The New York Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1866, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, OFFICH N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Peeeyay, near Broome Sanger Samaue—Livs I. es . Tnpiaw. Matinee at lig , opposite the St. Nicholas vou ror Goop Naturs. IRVING HALL, 1 lace.—Brixp Tox’s GRAND Piano Conczats. Matlaes 08 at Three o’Clock. gan ERAwctECO | MINSTRELS, 585 Broadway, sonata Sincixa, Dano, se ow Wars aso Mans. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 291 Rowary Sina. ING, Dancing. —THE ‘ORK! Hie You Siatince at 24 0° Clock. ee. GEORGE, CHRISTY'S—O.9 | Somoou Banta Mosicat Gums. 2c. Fifte Avenue’ Opere Hous, ‘Nos, 2 and 4 West x sweni- fourta aif ogle h ‘Bate. Matinge at 2 0'Cloe! ‘WOOD'S THE. Pet tues “2 ATRE, Beeewes on ras Jew or Cnaraam Grazr, pacman REN HOOLEY’S Ataf HO! Brooklyn. —! PLAN STRELSY—Baiians, Bi eee nD Poona aw WASHINGTON HAL} Hariem.—C: rs Muserancs ts Sowas, Dancan: Bomasqres ker DOTS W YORE MUSEUM OF ANA’ Broad epentrom 1k MHL IO Me ee 8 en TRIPLE SHEET. ” wee York, Saturday, soem 21, 1866. ADVERTISING OF THE CITY PRESS. ne i - x Deiat Et Remy, TANS The Herald the Great Organ of the Business and Reading Public. Annexed are the returns to the Internal Revenue Department of the receipts from advertising of all the daily papers of this city for two years. In the first Column are the receipts for thirteen months, being the year 1864, with one month of 1863, and in the socond eolumn are the receipts for the twelve months of 1865:— Thirteen months For the ending Dec, 81, 1864. Year 1865. 577 455 $662,192 260,960 901,841 251,812 284,412 163,177 222,715 128,056 177,204 109,595 173,646 62,644 164,461 67,550 126,380 94,328 101,793 Commercial Advertiser. 60,322 ‘77,556 Daily Nows.... 48,903 77,018 Evening Express. 52,350 68,742 Now Yorker Demok: 21,052 25,734 Totals... eciceessae $1,878,267 $2,483,724 This shows the Hzratp to be, by its extensive and comprehensive circulation, the chief organ of the adver. tisers of the Metropolis, and the medium of communi- cating their business wants to the public. NOTE. ‘The Times and Tribune, in order to make a show of business, publish statements pretending that they are from official returns to the Revenue Department. These matements are made up in the Tim-s and Tribune offices to suit their own purposes, and very curiously the ‘Times shows a larger USES MAN te Bibune, and the Tritune a larger business than the Times! But no seturns of the kind have ever been made to that Gepartment. Our table, given above, is taken from the official books and is strictly correct in every par- ticular, Any one can satisfy himself on this point by tnapecting the books at the Internal Revenue Office. fan NWEWS. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. ‘We have late and interesting intelligence from the Paoific by the steamship Arizona, which arrived at this Port yesterday from Aspinwall. The Spanish frigates Numancia and Bianca returned to Valparaiso on the 14th of March, after an unsuccessful ‘attempt to got at the fleots of Peru and Chilo, they hav- ing moved to even a more secure position than the former one. On the cruise the Blanga anchored one night close under some high bluffs, and at daylight was opened upon with a heavy fire of musketry from troops moved to the position during the night. She is reported to bavo lost forty men, killed and wounded, before boing able to get out of her unfortunate position. The allies Bay they bad not a man injured. From Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador there is nothing of importance. The steamship Uncle Sam, which cleared from Panama for San Antonio with a cargo of provisions, was taken possoasion of by the Spanish fleet between Valparaiso and Ban Antonio on the 14th uit., and carried to the formor port. Great excitemont provailed in Valparaiso at the capture, and it was hoped that Commodore Rodgers would interfere to prevent the Spaniards retaining pos- session, The officers and crew of the Uncle Sam, with tho exception of the captain, had returned to Panama. THE FENIANS. General Meade stated ata public reception in East- port yosterday that he was there simply for the enforce- ‘ment of the laws. He is expected to go to Calais to-day. ‘Two companies of United States regulars had arrived at that place, and others were expected, a portion of the First artillery and the Twelfth infantry at Fort Hamil orders. not so numerous as they were. ‘Those now in Calais are orderly and quiet. On Thursday @ warehouse on Indian Island was burned by a band sup- posed to be Fenians from Eastport. Another Engligh gunboat had reported off Indian Island, Colonel Wheeler, one of the prisoners at Cornwall and formeriy of the rebel army, became so pugnacious in court, during his examination yesterday, and dwelt so effectively on the fact of being an American citizen and living under Andrew Johnson's administration, that the ‘Canadian magisirates unanimonsly decided to let bim go. Ho is now on his way to New York. The other Fenian prisoners were remanded to await important evidence. Cornwall despatches via Toronto are to tho eifect that the Mayor, who ig an Orangeman, had formed his Court to the exclusion of Catholic magistrates, and that it = thought the prisoners will be severely punished whether found guilty or not, A dotective, who wormed himself into the confidence of a Cornwall Fenian, stated on aiMdavit that tho latter told him the Mayor would be the first victim when any movement was made. The people Sympathize strongly with the prisoners. General Kil Tian is now reported at Portland, leaving Sinnott in com mand of the Fenians at Eastport. CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday the only business of import- ‘fAnce was the debate upon and final passage of the Ha eas Corpus bill. This bill grants indemnity to officers of the army for acts committed in aid of the suppression of the Rebellion and exempts them from trial in the civil Courts. The vote on the passage of the bill was 30 for to against Ta the House the time was Principally takeo up in ‘iscussion of the Army Reorganization bill. A affecting the Adjutant General's Department w. greed to, and the section relating to the Bureau of Military Jus tice was passed. THE LEGISLATURE. Io the Senate yesterday the following bills wore passed -—Tooxtend the time of completing tue New York Gacesment rolls to the 90th of June, the New York county tax levy; the General Supply nin the National Guard Appropriation bili and the wii authorizing the removal of the railroad track from Clinton street, and the laying of one in Essex street ‘The report of the Conference Committee on the New York city tax levy was agreed to, and tho bill passed. A message from the Governor was received votoing the Butalo © varter bit, The veto was s siained, and also NEW YORK — HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL the veto of the Oneida Lake Canal bill. A communtca- tion was received from the Assembly to the effect that the House concurred in the Senate amendments to the New York county tax levy, except as to striking out $180,000 for the Harlem Bridge, The Senate, on motion, insisted on all its amendments, and a committee of con- ference was appointed. The Committee of the Whole was discharged from further consideration of the Ele- vated Railroad bill, The Governor having no further communication to male, the Senate adjourned sine die. In the Assembly, a message from the Governer was received stating that he had withheld his approval from the Whitehall and Plattsburg’ and the Albany and Sus- quehanna Railroad bills, Both vetoes were sustained. Bills were passed to create the Metropolitan Fire Depart- ment Relief Fund, and to amend the registry laws rela- tive to the Metropolitan district. The report of the Con- ference Committee on the New York city tax levy was adopted, and at eleven o'clock the Assembly adjourned sine die, THE CITY. There was no communication yesterday between the cholera ship Virginia and shore, except that made by the special committee from the Board of Health. The vessel lies in the “Horseshoe,” just this side of Sandy Hook, and the hogpital ship is anchored close by her. The sick were placed on board of the hospital ship yesterday and the well passengers were removed to the steamer Illinois, with the exception of the cabin passengers, who re- mained in their old quarters on board of the Virginia. The total number of deaths on the steamer up to yester- day was forty-seven, with thirty-four still on the sick list, The steamer England is expested to reach this port this morning. She will be detained at Quarantine. The Battery barracks have been transferred by the general government to the Boasd of Health for hospital pur- poses, The Board of Health met yesterday. Dr. Parker intro- duced a prearable and set of resolutions on the necessity for the removal of the eellar population of this district as a preventive of cholera, also to prevent the over-crowd- ing of tenement houses, and on the propriety of establish- ing hospitals at various parts of this city and Brooklyn for the reception of cholera patients in case of emer- gency. The proceedings of the Board will be found elas- where. The new Board of Excise was organized yesterday aftaPidot, Thé licenses to be tasued will be of two classes:—The first rate is fixed at $250 and the second at $100, Colonel Bartram, Complaint Clerk of the Board of Health, was 4] pointed to the office of Inspector of Excise. The German fnikee;2'#’ Association held amass meeting at the Bowery Garden yasteiusy in opposition to the new law. Resolutions were passed denouncing it ag an arbitrary measure, and calling a mass meeting of the German societies to take some action on the subject. The German Republican Central Committee also met last night and passed resolutions against the enactment, the paragraph prohibiting the sale of liquors on Sundays being considered the most obnoxious. The steamer State of Maine, which was damaged on ‘Wednesday night by running on the rocks off Bartlett's Reef, in Long Island Sound, reached this city yesterday shortly after the arrival of tho Old Colony, to which the one hundred and fifty passengers of the former voss 1 had been transferred. In Part one of the Superior Court, before Judge Mc- Cunn, an action was tried yesterday, in which Luther C. Tibbets was defendant and George W. Hebbit, bis clerk, was plaintiff, the latter suing for nearly $4,000, alleged to be due him for services rendered in