The New York Herald Newspaper, May 17, 1866, Page 6

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Advertisements to insure @ proper classification should be brought in before nalf-past eight o'clock in the evening. Pa mg | ace Yesterday, when several communications were read and appointments mado. The Governor has appointed Dr, Lowis Naumann Coroner, in place of Dr. Collins, deceased. No deaths have occurred on board the Cholera Hospital ship during the last two days, The pationts are rapidly recovering, with one or two exceptions. The seventh annual commencement of Columbia Col- lege Law School took place last evening at the rooms of the Historical Society before a large audience, Some fifty students graduated, four of them being awarded prizes. A fire broke out yesterday afternoon at No. 363 Green- wich street, in a box factory owned by James Moore, and extended to Nos, 365 and 367 and other adjacent build- ings. Loss is estimated at $13,000, At a quarter before eight o'clock yesterday morning a fire occurred in the large cotton packing establishment of F. B. Blanchard & Co., situated on Van Brunt, Irving and Sedgwick streets, Brooklyn. Owing to the combus- ble nature of the contents of the building and the want of proper water facilities, in less than fifteen minutes the entire building was in flames, The tobacco factory of Buchanan & Lyell, adjoining the above premises, was threatened with destruction, but by the noble exertions of the firemen it escaped with about two thousand dol- Jars damage. Blanchard & Co.’s loss is about $80,000, upon which there is a partial insurance. The nitro-clycerine case, which was set down for hear- ing yesterday before Commissioner Betts, did not come on, owing to the engagement in another court of Judgo Dean, who is tosam up the evidence for the prosecution, The strike of the shipcarpenters, joiners and caulkers bas not been brought toa close. The men declare that they will not yield their demand for the eight hour sys- tem, and the boases say that If the present condition of affairs continues much longer they must remove their establishments to other ports. Anew motion to restrain Thurlow Weed and others from disposing of certain interests in the San Francisco and New Orleans Telegraph Company was argued before Judge Jones, at special term of the SuperiorfCourt, yesterday. Affidavits of Thurlow Weed, John W. Forney and others were read, und the case seemed to be pretty fully presented to the court. The plaintiffs charge Weed and his associates with violating an agreement to obtain a grant for the con- struction of the telegraph line from Secretary Stauton for the mutual benefit of plaintiffs and defendants, and represent that they (Weed & Co.) propose to dispose of the entire interest in the enterprise to the American Telegraph Company. These statements Weed and his. associates deny point blank, and give a very ditcrent version of the affair, The matter has been postponed till next Saturday. A case entitled Leadpeater versus Lamb was tried be- fore Judge Brady in the Court of Common Pleas yester- day, the ground of complaint being about the sale of a pair of horses, for which the former, as broker, was to receive a commission of five hundred dollars on twenty- five hundred. Plaintiff is a livery stable keoper and de- fendant ono of the proprictors of the Howard House. Leadbeater procured a purchaser for the horses of Lamb, but alloged that he never received his commission. It having been proved on the trial that the plamtiff re- ctived one hundred dollars from the purchaser, the In the Senate yesterday the veto mossage of the Presi- dent on the Colorado bill was ordered to be printed and lay on the table, Mr. Wilson introduced a bill to fix the military peace establishment of the United States, which was referred to the Military Committec. In the House, after few unimportant measures, the Tax bill was taken up. Among other amendments the whiskey distilling paragraph was amended soas to assess fifty dollars from distillers who make less than a hun- red and more than fifty barrels a year. Those who make less shall pay twenty dollars, EUROPE. The steamship Java, from Quoenstown, on the 6th of May, reached this port yesterday. Her news is two days tater. Despatches from Vienna, Berlin, Florence and Paris, of the latest dates, go to show that the commencement of a war on the German quest‘on was imminent, al- though a powerful diplomatic current tending in the Girection of a Congre-s of settiom ont existed in England, France and Russia. ‘The Italian government has been forced to resort to {nconvertible paper money in order to defray the ex- pense® of its armament, the National Bank of Italy agrecing to advance £10,000,000 to the treasury, the bank in return being permitted to suspend specie pay- ments, while its notes are to be made a legal tender Urroughout Italy. - Napoleon made an exposition of the position of France Jowards Italy and the contending Germa Powers to the French legislature through M. Rouher, Minister of Bate, It is terse and decisive, declaring a ‘pacific policy, an honest neutrality, and entire freedom of action,” for the empire. Italy, the Emperor says, is froe; free to choose her own course; but Italy, like Aus he dria, must take on