of oar m imicipal k ij itm is that it lacks -im p licity and re-t,-. opc'h a f-ji-.L-lation of roufused iradictory legishition—elaborate charters and special Inws, to the anderstanding of which j the .-kill a n d labor of an e.xpert a re nece-siry. T n e M u n ic ipal .S.x:i< m syi (prevent Its adoption. There is nothing a t all lovely about a fumaoe No traditions clnster around the register. No memories of a happy chfldhood are-borne upon the blasts of hot and tmwholssome a ir sent np from the cellar. No Lores and Penates stand guard over the hole In the wall o r floor through which we receive our supplies of artificial heat. The furnace la tolerated as a necessity, not cher ished as a friend or a companion. W e see no pictures In its face, and hold no mute oonversa with it. W e shut i t np w ithout regret the mi- ment the room is w arm enough, and any other contrivance which shall do its work as well at smaller cost m a y take its place without a strug- I w ith zentimenA little curious, too, that a better and cheaper contrivance has not long ago banished the fornace to the limbo of things obsolete ; fo'- we have a better contrivance a t hand in the steam pipe and radiator in use fa all inns and iie ty has n.j legisli :t is only u v u la u ti iD tiry .iod v isoryb o d y : ye. it h isp r o v .Jc d itssif wuu ronstitution of nineteen articles— ;i lonj fcxecative pow e rs. o d y : y e . it h is p r o v .J e d itssi instrum e n t than the <' >nst:tu’.i'ia -if the I. iiio.1 cude of by la-vs .>f t-bh; SuiiKi \f the irtid e s and generating apparatus eogincer is be su'ierfiu'jus and pacr.ie >h the h e iitiest w-.-K-Wish rs m s appciiT to be supernuou s an d paw jty im p ly a letg e w aste if effort in pi m a y perish beneath the weight of details, and fui of the society some ground for fc ir tiip constitution, t ow n by laws. ie ty som e grou .h benea th th e be lost in the n u / e s of its b y h W'e have r e ferred p; regard as a blundiT of the pn-iidcnt and dllcotors because the object of t!i'_---s-—ty i s SO w o rthy a one thA it o o 'h t not to in d<' feated by its ow n m ism anagenieat. t)f re. form by ei.'uy there has betu .-a -ugi. T . ji r.- m a y possibly be sam e p e riju s , w h o d o n..ii yet know that the political system under wnich they have been living in this city is bad, lud that the adm inistration of it is worse; but it there are any such it is scircely w o rth w h ile to try to convince them by argu “ ■ing ■ ' w h ic h is in I'rt-d t- n t iJiire-iS >ut declam ation. E v e ry th ag evil.'} 13 tru e —loo obvious'y repetition. Hia p'.t a fe-r ri f.ii m iin n i n - .v ; r - ilile 1 iiere is uo hoaicLoM wo''d m a n fa m iliar in I t e m o c tlj- U' >>n cit-/.eu3 than the story of mutiii :pa' ao-is s, their U r ir U .eorttie.d i ir -, 'A'ui uU cal cr.ie If t:ie M uni.-ipd S x 'c t , to deal only w ith a js'rai li eoi tciirig and publishing of v.ilam m m“ •p.ipeT.--\ vthich *3 .V w ill rea l, it w i.- -i-.ari viy Worth while for it t a trie a c crtiti jic f iac'-rpoialioo. W h aSevu it nviy .It I t p r im tie actuil r-ithtr than speculativ.- reforni will ro> t-ive ready aHsnow ledgtncnl. Its object is i-.in-ti tulionaliy defined to be 'to secure better ' iws and honest, i ffleient and ecoiom it il a-i- m ini-tiation for tlie ci’y of X«w V-irk, tne reduction eif t a s i t i tu an I of the city deiu in •-said city.’■ T h ere no public end of m tre preesing itnport.-inc-- th 'u tiii-. I’ lrty sonsl disintcrestt'ilac'3 iriivision--rovision-- gu irV I'.'t 1 by lese p •'N fither the name nor the irrlieK c ' of th • society shall be used to promote the private in teresta of a n y of it-s member^ or any sectarian or iiarthan ohjtct, ’ “ No member will sjiu-it or accep any ‘fie-• or any nomination for om.-a, muni-'ipat. state or feiieral, while a member of the society.” T h e society, !iy e n forcing those nilcs, will save itH-lf from the ridicule and c.->ntempt w h ich wa- incurred liy the t';U / -a^' As-a .- 1 - ti* II—a pretended \ reform ' lo d y , by mem-, of '.vhii-h a few riiS'.ahy m u u b -.rs w i i j en abled to use for c o rrupt purposes the iiinie.-- and intlucm e of h u n tr t a u J respj. table per sons. .lust bow the society w ih -se. u'j.jiit leforining iocal -a-laiinistritioa and re ducing city ta-c-es '.s not i Ic ir, dl ds elaborate niechaniiin. ihes-.deut F. d.oi; ^lys ti.it the m-'-t w h ich c iu b. expiectcil is luat ‘‘ ictiaence I o ncentr.Ued and m-ide sir i.ntrl'outions ir. ly lx- made g '.li n ity he hi ;'ne-- P >?u lai lutfcUigence on p ild 'h o . sih i e c is.' T h is i.s alttiouru open to tho ohiection o'' T h ere is enoagli to be done in if its lim e IS n o t en luad ng of its p ja d e r o u s icitty will d<!) m u ch, if ros-><;ii m the e that direction, and it may be hope«I tliat the a m uch , i its e e.\p lund ng i Cl m slitutii.n and in the enforcem e n t of its eom plichted liy-hw s. 1 HE GO-yEEHOB AND THE AUDI tOB rbe Course of the t en-al FundC o m m ission- 1 \S ill the I use of .Auditor T h a y e r, although At lirst it appeared to transfer from thauseives to the O ove-raor the w o rk ol investigating the charges againsi him , slru tiy in .ictord.inic w itn law. i ' e s.ti.i:,.; ,-e . ,f eQip'.-: i - . o 'U 1 iwf of p r c '. i l c ' t'ia t 'v h - : w • •T> ! -4V. 11,1.n Uc- r to T s u i.in if tae ( ’ >m- .1 ; - i j ' . f tl.c i a U a . Fund, .-'ispead *ho A . I ol the C inal Di-piar a,, nt, ' when n » ''. “ - lu r T . lie .ri e s ' of lie [.-■'idiitar>- ai i f< r thirty day ■: after the coiuuieneem int of sri_, juss oD,\ it sh'.,’.! b-i m-ide t ‘‘ appear to In n th v the sc-i .V-relitor has v n ’attd Ws diity ’ T h e It. jui-iti-n IS made m jiarsuaac-e <>.' this -Set It i.- fo'iadcd on theevldcac- r-.p rttd b y the Inv---st’ ?-,t,o-. C —-I’owmoncr? — a L v je p-o.\ . if it the testim >ny o f lb.. Voditoi- hlKi-.'.f. It W a .- n o t ae>X'Ss..ry f i r t‘vj H iu 1 1 1 . m m is-i'liters to n u k e any f a r th e r iivcri.' gatn'm- It \Was no. aceCiSiry for lue i.f -v (.rn. r, to lualc any. Tne .V r d itor sto .i j cou- M ill'd oQ hi. \Wri -howui , -ind was p rom p tly - ispendtd by the ii..vern ii-. I j... n the whole Mr. 1 n a v er ’uas m ade a ■f t c h ibiti a in his p r e v v i.“it-.Dg dc- IT:- t a u s e , 'I r 'F .’.'.er, • i.cpbiiac-.l ta.d the A u d it.ir L.i 1 'o3tn 'unfairly treated, tf ii for flit.; days he ‘.'