The New York Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1868, Page 4

4 . §WEW YORK HERALD. BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. srseteveteetectveaeectoes NOs BS AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING a BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.—Paxr o' Dar. PIKE'S OPERA HOUSE, 23d at., corner Bighth av.— Ricousrro. FRENCH THEATRE, Fourteeath strect.~Tus Graxp Duvasss. BOWE THBATR) — " — von a Ww E Rowse -Patan 's Doom—Dopaina —Sixremn Sreina NEW YORK Pa PR STHPATER. opposite New York Hotel OLYMPIC THE, lL Py iy ATRE, Broadway.-A Mipscumer MIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Tax Wuita Fawn. WALLACK’'S THEATRE, Broadway and 13th street. — 1s WonpEn. BANVARD’S OPERA HOUSE AND MUSEUM, Broad- ‘way and Turueth street.—Faost King. Miutinve ti FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Nos. 2 and 4°West ath treet. —Faxin or Bramau. NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourteenth atroct.—Grun astics, Eguesreianisy, &0, Matinee at 235. "THEATRE COMIQUE, 614 Broadway.—Haxuox Coust- mation TRours. Malinoast 2h. ie "KELLY & LEON’S MINSTRELS, 730 Broadway.—Soxas, Dances, Kocentnicitizs, Bontesques, £0. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 585 Broadway. —Ernio- ‘Byreetainments, Sinaina, Daxouta axp BuRtxsques. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 201 Bowoery.—Comic Vocaiism, Necro Minernetsy, &0. Matince at 2}. BUTLER'S AMERICAN Bauurr, Farce, Pantomime, BUNYAN HALL, Broadway and Fifteenth stréet.—Tux ‘Pucrim. Matinec at 2, MRS, F, B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn.— UTALANOHIT. THEATRE, 472 Broadway.— mm B, way. HOOLEY'S OPPRA HOUSER, Brookltyu,—Eracoriay CY, BALLADS AND BURLESQTES NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— AND Ant, Now York, Wednesday, January 22, 1868. EUROPE. Our Atlantic cable advices are dated 10:15 P. M. of yesterday. George Francis Train had been released, and has com- menced action for illegal arrest, laying damages at £100,000 sterling. He was accused of saying that he had come to Ireland to organize the Fenians, and was Qrrested on that charge. Lord Stanley disavows the act on the part of his government, The preventive measures against the Garibaldi cam- paign into the Papal States cost the Italian government 18,000,000 lires. Menabrea has told Spain very sharply that Ita!y would not permit any foreign Power to inter- tore in her affairs, except France. ) In Liverpool last evening consols were at 92% and United States 5-20's at 717s. Cotton sold at from 7 1-3d. to 84 { The steamship City of Boston, from Liverpool on the ‘Sth and Quocastown on the 9th inst, arrived at this port lest ibe ~ CONGRESS. ~ In the Senate yesterday a rosolution was offered di- recting the President to investigate the cases of Ameri- ean citizens imprisoned abroad and demand their release 4f they are not gulity of overt acta, A bill to fund the poblic debt and toamend the banking laws of the United ‘States was introduced and referred. The caseof Senator ‘Thomas, of Maryland, was thea taken up, and after some debate Mr, Johason gave notice that he would pross a vote to-day, In the louse, Mr. Butlor's amendment to the Recon- @truction bill, giving the appointment of State officers to ‘the conventions was lost, and the bill was passed by 124 yeas to 45 nays. Tho rest of the business transacted ‘was of miner importance and the House adjourned, THE LEGISLATURE. In the Senate yesterday bills were noticed giving the Metropolitan Police supervisory power over the regula. tion of fines and authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Hudson at Albany anda tunnel under the Kast river, Billa were introduced incorporating the Long Isiand Tunnel and Railway Company, amending the act authorizivg the Constitutional Convention ana to provide for a jury list of heavy taxpayers, who saall past upon tho estimates of departments in New York city and county. In tho Assombly bills wore introduced to suppross in- docont publications and advertisoments; to repeal the act regulating the use of wharves aud piors and crealiug the office of Metropolitan Fire Marahal. The resolu- tion censuring Secretary Stanton was adopied, and a resolution endorsing the course of Prosideat Jobnson ‘was introduced and laid on the tabie, THE CITY. The Board of Audit was yesterday engagod in hearing the argument on the claim of the Washington Insur- nce Company for the sum of $5,872.63 for taxes assessed in 1861 and 1962 on the capital stock of the company invested in United states securities, The claim was opposed on the ground that it required a special act of the Legislature to reimburse the company, as the county had no agency in levying or collecting the tax. Is is sald that two gentiomen connected with the British Legation from Mexico, now sojourning on the wtoam corvette Jason, got wedged in the ico in a row. boat yesterday, and were boiag carried towards the Narrows by the current when last seen. ‘Thero were 441 deatus in New York and 148 in