The New York Herald Newspaper, June 30, 1867, Page 5

6 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. JAMES CORDON BENNETT, JR, NAGER. BROADWAY AND ANN STRERT. ‘All business or news letters and telegraphic despatches must be addressed Naw Yore Hurap. Lotters wad packages should be properly soaled, Rejected communications will mot be returned. Ne. 181 AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW BVENING. BROADWAY THSATRE, street,—Ouiver Twist. WORRBLL SISTERS’ NEW YORK THEATRE, eite New York Hovel—Aneau ma Pogue inua Lou BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Caragor or THE GANGES. THEATRE FRANCAIS, Fourtesyth street and Sixth eveuue.—Tus Anass in Tugik Wolvearu, Faars—Ven- FeoTiON. BANVARD'S NEW YORK MUSEGM, Broadway and ‘Thirtieth strect.—La AUBERGISTR; OR, tHE VOsTILLON OF Bonvitis, OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Barnusa MOUTRALITY. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Irving place,—Tra Iurmmiat ‘Teoure oF Jaranzse Axkrists iv Tagin WonpmPuL Fuats, TERRACE GARDEN, Third Avenue, Fity-eighth and Fifty-ninth strects.—laeopoas Tomas’ PeruLak GAKDan Concerts, at 8 o'Clock P.M, BUTLER'S AMERICAN THEATRE, 472 Brondway.— Bauer, Farce, Paxrouime, Bua.esaurs. Eraiorian, Comio Axp Sentimental Vocarisas, £0, —PEMPrATiON; OR, rue Lausa@ Emicnanr. f BROADWAY OPERA HOUSE, No. 6W Broadway.—Tax Guongta Minstxers wy THEIR PRCULIARIIES. NEW YORK ASSEMBLY ROOM 1,193 Rrondway.— Prorassor Lovocenia, rit AMMIDExieROYS PRestiDiGiTA- Teur—Gugr's STERKOPTICON. HOOLEY'SOPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Erirorrax Min sreeisy, BALLavs 42ND BORLESQUES,—T90 Fast ron Sarery. NEW YORE MUSEUN OF ANATOMY 61% Rroadway.— Heap ano Rigur Aum oF Pxonst—Tue Wasnington Teins—Worvans ix Naturat History, Scrmxce AnD ART. Luorpres Daitr. 0. rom § 4M. Ue, M SUNDAY (THIS) NING.—Gnanp Sacngp Concent av Twn Ok GarpeN, Third avenue, Fifty-eighth aud Fifty- tunth streets, at 8 0! Clock. a a " TRI PLE SH Now York, Sunday, 30, 1867, EUROPE. By special cable telegrams dated in Rome, London and ‘St, Petersburg yesterday, June 29, wo have European in- tolligence of very exciting interest and considerable im- portance, Our special correspondent in Rome telegraphs an ex- Ceedingly graphic account of the gorgeous religious display held in the Eternal City in commemoration of ‘St, Peter's martyrdom. It was the most magnificent of the kind since the days of Solomon. A man who was made orazy by the pomp cut his throat and died under the statue of St. Peter. Tbe Pope, who was celebrating mass, immediately reconsecrated the church. Lioyd Garrison was complimented by a public break- fast in St. James Hall, London, Earl Russell, the Duke | of Argyle and Jobn Bright attending, Earl Russell made a curious confession of his “errors’ of opinion hold in the first days of the American war, ‘The Russian Governmont has abolished the export duties om many useful articles of export, Queen Victoria appeared again in public yesteriay, and in the cause of cbarity. ‘The list of awards of premiums at the Paris Exhibi- Won, published yesterday, is corrected in some few in- stances, Consuls were at 943¢ for money in London. Five- twenties were at 72% in London. ‘Tho Livorpoo! cotton market closed quiet, with. mid- dling uplands at 11 pence, Breadstufls quick By the steamship City of Baltimore, at thie port, we have interesting mail details of our cabie telegrams to the 20th of June. MISCELLANEOUS, But littie doubt remains that tho ill-fated Prince Max- fovilian has been executed. An Austrian steam sloop-of- war from Vera Cruz, arrived at the mouth of the Mis- sissippl yesterday with her ensign draped in mourning. Hor officers wore very reticent, but enough was ob- tained from them to warrant the Austrian Chargd d’Af- faires at Washington in telegraphing to the Emperor Francis Joseph that his brother had been shot on the 19th, and the Mexican authorities had refused to deliver ‘up bis body. No particulars of the execution were ob- tained. Tho officers of the sloop reported that the city of Mexico had been captured om the 20th inst. by the Uovorala, ‘The President and his party arrived at Annapolis, Md., yesterday, and were presented to the Maryland Consti- tutional Convention in session at that place, by Gover- sor Swann, and welcomed by the presiding officer. Prosident Johnson made a speech of greater length than usual, and was followed by Mr, Seward. They then visited the Senate Chamber and the Naval Academy, re- ‘turning to Washington by special train in the evening. Our special correspondent in British Honduras, dating At Belize on the 13th of Jane, notices the arrival of an additional number of planters from the Southern States of the North American Union im search