The New York Herald Newspaper, October 4, 1866, Page 6

8 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDUN BENNETT, @DITOR AND PROPRIETOR OFFION N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the year, Four cents percopy. Annual subsoription price, $14+ NO NOVICE taken of anonymous correspondence, We donot return rejected communications, JOB PRINTING of every description, also Stereotyp- ing ond Engraving, neatly and promptly executed at the AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway, near Broome atreet.—f'ne Menxy Wives or Wixpsok. NEW YORK THEATRE, Brosaway opposite New York Hote!.—Auzrican Orena—Tur Docror OF ALOANTARA. GERMAN THALIA THEATRE, No. 514 Broadway.— Eororaniscnxs ScLavEntenes. GERMAN STADT THEATRE, Nos. 45 and 47 Bowery.— Dur Koxnia’s Lisvrenayr. IRVING HALL, Irving place.—Mr. anwp Mas. Howarp ‘Paut mw Taek Musica,, Comic awp Cmanacrerstio En- FRRTAINAENT. DODWORTH’S HALL, 806 Broadway.—Proresson Harz wu. Prevorsm nis Miracuxs, SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS. 5% Broadway, opposite the Metropolitan Hotel—[n tae Eriortan ENTEeRtatn- ‘MENTS, SiNGiNG, Dancixe anv Bi es—Tus Buack Cook, axp Avnican Batter Trovrs. FIFTH AVENUE OPERA HOUSE, Nos. 2 and 4 West Twenty-fourth strgot.—BuDwourit’s MiNsTRELS.—ETHIOPIAN Movemnmtsy, BaLiaps, BuaLrsaces, #0. —Tuny Pumsxcure JOTCHALAN, KELLY & LEON’S GREAT WESTERN MINSTREBS, | Broadway—In TuxtR Sones, Danoms, Eccentricrins, &c.—Buriesque Hirroprome. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA ROUSE, 201 Bowery.—Coxra Vocauisu—Necao MinstRetsy, Bauier Divewrissexnwt, 4c.—Bricaam Younc; on, re AMONG THX MORMONS+ CHARLEY WHITE’S COMBINATION TROUPE, at Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broadway—In 4 Vawiery or Licnt axp LavcHaBLé Enrentainments, Corrs ps Bauer, 4c, Sracr Sravck CHAMBERMAID. MRS. FP. B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brookyln.— Brc.rnrcor, THE MOUNTEBANK. BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—A Huszamp ror an Hour—Tuz Youno Actexss. HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Ermiorian Mix- BrRELSY, BALLADS, BURLESQUKS AND PANtomiues. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY. 618 Broadway.— aoe 3 wir yo Lo Fog J MicRoscorz swig . ue ABM “ from TRIPLE SHEET. EVEOPE. By the Atlautic cable we have financial and commer- cial advices daied is London and Liverpool yesterday, ‘October 3. c The Liverpool cotton market was firm; middling up- ands was at fifteen pence, Consols closed at 8934, for money, in London. Five-twenties were at 705¢. Our special correspondence from London and Vienna contains matter of considerable political interest, Na- poleon’s manifesto was accepted as a peace paper in the well informed, unprejudiced circles of England. The people of Vienna regard the Mexican empire enter- Prise asa complete failure. Maximilian is expected in Austria, where his personal popularity has not been at all diminished. Pope Pins the Ninth refers to the ro- ligto-political situation in am allocution, the main points of which are given in oer columns. THE CITY. An article appears in our columns this morning on the Coast Defences of New York City, showing how utterly inadequate are the present fortifications along the sound and the lower bay to a successful pemstance against the newly invented engines of war. Before the rebellion New York was but {¢ would now be entirely at the mercy of a fleet wita iron and armed with the heavy ordnance brought into requisition by the exigen- cich of our late civil war. ‘The Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church, held their thirty-first annual meeting yesterday afternoon at the Church of the Ascension in this city. The reports of the Committees on Domestic and Foreign Missions were read and approved. The annual sermon ‘was delivered in the evening by the Right Rev. H. C. Lay, D. D., Missionary Bishop to the Southwest, A centenary meeting was held last evening in the Seventh street Methodist Episcopal chnrch. Addresses ‘were made by Rev. Mr. Woodroff, Rov. W. A, Boole, Rev. L. 8. Weed and others, The consecration of the Rev. Channing Moore Wil- Nams as Missionary Bishop to China and Japan took place yesterday at St. John's Episcopal church, in this elty. Twenty-four Bishops were present and upwards of one hundred ministers. The ceremony was of a very impressive and interesting character. The comer stone of a new church for the use of Rev. Dr. Oagood’s congregation was laid yesterday at the cor- ner of Park avenue and Thirty-fourth street. Appro- Priato addresses were delivered by Drs. Oagood, Bellows and Chapin, and a large and miscellancous collection of articles deposited under the stone. The American Bible Union held = meeting at the Broome street church yesterday. The financial report @howed that the affairs of the association were in a flourishing condition, Addresses were delivered by the