The New York Herald Newspaper, October 8, 1866, Page 4

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NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— aovensg wren tax Oxr-HYpRoden ‘MicroxcorE | twice oF ‘Heap axv Ricut Aru or Frossr. Open from 3 AMC ul 10 P.M. Tau Ww Fy ws s. ¥ ‘EUROPE Hy the Atlantic cable we have advices dated in Trieste and Berlin yesterday, Ootobor 7 The Candian revolutionary movement against the ‘Vurks is extending rapidly, and the Sultan’s Cabinet is debating the propriety of breaking off relations with Greece, Prussia takes possession of the tate kingdom of Han over by royal patent, and demunds the allegiance of the people. MISCELLANEOUS. ‘The opening of the Catholic Convention at Baltimore Pia ae ag ae ne ep in this country. Every available space in the neighbor- hood of the cathedral was packed with human beings to see the procession of bishops. Inside the cathedral the prelates and dignitaries occupied all the space in the sanctuary and half way down the aisles. The Arch- bishop of Baltimore occupied thethrone. After mass, Archbishop McCloskey preached the sermon, which is given In full in our columns this morning. The Council was organized, the Archbishop of Baltimore | being chosen President. Plymouth church was crowded yesterday in the morn- ing and evening—in the forenoon by a congregation eager to hear the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, who preached on a text taken from the tenth chapter, Second Corinthians, fifth verse, and in the evening the Rev. Dr. Storrs, who discoursed on ‘The Bible.” Last evening also Dr. Cheever delivered a discourse at his church, taking for his subject the ‘‘Plansof Rebel Reconstruc- tion,” He bitterly denounced the proposed amendment to the constitution, stigmatizing 1) as a measure to which no Obristian should assent because it did not coi ter the franchise upon the freedmen of the South. Re’ Dr. Spear, at the South Presbyterian chur! Brooklyn, delivered a sermon on “National Affairs’ in which he approved the actions of Congress as con- trasted with those of the President, and strongly advo- cated the adoption of the constitutional amendment, de. olaring it to be the ultimatum of the North. Services werealso held at the Anthon Memorial church, “t. Ann’s Free church, the Presbyterian cherch on Houston and ‘Thompeon streets and elsewhere A Fenian delegation waited upon the l’resident yester- day and laid before him the resoligion recently adopted by the meeting in this city, avking the reastl of Minister Adams and two consals in Ire- ‘aad =o or )§=«s acquiescing «ip =6Engiand’s declaration thet citizens of that country canpot throw off their allegiance by becoming naturalized in the United States. They also laid before him the caso of the prisouers in Ireland, bat it seems that the interview was not satisfactory to the delegation in its results, Mr. Stephens has sent a commities through the country to cottect arms and mouey from those willing to make donations to the cause. Santa Auna is expected to attend @ picnic at Quarantine Landing to-day, on Staten Island, 10 be given under the auspices of Colonel Roberts and his adherents. Additional particulars relative to the burning of St. Patrick's cathedral have transpired. The loss is not #0 great a8 was suppored—not exceeding $70,000, on which there is an insurance of $51,000. All the valuables of the cathedral were removed in time and the walls have escaped without serious damage. An expenditure of $26,000 or $30,000, above the insurance, will refit it and adapt it again for further use. This will no doubt be accomplished in five or six months. {n the mean time the chapel will be used for religious services. The Adams Express car on « train of the Obtoand Mississippi Railroad, bound eastward, was entered by robbers on Saturday night and robbed of $15,000. They then threw out the safe and jamped from the var, As soon as the act was known a hand car returned and re- covered the safe, but the robbers escaped. ‘The steamer Santiaga de Cuba, which left this port for San Francisco, California, on the 29th ult, returned again yesterday, having encountered a very severe storm ‘off the const of Florida, in which she was almost entirely disabled, having lost her rudderhead and sprung a leak. Pour of the crew were washed overboard by the heavy seas, No other lives were lost, and only one other per- som was injured. ‘The steamship George Cromwell, from New Orleans, reached here yesterday, having on board the passengers and crew of the steamship Daniel Wobster, which sprung while on her voy- age from this port to Mobile. The Webster wes kept afloat by the exertions of the captain and crew uatil the arrival of the Cromwell on the following day. On their Doing transferred tothe Inst named vessel she sinking monmer went down. ‘The Cromwell also rescaed the captain and crew of the schooner Minnehaha, which was abandoned at sea on Friday Two or three affrays occurred in Philadelphia on Sat- urday between the adherents of the rival gubernatorial caudidates, Both parties are confident of success in the election which takes place to-morrow. Bon Butler, in hie epeech at