The New York Herald Newspaper, June 4, 1867, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT FROPEIETOR. JAMES CORDON BENNETT, JR,, MANAGER. ANN STREET. BROADWAY ANY No. 155 AMUSGMbNTS THIS BYSNING, BROAMWAY THRATRS, Broxdway, gear Broome aireet.—East LYNo#, OR THR ELOPRMENT. WORRELL SIST&RS" site New York Hotol.—Tae ro. Soaae OLYMPIC THEATRE, Bowery. —Turee EW YORK THEATRE, oppo. ~-AL ADDIN, Tux WONDER dway.—Taxasurs TROVE. BOWERY THBATRE, Hasouo Hawn. Guarosmes— ACADEMY OF MUSTO, Irving place.—Tax Imreeran Teoves OF Jarantse Anriyts iy Tazin Woxperru. Feats, Fourteent Pnsrivar M. STRINWAY HAL ue —GkAND Music rae Pour-sixtm P: street and Fourth ave- ym OF PaRaisz axp SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 595 Broxdway, opposits the Metropolitan Hotel—Iv turin Eraiornan ENTERTAIN. MeWTs, SUNGING, DANOING AND BuRuasques.—ThEASUKE Teove ay Tax Goup Hunrxn: Rial Japanese Troure. 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EUROPE. ‘The nows reported by tho Atiautic cablo is dated yes- jay evening, Juno 3. Count Bismarek will, itis said, be released at his own rey1est trom the cares of State by the King of Prussia afier tho adoption of the North German constitation. Visuna is to be fortified, A party of Fenians coming from sea have boon arrested in the county Waterford, Iretand, Consols closed at 94%{, for money, in London. Fivo twonties were at 73 in London aud 777% in Frankfort. The Liverpool cotton inarket was active and more firm, with middling uplands as 11344, a 114d. Bread studs dail. Provisions dull THE CITY. Tho Board of Al¢ormon met yeateray and concurred {o a resolution passed by the Board of Counci!men auiborizing the sale of the improved and uno cupied property of the city. They a!so concurred with the other Boards in the resolution sug $75,000 of market stock for the erectiou of a taarket in the Eighteenth ward. The Board of Conncilmon met yesterday and trans- sotod a large amount of business. The Street Commis sioner was directed tor onclos the piece of ground a the junction of Broadway and Sixth avenue, upon whichit ts designed to erect a bronze statue of Fulton and Morse whon a sufficient amount is subscribed to warrant the commencement of tho work. Several resolutions Tespecting the obstruction of streets by city rail road companies were prosonted and referred. The Street Commissioner was directed to have railroad tracks removed which are now being laid in Jay, Hud- son anf Staple stroota A plan was presented to re- number the streets and avenues of the city uniformly, which was referred to tlio appropriate committee. The clerk of the Common Council was instructed to pur- chase a file of the Hxnato for (he last twenty-five years, to be deposited in the city library, The Board will meet this morning at eleven o'clock Two vessels arrived at Quarantine yostenfay with smattpox or variolod on board, The passengers who ‘worse well were vaccinsied The sick ones were re- movod and the vessels ordered into quarantine until the traces of disease have disappeared, A tecture was delivered Inst eveni the Cooper Institute, by Dr, R. H Gilbert, on “ Atmospheric Rail- roads and the Pneumatic Despateh.”” Seven tobacco factories have recently been seized in this neighborhood for allered fraud on the part of ownors in rendering false returns of manufactured to- dacco. Certain government officials are supposed to bave been implicated in these transactions, which in- Volve soveral thousands of dollars, There wore 303 deaths ja this city last week and 157 in Brooklyn, Ao action was brought in the Superior Court yoster- day, by N. M. Schafer, against James M. Guest, late manager at Wood's theatra, to recover tho sum of $271, he vaine of some furniture which had been used by two actresses who had boarded with defendant, and who, upon leaving, had sold the property to plainti™ The court directed the jury to Gnd a verdict for the plaintitl. The Bogart divorce case resumed yesterday in the Court of Common Pieas, whea the plaintiff's coun- se! gave notice of a discontinuance of the suit on plain- tyf's behalf. The defonce then procoeded with their tostimony, and thefcaso will be sutnmed up to-day. The June term of the General Sessions commenced yesterday, Recorder Hackett presiding. The Grand Jury were empanciied and entored upon the discharge of their duties, John Riley, who was tried on a charge of stealing a valise from the steamer Thomas P. Way. was sentenced to the State Prison for five years. The stock market was firm yesterday, and prices advanced. Gold was firm and closed at 137. The amount of business consummated in commercial circles yesterday was exceedingly light, and the marko's generally were greatly depressed and lower, Bread- stults particnlarly were decidedly lower, Stati « the extent of 25¢, a 500, Wheat was dull, the large dis. crepancy between the views of buyers and sellers re- Stricting sales Corn opened firm, but closed heavy at a decline of 2¢ a8, Oats ruled firmer under a fair domand. Pork was dull and easter, while beef re- mained stoady, and lard dull and heavy. Freights and whiskey were unchanged, Cotton was firm, with a moderate demand, Coffee ruled steady, Naval Stores and petroleum were in light demand at unchanged Prices