The New York Herald Newspaper, July 26, 1866, Page 4

4 -NEW YORK HERALD. vANES GORDON BEN\ ETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, OFFIOR N. W. CORNER UF FULTON AND NASSAU 8TS. Volume XXX1. sereesecereceeeen NOs BOT AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. OOD'S THEATRE. Broadway, opposite the St. Nich: HD! CINDERELLA ins, MCR . om OHARLRY WYITE'S COMBINATION TROUPE, at Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broadway—In 4 Vanimty or Lignt axa Lavguasis Eweentainaanrs, Cours pe Baiust, 40. Tam Joviat Cowrmanaxps. BLEECKER STREET CIRCUS, Charies —Ripina, Vavutina, IRRACE GARDEN, Third” Avenne, between Fifty- and Fifty ninth stroots.—Tnzo. Taon as’ Onouesraae Concmarts, commencing at 8 o’Clock. betweon Perry and MOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn. —Ermoriax Mim ermmEsY—BaiLans. BURLe-quas AND Panrournes. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 613 Broadway.— wita tam Oxy-lHyprogen Micuoscors twice . Open from 8 A. M. till 10 P. M. ’ New York, Thursday, July 26, 1866. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. All advertisoments handed in until half past nine @’clock in the evening will be classified under appro- priate head:ngs; but proper classification cannot be neured after that hour. THA NEW 34. EUROPE. The steamship Hibernian, from Liverpool (after re- pairs) on the 16th of July, passed Father Point yesterday aftermoon, on her voyage to Quebec. Her nows is one day lator and of a very important character, ‘Tt was openly stated In diplomatic circles in St. Peters- burg that Rossia will make known hor ‘declarations’ on the Germano-Italo war question, and take “an attl- tude corresponding with her interests,’? in case of active intervention by “amy” foreign Power, Tho Czar will maintain bis neutral position pending such an event. Nothing furthor bad b:en beard of the Napoleon armis- tice negotiations, The important Russian news despatches from the Mos- cow @azcte aud Limberg published in the Hxratp last Tuosday are confirmed, by repetition, in tho report of the Hibernian, ‘The Prussian and Federal German armies mot In battle near AschaTenburg on the 14th of July, when the Fede- rala were utterly routed. The city of Vienna was laid completely open to the victors by tho defeat of the Federals, and It was expected that they would be at its gatcs, aud perhaps enter, on the 18th of July. The Emperor Francis Joseph an- nounced his intention of treating {t as an open city, Umiting bis mitttary operations to the defence of the line of the Danube, Tho London Times hopes that the K{ng of Prussia and the Austrian Emperor will mect in treaty outside of Vienna. The Prussians wore marching on Frankfort, and the Federal trovps and members of the Diet had evacuated the place, ‘The Italian army had entered Padua and Vicenza, tak- ing possossion of the railroadté Vienna, They thus iso. lated the Austrians in Venetia, with the exception of those in Venice, and prevented their communicating with or aiding the Austrians in Germany. The progress of the Atlantic telegraph fleet was very favorabic. Consols opened in London on the 16th of July at 87% a 67}, for money, At noonon that day there wore no later transactious than those roported by the Scotia. The Liverpool cotton market opened with a decided improvement in the demand and firmor tone on the 16th of July, but the prices were not developed at noon when our despatches ieft, CONGREsS. In the Senate yesterday Mr. Ross, the Senator elect from Kaneas in place of James H. Laue, deocased, was admitted and took bis seat. Tie House concurrent fovolution relating to adjcurmment was called up, and being amended so as to make Saturday, the ‘23th, the day of adjournment, was passed by 29 yeas to 13 mays. The Civil Appropriation bill was then taken up. Several amendments of an unimportant character were agreed to, and tho bill was passed. The Army bill was called up, and a cominittee of couference granted to the House. In the House Messrs. Cooper and Leftwich, members from Tennessee, were sworn im and took their seats, ‘The bill from the Judiciary Committee to restore the possession of lands confiscated by the authority of the States iately in rebellion was passed. It makes ft the daty of the President or commanding officer of the military forcos stationed within the particular State or district on complaint of any person dis- possessed of property for adherence tw the cause of the Union to restoro him to possession of the same. ‘The bill to amend the Currency act was postpowed until Derember next. The antat-Armns asked informa- tion regarding the date of commencement of pay of the Tennessee membors, On motivn of Mr. Stevens they aro to be paid from the 41b of Murch, 1865, aud mileage. Mr, Stoveus stated that he had a vubstiinte for bts bid to restore the Iately rebellious State; but the arrival of recess hour interrupted him. The report of the Memphis Riots Invostigating Committee was presented in the evening session and ofdered to be printed. General Banks, from the