Brook- dyn jast week, besides 125 im the public institutions Appertaining to the two cities, F ‘The case of Bowen and others vs. Chase and others, involving the validity of the claim of heirship of the partios from whom (he defendants obtained tue assign. ‘ment of interest im the will of the late Mad: Jumei, came before the yesterday, on appoal by granting a commission on stipulated interrogatories, for the examination of witnesses in Rhode Island. Decisivn Foserved. In the case of Storer vs, Allen, an setion for the re- covery of damages for the killing of plaintiff's son by falling through a hatchway im defendant's warehouse, fond which was tried on Monday in the Supreme Court, Circuit, the jury (ailed to agree yaa discharged. ‘The collision case between the ferry bost D. 3. Grego- ndants from the order Fy and tho steamboat George Washington, the trial of ‘which has been before Judge Biatenford, in consequeace of a suit for damages being brought against the owners of these vessels by Ann Cavan, a passenger on board the Grogory at the time of the collision, and who was se- ‘vorely injured thereby, occupied the whole of the ses- ion of the court yesterday, without being concluded. ‘The main question sooms to be which of the steamers was in fault. In tho cane of the United States vs, Garness C. Baker, late teller in the Tradesmen's National Bank, ‘which has occupied the attention of United States Com- missioner Osborn's court for several days, was yesterday Submitted by counsel on eitber side, Decision reserved. * MISCELLANEOUS, ‘The news from Vera Cras is dated the 16th inst The Wacaten expedition was preparing. That State was ‘Geolared in siege, and troops for the suppression of the Tebsllion wore being placed at the disposal of the Presi- ont by many of the States A quadruple allience with Peru, Chile and Bolivia is favored by Juares. Reports ‘were im circulation in Havana that twenty thousand muskets had been shipped to Yucatan, Santa Anna ‘was vainly making efforts te borrow money, Sisel was Gti! bleskaded. The tone of the South Carolina Reconstruction Con- vention is quite moderate. A bill of righte was submit- ted yesterday which is very conservative, A solicitor of the State bas been Invited to assist in the preparation of business, and a proposition te abolish istrict Courts of the State was lost, on the ground tbat it was the business of the Convention only to form s constitu. tion. Nor has anything yet been eaid about per diem, In the Georgia Convention yesterday resolutions were adopted requesting Congress to permit the Convention Lo remove the Governor and other State officers and ap- pint obapes Vo the vacancies, and to remove isebilities NEW YORK HERALD WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1868. from certain persons that thoy may be eligible to guch ‘appointments. ‘The Florida Reconstruction Oomveption met at Talta- hhasece on Monday. The President and Secretary were chosen trom the white delegates, most of the other offices being Dlled by negroes, The Virginia Convention yesterday invited General Grant to visit the hal, A conservative member refused toserveon the committees to wait upon the General because there was a negro on it, ‘Two Conservative Conventions are in session at Hous- ton, Texas, and it is thought they will unite, One of them called the McMahon Convention adopted reaola- tions favoring the equality of the negro before the law and the reconstruction of the State under the laws of Congress. The Cass mills, at Alexandria, N. H., wero ontirely dostroyed by fire on Monday night, A fire in Abingdon, and stables, Involving a loss of $20,000, A fire in Cin- cimpati on Monday night destroyed property to the ox- tent of $10,000. In the United States Supreme Court yesterday Chic Justice Chase announced that a majority of the Court being of opinion that the McArdle causo should bo ad- vanced on the calondar, it is ordered that it be sei for hearing on the first Monday of Maroh noxt, . ‘The revenue cutter Ashuolot, Captain Rowse, was at Sourabagia November 19, on her way to Hong Kong. Amanat Richfleld, Minn,, was put off the cars pe- cently for not ‘paying ten cents extra on account of having no ticket, and he froze to death. A Now York revenue inspector seizod thres hundred nd Afty barrels of spirits in Boston yeserday. The Now England Manufacturers’ Convention will be hold in Worcester, Mass., to-day. In the State Constitutional Convention yesterday the articlo-on education was.adopted, By the sudden decoase of Providence Ludlam, repub- lican member of the Senate of New Jorsey, a vacancy has been created in the Cumberland district. The Senate stood, with the late {ncumbent, eleven demo- crats, ten republicans, Tho vote in tho district at tho November election was, republican, 2,689; domocrat, "2,640, Republican majority, 49, The National Crisle—The Teachings History. There is a twofold point of view from which the state of ‘affairs now existing at Washington may be contemplated. Tho one point of view ia essentially comical, tho other point of