The offerings being limited to about 1,400 head, the markot for beef cattle assumed a firmer tone at the open- ing, aod an advance of 0. alc, per pound was readily established. But subsequently, under a limited demand from butchers and an anxiety o1 part of sellers to re- the market ruled beavy, closing at about an aver- \avance of Wc. per pound, at whic! the baik sales were consummated, Extras commanded 20¢,, prime, 10e, @ 19%¢.; first quality, 18\¢. a 18\c fair to good, 1740. & 180,, and inferior to ordinary, 160, alte. Milch cows continued dull, though prices re mained steady, ranging at from $45 to $150, the latter an outside price, Veal calves, in view of a fair demand and the moderate receipts, further advanced, extras selling at 18¢. «1836; prime, 126 a 1240; first qual. ity, 1086. a 113j¢, and Inferior to como’ Shoep and lamba, despite the limited arrival ’ moderately active, and prices wore about Xr. per Ib lower, Extras sold at 8¢, a 83g0., generally at the inside price, prime 7)s¢, and other kinds at from i. Hight hundred sheep wore received at Chamberiain's yard, ia Robinson street, yesterday morning, and all cold, mostly at To, @ 8c, Lambs were quoted $4 50 4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY JUNE 4, 1867.—-TRIPLE SHEET. was decidedly improved wpon, At the Fortieth street yards twenty-four car loads were on sale yesterday morning, and were all disposed of bofore noon at 6340. 0 6X0. for fair te heavy prime corn fed, and 60, a 640. for common and rough, The total receipis were 5,381 beeves, 84 mileh cows, 1,737 veal caives, 11,803 sheep end lambs aad 21,065 swine. MISCELLANEOUS. : Lotters received in Galveston from Querétaro state that Maximilian and all bis officers urrendered their swords to Escobedo in person. On the night of the 15th the imperial captive was takon ill with dysentry, and was attended by Escobedo’s own physician. He had recovered, however, and was expected at San Lula. A despatch says that probably he is at this momeut across the Rio Grando on bis way to Austria, The news by way of Havana confirms tho news published in the Heratp on Saturday regard- ing the shooting of General O’Horan in the city of Moxico by Marquoz for treachery and collusion with the Uberals, The siege of Vora Cruz was progressing stead- ily, the Uberal commander being avorse to injur- ing the town any more than is necessary. A protest of prominent citizens of Chihuahua against lentency to Maximilian is published. It denies the right of the United States to have any voice in the matter, and warns Juarez tbat he is bound by his former proclama- tiens to execute Maximilian and his genorals, Romero, the Moxican Minister at Washington, in a letter jast published, says that if Marimilien is permitted to return to Europe he will be continual menace against the peace of Moxico. He does not favor the execution of the unfortunate prince, but believes that his power to do Mexico further mischief should bo utterly destroyed. He furthor says that he intends to write, at some future time, a history of his sojourn ia the United States during the war, Onr correspondent on board the United States steamer Ocoola, at Aspinwall, writes, under date of May 20, and gives further interest) facts concsrning the R R, Cuyler, Ten New York soamen, who had suipped on the Cuylor for Aspinwall, were takon off her at Santa Martha, and from one of them some very curious facts concerning the Cuylor were gleaned, He says that her officers were shipped from Now York a3 passengers, and Assumed their rank at sea On the Sth of March a brig was run down and left in a demol- ished and siuking condition, without any attempt on the part of the Cuyler, to give her assistance. At Santa Martha the decks wore cleared for action and the guns run out with the intention of bombarding the town unless a Colombian officer in custody there was reloased. He was released in consequence of the threat and sent aboard, and the Guyler set sail, with tho Colombian flag flying, for Carthagena, Captaia Foster, of the Osceola, took these men and several others under his protection, the Spanish Adm iral at Carthagena saying that he must fight before he could got tho ship, He is now awnitiog an investigation of the affair by the government at home, Our Santiago Chile correspondence {is dated May 1. The correspondence with the United States relative to the mediation proposed betwoon the allied republics and Spain has been published in the official journals there. The answer of Chile embodies domands which render it altogether improbable that the mediation will ever take piace. Considerable ill feeling was being exhibited be- tween Chile and Peru owing to complications regarding the naval expenditures and operations of the two repub- lics, The Chilean Congress was to havo met on the 1st of June, The reply of the Paraguayan government to the propo- sition for mediation on the part of the United Staves in the war now pending between that country and the Bra- zilian alliance hag been received in Washington, and is published in the Hrnaxp this morning. The Impeachment Committeo adjourned yesterday until tho 20th of Juno, the question of impeachment being loet by a vote of four to five, and a resolution of censure