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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-19

by exclamation, and adopted resolutions endorsing
Grant for next President and protesting against tho pur
chase Of new territory.
In the Georsl. Convention yesterday the resolution
requesting General Pope TO Governor jenkins.
af,cr stormy debate. was adopted.
frghsful railroad accident occurred near Angola
" " on thu Erie Lake shore Railroad yesterday altar
day afternoon Two were thrown down an smbsnk-
mont afty feet and OF them caught nrs Forty
eight persons out Of fty occupying the latter were
burned to DEATH and their remains 70 blackensd
and chared that IL was impossible 70 Identity thsm-
large number also wounded list Of whom, far
as was possible TO ascertain their names, h given else
where In the HERALD this morning.
violent shock Of earthquake which shook Arm
buildings and ratified loose furniture vas experienced
Syracuse. 0gdensburg Utica, Auburn, Burlington, VT,
and throughout Canada yesterday mornins three
O'Clock.
The election for Convention in Texas ID ordered for
the 10th and IAN OF February inclusive.
General Reynolds commanding the sub-district OF
Texas has ordered that all refugees arriving a. Browns
vile from Mexico be returned 70 the Mexican author-
ties as deserterx
Freedmen In Alabama are mot generally making con-
tFacu for The coming year. In sections farmers
require them when doing 30 TO sign agreement also
o vote against the constitution.
The Erie and osvsgo Canals TO DO closed BY Official
order on Friday.
hawssr parted on board the City Of Paris, lying in
the North river, yesterday. and eleven employed
on board wers severely wounded. one Of them dying
Afterwards Of his injunss
The steamship China len Boston for Liverpool ysstsr-
day, carrying s22o 900 in specie and thirty three pas
ssugsn This ID the last Cunardsr that viii leave Bos-
son . al the vessels in the line win hereafter ply be-
tween New York and Liverpool.
The steamer Sappho, Captain LINGO which left New
York on the l1th inst for Wilmington, G.. aban-
donsd on the l4h. in . sinking condition. Tho crew
were taken on BY the brig Stephen Bshop and landed At
Fortress Monroe yesterday.
The North German Lloyd's steamship New York. Cap
tain Drsyer win sail from Hoboksn as 70 day rhur;
day) for Southampton and Bremen. The malls for
Great Britain and the Continent viii close u the Post
Ofice ct halfpast ten this morning.
The steamship G ". Lord, Captain ward Of h.
Mallory CO. line will sail from pier 40 East river To-
day Qhursday) for alvssson. Texas.
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NEW JERSEY.


Boy FRy0ETYurlY hUHArnp o. xun RAuR0Aa-
Ysssssday sfssrneea. about I've O'Clock, by uans1
GilbsFt Lnn ssvsnfssa ysan ola sGanllsg q -
platform q aisssAsl 70 . train which ~ bsag
drilled q the depot whsa BY sudden concussisa e
The cars he uas 6naken on and fell under tbs whssla
HIS rlghs horribly mutiIsisd aid paEs e ~
skull Was crushed II. Il he's become quits oommea m
boys 70 jump % cars IN this way, and would rs0elFs
exsraerdinary vigilance - prsvsas thsm-
s# h3 Ns Weehauk0u. Nt
CoEunox o. I'm Nonu RvER --On Tuesday afssg-
uoon ths lighter General ssesl Into near Bril-
stone Point and damaged thas she could proossA -
further The steamer Underh In going 70 her ssasss-
ancs was cut through BY ice. which earvsol away
pars II Ne side and she soon aftsr ssnk.
Pnssnic.
nGnoR SHOOTING MAruES-A match came On yeGtoe-
day bsswsen william Taylor Of jersey CITY, and Mos
nsyss, q PAtsrson, for tsoo. which wsn ~ ~
latter VINO bsas his opponent By TOO birds NE
asdIng shiry V swessy-sisht me oondisioas wssA.
N ounce and quarter shot, aehsssa yards ~ -
one hundred yaras boundarsso. = mnesh enme - -
Tuesday near ~ Hacgensack s1atioa, beeuoea Joo
Tysen and MART Sssera for 500, which w. 20 ~
rs FORMER. Phlo l. enow, Ten nyior. messsz A.
dseson and Tyuoa then shos Tor swsspsAkea h whieA
fysoa aid mel min singe bird Two matches are -
rsngsd en- - Trsutou shs ether - 0sssn-
vis Hudson couny, between Miles Johnson and Mosso
Meyer $780, the condisons being twenty dsubae
birda, With an ouacs and quartss shos
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WEST SIDE AssecArlon.