Rev. Thomas Armitage and others, A panlic meoting of the West Side Association was held last nicht, at Everett Hall, for tho purpose of dis- e@uming the subject of the rapid transportation of pas- @ongers in the city. An anderground railway was pro- posed. The headquarters of Santa Anna continue thronged with visitors, mostly applicants for permission to enter the service of the Mexican republic. George A. Bickley, President of the Knights of the Golden Circle, bas offered his sword and sympathy to the cause. General Sweeny had a long interview with the old chieftain yesterday, on the subject of Fenian enlistments. The adherents of Genoral Ortega, the rival ciaimant to the distinguished’ honor of delivering the Mexican republic exhibit bit- ter hatred of Santa Anna. They claim that he is a spy ef the French government and that they have docu- ments to prove it Ortega will leave the city soon for Mexico, ‘The Commissioners of Education held their regular meeting yesterday. The official report for the month of Beptomber shows that 14,356 emigrants arrived at this por: during that time. é John Flanly and W. Connor, two young aspirants for PAgiitstic honors, went to the Jersey shore, from Brook- lyn, yesterday, and fought for $100 anda minor cham- Pionship. Twenty-eeven rounds were fought and Planly was so badly beaten that he had to be assisted bome. Five fresh cases of cholera were reported tn this city yesterday. Burial permits for seven cholera dead were Aamued during the same time. erty of Mr. Jeremiah Beall and others, + Mate of Georgia. Subsequently anothy aabatnoen — ©@ additional amdayi* presented to the wy ete an am wy Bapreme Court, Alber, “*RI¢l# in Special Term of the ‘A. Connover (the pp '* 2: Kendait rues Mrs. Charlotte Gm ceting as hep NOMA! legator) for services rendered agent during the progress of the liti- Gatton 08 8H wilt of Mr. Morchant. Plaintiff elaims After hearing testimony in thease and tho ~~.” of eounsel, Judge Daniels reverved bis de ~ > ? Teo Allaize will case was continued yenerday before ‘suage Daniels, in Part 8 of the Supreme Conrt. No new @videnee wes introduced other than that delivered be. Gore he The case qill be resumed this i . @f Tonle Morton Montgomery ‘wqalnst Antonio Logon De Banta Anna, came on for hear. ing before famas@, Coleman, Referee, and ig acaip sot GRRL” 0-tan 9h ge sa, NEW YORK HERALD, THUKSOAY, UULUBKR 4, 1866.—TRIPLE SHEET. In the case of John McLaughlin, whose discharge from the United States army is claimed on the ground that he isa minor, General Butterfield appeared before Juage Russel yesierday, and gave evidence as to the enlist- ment of the soldier, Judge Russe! remanded the sol- dier to the custody of the officers tor a month, the case in the meantime tobe submitted to the Secretary of War. Charles Tucker, a stranger from Detroit, Michigan, was robbed in this city on Tuesday night of three thou- sand dollars out of five thousand which he had brought here to invest in government securities Mary Jano McDougal, the daughter of respectable parents—her fathor being amember of the Metropolitan Police force— was arrested on suspicion of having committed the theft. None of the money has been recovered, The. prisoner was committed, ball being refused, for trial at the General Sessions. A wholesale and retail liquor dealer of this city vamosed a few days ago, leaving twenty thousand dollars in unpaid bills unprovided for, and having previously disposed of his entire business, He was traced by fa detective to New Hampshire, where a receiver was ap- pointed and sufficient goods inside his premises were found to satisfy the prosecutors. The stock market was excited and strong yesterday. Gold was firm in the afternoon, and closed at 148, after selling down to 14734. Although general trade was dull, there was a fair average amount of business transacted yesterday in both foreign and domestic and produce. Dry goods were active, Cotton easier. * Groceries steady. On ’Change flour was less active, and 10c, 0200. lower, while wheat declined 2c. a Sc, Corn was quiet, and irregalar. Beef was steady, while [ard was active and firmer. Freights were very quiet, Whiskey was unchanged, — U8, ‘The steamer Morro Castle, from Havana on the 20th ult., brings news from the city of Mexico to September 19, The anniversary of Mexican independence, the 16th ult., was celebrated with more than the usual magni- ficence, The troops were reviewed by the Emperor, the theatres were thrown open gratis to the people, anda bull fight took place, No disturbance occurred, although it was contemplated by the liberals that the people of the whole valley should concentrate at the capital on that day and ask Maximilian to get rid of the French. The imperial authorities heard of the inten- tion, however, and arrested several prominent citi- zens two days oreviously, thereby breaking up the plot. The Emperor made an address to ®@ deputation