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

» NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1867.-TRIPLE SHEET. NEW Y¢ RK HERALD. sAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, SJR. MANAGER. BEOADWAY AND ANN STREKT. ‘All business or news letters and telegraphic despatches sed New York Herarp, must be addi Letters and packages should be properly sealed, Rejected communications will not be returned, SHEET. New York, Friday, October 4, 1867. THSa NEWS. EUROPE. The nows report by the Atlantic cable is dated yester- day, October 3, ‘The Garibaidian revolutionary movement had assumed an alarming character It was feared that it would lead to an interruption of friendly reiations between France and Italy. The riots iu Viterbo were not quelled. The insurgents hed taken and held a small town im the Papal territory. The K og of Italy refused an earnest appeal of the Pope tor troops. Italiaa official despatches of the 2d instant mako no mention of Rome, but con- firm the news of a revoli ia Viierbo, Many of the Fenian traitor convicts have been taken from the jails in England and Ireland and placed on Doard of naval transports for safe keeping, preparatory ‘to being deported to Australia, General Lersundi will sail immediately from Spain for Cuba to assume the office of Captain General, A Hungarian journal asserts that Louis Kossuth was in correspondence with Russian agents in 1849, The city of Hamburg refuses to join the now German Zollyerein, Admiral Farragut and his officers were entertained at a Masonic banquet in England, The Minnesota was at Lisbon, Consols were at 94 5-16, for money, in London in the afternoon. Five-twenties were at 71% in London. The Liverpool cotton market was inactive, with mid- dling uplands at 85d. Breadstuffs quiet and provisions downward. THE CITY. General Sheridan received the lady friends of the members of the Uniou League Ciub yesterday at the Club rooms, in Union square. The reception passed off very agrecably and quite a number of persons were Present, The General le t on the steamboat Metropolis, of the Fall River lice, at five P, M., for Newport, R. L, where ho will be the suest of J, Dexter Bradford until Monday next. He then leaves to spend a few days in Boston, after which he will proceed to Albany, The Board of Councilmen met yesterday. A commu. nication was received from the Corporation Counsel, Stating that ho had commenced proceedings against the railroad company wi0 bave laid railg on the Battery, An invitation was received from the convention of Father Mathew socielies to review that organization on the 10:h inst. The Board of Health met yesterday, when the engl- noer reported that the proper positions for the booths of the employés of the Soldiers’ Messenger Company should ‘be in the middie of streets where the streets are wide, A number of jocatious in the strects and upoa the side- walks were favorably passed upon. The Amer.can Bbe Union held the second and last day's session of 1's eighteenth anniversary yesterday. The attendance was quite as greatas thatof the pre- vious day, and numerous addresses were made by elo- quent speakers. Tne sum of $3,2 introduce the new version of the men in the South. Judge Biatebford rendered a decision in the Hamilton habeas corpus case yesterday returning the prisoner Hamilton to the custody of his proper military officer of the United States army A daring attempt at highway robbery was made at about two o'clock yes The victim was [ was knock alleged assailant was arrested, bout bis person. An affray occurred in Wiltiamsburg yesterday between a party of workm/n ia a suger refinery, which resulted in the killing of ove man and the severe wounding of another, The perpetrator of the deed flod, and is still at large. The General Transatlantic Company's steamship St. Laurent, Captain Bocarde, will sail from pier 50 North river at ten o'clock to morrow morning for Brest and Havre, The mails for France will close at the Post Office at eight o'clock in the morning. The Inman line sieamship City of Antwerp, Captain Mirehous:, will ‘eavo pier 45 th river at noon to- morrow for Liv rycol via Quee wo, The mails fr Treland and Great ‘ritain will close at the Post Office at hhalf-past ten o'clock. The Anchor line steamship Britannia, Captain Laird, for Liverpool acd Glasgow, calling at Londonderry to Jand mails wad pe senzers, will eail from pier 20 North river at noon to-morrow. The steamship Georga, Captain Deaken, will sail from pier No. 3 North river, three o'clock to-morrow afternoon for Sisal and Vera Cruz. ‘The Empire L ne sidewhee! steamship San Salvador, Captain Nickerson, will leave pier 13 North river, at three o' Los tcenorow afternoon for Savannah, con- necting With stosmer Jor Florida ports, The stock market was drooping yesterday and closed weak. Government securities were heavy. Gold was strong and excited, and closed at 145%. MISCELLANEOUS. The Democratic State Convention met at Albany yes- torday, and John T Holfinan was chosen temporary presiden', The Tammany delegation trom New York city was d ed eutitied to seats, and the Mozart and German delevat ons “ere admitted to honorary se Horatio Seymour was chosen permanent President. A Commit ee on Resolutions was appoioted, and speeches wero made