herself alone atl ks" and “periis’’ of war. The statement gave ris in animated scene in the Coprs Legisiatif, M. M. Thiers and Jules Favre expressing their opinions. The Chancellor of the Excheqner of England intro- duced bis Budget, and made his financial statement to the House of Commons. He ostimates the expenditure for the year at £66,205,000, and the revenue at £67,575,000. This would give # surplus of £1,370,000, ‘a large portion of which he will devote to the abolition of the timber duties and the equalization of other taxes. Mr. Gladstone's statement with regard to the national debts of the countries of the Old World and that of the United States, with his acknowledgment of the superior resources of our people, and his prophecy of how and ‘when England may lose her commercial pre-eminence ‘Dy the exhaustion of her coal ficids and the emigration ‘of movable capital and labor, is a remarkable production, and will command great attention. ‘The London Times, in its correspondence from Wash- ington and editorially, applauds the position which President Johngon assumed towards the radicals in Con- gresa in his address to the military and naval serenadors ‘who complimented him in the capital. Some few German emigrants had died of cholera in Liverpool. ‘The steamship City of Washington had not made Port on the 6th of May. Consois closed in London, May 5, at 8645 a 865; for money. United states -twenties 67 a 67%. The Liverpool cotton market was quiet, with prices un- changed, on the 5th of May. Breadstuils quiet and stowly, Provisions dull. THE CITY. At the complaint office of the Board of Health yester- day, about sixty additional complaints of nuisances in vrrious parts of the city were fled. The business in the Excise Department wae as brisk as usual yesterday, about two hundred licenses having beon granted. Honry A. Smythe was yesterday morning duly installed Collector of the Port of Now York. In another column will be found the details of the proceedings. The Head Contre Stoplions was waited upon yostorday Dy several military gentiemen. He was also engaged in writing on financial matters, Ho receives subscriptions daily from circles, The Senate is im session, and the mysterious preparations in that quarter are ominous ‘They ignore the authority of Stephens altogether. The regular meeting of the Hoard of Education took place Inst evening. Morgan Jones wrote to the Board that the appointment to the Naval Academy whick he is ‘entitled to bave made, as the member of Congress from the Fourth district, will be placed at the dis. posal of the Board of Education, A resolution authorising «& requisition on the Comptroller for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for current expenses was adopted. Mr. West presented a report from the Committee on By-Laws in favor of extending the summer vacation from five to seven weeks. It was adopted. A report was received from the Committee on ‘Teachers in favor of regulating the grade of principals of teachers in male grammar schools on the basie of the number of pupils in the schools, which was adopted ‘A grand mass temperance meeting was held last even ing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, which was In addition to this, thore were outside meetings at which no less than two | Addresses were made by Henry Ward Beecher, Rev. T. L. Cuylor, I. crowded to its utmost capacity. thousand five hundred listeners attended. Rev. Mason Galiegher, Jadge Daley and Rev. H. i. Judge dismissed the case on the ground that tho plaintiff was not justified in receiving any gift or commission from both parties, A suit growing out of wool transactions has been tried in Part 3 of the Supreme Court, Circuit, before Judge Foster. The action was brought by James L. Southwick and others against Emil Hennemann and others, the par- ties on both sides being dealers in wool, It was alleged that plaintiffs in August, 1864, purehased twenty-five thousands pounds of wool from the defendants at one dol- lar per pound, the latter contracting to take back any of the wool which was unwashed. Several thousand pounds of the wool were found to be unwashed on delivery, which defendants refused to receive back and pay the value of, which refusal resulted ina suit, A verdict was given for plaintiff for $3,651 13. ‘An action was yesterday tried in part3 of the Supreme Court, before Judge Foster, brought by Willian Framer and others against the New York and Harlem Railroad Company for loss sustained by plaintiffs in the killing of one of their horses (driven by an employe) while cross- ing defendant’s track at Fifty-fourth street and Fourth avenue, The jury brought in a verdict for plaintiffs, as sessing the damages at one thousand dollars, In the General Sessions yesterday Judge Russel sen- tenced two young men, named Gaffney and Devlin, who pleaded guilty to robbery, each to the State Prison for ten years, and Kate Foley, a notoriously dishonest ser- vant, to the same institution for five years. The trial of Dr. Henry Otto Claus was continued in the Court of Oyer and Terminer yesierday, Mr, Brady made an able address for the prisoner, and was followe1 by Mr. Bedford, Assistant District Attorney, for the people. Judge Ingraham having charged tho jury, thoy retired to their