of citizens, the diplomatic corps and others, in which he said:—‘“I am stil! firm in the position which the votes of the people have made me occupy. It is not in adverse moments that a true Haps- burg abandons his post.” Four regiments were to em- bark for France on the 28th ultimo. Marshal Bazaine’s departure would probably ba delayed a few weeks. It 1s seriously advocated among prominent Mexicans that, on the evacuation of Maximilian, a Triumvirate should administer the government until a Congress could be elected and a President inaugurated; in the mean- time the country to be placed ander American protec- tion and emigration and a loan solicited of the United ‘States. A newspaper asserts that Maximilian will put ‘himself at the head of the army. Active measures were to be taken against Tampico. From Cuba the dates are to September 29. A royal order has been published suspending export duties inthe Island for siz months. A larze fire occurred at Havana ‘on the 27th alt,, the loss being estimated at $100,000. The quarantine regulations are still in force. ‘The Executive Council of Canada was’ in session Tues- day night, importgnt despatches, it was reported, having ‘eon received concerning the Fenians, 4 resolution was passed by the Board of Trade in Toronto that American and British silver be taken at four per cent discount. ‘Tho Canadian view of the Santa Anna and Fenian trans- action is that it is a league with Maximilian to furnish him with Fenian soldiers, and that the Catholic Church favors it as’ final blow to Fenianism. ‘Views with the President and the Attorney General. ‘The result of the second grand National Council of the ‘Catholic Charch of America, which convenes at Balti+ more on the 2ist instant, wil 48 understood; be the erection of two suffragan episcopal residence of one of Rochester, and the new Bishop will Rev. Dr. Peter davermans, priest of St, Mary's church, Troy. The seat ot the other will, it is believed, be at ‘Utica or Oswego, and the Rev. Father Walworth, of St. Joseph’s church in Albany, will probably be called to its administration. The sermon of Archbishop Spaulding, of Baltimore, on the uses and objectsof church coun- cils, is reported in our columns this morning. A convention of the supporters of President Johason’s policy of reconstruction was held at Boston yesterday. ‘The attendance was very large. General John L. Swift was chosen temporary chairman, and John Quincy law of Massachusetts. Theodore H. Sweetser was nomi. nated for Governor, General Horace C. Lee for Lieuten- ant Governor, Colonel Luther Stephenson, Jr., for Sec- retary of the Commonwealth, Wm. C. Endicott for torney General, Harvey Arnold for Treasurer, and Gen- eral Arthar F. Deveraux for Auditor. A large meeting in support of the Presidential policy ‘was held in Harrisburg yesterday. John Hogan, Richard Vaux and Colonel Heldeman were the principal The races of the American Jockey Club, at Jerome Park, terminated yesterday. There was large attend- ance and great enthusiasm and interest manifested dur- ing the four races which took place. Bayswater won the first race, Luther the second, Maid of Honer the third, and Kentucky the fourth, The bark Laura, from Bremen to Baltimore, en- countered a hurricane September 22, when seven passongers and one of the crew were washed overboard by a tremendous sea. Fifty other persons were slightly Injured. ‘ ‘The freight house of the New York Central ‘Railroad, at Schenectady, was destroyed by fire*last night. The loss ts very heavy, but the oxact amount is not known. A balloon inflated with gas, bat unoccupied by any human being, was found floating in Lake Erie by the crew of the schooner Active on Tuesday. Ap ascension had taken place at Albion, New York, the same day, and it is believed this is the samo balloon. The fate of the Seronant is @ mystery. J. Lowenthal, a claim agent belonging in Washington, was detected in New Orleans in forging soldiers’ pay accounts, by Which the government was swindled oat of over # million dollars. He fled from New Orleans on hearing that a warrant was out for him and has not yet been arrested. Several paymasters and citizens of New Orleans are implicated in the a‘fair. r Our Coast Durences.