by James >. Thayer and A, Oakey Hall, Th» Convention, without transacting much business, ad- journed unt'! this morning. Further advices from the seat of war in Paraguay, by the Atlanti> cable, state that the allied fleet was iying inactive cff Hum» & and the land forces were making no further moves en s towards an advance, Dates {rom M x © city to the 15 nd Vora Cruz to the 20:h ult. have been received, The most important itema of nows have «Jready ben published in the HexaLp by means of special telegrams from Havana Otterbourg was to have sa ied for New York on the 2ist. Santa Ana was very Tampant in the castie of San Juan do Ultoa, where be remained a prisoner. He refused bis meals and passed his time in cursing and stamping. The Convocation tad been endorsed by General Corona. Our letters from Havana, St, Domingo and Porto Rico aro dated the 28h, 16h and J7th ulta respec tively, The news has been mainly anticipated by our Cuban cable despatches. The probable successor of Manzano, as Captain General of Cuba, ts now said to be General Calonge, Tue funeral of Manzano was an imposing affair, though strangers were astonished to see the principal oMcer of government among the mourners in an open carriage smoking a cigar, A coun- eil’of war bad peen convened in St. Domingo for the trial of certain geuerals on a charge of rebelling against the government, ihe census of the slave population ia Porto Rico was progressing. We havo advices from St, Thomas to the 16th of Sep- tember, Ico being a monopoly at Santa Cruz, owing to the groat demand for it for sanitary and other purposes, it had beoome exceedingly scarce in St. Thomas, most of the stock having been shipped to the former piace, Vieo Governor Stakeman held a levée on the Tth aitimo in celebration of the birthday of Queen Louisa Wilhelmina Carolina Augusta Julin, A royal salute was fired from Fort Christian at an early hour, and the mili- ry bands played several pational and select Danish was contributed to ible among the freed- may mormiag on Broadway mas Maguiro, the manager. He down, but before he was robbed his Maguire bad $4,000 “We have files from Bermuda dated to the 24th of Sep- tember, The news is unimportant, T’ The vedios of John Wilkes Booth, Payne, Atzerodt, Harold and Mra. Surratt, tho assassination conspirators, aniif Wirz, the Andersonville jailor, wero all removed {rom tl oir burial places on Tuesday last and buried in 000 common grave in No, 1 warehouse in Washington, Tho gun boxes in which the bodes had originally been buried are said to have been gl preserved, aud the tence from the dead bodies was so powerful that tt is Believed the process of decomposition was very slow. iin SC eS Sy A raid was made on ilticit whiskey maoufacturers in Philade!phia yesterday by revenue oflicers, when a fight ensued, the distillers and their frienas being assembled Deputy United im force, The officers were driven o'f. States Marshal Schuyler received six wouads, which are not serious, and had his pistol taken from bim. Thomas Laney, one of the rioters, was shot inthe head. The stills and other apparatus were then carried off by the riovers aud hidden. General Canby bas directed that civil processes from the United States Courts are not to be opposed by the military in North | arolina, Returns from fifteen counties in Alabama show that the required majority for a convention 60 far has been obtained. Frank Babcock, ths young man who recently at- tempted to kill his mistress in Boston and then commit suicide, itis now alleged, had robbed an Express Com- pany at Cincinnati of $2,000, on which money he was living in Boston. Alexander H. Beley, of Rome, has been nominated for Congress by the republicans to fill the vacancy oc- casioned by the election of Roscoe Conkling to the Senate. Lewis D, Campbell, the late Mexican Minister and a radical in politics, is stumping Obio in opposition to the amendment allowing u suffrage in that State, The Onal appeal in the cage of Calvin M. Northrup, a lawyer of New York city, who was convicted at Bedtord, in January last, of an attempt to powon his wife, was argued on Tuesday last before the Court of Appeals at Albany. The prisoner was sentenced to twelve years’ imprisonment, and has already commenced the execu- tion of that decree, The court reserved its decision, A heavy flour and commission warehouse in St. Louis suspended payment yesterday. Hon. Thomas E. Noell, member of Congress from Missouri, who has been dangorously ill in St, Louis for a long time, died yesterday, The wife of Richard E. Doyle, a New York travelling agent, died in Buffalo on Tuesday night under strange circumstances, and her husband was arrested on suspi- ciov, The coroner's inquest disclosed the fact that she died from an abortion produced within the past week. Doyle is still in custody, and claims that he married the deceased in February last, The European Situation. It is only a few days since we eaid that the chief European difficulty was at Rome. Upon the settlement of that question, more than upon the set:lement of any other, depended, we felt convinced, the peaco of Europe. It was not without good reason we give it as our opinion that the movement of the party of action was winked at by the Italian government. The captnre of