The New York Herald Newspaper, March 19, 1866, Page 4

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Its cir- culation among the enterprising mechanics, farmers, merchants, manufacturers and gentlemen throughout the country is increasing very rapidly, Advertisements in- @erted in the Waexiy Heratp will thus be seen by a largo Rertien of the active and energetic people of the United Ba NSWs. EUROPE. The Hamburg steamship Germania, from Southampton on March 17, arrived at this port yesterday afternoon, with three days’ later advices from Europe. Tho marked and remarkable impression produced in Europe by President Johnson's wise and statesmaniike policy isa feature of the news. The London Times apeaks of the President'sweto moseage in terms of the ighest eulogy, and the French Empress, herself posses- wing administrative ability of no mean order, ts reported as speaking in terms of amazement of the ability dis played by tho tailor President of the United States, Tn Paria a» ferment of excitement on the Mexican ques- tlon prevailed, fomented by the debates in the French Chambers and the strong ground therein taken by the opposition members in antagonism to the Emperor's policy in Mexico. A craphic descnption of the situation is furnished by our Par's correspondent, Another of those Chilean privatcors whose appearance is generally heralded, bat of which nothing ie ever heard afterwards, was stated tohave appearod off the coast of Norway, and to have chased a Spanish vossel, which only escaped by displaying the English flag. The Fenian situation r-mained unchanged. In Parlta- ment the prevalence of Fenianism ‘to a considerable extent’ in the British army war acknowledged by the Marquis of Hartington, Secretary at War; but it was added that Sir Hagh Rose, the Commaader hiet, had no doubt of the general loyalty of the foree. A propos tion was made to fortify the west coast of Ireland, in view of @ possible American invasion. The Fenians of Kingstown had beeu fraternizing with the crow of an Amorican war vessel lying in the harbor; but on the movement becoming known to the officers of the ship they at once put an end to the entente cordiale. It is reported that another attempt at revolution has been made in Spain. The garrison of Ciudad Roderigo ia said to have rebelled and afterwards withdrawn into Portugal. The Spanish government has demanded the extradition of ite soldiers who have taken refuge on Portuguese soil. A now company, with a capital of three million dollara, bad taken hold of the Atiantic telegraph scheme, and the work was to be prosecuted with increased vigor. United States securities maintained their advance in tho London market, the Gve-twenty bonds closing on the ‘Teh inst, at 70 a 70%. MISCELLANEOUS. In our Albany correspondence will be found much matter of interest explanatory of different measures now before the Legislature and of political and lobby manu varings, including the bills to change the status of our militia officers, to regulate fare on the Central Railroad, for the Broadway and Crosstown railroads, to construct ® boulevard on the upper end of this island, in connec ion with the Park, and to increase the rates of wharfage tn this city, all of which havejhoretofore been briefly allu- dod to in our notices of legislative proceedings. The Bou- Jovard bill transfers to the Park Commissioners jurisdic tion over that portion of the jeity bounded by Sixty. seventh and 155th streets and Eighth avenue and the Hud #on river, andempowers them to clove existing and open new streets therein. Our correspondent describes some Curious tackings of the radical legislators for the purpose Of spreading thoir falls with the Fenian broeze, while the @onservatives, followin, in the wake of Seward and the Catholic clergy, sternly oppose all fraterntzation with the Brotherhood. Governor Fenton is said to have the Fonian movement under advisement; but whither his Goliberations on the subject tead i# a maiter of uncer. tainty. Our despatches likewive show the influence which is exercised on legislation for our city by a certain Westchester county organization. A fow days later nows regard'ng the river Plate war has reached ua; but {t doe not record mont of importance 1 any new move The grand attempt at advance by the allies, #0 long anticipated, had not yet taken + Place, and the hostile armies still confronted each other 8 Opposite sides of the I'arana. A small force of about six hundred Paraguayans hat mado a dash across that Fiver, with a lore of eight or ten men on each side; but the exploit does not appear to have resulted on any af vantage to either. Additional Brazilian gunboats and iron-clad# wore on the way to the seat of war ° ral vessels had arrived with munitions and supplies for the alliod troops. Reinforcomente to the numbor of about four thousand men had joined the allies. Mrartecn days lator news from Jamaica has reached us by the arrival of the steamship Monteriima wt this port yesterday, from Kingston on the Tth inst, Continued progress of the Commission of Inquiry into the late re volt, continned