conducting the business of defendant during his incarceration in the Tombs and subsequently. The facts of the case were published before on the carly investigation of Mr. Tib- bets’ affairs. Tne defendant in hjs answer claims that he fs not indebted to the plaintiff, on the ground that the latter was inefficient in the discharge of his duties, and Jefe his post without notice to his employer. In the case of Nathan Rossman vs. the Congregation Anschi Chesed ef al., which was an action to restrain the trustoos thereof from changing the ancient form of worship, Judge Brady, of the Court of Common Pleas, has decided against the right to alter the ritual. A murderous assault was committed on Thursday night, near the corner of Thirty-seventh street and Ninth avenue, by three young men on the person of one Charies Hosge. The parties accused were arrested and held for examen. ‘Two boys in the employ of a firm at 19 Broad streey aro alleged to have robbed the eafe in that establishmont, ‘on the 9th inst., of $1,400 in gold and other amounts in currency, making an aggregate of nearly $2,000. One of the lads, on arrested, confessed to the robbory, and stated where he had secreted money, but it could not be found. They were com: In the Circuit Court of Brooklyn, yesterday, the case of Cornelius J. Murphy against the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad was tried. The plaintiff suod to recover for damages for personal injury, and damages were laid at $1,000. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants. ‘The Master Mechanica’ Association of Brooklyn beld a meeting last night at thelr rooms in Court street. Ad- Greases were made, in which it was stated that, notwitn- standing the strike of the journeymen, the oldest and best hands still labored at the old rates, Trade strikes gonerally during the spring wore injurious to both masters and workingmen. Capitalists who had hercto- foro invested largely in building projects had put their capital in new channels, and it was probable that mechanics would have little to do during the summer. “The Inman line steamship City of New York, Captain Leitch, will sail from pier No, 44, North river, at tweive M. to-day, for Queenstown and Live The steamship Saxonia, Captain Meier, for Hamburg via Southampton, will sail at noon to-day. Mails will close at the Post Office at half-past ten. The first class steamship George Washington, Captain E. V. Gagor, of the Cromwell line, which on ber resent passage from New Orleans made the run ia five days and ecighteon hours—the sbortest paseage ever mado—will sail at three P. M, to-day for New Orleans, from pier No. 9, North river. ~ The fine steamer Fung Shuey, of the Black Star line of New Orleans steamships, J. Gough, commander, wiil leave pier 13 North river for the above place to-day at threo P. M. procisely. The favorite sidewhee! steamship San Salvador, Cap- tain J. Atkins, of the Empire Sidewheel line, will sali for Savannah direct, at three P. M. to-day, from pier 13 North river, foot of Cedar street. ‘The popular sidewneel steamship Quaker City, of Leary’s line, commanded by Captain Wm. H. West, will Jeave her wharf, pier 14, East river, foot of Wall street, this day at three P. M. for Charleston. The stock market was firm yesterday, and quotations advanced. Governments were strong. Gold closed at 126%. Quietade was the reigning feature in commercial circles yesterday, basiness men evincing but Mitle inclt nation to do business, ‘There wore sellers enough, but buyers were exceedingly scarce, The aggregate business could scarcely be called very small, notwithstanding, and some articles sold quite freely. Breadstuffs reacted and sold decidedly lower, the Western speculative move- ment having subsided in one day. Provisions were in moderate demand. Pork was irregular. Boof steady. Cat meats quiet. Lard firmer. Butter and cheose inac- tive, In the cotton market there continued extreme apathy. The steamer's news was unfayorable, and prices ruled nominally in bayer's favor. Dry goods were dull, but holders seomed unwilling to make con. cessions in order to effect sales. Groceries were quict and unchanged. MISCELLANEOUS. From Panama we have dotails of another horrible caso of nitro-glycerine explosion. On the 3d inet, seventy cases of that substance, on board the British Wost oe and Pacific Steamship Company's steamer European, ploded at the wharf at Aspinwall, destroying the wart, rendering the magnificent stone and iron freight house of the Panama Raliroad Lompany « mass of ruins, seri- ously injuring another steamer of the same line on the other side of the wharf, and killing over fifty persons and wounding twenty, besides doing other damage. The steamer took fire and was towed to the other side of the bay, when another explosion beavier than the first took place and she sunk. The destruction of property is estimated at over one miliion of dollars, The captain, first and second officers, surgeon and carpenter of the ehip were among those killed. Mayor Hoffman yesterday sent Fire Marshal Baker to find out where nitro-glycerine was stored in this city. He found twelve cases in Greenwich street and two at the Custom House office on Broadway, exposed in the moet careless manner. They were quickly removed