Garibaldi did not convince us to the contrary. It only convinced us that Napoleon had interfered, and that the threatencd out- break had assumed a violent form within un- fortunate limits. We were not wi-hout sympa- thy with the Garibaldi movement, because we thought we hai reason for believing that the movement would be controlled and directed by the Italian government—controlled and di- rected not merely ‘o the advantage of Italian unity, but to the advantage of the Holy See. Rome must be the capital of Italy. By this time it would have been the capital of Italy had not France interfered. France has inter- fered ; and it is this chiefly wlich constitutes the European difficulty of the moment. Our latest intelligence relating to I'aly and Rome has been conflicting, but sufficiently alarming. On the 30th of September a very se- rious revolutionary demonstration had been made by the partisans of Garibaldi in the city of Viterbo. Viterbo is situated within the limiis of the Papal S'ates, and is only some forty- two miles from Rome. Rumor had it that the disturbance, which had not been serious, was suppressed. A telegram which we print in to-day’s Herauy, giving, perhaps, two days later news, states that the rising at Viterbo had not been’ suppressed ; that the town of Acqua- pendente, about thirty miles further north, had been captured by the insurgents, and that in- stant assistance, which had been asked by the commandant of the Papal forces, had been re- fused by the Italian government, Apprehen- sions, justly founded, were generally enter- tained that the entente cordiale between Italy and France was hopelessly ruptured. If this news prove to be correct, it will be in per‘ect harmony with our expectations. The landing ofa French force at Civita Vecchia, which, to say no more, is at least a probability, will beget an amount of confusion the disastrous results of which it is impossible to overestimate, The rupture of friendly relations between Italy and France it is difficult to contemplate without taking into consideration the present attitude and spirit of Germany. In yesterday’s Heratp we printed Count Bismarck’s circular to the Prussian repre:entatives at the different courts, with copious extracts from leading French journals reflecting the feeling in France which the publication of the circular had evoked. Itis much to say that in Paris, in print and in leading journals, the Em- peror is regarded as “laughed at;” but it is only the truth. Napoleon, by the unnecessary spirit of meddling to which of late he has yielded, has very seriously damaged the reputation which, by years of cautious, well-considered and far-secing policy, he had built up. Mexican intervention was an egregious blunder, which he has since been compelled to confess. The encouragement lent to the German war of last year was another. The assistance which he gave to the unification of Italy, whatever he himself may think, many are of opinion wae a third. Rising to a higher level on the platform of error, he has been successful in begetting a con- viction which is world-wide, that he has at last placed himself in s difficulty from which it is all but impossible to escape. It is the unfortunate position of Napoleon that success is necessary to his imperial existence. Success, aided by an idolized name, raised him to his present position. Success has: sustained him in it. Success not attending him threat ens to be his ruin. No one is more fully afive to the fact that continuing success is a neces- sity of his position than Napoleon himself. It was a desire to maintain the prestige he had won that led to the Mexican expedition. It was the same desire that prompted him to en- courage the unification of Italy and the unifica- tion of Germany. The doctrine of nationali- ties, however, which he so vigorously preached, and of which Italy and Mexico and Germany are illustrations, have brought him neither honor nor satisfaction. It was a double-edged sword, which it was bis intention should cut only in one direction, but which, as he has found to his sorrow, does cut and will continue to cut in other directions than that which he intended. It has already brought him sorrow in Mexico. Itis bringing him sorrow at the present moment both in Germany and Italy. We do not say too much when we assert that Napoleon ts chiefly if not solely responsible for all the trouble which now agitates or threatens Europe. As he has been the principal agent in creating the difficulty, so is he likely to be the principal sufferer. If he can extricate himself, the world will appland; if be cannot, the world will not grieve, The game has been bold; be must accept the consequences. But with lialy | in op:n arms against his poliey, with Germany | laughing at it and treating it with defiance, and with France herself crying out or veiling herself from a feeling of shame, the conse- quences threaten to be serious enough. We shall not allow ourselves at present to forecast the future; but we cannot conclude without repeating the statement, that the situation of affairson the European continent is fitted to inspire alarm. The Reconstruction Question Assuming a this unique piece of New England reverence of ¢ircumventing God we suppose the writer means that Congress tried