The New York Herald Newspaper, March 22, 1866, Page 4

————— lll 4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMBS GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, OFFIC N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. - No. 81 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway, uear Broome strect Tum Viorias—Fortr WINKS. LUCY RUSHTON'S NEW YORK THEATRE, Nos, 723 and 730 Broadway.—Doxumigue, tux Deskarur—Tux Ar- POINTMENT. WOOD'S THEATRE, Broadway, wet ee PRATER, way, opposite the St. Nicholas TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 201 Bowery —Sixa- wa Daw B 8, &0.—IRELAND tN 1866; OR, THE URLESQU janx Houm ee Dawn. GEORGE CHRISTY'S—O.ip Scuoou oF MiNstRELsY, Bavtavs, Mosicac ‘&c., Fifth Avenue Opera House, Nos. 8 sad 4 Weet Twenty-fourth ‘street. Stace Struck SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 585 Broadway, opposite Hotel.—Ermioriax Stvaixg, Dancixa, &¢.— Tas New Capiner. BRYANTS' MINSTRELS. Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad- by Comicaritixs, Burixsques, &C.—Tue Lapy ASTOR PLACE OPERA HOUSE (Clinton Hall),—Ermt- ovtam Minstaxter, SiNgiNG, DaNctnc, &¢. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Eratoriax Min- erneis—Bac.as, BURLESQUES aND PanToMimes. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— @pou from 104. M. till 10 P.M BRADY'S GALLERY, 785 Broadway. corner of Tenth aireo—Open every morning and afternoon.—New Co Excrion or Wa Visws xp flustonio Vorrnarrs. ¥ree to the public “SUNSHINE” —Lecrune uy Rev. A. A. Wituerrs, D. D., in Fifth avenue Baptist church, corner of Forty-sixth street. WITH SUPPLEMENT. New York, Thursday, March 2 eee : ts THE NEWS. CONGRESS. Final action on a number of the measnres before them ia now being rapidly arrived at in the two houses of Con, gresa, sovoral bills having been p by both on yester- day and the day before. The Senate youterday passed the bilis for the more effectual punishment of the crime of countorfoiting government notes, bonds and securities; authorizing the International Ocean ‘Telegraph Company to establish a submarine telegraph between this city and the West Indies, to be completed within three years; granting land to the State of Kansas for the construction of the Northern Kausas Railroad; giving our Consul at Babia, Brazil, fifteen hundred dollars as compensation for damages inflicted by a mob at the time of the capture at that place of the rebel pirate Florida ; authorizing the issue to a California firm of duplicate government bonds, in lieu of others lost at sea, and to carry into effect the fourth article of the treaty of 1812 with Great Britain by authorizing the Secretary of the ‘Troasury to quiet certain public land claims of Massa- chusetts and Maine. Resolutions were adopted autho- rizing the Secretaries of War and the Navy to place bhulks at the disposal of the New York Quarantine aa- thoritiea; permitting Commodore Radford, of our navy, & accept a decoration from the King of Italy, and em- powering the Secretary of State to renew the cantract with jittle, Brown & Co, to publish the Con- grossionay statutes, More ° potitions were —_pre- wonted for retuction of the New York dreas- makers’ tax, for protective tariffs, for the rights of negroes, and for increase °f the pay of internal revenue assistant assessors. The Habe? Corpus bill was referred NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1866.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. but along the frontier its fervor is undiminished, and it appears to extend to all classes, including the railroad companies. The Grand Trunk Railway Company, on last Saturday night, had alarm telegraph operators stationed in the border offices, and kept locomotives fired up at Rouse's Pomt, on the American side, ready to hurry off with the rolling stock and other valugbles in cage a Fenian advance was reported. Notwithstandiug that the strictest military espionage is kept up along the line, the provineials are constantly being made the victims of terrifying hoaxes, Many of them have broken up housekeeping, packed their furniture in wagons, and come over into this coun try for safety, while every arriving railroad train is freightod with refugees. Of course, under the preva lence of the invasion fever, business in nearly all the Canadian towns is at a standstill. Rouse’s Point is now regarded as an intended rendezvous of the Fenian in- vaders, MYXICO. News from the city of Mexico to the 8th inst., four days later than that published in Tuesday’s Hrraun, has reached us. The long anticipated changes in Maxi- milian’s ministry bad taken place, and their announce - ment had boon officially made, The list, which isa pretty extensive one, appears in our correspondence. ‘Almonte has been appointed Ministor to France. Further Particulars are furnished relative to the killing by guerillas, on the road between the capital and Vera Cruz, of a Belgian envoy and two or three other persons, noticed in our previous despatches. A report of the defeat, with immense loss, of the combined forces of Porfirio Diaz§ and several other republican leaders, fur- nished by this arrival, is evidently the same story, in another dress, as that given in our Tuesday's issue, in which the imperial General Mendez was announced as the victor, The Mexican Minister in Washington has official advices to the 23d -ult. from E! Paso, confirming the report of the evacuation of Chihuahua by the impe- rialists. THE CITY. The revenue officials engaged in investigating the alleged whiskey frauds in this city are progressing in their labors, and have already assessed