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The New York herald., 1867-04-22
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Boulevard.

O6 UPl Town Improvements-The New
Boulevard.
New ] orkers have been hurried along almost
anconsS lously with the upward march Of I'm
proven ents. But their attention, which has
hitheas o been engrossed by the excitements Of
war nd stock gambling, begins to be directed
to III The astonishing increase Of population
and the high rents have at length opened the
eys Of our citizens to the exigencies Of an i'm
~ ,diate future. While our population has been
b creasing for several years ct an annual
= ate Of seventy-six thousand the price of
y labor and building material has been so
high that but comparatively few new
houses have been erected. 1t has thus be-
come an imperative necessity to put up new
dwellings, and, Of course, to occupy more
ground. The city being already improved
to the east and west, and, perhaps, most
densely built up along the rivers, everything
is forced up town In the direction Of
Central Park. Business is invading Union
square and lower Fifth avenue, and driving the
residents away to seek locations further up the
island. The number Of lots actually fronting
ON the Park being only nine hundred and
eighty, their price approximated some years
ago their real value. The number OF Park lots
| is 80 small that most Of the fine residences Of
our wealthier citizens will be on the direct line
Of the Broadway boulevard, where there will
be ample space for extended fashionable
suburbs Here, as at London, everybody will
live Q little way out Of town. The dwellings
will stand apart, surrounded by gardens and
groves, forming succession Of miniature
parks The resources Of landscape gardening
and rural architecture will be exhausted TO
embellish the whole region When the con-
templated improvements on the west side shal
have been perfected and the immense wealth
at command lavished on palatial mansions
overlooking the noble Hudson, New Yorkers
will be able 70 boast Of living in the most
beautiful as well as the greatest city Of the New
World. The only drawback to these outof-
town improvements seems at present to be the
lack Of swift and easy transportation to and
from the business part Of the town. In this,
however, as ia every other case, the supply
will In due time meet the demand. Meanwhile.
! The Central Park Commissioners intend to com
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Chinese geographen place the Flowery
Kingdom in the centre Of the universe, and
give very little attention to the countries OUT
side Of it We are not so vain as this; sbut
events are rapidly placing US where the Chinese
claim to be. In . few years, when the various
lines Of ocean telegraphs and steamers now
projected are In operation, New York win
unquestionably be the great centre Of COM,
merce and intelligence. !.
We shall then have our news dirsct from slrl
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name, and he is followed by the second fore
man, and the two proceed to the end of the
attentive column, and then Q command Is
given. At the word each man Lifts two cases
from his stand; the one nearest the outer door
disappears, and is followed BY the next-the
next-the next-till all are gone. The last
has scarcely left the building before the first
returns, then the second, then the third and so
on until all are back. A second and third time
The ssne thing is repeated, and tken the
lights are turned down and the place il de-
serted. What Is this change that has come
upon Us slmost BY uagicf Where d the life,
ths light tie activity 80 recently Witnessed on
ths spotf Where the order, oompactnsss and
apparent substantially that marked the place
few minutes agoi The rooms are blank and
desoIate; they might have been unoccupisd
and neglected for the past twelve months, for
sught . stranger could discover from their
present appearance.
Let us 60 below. There al Is the same |;
tho whole building b more completely de-
serted than Goldsmith's viIlsge. We must 60
into the streets and assure ourselves that We
are not In dream
Tramp tranpE trampr A line Of mon
marching ct this unreasonable hour |
What fairy pslsce is this. illuminated from
top to bottom and casting brilliant light
out into the darkness q Here b count
ing room, excelling in beauty any other
In the world, to which the Life and hustle
apparent an hour ago at the building we have
just left have been suddenly transferred. Up
stairs are editorial rooms and reporters rooms,
and libraries with their handsome desks and
bookcases, lofty plate glass windows and waxed
floors, all brilliantly lighted and ready for
occupation. Up again higher, and here is the
grandest and loftiest composing room in exist
ence, and here are the same busy compositors
from the deserted corner, all at work as dill
gently and with as much order a. If they had
been in occupation Of their new quarters for
q twelve month past. And can this be the
same spot that bat little over year
and half ago was notorious only for
Feejee mermaids, living skeletons, learned
seals, double-headed calves, woolly horses, fat
women, prize babies, old Joyce Hethy Barnum
and other monstrosities? Well, it is too late
or too early to puzzle the brain any more
about it. The changes are wonderful changes,
and might almost be attributed to the work Of
magic But we have had dream that is not
all o dream, and have learned anew that truth
is sometimes stranger than fiction.
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mence work At once in opening the new Broad
way boulevard, and 70 push 1t rapidly TO com
pletion. Manhattan win ere long have an op-
portunity Of displaying its horsenssh and
elegant equipsges on . splendid road one
hundred and nfty feet wide.
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Movement Of French America,