..is kep. oa the stand and Liadirertd an'i i»r..'wbear>.-n in the most out rsceou.-- m a n n er ’ -and \f-irced d.iw n to an.swtr ouestioaa yes o r no w ithout the privi lege of tvplaining his answ e rs.” N-i doubt it w-as disagreeable for him to listen to such queitioDs as w ere pul to him and to answer them m such a w ay as the facts c o m p s lk i him to do. T h is unpleasantness w o u ld haye been avoided If 5Ir.dr. T h a y e r hadad prove<i, wh«yi St brought agaias! T h a y e r h th a t he had never traded in c a a a l clauns rges were first broaghl th a t, unfortunately for him , he could not prove. A n y sati-ifactory “ e .xplination ' from Mm w o u ld have received prom p t publicity as w ide a s the state -. but he had no such ex p la n a tion to offer. O f course, M r. M iller w ill not he blamed for saying and doing all he could say and do fo r Ms c l i e n t ; bu t the p a r h s i n journals w h ic h hold no sneh professional r e lation to th e Au dito r —avow e d ly, at least—m u s t be heartily asham e d o* th e ir unscrupuUiUS sup p o r t of him , unless, indeed, sham e is a sense un-- k a o w a to a p a rty “ organ.\ large buildings. That i t furnishes b e at a t sm aller cost and with less danger either of fire or of carbonic acid ' poisoning Is Well enough known, and the only reason that it has not taken the place of the dan gerous, d irty, unwholesome and expansive fur- r oee is that we Americans a re a peculiar people, little given to co-operation in anything which touches our domestic economy, A s.eam irating a with its attendant expeasive a thing homebolder to maintain, holders, in this country at least, are not mash in the habit of working together; else it would lorg ego have become the custom of the several i .wners jf houses In a block to Combine and jointly te a r the expense of heating all the houses ffom a fipgle boiler placed somewhere u nder the aide walk. This would save expense to each, while each would g et a better supply of heat, with no luble, and no risk of fire. Steam ra 1 more seemly in a p arlor, as well i convenient, than a n y regls and if they should once become oommoq vate houses there is no reason why good taste In their construction might not make them posi tively pretty. Any block of buildings might b- heated as easily as are the great inns and other large buildings, if the several owners wou'd only join bands; but if they -will not there is place and profit for a steam heating com pany in New -York. A company organized U3 the gas companies are, w ith boiler houses and steam mains properly jarlkated, could furnish heat to houses a t a much smaller cost than ony householder can ma-ko i t for himself, and such a company would not long lack business. The In- Esiiranca assoclatlong would lend it powerful aid by their influence, and every physician would become a personal advocate of its cause. \uSo“r Mr. Frel, of the rnrol c anton of Basle, has been elected President by tho Swim National Uouncll, )ff 8 t.t. Gall,all, Vlo Ice-PresIdent. and Mr. Aeph o 8 G General Dr. Kntschker hes been recommended by the A ustrian Ministry os successor to Cardinal Rauseber, institution. Joyce, the convicted whiskey ring has d raw n up a petition to the lus{ asking that the prlsonem of reading the news ra up a pet Missouri State Prison, m ay have the prlvUi papers. Governor Hendricks, of I n d iana has accepted an Invitation to deliver tha opening address be fore the Southern States* AgriccUtaral and Indu^ Lycean which was opened a t Cologne on the :Ust of ' tober lost, and which already has a list of o dred and THE TYBAHHY OF THE SHEBIFF'S OFFICE- W e p rint elsewhere in tha E vbsinu P ost to day a cemmuuication from a member of the bar of this c ity setting forth tha practical efi«ct of the law which was passed lost w inter giving to the Sheritfa olBce a monopoly of the right to issue courtart processes.roce T h at effect fa in a word. p ase of the expressing w enck’a “ complete vindication,” and s “ Reverdy Johnson, who preceded ack in the American mission, increase of t already enormous power the Bhenfl’s oflBce in the m a tter of isaulng a Conner declares that hla office is to him a net loss ,000 a year, the fee system ii icreaslng cost a n d annoyance acd to the public. If the fee system could be replaced by one under which the Sheriff shonld receive a fi.xed salary and be provided with a proper number of subordinate officers, all of them with fixed salaries and forbidden, as o ur s tats officers receive a single fee, the tyranny of the office would be in great part removed. are, to reci Sheri3 ’s oi THE LAST DEFENCE OF THE POLYGAMISTS- A Salt t.,ake correspondent of the E veniso - I’lisT, in a letter which we published y esterday, ‘ays thav the Mormons hope th a t tho law prohib itieg polygamy will be pronounced unconstitu tional by the Supreme Court of the L'nltsd States on the ground th a t a clause in the T reaty of Goadaloupe Hidalgo guaranties “ the free exer cise of their religion \ to tbe inhabitants o f the territory acquired from M extea The Mormons, w hatever may be said of their morals, have been regarded a s persons of f a ir intelligence ; b u t they raise an imputation against their o w n common sense b y trusting to such a feeble defenca They need not go back to the TVeaty o f Guadaloupe Hidalgo or any further than the Constitution of the United States to establiih their r ight to re They have It In common with freedoi e people of this country. religion, however, does not mean freedom to violate wholesome police r egulations Somewhere In tha tsrrito r y acq Mexico there m a y have been a tril lected C. C. l.eigb of Poughkeepsie, led the dally kfilmg, cooking ai ig of human beings ; but nomembe member o f tl xiuired. from large to their National Conventioi iba whosa re- ^ *“ Cleveland, O., next May. 1 the state at ion, which is b igion erjoini atio g o f hutt It no tribe could, under the treaty or the Constitution, litted to kill, cook and eat a human being nited States. ,” has promise,1 1 his claim to the v acant seat of that stab- back, the Louialona “ claim ant,” I TWO HHNDHED YEAE8 AGO. Two hundred years ago to-day our Puritan forefathers of New England fought the \G r e a t Swamp Fight ’’ in Rhode Island w ith the savage riors of King Philip, crushing the N arra -.lomitable c ourage of a little band of man saved gansetfa and ssttUog praotioally the questions a t issue w ith the crafty Indian monarch. Tha in- that day from anarchy a n d de- >d y e ars ago to-day the WOT for fadependence from G reat Britain had actually begun. If the colonists hod not bean successful in King Philip’S w ar, there on .