Commitice on Foreign Afisirs, made a longing report upon ig cesclnticn fogarding the repeal of the neutrality Inws, reforred some time ago to the committer by the House, The report gives a brief review of the veveral a-ta passed by Congreas relative to the snivect stace the ovmnization of tho government, ad especislly wawlyses the present law, enacted in 1818. It recoinends tm. Portant amendments to ihe Jatier or ite entire repeal. It winds up with an expression of aympathy towards the Pooluns for the independance of Irelan is really to maintain pe ations with other na- tions that the cummitioe recommends the measures re- ported. The bill, as reported, repeals several of we Stringent provisions of the p Jaw and nodities tLe ponaiiies for its violation. Tt also provides that thi inw Jall not bo 80 construed ax to prohibit the sale o vou bls, ebips oF steamers, or moultors of war, the gre. ch }° product of this country, to any govornt oat, oF citi ons of any government, not at war with the United Maton MISCELLANEOUS. Asevere storm of wind and rain, accompanied by vivid lightning, prevailed yestortay afternoon and ev n- ing. Ali the telegraph lines connecting with outhera cities wore prostrated, the tranamisaion of dorpate.es being consideraply dolayed thereby. They were not repaired until late m the night The cholera is again incroasing with tho return of warm weather. Sixtoen now «nses were reported, of whioh several have been fatal. A vory bad state of affairs provails on Ward's Island. Peveral persons have died of cholera, and there are now eleven hopeless cases there. It was believed, however, that the epidemic could be controlled. A cho! ora nest has been discoversd in the lower part of State stroet, and at No. 113 Mul Derry street there were four cases of cholera in ono room. In Brooklyn the disease alev found more Yitins, Gloven cases boing reporied. On Governor's Island af. fairs looked promising, no new canes having occurred. ‘The oumber of burial permits since Sunday last was 620, and the number of fatal cases of cholera twenty, which Gives a more favorable report than during the rame num. ber of days last week. Six cases, three of which were fatal, wero reported in Philadelphia yesterday. The Commissiovers of Emigrition met ye tortay, the President in the chair, In consequence of the cases of cholera reported on Ward's Island It was resolved that ten additional physicians be appointed to reside there Guring the next three months, so that tf the epidemic should spread sufficient medical attendance would bo in readiness, During the last week 6,519 omigrants arrived at Caatlo Garden. Tho further hearing of the charge against Henry Holmes, alins Hall, of having bad in his possession a one bundfed dollar counterfeit threo Fear compound Interest Treasury note, with Intent to utter, and also counterfei: Pilates of the same, was resumed yestefllay morning bo- fore Coimissioner Osboru. Some additional evidence ‘Raving boon given, tho cose for the proseéution rested Counsel for the defendant threw out a statement to the io their struggle aud a declaration that it NEW YORK HERALD, ‘THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1866. offect that the plates produced should never bavo been Presented in court, inasmuch as there was promise made by the Treasury Department to the prisoner that they would not. Mr. Courtuey, United States District Attorney, said he did not believe any such agreement was over made, and if it wore ho was not and would not bem party to it, The examination was again adjourned till to-day. e ‘The operativgs of the Seoret Service Division of the Troagury Department made another raid upon the coum. terfeiters of the national securities yesterday, and suc- ceeded in capturing upwards of one bundved thousand dollars’ worth of materials, Tho steel plates, dies and rolls are said to be of the finest workmanship. The ‘arrestod were sent to Ludlow street jail, ‘The fnvestigation by a coroner's jury of the cause of the doath of Patrick Conway, a sailor, was concluded yes- terday, with a verdict that his death was accelerated by cruel treatment at the hands of the mate of the ship T. J. Southard, The captain of tho ship was exonerated from all blame, A warrant was issued for the arreat of the mate. The inquest on the body of Cath, Galles, one of the victims of the recont Leonard street boiler explosion, was concluded yesterday afternoon at ths City Huspital. ‘Tho jury ‘n their verdict atéributed the explosion and che cause of death to carelessness on the part of the pro- prioctors of the refinory, Messrs. Harris & Co. A case of conspiracy was before Justice Connolly yes- terday, in which the Morth River Bank swindle, ex- posed recentiy, plays a prominont part. The partics were held in $3,000 bail. The fine sidewhee! steamship Alabama, Captain Limp. buraer, has temporarily taken the place of the San Sal- vador, in the Empire tine, and will sail on Saturday next, at three P, M., for Savannah, from pler No. 13 North ee were discharged from custody at To- ronto yesterday. It