Msvoment Of French Americaus in the West.
A number of citizens Of French birth and
descent residing in Detroit have called .
general convention Of French Americans and
Canadians to assemble at that city on the 25th
of the present month. One of the speakers at
the preliminary meeting declared in favor ofs
political combination among the French In the
United States, in order that they may secure
"a direct voice In the government" and he
stated as an inducement to such movement
that there are ct present over one million
French Canadians and French Europeans ctti-
zens of this country.
As general thing the French citizens Of tho
United States are an industrious, thrifty and
respectable class, and one Of their greatest
merits has been that they have hitherto alb
stained from interference, as distinct nation
ality, in the political affairs Of the country. Il
would be well If all adopted citizens had fol-
lowed similar modest and discreet course.
When Frenchman, An Irishman, German,
and, we suppose we may now add, an Esqui7
maux, becomes citizen OF the United States !,
he is entitled as such to all the political priv j.
leges which the constitution bestows upon t,im.
and II he is possessed Of the necessary q ialifl-
cations for an oface he has just as mn0 i right
to aspire to 1t, and to endeavor 10 secure
1t, as has any native born Americas But he
should exercise his political right and seek
political influence and position assa citizen OF
the United States, and not a. . + renchman, an
Irishman, German or an b quimaux. The
moment he endeavors to get Y o combin ations
based upon distinct national .ities he does an
injury to his adopted conns , and shows him
self unworthy Of particip .tion in its govern
ment No intelligent p ,ench citizen should
lend his name or his CO. Intenance to any such
unwise and improper, movement.
There i, however, "a wide Geld Of usefulness
and humanity opsns o the French in the United
States Their CONE patriots in the Lower Cana
dian province sns suffering under q variety Of
evils which rsf~ ID their social progress, pros
trate their ens~ sies, and entail want and suf
fering upon s.heir families. Under the new
confederatisn scheme to be fastened upon them
by the Engt sh they will be In . worse condi-
ton than yer before-their commerce crib
pied and their burdens increased. Let tho
French a tizens in the United States, who know
the exk mt and resources Of our fAr Western
serr1ter and the enterprise and prosperity. Of
our - ople, combine their advice and their
pecW liary aid 70 promote an emigration that
WIN amount to an exodus from Lower Canada
70 vhe Western States, and they will perform
IN act Of substantial patriotism and accom-
p'ish much more real good for themselves and
their countrymen than they can ever realize
I from political combinations.
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Not All Dream.
Dong Dongl Dong Midnight Stores
closed and business suspended; but here Is q
blazing, wakeful corner, whose eyes have not
been closed for twenty-four years. What say
the letters on the lamp "Fulton street." on
one side; "Nassau street," On the other. Let
us walk in on this Saturday night preceding
Easter Sunday and discover the cause Of all
this restlessness while others rest-this sleep
lessness when others sleep.
Down stairs-clerks busy at books as If they
were fixtures there for half o century to come.
Other clerks receiving and receipting for tele-
grams and ship letters and packages by private
express, all bearing the mark "HERALDSp Special.
Immediate delivery A superintendent, ap-
parently doing nothing, but in truth useful,
active, vigilant, keeping watch and ward over
the whole establishment, and protecting it
from the fiery element which for just upon q
quarter Of century has at intervals held Its
carnival around the building and yet left it
unscathed. Up stairs-writers, reporters and
| translators bending over their desks, per
| forming their various labors and looking ae
though they anticipated being similarly en-
gagged in the same spot on many succeeding
nights. Up stairs again, and an increase o'
light, life, activity and apparent stability.
Click click click What is this peculiar
sound--sharp, regular, ceaselsss, as If an army
OF Lilliputian vulcans were working minia
ture trip hammers, or thousands Of nois,
clocks were ticking in chorusf Here II indee
an army Of men at work, but they are anythi q
but Lilliputians, and 1t is wonderful to witr .es
with what nimbleness, speed and aocurac
they pick up one by one the minute, coppe
faced types, and drop them into their con
posing sticks, and how swiftly words-sel
ences--paragraphs s-columns--pages, grow u
beneath their practised hands Surely thet
forests of cases, and stands, and galley
filling room after room, that have been ther
undisturbed up to the present moment for u
past twenty-four years, must be destined
remain in their places for century to com
| Dong dong dong Three O'Clock in u
corning. Easter Sunday. In an instant
though the motions Of the men were controlle
by one machine, the work stops; the shar
| regular, peculiar noise ceases the paper
.made up." Roll down your sleeves, draw {
vour coats, take your caps. busy compositol
and hasten home; you have earned your re'
You do not ordinarily need this advice; I
you generally disappear the moment your Ia
stickful is emptied, a6suddenly as Harlsqu
iu the pantomime, when Clown attempts
hit him with the big flsh he has stolen'from
, female yender. But what Is thisi Your lab
. is done, yet you remain at your posts, ike
J. we'll drilled ships crew standing at te'
q quarters awaiting orders. A ships crew
Apt illustration; for this black whisker
. individual now marching along your LIN
might well represent . man-of-wars'm'
10 II 10 the arst foreman. with sn uncomm
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NOTICE TO ADVER TlSERS.