be- yond the city limite. " To the United States Commissioner's office the case of Otto Burstenbinder was oxamined. He was charged with shipping the murderous of! whieh eaused the terrible disaater at San Francisco. A number of witnesses were examined, the majority of whom were connected with the firm of Wells, Fargo & Co. The case was adjourned netil to dat The steamship Hibernia, Captain Craig, from Glasgow “™ 7th inst., arrived at this Port at an early hour morning. Her news has been ant rival of the Persia on Thursday. bcs eal Our special comespondence from Germany, France and Italy, dated in Berlin, Paris and Florence, at the tatest moment previous to the sailing of the Persia, pub- Ushed in the Hunaxp to-day, contains matter of much in- terest relative to the aspect of the German question and the probable position of the three Powers in the event of war between Austria and Prussia, A more pacific sentiment prevailed in Berlin. The Prussian Bourse had Tevived and Prussian securities ruled almost as high as they did before the war panic. Our correspondent in Florence thinks that Italy would certainly side with Prussia, and his estimate of her army and navy proves that she will be a very powerful ally. The presence of the famous Countess Castiglione in a chair set apart for royalty at a ball supper given by Lady Cowley, in Paris, evoked much comment in fashionable circles, The cir- cumstances of the coup of the Countess against court etiquette are alluded to in our Paris letter. Our news from Mexico is via San Francisco, The lib- erals were working actively in Sonora, and an account is given of a fight at Moras, in which the imperialists were defeated and driven on Guaymas. The Yavui and Mayo Indians were about transferring their allegiance from the French to the republicans, An American schooner was Seized at Altato by an imperialist vessel, and carried as prize to Mazatlan, Maximilian’s Consul at San Francisco contradicts the report of the defeat of the imperialists near Mazatlan published in yesterday’s Hara. The coal trade at Richmond, Pa., is suspended on ac- copnt of the refusal of the laborers to accept a reduction of wages. A destructive fire took place in Geneseo last erg by the igmition of kerosene oil, and most of the business Portion of the town was destroyed. The joss ts esti- mated at $50,000. Another fire in the oil regions at Shaffer, Pennsylva- nia, yesterday destroyed one thousand barrels of oi! and several freighted cars, Teamsters out of work aro re- ported to have been the incendiaries. A gang of counterfeiters have been detected in Wash- ington lately, having in their possession plates for spuri- ous twenty dollar compound interest notes. Plates of the issues of several banks in this State were also seized. The trial of Henry Bruner, for frauds on the Quarter- master’s Department, at Nashville, is in progress, Mr. Isham Henderson, of Louisville, Ky., and several pro- minent parties at Nashville, are heavily implicated. > Napoleon and Prussia—The European Programme. The pamphlet recently published in Paris, entitled “Napoleon III. and Prussia,” sketches distinctly the programme for the reconstruction of Europe to which we alluded a few days ago. It may be taken as an indication of the purposes of the Emperor of the French, and if it argued strictly the advantages of an alliance between France and Prussia it would be a deeply significant fact. International flatteries, an entente cordiale between two great Powers, is at any time an ominous fact for the peace of Europe. An entente cordiale means war. Alli- ances such as this proposed are the prelimina- ries of aggression, and are especially a favora- ble means with the Emperor Napoleon for the accomplishment of a great purpose. An alli- ance with England secured the balance against Russia for the Crimean war; an alliance with Victor Emanuel against Austria secured the Emperor’s objects in Italy, and the alliance to be made between France and Prussia will lead to equally momentous events. According to the pamphlet, France is not to take any active part in the war. The Empire is peace. The alliance is to make Prussia sure that France will not be against her, and for bis little assurance she is willing to cede a “rectification of the French frontier.” Could an alliance be put before the French people in any more tempting shape than this, flatter- ing the national vanity, offering territory and requiring nothing? As for the advantages to be sedtred io Prussia, they will excite sympa- thy rather than objections in the French mind, for they are based upon detriment to Austria and the humbling of the Hapsburg. This is the key-note of alliance between the two peo- ples. Here is a point on which France and Prussia can fraternize far more earnestly than France ever did with any other Power. To humble Austria is « tradition of French h's- tory and the political necessity of Prussia. This appeal to the people is skilfully made, and if it shall stimulate a Prussian sentiment throughout France; if the Emperor, who has already arranged the alliance, shall seem to be forced into it by national necessities, the pamphlet will have accomplished all that it was intended to. Must the expressions made here in reference to the Rhenish frontier be