is probable that several more will goon be released. Tho Canadian militia, it is officially announced, will bo armed with repeating rifles, V' The steamer Westchester and the schooner Peconic wero both sunk off Absecom Lighthouse on saturday by coming in colliston, No lives wore known to be lost. The recent riots between whites and blacks, near Drummondtown, Va, were originated by white men while searching for a no3ro who had attempted to kill a white man, The negroes appealed to the civil authori- ties, but the whites again interposed, swearing that they would kill any negro who attempted to testify. The agent of the Freodmen’s Bureau being informed of the state of affairs, advised the negroes to return to their homos, when they were again assaulted. Troops wore thon dospatched to the scene of action, when the whites had disappeared. Tho President's nominations of Lieutenant Goneral Grant to be General, and Vico-Admiral Farragut to be Admiral, were unanimously confirmed In the Senate execytive session yesterddy, without the usuul referenco to a committee, Mr. Randalt’s-appolutment as Post- master Geueral was also confirmed. The Maryland Conservative Union Convention assem- bled at Baltimore yesterday, Resolutions were adopted endorsing the policy ®f the Prostdent and denouncing tho radicals, The second day of tho Saratoga races was a grand gain day for the fashionables and sportsmen. Tho Saratoga cup was won by Kentucky, against Beacon, Delaware and Leatherlungs, being a raco of two milcs and a quar- ter. The time was 4:04 The third race was won by tho bay horse Arcola, three-quarters of a mile, in 1:19. The hurdle race was exciting, all the horses falling in their jumps, and one rider being somewhat injured. The bay Zigzag was the winner. Tho stock market was strong and active yesterday. Governments wero dull, Gold closed at 150, Commercial affairs were substantially the came yes- terday as on Monday and Tuesday. Business was mode- rato and prices generally irregular and to some extent nominal, Cotton was dul! and nomieal. Coffee was in moderete Geman and steady. On 'Change flour de- lined 100. 0 20c. per barrel, with but little doing. Wheat ‘wan Se. 0 Sc. lower, with more doing at the concession. Corn’ was active at unchanged rates, while oats were 1a. a 2c, lower, with an improved demand. Pork opened steady but closed firmer. Beef was unchanged. Lard was dull and heavy. ‘Whiskey was dull and nominal. Freights were quiet and lower. ‘The Infamous and Unblashing Corruption of tho Present Congress. The Congressmen assembled at Washington ‘afford us a new and brilliant illustration of the old adage that whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. The vote by which these madmen Increased their salaries from three thousand to five thousand dollars « year caps the climax of unblushing corruption. The force of total depravity can no further go. This vote shows that the Congress is lost to all sense of shame and all considera- tions of decency. The members of the Senate did not dare to put themselves upon the record by the yeas and nays; but that was merely a matter of partisan precaution. As they have suppressed all evidence to the contrary, we are bound to believe that all who were present voted for this infamons resolution, whicti not only raises the salaries of members of Con- gress for the future, but has a retrospective bearing, and gives them five thousand instead of three thousand dollars for the session soon about to close. History may be searched in vain for a parallel to the corruption, extravagance, robbery and profligacy of this Congress, It is & vast job er aggregation of jobs. It is controlled by jobbers, kept in scseion by jobbers, and every measure that it passes is more or less a job. The Legisletures of New York and Pennsylvania, once notorious throughout the eountry, are perfectly pore and spotless, compared to this Congress. The Common Councilmen of this city, as their ropntation has been, are angels of light and virtae, compared to these Congressmen. They reek with robbery; they scem never surfeited with swindles. Any other nation in the world would be bankrupted by them, and oven the United States will be forced into repudiation if these men continue much longer in power. The country is groaning under a great national debt; the people are oppressed by most one- rons taxes; defalcations and deficiencies aro being discovered in almost every department of the government; the currency is being do- based by countless counterfeits, originating in the Treasury Department iteclf; millions are stolen from the Treasury every day by Con- gressional jobs, and yet, adding insult and out- rage to all their previous injuries, this Con- gress has the impudence to increase its salary almoat on the very eve of a general election. And for what is this increased pay de- manded? What have the Congressmen done to deserve it? They have kept the Union divided, They have cheated the country out of the legitimate frults of the recent war. They have made the taxes upon poor