Advertisers will please bear in mind that IN
order to have their advertisements properly CLASH
fed they should be sent in before halfpast eight
o'clock in the evening.
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organized measures viii be taken by { few
prominent citizens TO direct the tide from tho
certain miseries and oorruptions Of the city 70
healthy and prosperous fields Of industry In
the West
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TRIPLE SH E EFT.
New York, Monday. April -. 1867.
3 E II o VAL.

The New YORK HERALD establishment Is now
located in the new HERALD Building, corner Oh
Broadway and Ann street.
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The British RefsPaers In Want sf . Leader.
By cable telegram from London We are in
formed that Mr.. Gladstone, ex-Chancellor Of
the Exchequer Of England and leader Of the
reform opposition In the House Of Commons,
has written letter, in which he virtually re-
signs his position as Parliamentary exponent
and chief Of the liberal party. The vote 10
Gently taken on the Gladstone amendment -
the Derby Reform bill, by which the present
Cabinet was sustained and the Franchise bill
Of Mr.. Disraeli approved In the Commons, Wa
"hesvy blow and great discouragemenp 70
Nr. Gladstone's aspirations to the Premiership.
and damaged his party BY proving hat II
members were not agreed among themselves
on tho principle Of general sxta.aion II ths
suffrage right to the masses
The struggle for the possession Of manhood
suffrage in Great Britain, to be completely suc-
cessfdl, must be headed by man Of . moro
every day democracy than Mr.. Gladstones
although perhaps Of mot quite 20 refined col'
legiate educational finish. John Bright would
be exceedingly available, and may perhaps
take up the standard. In the meantime the
Derby measure must be accepted % an "instaA-
ment" Of justice by the people.
The New York herald., 1867-04-22

Tho InjsnctIsa Cases ia the Supreme Court.
The attempt Of handful of disorganizers,
North and South, to embarrass the operation
of the Reconstruction act through the means
Of the Supreme Court Of the United States
seems destined to more prompt defeat than has
been anticipated either by its originators or
the country. A bill having been hled on
Thursday in the Mississippi case, as previously
in the Georgia case, conformed to the recent
decision OF the Court, the Attorney General Of
the United States appeared and moved tho
Court to dismiss both bills on the ground Of .
want Of jurisdiction. The Court set down tho
argument on the motion for Friday, the 26th
instant On that day, therefore, the ques-
ton will be substantially settled, and the
work of reconstruction, under the Mill
tary bill, will proceed without hindrance
or embarrassment The appearance of the
Attorney General in the case, and his
motion, indicate the desire Of the President
and the government, whose legal adviser he is,
to settle this question at once and put 1t out
of the way, in order that the South may NO
longer be misled by the false hope Of the
interference of the Supreme Court with the
laws Of Congress, and may proceed at once,
earnestly and seriously, in the work Of recon
struction. 1t brings the matter to head; for
although the question of the constitutionality
OF the law might again reach the Supreme
Court on an appeal case, it Is difdcult to SEQ
how, under the operation Of military law, any
such case can arise in an inferior court.
Besides the decision Of the Court on this motion
will no doubt cover the ground sufficiently
to convince all sensible men at the South
that they have no resource but to avail them
selves Of the terms Of Congress and reconstruct
their States under them as promptly and
thoroughly as possible.
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

