The New York Herald Newspaper, October 26, 1866, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON KENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OYFION N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS, THEATRE FRANCAIS, Fouroouth street. near Sixth LAND. avenue,—EvizapeTa, Qoxan or Exe BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway, near Broome etreet.—Fancaon, NEW YORK THEATRE, Broxavay opposite New Yors Hotel.—Masmmup Rake—Lora MomresLape” hepeas’s Seon, GERMAN THALIA THEATRE, No. 614 Broadway.— Dev Koroew w psa Kucus—Sacusen un Prevssey—l'xe- QONAL ACTEN. IRVING HALL, Irving place. Pave wx TaKe AMUSING Exrmetal ‘Mn. ap Mrs. Howanrp MENT, DODWORTH'S HALL, 806 Broadway.—Prorxssox Hanta wu. Pearonm mis Mimacuxs. SAN FRANOISOO MINSTRELS, 585 Broviway, opposite she Metropolitan Hovel—In Tuam Eraioriay ENTeRrALN- Mens, SINGING, Daxoino ano Buaiasques—SreoTeal Smapxs OR Puantom Liivsions. FIFTH A¥YENUE OPERA HOUSE, Nos. 2 and 4 Wost ‘Twenty-fourth street, —B spwo crit’s MiNarReLs.— ITHIOPEAN Minsvenisy, Babuabs, BORLESQUES. 40. 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Napoleon, it is said, insists on negotiating a large French loan, His Cabinet opposes the plan, and minis- toria! changes are looked for. whe Manchester cotton mills are on ‘short timo.” The Saxon army is dissolved and the peace treaty with Prussia porfeoted, The Baden Parliament rejects the proposition for an alliance with Prossia, Marshal Bonedek goos on the retired tist of the Aus- trian army, Console were at 8944 for money in London at noon. Five-twenties were at 6844 at the same hour. The Liverpoel cotton market was qmiet and steady at foon. Middling uplands opened at fifteen pence, Bread- stutls firm, Our special correspondence from London, Brussels, and Pers, pear Constantinople, published this morning, con. taias maiter of much importance an‘ interest relative to the actual status and strength of Fenianism in Ireland ‘and England, the droad of the Belgians of an approach- ing absorption of their national territory by France, and the progress of the Candiad revolutio’. + THE CITY. Mr. Wendell Phillips oponed the vials of his wrath Iast ‘evouing at the Cooper Institute, and distributed the con- fonts with a lavish hand over the President, the Cabinet officers, General Grant, the Congress, the republican porty and Horace Greeley, not even excepting tho fathora of the republic. He stigmatized tho consti- tution formed in 1789 as a swindle, the consti- tutional amemdment proposed lest sesvion as A swindle, the Senators and Representatives who sus- tained it as ewindlers, and Mr. Greeley as having sus- tained every barefaced awindie for the last twenty ycars. He drow « most striking Cabinet picture, in which the Secrotary of the Navy figures as ono who, if h> did one honest act during his term of office, did it by accident, And as to Goneral Grant, he characterized him as hold- ing the most humiliating position of any man on tho continent, The successor he would have for him is Ben Butler. He wou'd have the Prosident impeached and deposed, and, pending his trial, his office sequestered. His comments on Geveral Grant were met with general Dieses, and his harangue was, on the whoie, very coldly tecoived. Last evening @ Convention of clergymen, connected with tho different charches of Brooklyn, was held in the Church of the Messiah, Adelphi street, for the purpose of considering the bost means of bringing the word of God to the knowledge of the masses of the people. The Rov. Dr. Hodge, of the Baptist church, presided. Sove. ra! addreasos were delivered. 1 was mentioned by one of the speakers that out of the three hundred thousand Inhabitants who composed the population of Brooklyn, ‘got more than one hundred thousand were brought within the influence of the Gospel in the whole one bundrod and seveaty-nine churches of that city on each ational Raiiroad Convention continued its ression yestorday. A resolution was adopted which virtually bands the different railroad companies together for the purpose of protecting themselves against falee law suits and unjust damages claimed against them. The report om the mat! services, and the rate of payment for thom, by the committee having charge of the subject was of considerable interost, and recommended various reforms in tho matier. Many other topics came ‘ap and received the attention of the convention, after whioh It adjourned till the second Wednesday in May, 1867. Tho medal presentation to the soldiers of Kings county came off yesterday in Brooklyn. The ceremony took placo at Fort Greene. Addresses were made by Dr. Storrs and others, and four thousand soldiers received medals. Ac argument as to tho validity of an insurance effectod before the rebellion in Mobile, Alabama, by a Mr. John D Rielly, resident in that city, took place before Judge Barbour veeterday at the special term of the Superior Pourt, The payment of premiums was interrupted by Joo war, and the Mutual Life Insurance Company see in consequence that they were roliev od from all ther liability. To Part 2 of the trial term of the Superior Court, be- fore