men heavier. They have altered the tariff so as to benefit the wealthy manufacturers at the expense of the laboring classes. They have ceaselessly abused the President. They havo refused to pass the Bankrupt bill to relieve our merchants, They have crippled our commerce by exclading from our merchant marine all vessels trans- ferred to foreign owners during the war. They have distracted onr finances, They have legislated only for officcholders, They have defeated the plan fo assist our soldiers by equalizing bounties. They have passed the Freedmen’s Bureau bill, giving seven millions of our bard-earned dollars to radical overseers | of the negroes, They have put through the | disgraceful Montana job, which was vetoed by | the President, They have given thirty mil- | Vons of dollars to those political machines, the national banks, They have dabbled with the Mississippi and Yezoo lovée jobs. They have endeavored to foist upon us one set of Treasury worms in the Civil Rights bill, and another in the bill establishing 4 Bureau of Education. They have started a funding scheme, with a big job in its belly. They have taxed every article that we eat, drink, wear, see, feel or hear. They bave so tampered with and tinkered the constitation as to almost destroy that charter of our liberties, and bave violated its express provisions when- ever they found that it obstructed their illegal This is what these Congressmen havo done; and for this three thousand dollars a year does not content them. They must have five thousand, and tax the people more grievously to pay it. Was there ever so open an attempt to put a premium upon criminality and bestow & reward upon vice? In many countries such proceedings as those of the present Congress would be followed by an armed revolution. Here it will cause a revolution also, but in a different way. At the fall elections there will be an uprising of the people that will overwhelm these public plunderers and supply their places with honest men. The political events since the war have fully aroused the masses, and the iniquities of this Coneress will be the issues at the elections, Nothing can save these Con- greesmen and the party which upholds them. They must meet their constituents face to face at the polls and receive the popular judgment upon their transgressions. Then let them ex- plain their jobs and their profligacy, if they can, No loud talk about copperheads and sustaining the war will save them now. They will no longer be able to divert public atten- tion from their corruption by shouting them- selves hoarse with denouncing traitors and hypocritically praising the patriotic soldiers, in whose company they are not worthy to exist. They must face the issues which they have themselves created. Elected as Union men, they have proved tobe the worst dis- unionists; pledged to economy and reform, they have indulged in the most licentions ex- travagance. At last, apparently quite desper- ate of consequences, they vote themselves higher pay, and they decree that this increased salary shall be paid to them from the commence- ment of the session that has been. passed in con- cocting a series of the most flagrant jobs that have ever disgraced our history. Wecallupon the people not only to take care of these Con- gressmen at the coming elections, but to watch how they spend their ill-gotten gains in after-life They are the grand jobbers of the country. We cannot compare them to any former cor- ruptionista; for they have stolen millions where others have been satisfied with a few thou- sands. They are not like Judas Iscariot ; for he sold himself too cheaply, in the estimation of these worthies, But their names will be re- membered like that of Benedict Arnold, who also sacrificed his country to his love of lucre ; aud their children and their children’s children ‘will ‘be ashamed to say that their ancestors belonged to the infamous Thirty-ninth Con- gress. wee A Bap Jos.—Congress raises the compensa- tion of members to five thousand dollars per session, and proposes to lend Mexico thirty millions of dollars, the revenue .of that coum try being collected by Frencli officers to satisfy French claimants. Conoress votes to increase its own salary, but defeats the Bankrupt Dill, designed to relieve poor debtors. ‘Triumphant Advance of the Prussinns and Italians on Vienna and Venice. ‘The Hibernian, with two days later news, em- bracing dates to the 16th inst., has arrived off Father Point. Further triumphs have been gained by the Prussians and Italians, which materially alter the military sitnation in both Venetian and Germany. Cialdini, in his movement from the Po, met with no opposition, and had occupied Padua and Vicenza. This important success places him between the Quadrilateral and Venice, and, while throwing the Austrian garrisons of Pes- chiera, Mantua, Legnano and Verona in a state of niege, in which they are cut off from sup- port, at the samo time lays open Venice to the combined attack of the Italian army and navy. The immense Austrian force in the Quadri- lateral