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i i ir it OEB WASHINGTON COBBESPOJfDEJfCEi B0ABD OF ALDERMEN. THE DOUBLE TRAGEDY. FOR THE HOLIDAY8. A large atsormeott or PARISIAN AND BOHEMIAN GOODS perllntDi5 to Druggist. Fancy Glass Ware, Vasei.

Toilet Hen, Cut alias Co loan Bottlei, 4c, 4c. Imported direct scd offered reuil at wholuile prices to close out the stock, an actual reduction of fifty per cent, below the osusl retsii prices. Call and examine before purchaslm. CYRUS PYI.B, Fulton cor. Plerrepolat it.

Greene cor. Cumbsrlana it. di4 81 Columbia cor. Csrroll it. DRY GOODS.

GKEAT CLOSING SALE OF 'AUCTION GOODS AT S.DOWNLSGS.HI 4 FULTON AVE, Kcnr Bond street. Thin week wo bave made additions to our already stock of Dry Goods. Hosiery, Blankets nels. Delaine. C.Ucos.

Muslim. 4e, Aid. Carman stated that the property awatn there did not want the wooden pavement. Fort Greene PUco was wholly and Portland partially In the Eleventh Ward, which he represented, and he knew that tho sentiment of the ward was now against Nicolson pavement. Aid.

Whiting stated that the parties interested do want the improvement, and the statements made to the contrary at the last session of the Board were incorrect. Tho resolution waa adopted and the Street Commissioner ordered te prepare a map of assessment for the two improvements. A resolution eiving the Qreenpoint and WllUams burgh railroad permission to run along Grand street, E. from First to Fifth streets, was passed, with the proviso that tho present Grand street line gave its consent. Aid.

Armfleld stated that consent had already been procured. Alter a little other business the Board adjourned. men. The South needs peace. It is even more interested than we in ending sectional agitation and strife.

They know that the way to keep alive both is by giving the Ultraiste of the North an opportunity to get up another crusade on the pretext that the negro is not fairly dealt by. We have before us the proceedings of the Conservative convention recently held in Alabama with the view of defeating, if possible, the Constitution the negroes and their white allies meaner by far than the darkies have adopted for the government of that State. If there be anv "traitors" in Alabama, they are represented in this Convention. We ask the reader to contrast the following resolutions adopted by it with that offered yesterday in Congress and sustained by "strict party Resolved 1. That wc recognize it as our duty to nsUln law and order, and to support cheerfully all constitutional measures of the United StateB Government, and to maintain the rtehts of all classes under of the ferries, while the locomotives will not pass through, any thickly settled neighborhood.

It will be the shortest and quickest route between Jamaica and New York, and will not only bring the travel of the South Side Railroad to this city, but it will most likely tap the travel of the Long Island Railroad at that place and divert to Williamsburgh in preference to Hunter's Point. This railroad will be a great advantage to the Eastern District, and if there is sufficient enterprise in that section to take advantage of the opportunities, it may become the entrepot of Long Island produce, and retain the greater portion of the trade from the Islahd, which now goes to New York. A public market supplied from the farms of the Island is now practicable. Among the benefits that may follow the Introduction of the railroad may be the remedy of an old grievance, the improvement of the Williamsburgh ferries. The railroads of New Jersey have given Jersey City the best ferries in the country, the interests of the railroads requiring them.

In like manner, the Southside Railroad Company having an interest In the ferries which connect it with New York, will be likelyjto influence, if not control their management, and give Williamsburgh better ferry accommodations. Stanton's Removal. The President sent to the Senate yesterday the reasons which controlled him in dismissing Stanton. That functionary appears in a very unenviable light in the narrative which is characterized by all the vieor of Mr. Johnson's state papers.

Stanton, it will be remem. bered, claimed to hold on to his place under the tenure of office bill, and offered a direct insult to the President by stating that for grave public considerations he declined to resign until Congress met, desiring it to be understood by implication that the Executive could not be trusted to name his successor. It now appears that Stanton was the foremost among the President's advisors in denouncing the tenure of office law as unconstitutional, and assisted the President preparing his veto of the measure, behind which the placeman sought to shelter himself afterwards. The President directly charges Stanton with keeping from him the despatches from the acting military commander in Louisiana, asking for instruction as to how to proceed in view of the then impending riot in New Orleans. No instructions were sent and the dispatch was not shown to the President until the day the riot took place.

As the Radicals carried one election on this same riot, thi horrible inference is presented that Stanton did not desire to avert it. It is certain he sent no instructions to the military and withheld from the President the opportunity of doing so. Mr. Johnson shows that the plan of reconstruction he has followed, and which he frankly says recommended itself to his judgment," was devised between the late President and Mi. Stanton and that he simply followed up the policy they in tiated.

As a final and conclusive reason justify this tenacious placeman's dismissal, the President says the country gains millions per annum by it, though the retrenchments in the War Department since effected. Topics of To Day. Congress considered a variety of subjects yesterday the national debt, the currency, the President's Message, organizations of departments, retrenchments, taxes. In the Senate a resolution amending the Constitution so as to provide a tribunal for the decision of all constitutional power was submitted and laid over. Bills to reorganize the State Department, fixing salaries and fees, and defining duties, and to make the diplomatic service cheapar and more efficient were introduced.

The cotton tax was debated at some length, but no final action was had In thellouEe bills relating to soldiers' pay, bounties' and pensions were referred. It might be well in this connection to inquire how much of the money appropriated to tnis purpose goes to the boys in blue and how much to the brokers. Brooks introduced a bill making legal tender noteB receivable for custom duties, and enabling contracts to be made payable in gold or silver. But his motion to suspend tho rules that he might offer a resolution that in the judgment of the House so much of the public debt as was enacted to be paid in gold should be bo paid and the balanco in currency, was defeated by 65 to 83. A bill to provent the depreciation of the currency was referred.

A resolution declaring that there is no good reason why the reconstruction laws should be repealed, as recommended by the President, was passed by a party vote 111 to 32. Looking.to retrenchment were bills for the reduction of the army and tho reorganization of the navy. The deficiency bill was passed. The sum of $50,000 was appropriated for folding "documents," and only $12,500 for newspapers usually more useful. Initiatory action contemplating a re location of the capital of the United States and providing increased horse car accommodation in Washington was had.

Mrs. Cady Stanton and Miss Anthony are abont starting a newspaper, the Revolution. Tho rev. olution contemplated is in the laws and customs concerning women. So far as suffrage and its incidents are concerned it is hardly worth while to waste paper inkandlyp, in advocating measures demanded bv but an insignificant fraction of the conductors'eex.

Bat, as a majority of women are not opposed to a fair distribution of work and pay ond other wholesome reforms the Revolution may not be published whollyin vain. WAsmnoTON, D. Dec. 11. 1687.

congressional discussion. Dear Eagle On Thursday last there were forty odd members on the list for speeches In the Committee of the Whole. Representative Barnes stood twenty seven on the books, and is not likely to get in before the holiday adjournment, although he hopes to get the floor by some kind of favor by the middle of the week. Aside from the discussion of the Alaska purchase, most of the privileged speeches so far hare been upon the financial questions. Congress seems to have acted very sensibly thus far.

SECRETARY M'OULLOCH AND CONTRACTION. If it does not turn out that Secretary McCulloch earnestly desired the Banking Committee to report directly against his own recommendation of contraction. I shall be mnoh surprised. The revenue was falling off fearfully. Shrinkage in all kinds of personal property and the reduction of business had become bo general as to create Berious alarm.

The Secretary now assumes a pious merit of yielding to the presure of public sentiment when he knew as well as any man alive, that another sixty days of his poiicv would have precipitated those events, which fed the bread rioti of England in 1825. THE TENURE OF OFFICE BILL AND THE THIRD DISTRICT. I soma time ago ventured the opinion that the "Tenure of Office Bill" rendered it impossible for the Senate to confirm Mr. E. T.

Wood, as Collector of the Third District, until Mr. Callicott was disposed of. Secretary McCulloch informed me I was wrong. I accepted Mb assertion and so communicated to yon. Be now finds himself in error Bhould Mr.

Wood be confirmed and Mr CaUicott reinstated, we should have two collectors. This, considering the expense of the establishments, is more of a good thing than Brooklyn could well stand. Governor Morgan's report to the Senate on Mr. Callicott's charges will no donbt be final, bo far as the politics of the position is concerned, it is not likely to be made until after the Holiday adjournment. THE SALE IN GOLD.

1 notice that gold has fallen six per and that C. S. Bonds have advanced one per cent, since the impeachment fiasco. The Chronicle says it is because the Southern conventions are forming good strong' union (radical) governments. Poor Foruey two papers "both dailies" will not save him, his party or his prophecies, if we get but one year of honest reconstruction.

Gold would tumble to Ub old standard in spite of them, and their hold upon the public credulity, upon which they now bind and rivet ther lies, would be gone forever. Although a "dead duck," Forney believes in transmigration to that extent tbat tho world need not be surprised if Mb soul returns to haunt their the shape of a wcattier cook, at any time. THE EAGLE GEN. GRANT AND HI8 POSITION. The position of the Eagle in regard to General Grant has been the subject of many favorable romarks here.

