The New York Herald Newspaper, May 19, 1867, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, | “PROPRIETOR. | JAMES GORDON BENNETT, JR, MANAGER. BROADW AY AND ANN STREET. THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in theyear, Feexcents per copy. Annual subscription price, $14. qHE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at Five Annual eubseription price:— ne Copy. Three Copies, Five Copies cents Ten Copies a Any larger number addressed to names of subscribers $150 each. An extra copy will be sent to every club often. Twenty copies to one address, one year, $25, and any larger number at same price. An extra copy will be sent to clubs of twenty, These rates make the Weexty Henan the cheapest publication in the country. Postage five cents per copy for three months, JOB PRINTING of every description, also Stereo typing and Engraving, neatly and promptly executed at the lowest rates. Volume . No. 139 AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING. 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Matinee Wednesday and Saturday at 24; Union Hall, corner of NEW YORK MUSEUM O} FAD AND Kigut ARM 1 Twixs—WonveRs iN Naror, Lecrorss Dairy. Open tro ANATOMY. 618 Rroadway.— Wasnincton SUNDAY (THIS Instuywentai. Con street and Fourth avenu Np Sacrep Vocat. AND NWay Hau, Fourteenth New York, Sunday. TRIPLE SHEET. REMOVAL. The New York Heraxp establishment is now located in the new Huraxp Building, Broadway aud Ann street. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisers will please bear in mind that in order to have their advertisements properly classi- fied they shoukl be sent in before half-past eight o'clock in the evening. THD NEWS. EUROPE. The news report by the AUantic cable is dated yester- day evening, May 13. The Sultan of Turkey assures the groat Powers of his Ability to suppress the Cretan rebellion, and he firmiy refuses to cede Crete, The Turks claim to have achieved great victories in the recont battles in Candia. Three more Fenians have been convicted of treason in Ireland. The French Legislature opposes Napoleon's Army bill. The United States frigate Colorado, with her tender, the Frolic, are in the port of Messina, The Liverpool cotton market closed quiet and steady with middling uplands at 11%d. Breadstuils quiet and unchanged. Provisions firmer. Consols closed at 9214, for money, in London, Five- twenties were at 725; mm London and 775 in Frankfort. The Atlantic cable of 1866 has been injured near Heart's Content, Newfoundland, by a passing iceberg, aad the communication through it has ceased. By the steamship Hansa, at this port yesterday, we have very interesting mail details of our special cable telegrams to the 7th of May, the extonded reports given by the London journals of the great outdoor Reform demonstration, held in Hyde Park, on the 6th instant, fully corroborating the Henato’s cable account of the assemblage, as well as of the powerful, but concealed, military preparations made by the government for the Suppression of any popular outbreak. MISCELLANEOUS. ‘The summer season may be said to have been daly inauzurated at the Park yesterday, though the concerts aave not commenced as yet. A large con- course of people visited it, and a constant stream of car- riages poured over its drives, A number of improve- ments and additions have been made. The Historical Society is to erect a building wherein to deposit and ‘exhibit its collections. Despatches from the seat of Indian war state that large numbers of hostile warriors are assembling in the neighborhood of Forts Sedgwick, Phil Kearay and Saundors, in Nebraska A general war is considered inevitable in Arizona. Tho Indtans are raiding through the valleys destroying the property and carrying away stock. Tho citizens have determined to shoot any Indian caught wandering among white men General Grant it is ramored will soon visit the scenes of his old campaigns in,the South, on horseback, snd it has been recommended that General Robert E. Lee accompany him. " p Caroline Datie and Dr, Rosenberg were arrested yesterday, charged with the murder of the husband of the former, Henry Davis, in avenue A, on Wednesday, Davis having died of bis wounds yosterday. Both parties entered a denial of the charge, Mrs. Davis alleg- ing that ber hasband shot bimseif in the head and then Jumped out of the window, Elsewhore in this morning's Heratn wo give a full ‘exposition of the belief, practices, customs and numeri- cal strength of the Oneida county and Wallingford communities of Fourterites and Free Lovers. ‘The Broadway Bank was the victim of a forgery about ® month ago, to the amount of $17,000, The forgery Only care to light yesterday. The check purported to have been drawn by the Board of Education, in favor of bearer. In the Presbyterian General Assembly at Rochester yesterday the Committee on Reunion reported terms upon which the unity of the New and Old schools can be consummated, The report