■merican there m ight never have bean a n Americanre| he. Tbe \Great Swamp battle of the Indian w ar, it may well be coasider- it in tho h istory of this never have been a n A revoiution. Fight ” being the dec! •, it ma y well b< ed, then, a n impxjrtent even t it retelling the story of the fight, that ‘ afternoon battle rendered possible the wonderful gr I .. ‘d . i f New England in the n e x t century.’- Tb.ere were but one tnonsaud men in the little oy of the colonists, a n d they marched throngu blinding rain to the stronghold of the sava* where the foes were g a thered to the number 3 strongl was upon a little island, thickly palisaded. about thirty-five hundred. This stronghold little island, thick ly palisaded, and accessible only by a bridge formed of a single the colonists was p rom p tly returned. The battle lasted two or three hoar log. Tbe first fli and resulted In a complete victory for the colo nists. One thousand Indians are said to have bcien killed. The Puritans lost seventy men, In- elttding four captains, and one h undred and fifty ■were w o n n d e i Tha colonial arm y was com manded hy Jbsiah 'VYinslow. I t is well to revive a t this tim e the memories of the glorified h eroes o f the Revolution; but it is also wefi to remember tha struggles of . their ancestoTE—tbe men whocome here fa oeorcb o f \Freedom to worehip God;’’ and who, wittr>in.vincible courage, laid tha f o un dations of our republic. th e i r p r o te c i d o a ^ ^ t w ^ t hem and^th e ^ nctlve T h m T ^ m m b i ^ w o ^ ° l ^ e t C comparaUvely free to follow their own purer instlncte a n d bat ter impulses.” The Philadelphia “ P ress’’ accepts our opinion th a t tho BUCCCS3 of the civil service reform must depend on the character of tho chief executive officer of the government, a n d while reiterating its belief th a t the reform shonld receive promi n e n t attenUon in the next Republican nation! platfonn, says: “ W e believe th a t tha mind of, the country now sufficiently aroused to sustain this reform, and th a t the people only w ant the m an to come forw a rd a s their standard-ljearer. He most be a in of p t o v ^ independence and firmness, a in of recognised a b U i^ tmd unimpsachabls ta- infiuencE Thus the FATUOUS FIHAHCE. In a paragraph which wo copied yestarday from tho Cindnnati Enquirer oeaurs the foUow- “ Geld intrinsically Is w o rtli nottilng. The government stam p u p o n paper, leather, or any thing e te , is just a s good.” Sneb fatuous finance a s this would not deserve serious consideration if it had n o t cc-me v e ry n e ar receiving the approval of the v oters o f tha grea reat Etate of Ohio. L r t any e n d' ( eration qnite servlca purificat o o f thi-K 31 h e g purification; a r e g eneratlon, n e r a t io n ^ t M ^ h a t^ y on this e abject,” Into a n y European m a rket and offer f o r ealo a pound Of g o ld ftnd a pound o f stom p ed p a p er or leather, a n d ha will v e ry' eoon find whether fapfo n n c i; f a “ wprth ’’ia a d whethor the fatter is \ j u s t « good.” * * i and a g reat a rmchair. The background b of a rich dark tone, and we c an imagine that it is a foltbM reproduction of the original work, which -was p a inted in the saventosnth centni n ly in expression, but i n sentlmen Did 'VYen a t Orleans ” la also a -i&ry spirited tec cim im ea ao o fth t h e e triiet'sart, i iet'sa r t , ax^^hji beauty of attorneys to one of th a marehob o f tha city, O] such a TnsTniml as w as known to tha a tto r n e y ; ba w o r t ty of hfa cohfldenca and prom p t in tl exEcnrion Of the process given him. If oi marshal failed to execute a process It was re- jed to the.\attorney who then, if he saw fit, gave it to another marshal for execution, marshals, knowing this, felt that tmlees they attended faithfully and i their duties, their receipt reduced. In- this w ay, throng petltiOD, Eoma of tho delays ol the law were overcome. Lawyers were enabled to have their processes served w ith promptness, And clients to receive the benefit of their legal prooeedioj thus wera n o t o nly tbe profession b u t the pat benefited Tha o nly persons not benafited wi the Sheriff and Ms depatiea. So the Sheriff spirited n e e f e e t r a n ^ ^ ^ beau ty of ite d raw ing and simplicity o f ItsUrnffccution ren der i t p a rticularly a ttractive. T m old well has a stone curb. Is covered -with a peaked ued snccees fa h e r profession, make the story Dejazol'a life BurpasBlngly interesting. For laiiy years rile e n tertained the idea of w riting gossipy a utobiography; and th a t she has died .....................)githout thisbls lastast aind ded bell w making t l a greatest contribu tion to the world’s fund of amusement b a cir- cumstemm to be deeply regretted- The Paris correspondent o f tho E tehino P ost has gathered together, in the letter printed to day, some inter estlng anecdotes from the unw ritten antobi ogrnphy,.which, w ith the account h e gives o* her funeral, serve to make Ms present letter a ciafiy InterestiDg o n a clear and architectare. The print and effective, and fa one of the best of tho free-hand etchings, that la to Bay of drawinga on copper, publbhed the portfolio series for 1875. For the eom- ; y ear, Mr. Bouton, tho publisher, annoauces a series of twelve etchings, a fter im p ortant plc- tuies in tho National Gallery, by the famous etchers, Le Rat, Mongin, Rioheton, Rajoo, Gaucherel, and Brunet Debalnes; together with cotes a nd papers relating to a: “ THEIR FUNDS GIVING OUT. ’ Tweed to Cuba, or wherever he m a y be, laughs pleasantly to himself as he reads of the ostenta tious a s d energetic p u rsuit of him in the Fourth ward of this city, on Brooklyn Heights, along the shore line of Connecticut and through tha Canadian parishes. Near tjuebec recently two detectives were sure that they were on the \ trail\ of the right man, bat were obliged to giva c because of “ tlieir funds giving out.” I t is pr I in this th a t Tweed has had the advanta; papers relatin g to a r t by R y Colvin, Baavlogton Atkin- mong Iha latter will be a series of articles on Turner, ■Wornum, Sidney Colvin, Baavlogton son, J . W. Corny ns Carr, and the editor, Philip Gilbert Hamerton. Among t papers by the “ tlieir funds givin cisely in this th a t Tweed has t of Us purauers in and out of court. H b cc stolen—did not give out. done BO if he had remained much longer wltbiu reach of h b law yers; but he prudently want W hen b the farce of pretending th a t Tweed has stayed where ho can be canght and will psr- mlc himself to be captured to end, and the ssri- ons work of holding his escape to b egin ? P E E S O N A L . Mrs. Johnson, the wife of the fate ex President Johnson, fa again seriously UL Senator Cameron, of Wisconsin, and his wife, a rs passing the Congressional recess in Elmira, N. Y. Tho library of the'late Dr. Hackett, of R-jches- , has been presented b y his fan IV e r n e r JU u n z tn a e r. The death by assassination of W orner Munzln ger, appointed by the Khedive as Pasha or G dv - ' ernor of Abj’sslnla, has a lready been announi-ed. Ha was born in Switzerland In ls:-s, and after finishing hb studies a t theBolothum Gymnasium in 184',*, he p roceedel to Munich and stuiled the ibhlng h 184',*, he p r Oriental langnagea In he went to Paris, and the following year to A lexandria, where he entered a m ercantile house. In 1 h .',4 he became the leader of a trading expedition to the Red Sss after wfalch be lived for some tlmo ia Massa la. uglin, crossed Into Abyssinia, and - of Cbartonm Into Obi, expecting to proceed through D arfur tj W aial Foiling fa thfa undertaking, however, he a ion -ned to Enrope. In the following year h« went to Africa, and In October was ap Inted British Consul In Mossana, and a'siatsd Ugouts in small cat mnst have the service of oU tt attorneys choose tbe depati Then the cause of complaint will soon bs rem-n ed. T h b Is a m a tter for the Bar Aesoclation to take In hand. .ATToa.vEy. New York, December .’0, IST.’i. connolsancesonnolsances 'faayne in making re andnd p reparingreparing chart?,t Colonob Meriwether and Tfaayne in maklaj c In Abyssinia a p c which were of great asslstam-e to the Engli their campaign against King Tl On tbe withdraw al of tho Britii ;er returned to Mossaun, where ho took c har French Consulate, and nuiie sev-rtril c by Mr. h. Dyer, a member of Balllol College of that cursions across tho northern frentier of I Inia, during one of which he narrow ly escape 1 ossaeslnation, being severely wounded. In is;u be went to Aden, and with Captain Miles ox plored the southeastern coast lands. Oa his re turn to Massaua ha accepted the governorshl;. with the title of Bey. In 1H71 he riuewed Ki« explorations In the Bogos country, a nd in Is..' the Khedive appointed him Commander in chief of the forces Intended to invade Abyesinio, and governor of tho country to be conquered, with f the eonthera people pressed exper)ence selves. They expected to find, •, their local duefi 3 them- eakiDg out of t h e ' front, but they iana-nol one took who did not die in ignoble obscurity while their friends were engaged In the w ar are still putatloutatla engagei ipot Iments duellists who distinguished themselves In tho R- Ebivoliroua\ with their rep I Eentiments U 26 congeno oa uie ADinyerur kv the “ p rotectorate\ of a new Ladies’ led a t Coiog which alreac hundred and four women students. The Institu tion b now called the ‘‘ Victoria Lyceum of Co Colonel Forney writes from Loniion to the Piilla shla Press expressing confidence in Mmister Baying, irec Genera] Bchenck in the American mission, and la now In London, annonnees his determination to write and publish a letter in which he will state that after c arefully reading oil the doenmonts, he rA gords General Bchenck as h aving done no act un vortby of a gentlem an.” Tho loubvllle “ Courier-Journal,\ referring to the discussion now proceeding in the newspaper- i the subject of tho political predlleotions of th - late General George H, Thomas before the eivl- war, say s : “ All of General Thomas's personal friends of 1801 know very well that he was for the Houth in the outsot of tho contest. Ho had » northern wife of very great character and do served Influence over him. Other iutluencea were brought to bear also. Ho was a brave and not o venal m a n , but be was on original States-Rights Kesolutions-of-’tiS Democrat. We say this aoi unkindly, having o ctnal knowledge of the fact.” J!Ir. A . O a k e y H a l l a s a n A c t o r . To the Editors o f the Evening P o st: Among the newspaper notices of Mr. Hall'? ii> fritf a t the Park Theatre, one in particular bo.? interested me by Its elaborateness. Its exhaustive ness, and by the great ability wit' written. Its ocnaluMona verso to Mr. HoD, hellion as courageous fl-jldiora would bs a de fiance of all post history of bu -A people, foi DOtblrg con bo wider apart than the courage o’ 1 true soldier and tbe murderous deeds of tbe jeUlng has bi jrrent of pab emphatically a l s to be free frirn any spliit of h ostility. But as an argument it i». in my jadgment, seU-contradictory. I t says “ The thing that Mr. Hall actually aco/m plished was tbe presentation o f himself as Oskev UalL He was a little less a t eass than nsual, b u ’., lb which It is violent tha! 3 opinion la against it; institatlon \ ore so ogi but the aggressive they ^ bear down oppjsl were northern men, unused to pistols and r the practice, and i tion. ■ Tho history of duelling In the .Siu shows thfa th a t a m a jority of its victii ally opposed to, th e practice, and fUEthi-rmoiv, that no duel was ever fought where the o ggrte scr did n o t believe he bad tbe advantage. In upon a peg a nd he Inspected some letters, precis •- ly 03 he mlgbt have done in his o vn legal olfi -e, Ua walked to and fro with eass and dim ity. He displayed a perfectly accurate iiercepMon of th ■ nature and the value of the several dram atic situ ations in which he appeared. He showed hlmsel’ to be a tender-hearted man, sympathetic with all the fine feelings that are engendercvl by tho holiest relations of human life. Ho ovinceil line instincts of courtesy. Ha tmproveil, t j tbolr utmost- in the manner of the public lecturer- several opportunities of enunciating e arnest and pointed moral sentiments, dldai-tlc truths, and piteous comments on life and fortune A'l this served to confirm him in the esteem of his listen ers—and bb listeners formed one of the most learned and brilUant congregations ever soon in a theatre. But all this was not acting.