Cincinnati on Saturday. night, amaailed the Prosident more violeally than he has done heretofore, He said he onght to be impeached, and in case he called upon the army or savy to assist him againet Congtees he would be disohoyed. ‘The Oregon Legislature on Saturday expunged their former ratification of the coustitational amendment. Seoretary Seward is still improving im health. able to leave his room yesterday ‘The New Orleans Times is Very severe in ite de- nunciation of Mayor Monro*, and is preparing to advo- cate the adoption of the constitutional amendment Queen Krma i# stil! jv San Francisco, but will proba- biy lake ber departure to-day. One man was killed and two were wounded by William 4 Riebardson in taints, fant aight, in a quarrel grow. jug 098 of political erottement. There were eleven cates of cholera in Nashville on NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER §&, 1866. Saturday. In Memphis the disease is no tongor epi- demic, and the Board of Houlth has boon dissolved. FINANCIAL. ‘The past week was one of almost unparalleled excite- ment on the Stock Exchange, and the volume of busi- eas transacted was probably larger than during any Previous week in its history—not excepting evem the speculative fever which raged in the spring of 1864, The rush to buy all the leading railway shares was im - mense, and brokers and private operators were equally fleet im the “bull” race for fortune, Prices rose like gourds in a night, but unlike them they failed to sink away as speedily, but rose higher each day till Friday, when a halt in the advance took place and heavy sales to realize were made, under which the market developed ® spasmodic reactionary tendency, which continued up to the close of business om Saturday, It was noticeable throughout, however, that every decline brought in fresh buyers, and thus the fluctuations were frequent and occasionally rather wide. New York Cen- tral suffered the heaviest decline, for after selling up to 1193¢ it touched 1123{. Erie was the strongest of all the stocks on the list, although its extreme advance to 953g on Thursday was not sustained. It, how- ever, remained steady at or above 90, and rallied at one time on Saturday to 92%. Although @ “twist” is expected in the latter stock, a general disposition was shown to discount a break to it next week, anda large amount of it has been sold at options in favor of the seller of from three to ten days. ‘The future course of Eriewill probably be materially in- fluenced by the result of ths election which is to take place ‘on Tuesday next, and meanwhile it is suilicient to know that itis very strongly held and that the “short” inte- rest Is large. Fort Wayne was the next most firmly supported, and rose to 1091Z, but subsequently reacted to 108. There were spocial movements in Northwestern and Ohio and Mississippi certificates, but on the whole the business was well distributed for such an ex: cited market. ‘The decline which has taken place was partly the result of an apprehension that Erie would break and carry the rest of the railway list with it sympathetically, and therefore this contingency has been already discounted, added to which the relapse in New York Central has had its effect. A fresin basis is therefore afforded for a further rise, to this all the conditions affecting the market are favorable, Money 18 still easy and abundant at 445 per vent, althongh the increased activity of business in Wall strect has given greater employment to the supply of capital at the disposal of the banks and private Tenders. In discounts, however, there is very little doing, owing to the ex- tremely light supply of commorcial paper offering. At the same time we have a larger volume of currency outsianding than at any former time, the aggregate of legal tender and nationai bank notes being fifty millions greater than at the beginning of June last year, and the monoy markets all over the country were never at this season in such an easy condition, The general prosperity, too, is almost unexampled, and the earnings of the railways, with a few exceptions, are larger in proportion to their expenditures than they have been at any antecedent period. Our currency is independent of all foreign elements of disturbance, and a feeling of monetary security everywhere prevails, An act of Congress limits the contraction of United States notes to ten millions during the present year, and to four miilions per month afterwards, without compelling even that trif_ing reduction, and there are still to be issued about seven millions of national bank notes to complete the ‘authorized total of three hundred millions. The gold market developed « rising tendency during the week, and the supply of coin for delivery was rather scarce towards the close, loans having been made on Saturday at 4 a 1 per cent per diem in favor of the lender. The price gradually advanced from 145%—the lowest point touched on Mouday—to 149%;, the highest on Saturday. ‘The demand for customs duties at this Port aggregated $2,253,000. The export of about $270,000 was mainly in silver. The State Elertio Ty of ‘To-Morrow—President Sotnson’s Fature Policy