There is a deep undertone of public sentiment which unequivocally demands principle as well as men. This sentiment must from this time forth tend to General Grant's unpopularity. It in effect says He is no doubt a worthy man he is certainly a successful soldier he may be the best man for Preisdent nest year he possesses great influence the country is in need of all tho beneficial influence ut the present time which it can obtain if he refuses to give his aid, to leid his influence to the country except as the price of being elected President, and his govern mental and political theories remain unknown to us, we are adopting a very selfish position to begin with, and bave little guarantee of fidelity in the end. Let the two parties now select two candidates who embody in a mild form the two conflicting theories of the people, and make a distinct issue, whichever succeeds the country will be benefitted. Tho benefits can be awarded and the responsibilities located where they belong.

There are two explanations for such reticence as General Grant displays. One is great prudence, experience and forethoughtthe other the absence of anything to say. When the General becomes the candidate of a party, it will not take long for the astute journalists of the country to discover his tree size, weight and measure. I think I lose nothing in venturing that he is an unwise man in running for the Presidency. I heard of a man once running for Congress out in Ohio, who visiting his constituents for a couple of months, hearing the remarks and reading the anecdotes of those opposed to him, lost his own identity and hurried home to see if his dog would recognize him as hiniBelf.

The General now has tho quiet respect of thirty six million people, and a larsre salary for life, if he continues in his present position He may end by sacrificing the good opinion of half the pesple and losing all his salary. LIFE IN WASHINGTON. Soeially, Washington is exceedingly dull there are few ladies of the members here yet. After the Holiday, things will have a change receptions, parties, calls, balls wine and women will bo the order of the day if not of the night then, Mr. Eagle, as I under stand tiere are some bachelors around your establish mcnt, I shall ask you down to look upon the fair women, if not upon brave men who delight in the "mazy," which used to be the pleasure of your at present disconsolate friend, Pythias.

Itrookly ii Yacht Club Promenade Concert and Ball Tne Beauty and Fashion of tne City at the Academy. The Brooklyn Yacht Club is an institution which seemB to have very capital notions of making life jolly, and also to have excellent notions of how to extend their jollity to the citizens of Brooklyn generally. In summer, the members of this festive club enjoy themselves dancing on the gentle waves in their tight little craft, and in winter they don't seem tired of dancing, but, substituting floors for waves, and feet lor yachts, take part in festivities which are called by that same name. That ia to say last night was set apart for the Annual Ball and Promenade Concert of the said Yacht Club, and said ball took place In the Academy. These terpsichorean occasions are looked forward to now as among the affairs of the season.

Started, if our memory serves ns right, about four winters ago, purely as an experiment, the Promenades ol the Yacht Club have now become underlined entrlea every winter's programme. Last night added another brilliant gathering to those which have alieady been ass embled under the aueplclces of this organization. The Academy tastefully decorated with the flags of tho various vessels of the squadron, and the walls hung with paintings of some of the yachts which in best known a mong the tight little fleet of the) club, past and present. The stage was covered by the elegant canopy which was painted by Gabe Harrison for the ball of the 23 Reciinent, and which waa so deservedly admired on that occasion. We confess to having con siderably overlooked the detailB of the ornamentation of the walls of the Academy, which oversight is attibutable to the fact tbat the balconies and floor were so much more beautifully decorated by the splendid toilettes and lovely forms and flgnreB of the asembled ladles.

THE COMPANY, began to arrive about 8 o'clock, the first rush of course being made for the front seats of the dress circle, where a good view of the floor could bo obtained. A large majority of the early arrivals evidently came for the purpose or being spectators only, and did not consequently display dresses of such beautiful colors textures or elaborate manufacturo ae did those who came later for the express pnrpose of paying their tribute at tho shrine of Terpsichore. Long before the short pro. gramme Promenade music annexed below had been executed by tho Tw enty third Regiment Band, under the able directorship of Papst, tho Beats in the; lower tier were crowded by spectators and tho floor well filled by promenaders, PROMENADE MUSIC. 1.

Entro Tannhauscr Warner 2. Overture Martba Flotuw 3. Grand March Gemma di Vergy, Donizetti By the time the promenade music had come a close the arrival of the devotees of dancing had materially swelled the number of the assembly, and as soon as the Lancers were Btrnck up by the string band, the floor became comfortably filled. The dresses of the ladies were of course very elaborate, and defied all the powers of description, some of them displaying an exercise of female ingenuity in their buildiny which waa utterly confounding. Looking down from the balcony, while the whirling, moving crowd were fully engaged in the light fantastic, the spectacle was a moat charming one, The dresseB were of all colors So were the sparkling cyea, And these blended as in a kalcidoscrpe, so as to make a most entrancing spectacle.

At oleven o'clock the ball was at its fullest, but even then, owing to the excellent management of the floor committee there was no appearance of unpleasant crowding. THE SUPPER was a most recherche affair, served up by Henry Porter, of Maiden Lane, in his very beat style. The Bill of Fare was a good one. Mcata, Poultry, Relishes, Oysters, Game, Pastry, he eating was a success too. The management of the festivities in its various de.

partments was under the cb arge of the following COMMITTEE. Floor Committee. Edwin Hillyer, Chairman, Whiting, P. W. Ostrander, F.

P. Banker, J. J. Tred well. J7 McMurray, Alonio Slote.

John W. Ritcb, William Midgcly, Benj. L. Coffin. George R.

Hobby. Col. B. Jourdan, Edwin Underbill, M. M.

VanDyke, Benjamin Gurney, J. J. Blacklin, J. H. Lewis, Noah Mason, A.

W. Smallcy, Geo. H. Goin, Geo. W.

Wilaon, I. F. Newman, J. F. Ames.

Reception Committee Vice Com. Theodore Peters Chairman. Wm. T. Lee, J.

M. Sawyer, A. H. Cunningham, Thos. Graham, Peter Smith, Thos.

Fry, S. YoorheoB, J. A. Furman. S.

M. Morehouse. Thomas Rusher, Chauncey M. Felt, Henry S. Wood, F.

Clement Wood, T. A. Gardiner, 8amU D. Morris, Geo B. King, Wm.

D. Veeder, John V. JepBon, Robert Dillon, Robert W. Holmes. Executive Committee Com.

Geo. W. Eidd, Chairman H. Peeg, John Jones, G. L.

Haight, W. M. Rinewood, Frank Foote. After supper there was a visible diminution of the members in attendance, but still the remaining couples seemed untired with dancing. Quadrille followed Polka and Gallop Quadrille in quick succession, until tbo programme was exhausted, and the strains of Home, Sweet Home" gently reminded the happy conpleB ef the fast approaching dawn.

Tho Yacht Club Ball is over, all the happy cipecta. tiocs of many months have fonnd either realization or disappointment, and to day it formi with many of )hc ladiea of Brooklyn, the main topic of remark and conversation. Dental Association. In reBponBO to an invitation, issued by Dr. G.

H. Mills, thirteen dentists, of this city, met at bis office on Saturday evening last, and organized themselves into an association to be called the Brooklyn Society of Dental Science and Art. Dr. Mirlck was chosen President, Dr. Chllds Recording Secretary, and Dr.

Mnnroe Treasurer. This is a step in the right direction, as it Is the object of the members of this society to promote the welfare of their patients, advance the interests of the profession and increase their respect for each other. The Profession of Dentistry (legitimately purttted) not separated from the medical, bat is a speciality it. We have the General Practitioner, the Surgeon, the Oculist and Aurlat, and the time Is not far distant when tho Dentist (now to called) will claim and receive, the title of Oral Burgeon, whose duty will be the cai and treatment ol all diseases of the Buccal Cavity. The next meeting of this society will be held at Uw office, of Dr.

Mlrick, the President. (Continued hi TelegrapMo Column. EXPIRING CONTRACTS FOR 1867. OFFICIAL VOTE FOB ASSISTANT ESfGUfEEES. TKOUBLES OF JUSTICES AKD CLERKS.

Is South 7th st. a Thoroughfare. THE SOUTH SIDE RAILROAJD STEAM ON MONTROSE AVENUE. The Board of Aldermen met yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, when the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. It was noticed that Aid.

A. M. Bliss was present In his seat for the first time since some weeks before election. A communication from Street Commissioner Furey Btoted tbat the following contracts expire with this year: Cleaning streets of the several wards, Repairing fire apparatus for Eastern and Western Districts, Repairing hose for Eastern and Western Districts. Corporation Printing, Printing reports of Common Council, Conveying prisoners to and from Penitentiary, Stationery forpublic buildings, Removal of offal, Supplies for Truant Home, Repairing streets in the Eastern and Western Districts.

Supplying gas for street lamps and public buildings, 1,000 gaa lanterns. Contracts lor all these will have to be renewed for 1S68. A communicatrlon from the Treasurer of the Fire Department, Western District, was received, read, and referred to the Fire Department Committee of the Western District. It shows that the Hall is in a very dilapidated condition that it leaks and is otherwise untenantable and unhealthy. A communication from Justice Delmar, appointing Patrick Welsh as his clerk at the First District Court, was received, and on motion to confirm.

Alderman Carman inquired who had the power to make this appointment. Aid. Hinsdale read the law which gives the Justice power to appoint with the consent of the Board of Al dermt to confirm. Aid. Bergen advocated the confirmation.

Aid. O'Kceffe eulogized Mr. Patrick Welsh as a competent official, and a young man of known integrity of character. The nomination was confirmed. THE ASSISTANT ENGINEERS.