against the President being adopted. It cen- sures the President for being guilty of acts which merit the condemnation of the people. President Johnson and his party left Richmond and arrived in Raleigh yesterday. At Petersburg and Ream’s Station he was met and welcomed by prominent citizens, but declined making any specch further than to express his thanks. .At Weldon the party was met by the North Carolina State officials, when Mr. Johnson made a somewhat more extended address of thanks for @ hearty welcome to his native State, Secretary Seward and Mr. Randall followed. At Raleigh the party was met by the Mayor im another address of welcome, and conducted to the hotel by the military, under command of Genera! Sickles. The President was introduced from the balcony of the hotel to the people beneath by Governor Worth, and responded to the loud applause in a speech of consider- able length, in which be touched but slightly on political matters, He was then presented to several citizens, and the ceremonies of the occasion concluded with a dinner. ‘The laying of the monumental coruer stone takes place to-day. Gencral Sher dan yesterday issued an order removing Governor Wolls, of Louisiana, from office and appoint- ing Thomas J, Durant in his stead. Home time ago the Geveral deposed two rival Boards of levee commis. sioners, one of which had been appointed by Governor Wells and the other by # secession Legislature, and the Governor bas since mavouvred in such @ manner as to obtain from the President and Secretary of War an order requiring Goneral Sheridan to withhold the execution of his order regarding the commissioners. On the strength of this interference with the workings of the reconstruction Iaw, the instructions having reached him yesterday, General Sheridan immediately issued his order removing the Governor. General Pope bas issued a long general order announc- ing his reasons for removing the municipal authorities of Mobile, and explaining the position which civil offi- cers occupy in bis district under the recent laws He has also revoked the recent order of the post command- ant at Mobile suppressing @ radical pewspaper. Joff Davis is at present, in company with James Mason, of Mason and Slidell notoriety, on his way to Montreal, where, it is presumed, he will finally locate, He arrived in Yoronto iast night to atsend the wedding of one of his American friends. All the negro population of Washington entitled to vote is supposed to have voted yesterday. They rose at two in the morning, and were so assiduous in perform. ing the duties imposed upon them by suffrage that they mostly remained about the polis all day. The whites were unable to poll a full vote in consequence, Several netances are known where jes took their places in line at the opening of the polls in the morning and were barely in time to deposit their ballots at the close. ‘The rosult of the election was probably a complete republican triumph. Dates from Denver City state that the Indians intended making @ general combined attack all along the Piatte early in June, Judge Kinney, the Commissioner, and his party were attacked at Bridger's Ferry on the 15th of May, but the attacking party withdrew with the lose of one man, Governor Hunt, of Colorado, hae asked per- mission of the Secretary of War to organize mounted volunteers for Indian service, ernor Meagher has done, Ne answer from the secretary hag yet been re- coived. An elopement occurred on Friday from Poughkeepsie, the parties being Robert Hencershott, formerly known ag the “Drummer Boy of the Rappabynuock,” and Mies Alice Blanchard, daugbter of a prominent merebant of that town, Al Inst accounts a marriage certificate and & revenue stamp bad made matters all right; but the young couple were still absent from the bride's paternal roof. Judge Frazier, of Tennessee, who har been on trial before the Senate of that State for some time, was yee- terday found guilty, removed from office and forever disqualified from again holding offce under the State government A despatch states that the people of Wimington, N C., are depreseea because the military persist iu arrest ing people who chot deserters and commitied ciher crimes during the war and since. An election neid in Maine yesterday on the pro- posed amendment to the liquor law, increasing ibe lation. The reports so far show a decided ot of the increage. ‘The Constitutional Convention assembier in Albany to- day. A fire im Petroleum Centre yerierday destroved twenty-nine bu States Hote thousand dollars, It ts stated that reconstruction in Virginia alone will | cost half a milion do One death from Asiatic cholera was reported io Jeffir- | son City, La, on Monday of last week Our Southern letters this morning recount various olving & loss of between forty aud sixty $7 50 per head, amd tic. to 140. per ib, The beavy arri- vals continued to depross the hog market, aod a decline of %o. & le, per Ib, was conceded, which induced buvérd to operate, The average ounlite of the offerings matters of interest from Virginia, Georgia and Louisiana, The yaobt America is at Annapolis, Md, The chess contest in Philadelphia Ye beew decided in ; favor of the New Yorker dines, among which was the Unired | Cer eee ee ee