room, but not having agreod at four o'clock yester- day afternoon the court stood adjourned until half-past nine o'clock this morning A butcher named Reimbard List, in the employ of Mr. Henry Hammond, 227 Merchants row, Washington market, waa arrested yesterday on the charge of having been engaged in the robbery of a carpetbag containing $16,480 from Mr. Jobn H. Higgins on Saturday last. Several affidavits were made to prove that List was one of the robbers, but he protests that he can prove his in- nocence, and that he was out of the city when the rob- bery occurred, ‘A young man named William H. Marsh, sixteen yenrs of age, employed in the establishment of Messrs. W. J. & J. E. Underwood, No. 2 Bowling Green, was ar- rested yesterday, charged with robbing his employers of money to the amount, ot $834, Two men who, it 1s alleged, warned Marsh that the oflicers were after him, were also arrested. A boy named William Riley, aged fourteen vears, was accidentally killed yesterday by being ran over by a dirt cart, ‘The stock market was alternately strong and rather heavy yesterday, but closed steady, Governments were barely steady. Gold opened and closed at 13054. There was but little change im the aspect of commer- cial affairs yostorday, though the European news was felt and duly appreciated. Imported merchandise was quiet, but firm, while domestic produce was irregular. MISCELLANEOUS. Gur news from St. Domingo, by way of Havana on the 11th inst., relates principally to the revolution now going on in that republic, On the 3d of April the insurgents ars eee be made to the prisoner by officers, nor shall any officer offer himself as an escort for Mra, Davis to and from her husband's cell. This latter duty is performed now ex- clusively by orderlies, Judge Smalley, of Rochester, has quashed an indict- ment against a party for making false income returns on the ground that it was not an indictable offence prior to 1865. The returns were made under the act of 1862. Secretary Seward was in Auburn yesterday receiving the congratulations of his friends on the sixty-fifth ann!- versary of his birthday. The report of the Chairman of the Lighthouse Board, received by the Secretary of the Treasury, states that sixty-nine of tho lights along the Southern coast discon- tinued by the rebels have been relighted, and the remain- ing ninety-eight unlighted, which the Board hopes to restore with the two hundred thousand dollars now asked of Congreas. A letter has been received in San Francisco, from Wil- Hams Fork, Arizona, dated April 30, which goes to con- firm the report of the massacre of the Fourteenth regu- lara at Fort Goodwin. The writer ‘says that out of one hundred men seven only escaped, On the other hand the military authories at San Francisco have communica- tions from General Mason to the 80th ult., in which he Says the report of the massacre is without foundation. The Chilean bark Alice Ward, which had been lying in the port of Gibraltar since the 20th of February, to escape the Spanish cruisers, dragged her anchor on the night of the 2lst of April and drifted out of British waters across the bay until her anchors brought her up again in Spanish waters, when she was solzed by a Span- ish gunboat. ‘The Connecticut House of Representatives balloted for Untied States Senator yesterday, the result being in favor of General 0. 5. Ferry. The Senate votes to-day. ‘The council of the Protestant Episcopal Church mot in Alexandria, Virginia, yesterday. Benjamin Newland, who shot Evans, the seducer of so daughter, in New Albany, Indiana, has been acquit- t President Johnson, the Congress. The daily developments at the national capital not only conclusively prove the utter demoralization of the present Congress, but also that the radicals are becoming more bitter and severe in their denunciations of the Executive. This fact has become so apparent that the public have become disgusted with their silly actions, have lost all interest in the proceedings of Congress and are now only waiting for an opportunity to record their verdict at the polls ina manner that will be decisive. All remember with what unanimity the people approved the restoration policy of the President during the political campaign last year. The fecling was so universal in all the Northern States that the conventions of both parties found it necessary to pass strong resolutions endorsing Mr. Johnson’s administra- tion as their only hope of success at the polls. The very men who are now assailing him the loudest in Congress were fore- most in their laudations when they were before the people for favors. No sooner did they take their seats in Congress than they commenced a conspiracy to defeat the measures of the administration which they pledged them- selves to support. They have resorted to all ; manner of revolutionary schemes to frustrate the restoration of the country, and but for the determination, patriotism and unswerving hon- esty of Andrew Johnson we should have been plunged, ere this, into a war of rac’s, more fierce than the struggle from which we have just emerged. One of the first movements on the organiza- tion of Congress waa to appoint a revolutionary committee, a Central Directory, which has bid defiance to public sentiment. This