A communication was received from the canvassers appointed to canvasB the vote of the recent election of Assistant Engineers on Tuesday last, and the report showed that; the whole number of votes wero 8953, of which there were received by Wm.Dowd 10G8 CbarleaB. Farley lOfU Wm. Cardiff 519 JamcB Gaffuey 1044 Theodore Morgan 233 Peter Fagan 1)57 Thomas Ryan jQ Theodore Stetnworth 039 Thomas F.Ryan 410 James u'Connor 033 John Yerks 228 James W. Dean 713 Thomas Finnerty 057 Wm. J.

McLaughlin 511 Blanks and Scattering 23 Elected These votes are rcpabllshed'in order to enable the boys to settle their little wagers "by the card." JusticcDelmar sent in a communication stating that his court room at the corner of Court and Butler streets is in a dismantled condition and asking for sup plicB of furniture. Referred to the Committee on Lands and Buildings. SOUTH SEVENTH 8TREET AGAIN. Aid. Armfleld called np his resolution presented two weeks ago to put South Seventh street (now Broadway, E.

in a paBaable condition, and appropriating $400 therefor. Aid. Whiting moved to amend the resolution by adding tbat the money be taken from any funds applicable to the pnrpose. This waB withdrawn. Aid.

O'Keefi'e amended by adding that the money appropriated be paid out of the South Seventh street fund. Aid. Carman here rose and demanded the reading of the resolutions. A question being taken, Aid. Hathaway, who was in the chair, requested the Alderman to sit down.

Aid. Carman maintained his position, and declared he would not reeume hie seat as he had a right to demand the reading of the resolution, so tbat be could vote upon it intelligently. Aid. Hathaway pounded with his gavel, and Insisted tbat the Alderman of the Eleventh should sit down. Aid.

Carman pronounced the ruling an outrage. Aid. O'Keefi'e said that in his opinion the chairman bad ruled rather hastily, and held that the Alderman of the Eleventh was entitled to the resolutions. The resolution as amended was adopted. JUDICIAL MATTERS.

A communication from Justice Dunne was ting forth that while absent from the cily recently, he had heard that he had been accused of stealing from his court room certain books and desk valued at $60 but which rumor placed at $1,000. In reply, he would say that the articles were at his house, where he had hod use for them in extra official duties. He did not recognize the person who had assumed judicial duties at tho First District; Court as yet entitled to fill the bench. He rcspccttully asted the Common Council to indicate what disposition he should make of the articles in question. Aid.

Carman held that Mr. Dunne was still Justico of the First District court, and would continue so until January 1st. In this opinion he was endorsed oy eminent counsel. Aid. O'Keeffe replied that he considered that the books which bad been purchased by direction of the Common Council should be returned by Justice Dunne to the Court and a receipt given him theicfor.

He made a motion to that effect. Aid. Carman insisted that as Justice Dunns was still a justice the Board could not compel him to deliver up the books. Aid. Flsber explained that according to the theory held by some of the Aldermen the Board could not demand tho property.

If Mr. Dunne was not a juBtlce the Board had no power over him and the property would have to bo obtained by the regular process of the law. The motion of Aid. O'Keeffe was adopted. Aid.

Armfleld presented the resignation of Justice AbramH. Dailey, as Justice of the Fourth District, (Grand street, E. and a resolution appointing Zacbariah Voorbees, Jnstice elect, in bis place. Ald.O'Keefle moved to amend by appointing Thomas M. Riley to the vacancy.

Lost. Ayes, 3 nays, 14. Aid. Annfleld's motion then prevailed. Ayes, 14 nayB, 1.

THE SOUTH SIDE BAIL ROAD ONCE MORE. AW. Bergen, from the Rail Road Committee, pre Bented the following report and resolutions, which were adopted without debate To (fie Common Council; The undersigned, tho Rail Road Committee, to whom was referred the petition of the Southside Rail Koad Company, or Long Island, for leave to operate their road with steam upon Montrose avenue, within the city limits, Respectfully report That they have carefully considered the matter In all its bearings, and heard all parties at lenirth who came before them, both the owners of property in the vicinity of the route proposed, and their representatives, as well as the petitioners and have, by notice in the public newspapers, invited all persons interested to attend their meetings and express their views upon the subject. That a large number of persona have availed themselves of this privilege, and your Committee have become enabled thereby to become acquainted with public sentiment upon the question much more fully than is usual in such cases. That tho petitioners, the Southside Railroad Company, have already constructed, and put into operation their road, with all the ncceBBary equipment and appurtenances, and in the best manner, at great expense from their eastern terminus to witbin a short distance of the city line.

Tbat this road runs through some of the finest localities upon Long Island, and, by it, communication will be had with a large section of the Counties of Queens and Suffolk which has heretofore been out of tne line of direct travel and communication. Tbat a number of large and flourishing villages Ho along the line of the road, while the present eastern termlnuB is at Babylon, one of tho largest and most enterprising villages upon Long Island. The whole extent of the road 1b lined with farma. which, for qnlckneas of production and fertility, are unsurpassed by any in the State, and the route is dotted at short intervals with costly aod beautiful villas. That the productions of talB large extent of country, opened up by this road, embracing a large portion of tho richest and most prosperous counties In tbe State, and commanding the trade and products of the Great South Bay, have heretofore been and are now transported by lnairect and inconvenient means of transit 10 the city of New York, and from thence to all parts of the country, though the quantity of products furnished has been much reduced and limited from what it wonld have been if convenient means of transportation had been afforded THE NEW TERMINATION.

The Directors of the Southside Railroad Company have, at the earnest solicitation of our most influential citizens, and in accordance with the expressed sentiments of our presB, backed by the outspoken wish of the whole community, consented to make tbe termination of their road in this city if permitted by tbe Common Council to bring to our doors all the supplieB which are now taken from along its ronte to the city of New York, and to make our city the baao of all its operations and its principal depot. And your Committee feel tbat it would be against the best interests of tbe city, and against tbe decided opinion of the great majority of our constituents, to refuse to allow the terminus of this road to becstaollsbedhere; tbat, after a most patient and careful examination, no line of ronte in the city has been proposed so suitable as the one asked for by the Company. That no substantial objection has been made thereto by any person, and tbat the same 1b the only route which the petitioners can suggest which will be as appropriate and unexceptionable. Your Commute would, therefore, moat respectfully report for adoption tbo following RESOLUTIONS. Resolved, That the permission of this Common Council be.

and the same is hereby granted to the Soatbside Railroad Company of Long Island, to construct and to operate its road with flteam power, In and upon Montrose avenne, from the city lino to Bushwick avenne RetolTcd, That the permission of this Common Council be. axd the same, hereby granted to tbe Sontbside Railroad Company of Long Island to construct their road, and to operate the same with horse power only, In and upon Montrose avenne, from Bosh wick avenne to and across Union square Resolved, That the foregoing permission be granted, subject to such rales and regalationa as this Common Council may from tune to time find It necessary and proper to prescribe. MO IE NICOLSON ORDERED. Aid. Hinsdale moved to take from the table the resolution favoring the laying of Nicolson pavement upon Portland avenue, betwesn De Ealb and Lafayette avenues, and upon Fort Greene Place, from Lafayette avenue to Hanson Place, presented to tbe Board two weeks ago.

He moved the adoption of the resolution taking occasion to say that tbe parties upon tbe lines of proposed improvement were favorable to tho change. THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. HIGHLY SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS. CONFESSION OF MBS. FALL.

The Story or Two Abortion conduct ot the Deceased The BEan With the Slouched Bat. The Atlantic street tragedy is still under Investigation, and still awakens great Interest. Tbo following is tbe testimony taken after tho hour of going to press yesterday. At the expiration of the hair an hour for recess, the interesting STORY OP A DROQ CLERK waB continued, in the examination of the witness, Merwin, whose testimony was as follows It waa on Saturday evening Mrs. Fall came in and sat down on tho bed her daughter was there I think Mr.

Price was in tho store; be was on tbe premises; I was behind tho counter; I don't remember who Bhe epoke to first when she came in she remained in the store about half an honr before she went into the room I will swear Mr. Price did not talk to her before going to tbo room he had seen ber I think Mr. Price went into the room flrst tbo conversation was not in a loud tone of voice he asked her how she felt, and asked her to sit down she sat down a short time, and Mr. Price went in the room; she went in ot her accord: she had been in the habit of going abont the store she knew where everything was I knew Mr. Price and Mra.

Fall were In there when I went in. Mr, Price was looking In bis desk when I went in I kept my pistol under the pillow when Bhe spoke about the pistol, abe was talking to Mr. Price she said how easy it would be to blow my brains out Mr. Price made a remark could not tell the words, but he said something about foolish I did not tell her the pistol was loaded it was one or Clark's four barreled; I did not listen to Mrs. Fall's conversation with Mr.

Price I don't know anything abont it she bade mo good night when she left; her daughter went with er; Mr. Price went also; Mrs. Fall complained moro of low spiritednesB than bodily illness her letters were addressed to a place In Greenwich I did not go to receive any letters for her; she never wrote to me I am not familiar with ber baud writing I bave seen some of her letters I have read parts of her letters I can't say Bhe particularly told mo she waB married she had brought me meals she also brought me little things a sick person would like while I was 111 Dr. King died on the 10th of April last; be resided at the store his wife had died a year before he had a daughter and son she was not in the bablt or coming to the Btore every day; Bhe came twice a week she cleaned whatever bhe said needed it she did Mr. Price's washlne Bhe washed for me at times since she resided in Atlantic street she took my clothing away and returned it; could not say she actually waehed it.

