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British government had refused 10 recall It's legation at
his demand
Our Intelligence from Mexico by the Cuba cable is to
the LIST inst The steamer NIGHTINGALE foundercd at her
anchorage OF Vera Cruz, during a severe gale the
10th ut Seven OF her crew were lost II rumored
that several generals had pronounced against the
ernment General Daz. II said. would soon be
appointed Minister OF War;
The announcement that the New York Democratic
State Convention would be held on the 22d inst was
premature.
The republicans In Mississippi yesterday nominated q
state ticket without negro candidate H. notwith
standing an eloquent appeal from OF the members
for the nomination OF AZ least colored man on tho
score Of policy.
In the Constitutional Convention yesterday tho srtole
ON official corruption adopted.
In the Virginia Convention the article the Execu.
tive adopted with the word "whits and provision
that rebels are ineligible was stricken out.
The North Carolina Conservative Convention yesterday
adjourned after providing for organization Of forces
for the coming election and appointing delegates % tho
National Democratic Presidential Convention.
Seven sections Of the bill OF rights were adopted In
The South Carolina Convention YESTERDAY.
In the Arkansas Convention . resolution asking Con-
gress sell Hot Springs for the bsnsns Of the school
fund was adopted One Of the members protested that
the springs we're private property.
The Florida Convention has held oil its sessions Ia
secret and without The oensti tuition
plotted and the body will soon adjourn
Tho Louisiana Convention yesterday voted down
proposition to isgazs the offspring Of parties who have
been living together without marriage The secession
ordinance declared void and all other constitutions
superseded BY the pro sossA new one.
The call for Republican State Convention in Georgia
on tho 10th inst has been suspended.
In the Nova scotia lower house or Parliament yester.
day notice given Of resolution favorng the with
drawa Of Nova scoa from tho Canadian Confederation
Considerable excitement prevails over ths failure Of
the Gayoso Bank in Memphis among tho working
casssa Six dsposters. II is reported. attempted 70
hang tho cashier.
The Society Of the Army OF the Cumberland met at
Cincinnati yesterday and Effected permanent organiza
ton, with General George H. Thomas a. President
The Lunatic Asylum attached to the Aimshouse Of
Livingston county, At Gsneseo destroyed BY Gre
yesterday morning. -Four Insane women were burned
TO death.
The Street Commissioner Of New Orleans refused yes.
terday to vacats his ONCE ON order from General
Hancock and military officer sent to eject HIM
O G. Richardson tho radical delegate 10 the Georg!s
Convention, who shot by former captain in the
federal army, in = pothouss brawi at Atlanta. died
| yesterday.
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outweigh millions Of white voters OF the North
may, in TACT carry the Presidential election
against large majority of white Nor hern
voters. Yes, it is to make q radical Prosi-
dent through the negro balance or power
over the will and woes of Northern
citizens that these so-called reconstruction
measures have been adopted by radical Con-
gress. Hence tho party convention at SYRIA
cuse declares its approval Of these measures.
Against this atrocious negro supremacy policy
the conservative elements OF the country will
be arrayed, and 1t is probable that even the
once popular name of Grant will not save the
party which has inaugurated such repulsive
policy from defeat General Scott, another
popular general, was overwhelmingly defeated
by little local politician, when great prn-
ciple was involved, and unless the people have
become greatly demoralized similar result
may be seen next November.
1t is hardly worth noticing the clap-trap non
sense in the Syracuse platform about maintain
ing the public credit, and about the opposition
conservative party disseminating principles of
rebellion and population, except It be to show
how ridiculous oil this is, and how hard pushed
these platform makers were for materials to
work upon. Disseminating rebellion, for
sooth! Why, every vestge Of rebel
lion has been dead and buried several
years. II is an insult to the COM
mon sense Of the people to talk thus. And
was it not the democratic masses in this
city, State and throughout the country that
shouldered the musket to put down the rebel
lions As to reputation, no one thinks Of 1t
or desires it The great leaders Of the radical
party, Thad Stevens, Butler and others, 60 as
far as any Of the conservatives in that financial
policy which this convention hypocritically
calls reputation. Indeed, the conservatives
would save us from that reputation to which
the corrupt and extravagant radicals in Con-
gross would drive the country. But the
browning absurdity and hypocrisy of this
platform is seen in speaking about economy
For party which has saddled the country in
time of peace with the enormous burden OF
six hundred millions Of taxation year to
preach about economy is the grimmest Joke of
all. Such are the principles, or rather want
| Of principles, with which the once great re-
publican party is going before the country in
the struggle for the Presidency.