the deficiency in one case at about a hundred and fifty-one thousand dollars. ‘The Health Commissioners visited Washington Market yesterday morning at an early hour, for the purpose of personally inspecting that much complained of 10 In the afiernoon the butchers and others doing business at the stands surrounding the market, knowing that the removal of their shanties was propozed, met and appoint eda committee to hold a conference with Mr, Schultz, President of the Health Board, on the subject. By a resolution of the Commissioners every physician prac | tising in the Metropolitan Sanitary District is required to report to the Board every patient under his charge afflicted with any malignant or coutagious disease, The Board of E nm met last evening. The trae tees of tae E ghth ward applied for thirty thonsand dol- lars to purchase a school site, and the Neation was referred to the Commitica on School Sites A committce of five was appointed to receive s'milar committee from Boston, who are coming to the city to ge and report upon the advan. tages of our schoo} syste). A report in favor of appro- priating eight thousand dollar? for the se of a School site in the Twelfth ward was referred to the Fi- nance Committee. The litigation growi: g out of the stspenston of the Morris Insurance Company was again in court yesterday, and a report of the proceedings appears in our Supple ment sheet, A motion was made before Judge Ingra ham, in the Supreme Court, chambers, to punish Mr. E. A. Stansbury, former president of the company, for cou- tempt of court in refusing to give evidence before the Teferce, and also in not producing the assets of the com pany. This’ is the second time Mr. Stansbury has been brought up on charge of contempt. - An interesting argument as to the powers and prorogntives of the Sa- preme Court of this State took place. Jadge Lagralnm reserved his decision. An action brought by a soldier, named Maurice a to the Judiciary Committee, . Dill was introduced to Rive aid in the construction of the h.’@Sas and Neosho Vatloy Railroad, designed to connect the grz'"t lakes with tho Gulf of Mexico. The bill to incorporate thy National Mutua! Protection Homestead Company was calle up, read, discussed for some time, and then laid over till £o- ay. Tho Senate held an executive session, and con- Armed a number of Presidential nominations, including those of Mossrs. Edward M. McCook, of Colorado, to be Minister to the Sandwich Islands, and E P. Smith, of New York, to be Commissioner of Immigration. {a the House of Representatives the Diplomatic Appro- priation bill and the bill to facilitate commercial, postal ‘and military communication between the several States wore passed. On the latter, which, sinco its introdue- tion, has been so amended as to prohibit compensation , for Lransportation of troops and gevernment property to auch raiironds as, like the Illinois Central, have been compensaicd {n advance by land grants, there was con- nidorable discussion; but it finally prevailed by a vote of weventy nino to forty-six. Amendments to the Deficiency Appropriation bill were reported frota the Appropria- tions Committee; but, after being ordered to bo pnnted, their consideration was postponed till to-day. Resolutions were adopted instructing the Mili- tary Committeo to report on the expediency of an ap- propriation for continuiag the work of gathering into ‘ational cemeteries the remains of Unten soldiers who woro «itled in battle, or who died in rebel prisons in the South, and for printing the annual report of the Commis. sionor of Patents. Leave was asked, bat not granted, to introduce a preamble and resolution deciaring the Ten- oases representatives entitled to admission, and re lieving the Reconstruction Committee from further consideration of their cases, The correspondence con- nectad with the gift to our government from tho artisans of Lyons, France, of a flag in momory of President Lincoln was received from tho Secretary of State, and ordered to be printed and referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee. Bilis wero introdaced for the equalization of soldiers’ and gailors' bounties and to grant land to ald the construc- tion of tho Lowa Central Railroad, The bill to reimburse Ponnsyivania for war expenditures was taken up in Com- mittoo of the Whole, anda long debate on tt, lasting up ( the adjournment, followed; but a vote wns not reached. THE LEGISLATUBE. Our city tax levy, ax adopted by the Board of Alder- on tho 14th inst., was yesterday laid before the Stats Senate, and the Tax Levy bill was introdced and rotorred to the Municipal Affairs Committee. The Senate passed the bills providing for three additional Stato normal schools, for the improvement of the Waila- Hout bay lands, and making additional provision for sick and disabled soldiers, which appropriates seventy thou- sand dollars for the Ira Harris Hospital at Albany. The ‘Amombly resolution favoring the increase of naval officers’ pay was adopted. The bill authorizing a survey for a railroad from Schenectady to some point on the St. Law- renoe river was ordered to a third reading. Among the bills reported from vommitters were those to regulate the ato of loaf tobagce, Licorporating the New York Storage and Lightorage Company And the association for extend: ing the Dutch Reformed Church in North America, au thorizing the formation of associations to build monu- monta in memory of soldiers killed in the tate war, and that annoally recurring old stager, the Now York and Brooklyn Passenger and Baggage Express bill, In ex cutive session the Senate confirmed the