accepted as the Emperor’s sentiments on that subject? If Europe is to be shaken by a great war, with the territorial aggrandizement of Prussia for its object, will France, as the ally of Prussia, be satisfied with a coal mine? No one can be- lieve it. It is well enongh to say to Germany just now that France only wants a coal mine, and it is also well enough to promise to the French people that they shall not be called upon for war expenditures. By that means both will consent the more readily to this al- liance ; but by and by “ unforeseen” circum- stances will arise making it necessary to change this simple plan. France may be forced to arm and even to occupy the Rhine. There is no telling what may happen when war is once begun; and, if France does oc- cupy the Rhine while Austria and Prussia are contending for the mastery, then, if Prussia wins, she will have enough to leave those provinces magnanimously to France, while, if Austria wins, France in self-defence will be compelled to hold the Rhine as a natural fron- tier and safeguard against the colossus. Thus, whoever triumphs, France will get more than a coal mine, though it is not expedient for her to say much about it at present. Since Bismark is praised in Paris as the “Richelieu of Prussia,” and accredited with having revived the Schleswig-Holstein question “with admirable ability,” it cannot be longer doubted that the quesiion of the duchies is a mere pretext; that it is brought in by Prussia only to give her a moral foothold for difference with her great neighbor, and that war for the aggrandizement of Prussia and the abasement of Austria is the fixed programme of Bismark and Napoleon. It the sentiment of hostility to Austria shall ran bigh in France during this war, as it probably will, what is to become of the alliance between Napoleon and that unfor- tunate member of the Hapsburg family now in Mexico? France, sympathizing with Prussia, will hate Austria more than ever; can she, then, at such a time stomach an alliance with the Emperor of Austria’s brother, the more especially when this latter alliance may em- broil her with the United States? No; and this will be to Napoleon an additional advantage of the Prussian alliance. It furnishes a solu- tion of his difficulties in the Mexican muddle, His withdrawal from Mexico will be forced by the necessities of France, and this is a plea that will render precipitate retirement a virtue father than a bnmiliation ‘The Loss of the Vora Crauz—Neeessity of en Admiralty Board. We publish this morning an interesting description of the wreck of the steamer Vera Cruz, on Body Island, North Carolina, but we are still in a monsure unable to account for the accident. Captain Murray, who had command of the vessel, had the reputation of being a good seaman, and we are inclined to believe that he lost his ship through over-confidence in his own knowledge of the coast. It is evident that the Vera Cruz was not befogged; but that the Captain lost his reckoning, and neglected to feel his way constantly with the deep sea line. Clearly, then, he ought to be held account- able, not only to the owners of the vessel but to the public, for having allowed his ship to go ashore on the North Carolina coast when he was sailing for Havana, The very fact that there is no way in which a captain maybe held to this public accountability suggests the necessity of an Admiralty Board, like that in England, to pass a law to create such a» board during the present chants demand it; our shipowners request it; the safety of the travelling public requires it, and no good seaman can possibly object to it. Were an Admiralty Board in existence now Captain Murray would be able to show his in- nocence of any fault or neglect in regard to this wreck, it he be innocent, or he could be de- prived of his certificate as a punishment if he be guilty. which is in practical operation and we urge Congress session. Our mer- In England there is an Admiralty Board which examines and grants certificates to the officers of the mercantile marine. If a steamer be wrecked or injured the captain surrenders his certificate to the collector of the port at which he lands, and he cannot go to sea again until the board has investigated the ca.se of the accident and decided as to his responsibili- ty. For example: Wher that splendid seaman, Captain Stone, ran the Arabia on a rock off Cape Race, he was suspended for six months by the Admiralty Board, on the ground that there was a seeming negligence on his part in the manage- ment of the vessel. Captain Kennedy, another excellent officer, was deprived of his certificate for one year for losing the City of New York in Queenstown harbor. tried by the Admiralty Board for the accident which crippled the Great Eastern, but was hon- orably acquitted. We notice that the captain of the Scotland, an English steamer, has just been suspended for two years for apparent ig- norance or negligence. argument to show that the effect of a board like this is to make captains more careful. The com quested by his impatient passengers to take the risks and run into port during a fog, very promptly replied, “If I were a Yankee captain I would do so, for my owners would hold me blameless. But there is the Board of Admi- ralty, and