TESTIMONY OF A NEIGHBOR. Mrs. Emma Rich, being sworn, testified That aho lived at 74 Henry street I have lived thero three years next May was acquainted with Elizabeth Fall Bhe lived in our house abont two years ago next May she came thero about tbat lime and hired one room on theatcond floor, back, from Mrs. Havcmeyer' she said she worked for a living I know Mr. Price by sight; Mrs.

Fall told me she was supported by Dr. com duc i aiue mini ungiaua, ana mat Or. Piicc paid her passage while sue was there Dr. Price visited her three times: she was eick one time, and she sent for Dr, Price he told mother If she wonld send for a physician he would pay the bill he didn't care how much it was while she was thero sho had an abortion she wap living in the house a year and a half she didn't goto work; mothcrturned her out when she heard what kind of a woman she was I saw her six months ago she was in our house. I have seen her since return from England, but never epoko to her; I don't know anything? about her death Mrs.

Fall went under tho name of Mrs. Rose, in our house Mrs. Fall has told me that Mr. Price had eaid to her that he treated his wife badly. BEHIND THE SCENES.

Mrs. Emma Havemeyer, residing at 71 Henry street, New York, testified tbat she had resided at above number near two years; was the landlady kuew Mrs. Fall she lived in my room sho was living there when I went there; she remained about a year after; she loU was gone abont two months and came back again she hired rooms of me; sho lived there us Mrs. Hose; sho gave me the same name; tbe reason Bhe came back to us, she was sick she went to Dr. Aigner, In Hudson street the doctor told her she was quite sick he asked her if she had not some great trouble on her mind I went with ber and beard this she.

told him no; moro particularly, he said he knew sbe had; sho took three or four battles ot medicine from him, and she quite recovered; got quite well; Bhe used to walk up and down the house with her bands on her head, and say she had great trouble on her mind, but did not like to tell me she said she wonld get Dr. Price Into trouble If alio told me; sbe told me the had had two abortions procured by Dr. King; 1 understand Dr. King is dead 1 did not know him at tbat time, hut I bave seen blm since; she told me Dr. Price was very good and kind to her, and sbe could have all the money she wanted he used to take her out to buy wine to strengthen her; sho told mo Dr.

Kine was in Dr. Price's Btore; sho said there waa a divorce and that the lawyers had got $600 from Mr Price for the support of bis wife, but that they had now eot the store ana things turned over int .) other hands and tbey could not cet anymore money I did not like what I heard and saw, and I told her she uad better leave the bouse, and I had her before Judge Rtissel at the Essex Marke. Police Court, and there Mr. Price hired a lawyer for her; Mr. Prico sent me a note say lag he would sue mc for defamation uf character, me and my oldest daughter; wo went down to tbe store and raw him me and my daughter went to the store wo told Mr! Price what aba bad said, and be said Bhe had better bo cnrelnl of what sho said she stopped In my house four or five months; Bhe did not tell me what tronblcd her; she often sat down to do so, hut didn't; 1 bavo seen her bv my house eince she came from England I was not friendly with her she gave me some trouble abont getting the rent.

Mr. DeWiit Your honor, wo proteBt agalnBt this. Coroner Did you ecu her In Brooklyn I have seen ber I received a notice to come here my eldest daughter got the uotlce; my daughter and another woman went to the Dead Ilouse. sins, holden'b testimony. Mrs.

Ellen Holden, being sworn, testified as follows: I reside at 801 Atlontic street; have resided thero since last April was Bligblly acquainted with Mrs. Full; made her acquaintance wheu she moved In my bouse It wbb tn September; I Baid Mrs. Fall and Mr. Ptlce came to look at aiy rooms thB waa In September; I dla not see them again until they had moved In down stairB: she moved in about the lath of September; Mrs. Fall called me in and told me Bhe bad Just come from England tbat she had buried a child tbere, which gave her great deal of trouble; the losa of the child; she Bald she would like to have brought the child hero if possible no more passed that day I never went in her room again until she waa taken sick; she asked me to come In; I went In and she told me sho was very low spirited sho waa In troublo about a little boy she bad left England sho got no letters from him sbe said sbe wB always glad to see any body come in and ask her bow she was tbat It would enliven ber; I asked her every day how sho was, and she always said Bbo was getting better; I believe on the Saturday she fell down stairs wc assisted her up stairs Jennie was crying in tho yard she was laid on the sofa she fell down just before 8 A.

and she came too about 10 o'clock she motioned for the child to go for some one the child went away and returned In a few moments with Dr. Price he spoke to MrF. Fall bnt sho could not answer him; he BPnt out for some medicine I did not see ber take any of it I v. cnt down stairs Mrs. Fall came too before I left the room, Mrs.

Johnston was in the mom at that time Mr. Price went for a doctor, she did not come too for some time after the doctor came she said she was obliged to Mrs. Johnston and me for what we had done lii. ve left the rooni this waa a week before she died Mr. Price came in while 1 was there; be said Mrs.

Fall had savea his life and be came nw to do all he could I went to see her every day while sue was sick; not many words passed between ns when she got better she came up in my room it was last riiursdav ween Bne saiu sue wanted to bare a talk with mo sbe felt so loneBomo and alone; she said I mightthink it stranse, she had a gentleman friend come to Bee her, nut It was through kindness; sbe said she alluded to Mr. Prico during her sickness sbe said oltcn gentlemen friends were better than ladies I told herl didn't think any thim? about It, thero wcroas many gentlemen Wends as ladies I told herit was a good thing Tor a gentleman friend to show such kindness to her Jennlo was in the habit of coming np to my room: ray brother was passing up on Sunday evening a Utile after soven, and he said there was a lady, gentleman, and child going into tbe front room 1 said it innst bo Mrs Fall, Mr. Price and Jennie; I heard Mr. Price leave the bouse; he bad squeaking shoes' I don't know whether they were boots or shoes I heard the door of Mrs. Fall a room open and the creaking shoes go down he went down slowly I said to my husband Mrs.

Fall's fr.end Is going I oou't know niyseirhow often Mr. Price camo there on xlonday morning Mrs. Johnston sent up for me to come clown I went down and Mr. J. told me Mrs.

Fall and Jennie were dead I went in the bed room and tbey were lying clasped in each other's arms the bodies were coveted evf rything was straight; I never saw any one else visit MrB. Fall; she told me Mr Price's father and mother had been to see her she wub taking medicine previous to her falling down stairs; she compliined of a dizziness in her head and a weight pressing her down one day I weut In and she said I muBt not think sho was Blck.she hod what sho called the blueB I never eaw Mrs. Fait uuder the influence of stimulants Bhe said Bhe was very dizzy and the lightness of her head caused her to fall. THE MAN WITH THE SLOUCHED HAT. John Kills being duly sworn, testified that he re sioed at No.

0 Flatbush avenue do not know Mrs Fall do not know Mr. Price on 8unday night I left my boarding house about eoven o'clock to visit my sister and brother in law the night was cold and I walked quick, and passed tho door by mistake as I turned around to go to tbo door I met a lady and gentleman and girl; I siopp aside to let them pass in ahead of mc; as tbo hall was daik I waited to give them a chance get up, so that I would not knock agatnst them fn going up to my sister's. They stopped on tbe floor abovcthe store I passed by them and remarked that it was kind of dark, but I received no anBwcr; I went up stairs to my sister's room. Tbe remark I made, was that! had spoken to these parties and they would not speak back, which I tbcugbt strange, as I had spoken I remained in my Blslers till ten minutes past eight, and then went to my boarding house; tbat is all I know of the case, except what I was told; I heard from my employer's brother thut two of tbe parties 1 met in the hall had been poisoned, an i th msn bad brought me into it I got vexed at htm and uld not know what ho meant; the way he came to tell me, my brother in law came down to see if I bad been arrested on it he felt uneasy about it on Tuesday morning I went up to my bruther ln faw to find out what was the matter I asked them what was the trouble, and they told me abont tbe affair I am a painter; I was dressed the same as 1 am to day, with, tue exception of my overcoat. (The witness was dressed in tha usual stile, in dark cloth, and wore a plain, samless felt can.

Mr. W. C. Dc Witt Mr. Coroner, although, as counsel, we have no right to take any part in the actual condact of this Inquest, yet, in behairofthe prisoner, botb my "focjale and myself desire to request your Honor to state to the jury when von eomo to submit this case for their decf.lrm.ThM testimony of Mrs.

Price and that of the Misses Ui tc mcy is not tobe considered by them, because ef lis absolntc Irrelevancy to. the matter under lnvestlea tlon ltm no way approaches the question aatothe cause of these deaths, and can only operate to create nrejndke against both tho dead lady aid the prisoner 1 make this BUtementaiow, that your Honor may re fl0J'. V' an.d tte charge the Jury Justly. At this Juncture, 4:48 P. the investigation waa adjourned to this morning at 11 o'clock A.

at Eleventh Ward Grant Club. The Eleventh. Ward Grant Club held an adjourned meeting last evening, at their room, No. 13 De Kalb avenne. Thero were about ten persons present, and tho chair was taken about eight o'clock, by Mr.

A. C. Talt. A communication was received from the President ot the Club, appointing J. Moffat, W.

A. Stewart and 3. Cardnan, as an executive committee, after which the meeting adjourned until tbe 13th of January. Police Commissioner Bergen's Estate at Accno. Another large estate, that of tho late Hon.