view is essentially serious, The comical aspect of things -is sufficiently ridiculous. Never, per- haps, did honorable mon (we beg pardon, they are no longer honorable,) make such foois of themselves, Tie serious aspect of things is quite as alarming as the otaor is ridiculous. The nation is in poril, and the peril is no} th less real that our statesmen and rulers, in their scrupulous regard for their own interests, aro recklessly regardiess of the interests of the nation. We do not say that the evils of which we complain are incurable. It would be strange indeed if they were. Wo are a youth- ful people, full of life and energy. We have trizmphed over great evils before; and we are by no means without the conviction that the worst which now oxist it is in our power easily to cast aside. The peouliarity of the present situation is this—that the men in whom we havo placed our confidence and to whom we look to save the country are the very men at whose door the distracted condi- tion of the country is to be laid. Tho proved vitality and energy of the American people are such that our legislators and office- holders seem to have arrived at the conviction that, no matier how they may legislate, no matter how regardless they may be of law and order, the country cannot be ruined. We do not despise their conviction, but we cannot commend their conduct. The country will not be ruined, but no thanks to those whom we have placed in authority. Convinced as we are that the country will at no disiant day rise superior to all her present troubles, we cannot close our eyes to the fact that the situation is really pregnant with peril. It may supply fun for the funny, but it does not the less on that account furnish food for the thoughiful. Our revolutionary salety valves are no doubt effective, and our recuperative forces are great; but we can conceive of cir- cumstances in which neither the one nor the other nor both would be able to saveus. We are not satisfiod that any of the men who are now bigh in office or who are influencing in a prominent degree the councils of the nation mean revolution or are in any sense bent on the destruction of our liberties. We aro willing to admit that even amid their selfish- ness patriotic feelings find a place. It would be absurd, however, at the close of a great civil war, to make too much of patriotism. It the late rebellion has taught us anything it has certainly taught us this—that whon party strife reaches a certain point patriotism be- comes a secondary consideration, or rather, we should say, is liable to be harmonized with very divisive courses. Wo believe with Mr. Bingham that the will of tho people as ex- pressed through their chosen representatives is supreme and the only lawmaking power ; but we do not believe with Mr. Bingham that a dominant faction is at liberty to legislate ex- clusively in its own interests, and to ride roughshod over barriers which the wisdom of our forefathers erected for the special purpose of protecting our liberties and guarding against hasty legislation ; and we should like Mr. Bing- ham to explain what the people should do, or have a right to do, in the event of Congress after Congress proving unfaithful to their trust. If members of Congress will not do the work to which they have been appointed have not the people a right to interfere and command that the work be done in whatever way and by whatever means they may think fit? If the people have not this right are they not exceed- ingly Hable under strong provocation to claim it? The rivalry which now exists between the two Parties in Congress and the attitude as- sumed by President Johnson and by General Grant are deeply suggestive. We are, in fact,as @ nation, precisely in those circumstances in which it is difficuls to foresee with clearness the character of the future. We eee the beginning, but what the end.is to be we know not Revolutions of a serious and destructive character have sprung from begianings much less ominous than what we now see at Washington. Little sparks have more than once in the world’s history already kindled great fires. It does not affect the truth of this statement or the value of the lesson which it conveys to say that no such intention now exists. Results, in truth, are often as little proportioned to intention as they are to their original cause. The causes which led to the reformation in Germany, to the revolution in England, to the protracted struggle in the Netherlands, to the revolution in France, and, more recently, to our own great civil war, were in every case small as compared with the actual consequences ; nor in any ono of these oases was the result proportioned to the original intention. In all these great struggles which stand out as landmarks !n modern his- tory @ little more wisdom in counoll, a lity less party spirit and a few timely con- Mass, yesterday morning, destroyed a store, dwelling | coasions might have inGaitely hep- | Awey with such peti Roary dar ar yours Cae tha “3 pler fésiii@ than wi of bloodshed and misery, But