Judge Janes, the case of Tweddie vs. Hoffman was tried. The dispute was about $1,000 deposited by plaintiff with defendant for the purchase of shares in the Rosario and Valencia silver mines in Chihuahua, Mexico. The money not having been applied as re- quired, a demand for the return of the money was made and refused, and a suit was therefore commenced. On the part of the defence it was claimed that the money fould not be returned yet, ax it was received in trust God the object had mot yet beep carried out Verdict rondered tn favor of defendant, Tn (he Supreme Court Circuit, Part 3, yesterday, be- fore Judee Davie, Mra Catharine Chero brought an @otlom against the Camden and Amboy Transportation Company, for damages for the doath of her husband, who ‘was killed while in amail rowboat with hie wife, in Consequence of @ eollision with one of the steamboats of the defendant Tho plaintiff claims that every effort was made by her husband to avoid the accident, but ‘that (hose in charge of the steamboat did not use equal eare, Case stil! on, ‘The Cerrety guardianship case was continued yester- Gay, in special term of the Supreme Court, before Judge Daniels, Evidonce was introduced by the defence to Prove the good charactor of Mr. George Me! the guard on, 9 large number of witnessed Deing examined on thle bead, ‘The cage will probably be concluded to. day. The Board of Health met yosterday afternoon. Are soltthion was adopted declaring that the Board placed no fosirictions upon the imy Of rags, The Registrar of Brookiyn sent in © communicasion stating ibat the Coroner lad rofused (6 permit e@ man to be buried ones en inquest was held, A resolation was also passed dix. missing tie local inepectors after the Ist of Novomber wor Ke ‘ene Youre Taian Reh WP aiid nd Ath had & enamrsbenstre | * : NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER, 26, 1866.—TRIPLE SHEET. this country only a fortnight sinoo, was robbed of his wardrobe, diamond rings, @ gold watch and three purses of gold. The thieves were arrested at Boston, brought to this city, and yesterday committed by Justice Led~ with for farther examination. Leone Abet, a French banker of New Orleans, was found dead in bis bed at the Hotel Fux yesterday morn: ing, having been suffocated by the gas which was flowing from one of the burners of the room. Charles Jackson, the olerk who shot himself, or was shot by some unknown and very mysterious porson, is likely to get well. The National Steam Navigation Company's steamer Denmark, Captain Thompson, will sail to-morrow (Satur- day), at noon, from pier No. 47 North river, for Qusens- town and Liverpool. Tho steamship Goneral Sedewick, Captain Whitehurst, will sail from pier No. 20 East river, at ten o'clock to- morrow (Saturday) morning, for Galveston, Texas. ‘Pho stock market was strong, but somewhat feverish yestorday, and closed buoyant, Gold rose at the close to Me course of general trade yesterday was marked by comparatively fow changes. There was a moderate business in progress in both foreign and domestic pro- duce, and though during the early and greater part of the day the gold premium was decidedly low, the markets generally retained their pre- vious Ormness, closing firmer in the main, in sympathy with the upward turn in the gold premium. There were some exceptions to the general rule, however, which were quite decided. Cottoa ruled lower. Groceries steady, On ‘Change flour was mofe quiet, but firm. Wheat was steady. Corn declined 1c., and oats were without decided change. Pork was unsettled and irregu- lar, Beef was steady, while lard was heavy and lower. Freights wore quiet, Whiskey was steady and firm. MISCELLANEOUS. ‘The trial of Colonel Lynch, tho Fenian, at Toronto, was concluded yesterday, and the prsoner was found guilty and condemned to death. An effort was made to prove that Lynch was acting a8 a reporter fora Louis- ville, Ky., paper, and that those who bad sworn that Lynch had given orders to the troops at Fort Erie had mistaken him for Goneral O'Neil. The mother of the informer, John Ryall, appeared as @ witness for the defence, and gave hor gon a very bad character, saying she would not believe bim on oath. A very ¢loquent speech was mado by the counsel of tho prisoner. The jury were out about an hour, when they returned with their verdict of guilty. ‘The Judgo said the prisoner should have time for appeal to other courts, Colonel Lynch {s to be hung on Do- comber 12 Lumaden, the chaplain of the expedition, 18 to be tried to day. We publish this morning an interesting account of the Peabody Institute, at Baltimore, the inauguration cere. monies of which took piace yesterday. tpeeches were made by Governor Swann and Mr. Peabody, the latter of whom referred to his early business career at Baltimore, whore he made the first dollar of his large fortune. The Wisconsin Soldicrs’ Convention, which was in- tended to be a radical affair, proved a failure, mot over aoventy-five delegates being present, to whom Ben But- lor expoundod fu his usual bitter atyle. ‘The Atlantic cable tolls are to be reduced one-half on November 1. United States Marshal Cuthbert