trials of accused rebels by the civil au jon into whose door most of the alleged atrocities committed aro laid, form the staple of the news. ‘The celobration of St. Patrick's Dey, which was the time looked forward to by the Canadians for » grand Fonian demonstration, having passed off throughout the province without any disturbance, the excitement there ‘over the apprehended raids has already greatly sub- ‘aided; but it is not intended by the authorities, for some time at least, to relax their military precautions, and troops will still be kept on the frontier and at points con- venient thereto. ‘The celebration of the St. Patrick anniversary on Sat- urday did pot cause any cessation of business at the Fenian headquarters in this city, The employes kept at their work of preparing and issuing the green bonds, the funds continued to pour im in their usual daily stream, and all the operations preparatory to the battle for Insh independence progressed with their customary vigor. At a large public meeting tn the interest of the Sweeny wing of Fenians in Jorsey City on Saturday night there was an exciting interruption by O'Mahony men, calling into requisition the services of the police, who were employed for some time in preserving order. The seenes were at times very animated; but the Sweeny men per- severed, and succeeded in organizing a new circle. The proceedings did not terminate till near twelve o'clock, In this morning's Haratp we give @ fuller statement of two important cases now before the United States Su- preme Court, briefly noticed in our Saturday’s issue, wherein Dr. Cummings, a Catholic clergyman, and Mr. Garosche, @ lawyer, are the appellants, and the State of Missouri is tne respond- ent. Both cases hinge on the question whether the new constitution of Missouri, which prescribes a very rigid oath of loyalty to be taken by practitioners of the various learned professions, is in conformity with the national constitution, Messrs. Cummings and Garesche, for refusal to subscribe to this oath, were fined and pro- hibited prosecuting their respective callings. The pro- ceedings of the authorities in their cases were sustained by the Supreme Court of Missouri, and from that they now appeal to the Supreme Court of the United Siates. Governor Wells, of Louisiana, has refused to issue a certificate of election to Mr. Monroe, who claims to be the newly chosen incumbent of the Mayoralty of New Orleans. In this dilemma Mr. Monroe has telegraphed to President Johnson, declaring his loyalty and the regu- larity of his election, and requesting Executive inter- ference in his behalf, The President replied that he had no evidence of any irregularity in the election, but de- clined, m the absence of a full understanding of the case, to take direct action in the matter, It is expected that General Canby wiil to-day issue an order deciaring Mr. Monroe and the other Now Orleans officials duly elected, The Louisiana Legislature has adopted resolutions re- questing the Senators and Representatives of States bor- dering the Mississippi and its tributaries to co-operate in urging on Congress some practical plan for keeping a sufficient supply of water for the purposes of naviga- tion at the mouth of that river. The trial of Mr. Benjamin Coleman, editor of the Spiritual Magazine, under an indictment charging him with libel on Mr, Sothern, the well known actor, was concluded, after two days’ hearing, in the Central Crimi- nal Court in London on the 3d of March, Mr. Coleman pleaded guilty, and Mr. Montague Chambers, on his be- half, withdrew every imputation which bad been cast upon Mr. Sothern, and expressed the regret which the defendant felt. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said he was satisfied with the vindication which Mr. Sothern’s char- acter had received, and the Deputy Recorder inflicted a fine of fifty pounds, Mr. Coleman to be imprisoned until the fine was paid. The case excited very great interest, and the court room was crowded each day. Mra. Sothern appeared ready to testify to her domestic happiness, in reply to that portion of the libel which charged the contrary on account of the alleged conduct of her husband toward a- mesmerized actress in New York. Mr. Coleman’s counsel intimated that the entire story was made up in New York, published in a New York Sunday journal, and the copy transmitted to Eng- land for publication by a “leading New York banker."’ The matter was denounced all through as a conspiracy by cortain“papers in New York to injuro Mr. Sothern. In his defence “Lord Dundreary” was still very hard on bis old associates and clients in spiritualism, reiterating his assertion that the history of spiritualism tm England and America ison the one hand ‘‘a chroniele of imbe- cility, cowardly torror of the supernatural, wilful self- delusion and irreligion, and on the other of fraud and impudent chicanery and blasphemous indecency.’ A meeting in aid of the Freedmen was held iast even- ing in Dr. Burchard’s church. Addresses were delivered by Rev. Mossrs. Seila Martia and Georgo Whipple, de- scribing the condition and wants of the negroes in the South, and appealing for aid in their behalf. The Right Rev. Bishop Bailoy delivered a lecture yes- torday in Jersey City on the * Life and Times of St. Patrick." The discourse was an eloquent one, and was attentively listened to by an intelligent audience. A lecture in the Danish language was delivered last night at Dramatic Hall, in Houston street, by Mr. Just M. Caen, upon emigration to the South, who advises Scandinavian emigrants to settio in the Southern States, and there to form communities, as they tave done in the West. A convention of the German musical societies of the city and vicinity was held at their headquarters last night, at which delegates from over twenty associations were present, A number of matters of a business na. ture came up and were acted upon, and some arrange- ments Were entered into with reference to the Saenger fest which isto be held in Providence, R. I, in June next. Charles Zimmerman, a youth of sixteen, was arrested on Saturday evening and committed for examination fore the United States Commissioner, on charge of obiaining from the Post Office letters containing money and checks belonging to other persons, some of which, for considerable amounts, it is alleged, were found in his possession, A Detroit paper of Fi t chronicles the loss by a New York merchant, Herrmann, of twenty-two thousand dollars in Treasury notes and bonds, whiek he was carrying in the breast incket of bis coat. It is sup: posed that the money was stolen from him, either on the cars between Chicago and Detroit, or in the latter city while going from the railroad station to a hotel. Ovr Nevrratiry Between Spats ann Catn.— We perceive that one of the Spanish war vessels lately in the harbor of New York has arrived at Havana, and the other has probably gone to some port in Spain for repairs. The Spanish organ in this city, in replying to our comments the other day upon the question- able neutrality involved in the offer by our government to refit the Spanish war vessels, then in this port, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard at the expense of the government, at a time when a versel suspected to be intended for the service of Chile, with which Spain is at war, was seized by the authorities, endeavors to combat the position we took upon that ques- tion. It asserts that the Spanish steamers had received a certain amount of damage by the ice while at anchor in our hawbor, and that consequently it was quite proper for our gov- ernment to make the necessary repairs, accord- ing to usage, without any violation of interna- tional law. This argument might be very strong if it were sustained by facts; but unfor- tunately it is not. The real facts are that these war steamers were sent here from Havana for a double purpose, bearing upon the war be- tween Spain and Chile. The first object wa to have their bottoms scraped and otherwise repaired in this port, and thus fit them for more vigorous service against the republic of Chile; and the second object was to watch the pro- ceedings of the steamer Meteor, which our au- thorities had already seized on suspicion of being a Ciulean privateer, The damage done to their hulls by ice in our harbor was a mere trifle—if, indeed, any damage was done at all, which is very doubtinl. However, we are very glad td learn that our article npon the quasi neutrality contemplated had the desired effect of preventing the Span- ish vessels from being refitted at the Brooklyn Navy Yard; for it appears that they went to sea with their bottoms in the same condition ae when they entered this port, and have left thé future destinies of the suspected Chilean os Moras Bax ab . Sceaach'y to such accidents ps may seise, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1866. cg The Political Condition of the Country— The Great Issucs. When the great toplo before the country was the war, no man could doubt which side he was on, There was but one possible side for every patriot,and all the copperhead inventions and arguments, all the finely aflected indignation sgainst arbitrary power, military rule, and all that, did not for an instant confuse the people. But when the country was saved, when the armies went home—when all that the soldiers could do was done—then the politicians came forward again, and there were parties once more. Men who had just stood shoulder to shoulder, who seemed to have no other thought or purpose in life than the good of the country and how best to secure the national welfare, now began to take the most diverse views of the necessities of the case, and to advocate measures so widely different that they could not possibly both have the same happy result of securing peace and prosperity. How should the people choose between such parties, when both claimed to do all for tho good of the country, and when, a few months ago, all were equally urgent in the common cause? How should they discriminate between parts of the organization that had certainly saved.the country, when the parts were how eqnally loud