of land to settle oa and cultivate, The Indian troubles still prevail to sowe extent in the colony. The weather remained dry, aod many of the fruit trees wore dyimg from the drought, No quorum was present in the Constitutional Conven- @on yesterday, most of the members having left for their homes for the contemplated recess over the Fourth. A discussion on the question of por diem dur- dng the recess took place, but was interrupted by an adjournment until Monday morning, when Mr. Alvord stated he would move a call of the house. The cross-examination of Lewis Weichman in the trial of Surratt was continued yesterday, Nothing new was eileited, the witness simply corroborating or corrocting dates in bis former testimony. The court adjourned carly om account of the tliness of Judge Fishor. No one interested iu this absorbing trial shouid fati to read the sketches of the court, jury, counsel, prisoner and others whieh we publish this morning. Three meh Were arrested in this city yesterday, one of whom confessed to baving stolen large quantities of liquor by represcnting himself as a government de. tootive and seizing it as contraband, General Sheridan, in accordance with instructions President, has extended the time for registra. isiana until farther orders, isfranebised citizens of Savannab, Ga, for permission to register on exnibiting the President's pardon. The Board of Registration have the matter under advisement. The colored citizens of Mobile have addressed a peti- tion to General Swayne praying for the protection gua- ranteed them under the Civil Rights bili and other laws of Congress, which is refused by the civil authori- ties of that city, They claim offices under the city gov- ernment, and modestly intimate that they can Mi one bail the places in the Police department without damage & the city interests, \ The steamer F. W. Brooke was recently robbed and Durned at St, Louis, and an investigation is said to have disclosed the fact that the owners aad captain were en- greet in & conspiracy to rob and burn ber for the pur- pose of defrauding the insurance companies. Reuben Clark, who was charged before the Hampton County (Va) Court on Wednesday with having killed a soldier two months ago, was released on $10,000 bail youorday. Two more deaths from cholera are reported in Louis- ville, Several cases were also reported in Memphis. Kx-Attorney General James Speed has been sum- moved as a witness before the Judiciary Committee, General Schofield has cut Gordian knot of Virginia registration by deciding tha’ Alexandria constitution fever in New Orleans he recotved peremptory orders to go to Juarex’s head. quarters, and as the government declined to furnish im with & vessel to go in, and he saw no other way of getting there than by footing it, with a paack on bie daok, he thought it best to resign, which he did, ‘The jury ip th> champagne case, which was tried in the United States District Court before Judge Blatchford, and occupied twelve days in the fearing, having failed NEW YORK FIERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1867.-TRIPLE SHEET. to agreo on a'verdios, Was yesterday discharged, aftr | less of the merely human jand more of the | Negroes’ Rights and Women’s Bighte-/here under such conditions. There will be being locked up all ne previous pight. ‘A decree of divsree was granted im the Saprome Court Yesterday in Ge case of Georgiana 5, Kaight against Joseph W. Kngbt. The stock market was firm and active yesterday. Gad clogsd at 13834. The Great Convecation at Reme and tho , Church of the Future. To-day, as will be seen by an extended report in our columns, will be a great dsy in the Holy City. The tribes have gene up in numbers and with costly olerings to the modern Jerusalem, as they sever went up to the Jerusalem of old; and to-night the greatest religious temple which the sun has yet shone upon will present a scene of splendor and attractiveness—a scene in which the gorgeousness of wealth, the gran- deur of genius and the solemn mysteries of religion will be seon united in a manner such as was never surpassed, if ever equalled, by the famous temple of Solomon, in the days of its greatest glory. “The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof” is an old and well known saying; but it must be said, to the credit and praise of the Catholic Church, that it has during the course of its history given a point and a meaning to these words such as have been given them by none of the other sections of Christendom, and that on this latest occasion it promises to surpass all that it has ever done before. There is something about this Convocation which beautifully harmonizes with the new era of progress—an era the grandness of which we can as yet but faintly