Bne.neoe Noiitrorv.sm m Hath!.Lbary A Co., leader* of

Baabi.a Aw Oeut.emae « HaTt, As'or House, IjUo 'urers nf n-*patters* of Her» si the Hi.I ley Seesoa. .Vaordern.lsndi.ie«r. selves .Voss oir P».u fabric**! s full mop y o' Oen'-m-n.Ill K H »T« of the re vast node* de Parti, w ich we offer wi hIhre» of oar manure, 'tire, prepared for sod etptdaily sdeptelaoyiqrg Otut en.so of tse . who e*«A ae/veay, . legte* sodweii a ocwihuied. Lraar A C». Aftor B

N a T I v r. V\ l N K -

FAkka't Ckliioatbd ArAKKLiao Catawba,f> netendy oat hand

By lb* Bottle, Cs*e or Do« n

pABK»'e SaiLi, Catawb* warraated only Ohe Pur* Juleeaf tt* t. j

BiKKta A Pabk. Broad«ri.y and Daene et , N. Y.Johb U> Pakk, Cinelnaeti.

Sold by all pilleipe! ce«'*t« in sod surrounding Now York.Parka'« Sparkling Cefewb* i« more rich and fro.ty than the

Pi et rh cbatnpaaae. 1 be Freorh Hortlenl tarsi ->.> ¦.. j of PaneWTItO* Prof. Meiga, PreaidaBt Of the AroorlMO Iootitu e, " lwt,tha results of aa impartial trial I f the Catawba vviooa by tbei"Cceamlus*. was to eaavioc* the moat lncrwdo out of tba lupanOrity of Au»et»c*n Wia*e."_~The Sale of the Bkaumost Collection opfaunace, at tba Rooma formerly occupied by the Metione-Academy of Drei«--, No. 6AS Broadway, will bo c mrinaed ThisI.mj.¦»>¦. by A. 11. Lidlgw, at "i o'clock. Catalogue! can behad a* the Kc. in* or at the Office of the Auctioneer, 11 \\ I at.

Holiday Presents..A beautiful gift for abrother, taster, or frtead. If one of oar bend* >me P.eoci Ohio*Ptaara Set». To c oae ont oar preeent etoct. we offer thentat lean tbaa the importation con. W. j. P. Dailkv k Co.,

Maisie Store*, Noe. 63< and hid Broadway.Jew elry..Superior French Jewelry bei iw

ooet.. M«arre. MakcHakD, Odillimot A, Co. of No 181Broadway, beVni dleeotved their copar nor. hip, offar th-lrlarge aaaoitad atock of sopeilor Freeah JiWilay for aals a:rscnee. p tone, to cloee their bnainaea Peri ma deain giiebJtWKLkT will do wall to examine their itock before applyingalwwaera.

Clocks ! Clocks !! Clocks 11 .New att/lesjatt oper>ad exprasey fir the Holl jay trade. Mode« new,ptiaoa vouy low. W. J. t. Uailxy a Co.

Ma.bla 8coret,No*. «31 anl 6» Broadway.

Vvh* at Gi.ni.n5 Lou er Stoke..Every tpe*ciea if finey Ptai la laeladad la'be aeaortmont. and tha priceawill inrpilie ihr** wh> are «c 'oton d to ooneldc r e eian: Kurea aery expeaeiva laaury. Paul aeta of Mlok or AmO'lcao aabe,rivaling tb dep'b ot color the Huwlan and Uuiaoa'e Bay Sab ei,Bite, f ha ret ooawirta f Tippat, Mnff and Coff>. in ibe »-*-

tat Parialaa etyle. hit gla rippet ol the same Kar, f.om Btf toBAA Each ftk EMroaiiM, No. 214 Bioadway. oppjdw SuPaal'i Cboreb.

James Little & Co.,of No III Br . way.

Wh»ra yoa caa get the very be r. Oi othiv; is th* ci y, re-dywaAe or u ade 11 order The naatuWle are tf the neat qua ity,aad tt* w ikmaa.blo oanaoa Or exoeliad.

IVANB'S Ct.* THING WAREHOUSE, N'08 6ti aV iiiaVo'toc-et..line and extraSue frock Costa a)* to t>20. Sup-r¬une Bieok PsnU, *6; interior gradee da *2 t) »v SplendidBaitam t'it r, f* bearer, Pi otcloth ant other Overcoatsg>4 to A.*, ebb Velret. Cwiimare and other V.-.!«, #i |g a)6,

PlANOB, MELOOEONH AND Ml Btf .great OFPERroa tux HoLioata..Hoaacg WaTBaa, No. 3t3 Broadway.

Ärot for the aato < f tha beat Boiioa and New York Piano« . j«Ataarrrit. otferi them at lew prices taan ever b,fors xno en,

ar.d to* popular Horace Waters Catalogue ot Mastc at half priceduihig the Holiday* Neatly bonod Books of Selected siuilofor»3L_Presents for Christmas...Every variety of

Raab and Fancy Ariele«, cou,plaint Work Boxea, Odor B xea,Jewel ( aeatu Perfum* Btanda, Monohoir Boxe«, Dreealng-Casca, Tolltt Bottlee, Brot.se and Porcelain Figure*, etc.. to-

Kber with aa a**o tment of Watcbeeaao Jewtlry at '>-n .»\naat Hat A Towaaaao's 537 Broadway, corner of Spriog-et.

Chandeliers for Gas..Oar lait itapirtationsfrxw Prsi o* tor tbte eeaaon bow receiving. Alao.a oeant.fal vaitety ot Bionae Ficvaxi and Oaovrs.

W. J. P. DaiLBV k Co .

Marble Stores, No*. 631 and 633 Broadway.Sabta Cijii s!.Christ mas Dinners i!.Hou-

oar OliTtl: !-K>ox, tbe Hatter, coroar of Broadway andFaitoa-it , baa d*r* miood aa m-rk down the ptlce* of his

bor»kB Stock or VaLttatLB rigsto low. that ali diapoetd Vj make to tbclr lady acqaalntanraiaether a l/brwtmai or Naw-Vaar'i preeeat at nee approp iate. Bd elegar.t, caa do ga without any alarming atcnflc*. Call andexamine hU assortment.