Bullett of New Orleans has been romoved and a radical described as ‘‘ Ben Butler's right bower McKee’ appointed. ‘It was rumored that General Steadman of Ohio is ap- pointed to the command of the Now Orleans military > We publict this morning the full details of tho tornado ‘at St, Louis, noticed in our telegrams of October 23. ‘The examination of witnesses in the Baltimore Police Commisslopers caso begins at Annapolis to-day. Gen- eral Canby is at Baltimore with orders and @ force pre- pared fo keep the peace. _ Miss Fann'o Seward ts very ill at Washington, Tho ‘Auburn physicians of the family have been sent for to attend her. Lieutenant General W. T. Sherman has arrived at Washington ostensibly to consult with General Grant; but doubtless to assume the place of Secretary Stanton as annonnoed iu the Huxatp on Tuesday. The Next Message of the President to Congress. It is reported that the President has com- menced preparing the materials for his mes- sage to Congress. on the assembling of that body in December, Similar State papers from him heretofore have been marked for their abllity, and we have reason to expeci this one will be also. The state of the couptry, the important questions at issue and to be submit- ted, and the peculiar position he and Congress occupy towards each other, will necessarily cause much serious thought over and careful preparation of this document. The message, like all that have preceded it from himself and former Presidents, will em- brace, of course, a general view of tho situation of the country, from the gravest national and international yuestions‘to matters relating to the Indians and the District of Columbia. But there ave a few, subjects of absorbing interest, which we believe will be placed prominently in the foreground. These will be, probably, the subject of restoration of the Southern States, that of our foreign relations and that of the national finances. The question of Southern restoration, while it is a very important one, need not occupy much space in the message ; for the President hes exhausted it so far as bis duties and fanc- tions go. He has reconstructed the late rebel- lious States as far as Executive power could go, and has—with the best motives, undoubt- edly—cndeavored to finish the work of recon- straction by urging upon Congress the imme- diate admission of Senators and members from those States, That is all he could do; the completion of the work, as he admits, rests with Congress; for that body has the sole power of admitting or rejecting representatives and Senators. Whether Congress has acted wisely or strictly in accordance with the spirit of the constitution and theory of our government, is @ question upon which peo- ple differ end which it ia unnecessary to discuss here. It had the power in its hands and chose to exercise it in excluding the Southern States until certain conditions should be complied with. “These conditions are embraced ia the constitational amendment, The conflict be- tween the President and Congress on the policy of immediate restoration or restoration only under these conditions, has unfortunately ended in a bitter political issue and much bad feeling, and, as a consequence, has tended to retard the work of restoring the South. This issue was brought into the late elections, and the people of the North have sustained the policy of Congress. We cannot go bebind this verdict. The President himself should grace- fully yield to the voice of the people. It is the part of statesmanship todo so. The greatest statesmen in all countries in the present age try to direct the current rather than to stem it, How much more should this be the case under our popular and republican form of govern- ment, The President, therefore, need say but little’ on the subject of restoration; but he should leave it where it now reste, with Con- gress. Any farther conflict would be useless and might do much harm. On the subject of of foreign relations the President had & Wider le field. can take a position on the people. popularity, but than ever he was. Up to the present our history we have scarcely had what Policy; for the Monroe doctrine, as it is called, | Eegtish and Amorican Yaokts and Ocoan was never well defined, admitted of great lati- tude of interpretation and has been more than once violated with impunity. In fact the pub- Ho men of the United States bave been disposed all along to ignore or neglect questions of an international character. In observing the in- junction of Washington not to form entangling alliances with foreign nations, we have been led into an extreme the other way—into a Chinese sort of abstention and exclusion. This caution and our prudence were well enough in the infancy of the republic. Nor do we think it would be wise now to abandon our former policy by forming alliances with the govern- ments of the Old World or by meddling in their affairs, But the time has arrived when both the dignity and interesis of this great republic demand a broader and more decisive foreiyn policy. Our position among the great Powers of the world, and particularly our position on the Amorican