can no longer be drawn upon to man the defences of Vieuna. Those at Venice will de required to hold that point until Napoleon can take possession, If he dares to do so; for its ocenpation by a beavy Italian force would be dangerous to Vienna itself. The junction of the Prussians and Italians before Vienna, which the Quadrilateral so effectually prevented, will not be a matter of such difficulty with the latier in possession of Venice ; and hence it may be concluded that the movement of Claldini will effect exactly what was intended by it,end keep the Austrians in Venice at the critical moment when they should be at Vienna. That moment appoaré be rapidly ap- proaching. The Prussians, under Prince Frederic Charles, have advanced with wonder- ful rapidity, and have driven before them to Iglau and Brunn all the Austrian forces of Benedek save those besieged in the fortified towns of Theresfenstadt, Josepbstadt and Koniggriitz, Brunn is about seventy miles from Vienna, and ‘it was anticipated that the Prossians would be before the latter city by the 18th instant. So apparent had the danger to his capital become that the Emperor of Austria had announced to the inhabitants that no attempt would be made to bold it other than by 9 defence of the line of the Danfbe. The simultaneous abandonment of Vienna and Venice by the Austrians will in all probability be their next and best move; and this news the next steamer may bring us. With William L of Prussia in Vienna and Victor Emanuel in Venice, we may confidently look for that inter- view between the monarchs which Napoleon signally falled to bring about, and which is Promised as the forerunner of peace. Not less important than these have been the suecesses of the Prussians in Bavaria and Heese-Darmetadt. On the 1th inst, the Prus- sians, under General Manteuffel, encountered the Federal or German army at Aschaf- fenburg, and after a sanguinary conflict completely defeated the army and burned the town. , This victory crowned with success the flanking movement against Frank- fort-on-the-Main, and the Germans immediately evacuated that position and doubtless May- ence also, The Prussians (under General Frankenstein, doubtless.) were marching to oceupy the German capital. The German Diet was dissolved nnd the members were to Meet at Angustenburg, Bavaria. But the most important movement affecting ee, hai the military situation is ‘that of Russia, in de- claring that she should remain neutral in the struggle, and not interfere unless other neutral Powers should do so. Russian sympathy was aaid to be entirely with the Italians, and the cession of Rome, as well as Venetia, to Italy was desired in St. Petersburg. If these state- ments be true, the game of Napoleon will be blocked. He can hardly afford to engage in the contest if satisfied that Russia will oppose him ; and he may be forced by these late deola- rations of t Power to remaja a quict speotator of the scene, and even consent to let Venetia slip through his fingers. A Heavy Jos.—Congress proposes to aid in constructing levées on the and Yazoo rivers at an ultimate gost of fifty mil- lions, and raises the pay of members to five thousand dollars per annum. An hoanss Jos.—Congress grants millions ot acres of public lands and binds itself in the sum of nearly sixty millions of dollars to aid in the gigantic job of building the Northern Pacific Railroad, and at the same time raises the pay of membors to five thousand Uollars per session. The Public Nuisances and the Elective Judi- clary. , Some of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas seem determined to prevent the Board of Health abating the nuisances in this city, or enforcing the laws enacted to protect thd health of our citizens. Judge Cardozo has is- sued .a sweeping injunction probibiting the Board in any manner interfering with or re- gulating the fat boiling or bone boiling estab- lishments, slaughter houses, or driving cattle through the strecta, The complaints against all of these have been strong and numerous during the last two or three years, One of the reasons for the unpopularity of Mayor Gunther was the fact that be sided with those interested in conducting these establishments, The law which passed last winter was enacted in response to public sen‘iment on that sub- ject. Eut now that the officials are endeavor- ing to enforce the law, and thus protect the health of our citizens, we find certain judges throwing obstacles in their way, and thus bidding for the votes of those who are engaged in carrying on the business which tho law pronounces injurious to the health of our citizens, No stronger argument can be offered against the system of electing judges. It furnishes sufficient reasons for its immediate abolition and a return to the system of appointing judges for life or during good behavior. When we find the ermine disgraced by a paltry attempt like this to bid for votes, and the pub- lic interest made subservient to selfish ainw and ambition, we may well consider the ‘dan- gers of the system, Here