conceive —-on the threshoid of which the world now stands. The truth which we have all along stated, that the present assembly of ecclesiastical dignitaries, though convened for another and more immediate purpose, is certain to resolve itself ultimately into a grand ecumenical council, is now becoming more snd more ap- parent. In one of tho special telegrams which we printed in yesterday’s Heratp the Holy Father is reported to have expressed “his desire to convoke, at an early day, a General Council of tho bishops, with a view to delib- erate on the best means of repairing the evils which now oppress the Church.” Never did Pio Nono express a more becoming desire or reveal a purpose moro in harmony with the exigencies of the times. The evila which oppress the Church are doubtless’ numerous, but, if heartily and immediately grappled with, they are by no means incurable. There are evils without and there are evils within the Church, ail of which rest upon her as a crush- ing incubus, and all of which it is desirable to have removed as speedily as possible; but the simplest and most removing the former is to proceed without delay to eradicate the latter. Tho Catholic Church, as @ present Convocation in avaricty of ways very clearly shows; has a firm hold on the intellect and affections of many millions of the human family in both hemispheres and in almost every clime, Nor are the votaries of that Church confined to any one section or class. They are to be found in ‘all sections and in all classes. The peer is not less devoted than the peasant, and in advancing the cause whioh she. represents the greatest philosopher is not unwilling to rank himself with the humblest disciple. Such # state of things would not be Popish if the Catholic Churth were not in many very important and essential particulars a living embodiment of the truth of Christianity. ‘Whatever be the fu- ture which is in store for her, one thing at least it is safe to conclude—her mission, as yet, is by No means concluded. After all this has been said, however, im- provement is possible and needed. There is a great deal too much of the rust and crust of the Middle Ages about the Catholic Church. Much washing and ironing, and a long stride besides are requisite to bring her up to the necessities of the present time. There is no lack of clothes; but it is not clothes we want; it is life, the living soul beneath them, that we wish to see and feel,and love and obey. Externals certainly are not wanting; but we desiderate the spirit. It is because of the real vitality which the Church is even now manifesting that we look with hope to this Convention, and hail as a promise of good tidings to come this de- termination of the Holy Father to convoke a General Council for the purpose indicated. We cannot doubt that the collective wisdom of the Church’s representatives will be turned to some practical account, The Church and State question may be considered as practically settled. What with the two hundred thousand dollars and the silver yacht richly freighted with gold—both presents from this land of vol- untaryism—the Holy Father must be tolerably well convinced that the Church can live, and Prosper, too, without the emoluments of the State, and that it is no longer desirable to pro- long a struggle which must in the end be de- cided against him. It is fair, then, to infer that the attention of the council will be directed to other and more important matters. It will be their duty to devise measures by which the Church may be adapted to the exigencies of the times. We repea: to them what we have said before: one of the great wants of the Church in our day is timplicity—simplicity in matters of doctrine and worship. We need to be brought back to first principlen We want to see the pure stream as it flows untainted from its source. We wish to get from beneath the burdensome garment which stifle as well as conceal the Church’s life. Much is requires to be dono before that point is reached; but it can be done, and it will prove the Church's salvation if it be done vigorously and at once. We commend again to the attention of the chief of Catholic Christendom the simple but sublime lesson embodied in the Sermon on the Mount, If the members of this grand Convocation prove them- selves equal to the occasion they may do much to pave the way for that grand Church of the fatare, the motto of which wili be, “In non- essentials liberty, in essentials unity—in all thirgs charity.” Much of what we have written is no less applicable to the various sections of the Pro- testant Church, The one branch of the Church has perhaps wandered as far from the beautifully simple lessons of the Groat Teacher as the other. ‘Division, at least, is a sta‘n on the