wise counsels did not prevail; party spirit became embR- tered as the struggle was lengthened out, and that which might easily at the commencement have been setiled to the satistaction of al! par- tles was at the close, after years of agony and at the cost of mach blood and treasure, sottled to the satisfaction of none, Tt is not for us to despise the teachings of history. Our advantages sre great if we only accept the experience of the past. We are | placed upon vantage ground. by the peculiar | character of ourinstitutions, Not one of the nations of the past was similarly tavored. But if we will not learn we must suffer. If we will not profit by the experience of others we must learn by our owa. Tho evils of the situation, as we have said, are not incurable; but if the people do not xt once take the matter in band and make their voice echo and re-echo over tif Jand, it is not in the power of man to ford- tell what disastrous future is in store tor us. Governor Orr, of South Carolina, Snabbed by the Cloven-Heelers. Governor Orr, of South Carolina, has jnst delivered an address before the Reconstruction Convention now sitting in Charleston, in which he gives the cloven-heelers some sensible advice and at the same time makes some ain- guiar admissions. He acknowledges the proba- bility that the next President and the coming Congress may be democratic or conservative, but that the repeal of the Congressional Recon- struction acts cannot be effected until the 4th of March, 1871. Therefore, as tho new con- stitution must remain in force until that time, the Governor hopes that through “official, if not personal influence, he may accomplish some- thing in securing from the Convention a liberal, just and wise constitution.” The Governor admits that “it is idle to disguise the fact that the white and colored races, where they have been thrown together with equal privileges, have rarely, if ever, been able. to harmonize,’’ and admonishes the sable delegates—who are | ina large majority in the Convention—that as the “intelligence, wealth and virtue of South Carolinu” entered largely into the rebellion and now compose the disfranchised class, thoy must expect their acts to encounter the severest eriticism of intelligent white men at hom» and abroad. Entertaining these views, is it not a little singular the Governor should be caught in the midst ofan assemblage that has no other object than the elevation of the blacks at the expense of the degradation ot the whites? It seems, moreover, that the Governor is giving counsel to the Convention in the face of a direct snub inflicted upon him by a burly negro delegate, who alleged that bis (the Governor’s) political tumbles were 60 rapid as to make man’s head “dizzle” to look at him. It is very likely, therefore, that as the Governor’s advice has not been sought it will pass unheeded. Indeed, the initiative propositious made to the Conven- tion tend to show this. For instance, there have been offered one resolution throwing all State institutlons—such as universities, public schools and colleges—open to the negroes, and another that negroes shall be admitted to all hotels, travelling conveyances and places of public entertainment on the same terms as the whites. In other words, that all the bar- riers erecied for the protection of civilized society shall be cast. down and untutored semi- barbarians permitted to enter, roam, insult and outrage at will. It will be difficult, we think, for the Governor to reconcile his idea about the “lutelligence, wealth and virtue of South Carolina” with these propositions to degrade respectable whites to a level with people whose instincts lead them to rapine, lust and beastliness. The “harmony” between the races expocied to flow from the delibera- tions of a body composed of such material must be very distant indeed—beyond even the period Governor Orr assigns a3 the lifetims of any constitution they may concoct. Tho Farcical Fuss at Washington. The foolish fuss in Washington over the muar- riage of Colonel Parker, “the big Indian,” is surpassed in its folly by the farcical fuss among the Washington button politicians and newsmongers over the restoration of Stanton fo the Cabinet. What President Johnson can do with Stanton; what he ought to do and what he intends to doin parrying this rebuff from the Senate ; what General Grant said one day and what he did the next, and what the President thinks of it, and what Sherman hoard Grant say and thought he was going to do; and how Stanton and Grant chuckled over it all; and what is Jerry Black’s opinion; and whether Stanton will resign or wait for another kick ; and what Ben Builer is watching for, so that he can spring tho impeachment bowstring around the neck of said Johnson, are items which seem to make up the political gossip of the Washington newsrooms, barrooms and oyster cellars, Of such rubbish over tis case of Stanton we have had enough. The Presi- dent put him out without the advice or con- sent of the Senate, and the Senate put him in again without the advice or consent of the President, which makes the case in statu quo ante bellum. What says Sam Paich? He says that “some things can be done as well as others.” ought to have looked into this before suspend- ing Stanton. Perhaps he did, and expected him to come back. If so, it’s all right; if not, why then it is Hobson’s choice, and Hobson was @ practical man. We have always had rather a liking for Hobson, and Johnson might do worse than follow the example of Hobson. Lastly, we hope the Washington newsmen will soon fiad some other topic upon which to exer- cise their wiis than this exhausted subject of Stanton. A New Spots or Ovrice Bisr.