continent, calls for this. It is our destiny, and we must follow it. Our réle on this side the Atlantic must be something like that of the Roman republic toward the surrounding nations, except that instead of making conquests by arms we should control the other States of America by our moral power and protection. The incalculable and varied surplus wealth of this vast continent, both South and North, can be drawn here as the wealth of the world was attracted to ancient Rome. And such 9 policy would be made beneficial to the other American nations as well as to ourselves, First of all the President should insist upon an immediate sottloment of our difficultics with European Powers. Among these are the prompt payment of the Alabama claims by England. This should be followed by a definite settlement of the neutrality laws, both with Great Britain and other countries, so as to prevent trouble in the future. The removal of the exotic imperial establishment in Mexico, with all the French troops and every vestige of that in‘ervention, should be demanded. The whole movement was e gross and defiant insult to the United States, and it is a standing insult as long as Maximilian and a French soldier romains. To save further shedding of the blood of citizens of that neighboring republic, as well as to relieve ourselves of any more trouble about the matier, we should require the withdrawal of the so-called Em- stor and the French troops without delay. In order to facilitate this our government might make an arrangement with the Mexican republic and the Emperor Napoleon to pay the legitimate French debt against Mexico and tako the sparsely setilod Northern States of Mexico for the amount. Mexico would be stronger without that portion of her territory, and we should have our boundary rounded off with the ports and lines of communication we need on and to the Pacifie. We ought to form acloser commercial alliance with all the re- publics of America and to use our influence to make and keep the whole continent republican in government, We sbould lay down a policy with the view of ultimately excluding sll European and monarchical governments from the soil of this continent. That is the broad and comprehensive foreign policy President Jobnzon should inaugurate. If he should do so he would make his administration popular and obtain a greai name in history. There is another subject of vast importance which the President ought to bring forward in his mevtage. We refer fo our ational finances. A thorough examination and revision is imper- atively demanded. The expenditures ond taxes must be cni down to the lowest figure. The people have beeome greatly corrupted within the last few years by a reckless waste of money and extravagance. A sinking fund, to be made permanent and held sacred, should be established (o extinguish the national debt within a reasonable and given time. Above all the President should recommend the abol- ishment of tbat monstrous moneyed monopoly of the natioual banks. It is rapidly fastening itself upon the country and drawing into fis vortex the productive industry of the people. If suffered to oxist it will absorb all the profits of labor, will control the markets and will prove to be the mosi dangerous political ma- chine that ever existed. It should be cut up root and branch before it becomes too strong. These are’ the subjects of vital importance Mr. Johnson should take up, leaving Congress to settle the question of restoration. Never before was such an opportunity presented for a statesman to distinguish himself or to make his name famous in the pages of history. We hope to see such a message to Congress as will aaéiire us that the President is not going to lose the opportunity afforded and that we shall see the republic rise to unexampled grandeur and prosperity under his administration. Ssorr Crors anp Destrrurion iy rae Sovru.— Major General Thomas J. Wood, the Assiat- ant Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau for Mississippi, makes a report of the shortness of the crops in that State which must naturally give rise to much apprehension for the welfare of the people, both black and white, in the approaching winter. General Wood’s declara- tion is that the grain crop of Mississippi “has proved an almost total failure and will not support the people beyond the Ist of January.” As there are already twenty thousand destitute freedmen in that State, and as, if General Wood's declaration is well founded, the whole population must soon be in the same condi- tion, it ie hardly possible to conceive the misery that must be endured. This certainly fs the field for those few philanthropists who care for the freedmen sincerely and do not merely use him for political purposes. All their superfluous energy, aa well as superfluous cash, may be fittingly expended in the merciful effort to keap from starvation and defend from the rigors of the season the thousands of wretches whom the great events of the war have cast upon their own insufficient resources, Bat this destitation will aleo fall with equal weight on the white population of the State in question, and