Extekbive Auction 8ale of Carpets..Outreader, are inlonxel thai ih» great tale of $i3 00" worth ofCAaraii, Oil Ctonis a»ii| he cjntianed Tot* Day,£k*ay ) como.eo l.,g at «»'A o'clock, Bt No 161 Bow«ry, iy

BB*T h Bicolav. Auctioneer. Every lot wdi prxtciTely h«Bold to Ibe bigbt.it h dder wiihont reeeiva. for lull parkcatari. a refer to tb* aoveit aement in aa.ther column.

Bich Plaid Popi.ins, Tmo Shillings perYaxd i.. U. Li ADBVATga A Co., No. 317 Broadway, wil< openihia luotsiBg, 1 ,«-00 Dreee »i«td P. p'iot at ii/ per yarn 100 pet.Paalr Msitnt« at'; 100 Dreaeae Priat« at fj per Drew ; 3,')*)Bwlr tttwaaal Coll we, from 1/ t> <a so. Lsee CarcsJ.ua, Hip*ry, Mb>I na/>hewli M rlnoa Paianu>ttaa. nl k Cllorai, Po.katBat dksreti -is, Uail'i, Blatketa, Aa , equally oheap

WwbBve jurt received a eplcodid ttock of Goodafor Holiday proaeuU. coteUtief of Fibb Watchba, JawsLkrBlLvaa and Platxo t»itl| atse Woowa, lupsrtedand ol oar ««t ainrrr-. wDlcb we will otttf at roaannatvleprwei. aad arairaat them to be aa repreaeated

CtiLBkKT BkOTHtai, No. 136C*oal'Bt

Anthony J. Bleecker a Co. call atteBtioa to(he bale adv-rtisoo to tea* place on the 27ih inat, of tbe valu¬able Phorxaav stuatad on droadeay, betweaa Slit and 32d-eW. aad rantiltig tnroogh t > the 6th-av. Sa'a poeliiva By or

dor of the Surierne Court. Bee adverlleernent In aic 1jo

cclaawa of Courier, k xpreae, Peat, and Commercial. Oiagrtaamay be had at the office, No. 7 Broad at (No t'«3)

Gifts and Toys for the Holidays of eodlenarwtsty. both tor amuaemobt and lartruction aeleeted from allperW of Karope hy oareelvee, aud wi be e .Id at the wweet priceof Importation, to enable ua to ..'ear off oar tm anaie stock pre-pe>story to rsaioviiig tbe buaineee lt> tbe Barir g. Jet o wdi,Ladioa' and Oon lornti.'i Dro'iing Caeee, Porco aln and ChinaPtgarea and Vasea, K ticu ci. Combe ana Bruibee, Perfanar v,Ic is auch variety aa can on'y be (bond at KooCBt'FancyBaaaar, No. 440 Broadway. )B«4 below Oreai-et_

8TBABB8 At af AXVIM'aWildrk Patent Salamander Safes.

ihtisTXBB raaaa in a** and bare aaeer faüti Uy protrro*tkrfr cwwiewti Atem tbe ravages of Are.

a, earnred by Baivvtk'a La Bn.ii Lock, which> aroof ayainat powder and burglars, for aale by

" lasKihSt r., km. a Mabvib,No. 1*6 Water-it., New York.

Great Fire at Brooklyn..New York, Oct.13, laVK-Mewra 8. C. Uraatac A Co., No ISA V*t*r-at,tfentl.n «¦ We take p eaaare 'aata it* the' tba " 'IrimPATaraTSaii" wbith we parch asad frotn you ab>ot a sear

.anew has been the meant of preaeivlng our böoki, paperi, Ac,fnm fire, at the destiue'ton o( lut Fioar Mil. In Brooklyn, earlyaa the auarnitg of be ' Ith Ins*.The Baft was exposed to a .ever* beat about eight bonri; and

wheat coaled on* aud opened tb* content* were fount entirelyar.li.aued. We cheerfully recommend your dafaa to tbe pub la.

HaCKBK At BXoTHXB.Tbe aobecribeis are sole proprietore of HcaKiaa'a PaTBaT

Cm mi loa KiHKand aoae>l*B Paoor Sara aud Hai.l'i PatsstPowina Paoor Lock- Both reoeived prise medala at theWrrUi'a Aalr, Lounoo, l»M, sod Crystal Palace, Mew-Tork.

lab*. A C Htaaiac k ?v..Orraa Bbtck, Noa. 13S, 137, 13», Water ft., N. Y.

Doi.ij« ! Dolls! Dollb!.The aaine displaytthe an aa vrae made at our .' Doi.l Show" last Sann-r will

made caritig tbe Ho Idaye for tbe amusement of Ittde foika,Bast they may wake Uelr asloctioa at their oanp-ir-jln eouBeetles with every variety ol Fancy Goods, Toyi. Oamei, ha,Ar lb* atuuaeaient and iaa'ruciiou of Cbudrea. BtRoeaas'aCaaar Faacv Baxaab, No. 419 Briedwey .last below G.audet.ElintkotypiMi.. Batterie* and other mate¬

rials lor RatctrutyptBg will be furo«bed by tbe undersignedapec reaaoaafde torcia Tba only arem lam for a Gelvaaia tts'-tery awarded by the late Fair of the American Inat tut* was a

Gold Medal to L. l Smitb, No. * Canal at., N. V.

CaUBTAi-OKO'tJ Haiii-Dye, Wiiis and Tot'peesstand preemiBsat above all carmpetrttlon. A aalte of * egantprivate apartmeat* for eepl log Bw f-uioau OrB, tha areteaatatai datd a tir.e of its kind leroogboat .be «o ll. Iiis newetj.e of Wica and Tot raa« are perfection I'eelt Wholoealaad retail at Caiiraooae'e. No I Aatot Ho*>a

Dikneh and Tea Sets in great VAiietj, and aaaoea-al awaottaoaol ol'Faaey OearA* eauabl* to ih* Holiday aaa-

.oa at R'.te A Pxtacar'a,Importeri of Freneh Calnt No. 78 Mat'oa-laoe.