in claiming to be animated by the same good purpose? The difficulty that surrounds such a discrimination has been the life of the radical faction. That faction has been able to keep together only because it has been able to conceal its purposes from the peo- ple. It has escaped the storm of popular in- dignation in its many disguises, and has found safety in the constant declaration that it was not at issue with the President and that its grand object was reconstruction. But that game.is pretty well done with now. The disguise is torn away effectually. For the first time since the politicians succeeded to the soldiers in the arrangement of our national affairs, the issues and the position of parties are so clear that partisans cannot confuse the vision of the people. Standing forward in his high position, the President has appealed to the people against the factious fanatics who, pretending to be friendly to his popular policy of reconstruction, were doing their utmost to defeat it. He has denounced boldly and open- ly the traitors that, like our former foes in the field, only assumed the garb of Union men in order to get close enough to give a treacherous fire into the ranks of men really fighting for the Union. His bold declarations have ex- posed the whole insidious game. He has re- called the popular recollection to the fact that these men sustained the cause of the country only because it happened to coincide with cer- tain purposes of their own, and has properly put them in the category of traitors, because they have always been and are now as ready as tho rebels to destroy the government, when they could not accomplish their objects in any other way. The speech in which Mr. John- son laid before the country on Washing- ton’s birthday the true position of the great issues of the day is the finest thing in his history. Its truth, its magnificent force, may be seen by the terrible writhings it causes among the radical vipers everywhere. As 8 piece of unpremeditated, energetic, earnest eloquence, it is without an equal. It has all the fire, all the forvid denunciation that is so splendid in Demosthenes, with more directness, distinctness and point than is found in any effort of the great Athenian. The people from Maine to California will re- spond to this bold appeal. Its simple view of the political situation is the pcople’s view, and it will become the platform of a new party, That new party, made from the conservative republicans and fsom what is left of the rank and file of the democracy, has already had the breath of life breathed into it by the President’s words. That new party will carry the coun- try in the next elections, or if it do not quite that, it will open the way so well that it will sweep all before it in 1868. Its simple idea will be, the good of the country before every- thing. It will at once rebuke and crush ont both extremes with the grand thought quoted by the President from Mr. Lincoln, that so far from keeping the Southern States out of Con- gress, we ought rather to force them to come in, if that should prove necessary. This party will class Garrison and Vallandigham together; it will pat Stevens and Yancey side hy side as enemies of the government, moking no choice whatever between men who prefer their own notion to the common good. Mr. Johnson has laid down the platform of this party, and its growth, its triumph over all the factious cle- ments will be an inevitable part of the progress of events. The eyes of the people are open, and all the ra jugelery cannot clos e them. Senator SHERMAN oN THe Wroxa Tace— The Senator from Ohio haa always enjoyed a very enviable reputation for honesty, integrity and common sense. His recent speech in the Senate upon the differences between the Presi- dent and Congress was admirable in its tone, irrefutable in most of its conclusions, and was received with respect by men of all parties and factions. But his speech at a political meeting at Bridgeport, Conn., on Saturday last, was entirely unworthy of his reputation. It was the most common sort of a stump barangue. He undertook to show that the President and Congress “stood with each other on every ma- terial question.” The Senator knows better than that. He knows that the President insiats that the Southern States are in the Union, while Congress contends that they are out of the Union, dead, without the right of representa- tion. Is this difference immaterial? He knows that the President has denounced certain men as Northern traitors, while Congress accepts these men as its leaders. Is not this a material difference? He knows that the President vetoed the Freedmen’s Bureau bill, which Con- gress almost unanimously adopted. Is not this ® material difference? He knows that the President opposes unlimited negro suffrage, while the majority of Congress is in favor of it, Is this difference immaterial? He knows that the President wishes loyal delegates from the South to be admitted, while Congress refuses to admit any Southern delegates whatever, Is not this a material difference? Senator Sherman's speech