Foreshadowed. Pennsylvania to-morrow elects a Governor, a Legislature in part and twenty-four mem- bers of Congress ; Ohio elects a Secretary of State and some other State officers and nineteen members of Congress; Indiana elects State officers, a Legislature and eleven members of Congress, and Iowa elects minor State officers, some district Judges and six members of Uon- gress. In all there are sixty members of the national House of Represéniatives to be elected, and if in these elections the republi- cans hold their own, or anything near it, the issue between the President’s plan of Southern restoration and the pian of Congress may be accepted as determined in favor of the pend- ing constitutional amendment, which embodies the ultimatum of Congress. In Pennsylvania in 1864 Governor Curtin’s majority was alittle over fifteen thousand—a majority upon which sixteen out of the twenty- four members of Congress were carried by the repoblicans. Last year upon a considerably reduced popular vote the republican majority was twenty-two thousand. General Geary, it is supposed, will at least, upon a fall vote, hold this majority, and the indications are that the republicans will maintain their list of Con- gressmen, although two or three districts are exceedingly close. There are also two or three very close districts in Ohio ; and if the dominant party carry sevenicen of the nine- teen in all, as they now hold them in Cangress, they will do better than is generally expected. The same may be said if they carry eight of the elevea Congressional districts of Inditna, as they did in 1864, It is most probable, on the other hand, that the whole lowa delegation will be maintained without a fracture. We anticipate, at all events, from these elec- tions for the Fortieth Congress a popular ver- dict in favor of the constitutional plans of restoration of the Thirty-ninth Congress which will be decisive. All the signs of the times, from Pennsylvania to lowa, point to this re- sult, The popularity of the constitutional amendment is the most conspicuous feature of this political campaign throughout the North. It has revived much of the enthusiasm and ac- tivity on the republican side which carried 10 irrestftibly the war plattiorm of Lincoln and Johnson aguinst the poace platform of the Chicago shent-per-shent Convention. In fact, with the failure of the Philadelphia last August Convention to organize a new national party from the conservative republicans and the re- mains of the old broken down democratic party, these fall elections are but # repetition of those between the Union war party of the war and the copperhead peace party; and we therefore loek for the same results, with the impression that this time this obnoxious Chicago peace-at-any-price rump of the vid democratic party will be killed as dead as the old whig party, or the Know-Nothing faction, or the anti-Mason faction, or the old anti-war federal party of 1812, or Julins Cosar. Now it appears that, carefully consulting the current manifestations of Northern public opinion and the signs of the times in regard to these impending elections, President Johnson, desirous of conforming his policy to the will of the people, awaits the general result. A spe- cial correspondent at Washington says:—“The indications gathering in the political horizon here point to radical triumphs throughout the North, in which event the President will say to the Southern States and the world—‘ I have mubmiited my plen to the people, and, so far as the people have had an opportunity to act upon it, their verdict haa been favor of the pro- tational amendment. Under the peat genes the best advice I can give is that you (the Southern States) adopt the emendment, in order that you may be restored to the Union, so that all the people (that is, all the States represented in Congress) may consult upon the future of our great country.’” This, we are assured from a witness who ought to know, is what the Presi- dent ssys in reference to his future Southern policy, should thege Northern impending elec- tions reveal a decisive weight of Northern public opinion in favor of the constitutional amendment of This is good news, and we are glad to hear it. It places President Johnson properly be- fore the country as a man of the people, faith- fal to the will of the people, and especially to that great body of the people who have the | right to demand and the power to exact from the lately insurgent States the terms of their restoration to Congress. Upon this ground President Johnson may still become the master of the situation in Congress and in the matter of the reconstruction of our national parties with the restoration of the South. The game is in his hands. A word from him to the ex- cluded States will! bring them to the ratifica- tion, and the ratification will bring them into Congress. Sumner may cry this will not do, Stevens may still threaten confiscation and ex- termination; but the example of Tennessee is @ binding precedent upon Congress. Agree, says the North to the South, agree to these es- sential securities for the fature, as you have agreed to the ratification of the amendment abolishing