committee, this despotic cabal of revolutionists, have lr- bored, not to see how the country could be reconstructed, but to see how long they could postpone a settlement of our internal diffi- culties, One scheme after another has been | brought forward for this purpose, and what is still more remarkable, although a large majority of the lower house have been opposed to these projects, yet they have always passed that body by a decisive vote. This is brought about by the narrow contracted party tactics of the differ ent factions, who think more of somo liitle party technicality than they do of their coun- try. The pretended conservative republicans make a great noise during the discussion, and are loud in their profes:ions of approval of the administration; but the moment that they | are brought to the test of a vote they swallow ; all that they have said and vote for the most | extreme mexsures against the President. Nor are (he democrats any better. They so shape their course on every qnestion and so com | pletely play into the hands of the Jacobin fae- tion that they force the adoption of all the schemes of the revolutionists. The result is, that the President on every important ques- tion is left without a friend or a single snp- porter in that body, To all intents and pur- poses he is fighting his battles alone. He is, however, sustained by the great mass of the people, and single handed he stands battling for their cause, with Congress and his Cabinet against him. Talk about Tylerizing Johnson! He is in a worse position, so far as support in Congress and his Cabinet is concerned, than Tyler ever was. Tyler always had seven Cabinet and attacked the government troops occupying Neiba nad defeated them, taking one hundred and thirty prisoners and most of their guns. The revolution, there can be no doubt, is backed by the Haytien government, which supplies thom with money, guna, powder and provis- fon. The commander of the government troops is waiting for reinforcements, Pimentel bad been pro- clamed President, and the insurgents were on their march to the capital. Our Mexican advices are to the 7th of May, It was reported credibly that Maximilian bad negotiated a loan in Europe. Tho correspondence with our Austrian Minister, published recently, regarding the shipment of ‘Austrian troops to Maximilian, was causing considerable discussion, A large quantity of arms shipped from New York bad arrived at Vera Cruz, for the use of the im- porsalists, Indecisive skirmishes were taking place daily throughout all parts of the country. President Junrez was til at El Paso and unable to proceed to Chi- buahva. Mr. Barreda, who bas just arrived in Washington from Furope, brings information that two thousand Austrian troops have been shipped to Mexico since the determi. pation to withdraw the French troops was made public. He suspects, from the date of the shipment, that the protest directed by Mr, Seward had already been made to the Austrian government. Our Havana correapendence is dated May 12. The Captain General, Dulee, Was about returning to Spain, jeneral Lursundl, who ftelleves bim, being on his way fromm the home government to take charge of the ad- ministration of affairs in the island. The gold mines of Villa Clara effer a fair prospect of success. A graud bull fight took place on Thursday last, for the benedit of some shipwrecked Biseayans, which netted $6,500, By the arrival of the steamship Talisman at this port last might we have advicos from Jamaica dated at Kings. | ton on the 7th of May. The commercial report says: — Business has continued quiet. We have only to note » continued searcity in coffee, pimento and lomber and an overabundant supply of corn, Coffee and pitnento very | soarce, and the rains in the coffee districts of St George laher, The new law was discussod in all its favorable | have been so incessant and heavy that the planters fear bearings on the morality of the community. The dif forent tomperance organizations appeared in regalia, A grand complimentary dinner was given last evening, Napoleon IIf., in honor of the Retwoen two and three hundred | Davis’ health baa been sent im, and confirms the reports ‘on board the steams! Jadion of New York. guests wore present A mocting of tho Board of Fire Commissionor§ took | the berries will bo all beaten from the trees and the | coming crop affected. | Our Fortress Monroe correspondent says, under date May 15, that the report of Dr. Cooper concerning Jeff current hitherto regarding bis decline, Thoro is a verbal order. be savs. existing there, that no salutations shall men to support him, headed by the fussy Henry A. Wise; but Johnson has only pretences and promizes in debate, with direct stabs in the votes. But while Johnson is weaker inCon- gress than Tyler, his enemies must not fatter themselves that they are going to triumph over him. He has what Tyler never had—strongth with the people, patriotism and honesty such as no Executive possessed since the dsys of Jackson. That President Johnson has in reality no support from any of the factions in Congress is shown by the vote in the House ¢n the ques- tion of negro suffrage in the District of Colum- bia, and more recently on the reconstruction programme reported by the Central