does him no credit. We are both sorry and astonished that he should have made it Undoubtedly it was calculated and de- signed for Connecticut voters. A mere poli- tician might descend to euch mancuvres with- out comment; but Senator Sherman owes it to himself, to his name, to his position and to the reputation which he has secured, that he should be more careful, more truthful and less inein- cere in bis statements. He woul not have de ! Jiyered such a speech in the Senate and he should not have allowed himself to be seduced inio delivering {t at a local political mcvting. He is like a respectable business man who “as wilfully endorsed Thad Stevens’ forged politi- cal paper. Russia and the United States Entente Cord. Our St Petersburg correspondence, which we published the other day, contained much im- portant intelligence concerning Russian affairs. The finances appear to be in an embarrassed condition, showing a very considerable deficit according to the budget of the Finance Min- ister; and it has been publicly stated that he has garbled the figures to make it seem lighter than it really is. Count Stroganoff so charged in the municipal council of Odessa, and was rebuked by the Emperor for his boldness, There would seem in the meantime to bea tendency towards more liberal spirit in the management of public affairs, arising partly from the hostility of the Emperor to the nobility. The banquet at Moscow has been succeeded by another at Cronstadt. On both occasions there bas been a very significant manifestation ofan entente cordiale between Russia and the United States so genuine and so hearty that there can be no mistaking ites meaning. Our Minister to Russia was lately the special guest of the “Sailors’ Club” of Cronstadt, as he had previously been the guest of the merchants of Moscow. These facts have not escaped the notice of European commentators upon public events, and more particularly in England. It is evi- dent that Russia appreciates very fully the value of a friendly naval Power like the United States, in view of contingencies that may arise in the future of Europe, which at the present time looks somewhat cloudy. There is also good reason why the two countries should be on friendly terms when we remember that, of all the great nations of Europe, Russia was our most steadfast friend during the rebellion. While other governments openly rejoiced at the prospect of the dissolution of this great republic, and secretly fomented the rebellion, the gov- ernment of the Czar observed an honorable neutrality. In judging between their friends and their enemies republics are not always un- grateful. We recognize fully the amicable rela- tions preserved between us and Russia in our days of trial and difficulty—relations which ex- isted not only in appearance but in fact, and we can contrast them favorably with the quasi neutrality or ill disguised hostility of other nations. Rusia has progressed towards civilization and the civil liberty of her people amazingly within the past ten years, At a period not more distant than the Orimean war the govern- ment of Russia was the most absolute in the world. The despotism of the days of Louis the Thirteenth and Richelieu in France was not greater than that of Russ'a. The same system of espionage permeated through all society ; serfdom in its most degrading form kept the majority of the community in abject submission. The subject owed his lifeand his freedom to the whim of the monarch. But all this is changed now, and the Russian citizen is as free as the citizen of France. In many respects he is more free. M. Thiers, in his late speech mm the 'rench Assembly, censured the government of France for employing the public funds to secure the clection of its own candidates, The inter- vention of government, he said, ought at least to be confined within the limits of propriety. No such charge can be laid at the door of the Russian goverament. The liberty of the sub- ject, on the contrary, is well established in Russia. We observe that democratic influences have so far prevailed that a man of strong democratic tendencies has been recently ad- mitted to a place in the imperial Cabinet and olmost controls the Czar. We know that the serfs have been made free within a few years past; so that, as M. Thiers says, thirty millions of the inbabitants formerly held as serfs are made first men and then citi- zens in the land, “and their representatives are now seated by the side of those of the middle classes and the nobles.” This has been the progeessive policy of Russia. She has been gradually approximating towards popular free- dom, and hence the anomaly of an affiliation between a republic like ours and an absolute monarchy like Russia loses its force. While the government of England asapmed an un(riendly attitude towards us during the rebellion, and by its despotic policy has now driven a portion of her dominions into revolution, and the Em- peror of the French is endeavoring to create difficulties between the United States and France, which the people of neither coun- try desire, Russia has not only maintained the most amicable relations with our people, but has demonstrated an intention to assimilate her institutions to those of a free government as closely as her traditionary history and custows will admit. In this respect she has made more progress than any other nation in Europe, and hence we are not surprised at the recent evi- dences of a more intimate alliance between Russia and the United States. We take it that the existing entente cordiale is something more than a name. Festantsm—Is It Dean on Donant?