ee eee eee a ee ee eee ne EE The Now State Constitution~The Work Be- | fall by repudiating every political party and | Expansion of the United States—Moxican fore the Convention. The Convention that meets in Albany to-day has before it the gave and responsible duty of framing the organic law upon which the gov- ernment of New York is to bo based for the next twenty yoars. The progroas and pros perity of the leading State in the Union, with its four millions of inhabitants, depend in a great degree upon the action of the citi- zens delegated to represent the people in this important body. It has long been conceded that the present constitution, which has been in existence since 1846, is inadequate to the wants of the State, and a majority of one hun- dred thousand voters have deolded that it shall be revised and amended. Its most glar- ing faults are clearly defined. Under ite lax provisions corrupiion has become common in the State Legislature, in corporations, and in almost all public bodies; and the law is powerless to check or punish it, The executive branch of the State government is inharmo- nious, weak and inefficient; municipal inde- pendence is blotted out; the people of the metropolis are deprived of the control of their political affairs ; there ia no responsibility to the electors on the part of any of the principal authorities ; the taxes are increased at the will of venal Corporation and a sot of guerilla commissions, and the whole oity is in a condi- tion of anarchy. The usurpation inaugurated here is steadily advancing and spreading into other cities of the State. The judicial sysiem has proved so complete a failure that the peo- ple are shut out from the courts and practically denied justice. The whole of these ovils may be traced directly to the policy of “decentralization” originating with the Herkimer county politi- cians who, twenty years ago, controlled the democratic organization and forced the adop- tion of their peculiar views upon tho Constitu- tional Convention of 1846. Under tho mistaken idea that a system that worked well in a little central county must be applicable tos great State, they provided for the election of every officer, from the highest to the most insignificant in the government; stripped the executive had of nearly all his power, and threw the judges into the dirty pool of party politics, there to scramble for their positions on the bench. By this policy, which they urged under the spe- cious ery of giving power to the people, they in tact deprived the people of power, by scat- tering the responsibility of public officers and rendering it impossible for the electors to reach unfaithful officials, or, at best, to do more than correct bad government by piece- meal. They affected the character of strict con- structionis's and public economists; but their work was of so bungling a desoription that for twenty years it has given the broadest license to extravagance and corruption in every de- partment of the government, in counties and municipalities, as well as in the State, So far as the judicial system ie concerned, the democratic organs have put on record a distinct indictment against it. They have de- clared that the judges elected by the people are mere political partisans, and have cited decisions of our bighest courts in support of the assertion. Every person who knows any- thing of the subject agrees that the courts are at present mare mockeries of justice seats, and that to leave them without some reform would be to practically shut the people out from legal redress for their wrongs or legal enforeement of their rights. Lawyers and othera have sug- gested improvements, some in a decrease and some in an increase in the number of the judges, others in the jurisdiction of the courts, and others in the limitation of appeals or a multiplication of appellate tribunals. There are, no doubt, many practical methods of reliev- ing the choke? calendars and keeping them clearer hereafter; but no reform of the jadiciary will be complete that does not wipe out the elective system and the short terms originated by the fossils of 1846, and provide for the ap- pointment of all judicial officers during good behavior or until reaching a stipulated age. By no other means can the State secure a fearless and independent judiciary, and by no other means can the evils under which we now suffer be permanently removed, however effectually they may be temporarily suspended. The Convention has a plain course and brief work before it, if the delegates will lay aside all personal and political considerations and determine upon submitting to the popular vote a constitution honestly framed for the public good. There are but a few subjects upon which they are requiied to touch to accomplish a thorough reform in the organic law, and the principles that underlie them are already well understood by the people. The ballot must be given to all men alike, irrespective of color. We have forced negro suffrage upon the South ; it would be inconsistent and cowardly to deny negroes the right of suffrage in our own State. The Governor of the State must be made the executive%in fact as well asin name; he must have the power of appointing all his subordi- nate departmental