Protestant banner. Might it not be well for the Protestant Churches of America to imitate the example now set them in Rome? Why should not a traly catholic Protestant council assemble in New York and proclaim to Protestant Christendom the desirablencss of anew platform—a platform on which there should be less of dogma aod more of asarity. effective means of |. purely divine? Such join: aetion on the part of both sec.ions of the Christian Church woald certa'nly warrant a belief in the early advent of miulenai.l times. Lonagohampe aad Fordham. We publivh to-day a sprightly loiter from our Paris correspondent, wo shows within what a brief period racing has become ® popular amusement in France, and to what advantage every variety of Parisian life, both in the and the domi-monde, is exhibited at the delightful race course at Longchamps. Racing, it is true, is an exotioin France. This is obvious, from the fact that moat of the jookeys employed there are still Huglish, and neither lose nor disguise their contempt for their French com- petitors, and from the wild work which the French sporting journals make in mis:pelling the English sporting terms, which have been universally adopted. But that it is ai length well rooted in Franch aoil is proven by the liberal prizes offered by the govemmont, by the city of Paris and by the Euperor, who has always been a dovoted patron of the turf, and by the fruit already borne in the improved breoding of the French horse, as iilustrated by Gladiateur, the fimous winner of the Derby. Moreover, the raves at Longcbamps may boast of immeasurable supe- riority over both the Dorby and the Ascot races in the display of fashionable dresses o1 tho part of the lady speotators, Fast women vie with fast horses in rendering Longctamps attractive. Tho princesses of the demi-nonde have learned that there is no more fayerable chance than at the race course for tho exhibi- tion of their marvellous toiletes, which are accepted as patterns all over the civligod world. Our correspondent has ingeniously seized the opportunity of describing t he latest Paris fashions as they were displayed at Long- champs by half a doz2n or more of the most notable among our modern Aspasias and Phrynes, and bas, moreover, given photo- graphic sketches of thoss bizh pridstessos of fashion, “gorgeous, blooming ani heauiiful,” as they officiate at the altar befgra which unhesitatingly bow their less sisters in every land. In New York, as in Paris, raci quired ten or fifteen years to b2com ble and popular. Tho recent pro provements in the upper part of have largely contributed to enco: facilitate this consammation. ‘The shady avenues and picturesque \yiews of Central Park, and at @ later date. those! of Jerome Park, have wrought’ wonderiul changes. Sieam and the ocean bh enable the New York ladies who lend tho ligat of their countenanoes to the brilliant réces & Fordham to rece:ve and reproduce the lates fashions almost as soon as they are adopied in Paris—nay, will, ere long, enable them, in theiz turn, if they deem it worth while, to set the! fashions here for Paris itself and for the world. Tao that case we. have a right to expect more decency and equal elegancs in the new styles of dress, It judiciously managed, the races at Fordham will become as attractive as those at Longchamps by the display of fashion and beauty, no less than by their special claims on the patrons of the turf. Old Tammany and New Tammany Old Tammany Hall is rapidly disappearing, and its “filth and foulness” which, as Mayor Hoffman once said, clung to every person con- nected with the society and made each one of its members a stench in the nostrils of the State, will soon be as thoroughly cleared away 6s if the Health Commissioners themselves had taken them in hand. The Sachems and Sagamores, the Scribes and Wiskinskies, have taken tleir tomahawks and scalps up town, and on the “glorious Fourth” are to lay the corner stoye of their new building. This would have been a happy and appropriate time for some more important reformations in the society than that of a mere change of location. They might have properly inaugurated their corner stone ceremonies with a renunciation of their old copperhead dogmas and a genoral breaking up of all their plundering “rings.” But the lengthy address which they have issued to their friends, who are invited to join them on the Fourth of July, shows that they are still joined to their idols, and all sensible people will let them alone. They reaffirm their State rights doo- trines, are oblivious of the fact that there has been a rebellion and a war, and denounce the Congress of the United States, fresh trom the people, as “unforgiving, intolerant and selfish political conspirators, who have