wovhave one judgo trying to stop all efforts to stay the ravages of the cholera in this city, already upon us, and another judge in the same-éourt endeavoring to extend his jurisdiction in the same matter to Brooklyn, where the deaths from thiselisezse have already become numerous. Such action in this emergency should load the officials guilty of it with infamy. All of our citizens who have friends swept off by this pestilence should bear in mind that Judge Cardozo has made every effort in his power to sssist the spread of the disease; and when he comes up for re-election, they should remind bim, hy de- positing their ballots against him, that he is responsible for the deaths in their families, and let him rely upon his special friends who have charge of the slaughter houses, bone boiling and fat establishments for re-election. If he prefers that class and that business to the health of the city, then he should be forced to look to them for his re-election and votes at the ballot box. In this way Cardozo and bis like can be brought to respect the judicial ermine which they are supposed to wear, if in no other way. In the meantime his ardent love for nuisances and opposition to the Board of Health bids fair to inflict the city with the spread of the cholera, and to assist it in carrying off thousands in its march. This may be his iater- pretation of the dutics of a judge, but it is not what the people expect from a judicial or any other officer. The tendency of the elective sys- tem of the judiciary is clearly contrary to pubiic interests, and we trust that the nex! State con- vention will abolish it, and thus relieve us of another nuisance, which, in Judge Cardozo’s caee, is just as detrimental to the health of our citizens as the slaughter houses and bone boil- ing establishments are known to be. It will be impossible for the Board of Health to prevent the spread of this scourge, or its raging as an epidemic, if they are to be interfered with by the judiciary in this way. Two Hoxprep avo Frery Mittioxs m Coy- Gresstonst, Jons.—Overburdened as the people are with taxation, it may be interesting for them to know how some of it is raised and Total jobs in Uncle Sam's cash. A Pruciove Jos.—Congress proposed to give twenty millions’ worth of valuable mine- ral lands to the New York and Montana Mining Company, a swindle fortunately detected and mmashed by the President, and increases the pay of members to five thousand dollars per ecseion. Generat Surrman m Canapa.—The public need have no further fears about any more difficulties between this country and Canads. General Sherman has been feasted and shown all the eccrets of their fortifications, and en- nonunces in his speech at Montreal that Canada and the United States are on the most friendly terme. As proof of this be offers his own re- ception. All danger is, therefore, now over; the country can breathe more freely, and we presume that General Sherman will soon be leading all Canada into the Union, so great is his love for them. A Down East Proacocus Jow.—Congress proposes to establish a Bureau of Education, at & cost of five millions per annum, and increases the pay of members to five thousand dollars per session. Coxantss votes to pay Itself more money for remaining in session to legislate against the people and in favor of radical officeholders. The Complications of France in the Present War. By & coincidence which seems to haye a present war and its possible results was ex- pressed at three of the leading points of the world at the enme time. The Moscow Gazette, speaking in ® manner officially, with the voice of Russis, declared that the Czar is ad- verse to any materia! change in the balance of power in Eardpe,and is not content thiff Prussia and Austria and Italy should become the tools of France. Russia does not choose that Venetian should be quietly disposed of by cession to France, remembering that there is an Italian question yet to be settled, into which the future disposition of Rome and the temporalities of the Pope very prominently enter. In short, Russla recognizes tbe fact that the Fren: Emperor has gone too far in bis plans for it redistnbution of the continent and his am- bitious views in the settlement of the complex Political questions out of which this war was created, and desires to check him. The same sentments were expressed almost at the same time by the London Times, speaking for the reasoning portion of the British people. and mayhap for the government. {n the columns ot the New Yore Heratp, where ‘the voice from Russia and from England was since re- produced, the very same views were expressed at the moment that they were enunciated by those two leading powers of Europe. Is there not something prophetic in this fact? Is not the idea that the future ‘power of Napoleon asa mediator and reconsiructor is in jLe decline, emanating from the three most prominen: points of intelligence on the globe, 8 mething remarkable? And how do the tacts of history, as they stand to-day, sustain th’s opinion? Russia, which of