slavery, and the doors of Congress will be opened to you, and with this reinstate- ment in Congress you will have the power to protect yourselves and to secure your own in- terests in the legislation of Congress. Hence we are glad to believe that the President’s powerful influence in the South will be shortly wielded in favor of this constitutional amend- ment; glad, because we are satisfied that a word from him to Virginia, South Carolina, Arkansas or Texas will settle the question. The © jutholic Chureh in © Jouucil, The proceedings of the Second Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in the United States commenced at Baltimore yesterday with great solemnity. We give a full report of the ceremonies in another part of the paper, in- cluding the brilliant and logical address of Archbishop McCloskey. Gatherings of this kind of the dignitaries of the Catholic Church are not frequent, but they are always attended with important results, not alone te the rules and discipline of the church itself, which they are convened to regu- late, but to the morals and conduct of a vast community. On the present occasion the Conncil is invested with a remarkable signifi- cance apart trom its spiritual character. Some considerations of a political nature mast necea- sarily enter into the deliberations of the heads of the church affecting matters both at home and abroad. The temporal sovercignty of the Pope i is On the eve of a collapse. His future destiny is a source of anxiety to the whole Catholic mind- of Europe, and it may not ‘be improbable that this questiou will occupy the serious attention of the representatives of the Catholic mind of the United States now assembled at Baltimore. They may observe that Mexico, prominent Catholic State, is not only in « condition of confasion and decay, but that with the de- parture of Maximilian, which cannot be long delayed, that republic will most assuredly be- come the prey of contending chiefs and her position be worse than ever. Without a strong hand and a firm government she cannot be saved from perdition. Aithough the Pope has not been able to effect much for the good of his people as a temporal prince in the midst of the large monarchies of Europe, who knaws what he migh! accomplish as the hoad of # popular spiritual government, ruling avast Caibolic people without sceptre or tiarat Mexico is the centre of Catholicity in the New World, as Italy has been for s thousand years in the Old. ‘The civilizing power of the church which has already redeemed Europe from bar- darism in the early ages, preserved its histori- cal records, infused the spirit of obedience aud inculeated systems o{ discipline among its peoples, until from the chaos of paganiem cume a condition of semi-civilization—the chrysalis out of which humanizing intluences, forms of gov- ernment, the rights and duties of the governed aud the governors were all developed—who knows but this power may be destined to create in the South American nations that civi- lization which i\ once estabiished in Europe? Such ideas, in connection with the ambiguous fature of the Holy Father, may occur to the enlightened ecclesiastics now in council, in addition to the grave questions of church dis- cipline, new apportionments of sees, and other matters of like nature which will principally claim their attention. The spiritual power of the Pope is secured to him, according to the dogmas of the church, for all time, That can- not be disturbed by the action of kings, empe- rors or statesmen. Neither Victor Emanuel, nor Napoleon, nor the potent Bismarck, nor even the decisions of councils, provincial, plenary or ecumenical, can effect it. Bunt the provision to be made for Pius the Ninth after he ceases to wield temporal sovereign power in afew years from now—or it may be less—is a question that might naturally claim the earnest solicitade of the heads of the church in a coun- try exercising so profound an influence upon the world at large as the United States (oes ai this day. There is another question also of a political character which we are assured will form part of their deliberations at Baltimore, and that is the condition of the emancipated blacks all over the South. The church, being universal in \ts organization, makes no dis- tinction of race, color or Innguage in the die tribution of its civilizing influences. Finding some three millions of people suddenly thrown on their own resources for education, having no strong arm to lean upon, and wholly unable to help themselves in the matter of meral cul- ture, the church will probably exiend the powerfal aid of ite well organized edacational system to elevate the negroes into a moral aad useful element in the commanity. Unter this system we bave examples in the history of all nations of extraordinary good being effected among the most untutored classes. As teach- ora the clergy of the Catholic church Rave had no equals, and if it should happen that the poor negroes of the Southern States are brought under their training and discipline the country may have reason to be thaukful for an accession to ite population of class of moral, intelligent and useful