if any accident were to happen I could not go to sea again ina year.” Evi- dently, then, the creation of an Admiralty Board would give our travelling public one more safeguard, and would induce all officers of vessels to be less heodless of their important responsibilitios. Captain Walker was Surely, it requires no inder of an English steamer, when re- We now make the application of these remarks to Captain Murray and the loss of the Vera Cruz in order to insist that there ought to be some authorized tribunal before which he could eppear and explain his case, Let Congress take the English Admiralty Board as a model, and the necessary bill tan be framed in a day and passed in a week, 80 as to reach all such cases in future. The matter is greatly simplified by the fact that we have no similar institution in existence, and conse- quently nothing to repeal or abolish. There is a shipmasters’ association in this city that professes to grant certificates ; but itis an old fogy concern, of no practical utility. Ship owners pay no attention to it, and seamen care nothing about it, The five dollars which it secures for its licenses and the one dollar a year that is charged for their renewal, are all that keep it alive, if it have any life. Per- haps it would be a very good institution if it had the power to enforce its provisions ; but, being powerless, it is useless. The Admiralty Board, on the other hand, could compel obedi- ence to its regulations. Nobody could employ a captain unless he had a certificate from the board, and no captain could procure a certifi- cate unless he were a competent seaman. When an accident occurred the owners might be satisfied that the captain was not to blame ; but unless he could also satisfy the Admiralty Board the owners could not employ him again until bis certificate was restored to him. Thus the Board wonld represent and defend the public, in contradistinction to the owners of ships, who are often too lenient with their cap- tains, and too apt to overlook occasional mis- haps. In the interest of the public, therefore, we call the attention of Congress to this sub- ject, and we are sure that the member who takes it up and has the Admiralty Board bill passed will be entitled to and will receive the thanks and the gratitude of the country. “Tuts Estaptisument Does Not AvvERTIsE ix. Tar New Yore Heratp.”—Annexed is a statement showing the number of advertise- ments contained in the Henatp, Times and Tribune the past four days:— 188UR8 OF aPRiL 17. Total ISSURS OF APRIL 18, Heratp yesterday con- tained two hundred and two more adver- tisements than the Times and Tribune com- bined. For the last four days we find the Hyraty’s excess to be as follows:— HERALD OVER BOTH TIMES AND TRIBUNE. ‘Total Brcess. 68 24 239 202 Agarogate excess for four days. 863 We here learn, from indubitable figures, that the Henatp daily loads the Times and Tribune combined in the amount of cash paying adver- tisements. This, too, it must be remembered, in im the face of the withdrawal of those theatri- cal advertisements which certain managers made such a ridiculous fass about some months eo. Instead of doing us harm. it will be 21, 1866.—-TRIPLE SHEET. seen that the tites{rical managers of the city have been actually doing us good. They have advertised us gritaltously in all the papers of the city and suburbs for a long time, and we appreciate their kindness. The announcement at the head of their adver- tisements, “This establishment does not adver- tise in the New Youre Hzratp,” has wichout doubt contributed toward filling the space ia our columns once occupied by their advertise- ments with others.of a far more profitable description. We are, therefore, sorry to notice that they have lately omitted this announce- ment in their theatrical advertisements. How is thie?’ What’s the matter with the theatrical managers, that they no longer advertise the Herarp? Are their funds giving out? Or are they preparing for a dull and unprofitable season, and retrenching expenses? We are not yet done with these managers. They still owe us a decided balance. We have for twenty-five years gratuitously lent the aid and influence of our col:imns toward building up theatres and making the fortunes of managers. We have encouraged a taste for theatrical amusements among the people, and have done more than any other journal, or all the others combined, towards establishing New York not only as the commercial but as the theatrical metropolis and centre of this continent. ‘Thankful as we may feel for what these man- agers have been doing until recently in gratui- tously adverti sing the Heratp, we repeat that the aceount is not yet settled. They still owe us heavily, and if they do not pay up or fur- nish a collateral they may yet see times worse for them than a visitation of the cholera. The Batemans and the Bohemians in Court. We publish this morning the report of a very singular case which has just been decided before Justice Gross. A Bohemian named Daly sued Hezekiah Bateman, the father of Miss Bateman, the actress, for services rendered in manipulat- ing the press in Miss "Bateman’s favor and writ- ing for her one of those elaborate puffs that are styled in theatrical circles memoirs or biogra- pbies. In the testimony given during the trial we have a perfect picture of the manner in which the Bohemians manage their business. Daly comes forward with the utmost impudence to confess all the facts of the case, and another Bohemian, named Otterson, is equally frank and candid. Daly flourishes as the dramatic critic—Heaven save the mark !