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The New York herald., 1866-03-29

GENERAL SCOTT AND GESERAL GRANT.
Two pictures, by Constant Mayer, opened -
private view night at Gurney's Gallery, BrozdwsyA
History has enshrneA the names Of the subjects Of bosh
pictures two Lieutenant Generals Scott and Grant
in the most precious spot OF the nations memory. AZ
faithful portraits is hardly possible to overrate the
value pictures As works Of art they are equal
to anything which Mr. Mayer has yet produced in the
limo Of portraits We have rarely from any moders
artist so fine piece Of painting that Of General
Grant In the character Of the face have all that
can be required make familiar with the man. NS
Grant in hts most natural and pleasant mood The
scrnness and harshness which characterize the pictures
Of the hero OF the heretofore presented to 10
are subdued and toned down TO the standard Of nature
A finer specimen Of flesh tnting and relief II would be
hard to conceive Tho head stands boldly out from the
canvas bringing tho spectator face 10 face with the org-
nal and almost destroying the illusion that IL Is counter
felt and not real life upon which he Is look
ing More than this in praise Of the work caunoa
saw The portrait Of General Scott is equally good
II Is PROBABLY the picture for which the old hero
will ever slt. and such II may be regarded a. q
souvenir OF matchless wortha link connecting the pre-
sent with the past in the history Of our military chief
ains Il seems befng that they should be placed sidc
by sdethe soldier who maintained the dignity
Of the republic against the assaults of foreign enemy
in years gone by aud the soldier who In our later trials
helped preserve us Integrity ny
tic foes They appropriate companion pictures AZ
mastery works Of art they viii commend themselves "a
the favorable judgment Of the critic and the connosseur
AUCTION SALE OF PICTURES AT THE OLD DUssEr-
DoRp GALLERY.
Messrz Leeds X Miner spld q large collection OF PIC
tures by European and American artists at this gallery
last evening There were not many works OF merit
offered and the bidding accoringiy very slow and
srtcss. Few pictures brought more than the value OF
the frames Many Of them started at from three IN
hyc dollars and were knocked down at sums varying
from Ave 10 twenty dollars with the exception of two
or three which up sixty dollars The names of
most Of the did recommend their works any
more than the works themselves, for most "a them
unknown We cvcapt three American artists,
such a. Coleman, I. A. Richards, W. W. Browne, Du-
rand George l.. Brown and few cihers. fu length
portrait General Taylor put hut found no bid
dera wlereupon the auctioneer remarked that Il
evident that Andy johnson the only President who
was considered worth anything In these aaSsa senti-
ment which br~ueht out general appliance. The whole
amount realized by the san lnst night~hch incudea
one hundred and thirty pictureswas very small CON-
parcd with tho receipts Of previous ssks
This evening some protentyous pictures will 10
offered including Churchs Volcano oc Coopaxi Ber-
stadtp vIew ON the Platte River Nebsska aud Roes-
ters "Tnree Types Of Beauty"
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WITH SUPPLEMENT N T.
New York, Thursday, March 30, 1865.
ADVERTISING or The CITY PRESS.
The Herald the Great Organ OF the
Business Public.