usurped the executive control of the government.” With these sentiments as their “corner stone” their society will soon follow their old hall and be swept from the face of the earth as useless and offensive rubbish. Tho Religions Pross in a Dilemma. The religious press of this metropolis is in a dilemma because it is in a transition state, and hardly a Church journal seems to know it, The Independent wakes a jump; but it oaly jumps over the fence to tall in the Atch on the other side, A great revolation is fermenting in all the Churches, It will break out after a while, and many strange things will then come to light, and @ newand great reformation will follow. Meantime, on the platform of the Ser- mon on the Mount, that glorious foundation of Christianity, we have some idea of starting a new religious weekly journal, and, with a view to some “ aid and comfort” in this grand under- taking, we invite the opinions in writing of all professors of divinity of all our Christian Churches who aro satisfied that a general Church reformation is needed, and who bave any well considered measures of reform to suggest. It is a generally accepted doctrine that the duty of the press runs in one channel and the duty of the pulpit in .nother. We begin to think, however, that the press and the pulpit, editors and parsons, ought to work together, With the aid of our thinking and progressive professors of our different Churches, therefore, we shall, perbaps, try the experiment of a new religious journal, without depending upon joint stock subscriptions or contracts for straw bats and ale an’ poster for the army. Progressive Christians, let us hear from you. The Holy Father at Rome is wide awake. Is not his example of’ grand revival worth following? Greeley a Gay Deceiver. Greeley has made @ majority report to the Consti.utional Convention, from the Committee on the Right of Suffrage, in which he proposes in the new constitution to bestow the right to vote and to hold office upon negroes, Indians, Chinese and Japancse, but denies that right to women, Cassidy, another member of the Con- vention, and, like Greeley, an editor also, offers a minority report, which favors the sub- mission to the people in November next of a proposition to further extend the elective fran- spasmodic attempts at it, bat they will be fol- lowed neither by urtistic nor pecuniary success. The stockholders of the French theatre have had sufficient experience to convince them of these facts, Will they profit by the lessons they have received? We fear not. The wealthy men who take an interest in such matters do not like to wholly divest themselves of the power of interference. If the gentlemen who hold the controlling interest in the French theatre really desire the |, doubt, especially when our political informa- permanency of the institution they will divest themselves of any feeling of this sort, and let the establishment for a reasonable period to some manager like Mr. Grau, who has the ability and the means to carry it on. In the hands of such & man we will guarantee that there will be no such word as failure associated with it, Practical Confiscation in New York City. Some of the papers of the city are making considerable fuss over the disposition of twenty thousand dollars, supposed to have been ex- pended over some gas job threo or four years ago. This is @ very small piece of business, when it is remembered that the taxation of the city of New York was nearly twenty million dollars last year, that it will probably be a great deal more the present year, and that the Church street job, and other similar schemes of plun- der which are just now temporarily suspended, in fear of the Constitutional Convention and the next fall election, will take some additional millions out of the pockets of the citizons, The people care nothing one way or the other about who gots snack in the paltry sum of twenty thousand dollars, paid by private individuals for a special corporation privilege four years ago; but they havea lively interest in the an- nual expenditure of twenty or thirty millions of their money on an inefficient and irresponsi- ble government and a set of political commis- sions. Under our present heavy taxation we are rapidly approaching a general confiscation of property in the city, and Tammany Hall, the Five Points, Mackerelvitle and Corlear’s Hook are all preparing for glorious times. Old Thad Stevens will find plenty of sympathisors in this copperhead stronghold; for every Alderman, Councilman, Supervisor and ring politician in the city is a practical advocate of confiscation. A Revolution in Droas. Our Paris fashion lettor “will this week be found more than usually gossipy and enter- taining. It anticipates the slow publications which make the fashions their specialty, and gives, besides, all the chit-chat of the Paris beau-monde.