The New York herald., 1865-01-10

steamer sAxoua on Saturday Ihs parting sosns bsswesu
Guldsnfass and the Lady who accompanied him 70 thil
| country was Affecting
| spAniard named George Fernandes was yesterday
morning severely stabbed in tho right shoulder BY
poignard In the hand Of some unknown person. during
wrangls among number Of his 0ountrymea In drink.
/ Ing house In Pearl street.
The weather yesterday continuing clear and cold the
skating Of courss remained II good condition Tho ice
In very hns stats and the ponds In the Park and
around tho city thronscd throughous tho day with
Thousands Of people, Of both and Ill glasses and
agsa II the weather and the Ice should bs propitoua
thero TO be grand fancy dress ball the Fifth
pond next Thursday night
AZ meeting yesterday In brooklyn Of the Kings
county Board Of Supervisors preamble and resolutions
adopted declaring the quotas Of the Second and
Third Congressional disrcts which together have been
fixed. a. seven thousand six hundred and Ave.
cessive, and the Bounty Committee were directed u
take measures for having them reduced, possible
The Brooklyn Common Council for the year 1885 waa
organized last evening" and the message Of Mayor Wood
received and read This document presents very
favorable picture Of the present condition OF the city
The Mayor also sent in his veto Of the ordinance passed
by the Common Council the ed OF December author
zng tho city railroad companies their from
I've to soven cents
During alteration about eleven o'clock last night
on board Williamsburg ferry boat, between white
and colored man. the latter drew pistol and Aired
It, woundng the former in the leg The asssant waa
arrested.
The Young Mems Christian Association had very in
eresng meeting last evening the occasion OF the
opening Of their rooms, No. l6l Fifth
large assenblage present. including number Of pro-
minent gentlemen, among whom was General Robert
Anderson Tho entertainment consisted Of addresses
music, 30.
The Missouri Convention in session, have decided
In favor Of complete reconstruction OF the State cons
tuition, and appointed committee TO report the
| sary amendments.
The steamer Knckerbocker belonging TO the Peoples
Line Of this city sunk In Chesapeake bay during the
gallo Of last Friday and IL is thought tat all persons
board Of her drowned 1t In supposed that there ID
possibility Of saving any portion Of the vessel
The New jersey Legislature will assemble at Trenton
to-day The Senate consists Of thirteen democrats and
eight republicans, and the House OF thirty members Of
each party.
collision between passenger and freight train on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Farmington West
Virginia. occurred last Saturday. by which person
fatally and several others severely injured The
baggage mail and express took fire and burned
The City Inspector reports 42s deaths in the city
during the week ending the 9th OF January-an In
crease Of compared with the mortality Of the week
previous and IS less than occurred during the
ponding week last year.
The stock market was dun yesterday. Government
securities moderately active, aud higher In Ave-
twenties Gold was steady, and closed ut 220zS.
There not much change in the commercial status
yesterday compared with last Saturday. The seadi-
the gold market rendered prices Of merchandise
comparatively steady. Foreign goods quiet, and
but moderate business done In domestic produce
and that generally at about Saturdays pricea On
Change the nour market quiet At previous prices.
Wheat was dull but nrm while corn was In limited de-
mand at previous figures Oats quite active at
advance OF &c q 90. Pork duh and lower while beef
was steady In price, with fair demand lard quiet,
but 1rm Freights quiet while whiskey was lcse active
but firm
The Issue Between Our Generals and the
AbOliti0nists-The Great Question Of the
Day.
The late magnificent military achievements Of
Sherman and Thomas, the present overwhelm-
ing combinations Of General Grant looking to
Richmond, the hopeless situation and desperate
expedients proposed by JEFF. Davis to save him
self, regardless OF the interests or institutions
Of the Southern people, are kindling power
fnl reaction throughout the South in favor Of
submission to the Union. There can be no mis-
take about It. The fact Is established, to 90 no
further, in the feotious wranglings among the
Richmond journals, Davis and anti Davis, from
day to day. So far exhausted, discouraged and
alarmed, between Lincoln and Davis, are now
the shareholders OF the rebcllious States, that IL
proclamation were issued by President Lin
coin to the effect that with the submission Of
said States to the Union within tho term Of
three months, they will be welcomed back
again, with their local institutions, slavery and
ALL just as the war has practically left them, 10
take their chances, we fully believe that not
another battle would be necessary to break up
tho Davis confederacy and end the war.
Shall the war, then, be prolonged for the
purpose of utterly extipguishing slavery as the
only condition Of peace, when peace may be of
once obtained by leaving slavery TO die with
out further torture and to be buried In consti-
tutional amendment This Is now the issue
between the abolition politicians al Washing
ton and cur generals In the field, and II may
now well be regarded as the great question of
tho day. General Grant, devoting himself 70
the one great object Of dcmolisting the rebel
armies, has not troubled himself about the
abolition programme; General Sherman fatty
rcpudiates it; General Thomas has studiously
avoided 1t, and General Sheridan, as on earnest,
faithful soldier, knows nothing about it. The
army and the navy are fighting simply TO put
down the rebellion, while the abolition leaders
at Washington insist upon using the army and
the navy for the extirpatiou Of slavery ~ the
only acceptable condition Of peace.
That the abolitionists are distrustfhl Of our
leading generals cannot well he doubted.
Hence the proposition TO create another
lieutenant general or two, and the recent In
vidious comparisons Of certain abolition jour
mails between the late successes Of Sherman and
those Of Thomas; and hence, we guess, Tho
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