John G. Bergen, will to morrow ba thrown into the market by J. Cole, at No. 369 Fulton street. In all 3S5 lots in tbe Eighth Ward, with a fine water view and extending along Third aad Fourth avenues from Thirty first street to Thirty eighth streets, will bo offered for sale.

A new ferry to New York will make these lota ertra valuable, and doubtless sell them well. The sale, which begins at noon to monow, will probably realise good prices aa the property is very healthy, easy of access, and in one of tba moat growing portion of Brooklyn. TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 17. Ikli paper hu the Largea Oienlatlen ur Brenlms paper pnbtlalied In Dotted State.

Its value aa an Advertising jledlam la therefore apparent. The Congressional nisstreaa IMcawbers. The Radicals in Congress, like the bov passing through the grave yard, are whist ling to keep their courage up, or like so many Mistress Micawbers are protesting, despite the misfortune of their Reconstruction "Wilkins, that no matter what turns up they will never, never desert it. If thinking and moderate men of all parties aerce upon any one subject rather than another, it is on the impossibility of securing peace and prosperity under the Radical Reconstruction scheme, and upon the desirability of immediately repealing all laws on the statute books which stand in the way of the restoration of the Union on the basis of the Constitution. All men must see that peace at the South is impossible while the folly of giving unnatural supremacy to the negroes of that section is persisted in.

Such ascendency could not be maintained for a year after the withdrawal of the standing army, we of the North are now taxed to maintain in every one of the unreconstructed States. Let us judge of the Southern people by ourselves. No body believes that negro domination could be maintained at the North. It would daily provoke individual trouble between persons of the two races. Opposition to such ascenden cy would be falsely represented as evidence ot disloyalty and would afford never ending pretexts for the interference of a Radical Congress, strengthened by reinforcements of negro representatives, in the internal affairs of the Southern States.

Military government would exist in all but the name. In every temporary outbreak men of the contending races wou Id come to the assistance of each other, and even the standing army composed as it is of men of the white race would soon become weary of occupying the position of bottle holder, and sooner or later would follow the instincts of their race and end the weary contest in a manner which the pretended friends of the darkey, it is fair to assume, would bo foremost in bemoaning. The South has been so thoroughly exhausted by the war, that it may lie impossible even to goad its people into resistance to the Federal authority. But of all degredations subjection to an inferior race is the sorest. If, taking courage from despair, the Southern people are driven to resist ence, to maintain for the white race its natural position, with what heart can we take up a contest in which our success will involve virtually the degredation of ourselves by the subjugation to negro rule of men of our own blood There is no way to avoid the impending danger except by the repeal of the Radical laws, looking to the restoration of the Union under negro supremacy at the South.

Experience has shown that the scheme involves the impoverishment of the Southern section. We will share in its misfortunes. Already the consequence of Radical folly has come home to ourselves; we see it in paralyzed industry in prostrate commerce in burthensome taxation in a market glutted with unemployed labor. The Radicals in CoDgrcss see (he way public opinion is drifting, aud they desire to stem the current by declaring in advance that it is useless to ask them to recede from a position which we know to be untenable. With this purpose in view the following action was yesterday taken by the House of Representatives Mr.

Benjamin Mo.) offered a resolution reciting that the Free ident his late Annual Message had Been fit, in utter dlsreuard of the popular will as expressed in the election of the members in the Fortieth Congress, to recommend the repeal of the Recon etrnction lawt, the tfl'ect of which would be to remit the government of the late rebellions States to rebel hands and abandon the entire loyal element there to the will of traitors, and thai it is eminently proper that the House should respond in emphatic terms to so extraordinary a proposition and resolving that the House will never consent to take a rotrograde step from its advnnccd nosltion in promote mir tnu cause or equal rights, nor to deviate from its fixed purpose of protecting all men at equal before the law that there is no reaaon to doubt that tbo restoration of the rebellious Stat es is being successfully accomplished on a lirm and enduring basis, and that no good reason exists why tho Reconstruction acts should be repealed. Mr. Kerr moved to lay tho resolution and preamble on the table. Kcgatived bv Yeas, 32 Nays. 118 The resolution and pramblo were then adopted by Yeas.

Ill Nays, 32 a Btriatly party vote. One half of this resolution is untrue; the balance of it is mere buncombe. No candidate for a place in the Fortieth Congress pretended that he would, if elected, favor the monstrous legislation to which that Congress has again committed itself. The Republican party in 18C6, tho year in which the members of the Fortieth Congress were elected, was committed to the policy of restoring the Union under a Constitutional amendment it professed to favor. There was nothing heard then of the restablishmcnt of military government, or of the scheme for giving political control of ten States of the old Union to ignorant negr es.

The Radical party have pretended to be willing to restore the Union on condition that the South would be contentnot to count negroes at all in the basis of Congressional representation. Political Scallywags," in the interest of the Radicals, went through the North, inflaming the prejudice and passion of the people, by demanding of them if they were willing that one white man in South Carolina should count for as much as two in New York or Connecticut, while it was clear to all unprejudiced men that the negro who did not vote in New York, or the foreigner who had not yet established his right to vote, counted in the basis of representation for precisely as much as any white voter North or South. The trick succeeded, and on this issue the people called down endless trouble on themselves by giving the control of the Fortieth Congress to the extremists the country is now so heartily sick of. The proposed amendment was so adroitly framed, that its rejection by the South was certain. The then existing Southern State Governments were recognized by Congress, and were decided to be competent to take part in altering the Federal Constitution.

The amendment provided that all men who had been in public life at the South previous to the war should henceforth be incapable of holding office. From the very nature of things, it was reasonably certain that the Southern Legislatures should be made up largely of such men, and they of course rejected an amendment which was directly aimed at themselves. Had this clause been left out, there is good ground for believing the main article of the amendment would have been adopted. But the Radicals were not content with the proposed plan, for cutting down Southern representation, and Congress was no sooner elected on a fraudulent issue, than the amendment was dropped.and the way opened for the perverse legislation which now stands in the way anv plan cf restoration which promises to be permanent. This fall the partisans ot Congress went before the people with their reconstruction Bcheme.

Their journals and orators told them that if the Radicals were not endorsed, it would be equivalent to the rejection of the Radical policy by the North. All that the Missouri Benjamin puts in his resolution was put before the people and elaborated in every form. In view of the result, who but Congress is now acting in disregard to the popular will The people of the North see that justice as well as sound policy require that all men who are now willing to maintain the supremacy of the fundamental law ot the land are loyal men and not traitors. This is tho advanced position. Congress is retroading in endeavoring to re establish the manner of dealing with "traitors" which was popular centuries ago.

If difference of opinion is held to constitute "treason," we Bhall never have any political issue in this coun ry except between so called "loy alists" and so cauea "traitors. a government conducted through such party or ganizations, would blast the prosperity of any country. The real traitors are the men who will not yield to the highest expression of popular will embodied in the Constitution of their country, and if such men were expelled from the present Congress it would be left without a quorum. That the Southern whites have no such in tention as they are credited with by the Rad ical Benjamin is evident to all unprejudiced. uur aeieruimauoD is maze a cibbu i.wp iiuli uu.

10 the fiiat of January, and show purchasers from the facility wo posetps of being; ble to go Into the auction rooms and uuy Isrue lou the lsrerr tte better, we can ct K0ois cheaper thereby enabling us to under. ell tLc other storcB lu our Mac of business, or even ibu JOBDEUSIS' NEW YOI1K. I quote the price of Uvc from vrhlch yon ca JudKe: l.lntpc1 nnoncciii re NOTTINGHAM LACK wldlvA.iSi. LACK CURTAINS. The attention of tbe 'public Is called to onr large act select itock of LACE AND NOTTINGHAM CCRTAIN8, Purchased at tho recent low prices, ar.d for nalc at twea ty flve per cent, less than last year.

WINDOW SHADES and Ft'RXtTURK COVERfNQS, In large assortment. Also, a large stock of tha NEWEST PATTKI5NS OF DECORATIONS, and PINE GILT PAPER HANGINGS. At prices to suit the ttmea. H. MOMFORD, WPflOLSTEUERS AND PAPER HAKQEBS, Noa.

213 and 'iM Pulton street, Pit TnThSa near mark st. WEDDING AND HOLIDAY PRESENTS, FINE SILVtlt PLATED TTA8E, UT THE J. L. HAHLKM MANCKACTURrNG CO. SALESROOMS KO.71 MAIDEN LANE, near William N.

V. Onr large assortment of Goods, comprising every article tn thlr department of Holiday trade. Is of Superior worsmanshlp and design, plalcd on White Metal, of our own make, and Is now Itt talled at Wholesale N. B. Kl'LL WEIGHT OF SILVER GUARANTEED.

dTTuThiStf BATOHELOR'a HAIR DYE. This splendid Hah Dye tha best fn the worlt; tha Only true and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, instants. Beoas; Be disappointment; no ridiculous tints; ramedtti the ill effects of bad dyes; Invigorates and leaves the Hair soft and beautiful fcfaek or brown. Bold by all Prngglait and Perfumers. eodTuni EMIGRANT SAVINGS HANK, No.

5 Court Phcnix ltullding. Depoilts made from now tin the 15th of January, will draw interest from the IJrtt of the month. Slxpcrcont Interest allowed on all simg free of Government Lu. CORNELIUS DKVEK Prevldent. J.