\ less than three chalbo; sgainst him by the most e x pert duellists, ihc im patient ‘‘he» 1 him V length ; and the q re; :.ss “ actingcting ” 1 Golds!oldsmith naturally arises, W h at i “ a ” i G P O L I T I C A L . f the California Legislaiura hi- given notice of a bill to establish a wl for the punbhment of wife-beaters. ■Wendell PhUUps, in a speech a t a temperan-te meeting In Bouthborongh, Mass., last M-jnda> expr^sed bis belief that Boston can only be g.]% erned by the state a t large ; its own voters l an not govern it. A constitutional amendment, copied from a clause in the amended Constitatlon of Illinois. limiting the amount of county, tow n and mu- debts, has been introduced in the Cali (or nia Legislature. The prohlbitlqnlsts of Ne-w York state have bs »h, of New York, a nd J. P. Hura» as delegates from Those last six words are tho key nc th ; an d the said of Garrick : ••on LilC p ta'.;* - I ll-n ” ir ; -imi-iiv if! ’ fm. . , r\vai5’»uly wh»‘Uhc v. }.c PartridtjAs celebrated criticism on Garrick in Hamiet was that— \lie Is Dll a<-tiir. UePimhe tu» ivumn |imi lik,- any re.al man, -and ween he saw iht- gho--. he w *- fri;;ht<.*o-,d lint III Us wUs. ’ Shakespeare says : \ ---- .islt tlicai-niiD UiUie v.ini, lln: w cd lu Kn-n linn, with thi.-i Hia-i'a! ob-.'.Tvacce. lha* yi*s on! tlu- !ii.>dc“«ty i)f nature ' These citatior duced, go to show that. In the minds of men whom imiet calls \ th e judlciou*,\ to ns, and others which m ight be ad b wanted b just what Mr. calls \ th e jud “ a c ting” Is ju it ; Is not w anted on the stage; and that what mted b ju st what Mr. EfaU aohleved, The Nashville “ American ” says that Pinch Loxustona g;ive up hia claim to in the United States Senate In tim e to allow the state Legislature to elect a n o ther inonmb3*it. The New Orleans “ Republican” (Rep ) dire< the attention of the conservatives of Louisiana to the f act that b y adhering to the cause of Mi- aery they virtually pledge themsolves to give m his full ealary when they obtain posnession of the s tate government. T h b will ba $8,0;X> o year for four years, to which m ust ba added about $40,000 as c ontingent expenses. The “ Journal of Commerce” b growing im patient a t the little done for canal reform. I’ “ Twelve reonrts from the Conai Commission srsof tb - a if tho statement of h b critic, above quoted, b correct. For my own port, I folly coincide with the quo tation. Mr. Hall did just as h b c ritic says he did, and It was not “ a cting,” b u t was, in Goldsmith's phrase, “ simple, natural, otTecting.” In my opinion the defect, the fault, in th b per formance b in the play and* n ot in the player. Garrick himself could make no striking Impres^ eion in any cboracter of the “ Crucible.” Mr Boll mode of hb part all that it b capable ol bnt that “ all ” fa as the mathem aticians have i ” a mlnu8s qua uantityn andnd inn suchuch a case,ase, netot to nothing. Hamlet said. q tity a i s a c n to be i/uan-;. luff. is to be nothing. Hamlet ssiA, and found, that the play was the thing in which to catch tbe conscience of the king; but “ Cruci ble\ b not a t all \ t h e t h i n g ” to display Hall's capacity for the Btaga It la constru on the accepted mode of the day—results without >nght about. Tbe n hb hands that ha cannot develop it within a limited number of hours, and therefore he merely hints at causes and thrusts tho effects before yon, leaving you [ the incidents of modern plays are Dean ijegiafature, contractors and others, in frau b , dEbt ajjjj Qoi; QJJ 0 man yot convicted, and not one I, and stolen dollar yet restored to the treasury ■ Tni* spub b the melancholy n e t result o f th a t work of re- .la- ira toTm begun With sneh flonrbhes of promise last ■“ spring. W hy wait the Governor and the A tior nOy-General ?’ A t a n y rate, the Governor has adopted meas ures which will prevent any further stealing. The Denver tCol) “ Tribune ” suggests that city as a place for holding the next Presidential con ventions on account o f some novel a n d Ingeulc reasons. A ftecextolling the salnbrlousness of t climate in Ctolorado, the Tribune says: “ Comparatively few of tha great crow.ls of New York and Philadelphia, Baltimore and W ashington hangers-on to national conventions would be able to pay their fare or ‘ b e a t' theto w ay a crosj the plain?. And here, more than five bondred miles of prairie would stretch between the convention and the c o rrupting instrnmeatali ties of the great eastern cltiea And lofty and rugged mountain ranges, and long extents of ------- 'uons country would be interposed for but w s do not see how bo comes to ba found guilty, n o r do we see how his Innocence b subse quently establbhed. There Is altogether too much left to ba understood, o r taken for g r a n ted by the audience; and therefore It b that while this play a n d many others sim ilarly oonstrnoted excite our interest and sym pathy at the mo • ment, tbe a fter-thought b , on the whole, dissat isfaction. W e ore displeased w ith ourselves be cause we have allowed ourselves to ba so much pleased w ith so little reason. Perhaps some of these days the legitim ate dram a , properly so called, will reassert itself and supereede tho trash of contemiwrary dramatists. G. P. R My quotation from Fielding b from memory only, and b by no means Uterally cor- i i S S - u How long fa trade to be depressed by these enonnons burdens I Coal Discoveries in W est V irginia. • ^Frona the Alexaudria «V'a> SeBUC‘ii The mineral bureau bas received from Mr. Wfiliam J. Brown, residing a t Oakland, ,M i, five samples of coal from undeveloped bsd^ cov ering psarte o f G rant, MlneraL Tucker and Ran dolph counties. W est Virginia, and extending north, ,^est and^ sonth over an undetermined area. TheI a co al b semi-Dltuminons, and to the Cnmberlimd coal, Eomoof It having pre- •sely • while otherspeci- Bimifap Boom- ci the same appearance, while other speci mens ore less friable, apparently more bitumi nous, and would probably e x ® the Cumbsriand for m a n y purposes. The ratire dlvlrion of 0 bitua j ^ i r i a ; toim ^**nam^*^ha3 bcca very thoronghly. cx- ploredby Mr. W illiam 8. Ro-weon,, geologist and ndaing engineer, who devoted m a n y months to the work, a n d extended h b explorations Into the adjoining counties. Seven dbUnctseams o r beds were identified, none .leas than thrrra feat fa tbicknere, and m aking f a oU tw e n ty eoYea feet of solid coaL ■ ___________ Amnsoinenti To-Nlshu Fir Faracoiara see AdverOsements on Foarth Page.) op^Mnsi^German ri;»era. \ II Truvatoru. CnilkEEiKG HAii..