Annexed are the returns to the Internal Revenue
Department Of the receipts from advertising Of all the
say papers Of this city for two years. In the first
column the receipts for thirteen months being the
year 1854 with month of 1862 and in the second
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Iug Exr@Es~ Cosrssuxl-Tne provisional cortraoe
for the consolidation Of tho various great rtpress
companies accepted yesterday by He Ma
tcnaI Bankers Express Company IL under-
stood that the srrasgcmen, " 70 increase he captJ
stock a shc old companies the oxten, of rc monS
Of dollyrs which stock ~ be taken BY yihe Ns'iob,
Banyep The l~ser soss o., " esir,ebg n sepsrs.i
coU.usnv.
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Mn JAnKs r. HAcxsr BEcoEtrx-Nr Hscksss
will appear at the Bro okiyn Academy Of husc on Mon
day wednesday and thursday evenings cf next wees
Henry The Fourth, the Merry Wives Of windsor, Zip
Van wink.e and onsieur MaIlst Avcry good company
has been secured by Manager rayieure TO support Mr.
Haekeu In these his best characters Mr. iiackeit VIII
appear al New haven at the conclusion cf hs Brooklyn
engagement.
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doing what 1t can to prevent by rendering the
position Of the planter as uncertain as posi-
BILE, by damaging labor and property, doing
all that it may to shorten the crop ofnext year.
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PEAcEvL NKws IRON EuubPE.-Acccrding to
the latest news everything is lovely IN Europe.
There spuesrs 10 be a general >s.llns up OF
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Mn. MAYNARDs SPEECH IN Connecticut
Maynard, of Tennessee. madc very foolish
speech at Meriden, Connecticut, on the eth
inst He spoke in favor Of the republican
candidate, and stigmatized the opponents
Of that gentleman-perhaps nearly half the
people of Connecticut-as "deserters and
bounty jumpers" copperheads, and so on, and
accused them generally Of want of patriotism.
This was neither wise nor polite. The fact that
men oppose republican candidate need not
necessarily impcach their patriotism, and since
Mr. Maynard pretended to feel grateful to Con-
necticut for some past favors, he might have
exhibited his gratitude in better way than
by abusing great number Of her people.
The most remarkable point in Mr.. Maynard's
speech was his reference to the restoration of
the Union. ave have now" he said, ~ re-
stored Union, and the government il established
beyond all efforts TO disturb it," And he
further declared that this restored Union had
restored call the rights and privileges of peace"
This is singular language for one in bis posi-
tion. Mr.. Maynard is member elect from
Tennessee in the present Congress, and he is
refused admission to the House. He is not
allowed to take his seat in the House, either as
right or privilege, in this restored Union. He
il shut out by the verdict of party which de-
nies the restoration Of the Union in Tennessee,
though it afirms II in Connecticut The most
important fact in Mr.. Maynard's life is that he,
with many other representatives OF the South
ern people. is denied the highest right given by
the constitution. He cannot gain from Congress
any recognition Of the rights of his constituents
in the Union, and yet he goes to Connecticut
and prates of restored Union and restored
rights in order to contribute to the success OF
the very party that denies that Union and those
rights in his own case.
We know not by what bargain Mr. Maynard
has arranged with the radical leaders TO thus
stultify himself and his constituents by doing
the dirty work of the radicals in the Connect.
cut canvass; but IL the price Of this act IL any
exception 10 be made in his favor on the ques
ton of admission, he will only secure tina,
advantage nj the expense of public odum.
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some method Of relieving our taxpayers of the
scandalous extortions of the gas monopolies of
this city and Brooklyn.
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CorroS AND SPECIE PAywENrs.--Since the
close of the war there has come into our mar
kets from the Southern States $500, 900
worth Of cotton. The effect Of this upon our
finances has been exactly the same as II II had
been three hundred millions OF gold, and il is
this that has carried the price Of gold down to
its present point Where would we have been
financially but for this cotton' Farther great
deal from specie payments than We have ever
been yet And IL is upon future receipts OF the
same great staple, and upon its effect IN rcstor-
ing the financial balance Of the world, so much
against US, that we must count for the return TO
specie paynenta This will accomplish Il in
the only safe and natural way, despite all that
may be said 10 the contrary BY crsck-brained
specie payment theorists. Not by the reduc-
Hon Of imports, but by making the expectation
ofour vegetable gold exceed in value all our
imports together, win we bring things 70 the
natural state: and this the radical Cougrese Y
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ANUsEMENrs THIS EVENING.

BRoADWAY THEATRE. hroadwav. near Brooms
street -rHk CHIMNEY CoRsHR-CosJuGAL LEssoH
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mu.ss. o.s Of Canas Ian vol-nsesr..