nominations of Philip W. Engaand Joshua G. Abbe as Metropolitan Fire Commissioners. The principal part of the day session of the Assembly was oocupied tm hearing reports of bills from comiit- toos, a large number being presented, The great ma fority of them, however, were only of locat or private interost. Included in the list were the bills to amend tho Metropolitan Health act, to make the position of Hoalth Officer of this port a salaried office, ceding to the national government, for quarantine purposes, jurisdic: tion over the West Bank and Orchard Shoals, in our Lowor Bay; to incorporate the Exempt Firemen’s Asso- ciation of this city, to enable our Supervisors to raise money by tax, to amend the Revised Statutes re'ative to reports of deaths to our Public Administrator, for the etter regulation of our piers, wharves and slips; for the hotter protection of life on steamboats, and to continue the improvement of Hudson river navigation. The even. ing session of the Bouse was devoted to discussion of the Dill for the erection of a new Capitol building, whieh, aftor having progress reported on it, was again made the apecial order for this evening. . CANADA. Furthor dotatls of the Canadian scare are furnished in our despatches from towns on both sides of the hander, publighod in to-day's Henan. The work of organizing, Grilling aod sending to the front volunteers atill goes on as onorgotically as ever, and there are rumors that ten thou @and more mga are to be called out, and that martial law (will bo pe@laimed Jo Toronto, At some of the interior Hg eggs ee 10 8 ep ated ~ O'Brien, against Wm, W. Vierson, a former provost mar- shal of Tarrytown, for the recovery of two hundred dol- lars bounty alleged to have been Jeft for safe keeping with the defendant, was tried yesterday im the Supreme Court, The Jury brought in a verdict for defendant, #ai- Bcient evidence not having been produced to validate the claim A verdict for one hundred and seventy-five dotlars was rendered against the Brooklyn Union Ferry Company in Par. 1 of the Supreme Court yesterday on a suis brought by owners of the steamboat Sentingl for serves ren- dered by their craft to another boat of defendants white the latter was in a sinking condition. In the case of Magnt=against Ames, whieh was an ao- tion te recover on a conteaet for payment to ve regulated by gold fluctuations, a verdict has been. rendered in favor of the defendant. Thirdoes azot, howe-er, decide the question as to the right to make bargains based on the rise or fell of gold, The ease wild probably be appeniot: ‘The argament in the case of Diets versus Lam, respect- ing the right of the latter to-place the name of the Pres cote House on an independent line of carriages, was-conm |) cluded yesterday in the Superior Coart. After bearing the argument of counsel, the Judge took the papers. and reserved his decision, The Strong divorce suit is likely tobe soon before our courts again. The counsel fer the Indy have applied for astay of proceedings, and aloo for alimony during. the time of their progress, No decision. bas yet been. ren dered on the matter. ‘The trial of Theodore Yates, charget with the murder of policeman Curran, was inued yesterday in the Brooklyn Court of Oyer and Termines, and the taking of evidence was coucluded. Counsel will sum up to-day, In the Huzanp of the 15th inst. was noticed the: fact that a man supposed to be Quantrell, the notorious Kan- sas guerilla, and the burner of the town of Lawrence, bod arrived in Washington from this city, and wo have now in our police reports a more definite statemont of the matter, Ho was taken into custody in Second. ave nue, near Nineteenth atreet, where he was living under the name of Hamilion, Important papers found among his baggage were despatched to Secretary Stanton, avd tho prisoner himself was sent on to Warhington @ irons ‘and under guard, Twenty-six indictments for murder, found by the Grand Jury of Lawrence, Kansas, ace pend. ing against Quantrelt ‘An enthusiastic gathering asvembted «i Tammany Hall last evening for the purpose of forming a new Fen’an circle, to becalied the “Philip Kearney Cire.’ Ad. dresses were delivered on the oc jon, The central council of O'Mahony Fenians continaed thety session yesturday in Union square; but no portion of their pro- ceedings was allowed to be made public. The funds and arms are copstantly arriving. Tho stock market was slightly uneettied, but on the whole firmer, yesterday, and closed steady. Ge Ad cloaed at 1284. ‘The market for beef cattle, under the influence ot Libera} receipts, poor quality of the offerings, the full im gold and the general apprehension of a steady des ine ip value, to a specie basis, has broken down, apd prices this week have fallen from Le, to Ye. a head for all grades Most of the cattle on sale were poor, and many of them wore atill fed, and most of them sold at ide, @ We., comparatively few averaging over 173sc. Cows were ull and nominal. Sheep and lambs were steady. Hogs were rather lower, ranging from 10sg¢. to 10%0. The total receipts were 5,928 beeves, 160 cows, 702 vouls, 14,907 sheep and lambs and 7,207 bogs Fall particulars in the Weekly. MISCELLANEOUS. The Rhode Island Democratic Convention, whieh as sembled yesterday at Providence, adjourned without making any nominations, A few resolutions wore adopted, and a committeo was appointed to bring for- ward a ticket heronfter if deemed expedient. President Jobnson’s administration was endorsed. By the steamships Eagle and Morning Star, which “er- rived hore yesterday, we received our Havana corre spondence to the 17th