AMUs.gMENTs THIS EVENING.
! BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway near Brooms
NEW YORK THEATRE. Broadway opposite New York
FIRLp-BLoSDN THE TIGHf RoPE.
OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway.-Tm BoHExAx GrRz
poDwoRrH HALL: sos Broeaxay-Pso.xssos HAsrz
WILL PERFoRM HIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND Hls
FAIRY SINGING BIRD.
sANFRANCIsCO MlNsTREI5 55 Broadway, opposite
she Metropolitan Hoel-Is THEIR ETHIOPIAN ENrERrAIN-
CooK-L'ArRicAINE.
KELLY 4 LEoN,s MINsrRELs 77o Broadway. oppo-
stethe SewYork Ho.s-Is rHS,R sosgs DAsSIs ecc EN-,
BALLET TRouPE-MArRINoSY.
yESTE oPERA HOUSE N9 West
ETHIOPIAN MINsrRELsY. BALLADS, BURLEsoUEs 6c-THE
BLACK CRooK-koBERr MAcAiRk
TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE. sol gewery: TcoMo
yrssxssSr. xc.~TnE FORTY FEMALE JACK sHxPPARDs.
CHARLEY WHITES TEowrT Faas z.
AND LAUGHAsLE ENTER rANxEsrs.-Tm MASKED BALI
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUsrc.-IKxLASD As IT
wAs-THE CUsrox OF THE CouNrRr-iRuH Tiger
HooLEY 8 OPERA HOUSE. Brooklyn--EraroesAx MIN
srREIsY. BALLADS AND BuRLDoUEs.
THE BUNYAN TABLEAUx Union HAN conner q
or THE PILGR,xs fRoonces.sinr AsSrick a,nH
NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY; els sroadway:.
ssrSqSDaas E.css.ss D1as. opsa % from Az ui iof 4
third street and Fourth Observation-Disclosures PlcruRk
AND SCuLFruREs LIVING ARrIsrs
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KELLY 4 LEON's MINSTRELs. 720 Broadway. oppo-
site the New York Hoel-IN SONGS DASoss Ecc
TRIcrrIEs BuRLKsauEs. &c-CNpER-LEoN-MADAG
BALLET TRoUPE-MArRMoNY.
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DODwORTH HALL, s06 Broadway.-PRorEssoR HARrz
WILL Perform HIS MRAcLKs-L' EscAAaAxHUR HIS
FAIRY SINGING BIRD.
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SANFRANCISCO MlNSTREI.5 SIS Broadway, opposite
the Metropolitan Hotel-IN ETHIOPIAN ENTERTAIN
nRsrs, SINGING, DANCING BURLKsQuKs- s--THK BLAck
CooK-LiArRrCAINE.
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NEW YORK THEATRE. Broadway. opposite New Yori
Hotel.-THE SACRED TRUsr, on THE OArH BATH
FIRLp-BLoNpIS THE TICHr R0PE.
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rHR BUNYAN TABLEAUx. Union Hall. corner Of
Tventy.thrd street and Broadway, nj 6-M0vrNc MN.
RoR ov THE PILGRIx's PRoCRnss-Sixrr nAGIlricEsf
SCExKs Matinee Wednesday and Saturday at osock-
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NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY. 6ls Brcadway.-
urAp Avn RlCuf ARn or PRoBsr-THn WASHINGTON
TvINs-WospxRs N NATURAL HIsroKY, ScENo. AND An.
LrcruaEs DAILY Open from . a. ~. TIL lOP. II
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FIFTH AVENUE OPERA HOUSE, Nos. and Z West
rventy fourth street-GRrrIN CHRIsrY's MIrsrRxLs.-
ETHIOPIAN MrSsrRELsY. BALLADS, BURLEsoUEs, &c-THE
BLACK CRooK-RoBERr MAcARK
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BROADWAY THEATRE. Broadway. near Broom
street-FANCHON.
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TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE. sol cwery.-coxIo
yocALsx MICRO MNsrRELsy. BuRLEsQUEs BALLET DIVER
rrssEnENr. xc.-Tm FORTY FEMALE JAcK SHxrPARDs.
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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, corner Of Twenty
third street Fourth avenue-ExH1troN OF ficTuhk
AND SCuLPTuRKs NJ LIVING ARfIsfs
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CHARLEY WHITES COMBINATION TROUPE. at
Nechanicsi Hall AZ Brosdway-IN vARrErY OF LIGHT
AND LAUGHABLE ENrERrAISxEsrs. MASKED BALL
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-09
ChiCAeO,