—of the Express and of a weekly paper, while Otterson swears that he is now the managing editor of the Times and that he was connected with the Tribune while acting as Hezekiah Bateman’s agent. The proprietors of the papers are prob- ably too busy with other matters to pay much attention to the conduct of such subor- dinates, and thus it has happened that the Bohemians have been able to infest al- most every paper in New York, except the Henatp, and every paper in Philadelphia, ex- its columns to be prostituted by these counter- feit critics. Let us hope that the public ex- posure of this trial and the brazen effrontery of all the parties concerned will effectually break up this Bohemian system, which is « dis- grace to journalism and to literature. and employed Dely to write it. ee. ik eee © as “too flippant,” was used at one of the establish ments whieh “do not advertise in the New Yorx Henap;” but in spite of this Bateman dollars a week for acting as his daughter's agent, “thought that the author of the play, being a New York editor, might be successfal in manipulating the press of Philadelphia in her favor.” Daly thereupon obtained leave of absence from the paper with which he was connected and went to Philadelphia, where he “managed the advertising, printing, criticisms and other newspaper work.” The method of his management is very curious to the uniniti- ated. He “became so intimate with mem- bers of the press of Philadelphia that he was allowed to write what he pleased in their papers in favor of Miss Bateman.” This was his oc- cupation by day, and “at night he would be in the theatre to pay attention to and treat mem- bers of the press.” With remarkable geno- rosity he “once gave an oyster supper to these individuals to influence them in Miss Bateman’s favor.” These stafemonts give us an elevated idea of the journalists of Philadelphia and of the mode in which reputations are manufac- tured in that city. If an agent of an actress will only stand treat he can write what he likes and-have it inserted as criticism. One oyster supper buys up the whole Philadelphia press, with the bonorable exception which we have before noticed. Never was a sy:tem of puffery at once so simple, so comprehensive and so exceedingly cheap. We are sorry that we cannot claim that the’ press of New York is superior to that of Philadelphia in regard to Bohemianism. Heze- kiah Bateman states that “he never attempted the Philadelphia system here regarding the press,” and Otterson testifies that he “acted as agent for Mr. Bateman, but not in the manner spoken of regarding the Philadelphia press;” but we are afraid that if this trial had occurred in the City of Brotherly Love we should have had revelations concerning certain of the metropolitan papers quite as disgraceful. The Heratp has always fought the Bohemians wherever it found them; but all the other journals have been more or less in their power. To be sure their price has been somewhat higher here than in Philadelphia. We do not believe that the New York Bohemians could be purchased with only one oyster supper. But the principle is the same, though the applica- tion is a little varied. Here is this Daly, who | avows himself the critic of two papers, and yet | consents to act as Miss Bateman’s agent. What | kind of criticism could he write about Miss Bateman? What reliance could be placed by | the public apon his remarks concerning her acting? Otterson, although employed upon | the Tribune, accepts twenty dollars a week | for his services as the agent of Bateman. Who can place any confidence in the Tridwne’s the- atrical criticiems. or in those of the Times. of —=S which Otter‘o2 is now the managing editor? How can we expé:;' candid and discriminating opinions from such yriterst Whgt sort of actors must those be who #equire auch puffery? The public is now taken behind the soettes and can easily see why bad actressée aré puffed to the skies and bad plays declared equal td those of Shakspere. The moribund estsblishmeitg that “do not advertise in the New Yore Huratp” are kept alive by such devices as those exposed by this trial, and they fear 00- thing so much as the honest, impartial judg- ments which we have been accustomed to pass upon their performances, The Batemans and ~ the Bohemians mark the decline of the drama in this city and in Philadelphia, and it only. needs the hired claquers of Paris to kill ft more completely. At the proper time we shall revo- lutionize the whole system, and we hope that other editors, who have now had their eyes opened by the disclosures of the Daly-Bateman case, will at once discard the Bohemians and assist us in effecting a theatrical reformation. The Mexican Question—The Latest News and Developments. We publish to-day an instalment of the offi- cial correspondence of last summer between our Secretary of State and the Minister of the Mexican. republic, Senor Romero, which will be found very interesting and