—We , else- whore an exhaustive cota he ae our coast defences. The Pouthern rebellion wrought a giant reyotw”, All the old. ay’ on in naval warfare. were swept away,” A new era was inaugurated and new and*ormidable engines of destruction sprung W, being, In this changed order of things * 9 took the lead and have kept it, Our clad navy is now admittedly the most > owerful on the face of the earth, and England and France are hastening to remodel their iron-clads after our pattern. But while we reaped the benefits of these great discoveries we reaped aleo some of the disadvantages. The inventions ot our Ericssons and the exploits of our Farraguts, though they aided materially in suppressing the rebellion and have made us the first naval power of the world, have also left our principal harbors comparatively defenceless against the same mode of warfare in the hands of a hostile nation. Iron-clads require torpe- does, const and floating batteries and obstruc- tions to meet them. In these respects New York ond Raritan bays are lamentably deficient, and New York city is accessible from at least two points of attack. A plan is now put forward by which our coast could be ren- dered invalnerable to foreign attack without impeding the navigation and without serious expense, We commend the facts adduced to the careful consideration of our civil and mill- > tary outhorition, in this great amendment. ‘The Political Marplets of the Day—The Real | cave in at the first touch of fire. The erection Insue Before the Country. of such edifices depreciates the surrounding From Massachusetts to Kansas political | property and endangers the public eafety. The mass meetings, stump orators and stump | Legislature ought to step in and put a stop to speeches are the order of the day. The fight | it by some stringent building act. is between the republican party and the |- Chicago rump of the old democratic party, the radical Jacobins making the most noise on the one side, and the old dyed-in-the-wool peace copperheads ruling the roost on the other. Here and there we find a solitary stumper known ag a Jobnsop republican, whose efforts to enlighten the people only serve to make confusion worse confounded. We have, for instance, in the Henan of yesterday a specimen radical brick from Mr. Sumner, and s specimen from Senator Cowan, of Pennsylvania, of the Johnson republican school, and in other papers lying before us we have a touch of the radicalism of “Old Thad Stevens” and an Overdose of copperhead twaddle in a speech of Baron Von Hoffman. Turning first to the radical Boston speech of Senator Sumner, we find it mainly devoted to & vigorous and merciless scolding of President Johnson, including the disclosure of Mr. Sum- Ner’s confidential conversations with him; how the man of Tennessee pulled the wool over the eyes of the man of Massachusetts ; how ‘Jeff Davis and Johnson are now in the same boat; how and why universal or impartial suffrage must be enforced; how “the President must be taught that usurpation and apostacy cannot prevail,” and how “he who promised to be Moses and has become Pharaoh must be overthrown,” even as “the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.” Of the constitutional amendment Mr. Sumner says :—“As far as it goes it is well; butit does not go far enough, More must be done.” This was his cry in the Senate all the last long session; but it availed nothing. The amendment was passed by the republican conservatives in spite of the radicals, and with its ratification by Tennessee her members elect were admitted into the House and the Senate as a rule ands precedent for all the other States concerned. So much, then, for this radical speech of the radical Sumner. It amounts to nothing. His extreme counsels, like those of his fellow marplot, Stevens of the Honse, have been and will be rejected by the great body of the republican party in Congress, It was Sumner, with his charge of whitewashing against the President at the beginning of the last session, and it was Stevens, with his warn- ing of the fate of Charles 1, who fomented all this trouble between the Président and Congress; but still both houses, in spite of all the efforts of these men, have been controlled by wiser counsels than theirs. Hence, when Sumner from Massachusetts cries out that this constitutional amendment will not do, and when Stevens from Pennsylvania echoes the cry, they do not frighten anybody, because.we have seen that they have no power over the prevailing sentiment of Coneress, which is the prevailing sentiment of the North, as embodied ‘The French Opera Comique in New York, Italian Opera has taken to wandering about the country, like the gypsies and the organ grinders. In New York it no longer has @ local habitation. The Academy catacombs are still in ruins, and there seems to be no probability of their being rebuilt within a year, sinee the stockholders cannot agree upon any definite plan. We may have Italian con- certaduring the winter, with such excellent artists as Mazgoleni, whose voice is fully re- stored, and Brignoli, who has not yet lost his voice ; but Italian Opera will be a matter of faith with our citizeus until a new opera house, & new company and a new management make ita reality at some distant future date. But the great natural law of compensation has provided us with an entertainment that will take the place of Italian Opera and be even more acceptable. Manager Juignet has engaged a company of admirable French artists and will inaugurate a season of French Opéra Comique at the French theatre, on Fourteenth street, next Tues- day