—We notice by our Washington despatches that General John A. Logan has prepared a bill, which he intends bringing before Congress, for & distribution of the offices and clerkships in the departments at Washington among the States and Congressional districts in propor- tion to population, This is s petty and con- temptible business to be legislating about, for andor the seeming equitable distribution of patronage there is a vile and demoralizing principle. {t is placing the spoils of office above every consideration of merit, fitness, ex- perience, length of service, or anyiing else. It is reducing the government to a vast chari- table institution for feeding o certain number of hungry fellows, who cannot got a living in any other way, from every Congressional dis- trict, whother they be fitted for office or mot. ile was correct, and Mr. Johnson’ and demoralizing General John ‘A. Logan cannot find something else to work upon. Gorilla and the NestomMr. Du Chaillw’s Lectures. Men often, by some fortunate accident, hit the yery nick of time in their undertakings or @scoveries, This seems to be the case with the famous African explorer, Mr. P, B, Du Chaillu. He is fortunate in revealing to the world facts regarding the previously unex- plored portions of Africa near the equator at a time when mankind is earnestly secking information about that old and vast Continent, He is fortunate in bringing to light’ many fucts regarding the negro race and in the dis- covery of the gorilla, an animal that approaches nearest to the human family, ata time when philosophers, etbnologisis, physiologists and men of science generally are greatly oecupicd with subjecta pertaining to the races of men and animals, He is fortnnate in returning to the United States to lecture on these subjects and his discoveries when the public mind is profoundly moved about the statas of the negro in our political and social iife. Mr. Du Chaillu has xeceaily returned from @ lecturing tour in the Wesi, to which he had been invited by the different acientific societies throughout that section of the country. He delivered lectures in mest of the great citivs and towns on his explorations and discoveries to large and intellectual audiences, No ‘sub- ject, perhaps, could have more intcrested both the learned and the public just at this time. But be does not confine himself to lecturing, as is generally known, for he has written and published several works. His first work, “Explorations in Equatorial Africa,” and his second, “A Journey to Ashango-Land,” were published at the same time in England, France and the United States, and have been translated -into most of the European languages. The first edition of a new book is just ont, called “Stories of the Gorilla Country,” narrated for young people. All these are handsomoly illustrated; the latter particularly has numerous beautiful illustra- tions, This one will prove exceedingly inter- esting, as much so as “Robinson Crusoe” ever was, not only to young poopie on account of its striking novelty and charming and natu- ral style, but to the aged and learned as well. At first Mr. Du Chaillu’s statements wore as- sailed by certain critics and. even by some scientific men on account of their extraordinary novelty, but no one now doubts his discovery of the gorilla and other animals unknown be- fore his remarkable adventures, Some of our citizens will have the priviloge of seeing Mr. Du Chaillu’s fine diagrams of tho bony skeletons of the gorilla, the chimpaszeo, the ourang-outang, and of mn, a3 weil as of African scenery, natives and different animals, and of hearing explanations by Mr. Du Chaulu at the Travellers’ Club to-night Afterwards he will commence an extensive lecturing tour through the United States, beginning at New York in a course of three lectures at Steinway Hall on the 17th, 24th and 26th of February. Mr. Du. Chaillu did not go to Equatorial Af- rica twice and remain there many years for the sake of adventure or for sport in shooting animals, like many English travellers in this and other countries, but he went as a savant to study in a new field the races of men and animals, and especially the negro in his primi- tive condition and home. Ho visited and lived among thirty tribes of negroes, many of which had never had before any knowledge or inter- course w'th the white man. His lectures, there- fore, must prove highly interesting and