Stwibij-Machine Silk Twist.Great Ke-^cai** IB Patca- We are bow eailiag Machibb Silk.*..».» tbsa ever sold b-tore.tbe beet q-tali y hercofo a aoidtt *W pat poautd w* n. w sail at 4)7 j\ Sing e apoola at N c'e.

I M. Siat.br «V Co., No 331 tfroadway.

^L^^r^mL^1 0f "*« UttalWI OBCltawaaafb-e," Ac, fMBaa Ne. rig Broadwar rf.ii.ra».fcg Biia'gtet free* t aaafl A «>-aiaaCwZto &Z?rf£2 a-ka*9 Bw-Wf-.f the He^t, aavd wT %SZ£tlfi***~<

fasaalaa. Coa^ltatk-a fraa.

Bati-hki oK'.a Hair Dye.Wigs AndTorvKEs..Thla **l*br*ted eaaUblwhtueut is No. «33 BrnsAwav Twalv.prrvate Matexptvaaiy for tbe appllcatloa of bis faaaoasi t|>ltDtb. BiTCMaLoa'a wica and Tot rxas bate impiawaasana)»vat all others, excelling la b«anty af arrangemeat ao paktauiatto thai at Ml The largaet efock of Wu« In the worIA

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^j^jcaiai^ojrOJNothing bbi yet »rrived from Kanaaa in further

explanatif a of the retreat of the border rufühna.Tbe atienee ef tbe telegrapb aatittiea ua that theyslunk away aa inglcriouaiy aa they eotered out

rageoualy. Where ia Sbannou a letter t thePretwdeBt? The Waahiotton paperi Beiert thatnone baa yet arrived Uaa it been intercepts 1 bythe rebela ? Some extracta from a Lseve«worthletter to The St. Lo*i$ Demoermt add aome curi.nitdetail! of tie inva»i'>n. Tbe caanoa of tie inTBderi it leema were atolen from a United StateiatapdaJ, and tbe cournhnder et Fort Le«venworthhad eent to reclaim the m.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21. 18T>5.

DOlAU* I» CÜIvKU.»».SsHat». Dec "0 - No bnslnc»a of c inequence wos

traneactect AfjotirBHl to Monday.BalM, Dec WO..After one oa l>t for S.tsakAr, and

tome taik bbtut prmciplee, tee Ho-iar adjourned.Our columns th!a morning contain the letter of

Mr. 8 H Stuart to the Governor re-igeing bit officeaa City Judge. In ro doing he again protest! hieinnoctuce of tho charge on which he was recentlyDied, and statea that tbe resignation is made froma feeling that a judicial magistrate oagbt t be freerut me i«1 v from h actual guilt, but from tha * un¬

pick n of it. No doubt the personal friends ifJudge Stuart will agree as to tbe propriety of hispresent step, while we trust that there is no one inall tbe community who will not rejoice to sue hitfutuie catetr altogether obliterate tbe staia w hichthe iecent proceedings have necessarily cast uponhit reputation.For the purpose of an amicable adjustment of

the disputed Judgeibip, or rather of tbe doubt at

te ibe propriety of filling the vacancy caused by thedeath of Judge Morris by the people, a suit hasbeeu made iu the Supreme Court, and argimantwas beard yeate.day.Tbe testimony in the case of Sprague, indicted

for the muider of Margaret Furtig, wa* concluded,and tbe Humming up of counsel finished yesterdayTbe Ktcoider will deliver tin charge to-day.A full report of the proceedings in the ca»e of

Spencer, indicted fur the murder of Capt. Frazier,it given iu another part of this paper.

The Governor has granted a respite to MichaelGtrtnan, stntenced to be executed to-day inBrooklyn, until the ldth of January, in order thatapplication may be made for a new trial. It it

represented lhat the Jury would not have Con¬

victed hint if they had not supposed a commuta¬tion of the punishment would be grsnttd by theGovernor.

a>The Supreme Cour*, Geteral Term, yesterday,

affirmed the decision of Special Term, holding theNew-Haven Railroad Company liable for the over-

ittuet of tho late President, Mr. Sohuyler.THE PttOSPlCCT OF PEACR;

Peace rumort abom.d in Europe, created andcaught at principally by capitalittt and bankers.Positive batit, official or other, they have none.And y et the Ei glish and French papers speak witha certain assurance about propotitioni and repre¬sentations sent to St. Petersburg by aeveraltecond rate German Powers, which are said to depre¬cate a perpetuation of tbe Czar^t obatinacy. Anultimatum of Austria, and pacificatory efforts ofPrussia are alto talked of but all, tu far as we can

judge, without foundation. Certainly the mosttrustwoitby German papera convey an oppositeimpression and we cannot doubt that they are

equally well if not better, informed. From thesejouitalt we gather simply that >o such step* havebeen taken; that Germany Lat no idea of changingits po'icy that Kutsia hat made no preliminarypropct-.-.Is; in a word that all these widely dissemi¬nated rumort are made out of nothi : but thewishes and interests of their uutb rs

Anstiiais carrying still further the reductionher army. Canrobert hat formed no treaty wha.:ever with Sweden or Denmark, and it is now ad.mitted tbat hit mission wat successful only in a

moral point ofview.but prtcitely to what extent,we are Lot yet informed Spain teemt also tohaverefuied to enter the alliance; and thus thegeneial crusade against Rusii* is teen to be con¬

fined to what are called moral demonstration!alone.