evening. The recent reforms in the drama at Paris, and especially the liberty of the theatres granted by the Emperor Na- poleon, have enabled Monsieur Juignet to se- cure a better troupe of actors and vocalists than he has ever before imported.. He has a beautifal theatre at his disposal, with new seenery and appointments. The light, charm- ing operas of the French school are popular in all the rest of the world and cannot fail to be so here. Everything isin Monsieur Juignet’s favor, and it will be his own fault if his enter- prise is not entirely successful. There are many reasons why the French Opéra Comique will prove more attractive than the Italian Opera ever was. Our citizens do not understand Italian, except when inter- preted by such a-transcendent genius as Ris- tori; but almost every lady and gentleman speaks or comprehends French. Few of the airs of the Italian Opera catch the popular ear. Young ladies may strain over them and barrel organs squeak them out; but nobody sings or whistles them for enjoyment, The lively melo- dies of the French operettas, on the other hand, will be literally in the mouths ofall the people. The Italian Opera in its best days was never patronized by the masses ; it was attended only by certain select class, who went because they thought it the fashion. TheFrench Opera will be both fashionable and popular. Everybody who likes to be amused, who admires fine acting, who appreciates good singing and who is fond of a hearty laugh will go tothe French theatre, without waiting to know whether Madame Hautton approves of the performance or not. But so far as fashion is concerned, the subscribers for Juignet’s season comprite the dite of the city, who will crowd the cosey private boxes while the music loving masses more than fill the par- quet and dress circle. As a relief from the excitement of Ristori’s wonderful acting, the Opéra Comique will be most welcome, and we have no doubt that after the inaugural season it will become s permanent institution of this metropolis. ‘The Mexican Muddle and Its Solution. Mexico and Mexican affairs are in a state of chronic disorder, as they have been for some “time past. In fact they appear to be getting worse every day. There was trouble and civil war when the Emperor Napoleon stepped in with his magnificent idea of elevating the Latin race of the American continent as a counter- poise to the growing power of the great Anglo- Saxon or Anglo-American race. That ridica- lous attempt to check the progress of a mighty race and republican institutions by erecting an empire on our border only created more civil war and bloodshed, and has ended in a com- plete fiasco. Humiliating as it is, the mushroom empire of Maximilian and the French troops that established and supported it have to leave the American continent. That has become now an acknowledged fact. But instead of bringing peace to Mexico, it has only revived the ambition of the rival chieftains of that country, who are actively preparing to again deluge it in blood to serve their own ambitious purposes. With the prospect of the Enuropean-intervention-Latin-race Coming next to the speech of Senator Cowan at Harrisburg, we find that, as a Johnson repub- lican, he'faile to state the‘issue before the coun- try. He presents it as the issde ‘between Johnson and Stevens ; but it is no such thing. Stevens was defeated upon all his propositions of Southern negro suffrage, Southern confisca- tion and Southern disfranchisement, and the plan adopted by Congress is substantially President Johnson’s plan of restoration, chapter and verse. Mr. Cowan must know, and in com- mon fairness onght to admit, that it is not ‘Thaddeus Stevens, but the constitutional amendment of Congress that is before the States for their ratification. Mr. Cowan, a few days hence at all events, will discover that the people of Pennsylvania understand this nice distinction between the schemes of Stevens and the plan of Congress; and so we dismiss Mr. Cowan. We have next but « passing word to say of the late stamp speech of Mayor Hoffman at Rochester. It lies before us in one of our ex- changes. A tiresome rigmarole of the current copperhead election serving clap-trap. The only point made by this champion of the Tammany “ring” against the amendment be- fore the people that we deem worthy of notice is, that if the excluded States ratify this amend- ment it will not admit them into Congress. We answer again that Congress has bound itself to their admission in the sdmission of Ten- amendment, and in this way copperbeads and radical Jacobins are giving sid and comfort to each other and to Southern revolutioniste. From all these stump specches of quibbling and unscrupulous factionists it is refreshing to turn to such an exposition of the issue before the country as we find in the reports of a late speech of Senator Sberman, at Cincinnati. He tells the people that in