officers, in co-operation wilh the Senate, and thus be held directly responsi- ble to the people for the efficient, honest and economical government of the whole State, The judges must be appointed for life, during good behavior, or until attaining « stipulated age, and must be placed above political influ- ences and rendered wholly independent of parties. To municipalities and all political divisions the right of local self-government must be assared ; and in cities, as in the State, the chief executive must have full power to appoint all subordinate departmental heads, and be held directly responsible to the people for the efficient, honest and eco- nomical government of the whole city. The power of the Legislature must be restricted to the passage of general laws. As far as possi- ble all special legislation must be prohibited. As the great sources of legislative corruption are to be traced to the measures relating to corporations and special charters, this will effectually purify that branch of the govern- ment and destroy the disgraceful business of ibe lobby. We believe the people desire theee great re- forms. With the radical change they would effec the underlying principle of the organic law, all minor improvements in the government | would follow. There are probably enough in- dependent, sensible men elected to the Con- vention to accomplish the work we have marked aut, if they will determine to act for the public good and to pay no heed to the voice of the lobby or the bebests of party. If they neglect to do so the people will take the matter into their own hands and effectually re- | consiruct the State and civ of New York next every man who has stood in the way of consti- tutional reform. A Revolution in Colombia. Our correspondence from the northern States of South America is very interesting. It ap- pears that Mosquera and his Ministers, on one side, and the Congress, on the other, have, after ® long quarrel, come to open warfare, and Mosquera has proclaimed himself Dictator, in ® proclamation issued on the 30th of April. Before this time the province of Magdalena, near the Isthmus of Darien, was in rebellion against the government and in the hands of the opponents of Mosquera, who had organized an expedition against them. It appears that the case of the R, R. Cuyler, alias the “Rayo,” has given a pretext for the revolution. Mosquera now claims her as personal property. This, however, is simply a pretext; for he has for somo time contemplated his present move, having gone over entirely to the Church or reaction- ary party, of which he was formerly a bitter opponent. It is not doubted, however, that ono of his greatest incentives is to obtain posses- sion, as Dictator, of the Isthmus of-Panama,, which, it appears, on. account of the Panama Railroad, has caused a very lively time in the legislative halls of Colombia. Two rival oom- mercial nationalities, |ke England and the United States, bidding against oach other for a couple of iron rails a few miles long, has set the honest people of that country into a terri- ble commotion. American progress has in & few years manufactured for thom a jowel, the auction sale of which stands only second in the elements of a civil war of threatened magni- tude. Conld Mosquera gain control of the Isthmus the Panama Railroad Company could doubtless gain control of his signature. In the meantime a better move appears to suggest itself; it is one that has long been in embryo— a declaration of tho indep ndence of the Isth- mus and a protectorate by the United States. This is undoubiedly what it must finally come to, and it threatens to be dono at once. Tho forces which Mosquera or Colombia could send to put down such a movement are not strong enough to resist such a defence as can be made there. The advantages which would accrue to tho Isthmus of Panama from outting loose from the parent Sta‘e are very numerous. Instead of furnishing the main support of a corrupt and feeble government, it might, from its position, enrich its 1f immensely, and become, in propor- tion to the exlent of its territory, one of the richest spots upon the continent. In iis pro-' sent condition it is to New Granada what Cuba is to Spain—the main finarcial reliance. The quicker it places itse!f under the Stars and Siripes the better for it and for us. We never can permit any foreign Power to control the Isthmus of Panama; and this should be the boldly enunciated policy of our government to the whole world, and especially to our great commercial rival, which is, with us, straggling for the possession of that narrowest barrier between the Old and the New World. Panama has too much control in the circle along which flow our immense commercial interesis from the Pacific coast of our territory to the Atlantic. The difficulties in Colombia are apparently tending to a complete overturning of all gov- ernment fore series of years, and the fighting out of tho problem which retrograde and liberal ideas have come in contact to solve, The result is too far ahead, and the interests which can cut loose from the turmoil had better do so at once. Correspondence Concerning the Alabama Claime. Lord Derby and Mr. Seward do not appear to be in accord asto the amount