was referred to another com- mittee. The ship Palmas, from this port for Valparaiso, with ‘war material for the Chilean government, put into St ‘Thomas recently in a leaking condiiion. She was im- mediately blockaded by two Spanish men-of-war, and will probably have to unioad at the island, Oar letters from correspondents in the South rocite this morning the condition of affaira, Politically and socially, in the States of Virginia, South Carolina. Louisi. anaand Arkansas. Twenty-four members of the Senate and General Ameombly of New Jersey have signed a cail for a State Convention, to be held in Trenton on the 4th of Jane ext, for the purpose of expressing their views on the important subject of #0 amending the constitution of the NEW YURK HERALD, SUNDAY MAY 19, 1867.-TRIPLE SHEET. Jef Davis, it is reported, privately left the New York Hotel and took up his residence, for the time, with Mr. Charles O’Conor, atyFort Washington, on Friday. His | family remain at the hotel. He will probably leave for Montreal on Monday. Kustori and her troupe sailed for Europe im the Ville de Paris yesterday. ¥ The General Session of the Reformed Presbyterian Church met again yesterday, and general business was transacted, Fourteen steamers, bound for European or coastwise ports, sailed from this port yesterday, Counterfeit $10’s on tho Third National Bank of Philadelphia are afloat in that city. The Nebraska Legislature met and organized on Fri- day. A habeas corpus case having ® rather singular denowe- ment was developed on Friday last before the Superior Court, by which it appears that on the 6th of May one C. Bainbridge Smith sued outa writ of habeas corpus directing Eugene Keteltas to produce the body of Eugene K. Smith before that court, Keteltas now swearg that while in the act of bringing his prisoner to the court he was forcibly taken from his custody by C. B. Smith, a man named Bowers and another person unknown. C, B, Smith was thereupon ordered to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt. The case was heard before Justice Jones on Friday morning, but no decision has yet been rendered. ‘The case of false impersonation and fraudulent con- veyance ot property commenced on Friday last in the United States Circult Court, before Judge Shipman, was continued yesterday, and its further hearing ad- journed until counsel for defendants have time to pre- pare argument on the law points presented by the caso, ‘The stock market was dull yesterday, Gold closed at 13675. Only a moderate business was consummated in com- mercial circles yesterday. Produce, save in a fow in- stances, was unsettled, and prices dectined materially, while merchandise continued buoyant and firm. Coffee, though quiet, ruled steady, Cotton was dull and nomi- nally lower, On’Change flour was dull, heavy and ir- regular, and 10c, to 15c. lower. Wheat also ruled dull and nominally Ic. a 2c, lower on all but choico grades. Corn closed unsettled and decidedly lower, while onts advanced 2c., with a fairdemand. Pork was quiot, but ashade higher, Beef and lard were quiet at essentinlly unaltered prices, Freights ruled dull and rates wore entirely nominal. Whiskey continued in fair demand and prices wore higher. Naval stores generally were ‘active. Petroleum were scarcely so firm. - The Military Problem on the La Plata. The great war of the allies in South America, having for its direct object the overthrow of Paraguay, still continues. Of the Uruguay con- tingent of two thousand not a man remains. Five thousand out of the thirteen thousand kept in the field by the Argentine republic have lately been absent, and at San Luis have just given the finishing blow to one of those in- ternal gaucho revolutions which are periodically waged against the urban power of ihe republic. The Brazilians, numbering thirty-two thousand, are patiently awaiting the return of the Argen-: tine troops and the attack of a column of eight taousand men, under Osorio, who are slowly working their way across the almost impassable wilds from Rio Janeiro to the eastern Paraguay boundary. It is evident that the allies are gathering their forces for a final blow, and we believe if Paraguay stands firm under the as- sault she has nothing more to fear, At the opening of the contest General Mitré declared it would be a “paseo militar,” and that it would take but three months to reach Asuncion. The Brazilians were no less sanguine. The expression of these ideas indicated a great lack of military talent on the part of the allied generals; tor they were to assail a country which occupies an almost impregnable position relative to the nations around it. East, west and south are streams that will float a frigate, while the northern boundary is a vast and im- penetrable jungle, frequently overflowed by the freshets of the Paraguay and Parana rivers. The bordering territory, both east and west, is a virgin wild, while the southern Paraguay margin, selected by the allies as the