to do what was con- trary to the laws of nature and good sense—that is, tried to make governments for the Southern States through the degraded and benighted ne- groes,and have failed. This is putting the fact in very strong language, and is noteworthy from euch a source. Other republican papers are taking the same ground, if they do not use such remarkable language. What doesall this mean? What has opened the eyes of the re- publicans to the failure of their own measures ani the measures of their own Congress? They see, doubtless, the rising storm of public opinion that threatens to sweep them from power. They see the handwriting on the wall which tells them they have been weighed in the bal- ance and found wanting. We notice too, from our Washington corre- spondence, published yesterday, that the Presi- dent had been discussing the question of re- construction with Southern gentlemen of “ con- siderable political experience,” and that they came to the conclusion that the present plan must fail. Although Congress may not pay much attention to either the opinion of the President or these Southern gentlemen, it may respect the opinion of its own organs and lead- ers. Hence it is wortby of notice that the views of Senator Trumbull, one of the leading radi- cals, were endorsed by this White House con- ference. It will be remembered that Mr. Trum- bull declared some time ago that it was the right of each State to decide the suffrage ques- tion for itself, It is proposed that this princi- ple shall be applied to the Southern States, as wellas to the loyal States, with the understanding that the colored popu- lation shall have the suffrage as they become intelligent enough to use it, and that there shall be a general plan of education adopted at once to preoare them for the exercise of the franchise. This is a sensible view of the matter, andevery reasonable man must approve of it. It is only going back, in fact, to tue original plan of reconstruction on the basis of the con- stitutional amendment, with this improvement, however, that the negroes are to be educated to prepare thm for civil privileges. Will Con- gress—will Mr. Trumbull and other prominent men like him—retrace their steps and give us a practical plan of reconstruction? Their own organs declare the present one “a failure”— an effort “to circumvent God;” and public sen- timent is unquestionably against that negro supremacy in the South and negro balance of power in the republic which the present re- construction policy would certainly establish. The only chance the republican party has to save itself from destruction is to take a new departure on the question of reconstruction in accordance with public sentiment. INegal Encronchment on the Public High- way. ‘ It appears that our immediate neighbors 0; the Park Bank have advanced their columns a little too far into the public highway—to the extent of six feet, or thereabout. They have had this intringemeat upon the public domain legalized by a resolution of the Common Council, and Mayor Hoffman has allowed the resolution to pass by default for want of a veto, although he was notified by the Counsel to the Corporation that there was a serious legal ob- jection to it, as will be seen by the following opinion of Mr. Richard O’Gorman, to wit :— Crry ov New Yor, Law Derartoenr, Orrics ov CounsEL to THK conor b Sept. 13, 1867, Bon. Joux T. Horrmax, Mayor, &c, :— Sin—I bave the bonor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 1ith inst, evciosing resolu- tion of the Common Council authorizing the National Park Bank to extend certain columos of their new Duriding, 214 and 216 Broadway, beyond the line of the sireet, and requesting me to state whether, in my opinion, there is aay legal objection to the adoption of the resolution. In reply thereto 1 beg leave to say :— This recolution proposes to give to private parties the Privilege to use and ‘& part of a public street for Private use, and for an unlimited period of time. The Public streets of the city are held by the Moy eee only in trust for public use, and they cannot sold, disposed of or diverted to private use. The People vs. thar ibere” tre legal objection tne agopna oe toe resolution, Yours, New Phase. Many of the republican papers, and some of the radical, are getiing fresh light on the re- construction question. They now go so far even as to pronounce the Congressional plan “a failure.’4 The Springfield Republican boldly says, “this Conpress has failed with if, and failed because it tried to circumventGod.” By ily. RICHARD O'GORMAN, Counsel to the jon, Now we have not the least objection to the Park Bank directors running out their columns six feet on the sidewalk, as far as we are per- sonally concerned. We understand that they intend to put up a front of the gingerbread order, costing a million dollars, which is to be adorned with statues of all the heathen mythology. It will be an ornament to the locality and will greatly improve the adjoining property ; but we should like to know how the stockholders will relish the expense—whether they are willing to balance diminished divi- dends against the vanity of the directors and the spleen of an architect who wants to out- advertise a rival in the profession. Mayor Hoffman’s motive in