-Vfn P.U> jw Ccncert. ? u'cluk. T heatbe . - •' Henry V.” Mr. Hl^coia. 8 COL^zme.—Hetaro of tho Siege of Parb. Day and p a rty regen- occomplich the civU- i t — In Tuolumne county. CaL, during resent iterms, a reservoir broke on Ballivan’a Creel »nd tho w ater Earrounded a cabin Cloalsar-afilieForelcn QlatU. ------- er ran'For Bart-pc, vfa Plymoatk, :c.HabhEig, Pcs e jan m n a , ll:Sa A. u.: ju s t been launched a t I “ G rand Rcpubli(v\ b libroa fam d red and forty feet fa length, w ifii Ilfty-Eix foot breadth pf ^ m , a n d baa a carrying c apacity o f four t^iop- M d tw o hundred too& three Chinaman. They escaped by cUml farge cottonwood tree, whence they wat rfflervolr broke Immsdiatcly afterw a rd; -which w as their refogo was waahed o a t b y tha roots, and a ll were drottmedi. December; SEC HamhEig, P mall to 1:33 p. n. DfcemfcerSO-Ft K ; sapP ensectsl D.cembcrXO—J Liberty. Sr. Decembers C4, Colon. 10 A u;eBFp ------------------------------ Jancsiyl—ForJEaropCiTia ftseenstown, Germanic, ^ /snsEiy 1 - For Ssctlaad cnly,C»Ufl>rcfa 5 a . rt. The fiirtttcataer e n tirely laden with Nava Soo- Oa coal which evw entered Boston H arijor has just'artlved there. ^ iMx b M m 9o-9lwty»w. fPor psitiisilsni, see advcrtlatm ect tdaar.sA A tssn* H, SirotAT & Co^etltaudlSHoTloeic. •ffnaomnnm. H aourr as Ca. a t i i o’caox. Jons R. UBAms ^ Cdn a t U o’etaik. THCRSDAT AFTERNOON, Dec. ?0 at Sq o'clock, at the Alt Rooms. 817 Broadway, Sale of a PRIVATE l-OLLECTIOS of THE.ATBK’AL COSTrMES.WIGS, N E W B0HB098 ASD GHOGOIATES FOR THE B O Z iI D A Y S . lO W T A U B R Y , MONTEBELLO. M O M T E C R I S T O . CIR C A S S IA N , ADELAIDE, R O S i N S O N . POMPADOUR, VN, I s ’ a u c h o c o l a t , LINE E S AU CH O C O L A T , SIB! BIG BONANZA, C A R A M E L S A PR A L IN S their freshness and Sevres China, Dresden, Cboisy and p romptly elpti would A d T o r t ise m e n ts r o c e ty a d fo r th * S v a a - Ko P ost , at the rsanlar office rats*, at onr o S om . tJP-TOWH, HO. 1X3 Broadway, comer Slat cj. WEST 8U)*. no. ms West 23d Bt., opposite Gnma Opera HonM. IT 8IDB, MAJOLICA WARES. Also, elegant JAP.4.NESE KOELAIN WARES. BRONZE! on exhibition at the Art Rooms, 817 Bread wav. AFTERNOON, PORCELAIN WARES. BRONZES, CLOCKS,. sold by AncUon, THURSDAY 30th, at 3 o'clock. The Mefsrs. LEAVITT, Auctioneers. HAST 8IDI t83 84 •Tonne, comer l!th atroet. Open from 8 A. n. to B: wmrn ART^. BROWN a PDLTHRllAH. ?3 a nd emoluments, set to work to grasp from the m a rsbab the crumbs th a t fell from the and h b friends, not satisfied w ith h b already large fees and emolnments, set to fro m the m a rsbab th e ernm bs t only Court of Record to which As the marshals were found to be Republi cans. politicians readily lent their aid to oppo.e The bill waa passed as demanded, but Gover nor Tllden for some tim e refused to approve it and In New Y'orkeity was waited upon by Infla ential citizens who pressed upon h b conslderatijr. the great Inconvenience to the profession and the public th a t must resAlt from tbe eu&ctqieut of thb monopoly law. But the bill was signed. Now w h at ore tho results ? The processes of the Marino Court fall into the bands of tin Sheriff—not especlaliy enlarging his receipts but greatly reducing tbe efficiency of his offl^a b j destrcylng a il competltioiL The Marine Court 1- a court of Inferior jorisdictlon, and established for the purpose of odminfatering .justioe quickly in small cases; the jurlsdiotion b limited t«i $3,1X10. Now, the executions, attachm e n t’, & out of th b c ourt are generally for soiatl amount and do not pay the Sheriff for hb time, and s- ■ tho poor clients are compelled to p iy the Sheriff in advance for sesrviees never d e red ; so the processes are pIgeon-1 for sixty days and returned nulla ftt the expiration of that time, and there b no remedy for the evlL Orders of arrest that were promptly executed by marshab now remain un served, and plaintiffs meet defendants, agiinsl whom orders of arrest have been granted, walk ing the streets a week a fter tbe order waa given to the Kherlff. Among lawyers there is much complaint of the negligence, carelesjcoss a nd ir efficiency of the Sheriff’s office. The fees are de manded In advance, a n d processes are laid aside, waiting for a pleasant day on which to ferve them. Tbe u nder officers know th a t there Is n-, competition and that they can do as they please It b not to the marshals that this new law 1 injustice; i t b to the lawyers to liUgouts in small cases. If I BO O K NOTICES. APPIETOHS’ JOTTMIL. A Household Weekly Magazine, DEVOTED TO Popular literature and al! Matters of Taste and Culture. Nntiiber for January 1 contains the erst chiyit'-- of ‘‘ T1 i € 31ili of St. Ileri) 0 t / ’ dj ill? ilAcQloi?>, author of *• Patty, “ My t?t-OTv Pir&t Lnataimeat tin funr parts) uf “ A journey to the Unknown,” EXPOSITION OF New Year Oakes and Fancy Pieces F O R R E C B P 'T IO N S . Apricot Cake CUaee a u Eusse. Under Fiftli Avenue Hotel. NEW YEAH GIFTS. m Fffi HPillilTY. I n i t i a l B a n d R e r c l i l e f s , R f c b F a n s a n d F « n c y G o o d s , A n t i q u e X td le s a n d T o i l e t S e ts, L a c e a n d H I n s lln T r i m m e d A r t icles, R i b b o n s , V e lv e ts, & c ., & r ,, AT ATTRACTIVa PBlC B f. M i L L E R ^ G R A N T s S 'S ’ O B K O A . D W A Y . WILLIAM 1“ ITSPAT^ICIC j F l o r i s t , 1 2 1 3 B r o a d w a y , Begs !o arquaffst bb castnmfrs atid thepiiifl;: th ^ us have a EpIcudlU SFisojttnert of Fi#OWJ3K*4 Ff>R ^EW YEAR'S, »Ld a hMiasom** ’otof STR.AW AZtO OTHER 33EW DESION:^ Px BAsKETJ to Betset from Giveusacaifs F . O R O T F <& C I O ., Turners and Dealers in Ivory, U4 East Fourteenth Street, opposite AcadomT of Mnslc NEW y o a a . m m m s i/mw. INSURANCE. ■Ir'.rg 167b. Thu opening: ■ l.aptcr.- of Galheriflgs freni an Artist's Porttolio,” Ej-J amss E. F i !E eii .\ n . Mr. Frt..mau, un .4rutri-. n arl.rt, Ah'.' h.- r-'.-Idci xptritnce-., cLuracU r. .