while we arc making up liste for the relief of Quebec and other sufferers, perhaps it wagld be as well for us to take 0 canaal glance at the state of affairs we may, thus sooa Love within our own limits, General Wood's account of the Mississippi crope would seom to indicate that the State is not cultivated up to anything like ite full capacity. What is the reason of this? There is rich land there soil that will well repay all the money spent upon it. Was capital afraid? Is this threatened starvation of a whole population one more of the many miserice that radical agitation bas Races. The Americans are great im‘tators, but they are also great originators. Whatever they imi- tate they improve upon. In this respect they’ are wonderfully unlike the Chinese, who are also remarkable for their imitations, When the first British steamship went to China the natives at once set to work to build one like it, They produced @ fao simile of tho vessel and the smoke-pipe, »ut they had no idea what- ever of the machinery. They lit a fire under the smoke-pipe to raise smoke ; they employed men to blow through a tube to imilate the steam whistle; but the motive power of their new craft consisted of a lot of John Chinamen turning a crank in the hold. Americans never fall into such ridiculous blunders, Everything that they take from Europe is at once im- proved. They adopted cricket, decided it to be too slow a game and transformed it into base ball, which has become the national sport. They imitated the English races, but soon bred horses that made faster time than was ever re- corded on tho English turf. A few snobs stick to English ways and habits because they think it fashionable to be dissimilar to the mojority of our people ; but real Americans are never satisfled until they have improved upon foreign customs. In no respect has this American characteris- tic been more evident than in yachting. This is an English sport; but when Young America decided that it was worth importing they suc- ceeded in beating the English upon their own waters. At that time English yachts were narrow, sharp, deep in the water, heavily bal- lasted and carried immense bellying sails. British yachtsmen thought that big sails and asharp, narrow hull were the requisites of speed. An American yacht was built upon an entirely different model Broad of beam, rest- ing upon the water instead of cutting through it, lightly ballasted, carrying broad, flit sails, this yacht was st first an objoct of ridicule atid dorision among our transatlantic cousins. But when the race cnme off the America was ahead and the English vessels were nowhere. The Queen’s cup was transferred to American hands, and we hold it still as a perpetual chal- lenge, no Englishman having yet dared to com- pete for it. Tho triumph of the America, how- ever, occasioned a complete revolution in Eng- lish yacht building, and the American model has been the favorite ever since. But the Eng- lish have something still to learn. They do no! approve of our centre-board vessels and cannot understand our use of what they call a false kecl. They imagine that centre-board vessels are not seaworthy, and say that such yachts will “burst open” in heavy weather. For many years, at least, two-thirds of our consters have used centre-boards, being able to sail in shallow wators and carry heavy car- goes, Only the other day the Vesta, s centro- board yacht, started upon an ocean race during a terrible atorm, when even steamers feared to put to sea, and sailed her two hundred miles without damage. The same yacht and the Halcyon, another cenire-board yacht, sailed to the New London lighiship and back on Tuesday, weathering a strong nor’wester most succtssfully. These facts ought to convince the English of their mistake. But, after all, the only mode of getting an American idea into English heads 1s to dross the Atlantic and show the British what we can do. Tho grand prize offered by the French Emperor in connection with the Paris Exposi- tion next year will afford our yachismen a splen- did opportunity. The New York Yacht Club numbors such fine and fast boats as the Vesta, Haleyon, L’Hirondelle, Phantom, Pulmer, Fleetwing, Alarm and Widgeon, all seaworthy and able, in our opinion, to boat any Baglish yacht afloat. We expecta fleet of those mag- nificent vessels to compete for the French prize, win it and place it alongside the America’s cap as a trophy. The matches which give been sailod recently and those which are soon to come of —inclading that berween the Vesta and LHirondelle, Sventy miles to windward and back, next Tuesday—are merely preliminary to thia event. The members of the club should see to it that such matches are encouraged, and cspecially that an ocean sweepstakes for large yachts is placed upon the annual programme of the club. The re- gatta and review in June are very well for the ladies—we have no fault to find with them. The squadron trip in August is very well as a summer pleasure trip, and we have no fault to flud with that. Bat active yachtsmen want something more ‘han these, and they want to have it, not in private matches, but under the