It now appears that this wat the tort of demon¬stration which Louis Boi aparte meant to demandof Europe in his famous speech at the clotinj» oftie Exhibition. Of that discourse M. Walrwski,the French Minister of Foreign Afiairi, hat beenconstrained to give an explanation for the iottruc-lion of tbe woild. This it in the form of a diplo¬matic circular, in which the Minister entert uponan exegetit of what Lit master really inten led.In tbe first place, then, it seems that he did mean

to menace Emote with a gtnetal war in theSpring. He recogtizet and admits the neutralityof tbe Powert which have chosen to remain neu

tral and does not design to force them to changetheir policy. I hey can, however, still beneficiallyinfluence the course of eventt, and the partici¬pation to which the Emperor invited themwat accordingly a moral one merely Hedoea not ask them for armiet, but simplyfor their opinion and verdict in hit favor.According to other rumors Napoleon desiret peace,but Palmertton is deaf to all proportion*; and at

Walewtki sides with tbe English Premier, aotne

tuppose tbat before any negotiations can take

place the present French Minister of Foreign Af¬fairs will be replaced by Droujn de l'Huya, hitpredecettor.The most conspicuous event in Germaoy, In itt

bearing on the probability of peace, it tbe meetingof tbe Prussian Diet and the majority of fifty votetfor the Government candidate for itt Pretiden-cy. Tbit majority will greatly ttrengtheu tbeGovernment in itt domettic and foreignpolicy, and will alto confirm in their course theothtr German Powert, which have an far beeninfluenced and dlrroted by Piussia. In Russia thelevy lait ordered by the Czar it said to be goingon actively. The Rotsian papera are very war

like, and tuch also leemt to be the tpirit of themerchants ot Moscow, the heart of Ruuia. Oueof hem hat made to the Government a gift of$S0,0<K) in cath to aid in arming the militia The,eouncil of war called together at St Petersburg,compoied of Generalt Rtidiger, Grabbe, Berg,Tanintin and othera hat for itt object tho defenseof the Baltic short s in the Sp-ing. Prince Pnskie-witch it hopeletsly ill at Warsaw.

THK ST A I K OK THK WAR«The diplomatic laloont and the stock exchangei

of Europe are agam, at in the beginning of lastWinter, occupied with rumort of peace Swedenhas joined «he Wettern Alliance, Austria bat pre¬pared an ultimatum tatitfactory to the Alliei,Prnssiais earnestly best.tring herseKin the peacemäklig bniineea, Louit Bonaparte it quite wilingto conclude a treaty cn real *na>le terms, the oldFour Pointt of Vienna are dug out »f th Ir gravesagain, end the futtft everywhere take on an upwardtendetey. Everyb dy teemt agTeed with every¬body, and U would all be v<?ry well had n «t theprincipal patt>- l.usaia been left entirely out oftbe question Now, whatever u ay be tbe internaloonfition. ofRustia, and supposing even thtt allthe talet of the Eurtpean Press about the pros¬tration, the exbautted retourcet, tha dittreoa anddiscontent among »11 tlaaan of the population ofRussia be comet, we must cer ably admit that

.be shows no sign of an inclination te sire In. Theouter* of the da* of the Emperor during hi* r.-.».-n

t<-iir are now published, and fr .tu the facta theyirdirate, aa well a* thoae ei'en in tbe journal ofb'i vt.yape and other source* rf information, we

must conclude that Huim is pn parin*. n->f furpe-acr«, bat for a new campaign on the \

eet scaleAnd indeed it cannot be denied that the military

position held by the Russians ia by far more favorabTe than they bad a right to expect after tieir ft'pea'ed disasters. In ism. they maintain the bio-k-adeof K»r* in spite of their recmt severe def»a»,and all the Turkish troops iu Asia Miuorare notsutTnier.t to drive them ba-k. N'ay, they e-en

cany out, ooresiat'd. orTen*i«e movement* iu tho

valley of tbe Murad Ctai (S. 10 Euphratis;, men¬

acing tbe upper valleja of the. KarsCbai, the Ara*(Araxe*), and the Frat (X W. Eupbrati«) OsMfPasba has indeed invaded Mingreiia, but the suc¬

cess of bis further movements is now seen to beat tbe least, very doubtful, even though MuravieiTshould remain where be is. In the Caucasus therehas Lot been, up to tbe present time, any seriousinsurrection of the mountain tribes, much less a

general one, and it woild seem they are evenMH

tranquil than before the war broke out In theCrimea, tbce can now be scarcely any doubt thattbey intend holding their ground, that i«, the wholeof tbe Peninsula with the exception of a fewsqiuemiles ; aid if tbey intend, by this time, to hold it

during the Winter, tbey must h»ve found a m«ani

to arrange tbe ireat^st difficulty the supply ofprovisions. For that their position, in a merolytactical and strategical sense, is fully tenable therecsn be no doubt; the allied Generals have lefc themtbe time to fortify the accessible points and tomarch up their reinforcements. We do not at

preitnt propose to inquire bow much of all this isdue to tbe skill rf the Russians and how much tothe neglect, timidity and errors of the allied Gen¬erals ; but the fact is that the Russians, after theloss of tbe Sea of Azof/ tbe interruption of the'rcommunication by tbe spit of Arabat, tbe defeat oftbe Clenaya, and tbe storming of South Sevasto¬pol, »tili btlieve themselves in a position to holdtbe Crimea during tbe Winter. And not only that.there ate very strong indications of an attackbeipg prepared on Kertcb and Tenikale as soon as

tbe frost rbaii DaTe driven the allied vessels fromtbe Pea of AzoiT and tbe Stralt«. Thus, the actualground lost by tbe Russians during two campaignsamounts to this: the Dobrodja, the Circassiancoast, South Sevtatopol, Eupatoria and Kertch Iwhile tbe c ncentratef} efforts of the Allies havebeen unable thus far to drive them out of Astaticlurkey, or to wrench the Crimea from theirgrasp.