* Written in a pleasant, lively vein, these letters.are as amusing for the male as they are useful to the fairer portion of our readers. The origin of a new style is often as curious as its bearings are important As every age has had its peculiar fashions, so in our times, when people live faster, each social phase brings with it some revolution of cos- tame. The visit of'so many crowned heads to the French metropolis has naturally had and will continue to have a marked influence obise to colored men, to be voted on separately from the rest of the constitution. The curious feature of these reports is the cruel abandon- ment of the women by Greeley. He has been dallying with them and fondling them for a long time, and now, when he has a favorable chance of making good the promises he has held out to them, he heartlessly acts the part of a gay deceiver and leaves his deluded victims in the lurch. We believe an action for breach of promiae would lie against him, fa which all the strong-minded females in the State could be consolidated as plaintiff, with a good prospect of heavy damages. His deser- tion of his fur partners is most shameful and inexcusable. Cassidy is much more precise and consistent than Greeley, in his minority report. True to bis old barnburner proclivities and his original corner atone, he goes for extending the eiective fran- chise to negroes; but out of respect for his more recent copperhead aasoci- tions he proposes to submit the proposition separately to the people. Well, this is making both ends meet, and as all parties seom to agree upon giving Sambo a vote, there is no need to have any fuss or quarrel over the matter. But if the negroes of New York, over twenty one years of age, are qualified to exer- cise the right of suffrage, are there not many thousands of females in the State equally worthy to be trusted with the ballot? We do not allude to Mra. Trollope, or Lucy Stone, or Cady Stanton, or the fascinating Ernestine Rose, or Mrs, Tinsel, or Miss Carmine, or Betsey Bloomer, or Sally Simper, or Madamo Water- fall, but to the thousands of educated, intelli- gent, ‘sterling women of the State, who as mothers and sisters exercise a wholesome influ- ence upon society. Does Greeley consider that a strong buck nigger is mors deserving of a vote than is a modest, refiued, educated woman f Congress and the State of Parties South. We publish to-day another of those interest- ing letters from one of our special correspond- ents on the state of political partics and the political situation and prospects down South. The progress of events under President Jobn- son’s policy, including the rise, decline and collapse of the Southern Johnson reconstrac- tion party; the organization and rapid’ strides of the republican. party South, with neg:o suf- frago and its other powerful machinery, means and agencies, until this party holds the ten rebel States within its grasp; the absence of any Southern organized opposition to the party, and the general indifference, despondency or disgust of the opposition elements down there, are all presented as facts which are well estab- Ushed. That the general conclusions of the tion from all other sources South runs in the same obannel. With the republican party, therefore, iden- titled with the restoration plan of Congress, in undisputed possession of the South, through the powerful agencies of the War Department, its military commanders and forces, the Freed- men’s Bureau, the freedmen’s schools and universal negro suffrage, and with the ex-rebel opposition elements broken up, demoralized, hopeless of resistance and disgusted with negro equality and with superiority over the disfranchised whites, but little remains for Congress to do beyond securing the ground thus gained. Hence we may expect an explanatory reconstruction bill from this com- ing July session, calculated to bring back into Congress and our national politics the ten excluded Southern States, as republican States out and out, every one of them. In view of this object it is supposed that, as the republi- cans have gained their present footing South and as they will still gain strength by delay, the lifferent measures required in Southern State ‘eorganization will be so timed as to exclude all these outside States from the Presidential slection of 1868 This wil simplify the aational issue very much, or reduce it tv anew organization of parties froma break-up of the overgrown republican camp into two new par ves—the party of Chase and the national banks, and the party of Grant, the army and the people. Upon this tremendous issue we expect the ground will be broken by