\ud a!ro many niber ■-I. KSi RIPTKiN PRICE, f l p. i annum. D. APPLETON & CO., New York. T h e C o w a r d i c e o l th e D u e l l i s t s . To the Editors o f the Evening Post : Your positiou takeu w ith regard to southern dnollbts, that they d id n o t come forw a rd In tho KebeUion and d btinguish theuLselves as soldiers, b , I believe, perfectly correct. T h b Is tha ex- rl of th e southern p them- Qnd, on tho breaking duaUmg heroes fore- )t in rablng companies and morlog to tbe ippolated. In L sub- fa the war, and those :ed and the r p r B U S H E D T H I S D A Y : Ood and the Bihle. ■\ REVIEW OF OB.lKvT 10 \.s TO \E IT E R - ATI RE AND D O tlPA .\ 1 7ol.. 1 4Ho. Uniform with \ Litoratora and Donm-i The Inn Album. The Snow Image, AND OTHBll TWICE TOLD TALES. Vi.l. VUl. of the \Little CI».510 ' edi Ion of Haw lhiirrc'8 w.jras. With pi.-turo of the “ Great Swmp 1 l . T nburjc. With Harp and Crown. F.y thf* autbqrB of *• B<»idy Money Mortibjy. “ My Littlo Uirl.\ etc. Palter, *'6018 ; ctoth. $1 i). Kurea^e by B'KtfeseKorx- Sent i> tHpald 'Jo f price by tbe PnblmUera. JAMES a . OSGOOD & C0„ Boston. ground. It was discovered that W arm ila, although a northern man, would fight. I’lease get a Ibt of southern duellists who->lwWngiitshe1 thempelvesln tho Rebellion. O. I*. q‘, Niw N ork, lL‘cember2J, l'-r,j. H o w T r a d e is T a x e d . From U e Nosv York Daily .Bollt tin ' “ I iftiiiNAiiY ” E xpenses w the TI mteh S t v ie - i GoVUnsSIEST IN IB74 AND 1»«)0. IC. rty\tie C-r luterf-ton //r'-.' War 'll(.ortnu-nt ................ $42,n.n,i«d; ............. • Mp-itliutcouB. . . . te.Dh.m IndletB. .. .......... 60S5.11G Piuauite ......................... 2-J,l«s.411 i.lMis.l Foriigqi liiU-rtour?. .. l.Dits.iX,I l.l.i,, 11, Total ......... .. $lTH,61s,\<i J'-ism, -., I- U.n Drhi.. . 107,118,8:.'; 1177,111 I'opiilatl.m ..................... 44,f)00,COO 11,41:1321 IniTts-'i- Ilf -‘fifillnsrj\ F.jpeniMliiri » 2- hi pi-r emi Incrt'a!-! >J Popu.atlon ....... 10 p r c i-nt NEW YORK STATE. iS iS S - ..........-...-‘ S t S Im n-ase ................................................ $11,351.1 8 NEW YORK CITY. iDcrca.\!' aiiifi-1660......................................Jl.s R r S S l.'iS . ' S S I nn I a? c In lAical Taxes ............................. SOO per reni. a.-f m Popalauon ............................... pi per ctnt. MASSACnUflETTS. ’■ ■ : : r i ; S : . v : . ' - ; . ; . : . v , v . 7 7 S I S i iDCrea-ae In Taxation ........ Tncnaseiu TaxMlon..................... Snperc**o». ImriU-e m PoDuiallon ................... . 34peru*nt *ciry OF bost *:» n . Isrr,3-C in Taxiflon ...... ....... $8,670,580 FopnlaUiin In 1875........................................... 31 .Tii : :E -• • ^ SPECIAL XOTICE. T h e r e h a s b e e n .so m u c h H e s i r e to o b t a i n th e o p e n i n g c h a p t e r s o f M r . I l u i r e l l s 's e h a r m i n g s* o r y \ P r i r a t e T h e a t n e a t s . \ i n ( h e A T L . i S T l ( M i K \ r i l l . y , ( h a t (h e P l t b n .-.h r r ^ h a v e H eeU U H to c o n t i n u e t h e i r o t f e r to s e n d th e S o r e m b e r a n d D r r e m b i r n u i n b t r . s f r e e to a / t n e i v s u h s e r i b e r s f o r / VJ'G u 'h o a s l. f o r th e n i . V r i r e o f th e A T l . A S T i r , w i t h H j e - s i c e p o r t r a i t O f L o n g f e l l o w , $ r » . 0 0 ; o f th e A t l a n t i c a t o n e . $ 4 . 0 0 . A d d r e s s IT, O . n o r a U T O N cV C O ., B i v e r s i d e P r e s s , i ( t m b r i d g e . M a s s . $CUU>9.MH mparison ClfT OF PHtLADELPRIA. CALL A T 077 BROADWAY. Eor Greenbacks, 1876, We 1 fl-?r*on extentive 'ine of B O O K S A N D F A N C Y G O O D S BICHABD BVEBTON, 92 4tS Aveaas, r . ; g 7 . s i «4^F(iiir tassM Noieis. UiFEI-lCE. A ^ L te Wtlrpn. j FARMING. F I & . 1 8 & of Yeia Cruz 2 llcnfuegoA ■WEST INDIA PICKLES. Uct; 01 tli© teason. Price, f l £0. OHABLES BICK B W S WOEE«. tl io. A t C&BLETOS’S P u b h a h iug Honse, M adbon Eq. TheclioicertBoiscUon of HoUdaySoskslnNow t o r t. BOUPIIS, 170 511 A 7e„cmr Of 223 Street. Messrs. M. KNEDLER & CO. rcapectiuliy tioUcit tho inspecUon of iheir well assort^ Bt' >ck of Vorh flf Art) for the Holidavs, COMPRISING OIL PAIN TING S BV EMINENT MASTERS OF THE V.ARIOUS SCHOOLS, Water-Color Paintings, Rare Etchings i i ■■ ■ i Holiday Gifts! Stands, Artistic Framing, etc. _ ___ fW.DEVOE&GO. 115 and 117 Fulton Street, MAm-PACTl-BEl!S AND larORTEi.- Artists’ Materials. A CnniCE ASSORTMENT OF French and English Water Colors, I N H O X E f e S . W A X F L O W E R A N D D R A W I N G M A T E R I A L S . Q U E E N F I R E IN S U R A N C E C O M P A N Y ', OF LIVERPOOL AND LONDON. C a p ita l, £ 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 S t g ; ASSETS m THIS COUNTRY, D eposited w ith lusnrance D e p a rt ments and in hands ol Trustees, ^ Ca-fa in Bank and other Assets. Total Assets July 1,1875 ............. $1. TB0STEJ3S IN NSW FORK. « . M o isire i! ...... a - . SAHCSL WTT.T.FAM H- aUION. F. H. h. W HITES. “lY F. SPAUlABnSrS J. BOORMAN JOH A *sTO.' [TN BATES. 04Vlli BINimAU 327 & 329 6th Ave. & 103 West 20th St.', NOW OPFEBING THEIR IMMENSE STOCK llB iT Goods GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, Holiday Presents. Sash Ribbons, F a n c y S a s h e s , Rom an S a s h e s . to 75c. a yard, warranted all 7-lnch, good quality. 5Co, ti ^‘ ka NCY 8A8H RIBBONS IN ALL THB NEW PAT- T IESTor H o liday P r e s e n t s . 00f> dt aeu Fancy Brocade Ties at 25c., worth 5?o. T » ; . , i TRIMMED HATS. O TC ji € > S I <3^ O -ex N I m i M i e i i s c l y R e c l x i o e d £*x*ioe>4, FROM »5 TO tlO. A X BANKRUPT STOCK FLOWERS and FEATHERS. 6Cfl dozen Birds at 25c. Feivs,HolaiiiiCo, 631 and 6 3 3 B r o a d w a y , N . Y ., ARE o f f e r i n g DL'KINO THE Holiday Season their Entire Stock of ENGLISH Crystal Chandeliers Also, a fine assortment of F r e n c l i O io c k s &md B r o n z e s , At Greatly Keduced Prices. G as Fixtures MARTIN BATES. D4V1 WM. R. tUTCH O F F t o n , P A U S . B A N K B t T X I ^ X S f O , Nos. 214 & 216 Broad \Yay, N Y. WBSm a . a o s s , nuanag-er. ______ Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Co. Assets, $ 2 6 , 7 4 0 , 1 0 5 . 7 0 . Ill the U. S., $ 3 , 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ' 4S IVillimn Sf, LIFE AND FIM MSURMCE; R O Y A L . m S a C O . ' L I V E R P O O L A lffl) L.01Y I>0!a, Office 5 6 m^uU Street, Assets.............