CHICAGO, March Y.-The pardoning Of
Moiie Trussell is already bearing its fruits.
Last night, at about quarter 10 y o'clock,
young man was stabbed 10 the heart by a
prostitute in a sudden fit Of spleen. As the
keeper of the house in which the murder
was done remarked, last nigh, tina, no one
of the police officers had been there since
Mollie got of the girls-all think they are
quite secure. 1t Is even so. Women of
the clnss here alluded to no longer seek TO
crafty their anger by mere abusive lsn>
suagc, or even scratching the eyes cur.
they carry concealed weapons, daggess and
pistols. and wee he.idc the man who crosses
one Of them
a Tribunes Springfield special OF the stl,
says that ,eqni-iton from acting Governor
sphinx, of paco ah, on Governor Oglesby.
for the return of Stickney to Daco,ah, was
refused by Governor Oslesby upon legal
grounds.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-09
new YORK.

Nsw loRx, March .. "A letter from Gen.
George II. Tn ,mas is published declining the
nomination for President. proposed by the
Union men in Tennessee He says a. he
is nothing but soldier he can bes. serve
his country in that capacity.
The Times special says A delegation Of
prominent vifginians are in Washington
Tor su interview with the President and At
tosney General, aud to obtain from the lat
ter decision authorizing the military com.
mandtnts to appoint the Judges Of election Of
d.lesates to the convention provided for un>
der the reconstruction bill. Judge Ould,
who denounced in the Vmginia State Senate
the proposition to II the convention, and
all its supporters as traitors 20 the South. is
one Of the delegation. The proposition hav,
ing been passed notwishsiandilg his oppo-
silion. This delegation seek to get control
Of the appointment Of the Judges Of the
election SO a. to influence the choice Of Of.
tice.s.
Senator Wilson's bill now before the Sen.
ate y II probably pass at once. ami thus set
ue the question as to who shall control the
r. lminary elections.
The selection VI military commandants
for the Southern States has not vet been
made. Ii is net true that General Gran,
has recommended Gen Sheridan and Sick.
les ana Others. Gen. Sickles is not eligible
rs his rank IN the regular army is Coonels
The Senate 10 disposed to remain in Sc, =
sion for twenty days. in which the Pre-, )
dent is required. under the tenure OF cfIi &c
law, TO send in his nominations, and then
adjourn ill October OF December.
A Times special Gays: Gen. Fullerton,
now postmaster =, st. Louis, who has been
lodging the subpenas Of the judiciary
Committee in the impeachment matter for
about month, is to he brought 10 Wash.
ing,cn BY an officer.
A Tribune's specisl sage: The President
yesterday returned 70 the Senate the name
OF Mr.. Cowan, for Minister TO Austria. II
was not Injected, but laid on the table. His
friends assert he can be confirmed.
Tie name Of Gen. Bartlett, ~ Minister to
stockholm. WAS also sent in. Senator Sum-
ner will oppose his confirmation.
a Worsd'e special rays: At the Senator
rial caucus last evening. it was agreed to
con inue in session until the Presi.ieut had
put in operation the military reconstruction
Law. and then adjourn.
Lbs Herald's Dublin correspondent, az
Feb. 22d says: The strictest precautions
70 guard against any attempt at uutbrca. in
Dublin are st.ll kept up. The soldiers are !
'sre'y lei out OF the barracks, and not a. all
during the night.
Meetings ot the Privy Council are held al
most daily. prssidsd over BY the Lord Lieu.
tenant, aud d lily reports Of the state Of the |
country submitled 20 them.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-09
LOUISIANA.

New ORLEANS, March s.-siov. Wells
has issued a proclamation setting 70 tn that
whereas, Congress has .assed an act for the
mors efficient government of the rebel
States, WI ich act is now q law now, there
fore, |, j. Madison Wells, Governor of the
State Of Louisiana, hereby declare said act
to be in force in said State. All elections
held from and after this date, either by
State, municipal or parishisl authority ex-
cept in st'ict conformity to section 9th Of
sad act Of Congress will be void and Of no
Effect, all persons elected to Office must be
able 10 qualify under said law before they
shall be allowed to enter upon the duties Of
the same.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-09

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