ail the powers of Europe really bolds in ber hands the bal- ance of power, altbough quiescent and un- obtrusive, wiil Lave the Ge:man Confederation remodclled ag she vleases; that is, she wills that Austria shail not be demalished, nor shall Prussia obta'n predominance in Germany; but the events of the war in Saxony and Bohemia have almost made the annihilatiun of Austria a s-ttled question, as far as her controlling in- fluence in Germany is concerned. Russia will probably accept tbe situation. England, there- fore, with her alliance by marriag:, by kindred and by religion, with the ruling Power in Ger- many, will bave a friend in Prussia upon whose good faith she may depend in case ofan in- vasion from Franco—that living terror of John Bull for the last Lalf century—and thus can play ber game against the overruling policy of Napoleon with a litle more pluck than she has heretofore been able toshow. With North- ern Germany as an ally sho will be able to put on ao bold. face in her future dealings with France. Russia has her own game to play, and the prize is Constantinople. When the question of German supremacy is sotiled, which fast approaches completion in favor of Prussia, and Napoleon is involved in the business of disentangling the web in which are’ enwrapped Venotla, Austria, the States of the Church, the poor old Pope, the-extension ofhis frontier in tho Rhenish provinces, the acquisition of Sardinie, and all the other affairs mixed up in his diplomatically muddled brain, Rassia cannot only control the arrangement of united Germany and the balance of power in Central Europe, with all the alliances, but can attend to her own interests in the direction of Constantinople at the same time. Whether these should come to pass or not—and we presume not to speak with the voice of a prophet—it seems pretty evident that Napojeon has fired his diplomatic needle gun a llitle too high, and is likely to maiss the mark for once. A Cracxina Jon.—Congress raises the salary of ita members to five thousand dollars per sea- sion, and compels the government to pay the national banks thirty millions per annum in the shape of interest on government bonds for the privilege of having Treasury notes and legal tenders superseded as currency. Conaressmen have evidently made up their minds that they will not be re-elected and are stealing all the money they can. ~* A Veny Eenrovs Jop.—With a revenue of over two hundred millions sbcve what is de- manded, Congress plies on taxation by inereas- ing the tariff and internal revenue tax thirty- eight millions, and raises the compensation of members to five thousand dollars per session. Piarmc Soupme—Revorm m Tae Muatia Syvsrem Essentiat.—The steamer Mary Benton, belonging to the Quartermaster’s Department, on which the Second regiment of the New Jersey militia had embarked to proceed to the camp at Long Branch for inspection and review, becoming disabled, was obliged to put in at Flizabethport, N. J. While there » number ot the members of the regiment took it into their heads that they bad played soldier long enough, and ekedaddied for home. This is « fair sample of the discipline under the militis system throughout the country, aad it isa barning disgrace. What is the use of keeping up. the militia system, st a great expense, s0 long as such loose discipline is practised? The militia regiments are supposed to be organized for the purpose of rendering assistance in time of need ; bat, as it Is now conducted, the moment that their services are required they skedaddle under some excuse or other. A radical reform is necessary, and the sooner it is brought about the better. The drill and discipline of these regi- ments should be as effective and strict as in the case of the regulars in the army. This is the only way that they can be of any public service. This playing at soldier, without any regard to rales of this kind, is only trifling with the men and the interest of the public. When a militia regiment is out on parade, to drill, or on en excursion, all the rules applicable to the regulars of the army should be rigidly en- forced, and the men thus prepared for service fin the case of an emergency for which they are organized to take pact in. If this is not done, then, at the first appearance of danger there will be a stampede and @ dingraceful rout. Unless discipline is enforced, the sooner our militia regiments are disbanded the better. Cononess, having robbed the public treasury in every other way, now makes a direct grab at the greenbacks by an Increase of salaries, A Cwanrry Jon.—Congress raizes the salary of ite members to five thousand dollars per seasion, and gives seven millions in one lump for another great charity humbug called the | Frecdmen’s Bureau, — ‘Tue Rapicars avpv Juve Davis.