BuANtqrit, Src'y. dlt tr HOLIDAY PRESENTS. BIGLOW CO, tCFlahllthcl 1832) Have the finest Stock of Goods to select Holiday Prc onta from in tho c.tty, Including ovcrv oescrlptton of FUltS FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN? Also Gents Ueavcr, Otter, and Seal Caps, Ulovct, and Mtitllers. Astrakahn and Seal Jackets for Ladlos on hand tod made to order. JPI.

B1GI.OW&CO. d7 ImS iM Fulton Brooklyn. HEAVY CANTON FLANNEL12 1 2 OTs" fcr yartl, ai Atlantic Mills RheeilnL t2Hc. per yard, st COLLINS'S. Good Prints.

tn st. 12Xe. per vard. at Bed Comfortnblrs, 1.73 and esch, at COLLINS'S. Fine all wool Markets JSM a pair, at J.

W. COLLINS'S, LVJ Fulton uveuue, cor. Bond ttrsct. da 3tl HOFF'S MALT EXTRACT. 1IEVERAGK OF HEALTH 13 a beverage paillcnlarlv to persons nf wpak ano ui uiiiiau constitution, anu auinosc who are 1 ad ing undeljdyspepsla, lots of appet'te.

scrofula, chlorosl. ttc, ecner rat qcu cblllty and derangement of the whole sys tern. DOKF'S MALT TRACT UKV KUliK t)h HEALTH takes mi: rhxfr.nr and Is superior to, ale, poricr. arnl splrltii'ins lienors as a rctneolitl ai'tit, nml In all cases where Ilglitly ttlmula tlvo beverutres anil tonics an uiedoi. A I.

It A HEVEUAGE OK HEALTH Is, since the short ilnm of introduction, already used 'by the flrst families of tbls city ami prescribed by tbo mojt emli.ent physicians, whose approval and encomiums havo been bestowed upon this wonderful drink. Mr.C. P. Wagner, No. 27a Ninth ave.

siye, when giving a new order "Your Malt Extract Is not only a very pleasant beverage, but also a very etllcnclotts one, and strengthens tho stomach as well ae tbe whole system, anu wards oft" dli "'HOFF'S MALT EXTRACT DEPOT, (for America.) No, Broadway, opposite Barnrrni's. Fold by all Prqgrgl'lB and flrocif Steod. DRY GOODS at lower prices than has vet been offered MORTON FLTNN. 279 Fulton near Fort (Jrcene place. Have Just received a large invoice of tlie culebrstsd Hill Bleached Mu lln (3 Is.

per yd. 2,500 yds. Bleached Muslin r.c. 8,000 ES.500 "good 4 1" j) 10c. 2,000 Wainslltta Hleschod Muslin JOc.

1 bale Atlantic. Mills unMt ached (ft 1. tier yd. 1 case unbleached t'siilun Flannel Is. per yd.

it ,000 5d. Shaker Flannel, all wool. vrl. wide, (S 50 doz. line Damask Doylies CI 10s.

per iluz. SO Napkins 4 J'JpcTdoz. 77 dor. Eoo lluck Towels (4 ws. A larfte assortment of Tahle Damask at low prices.

yds. Merrloiac Prints ft is. H.G00 jds, nyllth dart; Delaines 16c. 'J yes. Black A'paca (5 in.

Our large stock of Drcs Goods at reduced prices. Our larite stocKof Sliau ls at reduced prices. If cavy all wool white Ulaukcts i 7 a pair, rcdoced from ISMa pair. omtThSJIuTu CHOICE AND USEFUL GIFTB FOR THE HOLIDAYS JOHNSON CO'S, FIILTO'I. COIt.

CLAltK. RICH TRIMMINGS BEST GOODS. AT MODERATE PRICES. AND STANDARD SMALL WARES. AT JOHNSON A CO'S dlC3tTnTB FTTLTON, COR.

CLARK. AT NOS. 228 230 FULTON CORNER CLACK. LADIES WILL FIND NOVELTIES FOR THE nOLIDAFB. SPECIALTIES OF OUR OWN.

dlfi3tTuTh8 JO11NSON 4: CO. FOR THE HOLIDAYS. EMBROIDERED SUPPERS, CUSHIONS. FANS. COMBS, BRUSHES.

A.VD ARTICLES. riser At JOHNSON CO3, 2i8 and iSO FULTON ST Cor. Clark st. dltj ltTnTAS HOLIDAY PKESENTS ANDITOYS. SPECIAL SALE At S.

Ill AND 111 FULTON AVE, NEAR HON I) STREET. This week we were Induced to buy out the entire, hal anccof a Bro.ntwav lini.orter ot Tuys and 'Ancv Good Dolls, China Set. 'Work Ilexes, Cijtar stands, Desks ai ornaments ol every kind; we will cloio in out by New Veur.at such low pricrs us will make buyer wonder, t'on't buj a single artlcie till yon ee jnr loc. I.otsol articles for naif Just come arel 1 ok once. SPECIAL NOTICE.

FREDERICK LOESF.lt Will offer DURING THI? EEK A MAGNIFICENT ASSORTMENT OF REAL POINT VALENCIENNK And POINT APPLIQUE II ANDKERCUIKKS, COLLARS, HARBES And SLEEVES IN THE LATEST ANO RICIIKST DESIGNS. CHOICE NOVELTIES IN EMBROIDERED LINEN COLLAIH. CUFFS AND SLEEVES. IS EXCEEDINGLY HANDSOME BT8. SLII'I'EliS AT REDUCED PRICES.

WE SHALL Alio OFFER, DURING THIS MONTH ONLT. AS AN INDUCEMENT TO PURCHASERS. KID GLOVES. PUT UP IN DOZEN AND DOZENS, specially FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS, At ciacllt THE WHOLESALE PRICES, a i nr I nws ALEXANDER'S, tl PER DOZEN, 110 HAi.r nnzFN. courvoisek 3 HK DOZEN, 111 5U HALF DOZEN.

377 FULTON KTKEET 7u. dlttjal T. B. BXNNBR WATCHES ASD JEWELRY Of overy deacriptloa. GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND ALL TIMB.

GOOD GOODS AT FAIR PRICKS. AT WHOLES ALB, No. 189 ROADWAY, dUtJl AT REjrAllNo.JSJ FULTON 8T GREAT BARGAINS IN FURS. LOOVIR BALLARD, suit 52 nOWARD NKW YORK. WUl offer at retatl.comiDeacltui MONDAY.

DEC. ins nriii nToCK ooxtrtarxvo OF MUFFS. COLLARS, COLLARETTES, PELERlNKS, BERTHAS and TALMAB, in SABLV, KOYAL EKMINB, MINK. FITCH, SQUIRREL, CONKY. Ac.

Alto, Goods for Gentlemen's wear In OTTER. I'EAVEB, CONEY, 6BAL, MUSERAT and NUTRIA. dgSf FOR THE HOLIDAYS. FINE WINKS AND LIQUORB, Of all descriptions and prices, AT PAYS Old Bt istb Famtlt Win xm Liqvob Broaa. 161 Fulton a venae.

ntj str TO LET 8 ROOMS. 1ST FLOOR AND butment kitchen, on Fulton are: alee apartmiaU; to a small family, lao.iure at ttoroU Myrtle are. Brooklyn Sabbath School Institute The Opening Meeting; Last Night Ad dressy dec. The Brooklyn Sabbath School Institute held its first meeting last night at tbo Reformed Dutch Church, on Pierrepont Btreei, near Monroe Place. This Institute has grown ont of the Sunday School Union, and it aims at awakening a greater Interest in teachers for their work.

That of last night was a general meeting, and was presided oyer by Mayor Booth, and the programme consisted of short addresses. Another general meeting will bo had on Friday evening, while the intervening afternoons and evenings will be taken np by cIsbs exercises, to consist of essays, debates, and short lectureB. Last evening the opening exercises were conducted by tho Rev. J. H.

Vincent, who very briefly stated tho objects of the meeting, and offered a prayer for Divine aid in their services. The president, Mayor Booth, then Introduced the Rev. Z. Eddy, whose allotment was an addrces of twenty minutes on" The Bible in tbe Family." He said it gave him very great pleasure to welcome the Sunday School Institute to the Church on the HcightB. I am now in the Dutch Church, and I am glad to find that this church pays such attention to this important branch.

I am free to Bay tbat at least a score are actively engaged in the Sabbath and Mission School. Sabbath Schools are not of Bncb recent origin as gome suppose in fact, they have been in existence three hundred years. I waa a llttlo dismayed when I saw my name npon the programmo, though the subject is one I ought to be able to talk upon without any premeditation. The Bible is pre eminently the book of the family it is almost the only book of tbe family, unless you except Pilgrim's Progress, Pai a Use Lost and Gilned, those books whose subjects are taken from the Bible. I say this fills me with surprise.

It is a very old book, almost thres thousand years old: some paragraphs of tht book ol Genesis was written before tne flood, aid it is very surprising to me, tbat as old as it is, it is found to oe better adapted to the wants and purposes of the family than any other book, and it must only bs tbat Immense Power that pervades, tbat makes it live as it does. Vbat a contrait with to day and tbe times past. I have witnessed a great change in respect of tho reading of the young men in my own life. I can recollect when the works orihe great statesmen of the day Henry Clay, Webster and Washington were tho reading matter of the young men. These were the popnlar works of the day, but now they are seldom read, except by those who wish to bo Informed in politics, and are only fonnd on tlio shelves of the scholar and literary man.