satisfactory in reference to the attitude of our government upon the Mexican question. The administra- tion adheres to the republic, and is not dis- posed, to the advantage of the French, to pur- sue 8 one-sided policy of neutrality; but the Executive cannot intervene as an active party in the struggle without the authority of Con- gress. Meantime, however, the suspension of rein- forcements of soldiers from France is telling very seriously against Maximilian in every quar- ter of the country. Making a due allowance for exaggeration in the San Francisco report ~ of a late crushing defeat of the French at Ma- zgtlan, we think it altogether probable that they have suffered a damaging reverse in that quarter. That the imperialists—French, Aus- trians, Belgians, Turcos and mercenary Mexi- cans—have been beaten of late in various en- counters at different places, involving heavy losses of materials of war and supplies, all accounts agree in admitting; and that these reverses have resulted from the suspension of French reinforcements we cannot doubt. The depletion of Maximilian’s European forces by the climate and the casualties of the war goes on, and as he becomes weaker the liberals, drawing upon the native population of seven millions, become stronger, and one exposed imperial position or detachment after another falls into their hands. Maximilian, then, with the withdrawal of the French troops, must pack up his imperial gimcracks, and, gathering to- gether such loose articles of plunder as he can. leave the country. O. r French news by the Persia discloses this to be the course which he is to pursue. The French troops are to be withdrawn, but France will continue to hold some of the Mexican ports for the indemnification of her expenses in this unlucky business. It appears, to this end, that between Napoleon and Maximilian a new treaty is in progress, “which shall afford guarantees for the debt owing to France and for the French interests involved in the Mexi- ean loans.” In other words Napoleon and Maximilian are making their arrangements so that in leaving Mexico they will not leave Maximilian is to pay Napo- leon, and of coufse Mexico, in some way or other, must be made to furnish the means to his grand Mexican adventare of Napoleon, in this view, dwindles down to a mere bucca- neering raid, the net results of which will be summed up in the plunder which he and his Austrian protege will be able to carry of. Would it not be well, therefore, for President Juarez, after the fashion of non-combatants in buying off hostile foragers, to make an offer to Maximilian of so much money to leave Mexico, bag and baggage, crown and sceptre, troops and followers, under the terms of an acoept able treaty with the republic? As a faithful and diligent representative of the republic, Senor Romero, we think, ought to suggest this experiment to Juarez. The time appears to be eminently favorable for such a settlement in view of the great European game of diplo- macy which now absorbs the attention of Na- * poleon. Messrs. Heavru Commissioners, Horry Ur Your Worx.—While we are not disposed to be fault-finding and wish to give the Health Commissioners due credit for what they have done and are doing, we confess they appear to take things too easy. To cleanse the city of New York properly is a herculean task; but it can be accomplished, and for this parpose the Health bill was passed and these Commission- ers appointed. The cholera is in the harbor and hot weather has set in, and the work must be done expeditiously. A heavy respon- sibility rests upon the Commissioners, and the people will hold them accountable. We notice piles of filth and filthy streets still. Along the North river in the upper part of the city, by the track of the Hudson River Railroad, the stench is so intolerable that the passengers on the cars have to press their handkerchiefs to their noses. This, too, isin a thickly populated part of the eity. It is really wonderful how, with such filth and stench, we have escaped the cholera or some other fearfal disease, Will the Health Commissioners remove this vile and dangerous nuisance at once? Will they clean the city thoroughly without delay? They have ample powers; and if five thousand, ten thou sand, twenty thousand men, or more, be needed to do this, let them be employed. Messrs. Health Commissioners, barry up your work. Tar Dories oF AMmnican Antists.—There te no class of this great republican community that can afford to disrogard the obligations due to the honor, the integrity and the progress of, the whole country. The republic has a claim upon all, from the highest to the lowest. Na- tional pride demands from every one some sxcrifice, imposes some tax apon selfishness. Our artists shonld not forget that there is some- thing more required of them than personal enecess or well acquired fortane. We-have been gradually advancing for many yea wards a good reputation in the echool of Amer- jean art. We have sent good painters and | sculptors abroad. and we have brought many | better ones home again. This is encouraging ; hat the fact. must not be lost sight of that be- cause art has many patrons, as our recent nn- merous exbibitions and public sales and rapid- lv increasing private galleries prove, pain’