vulnerable point, is a swamp whose deadly malaria keeps their hospitals filled with men who rarely re- join their regiments. The internal elements possessed by Paraguay for defence were scarcely inferior to the external ones which nature has conferred upon her. Up to 1810 the foreign and native element had been mingling until the result was a compact and homogeneous people, and th> war which the desperadoes from the Rio Grande province of Brazil had waged against them had givea them a desperate schooling and conferred a warlike nature upon the present generation. Francia ruled from 1813 to 1840, and was fol- lowed by a still rader despot, Carlos Antonio Lopez, who for a score of years fastened firmly the despotism in which Francia had trained the people. At the death of Lopez his son, the present ruler, came into power. He found ready at hand a compact nationality which had never known any but the channels which a half century of despotism had carvod out for it. Foreseeing the present struggle, he mobilized the nation, built workshops, foun- dries, powder mills, railroads, fortifications, brought the skilled workmen and science of Europe to his aid, and made the vast military camp of Paraguay a warlike unit. The coun- try itself is filled with almost sufficient natural productions to support life where the people are so simple in their wants and habits, Thus the Parsguayan camp of seventy thousand square miles, containing five hundred thousand inhabitants, was a formidable adversary to attack, especially if we consider that there is but one vulnerable point in fts geographical po- sition—a point which, up to this time, the allies have failed to approach. Against all this the allies could bring no proportionate strength. The overgrown jungle called Brazil, making war on # water line of over two thousand miles in length, has been forced to strain its young nerves almost to the breaking. The Argentine republic was already exhausted in ber civil contests, and Uraguay had been so depopulated in her wars that her first effort to maintain a small force in the field was also her last. Both the Argentine republic and Uruguay also had to wage war at an immense distance from their base—nearly twelve hundred miles. The financial condition of the combatants scarcely varied from the condition of the other elements of the problem. Paraguay, at the out- break of the ‘war, had a general revenue of $3,750,000; yerba monopoly, $3,000,000 ; tithes and land rents, $1,950,000; making a total revenue of $8,700,000. The floating debt of paper currency was $2,000,000, and of ex- ternal debts she had none. Her accumulated wealth was immense for so small a Stato, and immediately available for war purposes. On the part of the Argentine Confederation Buenos Ayres had to furnish nearly all the cash that came from the tépublic, however little in amount, Buenos Ayres had before the war a home and foreign debt of about $29,000,000, while her revenues, balanced by her expendi- tures, were about $7,000,000. At the outbreak Btate as 0 secure to the citizens thereof im vertiat man. | Of the contest the currency of the Bank of hood sutra em Buenos Avree, which had originally been isaned at $17 paper to the gold ounce, had already depreciated to $425 per ounce. Uruguay was even too poor to give 4 decent outfit to her contingents, The State was already loaded with mountains of debt which had been piled one on the other during ber civil wars. From her, therefore, the allies could expect only what they received—nothing. Nearly the whole allied force, then, was te draw on the Brazilian purse ; from her were to come the immense expenditures necessary to carry on war at such a distance and under such adverse circumstances; but even before the war she was heavily loaded with a debt of about $125,000,000, and to this she has added, up to the beginning of the present campaign, some $200,000,000 more. To all this she will add at least $50,000,000 before she gets out of this Paraguay trap; and when peace comes she will find that $375,000,000 is a very rude strain upon her resources—so rude, indeed, that it is doubtful if her revenues can pay the interest upon the amount. Paraguay then was, as she still is, the supe- rior in point of finances, To maintain one soldier in the field it costs her twenty per cent of what it costs the allies, especially the Bra- zilians. It appears, then, that internally, finan- cially, geographically, and in point of topo- graphical barriers, Paraguay was and is a compact unit of force difficult to assail. The first combats of Tuyuti and Curazn, on Paraguayan soil, taught the allied army that it had rough work before it, Curupaity, a very inferior fortification and a mere outwork, has long held them in check; this taken, they will find their labors just commenced ; and at Humaita wild work awaits them. The vast swamp into which the allied troops have been foolishly thrown is margined by a series of formidable