permitting the illegal resolution of the Common Council to etand will not be misunderstood. It will be re .dfly per- ceived that he favors this encroac! upon the rights of the people from a foc lea that it will in some way damage the y.ope ty of the Haratp and thus gratify a petty spite which is fairly eating him up. We object, however, to that kind of legis- lation which gives rights to a rich corporation which are denied to the poor apple woman who, perhaps, has a starving family in somo obscure home depending upon her, and which denies to the poor crippled soldier who lost his limbs in the service of the country the privi- lege of a little space in the streets wherein to keep @ booth six feet square, mayhap, that he may carn a small pittance by the eale of news- papers or fruit. And this we know has been done in the case of the Soldiers’ Messenger Company. Why, the ordinance does notpermit a sign to protrude beyond @ given number of inches into the street ; and any sign thus placed in tranagression of the law would be promptly removed by the police. How, then, can wo account for the extraordinary legislation which justifies the appropriation of six feet of the sidewalk in our most crowded thoroughfare for private uses? While we do not object at all to sev a million dollars’ worth of a gewgaw front going up alongside of us, we do regard any interloping upon the property of the people as an outrage that cannot be justified and should not be tolerated. Moreover, we deem the opinion of the Corporation Counsel entitled to some weight in the matter. General Boum Takes the Field and Greeley Tre ea. All the world knows what a terrible fellow General Boum is, The ferocious energy with which he roars the assertion of his identity— his Pir! Paff! Tara pam poum, Je suis moi—le Geueral Boum, inspires natural a!arm in all souls Jess warlike than hisown. If the earth does not shake at his footsteps, it is because he consents some- times to step lightly. His heroic nose is so far beyond the sensations of ordinary organs, that it requires the discharge into it of all the fiery odor a pocket pistol can furnish to titillate its nerves. Does not common comprehension feel its littleness when be announces the plan of the campaign by which he proposes to get at and annihila‘e hisenemy? Tremendous plan! One column to move acroas the country to the right, another to the left, and a third in the middle, It is the perception of the deep etratery of this wonderful soldier—the under- standing of what might be the consequences of his wrath— that primarily inspires our admi- ration for the Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, when we see the fearless calmness with which the charming creature braves the awful com- mander of her forces. It is not to be wondered at that the vision of this frightful person has startled the soul of Grechey, who stumbled into the French theatre one night when he only meant to go to the fair, and who has been hauated ever since. Greeley never had any great amount of courage, but the sight of a hero who is exactly what Greeley himself would have been if indulgent nature had made him asoldier—a hero whose terrors he could understand—has made him worse than ever ; and he lies awake o’ nights dreaming of the horrors of one more war. Greeley’s imagination has thus conjured up & campaign in Maryland, with Boum as the commander of the hostile forces—six regimen's, more or less, enlisted, enrolled, uniformed, &c., ., by one Swann—a name evidently assumed on account of its pacific chapacter by some emissary of the foe. Greeley has secured and given to the public all the facts as to what the terrible Boum is to do with this terrible army, which is clad in gray and has plenty of brass artillery prepared by the most renowned pro- perty makers—cannon that will burn real powder. It is reported that Edge, the pyro- technist, author of “Di quella Pira” and other pieces of that fiery nature, is preparing the most magnificent projectiles for the grand advance of the forces to Washington. They are to move in three columns, according to Boum’s great plan. Boum is to stride forward in front, thundering appropriate words to the thrilling air C'est un fameux régiment, Le régiment de la Grande Duchess, If Greeley comes in sight he will be shot, like Baron Puck, through bis famous white hat ; or will be tortured to death through his fears by the whole army singing at him, with frenzied gesticulation, Voici le sabre, le sabre, le sabre, Voici le sabre, le sabre de mon pire! Upon arriving at Washington, and before compelling the adjournment of Congress, Boum and his army will proceed to the White House and discuss the situation with A. Johnson. There will thus be a chance for conspirators and peacemakers; and as Greeley is great in this latter character, itis yet possible that this sulphurous canopy of war may drift away and the country be delighted with the peaceful and happy spectacle of Greeley, Johnson and Boum indulging in a roystering breakdown and cancan—® perfect copy of that done by Boum, Puck, Paul and the Dachess, as a characteristic close of their famous conspiracy. Valuable Certificates of Character. Mr. Romero, some time Minister of the Mexican republic near our government, is about to return