inst, The r of cholere pr: vailing in Cubs ie positively contradicted, our correspond ont stating that there has not been a single case on the island. A Cuban gentleman, named Franciseo de San Juan, who died recently, lef his entire cette, valued at four hundred thousapd dollars, to o Bpanish female school, with ® provision in his will that if the Spanish government shal) in any manner inter fore with the legacy it shall revert to the Uniied States government. The Cobena are again excited by rumors that Chilean privateors are off their const, Among the late arrivals at Havana of ex-rebels from (is country ie Rover Toombs, BP Georgia, whe pas been negotiating for the purchase of a sugar estate; but it is said hecoula ae ene ee; hot raise the nec i) of funds. Toombs ir re- os Ported as intending to settle in Mexfed 48 soon as be is convinced that Maximilian’s throne is on # firm basis. A report of the dilatory proceedings of the Texas Re- ee Pee ie eee me ie Whe REY 022 RES ee aS See Es et SE Ss ae eR had been in session a month, having assembled on the ‘Tth of February, without having taken decisive action on any of tho more important matters to be disposed of. Even the secession ordinance had not then been disposed of; but a telegraphic despateh from Galveston, appearing in our issue of last Sunday, stated that the convention had dually declared said ordinance null and void, and renounced the right of future secession. An additional record of the prison life of Jeff. Davis fs furnished by our Fortress Monroe correspondent, Jeff's health continues good, and he keeps up the same habits to which he has been accustomed for some time past, including his daily outdoor exercise, He reads much, and keeps well posted on passing event, An officer who recontly undertook to draw out the rebel ex- chieftain on Fenianism met with a complete failure. Jeff, though a great portion of his time disposed to be social and conversational, is frequently seized with fite of sourness and reticence. He seldom alludes to his trial, Fortress Monroe despatches report that Clement C. Clay has been permitted, on his parole of honor, to enjoy the liberty of the grounds within the walls of the fortress during the day time. Norman Ambrose, Jr., a deaf mute, was run over and instantly killed by the express train of the Hudson River Railroad, at Fort Washington, yesterday morning. The same train when near Tarrytown ran into a horse and wagon, aman being in the latter, and both horse and man were killed. ‘A despatch from Montgomery, Alabama, dated on the 16th instant, was received at the Freedmen’s Bureau in Washington yesterday, stating that the cholera had made its appearance at Mobile; but the report was not traced to any reliable source. ‘The murder in British Honduras, in November last, of an American planter named Warren, by four men who were in his employ, is recorded in our Belize corres- pondence, published in this morning’s Hxnaxp Supple- ment, Mr. Warren settled in the colony in 1862, but, being unfortunate in his operations, had become embar- rassod, and was about leaving the country when he was killed.’ The murderers made a division of such valuables ‘as they found on his person, and burned his body. President Johnson and His Cabinet—The Past and the Present Order of Things. ‘The reconstruction of the Cabinet has for some time ceased to be a subject of rumors and conjectures among the political circles at Wash- ington. There seems to be a general under- standing that the question of a reorganization has been indefinitely postponed, subject only to the chapter of accidents and circumstances to which all human aftairs are liable from day today. The President naturally shrinks from the idea of superseding the ministers inherited from his lamented predecessor, and they are evidently salisficd with this amiable feeling of Mr. Johnson, But here the question is sug- yesied, should they not be influenced by a cor- responding sentiment of delicacy, and grace- fully give hint the opportunity of reorganizing his administrative household without the hazard of complaints of injustice from any quarter? Vhat the leading members oF the present Uubinet have come out of the trying ordeal of our late deadly and perilous struggle for the life of the nation with flying colors is univer- sally admitied; that Mr. Seward has managed ow’ diffictlt and critical foreign relations during ile last jive eventful years with singular skit and abitity no intelligent man will deny; ‘that Mr. Stanton has conuduéied with ausurpaased energy, foresight and fidelity, dey avd aight, the stupendous machinery of the War Office requicel for the equipment, transportation and supply of a million of soldicrs in the field, enveloping an arca of eight hmndred thonsand square m¥es of hostile territory, is proved by the glorious events of the war; and that the final summing up of the Secretary of the Navy bas given general satisfaction we are glad te testify. What can President Johnson do against the claims of such public officers as these? Shoring the common gratitude of the country for their faithful ser- vices, their trials and dangers:theough the fear- ful struggle of the war, he: recegnizes their right to a liberal margin of indulgence, Yet it is manitest that the war Cabinet ef President Lincoln, animated and controlled by one all- absorbing ides, does not work so: harmoniously as the peace Cabinet of his successor. Peace } bas brought abeat a new epoch—w new order ot things—demanding a new departure, a new policy and a new ministry im the-new work of reconstruction, and especially demanding, in support