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Prince Carnival In Gotham.

Europe has attempted more than once TO
foist royalty upon us, but in only one instance
has the venerable progenitor of Young Ameri-
ca succeeded. Our Teutonic citizens, in taking
out their naturalization papers, forswore fealty
to every potentate in Europe and elsewhere
except one. This one Is Prince Carnival; and
now the American people, in spite of the ira
ditional eagle, Plymouth Rock and the Ala
bama claims, are gradually ranging them
selves under his banner. His reign is likely
to become despotic in this city during his term
of office, which lasts only from January to the
middle of the Lenten season. AS an evidence Of
the fact it is only necessary to visit the Academy
some evening when bal masqus is in progress
and see the immense crowd Of fashionables
that attend the soiree Of the jolly Prince.
Here we have staid merchant figuring as
Mephistopheles and ogling aristocratic Mar
guerites through the bars of his mask there q
Wall street broker makes himself as funny as
possible in the parti-colored costume of Punch;
a city father appears as Fra Diavolo, and q
Fifth avenue belle as an Indian squaw. We
have seen stern police judge moving around
in the character of Robert Macaire, and ven
cradle dowager as q page Yet in all these
extravagances there Is fund Of good
humor, absolute philanthropy and demo-
cratic fellowship in our masquerade balls
We have had several small receptions
of Prince Carnival SO far thi, season, but his
grandest soirGes arc yet to come. On the goth
OF this month the Liederkranz Society, who
deservedly count themselves his most faithful
subjects, will appear in cosmopolitan dress at
the Irving Place Opera House. A more jolly
aud irrepressible collection Of Germans has
seldom donned the domino and mask. After
them the Arions and the Purim Society will do
homage TO the reigning Momus Of the carnival
season.
II is singular that the masquerade balls this
winter have been and will be far superior in
point Of excellence and extravaganco to those
of former years. No matter what the state OF
business may be, the genius Of fun must receive
attention. There may DO seen ct those hetero-
geneous assemblagcs people who try to forget
for the moment the precarous state Of their
business affairs and abandon themselves to the
seductive influence OF this cosmopolitan poten-
tate, Prince Carnival There is every likeli-
hood that the present season Of the bal masquS
will eclipse in brilliancy and fun oil previous
attempts in that line. A night with Prince
Carnival at the Academy leaves confused
recolleciions Of magnificent music, whiring
groups OF representatives OF all nations, daz
cling lights dancing on brilliant costumes and
cloaked forms disappearing into carriages on
Fourteenth street at five o'clock In the morn
Ing. The American people, 10 judge from the
accounts in all our exchanges, arc ranging
themselves under the banner Of Momus, and
Gotham will make grand demonstration on
the night Of the Lederkranz ball.
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OrFENBAcu IN THE CHURCHES Oil'enbach is
. sprightly spirit, q creature with abundant
salt in him, and therefore, according TO Carlyle,
not much in need Of salvation yet hc is con-
stantly TO be encountered in the churches
Yea, verify, "the deep, majestic, solemn organ
blows" the dainty phrases of "Ditcs Lui" on the
Sunday air Of Madison avenue with as much
JUNCTION "a II that richest Of love dittiss we're
q mass. In which there is progresa
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Tho Pore and Victor Emanuei-Ths To
Deum Dimculty.


Tho Pore and Victor Emanuei-Ths To
DEAN Dimcuity.
A cable despatch Of yesterday informs us
that bis Holiness Pope Plus has given instruc-
tons that 10 Deum shall be celebrated in
all the churches Of Italy because Of the vic
tory Of the Papal arms at Montana King
Victor Emanuel. We are at the same time told,
has forbidden such celebration within the
limits Of tho kingdom. This b . pretty little
difficulty - It stands. How will it issue !?