Last evening . meeting Of owners e real estate was
held q he Evsrsss ReonA ssnsr a Drosdwsy and
Thirty fourth sisss under the auspices Il ~ Wss
Side Association, for The purpess Of ooasidsring NE
assassns of The nap q shs wsss side By Ne Comma
sionss = ths Csnsni fsrk The Boalsvasi main dran-
age ~ othsr matters relating 10 property. fhs Prss
dsat NJ. ". A whIsbsck, occupied The chair.
Ths Secretary. Mr. ?. Rssg,sa rsal The ainusss Of
the last msssinv and the rspo q The executive CON-
nitesl both q which were unaaimously adopted
ssds - - Connisisasn Of u Csasss fark A. isr
~ va sSss :: ;s y.
i veoM . mere srssnsasa, ana the lasd front.
more sssesns and private but more valuable y
: :s:s a. ..s s' Z: lev "a sss:
ssss:s. would ): ,.aa.l.s isr lie ,:y.ss on q
advescs y shsir general esutnsat = = y - whas
lssa Improvements may - made He assus-d We
vs ssss d. nsssarss avs,7.S sssus - carried sss
r:ss ,sis:, bus : s.isy.s y Sssss : zen o.
NJ v. A whisbsck men proceeded 70 poias Qua -
pssIrsy q , usns steam Ps.ps f0s NE sascss 81
ssiss hsrs.oors sdopssd In sSsr pssss q Ne cay
who're erssks and ponds existed, Of nilina them
~ end constructpg severn who're the tide
s6eo sad flows scr0D he lever lscaIIsiss He
propoGition - apply - the authorities Tor The
construction Of large, dep Harlem fooa
and also Toe the construction the banks Il ~ Esos
river, near where the abastols stanoa Of reservoir
bulkhend pump house aa1 steam pump 70 ulteve Ibis
ooWoz BY means Of which al The lands end Dasshes
esul1 bs dlns1 In support Of shs proDsssioa
- ooowe1 the benencal e0oct rssnng o ehs prooens
drainage system q I1ondos, " vhsch NE esvssags.
thEouGh the AM e NE slsam pu0p 90 rntse1 ffoo
lower 70 higher lsvs1 ssl then finally psmpsd int ne
fellous scvcrs. an4 Wns thus easrie1 % down tbo
Thames 10 the proper points a disshasrs aad nsv, In
eeo1 of pouring The soweuee 81 the whoee UetroDoan
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prove ths cspesily q Is ~ saaas1 shas Ne puUp =
Csseness IL 6oa(A ds ~ We Ihamea ~ enooblo
- lining ven thoseasA suhlo Ssss - sswsssGs sAwy
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-19


That famous private letter Of General Grant
70 the President demonstrating against the ~
movsl Of Stanton and Sheridan Is out 1t last,
and II seems that the radicals in Congress are
pleased with it - far ss il goes. The letter
shows, however, that General Grant, in dipping
into party politics, h out Of his proper element
and that as political prophet he is not infslli-
BILE. But again. this letter, together with his en-
dorsement upon one Of Sheridan's letters from
New Orleans, describing the atrocious doings
Of the unreconstructed rebels of Texas, will,
we dare say, serve to settle all doubts as to
General Grants adhesion to Congress, and bis
availability for the Presidency as the republi-
can candidate. We may, therefore, consider
his nomination by the Republican National
Convention as . foregone conclusion and the
politicians on all sides may just as well begin
at once to shape their plans accordingly.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-19