earthworks, and they are attacking Paraguay where she is the best defended by artand nature. The only vulnerable quarter which might have given hope of success was the northwest, which was and is undefended and open to attack from the Gran Chaco of the Argentine republic. Moreover, one of the parties most interested in the removal of the Paraguayan stumbling-block is Bolivia, Had she been properly approached by the allies at the outset a Bolivian contingent of ten thou- sand men would have settled the question long since. It is now too late; Bolivia is enriching herself in a very profitable trade of war sup- plies, which she is constantly pouring into Paraguay, and which assist in reducing all her neighbors to her level. It looks as if the allies were waging a con- test that long since became hopeléss, The quicker they close the war by treaty the betier; for the unnatural alliance between the Argen- tine republic and Brazil, were their efforis successful, would result in an immediate war between them for the spoils which both con- sider necessary to their terrilorial aggrandize- ment and future progress. . The “Sick Man” Hectic and Stnbborn with His Doctors— They Care Him? Instead of the triumphs claimed for the arms of the Christian insurgents in Crete, by the cable yesterday we are told to-day, from the same source, that the Turks report that Omar Pasha has gained “great victories over the Cretaas in recent battles.” This news was announced in London, and had evidently com» from Constan- tinople,where its more immediate effecthas been to render the hitherto “sick man,” ruler of the Turkish empire, excited, hectic, and conse- quently stubborn in the hands of the allied doctors who have so assiduously wailed on him since the days previous to the commence- ment of the Crimean war. The European gov- ernments having made another effort to induce the Sublime Porte to cede the island of Candia to Greece, the Sultan replies, assuring them of “his ability to suppress the existing rebellion,” and firmly declines to render the territory to “any foreign Power.” As in tho days of the crusades and the subsequent wars between the Christians and the infidels, the Turk never yielded to any measure ot treat- ment except after the operation of a signal beating, it remains now to be seen whether the fevered patient will in one great struggle drive his physicians, withott, fee too, from his chamber, or whether the doctors will unite in the terrible remedy of strangling tae patient for the good of his neighbors and the public at large. The military and naval preparations which our Constantinople correspondence—pnblished yesterday—detailed as being made by the Czar of Russia, incline us to the belief that even this latter alternative will be adopted if necessary; but we find on the other hand that England does not openly co-operate with the other Powers in the advice for cession, while it is intimated that Napoleon, as in other difficult cases, entertains some peculiar views on the sub- ject of the issue of the Eastern question, hoping to mature a plan by which Turkey can be sus- tained and Christianity vindicated at one and the same time. As to the ceasion of Candia the Turkish government is in this difficulty, that nearly one half of its subjects are Christians, and that if the precedent of a success- fal interference of this kind be estab. lished for one portion of its possessions it would soon be made to apply to the re- mainder of them. Crete once ceded, there would be successive revolts in its other Chris- tian provinces and tresh acts of interference on the part of the Christian Powers, It therefore concludes that it is better to fight the question out now than to have to deal with it in such a shape. It is, in fact, a life and death struggle with the Turkish government, and on its issue depends its exis'ence as a European Power. If it loses its Christian provinces it will have to retire within its Asiatic limits and will cease to exercise any further influence in the diplo- matic affairs of the world. Whether the great Powers will allow the war to go on to an ex- treme issue is another question. From the steps taken by them we should judge the con- trary, and we should not be surprised if in another month or two the appeal now rejected by the Sultan were followed up by armed intervention. Is fr a Straw !