citizens Outside the limits of orthodox believers there may be very Mitle Interest atached to the proceedings of the Second Plenary Catholic Council, as far as they are directed merely to the rules and discipline of the church ; but in view of the political ideas which may be dis- cussed there by the high order of intelligence represented, the action of this Council possesses considerable interest for the whole world. Not only does its significance become apparent in this country, but it will have equal weight in Europe, as bearing upon certain important political questions now agitating both Italy and France. More Confiagrations-Remarkable Increase of Fires. The fires of Saturday night last, in which the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Mott street was entirely destroyed, suggest that oft-recurring and startling question: Why is it that ihe fre- quency and destructiveness of conflagrations have been increasing in such a remarkable degree? Is it for want of vigilance in our police arrangements, lack of efficiency in our Fire Department, carelessness in the construc- tion of buildings, or a growing mania for incendiarism? Perhaps all of these causes contribute their share toward producing this social phenomenon, and that the remedy for the evil consists in paying closer attention. to all of these matters. In the first place, the patrol system for our Metropolitan Police is entirely inefficient. In- stead of intrusting to one patrolman the duty of looking after a mile or two of streets, he should not be required to watch over g greater extent than from one street or avenue to the next street or avenue. In that case there would be much greater security against fire, and there would be also # proper degree of protection against burglaries, robberies and other crimes accompanied with violence. That is perhaps the first and greatest need of the metropolis and its suburbs. With a patrol- man on the watch day and night there could be no delay in reporting the outbreak of a fire and summoning prompt assistance. That would prevent a very large proportion of fives from attaining any headway. We do not desire to cast any reflection upon the Fire Department of this city as at present organized ; but it is somewhat singular that, instead of the diminution of destructive fires which had been expected from the change from the volunteer system to the paid system, there has been a remarkable increase. Where the fault lies itis not for us to say; but such an occurrence as the burning of those poor families in a tenement house in avenue A week before last would hardly have taken place, under similar circumstances, under the volunteer system. If improvement can be suggested and made in the discipline, or the personnel, or the general arrangements of the Fire Department of this city, it is of the utmost importance that it should be done speedily and effectually. The'principal cause of the outbreak of fires is undopbtedly the faulty construction of houses. The arrangements for artificial heat- ing are generally, almost universally, defective and dangerous, Therein lies the origin of a large proportion of the fires that take place. | And where pure accident is the cause, where no foresight could have guarded aguinst it, then the defect in construction is made mani- fest, either in the very combustible nature of the materials used, or in the absence of means of egress for the occupants, We believe there isa department of our city government whise duty it is to exercise supervision over new buildings; but, tke all the other municipal duties, there is never any pretence of execut- ing them. We know of theatres im this city, recently erected, too, from which there would be no possible means of escape for four-fifths of the audience in case of sudden danger. It is the same with churches and schools, and factories and other places where large num- bers of persons generally congregate. The tenement houses, however, are those which particularly require the enforcement of all the powers possessed by the City Inspector. The proprietors of them should really be required to take out licenses, and those licenses should never be granted unless the building came up fally to the requirements in regard to cleanli- nessa, water accommodations, perfect sewerage and means of safe egress in case of fire. The construction of iron staircases should be im- perative. So far, too, as those safeguards ought to be applied to private dwellings, they should be attended to in the erection of new buildings, But particularly should all new editices for business or public purposes be rendered absolutely fireproof. No combusti- ble material should be used in any part of their construction. Where wood is now used for rafters and flooring iron and ground glass should be substituted. The difference in cost would soon be more than made up by the saving of insurance, while another great oh- ject would be attained in the exclusion of destructive vermin. It is very probable that there has been of iste an unusual tendency in this coun- try to commit the crime of arson—in some cases to gratify a feeling of revenge, and in others to defraud