in- structive both to the mass of the people and to men of science. Tho public mind is ripe, as we said before, for just such facts with regard to the negro race as Mr. Du Chaillu has presented in his books and will present in his lectures. Not being a politician or partisan in any sense, and simply treating the subject in a scientific point of view, he will be listened to by all parties and cfasses, He should by all means go to Washington and enlighten the pro-negro and anti-negro members of Congress on the subject of races, The hall of the Representa- tives should be assigned to him for this pur- pose. This would be ® much more appro- priate use of it than when used by tho ranting, strong minded women lecturers and for other equally objectionable purposes. It may be profitable, perbaps, for our negro-worshipping Congressmen to learn how far the gorilla and negro of Africa are removed from the white Caucasian raco of this country. The Conti- nont of Africa, as Mr. Du Chaillu shows, is the oldest; but whether the nogro inhabitants are the oldest race of the hum family, or whether, as some maintain, all of the four great divisions—the Negro, the Mongolian, the Amori- can Indian and the Caucasian—are descended from the same stock, is of little consequence in view of the actual and great difference that exists. This latter is the paramount quostion now that an effort is being made to put the highest and the lowest of these races on a political and social level. It may be useful to know that the negro through all his long history has never emerged from barbarism, not even partially, when not under the influ- ence of @ superior race, and that he inevitably returns to barbarism from even a partially civilized state when left to himself; It might do good to instruct our legislators at this timo in the operations of the laws of nature upon attempts to amalgamate different races—to show that hybrids cannot continue to exist— that nature has pronounced against it, and that wherever political and social equality has been attempted between races ia which nature has established inequality society has become disorganized, revolutionary and in incessant trouble. The white race may be debased, and, in fact, is debased, by such efforts, and the black man is ndt elevated. Indeed, the black man, after doing immense mischief and demor- alizing the white race and society generally, is pushed out of existence. Here is a vast and highly interesting subject which Mr. Da Chaillu has profoundly studied and which his experi- ence will enable him to elucidate better than any other man. We hope he will go from one end of the country to the dther in his proposed lecturing tour; for he may make it as profita- ble to bimeelf as it will be useful to the com- tmanity. Tue New Exatanp Manvracronens,—The manufacturors of the New England States have ever been persistent in their demands for special favors from the government, in order to be relieved from the burdens of necessary taxation and to enhance their profits through The . he operations of protective tariffs. They now Propose to shake off the revenue tax on manu- factures and to throw it upon some other branches of ‘trade, and for the purpose of me- morializing Congress to consummate their wishes the cotton, woollen, irom, paper leather and other interests of New England will be represented in convention to-day et ern PRUBGRAPHIC NBWS' FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. Worcester, Mass, Wedo not anticipate that | George Francis Train Released by the any alarming result will grow out of this movement, as other interests will be likely o have as much influence in the halls of Con- gress as the cotton protectionists of New Eng- land can hope to wield. ‘The United States aud the West Indics— The Purchase of St. Thomas. The proceedings for the transfer of the island of St. Thomas having been ratified by the people of that island, the project can now only be defeated in the United States Senate. For its defeat before that body a certain portion of the radical press labors very anxiously ; and it is only natural that they who so bitterly endeavor to keep ten States of the Union in a condition of anarchy aud disorganization—to put the uigger above the while man in, those States— should: regard with disfavor anything that could iaure- in-any way to the benefit of our national commerce, In a commercial view the wholo of the West Indies are of the greatest im- porianee to this.country, and more particularly are of great importance to this city. St ‘Thomas, being the windward island, is practi- cally, the commanding point of the whole system, and in a time of war would enable us to command the entire archipelago; while in time of peace its possession would give us the control of West India trade. All the extensive commerce those islands now carry on with European co: would gravitate to tis port with St. Thomas in possession of the United States; and. this one consideration alone is ample reason tor the purchase. The Gettysburg National Aeylum. The