Directory. Had the conservative republicans possessed any nerve, self-respect, manhood or common sense, they could have defeated both of these odious schemes. Both of those projects tend to | increase our present difficulties, and instead of aiding in adjusting our internal affairs only add fuel to the fire. The democratic fac- tion is just as imbecile. In beth of these instances the democrats adopted a system of tactics which aided Stevens and his folk lowers in carrying out their schemes. Take the whole Congress together there is aot one member who bas not shown by his record | that he cares more about the election ef some town constable by a party vote thaa for the pacification of the country. They sre con- stantly heaping abuse upon the President, and villifying him in every possible form. Here we have a President with greater ab lity and more honesty than any man who has occupied the Chief Magistrate's chair since Jackson; yet they denounce him more bitterly than they would the most arrant knave. Van Buren, Polk, Pierce and Buchanan were mere intriguing Doliticiana comnared with him Thean mon NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1866—TRIPLE SHEET. posséssed none of those staledinanlike qualities exhibited by Andrew Johnson, nor any of those points of greatness which he has shown since lke assumed the duties of the Executive of the nation, Yet none of these facts shield him from the wholesale vituperation of the present revolutionary and demoralized Congress, whose only thought has been, from the first to the last, how they can perpetuate their own power. With Congress made up of such elements, what else can we expect than that they would oppose all practical measures for the benefit of the coun- try? The best compliment that the President can have is their constant abuse and villifica- tion, Under these circumstances it is the duty of the President, not only to himself but to the country and the people, to boldly meet every question. We doubt if he has a single friend even in his Cabinet. They all have their pri- vate ends to subserve, and they oppose him at every opportunity, as is plainly seen by the course of Raymond, the mouthpiece of Seward in Congress. Mr. Johnson must take the bull by the horns, and remove every member of his Cabinet, from the highest to the lowest. This he should do without a moment’s delay and fill their places with such men as Generals Sherman and Steedman and Admiral Farragut. Let it be a Cabinet of military and naval heroes. Were it not for our million of soldiers who have fought our battles we would now have no offices to fill. Let them, then, be re- warded, and the Cabinet is the place to com- mence ; from that down through all the subor- dinate offices throughout the country. This will inaugurate a new epoch and force the drivelling revolutionists who are now dis- gracing the country in Congress into the re- tirement which they justly merit. General Santa Anna Clearing Up the Mexican Muddle. The arrival of General Santa Anna in this couniry has totally eclipsed the Fenian fizzle and redirected public attention to the republic which he comes to represent. His arrival and the very clear and explicit statement of his views and intentions, which he authorized to be published in the Hxraxp of yesterday, have developed an entirely new phase of the Mexi- can affair. Hitherto the Mexican republic has been represented by mere diplomatists, who supply Secretary Seward with plenty of docu- ments, but do very little towards fighting the French, Santa Anna is a _ person of very different calibre. He combines with the tact of a statesman the energy and enthusiasm of a general. When he apeaks of Mexico his eye kindles with its former fires, and in answer to the accusations that he is a French spy, he points to the wooden leg which he wears as a trophy of his battles with the French in the good old days of Mexi- can independence, and he declares that he is willing to lose the other leg if he can but chase the foreign invaders to their boats. The Gen- eral is no ordinary man, and he does not speak with a double tongue. He comes, like Head Centre Stephens, to reconcile conflicting fac- tions and to unite all Mexicans in one grand effort to free the republic from Maximilian and his mercenaries ; but, unlike Stephens, General Santa Anua has the means to accomplish his designs, and will probably be successful. At any rate his presence here will force the Mexi- can question to a decided issue. Santa Anna has emerged from his retire- ment at St.Thomas not a moment too soon. In the hands of the diplomatists the Mexican muddle was fast being transformed into an immense job. Lower California has already been sold to a party of speculators for fifteen thousand doliars, cash down, which is scarcely the value of one of the pearls to be found in vast numbers at the bottom of California bay. In course of time, pressed by personal neces- sities, the foolish diplomatists might have bar- tered away the whoie of Mexico, acre by acre, fora small amount of ready cash. General Santa Anna is a man of wealth and does not have to resort to such means to raise the wind, He intends to save his country, not to sell it, He is not forced to call upon the friends of Mexico to pay his