this July session of Congress. The French Drama—Theatrical Miamanage- mont. 7 The “failure” of the French dransa in New York has struck most people with surprise. This has arisen from a confusion of terms. It is not the drama itself that bas failed ; it is the people who have had the management of it. The causes of their non-success are so fully set forth in the communicatioa which we pub- lish in another column that ft is unnecessary for us to dwell upon them. They may be summed up in two words—poverty and mis- managemeat. Undertaken under proper con- ditions, there is no city in the world, Paris ex- cepted, in which the French theatre has fairer chances of success. The mixed character of our population, the taste which they have for travel and their fondness for everything French, all tend to make them desirous of pa- tronizing it, Why, then, have they not at- tended it in sufficient numbers to support the company that bas had possession of the theatre? The answer is supplied by our cor- respondert—simply because the performances have tot beea of a character sufficiently at- tractive to induce even, the subscribers to oceupy ths seats which they had paid for. It is evident that on the present plan of letting the ther there can be no improve- ment on this state of things. No manager of any responsibility will undertake it on a yearly ment. To carry on the establishment as it should be conducted the lease should not by and by we may expect to see them wearing the baggy trousers and upturned slippers of the Turkish women. As our male readers will recommend them to watch attentively the evi- dences of the coming revolution, as indicated ‘The Prize Ring. ° It is to be set down as @ characteristic of the Ameriean mind that it is generally:pos- seesed, for the time being, with some ruling mania. Sometimes it is a speculative mania, and the nation is seen working itself into mad- ness in the race for riches, Sometimes it is a negro mania, and the nation is seen on its knees doing homage to the dark-faced sons and daughters of Ham. Sometimes it is a re- ligious mania, and literally “the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent (who are everywhere) are taking it by force.” Sometimes the possession is of a more slarm- ing character, and occasionally it is difficult to speak of itin the singular number. In spite of our boasted Christianity, demoniacal pos- session, it is to be feared, etill exists At the present momont, in tact, their name ts legion. Most of them, too, are flerce and destructive in the extreme. They do not tear themselves among the tombs as of old; but they tear others and themselves in all our public places. It is undeniable that the dangerous and de- stractive elements in American society are, at the present moment, alarmingly numerous. It is not 80 easy to determine to which mania, or rather demon, the pre-eminence is to be ac- corded. Homicide, infanticide,- suicide have Deen and still are working sad havoc in the midst of us, Our eyes have become familiar with scenes and our ears with tales of blood. It is the sad duty of the press daily to put on record the disgusting details. Blood, blood is everywhere, and still the horrid work goes on. Things are rapidly approximating avery Reign of Terror. One of the latest of those demoniacal out-~ comes is the so-called prize ring. We do not mean to say that the fistic arena is a new insti- tution in the United States. Probably it bas something to do with the blood which we inherit. Certainly it is one of the things for which we have least reason to be grateful to England. We brought the fighting element with us,and ithas grown with our growth. We admire pluck—true, genuine bravery—and are never unwilling to accord it our meed of praise, wherever and however exhibited; but the prize ring, if it ever served any good pur- pose, which is doubtful, serves such a purpose no longer, and must be set down asa blot on both English and American civilization, It is a filthy relic of a barbarons past, aud cannot be for a shorter period than five years. Then there would be an inducement for man- agers of moans to make contracts with first class artists, to stock the theatre with propet scenery and to provide the needful ‘accessories, On the season plan only persons who have but little to lose will accept the risk. It is imoossible to establish the Frenoh drama too soon be removed out of our sight. Natural enough to the imbruting paganism of an earlier age, ithas nothing in common with the hu- manizing and ennobl.ng spirit of Curistianity. It Is curious to noticd that while prise fight ing ts dying » nataral death in England it is ecquiring greater vigor and assuming larger ee) proportions with us. Scarce a day passes now but we