country is being constantly flooded with lotteries, gift enterprises and other outrageous swindles, and circulars abounding in extrava- gant promises are scattered broadcast in every city, town and village. This kind of swindling prepares the minds of the people to look with suspicion on all kinds of gift enterprises. Yet there are some which deserve at least.con- sideration and examination, and among these is the Association formed for the purpose of founding an asylum for our disabled veterans, ‘Tie ostensible object of the Gettysburg Asylum Association is to provide a national bome for our invalid soldiers, similar to the Hotel des In- valides in Paria, or the Greenwich and Chelsea hospitals in England. Now, this is a very laud- able and patriotic foundation for an enterprise, The only trouble is that gift undertakings do not always fulfil what they promise. A bellige- rent member of Congress jumps up in his seat in the Houso and says that the Gettysburg Asylum enterprise is a humbug. Now, this is a very serious charge, and one which should not be made excepton good grounds. The grounds for such a charge are not given ; and, although all the proceedings of the National Asylum scheme have been so far characterized with honesty and fair play, yet this Mr. Van Wyck fulminates the thunders of his eloquence against it. It proposes to hold a gift festival next month in Now York and Philadelphia, and distribute the presents to the lucky draw- ers in the self-same manner in which the gifts at the grand presentation festival for the ben- efit of the Soldiers’ Orphan Asylum was con- ducted last year. The latter festival was an entire success, and gave satisfaction to all con- nected with it It was conducted under the auspices of some of our most eminent citizens, and every encouragement was extended to it. If the Gettysburg Asylum affair, which cer- tainly has an excellent object in view, prove a humbug, then why should the Logislature of Pennsylvania grant it a charter, and why should the names of some of our most eminent citizens be attached to it? It is the easiest thing in the world to unmask a humbug of this kind ; but it is a very serious thing for a mem- ber of Congress to ,inveigh against it without being able to prove his assertions, The object of the Association is of the noblest kind, and its arrangements have been so far satisfactory. Let impartial justice, then, be done to it by the national legislature and the people. Procress or Poatisu—We have already chronicled the arrival of several English pugil- ists, whom the growing odium of their trade at home may have induced to leave their country for their country’s good. They have, however, been most hospitably welcomed here. Yesterday, for instance, we published a glo#- ing account of pugilistic exercises in honor of one of them. In several of the oncounters on this occasion our reporter testifies that the blows fell so thick and fast as forcibly to show “feeling to a considerablo extent on either side;” but not, of course, “the fello® feeling that makes us wondreus kind.” But the most striking commentary on the pro- gress of pugilism in our midst was the report—which also appeared in yester- day’s Heratp—of a fatal prize fight which took place on Sunday on Bloody Island (ap- propriately named), in Illinois, just opposite St Louis, in Missouri. .In this murderous fight Dennis Reardon, a light weight, eighteen years of age, pummolied his adversary, Thomas McCann, to death. He and six other persons were arrested. If we continue to pay extraor- dinary honors to the exiled English pugilists we must expect to have to record many more deadly encounters like this. Gawoters Demoratmmp Into Tureves.—That hard times demoralize history has always shown. Within a few days we find that de- moralization has extended so far as not only to necessitate the closing of several “bells,” but also to convert at least two gay gamblers into thieves. Two individuals, whom the detectives describe as Well known in the moro fashion- able circles of “fighters with the tiger,” have been arrested on the charge qf being impli- cated in the recent theft of thousand dollars from the Bank of the Republic. One of these gamblers turned thief has, it is said, “been for some time past acting as @ ‘bull’ in Wall street speculations.” Had he confined himself to Wall street speculations, or even to his equally hazardous risks at the faro table, who knows but that in due time he might have been elected to Congress? But both he and bis friond seem to have decided in favor of the alternative offered to their ambition and to have laid their plans to go to the Penitentiary instead. Tt ia not unlikely that their plone may prove succossfa. Authorities at Corke ee His Arrest Disavowed on the Part of the British Government by Lord Stantey, THE REVOLUTION IN ¥ Active Measures of the Mexican Gov- ernment for Its Suppression. Proceedings of the Southern Recon- struction Conventions. IRELAND. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALA George Francis Trais Reloased=Prompe Action of Minister Adams—The Government Disavows the Act-The Lecal Authoritics Responsible—Train Claims One Handred Thousand Pounds Sterling Damages. , Lonvon, Ji ae ions Pe. } Mr. George Francis Train bas been released by the authorities at Cork. Immediately there- after Mr. Train instituted an action against the Crown for illegal arrest, laying his damages at one hundred thousand pounds sterling. The causes leading to’ his arrest are these:—An Englishman named Gee, a fellow passenger of Mr. Train, informed the officers.on the’ tug which boarded the Scotia at Queenstown that Train had said he came to Ireland for the purpose of or- ganizing the Fenians and commencing a fight. Mr. Train was arrested upon this information. Gee denied that he had given such information when he was in court. Mr. Eastman, United States Consul at Queens- town, was exceedingly active in Mr. Train’s be- half, Mr. Adams, United States Minister here, at once saw Lord Stanley, who, on his represente- tion, ordered the release of Mr. Train. Lord Stanley disavowed the act on the part of the gov- ernment, and stated that the local authorities were solely responsible for it. Mr. Adams’ prompt action secured Mr. Traia’s speedy release. THE PRESS TELEGRAMS. The Arrest of Messrs. Train and Durant at Quevnstown. London, Jan. 21—Noon. The following particulars of the asrest of George Francis Train have been received here from Queens- town . During tho transit of the tender (which contained the passengers and the baggage of the Scotia) from the steamer to the wharf the baggage of Mr. Train as woll as that of Mr. Thomas C. Durant,.of New York, whe was also ® passeager, was subjected to the most rigorous examination by the customs officers. Nothing of an in- cendiary or seditious character being found in the trunks of either of these gentlemen, they were accordingly both permitted to go ashore, As they stepped from the tender to the wharf they were arrested and taken Defore a justice of the peace ia the city, The ex- amination eliciting nothing against the prisoners te warrant their detention, they were discharged. Soen after their arrival at their hotel they wore rearrested. Upon the completion of the second examination Mr. Durant was discharged. The authorities, however, de- tained Mr. Train, and he was sent in custody to the Cork jail, On Saturday he was brought before a court and re-examined, but remanded until Monday, the 27th inst. In tho meantime the case is creating considerable excitement, The newspapers are reprinting the char- acteristic speoches and letters of Mr. Train as forming @ sort of justification of bis arrest, Train’s Release and Manifesto. Lowpox, Jan, 21—Evening. Mr. Train was discharged from arrest at Cork this morning. He has sent tho following despatch by At Janie cable to bis friends in Amori Ihave just been roleased on the intervention of Mr. Adams, have brought suit against the British governs meat for one hundred thousand pounds damages. GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN. The Fealan Demonstration Against tho Daa- cannon rtello Tower. Dvnux, Jan, 21—Evening. Tho accounts received bero of the threatened dis- turbance in Waterford county wero greatly exaggerated. On Friday a number of men under covor of the night surrounded the Martello tower at Duncannon and made hostile demonstrations. But finding the place woll garrisoned, the crowd retired without making aay attack or doing any damage, MEXICO, SPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE HERALD. Muskets tor Yucautan=Santa Anon Trying to Don Domingo Bureau. Havana, Jan. 16, Via Key Wrst, Jan. 21, 1868, ‘Vague reports are circulating hero that twenty thousand muskets have been secretly shipped to Yucatan. A certain class of schomers here pretend that orders have been issued to the troops to hold them- selves in readiness for two hours’ notice. The query is natura|—Has government any apprehen- sions on account of what General Escobedo said ata recent banqnet in relation to Cuba's aiding and abetting Santa Anna? We have the intelligence, which is supposed to have come through # Mexican ex-imperialist and the French Consul, that Captain Cortes, late of the Spanish army and pollce, is again enlisted in the cause of Santa Anns. The latter has scarcely ten thousand dollars ready cash at his command and is vainly making efforts to borrow. General Taboada’s ill-gotten wealth has been lost in speculation, and General Taboada died of the vomito, He was most devout in his last moments. D#n Domingo Bureau, late imperial civil Gover- nor of Vera Cruz, made an offer of $300,000 for 4 plantation at Cienfuegos, but he failed to secure the property. The American Consul, Mr. La Reintrie, is on the alert for whatever may transpire here affecting American interests. The Yucatan Ex ~The Guerrero Tron. bles Between Pinenes and Alvarez—Higher Dnty Demanded on Foreign Cotton. Havana, Jan, 21, 1868, By the steamer Marsella we have ews from Vera Craz to the 16th inst. 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