grocer’s bills or to take his dress coat out of pawn on State occasions. He admits that Mexico is in need of money to carry on the war and that a considerable portion of that money will have to be raised outside of Mexico; but he relies also upon the loyalty of the Mexicans themselves, and he is strongly in favor of developing the natural resourees of his country in every possibie way. Instead of diplomatizing, he wishes to fight. He is willing to serve under Juarez and to take the field in person at the head of a united and pairiotic army. In order to raise such an army old feuds between Mexican leaders must be first adjusted, and that is the object of his visit here. When the French and the Austrians are driven from the republic, where they have no right whatever, whether the internal govern- ment of Mexico be good or bad, and when the Mexican flag once more waves over a con- stitutional President and Congress at the Mexican capital, then General Santa Anna’s ambition will be gratified, or as he grandly expresses it, “then all I shall wish for will be to die.” It seems to us, after a careful survey of the whole field, that Santa Anna hasa fair prospect of accomplishing his mission here easily and satisfactorily. What he says of the dissensions among the republican leaders and the evil of- fects of those dissensions upon the Mexican cause is undoubtedly true. But he is of all Mexicans best able to harmonize these differ ences. His very name is a tower of strength. He was the father of the Mexican repub- lic, and he now comes forward to save that which he created. The attacks made upon him by interested parties will only increase bis strength. They talk about his cock-fighting at St. Thomas; but he will show them that there are two Santa Annas—one who fights cocks at St. Thomas and one who fights the French in Mexico. They publish letters asserting that he has ‘accepted Maximilian as a legitimate em- peror; but he says that he is prepared to prove that these letters are mutilated and discon- nected portions of a private correspondence, which when published in full will bear no such interpretation. They denounce him as a French spy; but to this he ardently replies, “1 am so much of a French spy that I am willing in my old age to leave my quiet retirement and buckle on the sword again in response to the call of my oppressed countrymen.” To the insinua- tion that he is anxious to become the next President of Mexico he responds by disclaim- ing all personal ambition; and to the accusa- tion that he is influenced by pecuniary motives he rentiee be referring to bis immense fortune. bs already more than sufficient for all bis wants. It will be extremely difficult to discredit facts like these, and those who undertake to do so lay themselves open to the suspicion of being hostile to the best interests of the Mexican re- public, and actuated either by motives of jeal- ousy or of private aggrandizement. If we take this visit of Santa Anna in connection with the visit of Secretary Seward to St. Thomas recently, we shall not be surprised to see the Mexican general publicly received at the State Department and at the White House; and it is by no means improbable that Santa Anna may turn out to be the Grant of the Mexican war, as Juarez has been its McClellan. The Stephens’ Mass Fiasco in Jones’ ‘Wood. We published yesterday a full and graphic report of the mass meeting of the Fenian Broth- erhood in Jones’ Wood, at which the great apostle of Irish liberty, James Stephens, was expected to deliver @ speech that would aston- ish all the civilized world. But Mr. Stephens did not sucoced in awakening any extraordina- ry enthusiasm even among his immediate fol- lowers. There was the usyal amount of real Trish hurrabs, and they are always hearty enough to enliven the most vapid oratory. Mr. Stephens’ speech, in fact, was a failure. It amounted to but little more than an account current, in pounds, shillings and pence, of the Brotherhood in America with the Head Centre in Ireland. He may be the ©. 0. L. R., and all that; but the tenor of his remarks seemed to point to himself as the £ s. d. of the Brother hood. He talks about fifty thousand men in Ireland ready to fight for Irish liberty. No doubt there are many honest Irish hearts pant- ing for the freedom of Ireland, and no doubt there are thousands of strong Irish arms ready to fight in her bebalf. But what will it all amount to? Look at the late gigantic rebellion against the government of the United States. A vast population of well armed men, with supplies in abundance, with an immense arca on which to raise crops, feed cattle and pro- duce all that is necessary to support large armies, with the credit of European cap- italists to back and the sympathy of Euro- pean monarchies to encourage them, sought to overthrow this government. They fought valiantly, fell nobly, and fuiled, losing not only hundreds of thousands of precious lives, but property, and for the time at least, their political status. What can the Fenians do compared with what the Southerners did? They have no arms, no money, no competent military leaders, They have the strong government of England to oppose then, and although they may have the earnest sympathy of the Ameri- can people they