True, all these are negative results, and whatsacrifices Russia baa had to suffer in order tosecure even these! Out of 294 divisions of ia-fantry at the d sposal of Russia 194 have °een

actively engaged some for three, most for twocampaign, aud but a small portion for one cam¬

paign only. All of these 194 division« have suf¬fered severely, so much so that in many thethird and fourth battalions have been or are beingmerged in tbe first and sesond ; and this in spiteof constant arrivals of fresh recruits. Of tbe re¬

maining) ten divisions, not one cau for the momentbe stared. Myriads of men have been lost duringtbe long forced nurcbes, especially in Winter.The reserve brigades are either incorpo -aterl withtbe line or disposed of as separate bodies. Eventhe regituen'al depi.ta hive bad to march levies fourtimes as heavy as in time of peace.rex'at-d now

for three consecutive years.and yet have not Ibeen able to keep up the ranks of the army. Tbemilitia, rtcruted by am tber levy requiring atonce as inanv men a» tbe regular army in eightyears of pence, is vox being incorporated with theline A fresh levy, going on at this moment, callsont four times the number wanted in ordinary cir¬cumstances All this is true enough. It is even

true tt at, wi'h tbe exception of the ten untoucheldivisii is und about tbe same number uf reserve

brigades, the regular Russian army, as it ex*«*«dbefore the war, belongs to bygone things. Thesame regiments are there, and with <./¦//..«

pretty well fiiled after the incorporation ofthe militia, but they are no longer thesame soldiers. The vast majority are raw,badly drilled recruits, and the Russian is a slowhand at leaning the soldier's trade. We repettit, all this is perfectly true; but with auch tre¬mendous efforts, there cannot be the slightestdoubt tbat the number of armed men no a- ia tbe payof Russia must eioted whatever she may have keptup at any previous period. Tbe very fear of thealiieo Geneiala.absurd as it is.of being attackedon theCVernaya, proves it; tbe results of all tbeiecoiitoisssnces fiom Euphoria or K'.-rt b provetbat at a short distance from these places the Rm.ians were alaays in a petition to draw up supe¬rior forces. Whatever exaggeration the»e may bein tie orders of the day of the Emperor Al>xinder,(and these cannot be so very great, as such appealsare intended to act as much upon the army itselfas upon Europe,)it still remain* trnetbat theCrimean army is itrong enough to resist any at-ackupen it* n sin pt» itions; that it is fully prepared toWirter in tbe Crimea : tbat during October anlNovember an uniiterrupted tide of reinforcementsbas flowed toward Perekop, partly to strengthenthe Cr inn an army, and partly to form, as it were,an army ofreserve, intrusted at the same time withtbe defet se of NikoIaiPff and Cherson; that, unlikelast Antumt, tbe necessary cotcentrationi oftroops have taken place befo'e the bad season setin: that therefore, the disastrous marches across

«te snow-clad steppe need not be repeated; andthat, finally, tbe Russians can open the next cam¬

paign with a marked superiority, unless they sufferextraordinary misfortunes, (such as th Britishast V\ inter ) or unless tie Allies display the great¬est activity in bringing up fresh troops beforer-prng. _^^^^^

HINT TO THi, POL.lt K COMMITTEE.

Our friends f the 8outh have a single "institu¬tion " which overshadows, controls, aud modifiestheir whole social and political tyi'eui. We inthe City of New York, have two " institution!,"ntimattly allied and cooperating together, thajoint influence of which upon our sotial and political state may b* almost compared with that of thesingle ' institution " of the South. The bestknown cf them is tbat wh;ch has for its ob¬ject the rupply of our oi'izens, and the nu¬

merous strangers who visit us, with iotoxioating liquors. It exists in the shape of some

thousand drinking places nic-ly alapted to suitall taste* aid purses, from the bars of our firstbotela dnan to the vilest grog-shop of the FivePoints. On tbese it is not our present parpoae todwell Tbeir fatal influence opon the health, themorale, tbe productive industry, tbe politics andthe finances of this city, have by the Ubors of the

Temperance societies bean already placed beforethe public.Ibe other twin institution, that of our numer¬

ous brothels, is much leal diitinclly known to the

pnblfe. Private ai-ojistion- have from time totime made some efforts to obtain atatiatics on tailMibjfot; hat they hava been cried down arH drivenfrom the htld by the united clamor of tho'e whom

they threatened to .«-,.,., and of to >** wh >»o

mock n rdtet)won'd u>t allow tbem to li-t"ii to

ar) Mj-h tbameful expot-urp-ict orane« of the

f'argfra which surrotiod th»m btwii in their viewthe beat a-ci nt) of ioi oc nce.

S. n.t' i urious facta at to tbe in'iunC*relation*.b» twrt-n th» «. brctb* I» »"d th» i» taVtwtl an It'.

\ tolit>--far** for a long time w*H known to

those be** aeqiiainvd wit" New-York.haveaw>*by tie it ^et-tigficca of tLe Legtriatke T-dic-(>mrrot'ee, b«cn brought to the n-tice of the

public in an authentic form And laWM ar«-> iumi)

< laVex thiogf of the lame soit repotted a« fac'a bythoM wko ©Ifhi |o kiot*., a< to wnich, ala->, it

nlgn« be well lot the Co nin'tt e to l *ke tome inquirie«. The) might nt\, for instance, whether

policen cn are tot iii tbe habit of b »rrowin;/ m>n-»ytf girl* who wa'k the .fta-aet*, the loan being iafact a regular price paii f »r p ¦. : their beitunni<>If-*t(d ' They might inquire whether npxt-door M igbbore of the e» ne character <lo not re*

ceito tery difftrent treatment from the polic-*, anlwhat may be thereag. um of this difference' Theymight < ven inqui-e wheth r member* of tbe policeand even peraone connected with our judicialtrtabliabmeuti, do not, bf aide tbe money levied on

ttete houits, receive blackmail in kiod, aa habitual and even nightly freqnentera of theao honiea IUndoubtedly, tLrte are facta, if ft. j are fiot<, as

to which it woild be very tliiTicult to obtain eri-dtnee. Tbe guilty parties would nut be fcrwaiw t>criminate themselves, und of her* might be ex.

tu in» 1) unwilling to testify agaio.t th*m. Never¬theless, if sought for, some t s'.imony might befounti.