—Despite the great alarm of our neighbors in Canada ovor the expected invasion of their territory on Saturday, the day passed away in quiet. No bloodthirsty Fenian army came to justify the fears of the loyal province. Quebec, Kings ton, Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton are all safe. St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated in Canada, and Irishmen seemed only to vie with one another In their expressions of loyalty. In this city and throughout the United States, where Fenianism might have been rampant to any extent short of a breach of the pence, it did not come to the surface at all. No Irish- man paraded as a Fenian; no Fenian banners flaunted in the streets; n@ Fenian speeches were heard. St. Patrick’s festival was kept with most exemplary order, and altogether by our Irish societies whose objects are benevo- lence, charity and the preservation of the na- tional spirit in other most peaceable ways. All this is a remarkable phase of the move- ment. Fenianiem has frightened out of their peaceable propriety both England and Canada. Fenianism is divided into two paris by ite different purposes with respect to those coun- tries. O'Mahony wants to send all bis men and money to Ireland directly, and act against England there. Sweeny believes that to be impractical, and proposes to invade Canada, seize it as a base of operations, establish « pro- visional government, and from Canadian ports send out Irish Alabamas to strike England im the vulnerable point of her commerce. This is the whole issue between the two branchey, Seis ci rs ens Hence the fear in both places. And this fear has been expensive on both sides of the Atlan- tic. Canada has put on foot a volunteer army, and already grumbles terribly at the expense; and England, with the enforced movement of troops to all parts of her empire, includ- ing reinforcements to Canada, will find a tremendous item added to her yearly bill. And with all this money spent and fear excited St. Patrick’s Day comes and goes—the grand high festival on which the Irish nature is accus- tomed to loosen itself from most conventional trammels passes away—and not a Fenian is seen. This is not Irish in style. It is not the usual way of Izish rebellions. In 1848 the simple suspension of the habeas corpus in Ireland developed the latent trouble, and it was put down at once. That suspension did not de- velop it in Ireland this time, and St. Patrick’s Day did not develop it this side the water. What does this mean? Is it the indication of greater strength in this movement than in former ones, or that there is nothing whatever in it? Does it merely mean that Fenianism has more conscious power, and therefore patience— that it is more subject to movements, or that it is all froth and fume? Is there nothing in it, or is there in it such a power to bide its time and take a true oppor- tunity that may well cause all the fear that England feelst The News from Europe—Mr. Seward on the Mexican Question. The Germania arrived here yesterday with news from Europe to the 8th inst. We see by her advices a reiteration of the statement which appeared in the Memorial Diplomatique—a journal that is supposed to be well informed on foreign affairs and sometimes to speak by authority—that Mr. Seward has assured M. Druyn de Lhuys that “the United States A EEE an ar, earl and wo, ‘der the law officers of not see the Watter in that light. We can to wait for ® settlement of the Alabama claims; wo dc ot need the money; aad we are not disposed % give up privateer. ing while these claims rema!2 Ou turn will certainly come, and, ‘a8 Mr. Baxter paying ourselves may come sooner than Eng- land thought when her Secretary for Foreign Affairs told Mr. Adams the question was ex- hausted. It does not appear that Parliament thinks it exhausted. A change has come over the English government very recently, and there may be a disposition now to settle the Alabama claims. The present time is certainly opportune for them, if not the best for us. We are willing to entertain any reasonable propoai- tion for a settlement. But let the British gov- ernment rest assured that we shall never be- come a party to any proposed internations® law to abolish privateering, especially while the Alabama claims remain unsettled. Tas Boovs Extra Nuisanoe.