the adoption of the plan Of Congress tie joint committee of the two houses “Ia¥j aside every radical measure brought before them,” including universal and the treatment of the late rebel ‘as Territories, and that as a member of adopt The amendment, because it will admit them into Congress ; and he wants them to yn- derstand that ifthey wil] not accept this, “the same power that conquered them once will im- pose terms upon them that they won’t like so well.” The issue, then, is thisamendment or for the purpose of getting control of the coun- try and its revenues. . The cunning old chief, Santa Anna, after having tried all sides, and even the European imperial side, comes out as a stanch republi- stitutional way, is preparing to make war on the present incumbent and all other claimants. F : | ; i necessity of | pawers i leave. How, then, shall we restore peace to the country? It is our duty to see to this—to solve this question— both as @ duty to « neighboring repub- signed for stately freproo| edifices each as the new Herap office. Buildings that are neither stately nor fireproof, nor ¢ven safe, are @ dis figurement to the city a standing danger to the neighborhood in which they are situated. A number of these buildings are now being | only way, is for our government to take moa- put ap—mere shells of brick and lath and sures for an election of President in Mexico by plaster, hardly substantial enough to stand | the spontaneous and unbiasod expression of f against» decent gale of wind, end certain to | nonuler sentiment throughout the whole coun: destru Drsmcnation OF aY.—Somebody ought to put a stop to desecration of Broadway. Our noble fare was de- N try. This would effectually break up all the rival schemes of Santa Anna, Ortega, Juarez and others. But how is it tobe done? We think it can be done by the United States hav- ing an understanding with the Emperor Napo- leon on the subject. Napoleon only wants to |, get out of the difficulty as gracefully as possi- ble and to secure the debt of Mexico to France. The United States wants the republic restored in peace and on a proper foundation. Very well; the proper way to accomplish these ends is for M. Montholon, the French Minister st Washington, and Mr. Seward to agree upon @ plan by which a fair election shall held and a constitutional native government be established in Mexico, with the understand- ing that the old French debt shall be paid. This would be the proper and a speedy solu- tion of the Mexican muddle. France would get out of her trouble in an easy manner, we should maintain our position as to the Monroe doctrine and the intervention, and Mexico would be saved from the horrors of a con- tinued civil war which her rival chiefs are pre- paring for her. We urge upon the French Minister, M. Montholon, to see Mr. Seward at once upon this subject. Let negotiations be opened withéut delaf, and we have no doubt the people of this country, the Emperor Napo- leon and the people of Mexico would gladly accept such a reasonable solution of the troublesome question. ¢ Napoleon’s Manifesto. The remarkable document which Napoleon has caused to be issued to the representatives of the French government in foreign countries, and which we published yesterday, very plainly establishes the future policy of the Emperor, based upon the Recent momentous events which have transpired in Europe. That policy is of an eminently peaceful character and manifests Napoleon’s eagerness to keep France out of all European broils. He meekly ac- cepts the result of all the startling events of the last six months, and cannot find in the ab- sorption of States and kingdoms, the recon- struction of Territories, the growth of a new German predominant Power, the humiliation of Austria or the success of Italy, anything which affects the interests of France or at which she should take umbrage. This being 80, he asks why France should interfere in the late war, because everything has happened— excepting the entente cordiale between Russia and the United States, which is delicately touched upon—that France could have desired. England is left out of view altogether in Napoleon’s summing up of the new order of things which the late war has established, because he evidently regards her as she is, nothing but a mere colonial power, destined, perhaps, to look after the progress of civiliza- tion in the East, according to Disraeli’s idea, but exercising no more political influence in Europe. France can no longer summon her to war with Russia or any other nation; no longer form alliances to settle the balance of power or participate in perplexing conven- tions. England is counted out of all this busi- ness, and hence Napoleon passes her over. But France herself stands to-day in a some- what similar position. Asa controlling ele- ment in European affairs she has no prestige. She is but one of ‘a -confederation of States. The voice of