club's official patronage. There ean be no reasonable objection to an ocean sweepstakes, and there ave a thousand arguments in its favor. The fact that the weather often decides a long race and that the slowest yacht somo- times wins is no valid ohjection. Yachting is useful, not only becausd jt improves our vee sels, but because it improves Oar seaman- ship. Ifa slow yacht, well handled, can beat a fast yacht, poorly handled, so mach the more honor to the winner. Besides this there would be no excitement about yachting if every race were sailed upon a mill pond and the fastest yacht invariably won. When a racer has won several races in succession no other horse will ran against him, and he bas to be withdrawn, like Kentucky. Turfmen may vary the excite- ment, however, by buying new horses and breeding new colts; but a yachtsman has not this chance, since he cannot build a new vessel evory time he is beaten. An ocean sweep- stakes every year that will be a national fes- tival, like the Hnglish Derby, and that will originate yacht clubs at Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and all along the const, is now the great desideratum of American yachstmen, and we hope that the New York Yacht Club will arrange for it at once. Tae Freepwen’s Borgac «xp GenmRAL Dovex-Navout Howanp.—Major General Dou- ble-Naught Howard {s at present engaged in making speeches at meetings in thie city and at other places where the Freedmen’s Bureau, over which he is Superintendent, has no existence. From the developments that have been made from time to time we infer that the Freedmen’s Bureau is an institution that requires vigilant and untiring superintendence, so far os its own ofScers are concerned ; and the accounts that reach us from the Southern States agree in representing that the freedmen themeelvep are greatly in need of care and attention. Jmdeed, M we are to credit the statements of the radical papers, the negroes in ‘f#e States over which the jurisdiction of ox- tends are suffering all meaner of ‘evil apd are | dripg gut by hundreds. Under these olroum, stances we would suggest te General Howard that his time would be better employed in attending to the wants of the Freedmen who are placed under his care than in travelling about making stump speeches. He had better do his “Christan duty” on the fleld where it is needed than talk about it in other places. . Tae Baroy voy Horrmay at BrvonamTow.— We find in one of the organs of the Tammany rump to the extent of four mortal columns in small type, a report of the late stump speech of Baron von Hoffman at-Binghamton. It is a hotch potch of stump twaddle, of which the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher forms the principal ingredient, and Horace Greeley, Mr. Ray- mond, of the 7¥mes, and Mr. Bennett, of the Heracp, are made to fill up the chinks. Mr. Hoffman, However, does not altogether forget the constitutional amendment, but, opposes it after the approved copperhead fashion, as an unjust and crue) thing to the high minded rebel fire-eaters of the South, and as a mere trick of the radicals to maintain their ascendancy in Congress, But he says nothing of the ad- m'ssion of Tennessee, on the ratification of the | amendment, as a precedent which binds Con- gress to the aame policy in reference to all the excluded States, Nor does the Baron of tho Tammany rump meet the issue between himself and Governor Fenton. This issue is simply whether, with the head of the Corporation ring as Governor that combination of “The Forty Thieves” shall rule the State, or whether the State shall take in band and break up the plunderers of the ring and their schemes of jobbery, robbery and wholesale corruption. This is the exact issue between Hoffman and Fenton. The fight on the one side is to establish the headquar- tors of one Corporation plundering ring in the Governor’s chair at Albany, and on the other the object is to break ‘up this ring of jobbers and robbers, root and branch. Morpers sr Conrract—Danaurs oF OUR Mopren Burnpwa Sysreu.—The day before yesterday we took occasion to point out the insecurity to life and property which is caused by the cheap contract system upon which houses are erected in New York and other of our large cities, The article had scarcely appeared when it received another illustration from the appalling accident which occurred in Chicago during the recent hurricane. A large four story brick building which was in pro- gress of erection was blown down during the gale and buried In its ruins: 2 number of per- sons who inhabited several adjoining wooden tenements. Now an accident of this kind could not bave occurred if the walls had been of sufficient thickness and bad been properly tied. The side walls, we are told, were held together only by the joists and at the foundation were only sixteen inches in thickness. Such a card house as this, we need not say, bad no power of resistance to a stiff gale in the absence of roof and windows. We question, from the size of it, whether without any storm at all it would not have fallen as soon as the floors’ became heavily weighted. Such buildings are nothing