It IM been ititimated in aome of the pro re'd.irjgi, iDdeed in lome of the q'ieitinns put to tbewitnesses, that these housea of prostitution are

a receseary evil. If the Committee, or any cf itimembers are inclired to that opinion, that ia onlyar adcitiohal reason for a thorough investigationcf tbe whole subject. In any case, it is eaten-

tiftl to the public welfare that the precise ex-

teut of it should be ascertained and understood,etpfcially aanur city police appeira to be ao lin-

gularly rt-lated to it.At t*re*ent the masa of g*»od oit'zen« are but lit.

tie aware of ita «ramifications. Those who

know most conceal what they iC «naweven fron

each other. Nothing but a searching examinationby a body vested with authority, Itke that of theLegislative Police Cotumittee, can let in moie

than a few rays of light upon theae dark aud se¬

cret p'acer. We only know now in general thatthere are many thousand lewd women in this city,who coat millions of dollara a year, for the moatpart wretched and diseased themselves and theemiti of wretchedness and disease to other!; thatthere are rrnry houses, open ami secret, devotedto their uses, and not a few apparently respscta-ble, ar lid citi/f na who own theae houses, lot themat encrmous rents, and know how they are occu

pied. Centn not leei enormous are also paid tofarhionable furniture dealers, by whom some ofthe moit gorgeous of theae eitablishments are

fitted up. Each of their keepers hta a circle offriend". Reside her lanilurd and her upholster¬ers, there is the wine-merchant, who finds in hera very profitable customer, and a ntmber, greateror lets, of perar na.many of them ovcup,ing re¬

spectable positions.who are the patrons and frequentera of the houae. We have heard it osti.uiatfd that there are housea of this descriptionthat, on qneetiona directly touching tbeir intereat,could ii iliier.c- a hundred votes. What, theu, isihe aggregate ibfluei.ee of the wholeWhen we consicer that all the. eitablishments

exist not only in defiance of the law, but t >at ithas also been established by abundant evidencethat they are moat effectual corruptera of theagents and ministers of the law, ample reason cer¬

tainly appears why tbe Legialative Police Commit¬tee should avail themselvet of the po*rer8 theyporsetsto make a full aud searching investigationof the entire aubject.

CHRI&T.MA4 UIFT«.The approaching season of festivity ia marked

by an ututual display of notable (Jifts in thevarioua abopa where auch thinga are sold. Con-?ic'eriDg the faricy prices and jol y profits of theiearticles, we mttch marvel that notion sheddingNew Kurland baa done ao little in the wty ofminiitoring unto the delicioua transports of chil¬dren aid loveri according to the bux)m ordin-ancea of Santa-Clana. America appeara tooutrage precedent anl dumb-fouoder prr-phfey in the wondr<tui cleverness which.he appliei to the utilitiei of life. Toe wh,)lethfory of so much muacle for ao much productthe log<c for enalaving man to hew wood and drawwater, the waate andferoeity of thep»at,»re beinglowered into oblivion by the philoeophy of gnbtti.tuting mechanical for man tal labor; but it ii re¬

markable that though tin economical analysis bythe American mind haa stooped to perfect gridironi, bucket! and baby-jumper!, it haa.except intbe article of illustrated books.almost entirelyoverlooked the heart-economies of infancy andmaidenhood, and left it to Europe to supply thosepreciona entities called gifts or preient!.Now inppose instead of looking to Germany and

France for tbe vaat array of toya and higher valu¬ables in the gift department, a modicum of theinoeiiuity exiating here were beatowed on the sup¬plies for the great holiday trade | we think itwould remunerate the spec'ulaton. It would onlybe uecearary to commence the buainesi with mfli.cient means. This granted, and the artiauc akillof Europe at'ded to the inventive power of tbiicountry, a profitable mantifa:turiag buaicesawould teMilt. Indeed, in the matterof toyi thereis an immense field f.r productive ingenuity.' Clockwork "

as cheap as that of wooden time-

keepera conld be interwoven into thouaanda offorma and groups to aatonish and delight children.

'Ihe highest kind of toys are now too dear undertbe price! of importation, for the pocketi of ordi¬nary folks, bnt tbe cheapening proceas of Amer¬ican manufacture applied them, will do what itdid for cottons.reduce them aeveufold. Wethink tlia bint worth attention.

TIIK WAR Ut KtriO.t.In very pleasant fashion The London Tim't atill

attempte to play aride the difficulty into which a

violation of the international law of tLia countryby ita Miniater at Washington haa invo'vat th"Knaliah Government. Mr. Attorney-GeneralCuah-;ng ia now pictured aa, like the good-natured man

in Goldsmith, nndergoing the penalty of universaltrpndiation by the press aud people of all partieahere. It may be true that Mr. Attorney-GeneralCmhing I an fallen into the »-e*kn- ss of anrround-ing a few aimple facti with a elond of exaggerated,vapor Tbie is, however, but a fault whi:h he haiin corrmen with icany other fteat men, and fromwhich tbe preeeot Premier of Eaglabd anl hit

present organ, The I.trntfon Times,*r* not esteemedto bo part calmly exempt A sufficiently long petu d hai hardly yet elapeed to aMow ut to r .,»..

all the war bluster abont We»t India fl*et«, CubaIrish filliiiuatera and fearful thin** of that c'a«*wh'oh bellowed round our ear* some A-w weekssince It appear? now tbat so far fftn bein? thepiretieal, war provokiog r»i*e it suited Th* Tine*to paint us then, we are a peae^ible and admirablydisposed pe« p'e, with a few finita, inch a* a

W-anipg toward pNs-ia and want of stmrathyw ith the champion* of Freedom and the rights ofmm" which, however, it can generally atT»rd to

forg've.Tkil is all peaceable and pleasant, but doe* not

by snj means settle the difficulty between K.neUnland the Fni'od States Tht Times has but leapedwi»h gsy bound from error to error. 80 far fromeither tte prets or the people repndiaMngtheQoT-ernmei t in this matter, they one and all, whatever

may be their opinion on the efficiency or characterof the Pierce Adminbtration, fully justify and sut-

tain the demand made on Kngland for the repara¬tion of an op'n and flagrant violation of our lawsIt ii impossible f«»r our Government to recedefrom tbedt-mwd, and we fan*y the English Cor.eminent will find it impossible ti refuse it. Theparty reallt repudiated has been Th' London Ttmn,with its ridiculous canards of Irish invasions barkMauns, and such vacuous concoctions to bullythe people of thii country and deceive the peopleot thai Put they will find it for once rather diffi¬cult to incceed. The qne*tion is qnife a simpleone, and easily understood. The Hritiih Ministerhere has been shown to have violated oar lawsand our Government, of necessity have requiredtbe usnal reparation. TU Tim«.'» will at lasthave to iitce thi», the real difficulty, aad it were

juit m well it did so at once.