to his country. He has re- ceived on the occasion some valuable testi- monials to bis good behavior and excellent conduct while here ; remarkable documents ; nothing less, in fact, than certificates of charac- ter, and this from men like Thad Stevens, Henry Wilson, Roscoe Conkling, William H. Seward, Robert Dale Owen, Schuyler Colfax, John A. Andrew and two hundred others. We do not know what may be thought of these documents in Mexico, but there is every pro- bability that they will prove perilous stuff for the Minister to take home. Our readers have heard the savage bitterness with which some Mexican leaders have expressed themselves against this country and ite people, and espe- cially against American interference in their domestic concerns. Have we not even heard it argued that Maximilian might have been spared if Mr. Seward had not spoken in his favor? And now Mr. Seward speaks in Romero’s favor. Alas, for Romero! Thus the question naturally arises whetber all these recommen- dations will not put the amiable Minister in unnecessary peril, since these laudations of his character will certainly be regarded as an attempt to affect Mexican politics—perhaps even the Mexican Presidential election. We are in hope, however, that Mexico may take a more kindly view of the case, and consider all these notes as only quiet attempts to appease her wrath and get on the right side of her by flattering the national vanity. Mrs. Lint and Her Wardrobe. It will be seen, by the correspondence pub- lished in another part of the Heratn, that the widow of the lamented late President appears before the public under peculiar and unfortu- nate circumstances, She offers in this city the most valuable portion of her wardrobe for sale, from necessity, as it is alleged. She appears at first to have had some delicacy about taking this step; for while she has a right to sell her things publicly or privately, as any other private individual has, her position as the widow of our martyred President ts @ peculiar one. We regret, as every sensible American must regret, to see the private affairs of Mrs. Lincoln thus brought before the public. It cannot but lead to gossip and disagreeable discussions, Has Mrs. Lincoln been badly advised in this matter? Is there a purpose to injure the republicans, or to take revenge for their neglect to provide for the widow of their murdered President? If so a mistake has been made. The republican Congress may be to blame for not showing more liberality to the widow of their chief, and prominent individ- uals of the party (some of whom are named), who were deeply indebted to Mr. Lincoln for favors, deserve condemnation for their ingrati- tude; but Mrs, Lincoln’s circumstances can have no political effect. We may regret the want of liberality on the part of Congress and the necessity which places Mrs. Lincoln in her present disagreeable situation; but she has an undoubted right to dispose of her own property as she pleases, The Reciprocity Treaty with the Sandwich Islands. Our San Francisco telegrams inform us that the Hawaiian Legislature approved of the pro- posed Reciprocity treaty on the 22d of Sep- tember, and that it was immediately signed by the King. Among the natives of the islands a great deal of anxiety is manifested to know if the treaty will be promptly approved by our government, We have no doubt that it will be ratified at the earliest possible moment, tor the treaty is of vital importanco to usasa commercial people. Not that our direct trade with the Sandwich Islands is of great value, but the geographical position which theso islands occupy makes it of vital interest to us to stand well with the people there. We have an enormous whaling interest in the North Pacific Ocean, and that branch of our industry is now so managed that the Sandwich Islands become the great centre from which our whal- ing fleet obtains its supplies, refits, and sends home the oil resulting from a successful cruise. We average an annual transshipment of at least three million gallons of oil from Hono- lulu, while from five hundred fo six hundred of our whaling fleet make that port their rendez- vous. Besides this, the islands are made very valuable for our merchant ships which traverse the North Pacific waters. So far as the mere commerce of the islands is concerned, it amounts to nothing. The exports and imports combined do not exceed two million dollars annually. The population of the kingdom has gradually dvcreased until itis now seventy-three thou- sand—about one half what it was when the islands were discovered by Captain Cook. The disease then given to the natives by the English sailors has created a fearful havoc, which is still reducing the population. By examining the map it will be observed that the Sandwich Islands occupy a,geographi- cal position which makes them, in time of war, the keypoint of our Pacific Ocean trade. Any powerful nation, like England or France, possessing or indirectly controlling them, would be able to cut us off completely from the great East India trade, which we are now so rapidly developing. Not only do the islands form a magnificent outpost with reference to,our own trade, but with regard to the whole future commerce of the world. The unerring finger of progress points