In my youth Milton, Shaka Eeare and, occasionally, Chaucer were read. I wonder ow many of our youth are familiar with Paradise Lost. The Euglish classics have gono back to foreign ages, but tbe Bible is, to day, just aa lnte. esting as It waa years ago. It Is this that fills me wih amazement.

What is tbe power tbat makes it bo interesting That oook originated among tno jews mo most exclusive oeoole In the world, hated bv and hatinc tho oiner nations 01 tne eurtu. iicre is an immortal oook given by the nation most at variance with ns. Why was not a book given to ns by tho Greeks or Assyrians? Not a book has been given to us by other nations. Tho lanpusce in which it was written has no affinity to our modern language. The Hebrew language was the most exclusive, and is now a dead language.

Somehow the Bible naturally runs into all languages. Mediocre tran lators find no difficulty 111 finding lis beauties. Longfellow with all his scholastic lore can not make the Iliad popular. My friends. I can only account for this by one hypothesis.

It's God's book and came down from heaven. The Bible as God's book should be earnestly studied. I suppose that in every well ordered household there is set apart a time for instruction in the Holy Writ. If this bo not 90, I shall despair of tho prosperity of tho Church. I tulnk the Bible should be taken and made authority on all matters appertaining to tho boti'ehold.

The Bible is intended for the family, and sl.oild be uBed as a guide for the tralulngup of cbildrer. Tbe instruction Bhould be Bnch as thai in after years tbo children cannot tell when tbey met with converbion Rev. Geo. L. Tavlor was then introduced.

He had for his subject. "The Bible in tho Closet." 'He said no subject could have been more congenial to me in its selection than this. I well remember In years gone by, when a child, the anxietv I had to road Para case Lost. I had read extracts from the work, and these tastes had lilted me with an intense desire to be is aessed of its contents. I had no expectation of get tine a copy as thero was not a library within ten miles.

At one time there came Into the town a young man with whom I formed strong friendship. In a conversation with him he dropped the remark that ho was tho owner of a copy, aud making known my desire to read it he offered to lend It to me. My heart bounded within mo. No words of mine can express the joyl.felt. The work was at his home, to which ho waB to return in two weeks.

In that two weeks I lived and walked in delightful anticipation of the joy I would feel in the perusal. Tbe hours aud even the momenta were counted. Tho night bs was to return I sat upon the steps of my father's house waltine for bim. When I caught a glimpse of bis well knowu form I was spell round. On the one band joy took possession of mo at the near approach of tbe fulfillment of my desire, while on the otuer I was full of fear and trembling lest something might have occurred to have prevented him from brlnsimr it.

I could not stir until he placed In my hand the highly prized volume. When he had eone, I can well remember running across my father's garden to a little bush ot elder wood that had naturally formed an arbor, and thero sat me down. I thought that there was only two Of us present, anu that was John Milton and myseif. I pored over tbat book in my closet. That la the same way that the Bible should be taken into iho cloEet.

Book of bokF, there is no other book in existence aa this. The question comes to my mind, what is the effect of in immediate contact nt oar personality The answer cotneB as quickly it Is light upon the soul. Man must get down on his knees over this book unlil itwarma hisvoryaoul. Then follows tbe motion. When the warmth is made manlfaat In any body it espaads.

It la so In the spiritual warmth it expands tbe seal. Tbe speaker mado a very ingenious figure of a steam engine to provo its truth. Bringing the Bible into the closet put the fire Into a man'B soul. In reading the Bihlo people ar treneral ly In too much of hurry. It should be read very cau tloiiBly, that is, as cautiously as we can.

Sometimes a single verse is enough for one closet consultation. Get down on your knees in the closet and see what wlli come of it. The time allotted to tho different speakers had been run over the preceding speakers. So, necessarily, the subsequent speakers were short In their ramarks. Tne next speaker was tho Rev.

J. Clement French, whose subject waB "The Bible in the Congregation." He said, George Glltillan once said that a sonnet of flf teenllneB lemlnded htm ofan attempt to pnt a very large head Into a very Bmall night cap. Now, I think to put four ministers into eighty minutes is only a mistake in tho management of this meeting, I was once invited in company and very good company it was too with ten clergymen, to address a working men's meeting. Very sensibly, the people stayed a way, for only ten or fifteen were in attendance. Ia regard to my subject I muat say it is a fact as a general thing that the Bible is not in tho congregation The Bible in the pulpit is of the moBt elegant description.

Tbe pewB are often fitted up in elegant upholstery, but the Bible is not there. This 1 must say is based upon personal investigation. Tbe speaker then turned to Dr. Eddy and said, "I should like to know bow many Bibles there are in this churcb, and shall ask the conirregation to hold up those they oan find in their seats." All over tbe churcb the Bibles were held up, and the speaker remarked that Dr. Eddy had welt educated bis people.

Oh I said, this is a Reformed cburch. Thero was a time when there was a Bible in every pew, but I am afraid all of these modern elegancies bave crowdeo out the Holy Book. One reason is the change in tho style of preachtnir. Instead of an earnest discussion of Bible preceplB, it baa become to be a scholastic performance. Familiarity with the Bible Is the arms of the Christian bo armed like the Saviour on the Mount to resist the attacks of the devil.

Thero is one thing that is detestable, and that Is, the use of the Bible to bandyjesta. There is one moro reason why there should be Bibles in tbe congregation, and tbat la so tbat It can tell whether that which the teachers are proclaiming is correct. An intelligent congregation will not be satisfied with the ipse dixit, or dictum of tho minister in the pulpit. I remember reading of a soldier who was wounded in the side after tbe wound had healed, the physicians could watch through it the function of the vital parts of the mon. It is by tbe wound in the side of Jeans Christ that we can see the functions of tbe religious life.

Tho Rev. Dr. ThomaB now tookTthe stand with the subject ol The Bible In tho Sunday School." lie said, tho allusion, by ray predecessor, to our proverbial loquacity, reminds me of an anecdote. One lady once found fault with me for preaching too lone. I said tbat it was the milk of religion yea, said the fashion is condensed mltk, now.

He spoke In a humorous strain, at some length. This subject should be considered in its attentive, recentive, and responsive light. In the attentive, I would say from the noveltv, strangerB can gain the atteutlon of children more readily than parents. Tho parent is too near, and talks too much about other things. And from this Idea should there be much success attained bv the Sabbath school Truth does not have effect by crowding It upon the capacity.

Children gain Instruction by tbe glow of inspiration. Tbey catch It from each other. When the teachers talk to children they talk with them, bnt not from an npper story. Come down to their level and yon will meet them in the receptive light. The man in the pnlpit throws a bombBholl it landB somewhere, but he does not know its effect.

But the teachers are lu a hand and hand conflict. The effect of a baynnct cbargo is known at once, and this is the stylo of tho conflict of teachers with the youthful mind. Question tbem and get them tn recount stories, and before they know it, you have their minds In yoor grasp. Remember tbe Word of the Lord is the Beed, and may God bless His seed to tbe children. This afternoon the normal class exercises will occur, and to night will be continued.

A Mammoth Cave in New York. Last night we entered tbe Mammoth Care. Accompanied by guides who were armed with flaming torches we entered the mouth of a dark, gloomy cavern, the walls of which glistened, and reflected the rays of light as if stndded with millions of diamonds. Tho air was moist, and to a degree noisome. Away far in the distance the constant dripping of waters, the steady flow of the river, and tho voices of explorers away down in the bowels of the earth, as it were, gave a weird and peculiarly fascinating effect to he scene.

Tbe month of the cave was very capacious, and gradually contracted as we passed on to the innermost recesses of the cavern, nntil just before reaching the entrance to tbe Gothic Chamber the passage became very narrow, and the visitors, preceded by tbe guides, passed on In single file down steep declivities, along narrow paths, on the edges of precipice; over immense boulders, np rough and natural stairways, through winding passages, over bridges, and on to the large cavern where stalactites and stalagmites waterfalls, the rocky pnlpit, the river Lethe, running along far beyond tho extreme end of the chamber, over a precipice and along as faras the eye couddi reach. This large chamber, which contains the stalactite and stalagmite beauties ia one of the finest curiosities wo have ever seen, and Is a treat to any ono who may see it. The Snow Ball Chamber, the Gothic Han, the Bridge of Sighs over the Bottomless Pit. tho Cathedral, and the Wilding Way, are all features of this cave well worth studying. The passages are intricate and puzzling, and moro like labyrinth than anything else.

Unless accompanied by a guide, a retreat from the cavo wonld be utterly impossible. The Mammoth Cave wUl be opened for visitors next week, as will be seen by future announcements, Tbe cave has been but recently explored, and is found to be one of tbe moat remarkable cariosities Now York baa yet produced. A. Question. To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle.

Please inform me through your paper, If there is an equestrian sebool tn Brooklyn, where I might prsc tics horseback riding. Your attention will oblige, A Bums. A Reader will refer to the advert Islngjxiluma of the Eaolx and find no advertisement of such an estab menthe may safety conclude that then is no such Institution in Brooklyn for every thing doaArrlng pub. attention ia but found then. enlightened and liberal laws.

z. xnai tne people or AiaDama accept, in gooa iaua the legitimate ruenlts of the late war. and renew our expressions, of allegiance to the United States, and reiterate our determination to maintain inviolate the Constitution framed by our fathers. i. That we protest in a like spirit and manner against the policy of tho dominant party in Congress, which seeks to infllet upon the States of the South a bad government, as wrong, not only to both raceB in the South and the neonln of all Darts of the Union, but a crime against civilization and humanity, and which it is the duty of all right minded men everywhere to discountenance and condemn.