of the Wxeeutive, a Gabinet thatis a anit. President Johasen has exhibited a: conseien- tious respect for the memory of Abraham Lin- eoln in everything that he» has done, and in everything, he bas declined to do, as the inheritor of Mr. Lincoln’s. responsibilities, pledges and goliey. The cowntry is- thus in- debied for the: ratification of:his erncipation proclamations in the great constitutional amend- went abolishing and interdicting slavery throughout the Union and forever. So, too, 4s upon alv “collateral issues” the- gemerons Lincoln hed promised the rebellions States a large exercise of magnanimity, his- poliey has been pursued by Johnson. But still the elasb. ings of reecastruction thearies an@ parties and factions, in Congress and. out of Congress, have resuJted in discordant opinions in the Cabinet — opinions which have become setitpd while the President-bas been developing his own well considered measures of Southem restoration, Hence we find him rather embarrassed than strengthened by a Cabinet accepied as a legacy with the policy indicated by bis predecessor. President Jobnsom is, however, disinclined to resort to the extremity of displacing this Cabinet as an ungracions task, and it is to this difficulty that we would invite the attention of the members concerned. To remove this em barrassment and to leave their official chief per- feetly free to proceed to a reorganization, his present Cabinet, in a body, should tender him their resignations. There is danger otherwise that the diplomatic reputation of Mr. Seward wequired through the war may be damaged by his conflict with the artful devices of Louis Napoleon in reference to Mexico. There is danger, too, that the untiring industry, zeal and war energy of Sec- retary Stanton may be misdirected in the re- constructive work of peace. The flexible, tem- porizing diplomacy of Seward is now out of place in the State Department quite as much as the inflexible, Cromwellian zeal of Stanton in the War Office. We want decision now in our diplomacy, ond concilixtion between the late hostile armed forces of the North and South, Above all, a perfect accord between the President and his Cabinet is essential to the saccess of the administration; and in this view, if the amiable policy in behalf of har. mony pursued hy Mr. Lincoln shall fail, there may be no other alternative, in the progress of events, left to Mr. Johnson than the rigid but effective system of Andrew Jackson. It is pro- bubie sins Feet ¢yon's haye shaped this Cabi- net t@ @ passive odmpl nce with the Presi- dont’s poling Sui tis tf ESN ied To thelr nearly co-operation. It is possible that be may be satisfied with less; but froma high considera- tion of dignity and decorum he should be relieved of all amberraeemants npon the sab- jee ‘The Enfant Unit ‘Terri! States. All Europe is in trouble about Bancroft. His recent oration upon President Lincoln has touched the sore points of almost all the mon- archies. The London Times, speaking for Eng- land, compares him to Elijah Pogram. The Lon- don Spectator thinks that he is more like the “Young Columbian” who taunted the British lion. ‘The preas of France, muzzled by the Em- peror, discreetly says nothing; but the copies of the Herstp containing the oration and our comments are seized and suppressed by the government. The Emperor of Austria is very severely wounded, and has sent a strong pro- test to our Cabinet. The historian Bancroft has turned out to be the enfant terrible of the United States. He has been guilty of telling the truth upon one of those state occasions when the truth is ordina- rily veiled beneath polite phrases and honeyed compliments, He has bluntly and plainly ex- pressed the real sentiments of the American people, in striking contrast tothe roundabout feebleness of Secretary Seward’s diplomatic despatches. No wonder that the lion of Eng- land groans, with his head and tail drooping. No wonder that the game cock of France flinches and will not come to time. No won- der that the double-headed eagle of Austria emits a faint squeak. The enfant terrible, a8 most of our readers know, is one of those surprisingly bright and sharp children who reveal the secrets of the household in the most unexpected manner to the most inappropriate persons. One lady calls upon another, who greets her very warmly, and exclaims, “How glad I am to see you!” Now is the opportunity of the enfant terrible. Staring the visitor full in the face, and with that charming and innocent simplicity so characteristic of child- hood, he quietly observes, “Why, mamma, how can you say that? You know that you told papa this morning that this lady was a fright ; that you hated the sight of her, and f'; like scratching her ugly eyes out!” What follows may be easily imagined. It is the same sori of a tempest that has followed the delivery of Bancroft’s oration. The representatives of the European Powers assembled at the Capitol to listen to a eniogy upon President Lincoln. They came in full dress, and expected to have avery nice time. Of course they knew that Lincola would be praised; but they antici- pated that, as is usual upon auch occasions, a few sugar plams would be distributed among the audience, They were politely received and conducted to prominent seats, Vice Presl- dent Foster, as the lady of the house, greeted them with the customary compliments. Then came the turn of the enfant terrible, Bancroft arose, and the fun began. He declared that England was a good for nothing, worn out government. He told Napoleon that he must get ont of Mexico, or take the consequences. He stigmatized Maximilian