—We have re- ceived several communications of late fling complaints in regard to the practice of the newsboys selling bogus Extras in the upper portion of the city during the night These Extras are printed by some speou- lators, who manage to drive quite a trade is this bogus business. It is a direct imposition on the public, and the police should ‘arrest those who are engaged in hawking these bogus will remain neutral towards Mexico in view of papers around the streets. They can very the promised evacuation of the country by the French troops.” We have not the text of the despatch referred to, and cannot tell how far the lan- guage of our wordy and wily Secretary of State may be twisted to suit the French pub- lic and government; but we do not suppose Mr. Seward has made any such pledge as is at- tributed to him. If he has he will not be sustained by Congress and the people of this country for any great length of time. The French journals seem to lose sight of the main point in this Mexican diffi- culty, or, seeing it, they cheat the publie. It is not the French troops in Mexico, with a view simply to redress the wrongs done to Frenchmen and French interests, or to obtain reparation for the same, that we com- plain of so much. Every nation has a right to make war on another for this purpose. The cause of complaint 1s that these troops went t here to subjugate a neighboring and friendly republic, to change the form of government and to plant a monarchy on our border in direct opposition to our long-cherished policy. It is the monarchy, the empire under a European royalist, which has been forced upon the peo- ple by French bayonets, that is the real and great offence. We feel keenly too the aggra- vating circumstances attending this interven- tien. It was an assault upon republican insti- tations on the American continent over which we rightly claim to be the guardians. It was made at a time when we were supposed to be weak and helpless. It was a dofiant invasion of American policy and interests by a power of another hemisphere. This was and is the real offence, and it will continue to be so while the exotic Emperor and his forced empire re- main on the soil of the Mexican republic. Mr. Seward knows this, and itis the chief point in his official correspondence on the sub- ject. All through bis despatches to our minis- ter at Paris and the correspondence with the French Minister, M. Druyn de Lhuys, this is the leading question. How, then, could the United States give indi- rect support to the so-called Mexican empire by pledging to remain neutral? It may not be our policy or to our interest to aid the repub- licans. Or it may. We do not know what may transpire to prompt us or hold us back from such a policy Up to the present time we have been neutral--more neutral than France was during our war, We recognize only one gov- ernment in Mexico—that of the republic—whose Minister is received at Washington as the ac- credited representative of the country. We cannot recognize any usurping European an- thority, and we have so declared officially, All the intriguing, misrepresentation and dodging can not cover up the fact that it is the empire which is the standing offence to thagovernment and people of the United States, We can make no promises as to what we will or-will not do, and Mr. Seward could hardly have acted other- wise. The dignity of the government and good policy forbid that we should do so. There can pe but one end to this grand Mexican adventure of Napoleon, aid that is the removal of the whole imperial establishment. That sagacious man ought to see the mistake he has committed and make a clean job of the evacuation at once ; taking his troops away without delay, and Maximilian with his house- hold in the baggage wagons. Tlie sooner this be done the betier will it be for all concerned. Tae Brrrisu ParciaMent on Parvatrenmno.— An interesting debate sprung up in the English House of Commons on the 2d instant on the subject of privateering. Mr. Gregory moved “that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be gra- clously pleased to use her influence with foreign Powers for the purpose of making the principle that private property shall be free from cap- ture at sea a maxim of international law.” The law officers of the crown were opposed to the motion, and thé Lord Advocate made an important speech on the occasion. The gist of the whole argument on the part of the government was, that it was not prepared to give up the capture of private property at sea during war, because the maritime su- premacy of England onabled her to inflict more injary upon an enemy than the enemy could upon her, England never loses sight of her own interests; they are considered before principles of humanity and reason. When she loses the supremacy on the seas she will be ready to give up this vital point. It ig just business- like calculation of profit and loss. Some of the speakers did not agree with the Lord Advocate as to the advan- tages England would have if a war were to break out. Mr. Baxter said:—“We should have Alabamas springing up in every ocean, and America would take the earliest opportunity of paying us off with interest for the damage done to the Ynited States during the late easily tell whether they are bogus or not. By putting a stop to their