IoRosTo March y Is6.
Orders have been Issued 20 muster out the surplus
volunteers over ten thouf and, which number VIII 10
kept o. standing army of observation the frontier.
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difficulties there. The family quarrel betveea
Prussia and Austria is to be settled BY refer
ence to the Federal Diet, and tho King Of PFus-
sia, having overruled Won Bismark's dicts-
torial policy, Is likely to get possession o.
Schleswig-H -Holstein without any molestataos
from Austria So there is to be no fighting in thaS
quarter. The English people are TO be CON-
forted with reform bill, which ID to increase
the number Of voters by four hundred thos-
sand. The Fenians In Ireland have not struck
q blow, and their formidable "head CENTRE"
Stephens, has left the country, after advising
his followers to keep the peace for the present
and attend to their ordinary avocations Ame-
lioration seems to bs the order Of tho day for
Ireland. The Prince OF Wales Is announced -
the next President Of the ST. Patrick's Society Of
uDblin, and will no doubt appear on the next
18th Of March with shamrock in his button
hole, as George tho Fourth did once before.
when Ireland was to be "conciliated" In
short, the clouds and smoke which for some
time past rather dimmed the political sky q
Europe, would appear, from this news, to have
passed away, and everything to be quits
balmy again.
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LUCY RUsHTON'S THEATRE Nos 7S ana 7SO Broad.
wsy-VALIASr vALENrNK-THE GUARDIAN ANGEL.
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WHY n NOT JEFF. DAVIS TRIED Or LDDr
ATED I'VE have the Legendary punishment o.
the "iron mask" as an old French mode a
keeping out Of sight or in perpetual seclusios
a person whose liberty was dangerous to .
particular dynasty. That tyranniCal mode
might have operated we'll enough century
or two ago, when politics and Kingdoms were
founded upon different bases than they are IN
this period. Two hundred years since it mighk
have been expected that rebel like JEFF. Davis,
who had been the author of such bitter hostility
to the government, and the quiet witness OF the
cruelties that marked the bloody career Of the
Southern rebellion, would have had his head
chopped off at the shortest notice and his
bodily suHerings speedily ended But it seems
that we are permitted to see in this enlightened
era an instance of the refinement Of baIbarity
for political offences which never characterized
the dark ages. JEFF. Davis is, as it were, in .
living tomb. The President is blamed fox
allowing him to be kept there; but it is not
the Presidents fault The fault lies with the
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court, who de-
clnes to try Davis for high treason, because
he is at loss where to try him SO as to secure
his conviction. He will not try him in Virginia
because he doubts whether jury can be en-
panelled who can be made to believe that the
accused is or was q traitor. He will not try
him in loyal State like Pennsylvania, where
overt acts of rebellion were committed with
the connivance of Davis, because he is afraid
that, being so far removed from the actual thea
tre of the rebellion, jury may be moved to
clemency. Congress fails to provide solution
tor this dilemma, and in the meantime the
prisoner lies incarcerated. In the hands Of
the Chief Justice or of Congress rests the re-
sponsibility Of obtaining . decision in the case
of Davis That he Is entitle to q trial is 90
knowledged on oil hands, even by the most
radical That be must be eternally imprisoned
in other words, made to wear perpetually An
iron mask, according to the fashion Of feudal
times, without trial, Is . stigma upon our
republican institutions. Let JeG Davis be
tried somewhere-in the District Of Columbisi
in the Capitol, II the Chief Justice cannot and
more convenient or suitable place-or LET
him be liberated under . proclamation oa
general amnesty. We believe the republic
need have no further fears Of such men.
The New York herald., 1866-03-29

WOODS THEATRE. Broadway. opposite the ST. Nicholas
HoteL-EAsr LYs~x
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GEORGE CHRlSvYS-OLp SCHOOL ov MINsrRELsy,
ballads, MUSICAL 6Ess &C. Fifth Avenue Opera House,
Nos and West Twsnty- fourth street-Miss BLOCKER
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sANFRANCTsCO MINSThELs. 5s5 Broadway, opposite
Metropolitan hotet-ErHiorAh StScIs0 DAs0Is2 10
THn FLYING TRAPEgx.
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NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, sl8 BrosdwaI.
Opon from 10 n. till l0P. n
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TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE. eol Bowery SING.
ING DANCING BuRLRsoUES. &c.-Tuk YANkEE INVENTOR;
Or Two DAYS FRANCE.
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CLINTON HALL, Eighth street.-MR. E. H. HARpNos $
SEtkCT CONCERT.
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BRADY'S GALLERY, 785 Broadway corner of Tenth
street-Open every morning and afternoon.-NEw COL
LECTION or WAR VIKws AND HISTORIC PORTRAITS. Free to
the public.
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BRYANTS' MINSTRELS Mechanics Hail. <72 Broad.
way.-NEeRo C0nIcALIrIEs BURLKsoUEs. Ac.-rHs LIVE
Evkp
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HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn. -ErmoriAH Mn.
ssBxLsY-BALLADs BURLKsouEs PANonIMEs-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1866-08-18
BY OSNAN & HAPEMAN.