—We see by the telegraph that the stables of Mr. Abraham Warwick, near Rich- mond, in Virginia, were burned'a few nights ago. Mr. Warwick is a wealthy man and was one of the sureties for Jeff Davis’ appearance. His stables, doubtless, might be burned by mere accident, but it scems rather more likely that their destruction may be regarded as an expression of disapprobation of bis acts on the part of some of those more violent negroes, his radical neighbora, Nn ne eee EET EE nse The Yachting Excitement. The yachtmen are making active prepara- tions for the June regatta, Already we hear of @ number of private matches independent of the regular programme. Early as it is, some of the yachts are out and training with their crews. Nothing can better indicate the eagerneas felt by the competitors. The great ocean sweepstake on the tith of July will be run for by an wousually large number of yachts, With the exception of the Atlantic race of last winter it will be the most important and exciting contest of its kind that has started from our waters. The yacht builders are busy refitting and furbishing up. No money is being spared to give to the ves- sels entered the full advantages that are to be derived from an increase of strength and a fresh rig. We have not heard as yet of any English yachts being entered, There has scarcely been time since the announcement was issued for applications to be received from them ; but we have no doubt that next month we shall be able to add several of them to the list of competitors. Nothing would please us better than to attract a num- ber of them here, Once the hesitation about crossing the Atlantic is surmounted, we may look for a repetition of their visits, This is all that is wanting to render our regattas the most important that have as yet taken place in the annals of the sport. The growing taste of our public for this amusement is evidenced by the increase which isto be observed in the number of spectators annually attracted by it. In the ocean race of last winter there was not sufficient accom- modation provided for the crowds that desired to witness the start. This summer arrange- ments will be made to accommodate any num- ber of persons that may wish to be present. In view of the excitement created by the pro- gramme published by the Club it is but right that early provision should be made for those lovers of the sport who have not the good fortune to possess boats of their own.. Flutter Among the Tammany Politicians—The Fall Elections. There is just now considerable flurry and fluster among the Tammany politicians regard- ing the distribution of offiées in the November and December elections. It is apparent to the most obtuse mind that a regular Tammany ficket could not obtain over twenty thousand votes in the city nor carry a single Senatorial district except, perhaps, the Fourth, and not that, if a union of the opposition elements should be made. The chiefs of the old Wigwam are, therefore, casting about for alliances and combinations by which they can add to their strength, in the hope of retaining a few of the principal offices in the hands of the “ring.” Their main efforts will be directed towards seouring the nominations for Sheriff and Mayor ; the former for ex-Comptroller Brennan and the latter for John T. Hoffman. To accomplish this the nominations for Senators, Assembly- men, Aldermen, and all other city and county officers will be distributed among the ward bullies, grogshop politicians and policy deal- ers, who are supposed to control votes and to be able to operate effectively at the polls. Against these men, who have managed by similar bargains and by corrupting the State Legislature in the past to retain their hold upon the municipal government, and who have swelled the taxation of the city to over twenty million dollars, there will be a general com- bination in the fall elections, and they will be swept out of existence. The whole city gov- ernment is now in a state of anarchy, that, un- less speedily checked, threatens to end in vigil- ance committces for the protection of the lives and property of the people. There is no order in any department, and no responsibility any- where. The State Constitutional Convention cannot evade the duty of a reform in our muni- cipal matters, and must of necessity provide in the organic law for a system whici shall give the people of New York a compact, harmonious and responsible city government, The Tam- many leaders, the Corporation rings, and the guerilla political commissions will oppose the new consti'ution, because it will effectually de- prive them of power, and hence will arise the issue to be decided at the polls in November next. Tho result is not doubtful. It will end in the entire and final overtirow of the corrupt combinations that have brought us into our present condition of anarchy, and in the com- plete reconstruction of the city government. The Flood Tide of Immigration. The treasures of Europe are daily enriching the great republic. Ship loads of emigrants from the Old World are seeking in the New World all the great advantages which our institutions and our great natural resources confer upon willing hands. From Germany three steamers, carrying from six to nine hundred persons, leave fatherland daily for the United States, while the tide is so strong that even this vast outlet is not sufficient, and through Havre, London and Liverpool the German people load the packet ships bound for New York, Ireland, tired of the despotic heel of England, threatens to emigrate en masse ; from Cork three