cannot, under present circum- stances, expect the support of the American government. All the money raised by the Fe- nians for the liberation of Ireland should be sem to the Old Country to bring the Irish peo- ple here, where they can enjoy all the liberty they want. Stephens, we repeat, is a failure, and the mass meeting in Jones’ Wood a fiasco. The Head Centre came here from Paris after a vis- a-vis breakfast with the Duke de Boissy, and with instructions from Jobn Mitchel, the “lover of fat negroes.” This would indicate a sort of French-Irish alliance which may produce im- portant results. Here the interesting Mexican question looms up. Why don’t the Fenians, if they are spoiling for a fight, go to Mexico and help Maximilian. They will find it more profit- able than fighting the British. The Duke de Boissy and Head Centre Stephens, no doubt, sympathize with the Empress Charlotte, if they do not with the Emperor Maximilian, and Mex ico is fine field for belligerent operations. On the other hand, Romero, the Juarist ambas- sador, is in a quandary now that Santa Anna is here. Here again is a fine opening for the proposed financial campaign under General Fremont, Ben Butler, Sam Barlow and others for the capture of the magnificent pearl fisher- ies in Lower California. An alliance between ‘bis party and Romero would be a capital offset to an alliance between Head Centre Stephens and his Fenians and Maximilian. The proposed Mexican loan of fifty millions now comes in. It is before Congress; but we believe it is not making much headway under the leadership of General Banks. Why cannot Congress endorse a loan of fifty millions to the Fenians for the liberation of Ireland as well as fifty millions to the Mox'cans for the liberation of Mexico? The name of no.sound Fenian in Congress now occurs to us who might enginger this business; but no doubt there are some ready to under- take it, Thus, while we find the Fenian movement waning here, there are open to the Brotherhood the fair and fertile fields of Mex.co, where they can whirl their shillelabs to their hearts’ con- tent and mayhap share in the marvellous spoils to be found in the pearl beds of the bay of Cal- ifornia. Tue Axacoxpa GoveERNMENT.—The several commissions in this city appear to be in an in- explicable muddle. They aralike an anaconda with numerous heads, and bid fair to place our local affairs in a worse state than ever before Commissioner Acton is the only one that ap- pears to know what he is about, but he must be careful and not listen too much to the soft words of Thurlow Weed or he will fall. Governor Fenton was made the Head Centre of this city by the last Legislature, but he does not seem to have either the nerve, ability or tact to help us, and to depend upon him is like leaning on a broken reed. A new Head Centre is there- fore required to straighten out the commission muddie. Governor Ferxtox 1x Trovste.—Governor Fenton bas got himself into a great deal of trouble by pardoning Zeno Burnham, a swin- dling mock auctioneer, who was fairly tried and justly condemned. If the worst criminals are to be let loose in this way, what is the use of Laving courts, or laws, or District Attorneys? Why does not the Governor go up to Sing Sing, unlock the doors and release all the vil- Jains at once? The indignation against the Governor on account of this outrage is so great and so general that we should not be surprised if a public meeting were held to denounce him. Taxine Tue THeaTREs.—We notice that John T. Ford, of Baltimore, and William Stuart, of New York, are in Washington endeavoring to induce Congress to reduce the tax on theatres, This is a most impudent undertaking. Why should the theatres be exempted while all other kinds of business are taxed? The the- atres are not taxed half enough. They ought to be placed under the jurisdiction of Head Centre Acton and compelled to pay heavily for licensen mv Bohe: Company in Chicago We publish this morning the criticisms of the various daily and weekly papers of this city upon the Opera company of Manager Grau. In these criticisms the attentive reader will dis- cover various contradictions and discrepancies. The very papers which once pronounced the artists of Grau’s troupe the most lamentable and ridiculous failures now praise them as ex- traordinarily excellent, What the Herarp said of them months ago, when they were sing- ing at Chicago, is now justified by the unanimous praises of the very journals which were then engaged in denouncing and deriding them. From this fact the public may learn how unre- liable the Bohemian critics are, and how little confidence can be placed in the utterances of those who, as was proven in the Daly-Bateman case, can be bought up with a drink or an oyster stew. The whole batch of extracts, in- cluding the exposures of the Bohemian tactica by some of the other critics, is well worth a careful reading. ° When Max Maretzek, who had been trading fora long time upon the reputation we had made for him, prepared to open the Opera sear son last year be announced several new sing- ers of whom nobody had ever heard before. We consequently inquired who these artisis were, and Maretzek, conscious of an intention to humbug the public, at once imagined that we bad discovered