of writien material necessary to be submitted to the pro- posed arbitration. The English Premier thinks that a specific statement of the points iu the case will be sufficient; but he stated in the House of Lords that the United States govern- ment contended that the whole corres- pondence between the two governments should be submitted. We are not surprised to find that Mr. Seward should insist upon the infliction of all his voluminous documents upon the unhappy court of arbitration which may be condemned to tie penalty of read'ng them; for his weakness is the length, and not the strength, of his diplomatic correspondence. We are prepared to hear of the Svcretary of State publishing Sumner’s speech on Walrussia in the Russian and Esquimaux tongues ; but these being dead languages to us, we are not likely to suffer by them. What is to become of us, however, if the Alabama correspond- ence should be published in mother English? We pity the unfortunate court of arbitration to which it may be submitted, and we join with Lord Derby in the prayer that it may not be forced into the discussion of the question. Give us the points, and leave Mr. Seward’s platitudes out. By so doing we are likely to come to the end of the question at so me time. 1 of the Mexican People Against Mercy to Maximilian. We publish in another column a somewhat bloodthirsty protest from the citizens of Paso del Norte, on the Rio Grande, against the exten- sion of mercy to Maximilian and his fellow captives. The remonstrants claim full justice, as they term it, in retarn for Maximilian’s pro- clamation of October, 1865, ordering the slaughter of the liberals. They declare that neither the United States government nor any monarchs of Burope have any claim to ask for pardon or amnesty for “the usurper,” but that any euch réquests as may come from sister republics on the continent should be replied to respectfully. This document cannot, of course, be regarded as expressing the sentiments of more than one section of the country, and that not a very im- portant one; butit nevertheless manifests the spirit which probably prevails very largely throughout certain classes of the community. This protest may possibly be regarded as emanating from a mob spirit, which is prover- bially bloodthirsty ; and it is likely that the Mexican government will not be influenced by it any more than we are by the dictation of a mob. App Axp Sr. Axotier Syupn—Peru refuses to accept Mr. Seward’s proffered services of medi- ation in her war troubles. Strange that Mr. Seward cannot find a c'agle plam in all the Spanish-American pie. We advise him to play his strong card at this juncture—buy Patagonia, starts model rep'sblic, work northward, and teach the South ‘Americans how to govsrn themselves. a tt ey ‘Troubles—Tho St. Lawrence River. Continental expansion of the area of freedom, once scouted as the dream of vislonarios, has become a practicable possibility. Parties once opposed inch by inch every movement for the extension of our territory; but who would ven- ture such opposition now, in the changed con- ditions of sovial existence? All the argument in favor of cramping national growth—sup- porting the pent-up Utica system of develop- ment—was drawn from the history of other ages. Asiatio empires and ancient Rome sup- plied the staple of comparison. Governments with greatly extended territories were “ giants without bones ;” their doficient vitality, the rogult of their size, involved their easy dismem- berment in times of trouble. Doubtless all this was onoe trae, and its truth depended upon the fact of imperfect communication between the parts of an empirs, An Emporor of Rome might have been dead and his successor named for 9 year before the news had penetrated into the remoter States subject to Roman rule; but when the vote for President is cast over the whole aren of the United Stata the result is known at New York with'n a day. This would bo the amo if the area of the republic were twenty times greater than it ig. The telegraph, that wonderful nervous system of nations, puts all he partsin close and constant relation, com- pacts the vas! mass into unity of sensation and thought, and mak+s a great empire subject to the same laws of life that hitherto governed small ones. Ruilroads and steamboats are its adjuncts, and together these characteristic powers of tho age have dest:oyed all argument against extended empire. Is it not, then, for the obvious advantage of the human rac? and the world’s prozress that the bestexample of government on a continent should bo extend:d to all the peoples it con- tains? Hero is Moxico, still in the butchery and throat cutting, of quarrels that hardly pre- tend to @ purpose, Spaniard and Indian commingled, tho worst compound of history is daily proving itself in Mexico and some other places an imoracticable mixture for develop- mont in civilized life, and exhibiting its ten- dencies to barbarism. Would it not be in all respocts an advantage for the United States to occupy at once this beaulifal country that tends to become an uninhabited waste by the mutual murderings of its parties and people? Should we not extend in that direction the benefits of the order, civilization and energy that have