Ballet Troubles-l1ogs and I.awyers.
The "Black Crook" and tho "Dovil's Auction"
are at loggerhsads about . dsnseQps. The
Amasonian militia on either side have been
called out, and excited supernumeraries eager
for the fray are buckling on their tin armor
and pasteboard helmeta The younger scion
Of biz Satanic Majesty sends cartel Of def
ance to his elder brother in the shape OF an
injunction, but the "Black Crook" chsckmates
the terrible document with friendly judge,
who mobiles II In the most accommodating
manner. lawyer scribble away furiously and
keep up chassepot fre Of legal threats and
technical explosives, while The carpenters and
assistants Of tho rival establishments threaten
to convert their blue nrs into Greek nrs or
nitro-glycerine. Here h . subject for Dickens
which will rival The celebrated oase Of Bar
dell versus Pickwick, and one which may
figure In tho second edition Of the aAmerican
Notes" Piroustses and pas, dancers and law
yers, tsbleaux and toas, are new subjects ON
the legal calendar, and may bother judges
more than the most sbstruse problems Of Coke
and Blackstone In tho meantime ths poor
good natured public wonders what al the
row ID about and the drama lapsss lower into
the depths Of degradation in The substitution
Of legs for brsina
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Radicals. sun Rampant.

Thad Stevens Reconstruction bill yesterday
passed the House. Tho frst section Of this
bill changes an important clause in the former
Reconstruction laws, 90 g to put more power
in the hands sf the negroes. As the Recon-
struction laws stand the constitutions that arc
being framed for tho Southern States BY the
conventions Of negroes and Northern adven-
turers could only be adopted In each State by
being voted for by majority Of all the regis
tered voters. This pat II in tho power Of the
whites b defeat The constitutions in some
States By not voting, and The new bill changes
this % that the negro may foros matters ct
will Nfa n4R c8A 80 fEzetaE .Ts s6.6
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-19

Senator Coakllng % the Csste1 Tax.
We arc sorry TO nnd Mr.. Conkling, In the
United States Senate. opposing the bill for tho
repeal Of tho cotton tax; FOX No regard this
repeal q measure urgently demanded BY
the highest considerations Of Justice, expe-
diency and humanity. We fear that Mr.. Conk.
ling has not looked into the actual condition
Of things now prevailing throughout the cot.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-19

Iu yesterdays HERAID We printed letters
IRON OR special correspondents q Hong Kong
and q Yokohama. The letter from Hong
Kong h dated October IS; that fson Ycto
haua b dated October - Fall mail dslaih
iron Asss mr. away Adstic centres IN spacs
o. tins % brief arc proof not only a ne
enlsrpriss o. American journstsA but q Ne
growing sutsEpriss and power Of he Ansricsn
people IL b NOD di6eult 70 ssrssss Tat No
futnss Of China and Japan , 70 be largely
innssnesd By the great American nation.
NsIthss Of those two great Asiatc nations Co
be said 10 BE- In . satisfactory condition, and
ia botA me one and NE other Ansrfoan entsr-
priss, ven directed. mag drd : ecagenisi Geld,
~ vol a. rich rewards.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-19

+ Lord Stanley insists upon II thai the late so-
called Confederate States were entitled TO the
bslligerent rights Of : separate nationality,
md there - stands NJ Seward Insists that
sjl essSss were nothing moro tAan league
Of insurgents, and that they had no shadow Of
right to any bellissrsnt rights under the law
Of nations, and lhsre hs stands What, then,
d 70 BE- donef Clearly, the only alternative
len our governnsnt 3 10 cut the Gordian
knot in the simple Jaoksonian ultimstum Of
Indemnity or rsprisals-the cash Of the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-19

The letter Of our special correspondent st VAL
paraiso, printed In yesterdays HxRAI.D, shows
that very considerable excitement has been
created throughout the republic by the arrival
Of the Spanish neet In the waters Of the Pacific.
chickering's ssill continue between Congress
and the Executive. Aproposal made BY Peru
70 revive The international congress at Lima
for The confederation Of the common Interests
Of The allied republics does not meet with much
favor, but the heart Of the republic Is declared
to be In sympathy with General Prsdo and the
national party in Peru. The Chilesns are not
indidbrsnt to the benefits that would result
from better understanding among the allied
repablics = q. their common duties, but u Il
feared that IN present circumstances con-
grsss might beget difficulties more serious even
Than thoss which IL was intended 70 cure.
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Bs~sss Wants sAsss, bss Mas Ne Trade.
We give In ssoiAsr column letter from Mr..
Cunard in answer 70 remoDssrsncs fron
boston against his Withdrawing ths steam
ers Of the Cunsrd line thst hitherto ran fron
Boston. Mr. Cunsrd ssys 10 cannot afford 10
carry bAllssl from Boston whom he can "a
good paying irsIshtIa shis city. Boston thisks
that vsrv ode.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-19