but traps in which people must sooner or later expect to get crushed. It is time that a stop wore put to sucha system of construction. It is not only danger-. ous to life, but it offers @ premium for the dis- figurement of our streets It would not be tolerated in any European city. There our re- publican idea that we have a right to do what we like with our own is admitied only to the extent of the exercise of that right not en- dangering the lives and property of others, Here we act absolutely upon that right, Tenet leas of either life or property. q economize money we run up house, tHat are positively unsafe, whether we ce their stability under the preasyie of Leith weights or their imma- aity from fire. If wo want to escape the ex- tensive conflagrations and wholesale loss of life to which we are subjected from these causes, we must reform our entire building system. We must not permit warehouses or dwelling houses to be built with walls of less than certain thicknesses, and we should insist upon the employment of stone and fron where the purposes for which warehouses are erected involve any unusual amount of risk. If we had a Board of Works, as in London, the con- trol of all euch matters might properly be in- trusted to it. The subject is one that merits the attention of the Legislatuce, and will, we hope, receive atiention when our municipal system gets another overhauling. : . Joun Moraissey ano tum Tammany Nourna- TIoN.—The Tammany Rump Convention of tho Fifth Congressional District has nominated Mr. John Morriasey for Congress by « vote of nearly four to one, We are glad to see that Mr, Mor- rissey acted upon the suggestion of the Huaavp and insisted upon an open, ebove board en- dorsement. He was the maio ingtrument in the nomination of John Hoffman. He has pnid his money like man, as he always does, for the election of John Hoffman and the other candidates of the “ring.” There was no reason why Jobn Hoffinan and his friends should hesi- tate about openly endorsing Joba Morrissey. It was foolish of the corporation “ ring” to resort to any of the usual practices of the prize ring in a set-to with such a man as Morrissey. They might have known that at “feinting” and “dodging,” and “getting away” and “slipping down” they sre no match for an old bruiser who has worn the belt as long as John Mor- rissey, and that they would have to “ throw up the cap” in the end. However, John Morrissey should not stop here. He should insist upon 8 fow speeches from John Hoffman in support of his claim to congressional honors. He stamped Albany and Saratoga for John Hoff- man, and John Hoffman, in retarn, cannot do leas than stump the Fifth Congressional District for him. Although the Tammany Rump have given John Morrissey a handsome endorsement, there is a large balance of political obligation due to him from John Hoffman still. REDUCTION OF TOLLS ON THE ATLANTIC CABLE. ‘We are authorized to announce that on and after the rn WASHINGTON. THE MEXICAN MUDDLE. Arrival of Lieutenant General Sherman. The Remaining Volunteer Officers of the Army to bo Shortly Mustered Out, Smuggling on the Morthern Border of Mew York. &. a. ke. ‘Wasamorom, Oct. 25, 1868 + The Mexican Muddle. It tg beyond doubt that the pre-eminent question the Cabinet is the Mexican one, but it is not true that government has come toa final decision on all the and main points involved, The only point which deen decided is that the goverument will not take territory from Mexico, This your correspondent tobeafact. Mr, Campbell knows very little at preseas about the ulterior policy to be pursued fm the matter. This is partly due to the sickness which attacked bim since bis arrival in Washington. It is trap he has received instructions, but they are only geneeat ones, The special instruciions, those of vital import ance he has yet to get. ~ There ts sufficient officia! information here to preve that the despatch on Mexican aflairs dated New Orleana, October 24, was not based on facts, ‘Irevina, one of Be cobedo's generals, went to Zacatecas, and mot to Sam Luis Potosi, to look atter Mojia, There could not have Leen @ severe battle near faltillo to defeat the liberia, as per very lateat and reliable accounts there were ae imperial Mexican or French forces within striking dig tance. On the 24th ultimo, Juarez wrote that would soon bo occupied, and that he would establish his headquarters there or at Monterey. Arrival of Lieutenaut General Sherman. Lieutenant General W. T. Sherman arrived here oy this evening's train, and will for the present be the guest of General Grant. Generals Grant and Sherman attended the performance at the National theatre this evening. General Sherman has been invited here for the pur- pose of consulting with General Grant upon the recea- struction of the army. His arrival has no reference te an immediate change in the War Office. The White House. ‘The President to-day had interviews with the Secretary ‘of the Treasury, Secretary of the Navy and Attorney General upon business of an‘official nature. Audiene® was also given to Representative Lawrence, of Pennsyt- vania, and delegate Goodwin, of