riences in working the cane: lst Green
cane-that bat barely half ripe-makes the
most and best sugar. ID. Cane dead ripe
has no sugar. 3. Cane cut, stripped, and
exposed to the sun, loses its qualities. 4th.
Stripping the cane is a useless task. 9Th.
All their sugar has been taken from Imph6e.
9th. Cane frosted and made into syrup be-
comes very frothy in the granua.ing boxes,
but does not become sour; there is no fer
meutation. 7th. The syrup drained from
the sugar is very far superior 10 that made
in the orlinar3 manner.
Our people have been so swindled and
humbugged by s. sugar recipes, and n host
Of useless inventions to make sugar, that
they are slow to give creGence to anything
which cannot be demonstrated to their sight.
Many of ther feel like "knocking down and
dragging OUT the first man that does offer
them a>patemt right for making sugar. But
in this instance ,re hGre $mgar; not a nig>
gardy yield of it, but abundant supplies, the
constant res at of a series of scientific opera
tions.
In 1861, TIE census returns of Jefferson
CO.. Iowa, gave 63l acres of sorghum. WELD
ing 46,7l gallons of syrup, or about 81 gal
Ions per acre; in 1865 the yicl. was much
greater and would not fall below 10000
gallons. But suppose there are but $4,000
gallons tins at the lowest estimate. shoald
Weld 100000 pounds of sugar, and leave
balance of 10000 gallons OF syrup.
These Ggurcs afford room for reflection ;;
viii some one have the goodness to make the
and see whether i sugar factory
would pay in our midst?
Yours truy, J. NJ. sIIaFFER.
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INGENUITY OF TIE THRUsH-N0t very
long ago there pointed out TO me a
thrush 5 nest, built in the fork of a mountain
ash. so near the bedroom window as to be
under the close inspection of an invalid lady,
who with her husband aud her nurse We're
much Interested i'll the progress OF the family.
The young birds were hatched on the 20th
of June. For several weeks no rain had
fallen till the 29th, when a heavy downp
set in, which lasted, with very slight Irter,
mission, through that and the following day.
The parent birds were much distressed to
give shelter to their young, and despite all
their care they failed in their efforts, until,
struck with a happy thought. they succeeded
in r.acin@ a stuck across tie nest; then,
awaiting themselves of this extemporized
perch, and simultaneously spreading out their
wirgs, they formed complete and eticctual
canopr On the following dav the perch had
dIsapeGfei; with the return Of sunshine both
parents, relieved from all anxiety on account
OF the weather, were busily plying their
brood with grabs and caterplllars, so that /
had NJ opportunity fer seeing the happy con
trivancc: but the three more fortunate obs
servers bore testimony, in terms Of high
admiration, to the ShID and patience exhibi-
ted by the thrushes, who never des rted the
perch 50 long as the rain continued, althor Oh
their own feathers were dripping with water
Throughout the second day OF trial, the cock
bird brought food for his mate, WHO distribu
ted it among her musings, takiny, Of course,
her well-earned share. asked my friends
how the birts coutribed to carry up the perch
more than fifteen feet from the ground, but
neither had been 50 fortunate as to witness
what must have been clever piece Of cugi-
meering.-C1rrepoHtencs cfHIrICict Sctcaee
Gossip.
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"E:F.!,s More as 'l'.YcEve.''

i Dutcnman in Pennsylvania leased his
lands to an oil company in Peuusy ivania
last spring, on condition that h should res
ceire oue-eighlh of the oil procured. The
well proved to be pretty good one. and the
Dutch farmer began to think that the oil
men should give him better chance, and
ventugct 10 tell them SO. Thev asked HIM
what he wanted. He said they ought to
give him one,twelfth. The agreement was
finally made, with the understanding that he
was no. to tell any one.
All went smooth urtil the next division
dav ,me, when our friend was early on hand
to see how much better he would he of
under the new bargain. Eleven barrels were
rolled to one side Tor the oil men, and one
Tor him. This dIa not suit him.
"How's dish >" said be- Il think | was
70 get more as before; by jinks, you make a
mistake"
The matter was explain td TO him, that he
formerly got ono barrel to every eight, but it
was his own proposition I'd only take one of
every twelve.
This revelation, took him abb ok. He
scratched his head, and looked crosc, AID
relieved his feelings of self reproach By in
dignantly remarking:
''Vell, dat ish the 6rst time as ever |
knowed eight wash more as twelve"
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Protection, 70 .:lr From Fnicrcs;.

