The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-16

nefaroos trade and third only escaped BY jumPsns
from second sosy window. Three thousand dohAn -
atty cent cosntsrfea currency sesed inc i"''~
tons. s said. beang the very best thai nave yes
produced The countsrfeissrs will b oxamine' o''ose
Commissioner Bstts to-day. - p.,,,rors
The ola beard Of Police Commission's ~. 'e
yesterday surrendered all 'ne pu''Ss ~ = 1T7T
l poesesson u the new Board =. slg.s, -Ell
farc,,., t.s.r has occurred in the Erie canal near
| pa,mvra aoueducl II will DO repaires 'o-aay'
l r. - s.,., Mexico Is via San Frncisco, and - 70
| ~-. 80. e,ur French war vessel bad leh Acapulco.
~. ...,,,,r. or oaxaca by the iibrsis IS confirmed
c.,s, .,v.rez was in front Of Acapulco and expected
= ..r,.r. tho place soon He had received battery Of
,a.a cannon from san FtancscasA nc Twelve American
ar,,Ilerymen 70 man II Ano sOnoono "es'on no" Dan
rr..s,sco baa favored cargo Of ans at Mexican
| port IN oAS- R Ill
r.e r..sis has been removed from his classmates 70
o.s-.nodious apartments in Carroll He'll
Orders received in Toronto yserday to discharge
thirty OF the Fenian prisoners. TIT Canadian govern
ment has positively determined to commute the sem
iences OF Lynch hcMahon and the thers condemned to
DEATH Thomas Ryai one Of the Fmian prisoners who
offered to turn States evidence. escped yesterday.
Tho steamship General Sedgwick while lying on bar
OF Galveston harbor colded viii on Wednesday by
the schooner Adolph Huber and tn brig Florence, and
all three were somewhat damaged. y l.tiss0 So.
The Society Of the Army Of theTsnnessee reassem-
bied yesterday at Cincinnati resolution adopted
fixing upon Cyds Ohio suitable place for the pro.
posed monument to Mcpherson- The society then ad-
journed, tomcet again next year 10 St. Louis. 81
The Supreme Court Of Mississippi decided that the
functions Of the State government constitutionay
and loyalty exercised during the tim in which the State
was out Of the Union by OF r. and that
lost its organization State by reson Of secession
The leather store Of T. 4 NJ Fsxon, in Boston, was
robbed Of In stocks and mooy yesterday during
the Temporary absence OF the proprstors.
The cotton crop Of Tennessee is reported at onehalf
the AVERAGE but the grain crop in East Tennessee Is said
to be much better than usual
The robbers who recently committed various outrages
the Louisville and Nashville railroad have been cap
tured. oN
General Davis who recently issued an order pro-
hbiting any military display the remains Of the
rebel General Hanson, says that he not consulted
| In reference to such arrangements. iSsn
MIR. Speaker iCoifnx and the Next Session Of
$500 ~ Congress. stsI
Before Mr.. Speaker Colfax leaves his West
| ern home to resume his duties al Washington.
he should sit down quietly in frort of the Ere
and devote an hour or more to serious thought
upon the responsibilities of his position. A
| clever, smart active man, he was very good
| printer and very good edito' Of little
| country paper in little county town in In
| diana but as the Speaker of the House of
Representatives he has been almost a failure.
| In spite of the complimentary resolutions
| passed at the close OF the last session of Con-
| gress, and in spite of the fnsome eulogies of
I the partisan press, and in spite Of his election
to the next Congress by a very handsome vote,
| his comparative failure is fact which cannot
be denied. The complimentary resolutions
| were matter of course, tie praises of the
partisan press are bestowed indiscriminately,
and his reelection was only ripple in the
| overwhelming deluge of republican majorities !;
and when he comes to subject himself to a
critical examination by the Helight be must
admit that hitherto he has done great deal Of
mischief as Speaker Of the House and that be
has established no solid reputation for ability
and impartialty. AZ ss ass-r &
The present lamentable contest between the
President and Congress h due ina great
measure 10 the incapacity and the errors of
Mr.. Speaker Colfax. When the Last session
| commenced the Presidential Congress were
in practical accord. In his message the Presi-
dent stated very clearly what he had done
towards demonstrating the Union, and then
turned the whole subject over to Congress,
adding few suggestions which Congress has
since embodied in its legislation. The ultra
radicals or Jscobins, led by Mr.. Thad Stevens,
at once entered upon political crusade
against tie President; but this amounted to
nothing until the President was provoked into
retaliatory animadversions. The origin Of the
trouble was the use Of vulgar and abusive Ian
guage towards the President by Stevens,
lngersoll and other JacSbins. When they
called him traitor, = rebel a usurper and
''the man at the other end Of the avenue, - and
threatened him with the aye and the halter, it
required more placid temper than the Presi-
dent possesses to resist the temptation to reply
in equally violent terms. But the President
spoke unofdcially at "a mas@ meetings while the
radical Congressman spoke officially during
| the sessions Of the House, and with the sane
ton Of the Speaker That sanction Mr..
| Speaker Colfa4 had no right to give. At the
fret unparliamentary word II was his duty to
call the offending member 10 order. He knew
that twas contrary to the rules of the House,
to parliamentary law everywhere, aud to the
ordinary etiquette among gentlemen, for him
to permit the President of Ihe United States to
be abused, slandered and ridicpled In Cou-
gress, and he should hav interfercd imme-
diately. Had the discussions in Congress been
properly conducted there would have been
none Of this personal feeling in regard to