insurance companies. No punishment can be toe severe for the mis- creant who commits such a crime from either motive. But the misfortune is that it is very difficult, often impossible, to get such evidenon as will warrant the conviction of the criminal. There is no class of offence which is #0 seldom followed by punishment, And really the only way to guard against incendiarism ia by iu- creasing the police force #0 as to have every portion of every sireet thoroughly patrolled at all hours of the day and nigbt. Itis that to which, probably more than ang other cause, the great cities of Europe owe their exemption from confiagrations. There are in the old parts of London and of Paris wooden buildings which have siood for two, three and four centuries, The old palace of Henry VIII, a wooden structure, still stands in Temple Bar. In America such « thing, if not impossible, would be regarded as miraculous, 80 frequent are conflagrations in our great cities. During the year 1865 the losses by fre in the United States exceeded forty-three millions of dollars, while the average for the preceding eleven years was just about half that amount. The losses during 1866 will probably double those of 1865, Inasmuch as they were calculated in the beginning of July, after the great fire of Portland, at $44,286,000. These facts onght to be sufficient to startle the community and awaken the authorities, the insurance com- panies and citinens generally to a sense of the atern necessity of adopting some measures that will promise an ordinary degree of immunity from the perils of conflagration. Tax Monpanaad ov Sznow Oraso—Ravonts vo Osrain 4 Respire.—The lawyers who were engaged in the defence of the two men, Gon- zales and Pellicer, convicted of the murder of the Cuban gentleman, Sefior Otero, in the City Park of Brooklyn, are trying to induce Gover- nor Fenton to grant a respite to the convicted men, by postponing their execution until after the trial of the man Viele, whom they charge as having been the most guilty of the three confederates. This is only an ingenious arti- fice to obtain for these convicts an extension of their lease of life. It is all very well for their counsel to make the effort, but we do not wee why Governor Fenton should feel himself called upon to extend such a favor to them. With the conviction or the acquittal of Viele they have nothing whatever to do. Their lips are closed, so far as evidence for or against him is concerned. They doubtless would like to make their exit from earth in company with their alleged companion in crime, but it is not meet that the law should be interrupted in order to gratify that vindictive wish. We expect that Governor Fenton will take the aame sensible view of the case. It is the fre- quent success of counsel in baffling, delaying and often preventing the execution of the law that encourages men to the commission of crime. If punishment followed the offence more promptly and surely a wholesome terror would be inspired in the minds of criminals, who, under the present system of the law’s delay and uncertainty, scruple not to commit deeds of violence. Mors AuuEcED Fravps AT New ORLEANS. — The Crescent City during the last five years has been the scene of many extensive frauds upon government and upon _ individuals. During the war military commanders, Freed- men’s Bureau commissioners and Treasury agents vied with each otherin robbing the gov- ernment and the people. They raised millions by taxation and kept no tax duplicate ; they levied heavy fines on their own responsibility and pocketed the proceeds, and they confis- cated cotton for their own privaie benefit. The end of the war and the curtailment of the powers of the Bureau have put a stop to most of these pickings ; but if the charges brought against the Lowenthal claim agency in our Washington despatches of Saturday last are sustained it would seem that there is still a thriving business to be done in the same line, with large profits and small risks. We publish elsewhere @ telegram from Mr. Lowenthal, stating that he will be in Washington on Wedars- day to answer the charges preferred against him. We therefore express no opinion on the case, further than to adduce it as another ex- ample of the laxity with which the business of our public departments is in general managed. The system of checks adopted in connection with the army is especially defective, and there are few financial officers in that branch ef the service who might not, if they chose, feather their nests almost as thoroughly as Mr. Lowen- thal is accused of having done. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. Prospects of the Clymer Party—Both Partics Ceontident of Success. Hanxowors, Pa., Oct. T, 1966. The approaching election is the all absorbing topic of Conversation im every circle, and no such enthusiusm has been evinced for twenty years. The republicans are sanguine of success; and offer from eight to tem thou- sands odds on Geary. They claim that they will eléct «at least sixteen Congressmen out of the twenty-four. On the other hand tho democrats have showed great courage of Isle, aud are determined to fight to the bitter end They’ calculate, ‘cad very plausibly, too, that Clymer wii! be elected by a smail ity, and that they will carry twelve out of the twenty-fove Congressional districts, That is, Randall m the Firat, ee ee Sixth, Gets in the Righth, Glonpinger in Tent! = Anken in the Eleventh, ‘Twelfth, Wilson tw the Fourteentth, Glossbrenaer the Fiiteeuth, Sharpe in the Sixteenth, McCalmont the Twentieth and Weir in tho Bc eec first, The chances are that they will carry ten of those Districts, not any moro; bnt even this would be a gain of tw: er tho last election, and would be ism. At the election for a State een a ae | cop gl Woodward, 254,171; Jority for Curtin, 15,326. ‘Une would suppose that Clyiner's vote would haveto ened Woodward's i 's im order to beat Geary, but the dem- ocrats gay it is not necessary, and that if Clymer receives as large a vote as Woodward he will be electad. This deduction is based on the supposition that the vote for Cur. tin was strained, or im other words that there were more than 16,000 fraudulent soldiers’ votes counted on the side ole gee candidate. This is looked upon as all meet w@ Fepublicams, who are just as comfdeat of Geary fad. '# election 48 they are of their own existence. large democratic meeting at New Bloom. Le Shey last night. Speeches were made by jadge Hepburn and Perkins bpd pry ‘but since then he had ‘changed his polities, _— was going to vote for Clymer, The announcement ved with great applause. Continued Riots in Philadety rt Confident of Suvcess, &c. Puraonirnta, Oct. 7, 196% ‘The political excitement Is more intense here than for many years. Last nig&t there wert ciotous proceedings in various parts of the city. The democrats held # general masa meeting in Broad street, and were not molested. Subsequently a portioa of them advanced towards the republicon beadquarters, against which threats hed been mad» during the day, and were sttacked by a crowd of poopie armed with clubs and ya ve eee In this aficir one man was shot. Later, at one o’elock A. M. Nervioa iD city became quiet. letter is published in as morning paper to-day to. be from General Geary to one Hanelp in which the ren ee took strong gronod against the Fenian movement. Goneral Geary, who nai ed to be here to-day, has published a card denying the authorship of said letter, aud pronouncing it * forgery, and that he Bever entertained of expressed aay sich seutiinents BUTLER ON TRE RAMPAGR, ‘SPECIAL TELEGRAM To 1H WEW YORK HERALD. They Should Obey the Agniost Congress Jame On in 1867, the War Wilt in 1869. ’ Cisouwmart, Oct. 7, 1866. ‘The speech made by General Butler im this city last pight was the most violent he has yet delivered, and the more furious he became the loader was the applause. ‘The following is the concluding portion of his speech :— by Loa bane ay hylan pneof grrk coger hg b the President, should, and I hope it will, that thea there will be a trint of the strength of this government; that the President will call upon the army and navy, and that the army and navy will obey bim. Let there be no fear about that, because the army and navy of the United States are not thove few men who are in the po amp gee (Applause.) I have no desire to dis. ens integrity nor the patriotism of the army of ‘nited States, but if ap i fer such, or any por. ten oF i or amy cloer of ty shal! so far forget the duties he owes to his and to his Pin contey, tee ek answer any but the legal call of his country, that body of men will be swept from the face of the ony neon appenies a before the rising of the (Apptanse. More than that, weere told that ‘shis will bring on 7 struggle. vi well, I vinced of, one of two thigs--elther that the saraggie, Hi it come at ail, must come in thie or it will be tated upon ous in the’ * next fan election when we come to © 8 © © Theres, toni ox om hich God forbid, let ih come ta March, ser not in h, 1860, Let ws bave thie thi done with. 'This countryhag been in & turtvoll undef = Rocce 3 and commotion eaMugh for traitors neve. (Great io.) Let unsettle Sues quaion & suse iy sb let os serve pie. lat Ferve him. tt the Lord God be urd chaere) EUROPE. News by the Cable to Sun- day, October 7. Rapid Extension of the Can- dian Revolution. * ~ Prussia Takes Possession of Hanover. &e, &e. eo. THE EASTERN QUESTION. Rapid Extension of the Revolutionary Meve< ment Against the Turks. Trrests, Oct. 7, 1866. The insurgent movement among the Cretana is spreading rapidly. The Cabinet of the Porte talks of consing relations with Greece altogether. PRUSSIA. The Territory of Hanover Takon Posses- sion of. Beri, Oct. 7, 1866. The patent, taking possession of tho late kingdom of Hanover, was promulgated by the government yesterday (6th). The loyalty of the people in all cases is demanded. WASHINGTON. Wasnrxeros, Oct. 31888. Secretary Seward’s Health Rapidly [m- proving. The health of Secretary Seward is to-day much im- proved. He bas been able to leave his room, and the present prospect is that he wili goon resume his oMfctat duties. The Fenian Prisoners in Ireland—A Delega- tien Visits the President in Their Behalf. Colonel Thomas D, Kelley and Captain John Caffortr waited on the President