made us the most prosper- ous people on the earth, and thus open new and splendid channels for the vast Enropcan emigration that still pours in upon us and forces the extension of our frontier: whether we willorno? What advantage was it to the world or humanity that we frowned away a Europ2an attempt to establish order, if we are not ready to supply an adequate aub- stitute? On our northern borJer we are con- fronted by an attempt to build up one more government on a system that even in Europe only lives by the inability of the people to take mutual action agains! it. It will fill by its own weizht soon enough, and its people will fall into our arms; but in the meantime must not permit itto become a nuisance the agitation of such a small point of hostility as lies in the question of the navigation of the St Lawrence river. The way to prevent this is by buying or taking, on the large law of national necessity, all the country between the Maine boundary and the ocean that lies to the south of the St. Lawrence river. Every inch of the continent gravitaies toward the Stars and Stripes; but our convenience, on one hand, and common bumanity on the other, require that in the cases of Mexico ani the St. Lawrence country we should take action to hasten the operation of the natural law. A Moxican General Pays his Respects to Secreta ry Seward. General Sturm, who is said to be « Mexican officer and an agent of the Juarez government, was complimented with a serenade on Satur- day last at his residence on Staten Island. We do not know General Sturm, and might have mistaken him for one of Bismarck’s genorals, or for a solid envoy from Holland, but for the speech which he delivered in reply to his sere- naders. His remarks in relation to the Ameri- can Secretary of State were of a very curious and peculiar character. He charged that Mr. Soward had always acted against the liberals in the Cabinet, while General Grant had firmly stood up as their friend, and be insinuated that the fact of a near relative of the Secre- tary of State having secured an interest in a valuable imperial grant for an express company in Mexico gave “moral support to Maximilian and moral sup- port against the republic.” The American people will not believe that a Cabinet minister of the United States would allow himself to be influenced in any degree, directly or in- directly, by any express job, or any other job, in his official action. The characier of our public officers at Washington has been too high to admit of the suspicion. Such charges or insinuations do not come with a good grace from Mexicans, who were but a short time ago begging the “ moral” assistance of the United States for their apparently forlorn cause, and who are indebted to our government for their present success. If they begin thus early to bespatter our national officers with mud, how long will it be before they buckle on their long spurs, twirl their terrible mustaches and declare war against the government of the United States? A Late sur Userct Lasson.—We congrata- late President Johnson on the good judg- ment he has displayed thus far on his Southern trip. His speech at Fredericks- burg was perfect—“ Gentlemen, I thank you most heartily for this manifestation of your respect.” He equalled this at Richmond, where “he made none bat monosyllabic replies” to the committees that waited upon him. Let him persevere in this course, and he will beat Wilson, Kelley, Greeley and the whole host of radical missionaries out of sight Ayornen Syvpptna.—Secretary Seward has again placed us in a position to be eubbed by the petty South American republics. This time we are rapped on the knuckles by Chile. When shall we learn wisdom? Certainly not until we have » Secretary of State who undér- stands something of Spanish America and the people. Mr. Seward had better confine himself | tte ony basines in which be hae ver teen emocessful—that of a real estate broker. The Washington Charter Electiou. The chartwr election in Wi took place and resctlted “in the return of the whole republicat ticket yesterday. The negroes appeared to have appreciated fully the value of their franchise, as thoy assembled at the polls at an early hour. A good deal of inconvenience was felt by the white voters in getting in their votes, owing to the ignorance of many of the colored citizens of the routine of election business. In some pre- cincts the whites were almost excluded. The leading colored mon assembled thelr brethren at daylight by the blowing of tin horns and other noisy admonitions that the hour was arriving when they could enjoy the privilege of casting a vote for the first time. No disorder or rioting prevailed, however, and everything passed off peaceably. Congregation ef Sovereigus in Europe—What fs to Como Out of Itt In 1815 Paris presented a sight such as has been rarely seen in the history of the world. A great battle had been fought—a batile in which an empire and a dynasty were staked, and France was unsuccessful. The empire perished, the dynasty was exiled, and Paria, the pride of France, was occupied by well nigh a million of strangers. The allied armies, headed by their respective generals, and also by their respective sovereigns, held possession of the