steamers, averaging eight hundred passengers each, leave every two days, and even then leave from five to six thousand people awaiting transportation. From London- derry we have one sieamer and one sailing ship load of immigrants weekly. Europe is making an exodus to America, and the echo goes back, Welcome! there is room and to spare! One great reason for the immense German tide flowing wesiward is the dread of coming warfare, They are not a fighting people by nature, and prefer to carry forty rounds of lager beer rather than forty rounds of car- tridges. This rapid depopulation of the Ger- man States is weakening Prussia very sensibly, and when her great rival, France, scarcely loses a man Prussia loses aregimont. So vital a point is this with Prussia that a few weeks since she stopped one of the regular steamers and took off all their emigrants subject to the rigid military laws of the empire. This, how- ever, did not stay the tide. Despite our late war, the national debt, the barriors placed in the way of those who wish to leave European countries, and the deriding of republicanism by monarchiste, “the cry is still they come!” It is our quiet way of revo- when they write to have left behind them, has already rotten fabric of monarchism snd oven threatens te avertannle it Political Cam Encouraged, perhaps, by the examples of what has resulted in Southern cities from the missionary labors of Senator Wilson and Judge Kelley, Greeley and Company are organizing a republican invasion of the South on a grand scale. They make a fervid appeal for men and money—and all for what? It is hard to see. Greeley, the head and front of the whole fury, has just certified in Richmond that no wrong has been done—that Davis is quite a harmless, inoffensive fellow, and not a traitor, and, con- sequently, that the South was in the right all the time and fully justifiable in its acts, Why convert it, then? Why argue it cut of princi- ples that are correct? Are not the republican leaders a little inconsistent and absurd and ridiculous in this proposed onslaught against principles they can find no fault with? If Greeley and Company can stand bail for the mar whom they have for years denounced as the greatest of all reprobates, the most atro- cious of all traitors, their admirers must natu- rally suppose that those denunciations were all buncombe—mere theatrical phrases, uttered for effect on the Northern public. How can it be supposed that there is any more sincerity now in the expressed desire to further the cepub- lican cause in the South, especially as it can- not be thought necessary to change the views of men who already hobnob so nicely with the philosopher and his followers ? But republicans have, of course, the right to go and indulge in free speech, and all that, to any extremity. Wilson had the right ; and Kelley had even the right to say the violent things he did—only we may question whether it was good taste or even good judgment. We may well doubt, indeed, whether the republi- can party and orators, in their anxiety to fur- ther radical principles in the South, are not taking the very steps most likely to defeat their purpose. If the South were left to its own thoughis we should find that the ideas it associated with democracy were suspicion, hate and fear of such a party.. Throughout the Southern States the democratic party is held in @ great degree responsible for the war and its horrors. In that party the South sees the poli- ticians and principles by which it was deceived and led to the aggressive policy and acts that put the radical agitators in the position of .the defenders of the nation, and armed them with the power of the nation, to strike down all op- ponents. Hence the South feels that it has had enough of democracy for a generation or two, and, turning with disgust from the old idols, is ready to fall into any new political creed that promises peace and quiet. The events of the war destroyed the democratic supremacy in the South, and, acting wisely, the only oppo- nents of the democracy might have reaped the benefit. But the radical orators in the South are now the active influence in preventing such a result. They are reviving the hopes of the people for the party that promises escape from the evils that loom in the train of radical domination. Radical threats of confiscation, and appeals to the negro—to bad passions and violent crimes—are already forcing the people to be- dieve that any other party must be better and safer for them than the republican party. The present state of parties in Virginia is signifi- cant. Already the blacks have taken an ex- treme position around the more violent radical leaders—a position that will render it impos- sible for the white voters there to join them, and will, consequently, drive these white voters into the arms of any opposition. Mr. Botts, who favors such action as will render it pos- sible for whites and blacks to act together as Union men and