yesterday and laid before him the case of certain naturalized citizens stilt held as prisoners in Ireland by the government of Great Briteia on suspicion of complicity in Fenian revolutiouary measures, together with the resolutions recently adopted at a meeting held in New York, making an appeal in their behalf, and aaserting “that the honor and “dignity of the United States have been seriously compromised in our foreign reta- tions by those having charge of them, both at home and abroad,” and asking (hat Minister Adams and Consuls West, at Dublin, and Enstman, at Cork, be immediately recalled for having, as the resolutions assert, “ac- quiesced in the declared doctrine of Engiand, that enb- jects of that country could not throw off their allegiance to that despotic Power by assuming the duties and status of United States citizeus.”’ The President received tho delegates with courtesy ; but it seems that the inter- view was not satisfactory to the delegation, The Ratification Constitational Amond- ment Expunged by the Oregon Legislature. A telegram has been received here dated Salem, Ore-' gon, Ootober 6, saying :—‘To-day tao Oregon Legisiakure wrtually expunged the former ratification of the const:- tutional amendment by a vote of 24 yeas against a ma—The Freed- Lieutenant FE. P. Docherty, of Booth capture noteri- ety, has just returned from a four moaths’ residence ta South Carolina, and gives a rather discouraging accouat of the crops and the general condition of the couatry. ‘The corn crop in that State is almost a failure. Many plantations will not yield over two bushels to the acre, and very few more than five. The cotton crop war moderately good, which is all that the people have to rely upon. ieutenant Docherty was for several months Provost Judge for the >umter, Cisrendon and Kershaw Districta, im addition to discharging the duties of a post com- mandant, and is therefore familiar with the workings of the Freedmen’s Bureau. He pronounces the contract system a failure, und is decidedly of opinion that the Isbor question would soun adjust itself to the advantage of all concerned if left to itself. The abolition of Pro- vost or Military Courts he considers would also con- tribute to peace and harmony and better submeve the ends of justice. The Artingtes Mee In the great vault at the Arlington National Cometery, Virginia, the pian of the moanment has already been prepared, and the work is to be commenced in a short time. It will stand on the top of the huge vault which contains the remains of (wothonssud oe hundred eed eleven of our heroic dead, gathered from the Virginia soil around Bull ran, Chantilly, and the country border- ing on the Orange and Alexawdria raitroad (rom Bull rus to the Rappahsnnock. AFFAIRS. IN NX aw ORLEANS. ‘SPECIAL TeLEtaMR, 7 THE ew YORK HERALD. ‘The President Artherizes the Times te Pab- Swindles Exported, &e. New Onnmans, Oct. 7, 1866. ‘This moruing’s/M¥mes announces that President Joba- fon, over his own signature, has anphorized its editor te Publish the report of the Military Comminsion relative to the New Orleans riots, aod it will appear to-morrow. The Times severely attacks Mayor Monroe and othec officials,“and is evidently preparing fora change of va “gh favomble 10 the the eoveliseteal amendment. is Dedbeved that in # few days more astounding outalies Upon the government will be exposed Genera! HL King, who bas made a foar months” tour of Texas, represents the people remarkabiy well pn pon Aas ty the general government, law-abuling PniTE FIGHT " CANADA. SPECIAL TELECAAM 10 THe THE NEW von WERALB. MU Between Renjnmia | Hogan and Thom Deanelly—Thirty-five Hounds Fought He aan the Victor. Burraio, Oct. 7, 1866, A prize fight took place yesterday morning, near Fort Erie, C. W., between Renjamin Hogan and Thomas Doa- nelly, Thirty-five rounds wore fougbt, resulting in the victory of Hogan. There were but fow spectators, owing to the earty hour at which the Aight took lace, r2 “SURF. The | Paterson Races. The Passaic County Agricultural Society commence their fourth regular fall meeting to-morrow, and eon tinue three days ng four races each day; and trom avery indication the meeting will bea brilliant one, am all the horses are in the fgest possible condition, the wunning at Fordham having sharpened up and put » Amer edge on al! (ifoee that ran there, while greater pains have ‘been taken with the others to get them in fine racing torm. The ine with mile heats, for be cae. for tle sndarwend Gift,” which ought to bring ‘the post h: donen good ones at least, in will be feiowe by ihe a ‘vere, 8 dash of two miles and « quar. , & BwMepsinker for three year olds, which closed with foriy four entries, and, Bo doubt, out of that number a ee ‘will be brought to the post. Two mile 4 follow, which always afford great oyment, severe race, and requires horses @f ¥iarmina i distance, ‘The two-mile heat race at Ford. best of the meeting, Arcola winning the third beats, The von be for the day will cloww SUICIDE OF A PROFANENT RAILROAD MAR. Ry Oot. 1, A well known rai‘rond named Forbes, yinee with 4 fev or, comincd, outet suleidegiq hig eve (ame oveht, CUNO g hin Urrmat ai th © rere