Napoleon is powerless because his aims and ambitions are defeated. Hence it is that he recognizes the existing condition of the Continent as favorable to France and endeavors to suit himself and the prospects of his dynasty to inevitable circumstances. In the concentration of the central Powers of Europe at the expense of the lesser States which have been swallowed up, he looks for safety against revolution. It is by the unification of Germany that the democratic element now: prevailing in Europe can be kept within bounds. To stimulate the reconstructed na- tions he conjures up two spectres, the demon of democratic revolution and the friendly alli- ance between Russia and the United States. These are the twin devils which he expects will keep the sovereigns of Central Europe on their good behavior towards France. The Russian entente cordiale with this coun- try he deals with, as we have said, very ten- derly; but withal his allusion is fall of mean- img. Calculating that before another century each of these countries will number a hundred millions of people, he cautiously observes that “ with a wise foresight in respect of the future, the nations of Central Europe should not re- main parcelled out ‘into so many different States, without strength and without public spirit.” He does not overrate the influence of the United States in Europe, although it is en- tirely of a moral nature and is embraced in the spread of liberal ideas, the example of our wonderful growth and the strength of a demo- cratic form of government so splendidly at- tested in our late war. It is thus, and not by armed intervention, which is no part of our policy, that the United States exercises and will continue to & potent influence upon the affairs of Europe, and it is this very kind of control, in conjunction with so powerful an empire «as Russia, that Napoleon most fears. The appeal made by Greece to this country is an evidence of how our influence was regarded in Europe. our In dealing with the Roman question Napo- leon says that France, although she will with- draw her troops from Rome, will guarantee the protection of the Holy Father. It might be asked what protection the Pope needs, As for his spiritual power, that is safe enough. It cannot be diminished. The whole Catholic world will take care of that. His temporal power amounts to nothing but that of a police over the Eternal City, and the kingdom of Haly is surely both able and willing to afford him all the police he requires. What neces- sity, then, for any guarantees from France ? Taking this manifesto as a whole it is a very significant exposition of the policy of Napo- leon, accepting it as an acknowledgment of the changed position which France is compelled to assume in the face of the marvellous revolu- tion which has just taken place in Europe. Ausntcan ann Fornion Néiwsrapen Enrver- rrise.—The London Slandard and the Paris Bvénement are astonished that the New Yorx Heratp does not consider a daily cable de- spatch of two hundred words, costing two hun- dred pounds sterling and giving a summary of the political and commercial news of Europe, sufficient for its readers. Our special telegrams perplex and amaze them, and they account for our lavish expenditure of money by stating that the annual vrofte of the Henao gre four million five hundred thousand franés, or dine hundred thousand dollars per annum. The fact. is that with the exception of one or two papers in England, the European press shew no enterprise and go to comparatively no ex- pense in obtaining their news. The Hzrarp may well astonish them, The Close of the Jerome Park Races. Many years ago we read Dr. Johnson’s de- scription of the happy valley of Rasselas; but we never imagined that we should find a happy valley so near New York as Fordham. Yet in every charm of nature’ the valley in which Jerome Park is located may compare favorably with that of Rasselas, It is a natural amphi- theatre—a coliseum with hills for walls—and seems expressly designed for the purpose to which it has been assigned by the American Jockey Club. The races that have been re- cently held there have been in every way suc- cessful, and they closed yesterday with a fine display of speed, fashion and enthusiasm, It is by no means creditable to the preas of New York that, with the exception of the tech- nical portions of the reports in the Hzzare, written by a gentleman who is without an equal in this specialty in the country, there has not been single description of the Jerome Park races sufficiently graphic to do them jus- tice. The thousand amusing incidents on the road to the park ; the unique and picturesque configuration of the ground; the brilliant scenc “presented by the natural amphitheatre; the crowds of country people on the hills and ridges around ; the clusters of outside spectators hanging upon the trees ; the bevy of beauties, with their gorgeous autumn toilettes, on