republicans, is denounced by the negroes as the enemy of republicanism, This is the legitimate result of the recent radical campaigning, and this will go much further. Tt will force all men in the South who are not in favor of the policy of the extravagant few to oppose the republican party; and by this means the republican orators in the South to- day are building up the democratic party far more efficiently than the democrats themselves could do it. The Straggle for in Mexico. The rout of Marquez by the liberal General Diaz, graphically described in our correspond- ence of yesterday, was complete. The imperial commander, with but fifty horsemen, galloped into Mexico, having shamefully deserted his command. Out of one thousand Austrians and Belgians but four hundred escaped. Prince Kevenbiiller, whom Maximilian has himself characterized, in his intercepted correspond- ence, as one of the very few of his officers whom he could trust, feil in the conflict. The capital was in a panic; even Maximilian’s father confessor, Fischer, came back in de- spair, after an interview with Diaz, whose reply to the ladies whe begged the lives of the prin- cipal imperial leaders had been, “No quarter!” Diaz, now closely besieging Mexico with about twelve thousand men, has evidently received the same instructions from the liberal War De- pariment that have been given to all the lib- eral generals—that is, to make no terms, but to fight until one party or the other be ground to powder, it being the intention to finish with the empire, the Church party and the desperate and unprincipled retrograde leaders all at the same time, The Mexican panacea for all ilis is, like that of Doctor Sangrado, “bleeding and warm water.” The 20th of April was the day fixed for the bombardment or surrender of the city. It is probable that the desperate imperialists will still hold out and bleed Mexico to the last man and the last dollar. Marquez, so highly esteemed by Maximilian, has long lived by plunder, and will not neglect this, his last chance. His defence, however, cannot last long, for the Austrian officers, disgusted at his late cowardice, have twice tendered their resig- nations, and the troops sent to reconnoitre fre- quently desert to the enemy. ., The empire stands many a sturdy blow in this last struggle. French occupation for four years has infused a little desperate energy into the retrograde party ; but it is the energy of a forlorn hope, and can last but a few weeks longer. It must not be supposed, however, that the imperialists are exhibiting good gen- eralship. The blunder committed by Maxi- milian in shutting himself up in Querétaro is more than compensated by the daily blunders of Escobedo, who, with thirty thousand brave troops, is besieging him and contributing to the prolongation of the siege. It would bes great loss to Maximilian to have General Eaco- bedo removed. General Dias, after taking the clty of Mexico, may find it necessary to march bis army northward aad take Querétaro. At Vora Crus, the lbernia, ag well aa tha tho ‘. sieged, are finding it very difficult to procure supplies, and their troops are showing some in- subordination, objecting to serve in a climate to which they are unaccustomed, and which has such a deadly effect in their ranks, Vera Cruz will, however, fall with the capiial and with Querétaro. ‘What Abeut the New Post Office. ° There isa very curious pause in the pro- ceedings of the parties interested in the new Post Office job. The whole business appearsto have come suddenly to a standstill, and we hear nothing at all about it, What is the meaning ofthis? Is there any misunderstanding between the Mayor and the Common Council and the Post Office Commissioners? Is there a hitch in the Ann street widening job, or any of the other jobs that were to be hinged upon the sale of the Post Office site for one-sixth of its appraised value? It is generally understood that the wholfthing was to be an opening wedge for the Corporation “ring” to open Ann street and other streets, and to make large profits out of the work. But where is the block to the nice little game? Something is wrong, evidently, J y and the people would like to know what it is. They do not want to see any of these jobs car- ried out. They are already taxed heavily enough, and at present they are not seriously inconvenienced by the crowding of Broadway. The completion of the Heratp building opens the sidewalk between the Park and Fulton street, and the Fulton street bridge takes off a ‘ great deal of the crowding and jostling of foot passengers at that well thronged crossing. There is no necessity, therefore, to widen Ann street or any other street at present. Business men who reside at Fort Washington or Harlem do not wish to wake up some morning and find themselves heavily assessed for a street opening job as corrupt and profligate as the notorious Church street swindle. The people will, there- fore, be well pleased if there