sale, those engaged in getting them up will find tt the business does not pay, and will soon drop it and turn their attention to something more honest and legiti- mate. News from New Orleans, New Ort xans, Merch 17, 1866. Governor Wells having persistently refused to give © certificate to the newly elected Mayor and the other city officials, ral Canby was then applied to by their at- torney. General Canby took the official returns, and promised to issue the order requosted either to-night er on Monday. The Legislature has passed @ series of resolutions im- viting the co-operation of Senators and Representatives of the various bordering on the Misciasipp! and ite tributaries, with the Senators and Representatives of Louisiana, to urge upon Congress the importance an@ necessity of adopting some practical plan to keep suffl- cient water at the mouth of the Mississippi. Goversor Wells was requested to correspond with tho Governors of the States interested, and a special committce to correapond with the Cuambers of Commerce of Mem- phis, Louisville, St. Louis, Pittsburg and St. Paul. Fire at Elmira. Exmma, March 18, 1868 A fire broke out about one o'cloés this morning in the butiding cornor of Main and Water streets, occupted as = furniture warehouse. Seven buildings were burned to the ground and several othors bad); Sa te tear them down. Two ‘sections of the aro rege in Hast. neross the jung wore also Loas $60,000. Insured Tar $95,000" wrinetpally ford companies, the Albany City and Northwestern of Oswego. The fire was the work of an incendiary. City Intelligence. Taw Stvanns.—Tho delogates representing the leading German musical societies of this city and vicinity held @ mooting last night at headquarters, for the purpose of masical taking action in reference re ——, Some twenty societies were represented, and socivtion were admitted to form part of the A was ved from the Jocated in San iu reference to musical in that city, and with a view of ing communign- tion between the singers on the Pacific coast end thass: en organizat o received mt Hi ions §=6were upon. action was taken in reference to the pe pp lie bern ny ede ge pete ti Bog place at Providence in the month of June, arrange- ments were made for reheareing the choruses to be rea» dered on this occasion by the New York sii The laying of tho foundation stone of the new hoe which a fund to the amount of ope hundred jected, to take place in the latter part of Apni. to celebrate, on Saturday next, a grand Com- mers—as a series of curious social pastimes, with deck mations and other exercises, are termed—and we rangemcnts were made to prepare @ programme festivities on the occasion. FaenvaL or Sr. Joseru.—This festival, which falle rightly on the 19th of Mareh, 1s celebrated to-day in com- wequence of Passion Sunday falling this year on the day set down in the ritual as the festival of St. Joseph. The festival is a double of second cli generally observed asa public festival, except in the eceiesiastical institutions, which are under the patronage of the Blessed Joseph. Tax Fatat Acctogst iy Sentvo Starer,—Tho Germas woman, Mra, Eliza Hessels, who was accidentally shot by her son Prank, at No. 212 ing street, on Saturday, ag fally reported’ in yesterday's Henato, died about o'clock yesterday afternoon from the effects of wound so received. An inquest will be held to-day by Coroner Gover. Condition oft Freedmen A ineeting in aid of the freedmen took place last even- ng in Rev. Dr. Burcbard’s church, in Thirteenth street. The congregation was large, and among them were many negroes. After preliminary exercises, consisting of praying and singing, an address was delivered ip Save George Whipple, the Corresponding Secretary of thd American Missiouary Society. There are now, ho said, about three hundred and forty-three jaborers, and (eachere among the froctnion. Of these fifty e men aud the rest teschers—male and female que Tresmen have to be and the necessaries cially the case al dreds thousands of them, notwithstanding all jis gov" e gov po gg have been able to or m, ve ris! done and was doing all Wold to suppl tok with Roa; but still it was imposetble to save many of them. = Sues C8 a ay See ee and they stand in great need of them. He cout teatim: Uhat they learned ae fast as the pupils do in the ac! orth. Their religion consists of to cultivate the soll, and the country is very ee ee nee Teo thom, for they too are very poor. The work he 4 one ameng the freetmen—it le 8 gromising ne. amid that If two or three ship loads of corn could be sont down it would be as necessary as any euch contributions: eee care ome frome Oe conan? SY Pe ae, other country. Many are porishing in South for want of food. Money was necessary to supply the Rectan Ven feed ane Cn, More depends on the way these people are treated the future welfare of the country than the plana of politicians ¢r the move- | te man ag back, and mont they left it. In Eng- own. No man ever and thick live there mee changed be anid that Provi- of the ni who said the ecation wel, q cay thetr da of A Hith. dobased negro