as “an Austrian ad- yenturer.” Naturally the representatives of foreign Powers telt indignant. They had received more than they had bargained for. They wrote fearfal despatches back to their home governments, The frightful fuss in Burope is the result. But, now that the thing is all over, what are the Powers of Enrepe going to do about it? Our enfant terriMe told the truth, and eves though we administer to him a little: salutary correction in private, we shall certainly stand up fon bim in public. The British government bas bebaved very badly and isa worn out institution Napoleon has no right in Mexico, and he: mast withdraw his troops'and respect the public sentiment of the United States—a nation whict has been upon the most amicable tesms with France, aad -wishes'to continue those friendly relations,. if Napoleon will permit it by relinquishing his Mexican projects. As for Maximilian, ifhe be not am Austrian adventurer, what is he? A prince who leaves his home in Europe and is forced upon the Mexicam people;. against their consent, by toreign bayonets, is eertainly de~ serving: of no better title. If the Emperor of Austriy feels so very angry upen this sub- ject, it bim show bis resentment im the only practicable way. Stppose that he requests Napoleon to withdraw the French army from Mexico and then undertakes to support Maximilian with Austrian soldiers. Napoleon would be pleased with this arrange- ment,.for it would extricate him: from a dan- gerousdilemma. We should not be displeased with it, for if we are obliged to fight somebody in order to restore the republic of Mexico we would mmech rather fight Austrians, who are total strangers to as, than Frenchmen, with whem we have many bonds of amity. Francis Joseph onght not to dislike this plan; for it would bring his white-coated troops face to face with our boys in blue, and enable him to get rid of a great deal of bad blood—that ex- cited by the Baueroft oration included. If this seheme be not adopted we cannot suggest any other mode to satisfy Europe. We shell eertainly not surrender Bancroft to the British, who would blow him from the mouth of a can- non, as they did the Sepoys and are going to do with the Fenians. The French cannot have him at any price, for the reports of their eru- elties in Mexico have already pushed our pa- tience to the limits. And sooner than intrust him to the tender mercies of Austria we will stir up another Hungarian rebellion and send the bonse of Hapsburg to its mansion in the skies+—or elsewhere. of Sroretary Srwarp’s Posrrioy.— During the recent war Secretary Seward was the right hand of the good-humored, good- hearted President Lincoln. By hook and by crook be succeeded in carrying ou! Mr. Lin- coln’s policy of one war ata time. Tt is true that complaints have been made to the effect that Secretary Seward kept us out of a foreign war by letting other nations have their own way—as was the case with England im regard to Mason and Slidell, and with France in regard to Mexico. Nevertheless, we are willing to let that pass and to admit that Secretary Seward is a great mi Now, while his laurels are fresh and green, is the time for hins to retire from the Cabinet. He q2sigot continue the conciliatory policy 49 the State Department which he BK during she war, and be fs no wath Tor Napoleon in the arts diplomacy, finesse and intrigue. We urge him, , to retire gracefully, with all his ick nipon him, instead of waiting until Napoleon exposes him and completely outwits and defeats him. The country needs a Secre- tary of State who will be firm, who will treat foreign nations in the plain, honest, homely Amerigan atvla and who will inaist noon those —————— doctrines which are part of our national religion. Secretary Seward is not that sort of s statesman. He wants to diplomatize with Napoleon, and the result will be thaé the master of diplomacy, who has out-mancuvred and checkmated the wisest, most accomplished and most experienced politicians of Europe, will wind Seward around his finger like a mere child. Let Secretary Seward, contented with the fame he has gained, and which is enough for any official, resign his Cabinet posi- tion and avoid being deprived of all the repu- tation he has won. Bill and Mr, Stevens’ Substitate. ¢ financial tinkers in and out of Con- gress are greatly exercised about the Loan Dill, and a desperate effort is being made to secure the passage of that measure in the form reported by the Ways and Means Com- mittee some time since to the House. The cry is made for immediate specie payments, as if they were determined to force the business in- terests into bankruptcy to carry out « simple idea. The power conferred by that bill upon the Secretary of the Treasury will, if it be- comes a law, open wide the doors of specula- tion and cause as great fluctuations in secari- ties as took place during the war. It will far- nish the bulls and bears of Wall street the op- portunity to operate upon the fears of the peo- ple, and place all business interests at their mercy, assisted, as they will be, by the Secre- tary of the Treasury in spite of himself. The power is in every way dangerous at this time, and will prove, if the bill becomes a law, a serious calamity to the country, even if no effort is made to exercise it by the Secretary. But the action of the House of Represen- tatives on Monday, and its refusal to pass the McCuiloch Loan bill, indicate that there is yet some prospect of this danger being averted, That body refused to endorse the measure, but ent it back to the committee for modification. Let that committee report Mr. Stevens’ substi- tute and there will be no objection. That will give the Secretary of the Treasury all the power necessary to carry on his de- partment, and full as much power as it will be for the interest of the country for him to have in this emergency. The Secretary should not be vested with anthority to fund any of the legal tender non-interest bearing notes. There is no reused why this class of government debt, which is so popular with the people, the best currency that we ever had, should be withdrawn, and the public com- pelled to pay some twenty-seven millions an- nually, in the shape of taxes, for the privilege of doing without the greenbacke. If there is any class of currency to be withdrawn let it be that of the national banks. This can be done without requiring any additional tax from the people, and will only affect the profits of the stockholders’ of those banking institu- tions, If we are to have a contraction suffi- cient to restore specie payments immedintely, then by all means retire the bank currency, and let the burden fall the heaviest upon those concerns, instead of upon the people. We are in fivor of specie payment, bat we desire to see it brought about by the natural laws of trade, and not by forced legislation. Nor do we desire to see the financial ‘interests of the country placed at the mercy of amy one man, we care not how earetul or prudemt he may be. There is too much at stake to be subjected to the whim of a singte individual. We have no idea that Mr. McCulloch would in the least abuse the power, but there is not the slightest necessity of placing that temptation before him. Specie payment will corse slong of itself, if Congress will only permit the country to be restored and let the finances alone. It took.us four years to get our present volume of currency. Very near that period elapsed before the:premium on gold ran up to ite highest pitch. It is less than one year since the rebellion: was pnt down, yet the price of gold has run down from two hundred and fifty to one hundred and twenty-seven. Surely is not this rapid enough? Why should we d’sturb the natu- ral laws which have brought about this result in so short a period? If we must have legistution for a resumption of specie pay- ment, then let it be based! on the law of trade, and so framed that all classes will know what to expect. In this way all branches of business can be easily adapted to it, all danger of a panic averted, and one class of securities will not be benefited to the detriment of all others. Any other: system will surely bring disaster, and strew its path with the wrecks of business and industrial interests.” ph’s ‘Tur Goxvecricur Exxcrios.—The political campaign in Conneeticut, in view of the ap- proaching State election (2d of April), is becom- ing animated and exciting. There is every in- dication. that the full vote of the State will be polled, and that the contest will be very close. In the Presidential election of 1864 the actual strength of each party was thus developed:— For Lincolw.. a 5 sein sos 44,001 For MoCie! on vee AQ 285 Republican majority... 6.6.6 ce ‘The result of the election for Governor last year was as follows:— For Buckingham (repablican),........6. 66+ .. 42,974 For Seymour (copperhead)... tees $1,980 Republican majority... ....... - 12,035 Here it will be observed that while the pop- wlarity of Buckingham as the Union war can- didate, with the news of the fall of Richmond, brought out in bis support nearly the full vote of Lincoln, the copperlieadism of Seymour kept over ten thousand McClellan democrats away from the polls, This year, in their can- didate for Governor, Mr. English, the demo- crats have repudiated copperheadism, and have a champion actively identified in Con- gress with the great constitutional amendment abolishing slavery, and an earnest supporter of President Johnson’s restoration poliey. ‘Thns, in all probability, he will secure the full vote of McClellan, and something 3 it. The republican f%ndidate, General Hawley, bas | the hdvantage of « faithful Union soldicr’s popularity, with the disadvantage of the most radical abolition antecedents ag 9 politician. The republicans, therefore, are fighting on the defensive, and on the plea that is really no rupture between the radicals and the adi tration. mo The resulé of & Sanvass thud parsed, if in favor of the republicans, will prove nothing in favor of the radicals or their policy. On the contrary, it will prove that they still depend upon their professions of adhesion to President Johnson tor success before the people, while actively employing their power in Congress to break dowa bis administration, But should taken off, and the radicals will stand before ~ the country as having lost the confidence of the people in professions unsupported by sets. The contest, we have no doubt, will be very close ; but, in any event, the victory will be due to President Johnson aad his policy. Secrerary Sranton.