his scheme and knew the kind of artists he was about to impose upon us. Enraged at this idea, and fully aware that we should expose his third rate singers so soon as they appeared in public, Maretzek thought that his best policy was to get up @ quarrel with the Herat, secure by this means the sup port of the Bohemians of the other papers, and blunt the edge of our candid criticisms by represent- ing himself as the victim of a persecution. To this he was also instigated by the friends of Miss Kellogg, who was then puffed by the Botemians and smarting under our just strictures; but who has now been deserted, since Boschetti has appeared, even by the Bohemians themselves, The trick was that of a thorough charlatan, and many silly persons were deluded by it. The other papers, always jealous of our success, were glad to publish Mare'‘zck’s libellous attacks upon us and to eulogize his artists as incomparable. Thus the very defects of hia troupe were made to serve as an advertisement for it. Maretzek’s establishment, therefore, did. not advertise in the Heratp, and, lik> the fox that had lost its tail, he desired that all the other managers should withdraw from the Herapalso. This was the first actin this little drama. The elder Wallack, a very capable actor, now deceased, had organized a Managers’ Association for the purpose of regulating the internal affairs of the theatres. Mareteck, © assisted by another charlatan, named Barnam, inveigied the other members of the associa- tion into bis quarrel, and @ committee was appointed to wait upon us and dictate to us how we should conduct our business, The dreadfal penalty which was expected to awe us into immediate submission was the withdrawal of the theatrical advertisements. Some of the members of the association were dragooned into this movement. Others went into itin the belief that we would be compelled to notice thei: establishments more favorably. A large number protested against it in the most decided terms. But Barnum and Ma- retz2k carried their point through the silliness of the other members; the committee called upon us, and of course we refused to allow them to edit the Herato, or to interfere with its management in any manner whatsoever. The ridiculous appearance of Mr. Stuart and Mr. Wallack, who had the reputation of being gentlemen of sense and talent, fall- ing into the schemes of such fellows aa Barnum, with his woolly horse, and Mare(zek, with his schweitzor-kase, surprised us greatly. As for their advertisements, we laughed at the idea of allowing that consideration to influence us. We frequeatly expend for a single item of news more money than the managers would pay us for their advertisements in a month, People advertise with us because it is their in- terest to do so, the Heaatp baving a circulation greater than that of all the other papers com- bined. When the committee retired, completely disappointed, and reported the result of their conference, the curtain fell upon the second act of this play. The third act has been crowded with inci dents; but it is not yet ended. Maretzek and Barnum, who were not allowed to advertise in the Henan, had the satisfaction of shutting the other members of the association out in the cold with them. These other members did not know whether to stay out or come back again, The other papers, hoping to get the theatrical advertisements, as jackals feed upon whatever the lion leaves, encouraged the managers to withdraw; empty benches and a depleted trea- sury warned them to return. Finally, we set~ tled the question by shutting the door in their faces, and we are determined to keep it shut until they have fully repented of their folly, thoroughly understand the little game of Ma- retzek and Barnum, and are ready to come to us in a proper state of mind. The logic of poor houses is doing its work of grace in their hearts, and their houses deserve to be poor, because their pertormers, not being care= fally criticized, act very indifferently. Several of the members of the association have been obliged to leave the business, Some, headed by Mr. Stuart, are in Washington, trying to escape the revenue officers, by getting their establish ments relieved from taxation. Others have made overtures to us, which we have refused to accept. In one case, which presented pecu- liar features, we have relaxed our rule against these persons. It is hard for us to be severe; but we are acting in the interest of the public. If the managers are allowed to coerce the press the public suffer, because there is no one to protect them against bad performances. The theatrical people suffer also, because when nobody shows them their faults they first learn ot the public disapprobation by the falling off in their receipts. This has been signally illns- trated during the past tew months; for although all the Bohemians have united in praising everything done at the theatres the attendance has steadily decreased. Manager Gran suf: fers, the innocent with the guilty. We sent a critic to Chicago and noticed his artists by telegraph, at an immense expense, because we knew that the public, who were tired of Ma- rotzek’s failures, would like to be informed about the new comers. We refuse his adver- tisements now because bia troupe ia wnging