Nothing which has happened during all this
last struggle In Italy more conclusively shows
the absurd and untenable position Of the Pa
paoy. No State or nation which has the slight
est regard to Its own interests could permit
such direct infringement Of its rights as that
which the Pope's command implies His Holt
ness openly insults the kingdom. The counter
orders Of the King show that the insult is felt
The nation which has already had the courage
to ALLEVIATE the entire church property is but
little likely to yield in matter Of this sort
Such conduct as this almost warrants the belief
that the Papacy Is bent upon its own ruin. We
can understand the position best by supposing
that in the early part Of our late civil war every
Southern victory was made the occasion Of
a public thanksgiving In all our Northern
churches
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Our REPUBLICAN CoNTExroRARrEs-WHAr rs
THE MATTER THE nomination Of Grant and
Fenon az the Presidential ticket OF the repub-
lican Convention at Syracuse seems to have
fallen like wet blanket upon the organs Of
the party in This city, radical and conservative.
The radical organ, par excellence, devoted to
Mr. Chase, cannot summon the courage re-
qrired TO crow over the nomination Of Grant,
though so.tened with the radical combination
OF Fsnton the morning organ Of the Seward
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the ALABAMA ELECTION.
rrrom Tho ysyeplns Telegram Of yesterday. ]

FROM Tue EvehIng Ts'es'"" VI yu""''"'V'I
ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. q, lS6S.
Yesterday was a very bad day, and fears are
entertained in reference to the result OF the Ala
hama election. IL is rumored that the present
military commander of Alabama has been unior-
tunate in appointing registers in that State, and
that several thousand illegal voters have recently
been added to the lists. As yet. however, there
q NO positive cause for encouragement.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Feb. 6, 1863.
Eleven hundred votes were polled yesterday.
including those Of six white men, four of them
candidates. The election IL progressing quietly.
NOZZLE Ala. Feb. 9, 1864,
At the election yesterday 1855 colored votes
and SO white votes we're polled
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Aco,pvu while the workmon engaged Al A

ssRioUs ACCIDENT. while the wcrkmen engaged Al A
T. Stewards new building Of Fourth avenue snd
Tcnth street. were engaged yesterday afternoon host
log an iron column TO the third story The derrick
way precip,ta,iug char Cullen and John X sands TO
the ars story Gilsss left leg badly crushed asd
his body severely BRUISED whilc Sands was severely 10.
iured several places The derrick iei on Felamsna
Hoecb and Joseph Morscn, injurina them both vcIy
seriously. The last pamed vas taken nome ana WA
otbsrs were CON Cd 70 Bsliavue LJsDtaL
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Tng SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP telegram received Ia
tins city last evening from Alicghsny Pa, anaounccs
,bat w. II g,shop Of this city, has won tho VI ainpon
mssnI with ono hundred dollar grsenbsck added. II
Tho skating beid ths week It Ue Kovstone
at rating INK ~ Allegheny.
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Weed-Raymond-Ru Andrews-Murphy co.,
servatives has not word to say for Grant IN
being associated with Fenton the independ'
ent neutral radical Grant organ has nothing 20
submit on the subject, but where we expected
to find trumpet blast for the Convention wo
have an essay on the preservation of game"
This lack of enthusiasm in both factions does
not look we'll for the ticket Of Grant and
Fenton. We fear that 1t means foul play to
Grant on the one side and to Fenton on the
other, and that the almighty niger and the
personal revenges OF few republican scene
Shutters have turned over the Empire State to
the hopeful democracy beyond redemption.
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TIE sTAl-E CAPITAL.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM 70 TIE HEaAL,-

MaifhewT. Brennan NominA TEA oy the Demo-
cratic Caucas as Police a.. "m'ssioner'
Albany " ID. 6. 1868,
II o,Cloa p. N.
The democratic caucus assembled a. the Capitol
this evening. Thirteen Senators and s.Sty eight
Assemblymen were present. Mr.. Dayton. o. Eve.
was called to the chair Messrs. Herman. OF Ne,v
York, and G. l.. Smith, Of Kings, were chosen Sec.
retares and Messrs. O'Reilly, Of New York ia.
cobs, of Kings, and LITER. Of Seneca, appointed
tellers.