—The majority of the Judiciary Committeo: of Congress and the radicals in that body seem determined to force @ sympathy among our people for Jeff Davis. When that ex-Confederate official was first arrested none were found so low as to feel sympathy for him. But a system of suborning witnesses was resorted to by the detectives under the War Department, antl has since been taken up by the radicals of the Judiciary Com- mittee, for the purposo of forcing bis trial by & military commission. The moment that s portion of this evidence against Davis, pur porting to implicate him in the assassination of Mr./Lincoln, is shown to be false by the evidence of two of the parties who swore to it in. the first place, then we find a desperate effort to prevent the fact coming before the public, fearing that if it is published they will be deprived of all excase for an arbitrary and unconstitutional trial of the rebel chief. The attempt to prevent the minority of the com- mittee from examining the testimony 1s suff- cient proof under the circumstances that they believe the evidence in the Bureau of Military Justice to be false and manufactured for the occasion, Wore they satisfied of its truth and correctness, instead of trying to conceal it, they would be too anxious to spread it before the public to justify them in their demands fora trial by military commission. Two of the wit- neases have sworn that they were paid by an official, to'swear against Davis, and that the others, they knew, were also paid; and they give circumstances to sustain this assertion. That the committee have this fact in evidence before them is shown by Mr. Boutwell’s statement in debate, when he offered as an excuse for refusing to permit the minority of the committee to ex- amine the evidence, that a portion of it had already found its way into the New Yors HeRaxp, thus attesting the correctness of our report in regard to the.testimony before them. The committee have thus destroyed their own argument in favor of a trial by commission, and any effort in that direction now will only create sympathy in the public mind for Jeff Davis, and tend to place him before the world in the light of a martyr. Unless the committee can furnish evidence strong enough to disprove that which has already been published and acknowledged by them to be correct, then the sooner they abandon the effort for forcing a military tria!, the better it will be for their own reputation and the public service. Suborning witnesses and paying them to manufacture evi- dence for or against the guilt of any man might have been appropriate during the dark ages in Enrope, or under the rule of the Jacobins in France, but it will never go down in this age or inthis country. Its only effyct will be to bring odium upon those who attempt ft, The sooner the radicals and the Judiciary Committee clear their skirts of such proceedings, the better it will be for themselves, thelr party and Ocsa- gress. They will flad when they come te return to their cons‘itaents that they have a large enough load ¢o carry without adding to tt the endorsement of the War Department’s scheme of suborning witnesses to prove the guilt of any man. A Perssowat, Jon.—Congress demands re- trenchment in the departments, and raises the compensation of members to five thousand dol- lara per session. Conarrss deprives the poor soldiers of an eqalization of bountics, but increases the pay of its members. A Cowrsurr:z Jos.—Congtess cuts off the bounty to poor soldiers, raises the salary of members to five thousand dollars per enaum, and squanders over two hundred and Gfiy mil- lions uselessly. Conangss votes to increase its pay for pro- tecting British commerce by preventing oar vessels sold during the rebellion from coming back under our flag. A Scr Jon.—Congress proposes to fand the national debt and sell surplus gold, allowing a percentage for the business to outsiders, aad raises the pay of members to five thousand dollars, - Conaress meanly cuts off the salary of Minis- ter Harvey, because he wrote a private letter in defence of the President, but increases its own salary, earned only by abusing the Prest- dent. Cononzss is going to pay itself e higher salary for koeping the Union dissolved. faeries Seats are oN ponte. ig $1,200 as his share hl 4 $250 and an equal amount as dnty. a was of @ small amount in United States Treasury notes, the property of complainant, has been discharged from ee Mr. Cobn having found the mrssing property, i of being seotenced to four months’ imprivom- thaneon has bis freedom. or Poucemin Warxen.—Sarrogate Tucker Yesterday iseued letters of guardianship to Joba O. Bergen, Police Commissioner, on the person and effete of Francis A. Walker, ® boy of eight years, son of the late policeman Walker, who was killed ty time since. The money contributed for the support & the child amount to sevonteen hundr'd dollars; and & i staced by Mr. Bergen that he is without relatives, y Savewry.sixTa Vermman Association. —The firet enna, picnic of this areortation came off yeaterday. The object of this organization ts to provide funds for the widows and orphans of such mewbere as were killed or wounded in tho war, Tho attendance was large, and quite «sam wns realised for the laudable parpose of the organiza. jon, Order and enjoy mout seemed to retyn guDrama