Is there any danger in restoring Alabama to the Union under the control of men ani mated by these sentiments Congress tells us "that there is no reason to doubt that the restoration of the rebellious States is being successfully accomplished on a firm and enduring basis." In view of the reports which reach us from the South, and of the condition of the country, can any man believe this? Congress pretends to doubt the expression of the popular will." That there may be no doubt the people should assemble every where in their primary capacity and demand judgment under the verdict they rendered last fall demand it in the repeal of all laws standing the way of the restoration of the Union under the Constitution. The position of the Eagle cannot be met by parrot like restoration on the part of Congress that it will stand by its folly. We look to the people and not to Congress. Let the people rally to the rescue, and it will then be for Congress to show, if it dares, the same contempt for the popular will" it does now for the fundamental law of the land. A.

Would be Regicide Beleased. The release of Thomas Oxford, the man who shot at Queen Victoria some twenty seven years ago, recalls an event that had almost been forgotten, but which created a great excitement in its day. Oxford a pistol at the Queen as she was riding in her carriage through the Park as was her custom every day. The Queen was uninjured. Ox.

ford was Jtaken in the act. When he was brought to trial for the act, which was high treason under the law of England, the penalty of which was death, it appeared that Oxford who was then a mere youth, was employed as a pot boy, or attendant at a public house he was poor and uneducated, and his motive for the act seemed to be a morbid craving for notoriety, like the youth who fired the Temple of Diana, at Ephesus, he sought to link his name forever with an event that history would perpetuate. Oxford, however, had not drawn his inspiration from classic sources, he had" never read ot iirostratus his education had been extremely limited, but he had brooded over his lowly condition, he longed to be famous, but despaired of achieving distinction in any legitimate way. He says the pistol he fired at the Queen was only loaded with powder, and as no ball could be found, his statement received some credence. He was humanely adjudged to be insane, and ordered to safe keeping, and for tweaty seven years he has been an inmate of one or another of the public asylums for such unfortunates.

His conduct was always exemplary, never showing any symptoms of insanity, and he has finally been released on the simple condition that he will leave England and not return. The conclusion that Oxford's attempt on Queen Victoria's life was eimply the freak of a madman was not gen erally accepted at the time, there wa3 a strong political feehNg aroused, and a noble relative ot Her Maj esty fell under suspicion. The attempt on her life was made shortly after her marriage and before she had given an heir to the throne. Had the Queen died uncle, the Duke of Cumber land, then King of Hanover, would have suc ceeded to thejthrone of England. The Duke of Cumberland was, perhaps deservedly the most unpopular of all George Ill's family.

He was as great a profligate as his oldest brother the last of the Georges, and rested under the suspicion of having murdered one of his attendants after invading his marital rights. There was a strong party in England who believed that the attempt on the life of the youthful Queen had been instigated by her uncle Public feeling ran pretty strong against and it was perhaps as well for the Duke that he was away from England at that time. Had the Queen fallen by the assassin's bullet it is doubtful whether her legal successor would have peaceably ascended the throne. Time generally rights all things, and the late king of Hanover long outlived this suspicion and died fully absolved from this groundless charge, whatever else he may have had to answer for. Twenty seven eventful years have passed, Victoria still reigns Queen of England, wishing, perhaps, in her hopeless despondency, that Oxford's aim had been surer and that she had been spared the great sorrow which has robbed existence of all its charms for her and made her life a burthen A New Bounty BUI, Congress has passed iiDother Bounty Bill, to pay one hundred dollars to the family of every deceased soldier.

The amount this will calljfor has not been officially estimated, but as it is known that about half a million men died either on the battle field or in the hospitals we may set the amount down at fifty millions. Under the equalization of Bounty law, thirty five millions have already been expended, and it is estimated that forty five millions more will be required under this law. This would give a total of a hundred and ten millions in all. We are not Bure that this will be the end. Mr.

Banks has declared that there is no limit to the amount he is willing to vote for the soldiers. If this money were received by the soldiers or their families, there would be some satisfaction in the outlay but it is a notorisus fact that more than half the money paid out has gone into the pockets of the brokers who collect or speculate in these Jclaims such will be the fate of tho balance of the money voted by Congress. It requires some courage to oplose measures of this kind, arid few men in Congress have had the courage to vote against them, though many knew them to be wrong in principle. The government does not owe this money, it has fulfilled its obligations to the soldiers these bounties are a gratuity, originating not in gratitude, but in a desire to make party capital. To make votes for the Radical ticket the majority in Congress have voted away over a hundred million dollars of the people's money.

It is well to reward those who have served their country but a nation should be just before it is generouB. We have an enormous debt which weighs heavily upon the country, and our people are grievously taxed to support the burthen, a wise government would seek to lighten the load instead of adding to it, as Congress is doing, in face of the every where throughout the country business is dull, enterprise flags, the government revenue is falling off in consequence of the dulnees of trade, and last month, instead of the customary decrease we had an addition of ten millions to the national debt. If the majority in Congress desire to see the national debt repudiated, they are going the right way to work in recklessly adding to the debt, and making the burthen to onorous to bear. Tlio Sontturtde Railroad. The Common Council yesterday afternoon granted the privilege to the Southside Railroad Company to run their care with steam as far as Bushwick avenue, at the intersection of Montrose avenue, and thence down Montrose avenue by horse power.

This giyes the company the right to use a team to within a mile Another tenement house slaughter is Ire ported in tho mornint? journals. Yesterday, in Second avenne, New York, Beven persons, including two entire families, excepting a boy of thirteen, were killed, and other persons badly Injured by the smoke of a fire occurring in the basement of the building wherein Uie unfortunate people wore packed. Bat for the well directed activity ot the police and firemen' the loss of life would have been much greater. But for the reckless rapacity of landlords, there need have been no loss at all. Tenement houses are a hackneyed subject.

No fact 1b more notorious than that in their construction the comfort and safety of the in mates are absolutely ignored. The methods by which capitalists in speculations of this kind manifest their unconcern lor the large class placed at their mercy are numerous and too familiar to need recital. A man, woman or child who enters a tenement house intending to reside there, if it cannot be said that he or she positively leaves all hope behind," it must be said that his or her life hangs on a Blender thread. It is easier to rccitethe evil than to indicato a remedy. Citizens cry and newspapers Jprint indignant protests when imprisoned people are burned or smoked to death, and that is the end of the business nntil another burning and smoking.

If landlords are not rich enough to prevent legislation they succeed in obstructing the execution of distasteful laws. In alt this is found another example of the occasional helplessness of Public Opinion, of whose absolute power 0 much is said. Fenian operations have assumed a new shape. The explosion at Clcrkenwell Jail has been followed by an attempt to burn several warehouses in London, believed to have been the organized work of avengers of the Manchester victims. The Fenians seem resolved to sacrifice all they gained for their cause by tho mistaken poli cy of the British Government.

The EDglish press urges vigorous measures in view of recent acts of violence. Liberalists of the Italian Parliament have made a violent attack on tho Government. Whether it will be more effective than Garibaldi's violent attack on Rome, or Mazzlni's violent attack on paper, rcmainB to be proved. The investigation of the Committee of Ways and Means; of the Honse of Representatives develops interesting whiskey statistics. Of 700 registered stills in New York the aggregate producing capacity in a year was 152,786,700 gallons, whereon the revenue receipts should have been $5,573,400.

The actual receipts were $23,000, 000 less than ten per cent. are 8,000 distilleries in the Cnitcd States. If all involve a proportionate loss it can hardly be worth while or Government to maintain the wasteful system simply to save a theory of taxation. The Indian Commission has returned home and Is preparing its report. A Washington coitcb.

pendent says it is intended to recommend as complete and statesmanlike a measure as possible for the future treatment of the Indians." The purpose 1b laudable. It is about time tome system of the kind proposed were pnt in force. The warlike treatment of the Indians has not been very soldierlike it ia to be hoped their peaceful treatment will be statesmanlike. What is meant by "complete" we snail not know until the report is fully Incubated. Experience suggests that the only complete method for the noble savage is complete extlrmlnation.

Although General Grant has withdrawn his recommendation of twenty per cent additional salary for clerks in the War Department, it seems the other departments are paid $781,814 a year in percentage increase. The bulk of this, $647,834, goes to the Treasury Department. If retrenchment be In order and fair play be shown, the clerks of four departments must tremblingly anticipate a reduction of pay. Sumner says something sensible that it is hardly worth while to pay for Cuba since the island will come to the Union by the cheap method of annexation in the not rcmoto future. The time and place of holding the Democratic National Convention have not yet been officially fixed, but are informally discussed.

The claims of 8t. Louis and other Western cities. Now Haven and Boston are canvassed, and the issue seems to be between the first and last named. Sophia Myers, convicted some time ago on a charge of swindling sewing girls and sent to Sing Bing, has been pardoned by Governor Fenton. The soft weather threatens an early period to the sleighing, but skating may fare better.

Central Park was announced to give tho signal for the opening of the leasou to day..