In yesterdays HnALD We published .
couple Of letters from ths psn Of our special
correspondent st Lima, in which 10 situatlcn
Of sdAin In Peru b ct forth with adnizkble
clsarness. The insunsctionary party had cor
eestsatsd lhsir efforts On ths city Of Assquipa.
The vigov and prompHtads, however, =
General Prsdo, backed ~ BY The msasusss =
he Provisional President La Pssrtn, hsvs ~
but crushsd oui ~ hops a ~ insusse-
tionissA In ths South Gil b quiet eutsi1s =
Arequipa, and despaAchss from Prads sAsw
that ons-half Of thst city vss already = -
hands Of NE national forces, and ~ -
Other hslf could not mach longer - hsld ~
he insurssntA Ths triumph Of ~ naiseal
party promises soon y - eenBlsts.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-19

Deadlock en- tho Alabama Claims.
Our government and that OF England have
come to deadlock ! the Alabama claims,
as all those claims growing out Of the deprs-
dauons Of the Alabama and other British
equipped cruisers during the war are now gene
rally called. The point at which our Secre-
tary of State and the British Minister Of For
eign Affairs halt and take very positive ground
Is as to the responsibility or not Of England
arising from recognizing the rebels a. belliger-
ents at the time she did, and as to the right Of
raising this question. The claim Of our gov
eminent, "that the Queens proclamation Of
1861, which accorded belligerent rights to
insurgents against the authority Of the United
States, was not justified on any grounds, either
of necessity or moral rights, and therefore was
an act Of wrongful Intervention, . departure
from the obligation Of existing treaties, and
without the sanction OF the law Of nations
lies of the foundation OF the whole matter. II
we do not base our claims on this ground of
responsibility we might as well give them mp
and say nothing more about them. Yet Lord
Stanley emphatically refuses to negotiate on
this basis. He will not allow the moral respon-
sibility, or any other responsibility, to rest on
this foundation. Indeed, he says positively,
Il have repeatedly stated that her AAjesty's
government could not consent 10 refer to
foreign Power to determine whether tho policy
Of her Majesty's government in recognizing the
Confederate States as belligerents was or was
not suitable to the circumstances Of the time
when the negotiation took place." Again he
says, in another part Of his despatch to the
British Minister at Washington, that her
Majesty's government cannot depart, directly
or indirectly, from its refusal to refer to o
foreign Power Its policy in recognizing the
Confederate States Is belligerent Power.
This Is the state of the case, which, as we
said, Is deadlock between the two govern
ments.
The President in his Message to Congress,
informs that body that he had declined the
proposition Of arbitration made by England,
with the limitations and reservations to which
we have referred. He said, also, that cit is
not to DO apprshended that Great Britain win
persist in her refusal to satisfy these just and
reasonable claims, which involve the sacred
principle Of non-intervention." Here, then,
again, il is evident our government regards
this intervention-this according Of belligerent
rights to rebels against . friendly Powsr-as
lying at the bottom Of these claims question
which Lord Stanley positively refuses to admit
in the discussion. Under this stats Of the case
who Is to back down-Lord Stanley or Mr..
Britain or the United States
It . not ct all likely this country win reoeds
from the important principle It has laid down
q tho basis Of arbitration and settlement II
England should persist In tho position she has
taken the time may not be far OF whom we may
take Canada - guarantee, or British property
on the ocean, for payment Of the claimA
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In yesterdays HlzALD W printed extracts
from the Australian psss dated q lats e
Noveuber & Thsee can b no doubt thst
Australia he's before her splendid future In
course Of time ths colonies viii claim thsir
Independence and unite under one osntzal
government and II amounts alnost - N ALSO
luts eertainty that that eovsrnmsnt will be
republican. The sympathies Of tho Australian
people will, - . natural consequence, be
drawn towards their American oousins The
success Of tho Panama route has already
begotten the conviction On both Continents
That We are nsxtdoor neighborA The inter
ests Of both peoples render It desirable that
there should be bstwesa them increased
means Of interoceanic communication. What
win he growing trade between China and
Japan ON tho one hand, and Australia on the
other, the great cities on the west coast Of the
American Continent will soon rival IN number
and Importance the great cities On The east
coast But New York has no cause 10 be
Jealous; for the wealth Of the West win natu-
rally, whom our great railway system b per
fected, 6nd IT. way to this city. which, with the
growing commerce Of the Atlantic on the one
hand and tho growing commerce Of tho Pacific
on the other, must stno distant day be another
and grander London.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-19