The Tkijuni: bai in view the good of its readersrather than the good of somebody else who waatsto sell something to those readers, or to buy some¬

thing of ibem, or somehow to make some profit outof them. Of course we expect to encounter the

frequent complaints and sometimes) the loud exe¬

crations of tbo-e whose pursuit of their own privateadvantage we do uot and will not serve.

In making up our reports of the Cattle Market,our great object has been to convey to our intel¬ligent readers throughout tbe United States en¬

gaged in the important business of c»t;ls railingthe moit full and reliable information aa to the

actual value of Cat,!* iß m"ket- Tne um7of Mich information to the producers, and to thepublic" generally, however it may interfero withthe ichec es of some speculating persona whowould prefer to pron't by tbe ignorance of the pro¬ducers, is generally admitted. Even the diasatia-fied parties who met the t> *her night at TammanyHall to cenounce The Tr:»1-'»». the railradf,and tte cattle-brokers, do not attempt to deny thebenefit! tf mch a market repoa.*- Their com¬

plaint is that The Triihne does no* report the

prices of cattle to suit them, and they propose to

establish an organ of their own for that s^eialpurpt *e. This they are at perfect liberty to J.>We do not interpose the least objection t it. Butwbetter a paper known at the special organ ofthe speculative drovers will be apt to supersedeThe 1'ribi ne in the confidence of the raiiers ofcattle remains to be seen.

In answer to the charge of M false," " disbonest,''" injurious," aid even "infamous" reports broughtapainst us in tbe call and resolutions of the Tam¬many Hall neetirg, we have only to say, thatneither we nrr our reporter ever have the slight¬est nerional interest to misrepresent the facts.Some of these facta are obtained from drove ra,some from owners, some from butchers, some fromthe class known as cattle broken.who, ai wellas The Triih ne and the railroads, teem to havefallen um4* r the ban of the Tammany Hall meet¬

ing-and some from the personal observation ofour reporter, who hai the reputation of havinghimtelf tome knowledge of cattle. Droveri whowould buy low and n-ll high, c>nstantly cumplaiuthat the prices aie repotted too high. The cattle-brokert, aa a body, are anxiout for a perfectlytrue repoit, and tbey take the pertonal reiponsi-bili'y for the correctneis of tie reports of theirrespective talea which are given under their ownnamei. Some of tbem very likely when appliedto for information may bave eatimated the prob¬able average price of a drove too high, but gener¬ally their estimatea fail in being too low.The only pertont wbo appear to have a strong

direct personal interest in a false report of thecattle-market, are that very clan of speculatingdrovers wlo got up tbe Tammany Hall meeting,but who, we are happy to say, conititute but a

small portion, and by no means the most respecta¬ble portion, of the great body of the drovers.

Irrinunity from abuse, misrepresentation, anislander can only be expected by a public journalon conci ion of possessing neither character nor

influex.ee aud as a general thing we accept whatfalls to us in that line with an indifference whichis partly the result of reflection and partly ofhabit. Put occasionally it becomes necessaryto lay aside this tranquillity and to repel theassaul'* made upon us: and such seetned to betbe case wren the recent severe and iojudiciouittricturei of The fuJAithers' Circular accusing thepreis in general of biibery and corruption)attracted public notiee. We were well awarethat vaiious persons, actuated by motives of pri¬vate disappointment and malice, had busied them¬selves for months previous in circulating and innnuating into the public mind the grossest imputa¬tions of venality on our part; we saw al*o that tiefriends of those perions, aa well as our owqchronic enemies, made hiate to take up the a:cu.sation of TAe* Publishers' Circular and to fix itdirectly upon us: and we at once determined toImprove tbe rpportunity and to silence these busycalumniators iu tbe only effectual wsy by holdingthem immediately and personally responsiblebefore the publicAmong tbe parties who, a* we were credibly in¬

formed, hid been wont to repeat tie calumniousallegation! in queition, were the members of thafirm of Maaon Bröthen, either one or both, fromDne of whom proceeded the article in The Publish-tr't Circular ,- and under that impression we, atotee aid repeatedly arra'gned these geitlemen inour column*. Explanation! have liaoe been had,in which they give ui the aasurance that our la-formation wai altogether incorrect, anl that what.Brer otbeii may have done, inch calumnies havenever been entertained nor circulated by either ofthem. Their assunnce we are bound to regard aa

conclusive, and in view of it we deeire to state thatthe language used with respect to tbem, under a

contrary conviction, become* inapplicable and Inappnpiiate.

So, too, with report to the belief that they halattetipted to control tha eolumos of thia journalfor their tw* purpoaer*. They deny thia altogether,except ia a aingle tue which they explain, andtheir word upon that subject we are also boiad 11

rfeeive aa final. Our contrary impreosion *u 4+tiv«d fiom the Fact that a pereon theo ia the a*.ployme-ntcf the Meaars Mtson bad oa sever*) a*.cntl na applied to ua to bare articles inserted ormodified retpectirg their publication*. Their aa.Mirnire that sui h eppl'rati«na were net tu*o,»itb tbeir antbomy or scowled*-* are now n.rru.eit t our iear-era ac a satisfactory explanatio*fthar pr. nt. It will he fonnd in their rarrl, which.

np]>eara in another r<>!u:nn, and in pubiiahia|which we tale occtaiun to itate-, that in ail oarrelations wi'b tit Mcmis. 'fa*'o, exc»pt aa re¬gards theie matter* in diapute, whieh are now, ar*

bataawVw, finally diaj^aed of, we have never had anyoocai' n to suppose the ma::ageaieDt of that hau«not to be at honoraMe aa it ia enrorpriaieg

FROM WASBOfQTOW.THE INTRIGUES AM» INTU.uUKRS.

loHoria. ( orrrtpwLdm.es of the N" Y. T.iboaa.WaawBroToN, Wedcesday, Dee. 19, 18T»5.