$17,000,000 Assets held in the U.S. 2,000,000 I«os868 adjtujted in How York and promptlY paid.. I j I F E rs AlaL ITS BB.AHCHKS. U irricG'i to snit the 1 c U ,! h & Co, MANUFACTHRERS OF Gas Fixtures, Fine Clocks and Bronzes. [ighest Premimn and KedaJ awarded hy Am. InstUute EihibiUon, lg;4. ^ Crystal, Gilt, ftoiize aii Decorates m FIMTCHES In Greatest d® to O ’N e i l l ’s CHURCHE Low PrlcefL HOLIDAY \ p r e s e n t s , 597 Broadway, Hew York. IGRTOB’S GOLD PENS. BRIDGE ANDTONSELeSSTBES. I’.y-rulIN B MrM.\sTEK, c E Z C .L lS T I t.iT I'D . Bem„» No. 20 VAN NUSTR.VNU » SvlEN JK 8E KJ 18U.O, board-, 60c. D . V A N N O S T R A N D , P u b l i a l i e r , 23 Murray St and 37 Warren St. . '*,■ C«-pie^ briut free l»y mail on receipt of jn’.re ¥ 1 . EADDE, No. 548 Pearl Street, near Broadway. BO O K S for P R E S E N T S . M. lietzsob’s mout nplendld lUnatratijne t>i Fanst. gi'hlller’fi 8 odk of the Bell, Frldolln, Petrosu; the \oke. and Fi^htwlth the OraKon, with Eoallih i German tezta. Most elegantly bonnd. G-ioine's Fa ami Rolneoke Fui’hs. witn steel engravings and woyd- cots. Schtller‘8 Pceras. wUb photographs and wood* cuts. Wtelund's beautifully Illustrated edition r-I fiber-n, at) bandsomely bound, and many other books of art suitable for How Year's presents. fEEGREATCLOSmG-ODTSiLE SHELDON & COMPANY’S Retail Stock o f Books, , m a CONTINUE UNTIL JAN. lOTH. TTf luire ,/ r/ri'ul many r-ihiah^“ tnviLn h ft, trhrrh U'il' lu=, -xhl at 11'rnant a n y prfa-, us ir-_ are ahunl hj uiurt and n e Tftiriuy i n ltrily front th-' rtf-ltd littiini.-.tl. 327 AND 329 fiTH AVB., AND KK WEST 20 th 8T. Ladies who are using our Gossamer Waterproof Leggins pronounce mosteomi any ever: wet weather. For sale in all sizes by A. T. Stewart & Go., Broadway. ^ A T IS D O P s k ^ Furs of every kind renovated from moths, dnst and Ladies' silk velvet \arments cleaned from dust and oil spots without ripping or removing a particle of trnu- Send order, by postal for price list- or for a mes who will call at honee and explain the process. €5. P . B R Y A N T & C O ., _______ .Office 1153 Broadway, ________ SBIBGEEEHOFF.TnEREE&eO., Manofactorers and Dealer! in tO T T O N JSAIId O U C I t , \ WOODBDRV.. “ DBDTO •• ONTARIO.\ C otton oanya 8_ p j ^ a l l „ n _ ^ bb RAVBNB DDi ONTARIf U n ited S t a t e s B u n t i n g C o m p a n y . cils and I'cn Holders, at tue old sund, Wo. 25 aiaideu L a n e . N. Y. PERFECTION 1 BOKEE’S BITTEESe Beware of Comiterfeite and Imitations S T E E L P E l i S , & f t l i e O l d S t a n d a r d TRADD MAKK! The woU-k£o«B Original and Topnlar Knxahers, 3 0 S - - 4 0 4 — 1 3 3 2 , AITD Hia OTHHB STYLffl, MAY BB BAD OF ALL DEALKBfi. JO S E P H GIEEO T T & SONS, 01 tiOHM ST ., NEW YORK. HENBY HOE. Sole AgenL THE UTILin ADJOSTABLE TIBIE. A G e n u in e H o u s e h o ld T r e a s u r e . TiZ~ I Maybe raised er lowered t f suit any person or pon>uso, ' --JJ and ho folded and packed awaylnanaomeat. To lad WINES, BRANDIES, Whiskies, &c. Misa’s Sherries:' Champagnes. Clarets, Sauternes, Hocks, k . OLD CLDB HOUSE fHISKEY, Old Scotch and Irish W hishles. I¥ 1 A C Y 4 ^ JEHKim, 6 7 I . i b e r t y S t r e e t . H I N R I C H S ’ H O L I D A Y FANCYJOODS. 75tli Animal Display. Toys, China, Glass, Bronzes, , Clocks, etc., etc. SMspIayed read y f o r sa le a t N o . 29 ti I*AKK PLAC3E, np sta ir s A lso B R A N C H S I O B B , o p p o s it e f P A R K P L A C P , c o r n e r o f Ci»i MAILLARD’S FOB BEEAKFAST, FOE LUNCH, FOR TRAVELLERS, Defy All Honest Competition. E N O R M O U S C O N S U r .nP T iO H . ALIO. FOE LNVALIDS. LA M B iE & SA R G E N T , BOLD PBOPBIIZrOBS AND MANUFAOS’DBEBA 793 Broadway, hot, 10th and 11th Sts. STEAM JOJ^liOTIN&. Books and Pamphlets PBDSTSD WITH. ACCtTBACT AND DESPATCH AT THB OfimOK OF THB E V E N I N G P O S T , OOBNRB OF Broadway and rulton Street. Jfew York F O R S ^ ' SEAL BKm M1B3ES' snfl CHILDREN'S SETS IH VABEGTV. ALL GOODS e U A B A ^ ^ D TU 9ITD 8ATISFAC ■BLEI&H ROB*a. GAXnSTidITa, c a p s . BTO m hto . BURKE, Manufacturer, ax-l B m a W . Fta* BaajrtJolJfUo*. IN HALF p o tN D PACKA&ES. AWARDBI) MEDAL at the 1 lESNA EifilBITlON. BEWARE OF IMITATIOe^S. OBSEBVE TRADE-JIARK, REAL NAME. SOLD BY ALL LEADING GROCERS AND MANU- ________________FACTURERS. ______________ J - FU3SHLL & SO I C E C R E A M , 12 BIBLB HOHBB. Opp. Cooper In«itnto. ’SfclC J E S . B E L I E F FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, 1 4 9 B r o a d w a y , ». W. Oor. Idbortr BtrooL Bar? yoRK. O a s b C a p i t a l ; ................ . ................... $2S0,0U 9 A!0» LAB43D SURPLUS. BDILDINGB. MBBOHANDian. end Other PROPRS. T f In this CITY and VIOINITY Ininrod aaaisft Ptrt el Uui reEOiar r*tM oi nreznluc. jamn H. rinknsLH. W. Beiobtr, Joseph B osctl J.T. B. Maxwell. Henry Anitloa, Henry Demarost, F. H. Maay, Wm. O. Barrett, Juntn* A. FnHei. John MoKegaon, W. 8. Hanford, WlUlnm A. Pond, Junsf I.-Todd, Francu Brown, J.H.Pantmnx. Gideon Pott. JAMK3H. PINKNaT, President HBNBT W. Bin.1 JIFFMS0«WSMCS(i., TRINITY BUILDIKO, ’’ NO, 1 1 1 B r o a d w a y , New JTorli, w er “ B A R a C e n t u r y ’» I n Sacoeosfti R n s tn e s B . C a s h C a p i t a l ............................. S&CO,SfO S u r p lu s ( ^ a r c h I, 18 7 5 ) o v e r 3 8 9 ,0 0 0 11500,010 losares Afutinst L« m by STlro on cbe 37er=s. BAMtnSL H. BELCEHE, ProsliSsiSt. wn.LlAH B. FLOWERY, SoCTetary, b o w e W “ ^ ^ R R E iNSURANOB Ot?„ 124 Bowery and 8 Fim SI* s35?<oo®i2?>o.KATJEBa> a s s s a . S s p i t a i ................................................ s s o a e a s gurplM JaB.,1875.................. aSOBOB a. SAYLOB, irtsfaKst. W. L. CDBrilYOU, Vlce-Prw’t. n io . A. BBlAafOr. JB., faereUgy. L IFE INSURAK'CE.- T H i m m u A T T A m LIFB mS¥EASCB COMPANY, O f f i c i i 0 6 a n d 158 S r o a d w a y , N. V. 09,462 88 H A lt O irS lL FIRE raSDEMCE COMPARF,' 120 Broadway, cor. Cedar Street. C a sh A s s e t s d a n n a r y 1, 187 5 , $1,426^64 8g. a. S. -WALCOTT, Presidoat. I. SIWSIH LABS, Sscrctary. OHAS. L, ROE, AMM’t Seriy Local Dep’t. WUltamsburgh^C^Jko Ins. 31. W. SCS8SBOU JBdsuisd « Xdwln Beers Kattaniei Bnge» gam^l M. Meeker m m . . T h e H o w a r d tn s n i - a n c e C o m p a n y , 0 ' ’ffi;''cSgfsE‘-SligifiS,7«iggs SAM’L T. feKlDMOEB, Pi-esldont. HB2SBY A. O a k l e t , y - Coin$aai|i Merehants’ Insnraiice o r THB CITY OF HHW YORK. S S O J £ 5 : : ; j ^ = = J.L.POPOLAW.8«Ttaary. _______ ______ CliHton f Coropasy. n i JtBephItodeers&fion English fin B rtd a l Gifts and Holiday Goods. Majolica, Woicttter and Minton China, Panaa Marblo, Glocks, Rtoiizefi. Fancy Goods, Ac. US til. SHUNQiCe. - • - ' Sixth « . « . FAXeSBtoV. J f a Si f - i V- A