to the fact that almost the entire trade of the world will pass the narrow strips of land in Central America which separate the Atlantic from the Pacific Ocean. The whole of the East India commerce will thus lie at the feet of the Sandwich Islands; while they will also be a naval outpost for the whole of the North American and Asiatic coast to the north of latitude twenty. We must not lose sight of these facts. Now is the time for us to-build up our interests in the Pacific Ocean and shape our future commercial policy on broad foun- dations ; for it is upon the shores of the Pacific that we are to find the means for the greatest unrolling of our future greatness. The Visit of Charlies Dickens. It is now officially announced that Dickens will leave England for this country either on the 26th of this month or the 2d of November, and will begin his readings here during the first week in December. We are told that we can form no intimate acquaintance with Mr. Pickwick, Sam Weller, Sergeant Buzzfazz, Little Nell, Dick Swiveller and Bob Sykes until we have heard their oral impersonation by Mr. Dickens. It appears that we are to have a formal but agreeable introduction to these celvbrities, as also to Sairey Gamp and Betsey Prig, by the gen‘leman who is best ac- quainted with them. We have no doubt that Dickens will make a success on his second visit to America, He comes now to amuse, not to caricature us, and though his contemplated tour may be less of an ovation than his former one, it will tarn out more profitable to himself than his “ American Notes,” with their very large “genoral circu- lation.” He may find material enough for an- other book in the curious characters he will meet among the radical politicians. The char- ter election, too, will be on the tapis, most op- portunely. on his arrival, and what a magnifi- cent study of human nature there will be in the extraordinary conglomeration of candi- dates for the various offices who will then pass beneath his eye ! Advertising by Telegraph. If anything were wanting to prove the march of the Herat as an indispensable advertising medium, we might bring forward the numerous advertisements which we receive by telegraph from the different parts of the United States, even from so distant a point as San Francisco. This is a new feature in journalism, and it points to the fact that the city of New York is the acknowledged business centre of the coun- try, while the Henao is the recognized repre- sentative of ite progress. Necessity for the Extension of Madison Avenue. The march of business up town, and the in- vasion of Fifth avenue by milliners, tailors and restaurant keepers, render it absolutely necessary that some outlet should be found for the private families thus ruthlessly ousted by the skirmishers of our grand army of com- merce. This object can be best accomplished by the extension of Madison avenue to the Harlem river. About a year ago it was cut through as far as Forty-ninth street, and last winter the Albany legislators were persuaded to give their consent to its extension to Ninetieth street. This plan of taking two bites at a cherry, in a matter so vitally affecting the interests of the city, is very characterigtic of Albany legislators, who always require to be continually prompted when any measure of real benefit is before them. During the coming winter the people should ses to it that their representatives at Albany sanction the ex- tension of Madison avenue to the Harlem river, A fine avenue through the centre of the island will then be ready for the reception of those who maybe compelled to leave Fifth avenue by the encroachments of commerce ; and as these are every day becoming more frequent, the immediate necessity for the pro- posed extension will be clearly apparent to every one. City Markets. The city market property has been the latest subject of one of those lengthy commu- nications which the Citizens’ Association pe- riodically address to city and State officials. This time the person addressed is Comptroller Connolly. There is little in the letter beyond @ repetition and endorsement of the Comp- troller’s expressed views on the subject. They appiaud the course of radical reform initiated by him in this important branch of the city revenue, and advocate the sale of the mar- kets at their estimated value—five million dol- lars. The Association bring forward estimates and figures to show the gross mismanagement of this department, and are after dishonest and corrupt officials, as usual, with a sharp stick. The figures prove that not one-half of the proper amount of revenue from this source has found its way into the City Treasury, and that the majority of consumers are at the mercy of up town retailers, in consequence of the mis- management and bad location of the mar- kets. Toast the market income has been here- tofore squandered upon Corporation thieves and political pensioners is a fact too glaring to deny. The sale of the property would also redound to the pecuniary advantage of the city, as the proper investment of the purchase money must yield a much higher sum than, the present income. But, on the other hand, if the Comptroller has commenced the work of reform, and will persevere in it until he has weeded out every abuse, there