The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-02

the handsome suite OF rooms OF the legation, AZ
the corner Of Regent and Park streets, was fairly
crowded by the guests. the names OF some Of
whom are appended. The ladies' appeared in very
select toilets. A description of the latter would
fill column. The trains Of their heavy silk
mores majestically swept the Smyrna carpets,
compelling gentlemen to perform all sorts OF
GLASSES croises in order to steer clear of these
pleasing yet intricate foottraps.
The lively yet subdued hum Of conversation
ceased for while as Mrs. Consul Kreissman by
general request, sang one Of Beethoyens Scotch
ballads, which, warmly applauded, was followed
by several songs exquisitely rendered by Miss
Austin, from Milwaukee; then reverend gentle
man, Mr.. Hudson, called up the days of our
boyhood and the cold Bucket by giving the
ivy song in classical style. The hosts, aided
by Colonel Bliss and his lady, did all in their power
to make the company feel at home, in which they
succeeded well that they did not part till late
hour. ! send the names Of some Of the guests =:
Rev. VIM. A. Nichols and lady, Chicago, ILL.,; DR..
Wistar, Philadelphia; L. G. Kitchel and lady,
New Haven, VT; w. 8. Beebe. Lieutenant
U. S. A.; l.. B. Alexander, 10 Nassau street,
New York Professor c. w. Bennett, Rochester,
N. Y; DR.. F. Z. Loomis, New Haven; DIR. w. p.
Armstrong, Terre Haute, Ind; DR.. F. p. Abbot
and lady, Bangor, Me-. DR.. S. II. Dumont and
lady; Mr.. T. 7. Fay, New York; Leo Ian
dreth, Phiadelphia; DIR. Hartung; o. c. Hof-
man, New York; ]. NJ. and r. II. Coburn, H. Rose
and lady, 7. H. Olive. New York; VIM. Everts,
Jr., Chicago; G. J. Engelmann, st. Louis; J. L.
McKeever, Baltimore; VIM. Cook, New York; w.
A. Farnham, Chicago; Rev. G. A. Briggs and
family, New York G. t. Lester, Boston; H. w.
Sibley, Rochester, n Y; DR.. George Gamble and
sister, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mr.. James Knox, Knox
vile, H.; G. T. Morris, Norwich, VI; w. II.
Goodyear, New York city; G. J. Collins, Hart
ford, Conn; Professor e. G. Robinson, Rochester,
N. Y; w. r. Foster, New York Rev. G. G. Hud-
son, Lima, N. Y; W. L. Ward, New York city
VIM. North Rice, Middletown, Conn.,; Charles r.
Mclean, New York; Captain James Symnes, U.
8. A.; DR.. Ed. Dodd and lady, New York city; E.
p. Mclean, New Hartford; Drs. Abel and
Schramm. Professor Tellkampf, H. Jacoby, DR..
Bunsen, DR.. Stadthagen, &c. Among the ladies !
noticed Baroness Won Schumacher; Mrs. String
ham, of Detroit; Mrs. Schulten Mrs. Professor
Naumann and daughter the Misses Robinson, Of
Rochester; Mrs. Saunders and two young ladies
from Alabama; Miss Boyd, of Portland, &c.
The German press keeps rather silent on Ameri-
can affairs, too intricate just now to be fully I'M
derstood here. The only extract from Eastern
papers by the last mail ] perceive in the Norde
de,tsche, Count BismarCk's organ, which contains
the major part of Mr.. Stanbery's letter to Wash
ington paper, prefacing it with long introduce
ton, characterizing it Is most important docu-
ment, and speaking in fattering terms Of the At
torney General.
The debates in the Lower Chamber Of the Prus-
sian Legislature are still confined to budget ques
tions. The abrogation Of the salt monopoly, be-
ginning with the 1st of January next, leaves a
stock of 47s,00O barrels in the storehouses of the
government, to be sold in the course OF next year
barrel From the sale of empty bags zoe, 600
thalers will be received. Out Of $50 salt revenue
officers, only seventy-two win be retained. It is
estimated that the new salt tax will yield in 1868
revenue of 1893 $40 thalers, which will flow into
the treasury of the North German Confederation.
The lottery etat Us brought in by the Minister Of
Finance, shows for 1868 net receipts to the amount
of l,3S9,S02 thalers, resulting from one, the lot
terry in Berlin, drawn twice q year COS 900 num-
bers, in four classes), the stakes being at each
A 500 900 thalers, Of which the government de-
ducts l3 5-l6 per cent two, the lottery in Han
over, twice q year $4,000 numbers in Ave
casses), with stakes of 352, 500 thalers each, Of
which 10 per cent goes to the government and,
three, the lottery in Osnabruck, stakes SOC, 900
thalers, and 10 per cent to the government.
Several motions were submitted asking govern
ment to abolish lotteries altogether, or to abro.
gate them until next years budget, and asking
for information respecting the Frankfort lottery,
to which the Minister replied that the government
could not just at present conveniently spare the
revenue yielded by them, that the royal ordinance
Of July had not been enforced because the trade
Of four hundred and ninety.hve Hanoverian lottery
ticket dealers would have been ruined and that
with relation to the pending settlement of the city
and State property OF Frankfort his Majesty will
likewise tolerate the ordinance of its lottery The
opponents, who far ounumbered the friends Of lot
teres, pointed to their immortality, and inquired
how State like Prussia, processing government
OF religion, morality and enlightenment, could
raise revenue from a source which especially cor
rupted the poorer class. The Abgeordneter, DIR.
Becker, from Dortmund, cited the original words
of the Minister of Finance, spoken twenty years
ago, in which he held up the immortality OF the
and demanded that Prussia should fur
nish good example to other States by abolition
of them. Herr Won Der Heydt contented himself
with replying that his opinion was still the same
now as in lS47; he had originated the prohibition
ordinance Of July 5, which not having gone into ef
feet account of the numerous petitions against it.
the lotteries had to continue in the edt. The first
paragraph--lottery in Berlin--was then voted upon
and received a majority; the second and third
Hanover and Osnabruck-were struck out, and the
motion Of Abgeordneter Herr Lauenstein, calling
Tor entire adjustment Of lotteries until next year
budget, carried by large majority. The etdt OF
the Prussan Bank, Of its branch, the Lombard or
Seehandlung, also that OF the Wiesbaden Bank and
the mint etdt were passed. The standard OF four
Danish thalers, equal to three Prussian, has been
accepted by the Danish government. The three
active Prussian mnts will hencei be in Berlin
Hanover and Frankfort.
The last subject in yesterdays session was the
ttdt OF the government porcelain factory, which it
ia intended to move from Berlin to the neighboring
town OF Charlottenburg, at an expense of several
hundred thousand dollars. In the subsequent de-
bate IL was urged that government should not carry
on a trade in any branch; that the said factory
did not pay interest ON the capital invested
and that private industry furnished better
and cheaper articles. II was in vain
that Herr Won Her Heydt pleaded the interest of
art in favor OF an institution founded by Frederick