the grand stand; the throng of sporting men on the ; the hundreds of carriages, with their eager, laughing, shouting occupants; the fleet horses, ridden by gayly “dressed grooms; the fun, frolic and humor of the people; the excitement of the race; the rush upon the course when the heat is over; the gossip among the members at their club room; the bustling preparations for departure; the drive home in Indian file; the bracing scamper through the beautiful park; the adventures of those who trust themselves to the tender mer- cies of the railroad—all these have yet to find their chronicler ; but he will be on hand next year. Let us hope that the Paterson races, which begin next week, will be better de- acribed, although they present not half so good materials for the reporters. i The American Jockey Club has inaugurated a new racing era in this country. The good old days of Eclipse and Henry will soon be re- vived with all the modern improvements. .No track in England is so well managed: as that of Jerome Park; for the gamblers, Troughs and rowdies of the British Face. courses are rigidly excluded from the course at Fordham. We are destined toear- pass the rest of mankind in all the arteand sports of civilization and to make ‘thém all subsidiary to our intellectual culture and’ re- finement, like the ancient Greeks. Our people will be benefited by the teste for out-door sports that is now springing: up ‘ smong them. Yachting in summer, racing in the fall, skating in winter and baseball in the spring will complete the circle of our open ais amusements, Our ladies will no longerJan- guish in their parlors and our gentlemen wither away in the close confinement’ of ‘their counting rooms. More robust bodies " more robust minds will distinguish the P generation and give us a more enjoyable soci- Tetorm that was initiated when our women discarded paper soled shoes and began to wear thick walking boots will regenerate the Amer- ican people, and we shall besome more vigor- ous and energetic as s nation then ever be- fore. As s means towards this salutary: re- form the American Jockey Club and the Jerome Park deserve no unimportant place in the history of the metropolis. Settlement ef Our Dimiculties. — The extreme men of both political parties seem determined to prevent a solution of our internal difficulties. The niggerheads are pro- claiming a new raid against the South and everywhere declaring that they do not intend to admit the Southern representatives into Congress upon those States ratifying the con- stitutional amendment. The copperheads, on the other side, are opposing the amendment and advising the South not to accept itas a settlement of the question of restoration. Thus it is that they are playing into each’ other's hands and laboring for the destraction of the country. Already the radicals have become so encouraged by this course of events that their leaders—such as Stevens, Sumner, Butler, and Wade—publicly and boldly declare that they have no idea of admitting the Southern States upon the adoption of the constitutional amendment, They no doubt rely upon the aid of the copperheads in the future, as in the past, to enforce their edicts. If, then, the Southern people accept the advice of the copperheads and reject the constitutional amendment, and thus prevent an adjustment of the question upon that basis, the radicals will be encour- aged, and they will push their schemes to such an extreme that ruin and anarchy will be sure to follow, contention will spring up, both North and South, and the factions will war against each other, producing anarchy in the South- ern States and interminable strife throughout the North. # All this will bring about a serious prostra- tion of business. Our commercial, mercantile and financial interests will be disastrously affecied. Under these circumstances it is the duty of the merchants and business men of this city to hold a meeting for consultation and select a strong committeo to go to Washington and prevail upon the President to use his influ- ence with the South to seoure their acceptance of the constitutional amendment asa means of preventing the radicals from destroying the country. This city is the commercial, the po- litical, the financial and the intelleotual centre ofthe . Nowhere else will the extreme and ruinous policy of the political factions fall #0 disastrously as here. This, then, fs the point © commence ® movement of this kind, to stem the tide and erect a barrier against the extreme men of all parties. The present is the sgfro- priate time to move in the matter; note day nor an hour should be lost, else the nigger- heads and the copperheads matters towuch an extent thet it will be too late to arrest their progress befo Mslost Timely action” now will so the way that the radical ‘Witt find it tmponsibie to force Congress ito adoption of their extreme meaguros, {f will sfremethen th: mpdereie