is no reason why the market property may not be made even a more. profitable source of revenue to the city than by private sale. Let the dilapi- dated affairs that now disgrace our city be re- placed by handsome, clean, well managed and properly located structures, and the income will be trebled in a very short time. The value of the property is always on the ‘increase, and when the drainage of Corporation thieves is effectually stopped the city will reap more benefit from it than by selling it As it has been, the market department of the city gov- ernment would be a di-grace to any country village, and is unworthy of the leading city in Am-rica, SOUTH AMERICA. BY THE ATLANTIC CABLE. bs The Parnguayan War-The Allied Forces Lying Inactive Betore the Fortress of Hue apd Loxpox, Oct. 3, 1867. Later advices from South America have beer received, but they give no definite intelligence as to the result of the recent bombardment of the Paraguayan fortifica- tions, They state, however, that the Brazilian and Argentine ficets were lying inactive off the fortress of Humaita, and tue land forces ot the allied Powers were making no preparations for any further movement, Arrival of the Fin, Charles H. Duvis at Rio Jancire. Lonpos, Oct, 3, 1867, The last dates from Rio Janeiro report the arrival at that port of the United steam frigate Guerriero, the flag- ship of Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis, commanding the South American squadron, NEWS BY THE GULF CABLE. Commercial and Marine Intelligence. Havana, Oct. 2, 1867. Exchange continues dull; Uniied States currency 24% discount. Sugar market is eteady; prices are unchanged. Lard, in tins, 193g. Apples, 10, Potatoes, 6. Onions, 5, The steamer Liberty, from Baltimore, sailed to-day for New Orleans; also sailed brig Havana for New York. Havana, Oct. 3, 1867, Exchange on London, sixty days, 1934 per cent; ninety days, 18% per cent; on Paris, ninety days, 6 per cent; on United States currency, 25.23% per cent; gold, sixty days, 7's a 7% per cent, Sugar active at 9 reais for Nos, 1134 to 12. More than 7,000 boxes sold. Hams, 16a 17. BLOODY AFFRAY IN WILLIAMSBURG, One Man Fatally and Another Severely Stabbed—Escape of the icide. A bloody affray took piace shortly after eight o'clock last night at the corner of Division avenue and First street, Brooklyn, E. D., between a party of workmen employed in the sugar refinery of Wintjen, Dick & Co., which resulted in the death of one of the ies con. cerned and the wounding of another. It Hammond Gi Lawrence Aerbardt and a man named Weber had a trifling difficulty in the sugar house daring the afternoon, and when they left work last evening they renewed the quarre! at ths corner of Division ave- Due and Firat street, After an angry altercation cries of “Murder! Iam stabbed!"’ were lieard to issue from the party; Hammond Gross wasecen to fall in the street, Weber staggered up the sireet, and Aerhardt fled. Officer Adamson, of the Forty-fifth precinct, being the neighborhood at tue time, burried to the scene the bloody conflict and removed Gross, who was bless from loss of blood, to a lager beer saloon the neighborhood. A physician was for, bot the wounded man was beyond expired within an hour. A the of the heart. snd renided at 22 MeKioben street. Weber's wound very severe, but not necessarily fatal. He was taken his residence, which is a'so ia McKibben street. jleged perpetrator of this bloody deed is sEiseas seh ja Waglom. The utmost excitement vailed ia the neigh! Of the trageay ep to alate hour last night, pote An inquest will be heid immediately thereafter. All the men engaged in the sanguinary affray are na- tives of Germany. THE ALABAMA ELECTION. » Returns from Fifteen Counties=The Required Majority Obtained so far. Moytoomeny, Ala, Oct. 3, 1867, The returns for two days have been received from fifteen counties, In which the number of registered Ivoters is 61,400, and the number of votes polled 34,360, eaving 3,660 more than the required majority of one-~ bak. TWE ARCTIC WHALING FLEET. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3, 1867, A letter from Plover Bay, Arctic Ocean, gives the fol- lowing information of the Arctic whaling flect, It is dated July 22:—The Three Brothers had taken sixteen whales; Gayhead, thirteen; Reindeer, seventeen; Mas- sachusetts, of New Bedford, fourteen; teen; Minerva, thirteen; George thian, four; Nautilus, ten; fon, two; Flor da, of San of San Franc! ; four; Birch Perry, ten; talla, six hundred’ barrels; are nto, ave tn ot Hae Acti’ four; ‘Alpha, five; was clean. jestern Union T yh Company's bark, Clara Bell't nea visited Fort bo: et TSreatley oe Anadyr and Plover Bay, and found the stations in condition. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. by the aleships from the San Francisco, Oct. 3, 1867. Further Hawaiian advices stato that the King opened the Legislative Assembly in person on the 24 of Sep- tember. The following vessels have arrived at Honolulu from the Arctic Soa:—President, with 1,200 barrels of oll and 20,000 pounds of bone; Islander, with 1,200 bar- Fels of o1] and 20,000 pounds of bone, Ninety barrels of oll and somo bone were transferred from the whaieship Congress, which was lost in the Ana~ dyr Sea, to the bark Nautilus, ‘i