French capital, and dictated, not unjustly, but somewhat severely, the terms on which alone peace was to be secured. It was a sorrowful day for France, for Paris, for the family of Napoleon, and for many other families besides—a day strangely mixed with joy and sorrow, with relief and depression of spirits, and which will not and oannot be soon for- gotten. Fitty-two years have since elapsed, and now, in 1867, Paris witnesses and endures another “occupation.” The representatives of tho allied sovereigns are there, and other sovereigns .from the East and from the South, as well as from the West and from the North, not then represented. This time, however, the circumstances are allo- gether changed. The dynasty they then restored is again in exile, and the dynasty they dethroned and exiled is again in power. The Parisians, then clothed with sackcloth and sitting in dust and ashes, are now full of life and spirit, and clothed with their holiday attire; and Paris, having adorned herself with new beauties, shines with greater splendor and attractiveness than ever. Then they came as conquerors and the sworn foes of Napo- leon; now they come as friends, to be the guests of Napoleon’s nephew. Such and so strange are tho vicissitudes of fortune! Well, indeed, may the crowned heads reflect, as they gather around the Emperor’s board, on the vanity of human things. This congregation of the princes and rulers of Europe is interesting for other reasons than for the contrast which it presents to a former period. It indicates that great success has been achieved. It does more—it promises to be fruitful of great and lasting results. It will be strange if Napoleon is not now fully and formally admitted into the dynastic family of Europe. If he has been waiting for some such event, as we have reason to believe he has, we can discover no reason why his coronation should be longer deferred. Fuller recognition than he is now receiving from his royal brothers and sisters is impossible. He may, therefore, with good grace, and without dread- ing the insinuation that he has forced himself into unwilling company, put on the imperial crown. The hand of the Holy Father alone is requisite to complete the work. An imperial coronation, unless we greatly mistake, will give France a holiday ere many months roll past. Another result of this congress of sovereigns is the all but certain settlement of the affairs of the East. On this difficult and long vexed question the different governments are evidently getting more and more into unison. Nothing more is necessary to secure a temporary arrangement. We have no hope that the settle- ment will be final. We are satisficd, however, that difficulties will be got over, that peace will be secured for the present, and the burial of the “sick man” not unduly hastened. Well laid schemes are sometimes defeated, and, not- withstanding the hopeful appearances of the present, we must stifl be allowed to doubt whether the various States of Europe, arm-d to the teeth and ready for conflict at a mo- ment’s notice, will so easily settle down into a condition of permanent repose, ° The Progress of Crime. It may be that the increase of population, and especially the publicity which the ubiqui- tous newspaper gives to crime, slould be taken into account when we are startled by daily dis- closures of its prevalence in our midst. But it certainly seems to have made alarming pro- gress in almost every path of villany within a short time past. Criminals have been largely recruited of late, even from the ranks of pro- fessed teachers of morality and religion. A single newspaper cites the names of no leas than seven of these wolves in sheep’s clothing, whose bestialities have been detected within the last few weeks in Massachusetts, in Ver- mont, in New York, in insylvania, in Mis- souri and in Ilinois. In the latter State, in Chicago, one of these clerical seamps had the brass to invite those of his flock who deemed the charges against him incredible—and, strange to say, not a few of bis adherents were women—to meet him in St. Boniface’s chureb, of which he was pastor until suspended by Rev. Father Fischer, V. G., and listen to a fare- well barangua But the keys had been taken away from him, and the fallen priest and the women were reduced to the singular expedient of adjourning to the nearest lager beer saloon, where the clerical career of the reverend gentleman, in Chicago, closed amid the clashing of beer glasses. Another parson, who beat a three-year-old hoy to death be- canse the babe would not say its prayers, has just had a second trial, which has re- sulted in his being let off on paying a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars. If it costs only two hundred and fifty dollars to murder @ child three years of age, we can easily form ® tale of the rates at which the marder of adults would be fixed by the court that decided the case. As murder appesrs to be the favor ite shape which ¢rime assumes at the present day, it would be convenient for the murder- ously disposed to have a regular tariff estab- Yished. A very old and quite obsolete authority declares that “the wages of sin is death.” Exceptions.) cases, of course, must ogeur where ingnity is obviously the