The third week cf leltith scheming, a tele**wrangling andfruitleti balloting drawi to a clot»with no Speaker cho*en a J no hope of any. \ Idow sppreteud »bat none wi'j be choien until theExecutive »hall be obliged, by the need if AppropriatioL*, to have enough Kichar'son votsi with¬held to let Banka be ebcted. Ani, at thia di>graceful at areby ii cauied lolely by tbe reer*aacyof men elected on the atreegth of Anti-Nebraakipiofeieioui an l pledges -a >me of whom are nowvoting for Hanki while pLt'ing to defeat him.Iftel impelled to undt rtike ouce more the unpleat-ant du'y of letting the wrosged and betraieiTeoile kiow why and um'er what pretext! tbiigame of faction it pera'ated in.

Let me say at the outtet t at I cun !ede fall*the right of every man, in or out of the Home, t»prefer whomao»ver he will for Speaker. I pre,ferred Mr Banki originally, because of bit decidedand univertally conceded fitneat for the poet, %iibecause he came ioto the Anti-Nebraaka movementfrom tbe Di mocratic party Aa a majority of theAnti-Nebraaka men come from the Whior tide, aala majority of tbe Anti Nebraska Members wenformerIyWbiga.it teemed to mo the clearest dic¬tate of good policy to tender the Speakerahip to i

Democrat, aid thui prove that the Anti Nebraska.Movement waa not merely a " Whig trick".a de¬vice to put Wh'ga into power Now, Mr. Baakiwai the early and decided ehoice of moat of cheAnti Nebraska Deoiocrai* in the Hotiae.of nearlyevery one who [, , ,,t bimielf «../. ros«; an a«p.-rant for tbe 8peakenhip I bad very itrjagiycondemned Mr Uinki'i vote on a particular nt-,-;of the Nebraska bill, jmt at I bad c <n learned Ger¬rit .-'mitli's failure to vote on a aimilar occasion. Iatill think each of thrm was wrong on the occe-

aion referred to; but I do not itand quarrtliajabout b>gocea in tbe face of vital, pressing in in;and aa to the preteme that Mr. Banks is "not re¬

liable," I tiu'ply aoiwer that tbe man preferredfor Speaker by Gicdingi and Wade, MoU iadGrow, De Witt and Tampan, Morgan and the Wash-burnt a, ii not likely to be a Dooghfaee, nor ii Itprobable that any candidate more acceptable toBroome and Whitney, Scott and So At rttrriioa,Dunn and the remaina of John Wheeler, would bltrui <" nod safer on the Nebraska ia»ue.

Y\ Lv the Anti-Nebraaka Member* were eutiogabout for a candidate and comparing notes witheach other, I wrote nothing- aid said very little on

the subject. I cannot remember that I ever

can ed the Speakorahip to any Mt '/her who didnot tirut auggeat the topic. I preferred Mr.Dank», but deterred to the judgment of our friend!in the House. When they had made their »Vii.ion, I of course concurred in it all the more cor.

dially that it agreed with my own criginal predi.lection

I i»y again that any Member haa a clear tightto prefer a->bi dy else to Mr H«uka B-tt if he itelected to represent and upho'd a great cause -ifthe surrt us of thar canie require! tbe cooeen'ra-

tion of iti frieLrii in tbe Houreupon a tingle candi¬date for Speaker in order to hii election, and if heD< verthe'eaa saya, by word or deed, " I won't unitewith my eempatriota in selecting a common can¬

didate.I won't be governed b, the judgment of .

majority.I won't aupport the candidate of thatmajority, but they ahail drop bim ani take npsomebody else, or I will oppoie and defeat them''.can I be miataken In concluding toat thisa whoao act are "alee in heart to the cauae whteh hat

honored them, and whieh they are every waypledged faithfully to aerve?The supporters of Mr. Banka have tried every

way to harmonize with hie profeaiedly Anti-He-bratka opponent!, except tbatof letting twentymen rule a hundred. They have eonstautly said:. Let ui meet m friendly conference .thereatate freely your objection! to Mr. Hanks or yearreasons for preferring another.and if a majorityof the Anti-Nebraaka Member! ihall conenr with

you, we agree to wake our preference and deferto yonrp, provided you agree to do likewise if the

majority decide againat you.' Ia not thia fair?

Could more be reaaonably aaked ? Tet the mal-contents vv n't agree to it; or, if they do,theyrepudiate, aa Dunn did with regard to the lastcaucus. What then IHere ia another plan, which haa been aad it

open to their acceptanceSet aside all caucua nomination!, all committal*,

all pledgee; have no particular Anti-NebrMieeaawä-date, but let each Member go into the House tadvote firat for precisely that person whom he prefe»to have Speaker. When tbe result ia deelered, let itbe agreed beforehand that all candidate! havingfewer (ban ten votes shall be dropped and the whalevote concentrated on thoie candidate! having a lar¬

ger number respectively On the thirdballoi, dropthe loweat of tbeae; after thia, the next; until thewhole Anti Nebraska vote ia thoe concentrated o«

one catdidate, tbe oboice of the largest nuuvbef,who of courte is eleetei Thus, without a cawa*

or pany candidate, by the aimple force of a arav

joiiiy preference.tbe pre/ereuce of none else bat

Membera-the etruggle would be trrmiaated ia »

day arid the choice of the mnjjrity eUcttd.But thit doea not mit the eight or ten votiag (*

Mr. BatAi who mean to compels hit dete*t,awymore tban the ten or twelve */ting *^baithla>who mean the tame thing. Thay will b >t allo* .

majority tngovera.tbr-y will itothave 8.eho'ee»f .

plurality.they will have tothtig bat thedraital of Mr Banka and tha anbatitution of* «.*

ditlate virtually dic'ated by lft»ea er twenty *%*to nearly a huadred. Att they hepe in M*t* **

wear out the patience of the hundred and draf,**them into tubmiasion. Perhaps they will: '¦» 1

question for tbe Members entirely; but for "t

part I would prefer the eleckion of Riehardsaa.Seeiiig that we have not an ior est, earnast, 9**+tical Anti-Nebraska majority in the Hv>nse--w»*» 1

coteiderable poiüen of that raajority wHl t*v

vote right where H will be perilous te »ke«to do otherwnte-1 am content to let the o^**'**'ticn go aa. U will, and only anxious that the tree

men tjould not tffer a beavaty for tat» n **

trf-^tkery, and thui aow tbe twedi of (**nm