have records, not.of one figit only, but of many. Why is it so? Why should it be dying in England and thriving in America t The reason is obvious. In the one country the: professed pugilist is frowned upon; in the other country he is flattered. The one people bunt him down as a vagabond ; the other people carry him in triumph as a here to the halls of the national legislature. Eng- land once made a mistake in sending a prise fighter to Parliament. She reaped the natural frait of her conduct, and she is little likely ever again to repeat the blunder. The United States have committed a similar error. In the daily multiplying prize fights which are taking place in our immediate neighborhood end else» where we behold the inevitable results. It will be well for the State of New York and for the United States generally if the error »+ not repeated. Gully was the first and last of his race in England. Let us hope that Morrissey will be the first and last of his race within the bounds of the American Union. The weight ot public opinion is needed to crush out of exe iatence this genuine “relic of barbarism.” If laws do not exist to meet the growing evil, they ought to be enacted; if laws do exist ade quate to the case, they ought to bo rigidly enforced. Nor ought it to be beneath the notice of the clergy that after these gladia- torial contests had delighted and debased the Roman populace for well nigh six hundred years a Christian monk, Telemachus by name, rushing on one occasion between the contend- ing gladiators, and perilling his life to sepa rate them, procured, by his self-sacrifice, a deoree from the Emperor Honorius for thee final abolition. Is there no Telemachas to be found in the midst of us? Surgery and Medicine in the Metropolis. We give in another column an article om surgery in the city, and some kindred topics. It sets forth facts of interest to the general and professional reader which will wellropay pe / , rusal. We are shown to be, in respect to the { art of healing—the art of the widest humaa « interest—at once a rich and a poor people. } Poor in the means that facilitate the study of medicine, yet rich in the results of that study. \ Our hospitals are as nearly as possible worth- | leas to students ; yet, while the great schools of Paris produce a Velpeau, and those of Londoa ® Brodie, our city can boast of a Oarnochaa, the worthy compeer of either. Nearly all, we believe, of the men distinguished here in either surgery or medicine, have studied extensively “in European cities, and this explains, doubtless, the apparently contradictory state of fhots, Genius, moreover, will always reach its mark, despite the seeming insufficiency of means; yet the fact that our hospitals are what they 1 are, and our schools so inadequate to: thor oughly educate students, should receive the attention of those whose duty it may be to improve our condition in this respect; for this subject, though seemingly narrow and special, is, wisely understood, one of the deepest im- terest in every household in the land. THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL I MOBILE, SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD.” bration of the Union on Monday. Ortawa, C. W., June 29, 188%. “ e ” wrapgrored by thw whole commereal xsomsuniy af SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Cixcensatt, Jone 20, 1867. 11:30 o’ Clock P. M. ‘The corner stone of the Handy Opera House was tia. today, Mayor Wilstach was present amd participated | in the ceremonies. ! The suicidal mapia has revived bere again. ‘Yesterday an, twenty-seven years of ago, named Jacob, Biont, committed suicide by taking oplum, of soovess | of the faitolessness of a girl whom he was enraged to be married, He was a bactender at 64 Broadway, The following brief nove was fouad on his person after death :— 1 Operant, Oy n Brorwen avn Sisren:—THere yal! die, anal opium. Think it oot wrong. Tam ploased with / of you. Ten parsons were sentenced to terns in the Ponitem tary by our Common Pleas Courts yesterday and to-dayy most of thei for grand larceny, } NEW JERSEY ED-TORIAL ANNIVERSARY. { | Loxa Branom, June 28, 1°46. The fourteenth annual meeting of the New Jersey, ‘Editoriat Association had been held hore yestegday and today, This evening the association and its guest wore enteriained by & complimentary dinner at tae Continon- abou! two hundred and fifty adi 43 avd gentle~ ey ude at. Speeches were made by the Hon, Jonm Hill and other distingvished geatiemen. The on ment was of the most superb character, During tho the members of the association weat on a yachting a= oursion, and to morrow they visit the piaces of bistoti« cal interest in this vicinity, ‘The telegraph tines to vnie piace are working splendidly. ORIN