—Mr. Stanton accom- plished wonders as Secretary of War when the country was in danger. He infused into his department an energy and an irresistible purpose that conduced in a very great degree tothe final success of the national cause. He set the example in his own person of an indus- trious, earnest application to business. He was at his post early and late, as persistent and attentive to even routine duties as any salaried clerk, and he was ready to subordinate al? other objects and thoughts to the necessities of a great occasion. By this singlencss of pur- pose he not only succeeded where others had failed, but he enabled the nation to put forth its strength to a degree which no other nation had ever before been able to equal. He wase man for the occasion—the most efficient of all Secretaries for atime of war. The reputation thus acquired is now being used by the radi- cals for their own vile purposes—to carry on their opposition to the President, and having it appear to the country, in order to give them- selves strength, that the Secretary of War, while occupying a position in the Cabinet, is endeavoring to circumvent the policy of the administration. In this way his fame as the Carnot of the war will be absolved and de~ stroyed in the petty intrigues of the fanatical politicians of the day. The very qualities, therefore, that fitted him to discharge his duties so admirably during the rebellion unfit him for the duties of peace; and that same consideration of the necessities of the nation’s position which characterized his conduct on so many great occasions should now induce him to withdraw from public life. By resigning his position he will do what his own fame and the position of the country re- quire. His intellectual constitution—the habits of thought confirmed by an exercise of 80 many years—renders it absolutely impossible that he should be a proper persoh iS aa the President in the many delicate political questions that agitate the country at the pres ent time; and by holding his position he pre vents the President from having a better and proper adviser, He bas acquired an honorable and envfable fame as thé Secretary who prey sided over the Department of War in so great a period of our history, and he will inevitably injure and lose all this if he persists in the attempt to be equal to all occasions—to be dextrous and delicate in peace as well as earnest and vigorous in war. He had better resign, and thus add one more to the many claims he already has upon the gratitude of the American people, Tae Surety or Corrox.—Those dealers whe based their operations in cotton and cotton goods upon the reports that were extensively circulated soon after the surrender of the rebel armies have been somewhat disappointed. It was stated that the supply in the Southerm States would not exceed one million bales, and that was all that could possibly be obtained until after another crop was gathered. These reports were, no doubt, circulated for am object, and to keep the price up as long as possible., At omy rate it had that effect, and while it deo, ceived many it kept the cost of the manuface tured. gooils to the consumer at an exorbitently high:figure;and bas nearly ruined a number of cotton’speculators. We see from a cotton: cire culay just issued in this city that the number-ot! balesalready received at the different shipping” ports since the elose of the war is one million nine hundred and seventy thousand bales, or double that which was generally re- ported whem hostilities were suspend- ed. The same circular gives the amount still held’ back at some three hundred thousand bales. But we imagine that It will be found that thi amount will exceed rather tham fall below. half a million of bales, While the supply in this country exceeds the general expectations, it is also stated that the recent shipments from India bave been on an enore mous seale, and that the quantity already afloat from that country is such as to justify the expectations of an excess in Europe from that. source. These-facts reveal the danger that exists to, our merchants engaged in the dry goods trade, , and the general fall in prices which must of* necessity follow. All who have based calculations.and made their purchases on the idea of a shert supply in the cotton staple! ntust wuffer in consequence. This great supply of eotton is suficient of itself to cause a furthee decline in gold, and is bringing us every day nearer and nearer a specie basis. That point is coming now as fast as the country com stand it, and if we add to that legisladion to force, immediate specie payments we shall be plunged headlong into a general crash. in-! stead of legislating on the finance question, Congress should forthwith secure the restera~ tion of the South, and thus open a market for goods by giving confidence to the public everywhere. Apvertisine Deav Bopmms.—The Common Council has passed a resolution requesting the coroners of the county of New York to adver- tise a description of all unknown persons on, whom they hold inquests in two of the daily! papers of small circulation, and the Comp-. troller was directed to pay for the same. This is the way the people’s money is thrown away. What right has either of the papers named to expecial selection as the advertising medium of the city? It is well known that during the re- bellion one of these papers was in avowed sym- pathy with the enemies of Union, and is now in league with thosg érazy copperheads who would embroil the country in another civil war to obtain, their own ambitions egds- During the wer, too, the geme was ena- bled, through the eid of city government sdygr. tising, «0 keep up its attacks upon thos’ o were fighting for oi mations! With: out that aid it would have been brief existence, for its circulation te a ite columns were barren of patriotic American sentiment. Its tono is now ao violent that thousands of cousotvative utterly repudiate the sheet as an cekitaer of the feeling of the people of that section, and declare that its advocacy is doi the South incalculable mischief It is » wil waste of the city’s money to lavish it upom such worthless concerns. The other paper say lected for advertising these dead bodies has nop near the cirowation of » pengy paper, ia which,