On motion the caucus proceeded to the nominai
ton for Police Commissioner.
Mr. Jacobs proposed the name Of Thomas H.
Faron, of King. county. in q speech denuncatory
Of tho Tammany machine. Senator Creamer re-
Piled, and offered the name Of Matthew I. Bren-
nan, Of New York. Mr. Herman seconded the
nomination. Senator Murphy proposed tho name
Of Hugh Mclaughlin, OF Kings. Mr.. p. Burns
seconded the nomination Of Mr.. Thomas H. Faron.
Mr.. Ready seconded the nomination Of Mr.. H. Nc
Laughlin. Mr.. Purdy proposed the name Of
Thomas X. Downing. Of Westchester.
An informal ballot resulted as follows:-Bren-
nan. forty-fve; Faron. twenty five; Mclaughlin.
eight; Downing. three.
Mr.. Jacobs moved to mako tho nomination OF
Mr. brennan UNANIMOUS. All the Otner CHnOlOAtos
were withdrawn and Matthew T. Brennan was do
olared the unanimous nominee Of the caucus.
Senator Murphy then offered the following reso-
luton, which was laid on the tablet
Resolved, That motion. amendment or rosoiutioa
whose subject matter disconnected any pending
bin, and 10 likely to invite debate upon national
State politics. that suggests appropriation
which may create new item for State taxation or b
calculated increase the State debts shalt DO offered In
the senate Assembly unless the has been sub
mitted to and sanctioned by duly called caucus OF ~
any appropriate committee upon such resolutions that
caucus may appoint
The caucus then adjourned.
The Kings county men at the last moment had
failed to come to an understanding on mutually
satisfactory candidate. Each faction went into
the caucus determined not to yield. The victory
was consequently an easy one for the Tammany-
ties. although the result surprised even those who
know the extent of tho influences and combina-
tions which they brought to bear in favor Of their
candidate The caucus was scene OF excited
and acrimonious recrimination during Is earlier
stages, but the final nomination seemed to pour
oil on the troubled waters.
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The Broadway Sarfaco Railrond-Finai
Passage of the Amendment to tho Excise
Lnw-Preposed increase Of the Salaries Of
tho Common Council-A Now Department
Of Public Honlth. :
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ny The Cuba cable We have special kilograms from
81 Domingo. Jamaica, 50. Thomas. Hvti. Antigua ana
MEXICO provisional trumvrate had been proclaimed
10 - Domingo. TO last until The arrival Of ssz Wreck
are active In their Efforts 70 RAISE the vessels suaken
by the late hurricanes Al $. Thomas salnave, the
Srssidsal Of Hayti, bad been accommodated. The
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-09-26
SUICIDE.

It was o popular idiom among the
ancients that whom the gods would
destroy they first make mad" That's
just what's the matter with the Demo-
cratic party at the present time. Inthe
matter of nominations for public Office
they have gone rs mad as a March hare,
and consequently are on the very verge
Of destruction. The good judgment
which the party used to exercise in such
matters has become sadly perverted Of
late, and the consequence is apparent
in the discouragingly weak county,
State and national nominations they
have made. See what they have done
Just now in Storey County See what
they have done and are doing every
where. Contemplate the nomination Of
Seymour and Blair. 1t is absolutely
~saddening to gaze upon the Democratic
party now and see it thus recklessly
committing suicide. Once powerful
and controlling the destinies OF the Re
public, now sadly degeneratcd. Alas
how are the mighty fallen. Yet the
seeds Of disease and the elements Of
self-destruction have long been inherent
within it, and circumstances which
could not be controlled regulated oil
these nominations. Democracy is crazy
crazy ms a loon; and utter self
destruction will be the consequence Of
its lunatic madness on the Sd Of No.
vember next. The party is democrat.
lied and the only safety for the most
sensible Democrats among them is to
leave their sinking ship, get on board
the great ark of safety at whose mast
head triumphantly waves the old flag of
the American Union, join the ranks of
the faithful, and vote for Grant and
Colfax.
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THE MAN"

The wickedest man in New York has
at length been discovered to be one
John Allen. Tho good preachers, dea-
cons, and other church f%unctionaries
have been bot after him for some time
eyer since his superior wickedness has
made itself so gratifyiugly manifest.