Arizona Territory, Besides these there were at the White Hovse Judge J. 8, Black, of Pennsylvania; Judge Rice, of Maine; Gene ral Dick Taylor, of Louisians, and Judge Gilmore, & Indiana The Muster Out of Voluntecr Officers. It is undorstood that Secretary Stanton is about to tare, bis attention again to the mustering out of the volunteer officers yot remaining in the service. Mr. Stanton seem@ to think that the services in which these voluntese officers are engaged can now be performed by ofcers of the regular army, since a large number of those recently appointed bave reported for duty, and the number ts ° daily increased by new assignments. A sumber of volunteer oMfcers, it is expected, will be mustered od® of service in a few days. ‘The Appointment of OMicers fer the New Regt- ments. Tho list of appointmen‘s of officers for the new regi- ments to be organized under the act of Congress passed. at the last sexs'on bas been sent to the President for hie approval, and will be promulgated in a few days. Serious Liiness of ir. Scward’s Daughter. Miss Fanny Seward, daughter of tho Secretary of State, is seriously tll at the residence of herfather. T'¢ morn- ing tt was feared she would vot recov<;, ott her physictem reports her condition this ever ‘ag as somewhat improved. Physicians have beer sent for to Auburn, N. Y., and Philadelphia, Gwing to Miss Seward’s illness the Seore tary remained but a short time to-day at his duige in the State Department. Applicants fer the Office ef Patent Commis. slower. ] _ Several applican:s for the office of Commissionnr of Patonis havatarned @p, althost vuere arg ications that a vacanoy ts likely wo veya? modation of ether of the aspirants. Améng tl mentioned Mr. Edmund Burke, of New Hampshire, Judge Mason (each of whom bas occupied the position time past), and Mr. @. M, Weston, an unsuccessful Con- gressional candidate in the late Maine election. Presideatial Pardons. The following persons who were concerned in the great rebellion were pardoned by the President yesterday and to-day:—P. H. Luckett, Louisiana; E. Kimsworthy, Arkansas; David Gavin, W. 8. Mullins and Simeon Aé- kins, South Carolina. The President has also ordered the parden of Johnases: Wina, convicted in November, 1864, before the United States District Court for the Northern district of New York, of passing counterfeit United States fractional car- rency, and sentenced to the penitentiary for four years and siz months, lacrease of Smuggling Along the Northera Border ot New York. A letter received in this cily from the northern part of New York State, brings the information that smuggling has increased very rapidly along the fronticr of a num- ber of the distriets in that State, and all offorts to sup- Press it have proved unavailing. The reason assigned for this sudden outbreak of smuggling is the changes re- cently made m some of the customs officers in those dis- tricts, who have not yet become thoroughly acquainted with the duties of their positions, or who havo little knowledge of the parties who engage in this unlawful traffic. The enormous profits accruing to those who are successfal in evading the vigilance of the customs officers prove to be so great a temptation that the utmost circumspection aad the greatest experienos 1s necessary to prevent these frauds upon the govers- ment. Active measures are now being adopted by the Proper officials to bring these offenders to justice, and (8 is hoped that a number of arrests may be expected at ne distant day, Past Redemption. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day received from J. RB, Aiken, of New York, a coutinental note of the de- nomination of thirty dollars, which is forwarded for re- demption. This will not be done, a8 the governmems feveral years since ceased to this currency, the ume given by Congress in which it could be redeomed having expired. Rescue of the Crew of a Sloop. James Lanman, in @ despatch dated United States flagship Tacony, Hampton Roads, Va., 24th, reports thes the boats of the Tacony and Yantic rescued from drowg- ing four men, constituting the crew of the sloop Fare well, of Hampton, Va, which had capsized near the e ‘Tacony, and towed the sleep to the beach. Large Sales of Public Land I» Florida. The Commissioner of the General Lasd Office has re ceived from the land office at Tallahasseo, Florida, returas: showing great activity in the dispesal of public lands te the State for actual settlement In the months of Aa- gust and September 11,664 acres, in eighty and forty acre tracts, were taken up dy settlers under the Home- steed act of June 21, 1866, which law applies exclusively {0 the disposal of public lands in the Southera State: Appointments. Appoidtments of Internal Revenue officers were made to-day as follows:—Willtam Douglass, Assessor for the Righth difirict of Now Jersey; Seymour Brownell, Cot- Vector for the Fifth district of Michigan. Per@s Theatre te be Used tor = Medical ‘The United States Medical Mussem, now in Corcorem Building, to betag removed to Ford's theatre, where “he specimens are to be arranged. ELECHON. WESTERN VIRGINA Governor Hubbard Re- Boreman