bappens to be a falling out between the new Post Office and street opening jobbers and robbers, which will, in accordance with the old proverb, inure to the benefit of honest men., Austrian Concessions to the Hungarian Pro- testants. , After generations of blind and unreasoning tyranny the Austrian government is begin- ‘ ning to admit that there are certain necessities brought about by the progress of the age to which it is dangerous to be wholly indifferent. The events of the last twelve months have done not a little to open the eyes of the intractabla Hapsburgs, and to convince them that whatever stands in the way of the car of progress must inevitably perish. Hungary, os is most just, is receiving some of the benefits of this change of sentiment, Sbe has obtained a constitution of her own. Francis Joseph has consented to be crowned her king. That nothing may be wanting to make the coming coronation a com- plete success, tardy justice, as we learned from one of yesterday’s cable despatches, is being meted out to the Protestant population, who have suffered severely since the suppression of the insurrection of 1858-9. What the concessions are our telegram does not inform us. This much, however, is evi- dent: that the Austrian government is con- vinced that in this age of public opinion liberty of the subject, e~pecially im matters of religious belief, is a something as sacred as the divine right of kings. It is strange that Europe will not learn the lesson which the United States have for three-quarters of a cen- | tury been 30 emphatically teaching—that in the domain of conscience governments have no right to interfere. How religion flourishes here without the assistance of the magistrate’s purse, or the protection of the magistrate’s | sword, has been made manifest to the world | by the anniversary meetings lately held in this city. In spite of the wretched weather these meetings, we are glad to see, have been singularly successful. Why such gatherings should not bave been blessed with more pro-’ pitious weather it is hard to understand. So long aa the clerk of the weather remained under the mystic influence of the Heratp mat- ters were well enough, but when he went over to our radical neighbor there was a perfect elemental war. Meanwhile, we take pleasure in noting the success of Christian enterprise and the progress of liberal sentiment. The Religious Anniversaries. The result of the efforts of the different reli- gious associations which held their annual meetings last week in this city cannot but be gratifying to every one interested in the growth of the missionary spirit among the American / people and the progress of Christianity through- out the world. In another part of this day’s - Heratp we publish a table showing the re- ceipts and expenditures of the years 1865-6 and 1866-7. In every instance the sums are large. With one or two exceptions the receipts for 1866-7 exceed those of 1865-6, showing that the religious societies, like everything else in the community, are reviving from the effects of the late civil war. The expenditure , has been pretty fuirly proportioned to the re- ceipts. In one or two instances we observe the treasury is worse than empty. Good reasons could doubtless be given for this, It is some- times necessary to labor in faith. Where agen- cies exist and ‘must be paid, a slight excess of expenditure is not to be set down to the blame of the managers. Altogether, however, the re- ports are encouraging, and warrant the senti-, + ments we have again and again expressed, « that the voluntary system is the only system compatible with the genius of Christianity. THE JAPANESE. ‘The matinée and evening performances of Maguire & Risley’s imperial troupe of Japanese at the Academy oj ; ‘Music yesterday were crowded as usual, The matinée especially was anfunexpected sight to the habitués of the before deserted Academy, Professor Risley had much difficulty for four years in persuading the jealous gov- ernment of Japan to consent to the temporary expatria- tion of its subjects; but he has been rewarded for hie eftorte by the uniform succesa of the troupe in America, ‘When they visit Europe they ‘will doubtless meet with similar success, and will disp the many so-called troupes of Japanese that flock country places to the Exposition. The revolving pyramid of Japanese tubs, with All Right on the top, as happy as Diogenes im 4 his tab, and the other wonderful feats of the troupe wore received with the samo applause as greeted them on the opening might. Burlesques of the Japanese have displaced those of the naked drama at all the minstrel halt, and the Black Crook has given way before tne latest sensation, the Japanese. THE SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA. Saw Francisco, May 16, 1867, Governor Blaisdell bas appointed J. Neviy Jonnsom, ex-Governor of California, to fill dhe vacancy in the Supreme Court of Nevada, made vacaal Sv the death a Judeo Broemene '