They have delighted in converting him
and fatteripg themselves that thereby
they are doing a cody work and procur-
ing for themselves a broad bright mark
on the big book above. He has been
their meat no man of inferior wicked
ness would do. The very "wickedest"
was the point. He VAS one of those
'swicked" we read of rs lourishing
7" like a green bay tree" and that he
should be exuberantly flourishing in his
extreme wickedness only rendered him
all the more eligible and coveted a
prize in the wayof a stray Sheppard an
unruly one atthat-to bring homein int the
fold of the faithful. They pleaded with
him and they prayed with him, until at
length his case-hardened soul yielded,
became soft and he was converted. So
they thought. Alas! poor innocents,
how sadly were they humbugged John
Allen is still a Democrat! They only
succeeded in lionizing him and max
ing him the cnvied Of those whose
| claims for good square wickedness were
really superior to his-this John Allen,
who so surreptitiously a~rrogatesto him.
self the cnvied title Of "the wickedest
man in New York."
The success of this terribly naughty
fellow, Allen, in thus bringing himself
into enyiable notoriety as ~ brilliant
and valuable specimen Of moral turpi-
tude and d~epravity to compare good
men with, that the shining contrast
might be the more observable, has ex-
cited and induced numerous ambitious
imitators. All the large cities now have
VIGOROUSLY bad characters IN them de-
| sirous of the coveted distinction Of be-
ing called the "wickedest man" or the
"wickedest woman" and being taken
much notice Of as such and comfortably
converted, like John Allen. How sug-
gestively true it is that all the wicked
est men in tho world are Democrats !
JEFF. Davis, Wirz, Forrest, John Allen
and Frank P. Blair-all Democrats.
Judas Iscariot and Benedict Arnold
were both wicked men, and both would
doubtless be Democrats were they liv-
ing at the present time. Philadelphia,
Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and
Mud Springs have each their "wicked-
est man." Now, who is the wickedest
man in Gold Hill? Don't NIL speak at
| once.
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TUE NEW VELocIPEDEs.-A shipment
Of the novel description Of vclocipedes,
which have become so very popular in
Paris, may soon be expected in this city.
Pho three-wheeled velocipedes, used by
boys, have been in use for twenty years,
but the kind in question are an inven-
ton Of but three years date, and have
but two wheels, one of which immedi-
ately succeeds the other in n straight
line. \ saddle is elevated above them,
and stirrups are used, which, by a
movement Of the feet, create n rapid
action Of the apparatus, with au effort
far less fatiguing to the limbs than
walking. The mode of mounting is
first to push it, accompanying tho action
BY a movement of the foot in the left
stirrup, and then suddenly to spring
into the saddle and use both stirrups.
Fully a week of practice is required, as
the difficulty to the rider of balancing
himself is great. A fall, however, is
without danger, rs his foot is always
near the ground, and he has only to dis
engage it q moment from the stirrup to
recover himself. The movement Of the
instrument is very rapid. 1t can be
propelled at the rate Of fifteen miles an
hour, and races in Paris by Of 1t
are very frequent. For these the length
of the Champs Elysees and Bots de Bou-
logne, to st Cloud, a distance of eight
miles, is the favorite route. Its hight
is three feet, and length nearly seven
feet. This last is al objection to its use
in the public streets. Otherwise it
might be very useful to business men
whose avocations require much walking
The cost in Paris ranges from three to
seven hundred francs, according to hn-
ish. 1t promises to be extensively In
use here among young people, and will
be a prominent feature Of the Central
Park. 1t is very commonly seen on the
pleasure drives Of Paris, and even in
the streets, and is u great farorite.-
Nep York Post.
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Who IS FRANK P. BLAIR?-A CORES
pondent of the Petalums Journal and
Argu,, says that ut q Democratic club
meeting at Healdsburg one Of the speak
ers, after having got through the plat
form and Seymour, tho niger, ETC.,
thought he ought to say a good word
for Blair. So he got of the following /:
"who is Frank Blair I say, who is
Frank Blair? Who? He is the man
who marched with Sherman from At
lanta to the sea, and when Sherman sur
rendered he (Blair) laid down his arms
and accepted the situation"