In his speech the other day in Tie House,
Mr. Raymond, Of New York. is reported to
have said:
The great complaint he made against pro-
tcc;:on was Mt t4at !: was wrong IN primer
ll-. bat that there was no end to It. They
had been told = the beginning that proiee-
ton would only be needed Tor d few years
and then that the manufacturers OF the
country could stand alone. Trey had been
adding on more and more projection for the
last thirty or forty years. and stll. The manu>
I4c;urers asked tor more. Tho New ork
Central and Erie railroads empio ted together
FIVE times n7o-e capital than all the rolling
mills IN the United States, dsbursiug ten
times as mitch money 70 wprl; thcm, and
supporting ten times as many people. Those
two roads renewed usually one>fth Of their
track every year, requiring. each OF taem,
twenty thousand to.s of railroad iron. At
the present rate Of duty, the duty on that
was S1I2. 900: at the increased rate proposed
it would be 7j,0tJ--that is to sal, those
.yo roads would pay about two millions OF
dollars by way Of protection. They had pald
last year one million each as internal tax.
There must be an end to that; they could
not stand such pressure. These were only
two railroad companies. All the railroad
companies of the United States had paid
last year little less than six millions for in
tcrnal tax, and nov it was proposed to put
upon them five or six mil lhOns more in tue
shape of protection. He desired to see the
time con when these manufacturing estab
lisLments would have got footing enough TO
protect them selves. At any rate, he did II OF
like t. see the railroads Of the country sad
died with enormous taxation merely for the
protection Of the iron>rolid K interests which
was now amply protected.
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wit and Justice In Missouri.

It Is we'll known that some Of the Judges
in Missouri are very reluctant TO enforce the
law against ministers of the gospel for exer-
cisng their profession without having taken
The test oath, and avail themselves of every
pretense 20 discharge those who are accused.
We tell the following tale as tits told to us,
youching for nothing:
Three ministers, charged with the crime OF
preaching 1.-The glorious gospel of the Son OF
Cod were arraigned before a certain Judge.
They were regularly indicted, and it was un-
derstoOd that the proof against them was very
clear.
"Are you preacher" said the Judge 20
one of them.
Yes, SIR replied the culprit.
"Io what denomination do YOU belorg?'-
Il am a Christian, SIR" with diguity.)
"a christian! What do YOU mean by that?
AR, not all preachers christians p
~ belong to the sect usually called, but
wrongly called CamPbe!lites." Not SO much
dignity)
''Ah Then you believe in baptizing peo-
pie in order that they may be born again, do
you? ?"
Il do, sir" (Defantly)
.'Mr Sheriff. discharge that mani He is
an innocent man h. is indicted for preaching
the gospel, and there isn't "a wola of gospel
in the stuff that he breaches its only some
of Alexander Campbells nonsense. Discharge
the mani"
Exit Campbenite, greatly rejoicing.
''Are YOU IA preacher" said tue Judge, ad>
dressing the rest criminal.
Il am. sir said the miscreant.
"Of what denomination are YOU q
81 am Methodist, sir" Oils looks shows
Cd it,
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EAYTH iE:ssTCGRAEY.
4 Significant Cate Of TILES.


Translated f,r til. Republican from the Courier d.s Etat
Uni'.
There has been much conversation and
much merriment about the ex-Emperor
faUst!n lzt, OF Haytl, abont his black em-
pire, his grotcsque aristocracy, his unheard
OF dukes, aud his mystical princes, bat as
yet. eItlltr through ignorance or indifference,
10 one has given a complete list of the dig
nlt2riea Of the ex-lmPerial Court Yet
gorhI.r Is more provocative of gaIty than