The fearful results Of the tenement house
disaster in Second avenue are ftesh in eli our
memories. We have not forgotten the terrible
death by sufTooation to which seven Of our
fellow citizens were committed BY the avarics
Of tenement house owner, Who, IN defiance
Of the law, but obedient enough to bis own
Interests, Left tho buildings consumed without
the proper appliances Of escape tor their I'M
happy inmatea We nave already expressed
our views upon this matter. We have now, e
appears 70 receive = rebaks from TIE party
Who owns the buildings IN which seven lives
were lost through their miserable consssuc-
don, n Ne following issser'- =
> 9. Bznnr. Ese.-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-19

Our news columns to-day contain the start
ling announcement Of IN earthquake felt oil
across the northern part Of this State and In
Vermont and Canada The extent Of area In
which the disturbance was felt is indicated by
the fact that our dispatches are from such
limits as Syracuse, IN this State; Burlington,
In Vermont and Montreal Assuming the
truth Of the theory that regards the whole
centre Of the globe q still liquid with original
heat and our habitable crust as bearing TO
the whole mass some such proportion a. the
eggshell to the egg, there can be no good
reason why . disturbance resulting from
loss Of equilibrium might not be felt at any
point on the surface; yet the mere fact
that al great recorded catastrophes
Of this nature have been nearer the
equatorial regions has seemed to ex-
press law Of nature in that regard, and has
given feeling Of security from such terrors
to tho inhabitants Of our zone. But it b pro-
liable that the present disturbance in the physi-
cal balance of the world, - indicated by the
continuation Of earthquakes In The West Indies,
and by the activity Of that great vent vesuvius,
has been 70 great q 10 communicate wave
to the central sea OF Ore great enough 10 make
itself felt beyond that zone which inoludes the
outer edge Of the earth, and the inhabitlnB Of
temperate regions may feel themselves fortu-
nate II nature settles down quietly again with
ont giving any creator arrangement 70 the
even tenor Of their wayA a y .s
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS EvESISa.

FRENCH THEATRE. Fourteenth s.reek-Taf GrAsr
spnGuESA.
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BowfRy THEATRE, Bowery. -HxArr or Cesar
Sigv-TAniSG or SnaEw.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-07-13

THE BENEFIT OF BEING KNOCKED ABOUT IN THE
WoRLD.-lt is a good thing for Il young man to
be 90 knocked about in the world.' though his
solt-hcartcd parents may not think So. All
youths, or if not all, certainly nineteen-twentieths
OF the sum total, enter life with Il surplusagc of
sclEconceit. The sooner they are relieved of it
the better. If. in measuring themselves with
wiser and older men than themselves, they dis
cover that it is unwursinted, and get rid of it
gracefully, of their own accord, well and good ::
if not, il il desirable, for their own sakes, that it
a large school soon finds his level. His will NAV
have been paramount, mt home, but school boys are
democratic in their ideas. and if arrogant. he is
SURE to he thrasiIcd into recognition of the golden
rule. The world is a great public school, and it
soon teaches Il new pupil his proper place. If
he has the attributes that belong to n leader, he
will be installed in the position of n leader if
not, whatever his own opinion of his abilities
may be. he will be compelled to fall in with the
rank and file. II not destined to greatness, the
next best thin. tn which he can aspire is rcspcc-
liability but no man can either he truly great or
truly respectable who is vain, pompous and over
bearing.
BY the time the novice has found his legitimate
social status, DC the same high or low, the pro-
liability is that the disagreeable TRAITS of his
character will be softcncd down or worn away.
Most likely the process of abrasion will be rough,
perhaps rery rough, but when it is all over. and
he begins To see himself as others sec him. and
not as reflected in the mirror of selEoonccit, he
will be thankful that he has run the gauntlet,
and arrived, though by Il rough road, at self
knowledge. Upon the whole, whatever loving
mothers may think to the contrary, it Is Il good
thing for youths To be Knocked about the world;
it makes men of them.