The New York Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1868, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD. BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, “AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. "S$ OPERA HOU! 34 st. corner Eighth av.— ahuee ov bavi ws FRENCH THEATRE, Fourteenth street.—Tus Graxo Dvcusss. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery,—'xvox's Doom—Donainc vou 4 Wire—Sixteen Stainc Jac. NEW YORK THEATRE, opposite New York Hotel. Piowwice Parens, OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.-A Mipsumurn Nigur’s Dekau. NIBLO'S GARDEN, WALLACK’'S THEATRE, Broadway and 13th strect. — Carrain or tux Watcu—Wooncock's Litrix Gaur, Fawy, Broadway.—Tas Waite BROADWAY THEATRE. Broadway.—Prer 0’ Dar. VARD'S OPERA HOUSE AND MUSEUM, Broad- way dad Thrtiet street.—Frost King. 6 NEW YORK Mosquera, and had received from President Acosta an a:suranco of the high consideration im whicn Colombia holds tho friendship of the United States. Our letters from Feru are dated respectively at the headquarters of the national army before Arequipa and the headquarters of the insurgents in that town on December 20, at Islay on the 23d, at Lima on the 26th, and Callao on the 28th, President Prado'a three days of grace before bombarding the rebels was about expir- ing, but he had determined to wait cight days more for the arrival of a two hundred and fifty pounder gun that wason the way from Islay. In Arequipa the effects of the siege were plainly visible, The insurgents had two rado mortars made out of bells, with which they attempted to bombard the gational camp, but the casualties result- ing from them counted more on their own side than elsowhere, They were in great straits for money, and forced loans. on the rich citizens were frequent On returning to the loyal camp our correspondent found that Prado’s communications had been cut by the capture of Cuzco, and the town of Isiay was seriously threatened, The two hunared and fifty pounder had been captured and dismounted. Balta, a revolutionary chief, was intrenched at Chiclayo; Lima itso! was threatened by Colonel Benndez and another plot to revolutionize Callao had just been diseovered. Our Buenos Ayres correspondence is dated December 14, and gives further information relative to the war in Paraguay. Lopez still kept open his communication ‘with ‘the interior, A raid aiming at the Capital of Paraguay was in contemplation by the allies, The Paraguayans bave been forwarding troops towards FIFTA AVENY® THEATRE, Nos, 2 and 4 West ©th streo.—PAKIR OF BRAMAN, é NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourteenth street. —Grunasrics, ‘Equestaianisa, &c. THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—Hanton Comat. Nation TROUPE, KELLY & LEON’S MINSTRELS, 720 Broadway.—Sonas, Dances, EOcenTRicitixs, BORLesques, &c. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 585 Broadway.—Eraio- PIAN ENTERTAINMENTS, SINGING, DaNciNG AND BURLESQUSS. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 201 Bowery.—Comto ‘Vocatis, Necko Minsraetay, &c. Matinee at 24, BUTLER’S AMERICAN THEATRE, 472 Broadway.— Ba.ter, Farce, Pantomine, &0. BUNYAN HALL, Broadway and Fifteenth street—Tar Pucaim. Matines at 2, STEINWAY HALL.—Oratorio or tne Oreation. . lent. LYRIC HALL, No, 753 Sixth avenue.—Vanpsmuorr’s Reamnas. MRS, F. B, CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn.— Ovratancuer. HOOLEY'S ‘Munstaatsy, B. — OPERA HOUSE, ALLADS AND BuR.esa NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— anp Ant. . TRIPLE SHEET. Now York, Thursday, January 23. 1568. EUROPE. Our Atlantic cable report is to last evening. The Alabama claims were bolng again discussed in the newspapers, Russia denies having sent troops to her southern frontier. In Liverpool last evening consols for money and account 923¢ +a 927%. United States tive twenties ‘were dull at 71%; at Frankfort they were 76, Middling upland cotton sold for 744d. in Liverpool, Produce and Provigions were without great change, Petroleum was dull, ; CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday the House Reconstruction Dill was laid over on motion of Mr. Doolittle, who wished to report an amendment, The report of tho Confer- ence Committee on the Anti-Contraction bill was agreed to, the Senate receding from iis amondments, The dis- cussion in the oase of Senator Thomas, of Maryland, ‘was then gesumed, during which Mr. Doolittle said that Edwin M. Stanton bad urged A. G, Brown to go to the confederacy and wished bim God speed. The debate Was closed on the annsuncerment of the death of Congressman Noell. In the House the Senate amendments to the Defi- elency bill were all concurred in but one, The considera tion of the bill declaring forfeited to the United States certain public lands granted to railroads in some of the Southern States was resumed. During the discus- eion Mr. Julian spoke of the rcbel character of Mr, Chanler’s friends in the South, Mr, Chanler immedi. ately retorted that he used the words of a “coward,” ‘whereupon be was called to order, but continued to make the assertion. Mr, Julian said he had a chance to ‘test the truth of the remark, and Mr, Chanlor said he would take an early opportunity of doing so. The bill ‘hen went ovor until to-day, THE LEGISLATURE. Tn the Senate yesterday the committee to investigate certain alleged canal frauds made a report, The amount lost by tho State through certain contracts 1a reported to be $240,000. Notice was given of bills to widen West street, New York, and to incorporate several city rail- roads and the New York, Brooklyn and New Jersey Paoeumatic Transportation Company. The bill author. dzing the raising of $500,000 in aid of the poor of the city, the vote being reconsidered, was referred. In the Assembly bills were mtroduced in relation to ‘the New York Marine Court and to prevent the inter- marriage of first cousins, Motions and resolutions were offered for an investigation of the Wa‘er Board of Brook- lyn and the management of Prospoct Park, the Croton Aqueduct Department and the life insurance companies, favoring the abolition of the Bank Department, and de- elaring the acts of the Constitutional Convention null ‘and void, refasing to acknowledge any appropriation for its expenses and earnestly requesting the members to jo a THE CITY. Mr, Peter Coopor has written o letter to the President of the State Constitutional Convention at Albany, sug- gesting a new arrangement of the city government, He favors appointments im the judicial and executive offices to serve during faithful performance of duty, by a council of appointment, selected, one momber trom each ward, ‘without regard to politics or religion. He recommends ‘that the executive work of the city be done by bureaus ‘and departments, over the heads of which the Mayor shall have the power of suspension and dismissal, Tho Corporation Counsel has decided that it requires & three-fourths vote of each Board of the Common Coun- cil to expend money. The number of emigrants who have arrived at this port since the Ist instant is 2,834. Monsieur P. B, DuChaillu last evening was the guest of the Travellers’ Club at their rooms im the Fifth svonue, There was a bighly intellectual audience, many ladies being present. He brifly, but with great effect upon his hearers, recounted some of the incidents and seones of bis explorations, which he illustrated by nu- merous diagrams, The entertainment was highly enjoy- able. The suit of Stephens versus De Coto, both proprietors Of Spanish newspapers of this city, came before Judge Monell, in the Superior Court, yesterday. The plaintiff weeks to provont the publication, under tho name of El Cromuta, of the defendant's paper, claiming thas the titlo is an infringement on that of the shect of which ne is the proprietor, and which isan old papor called La Cronica, but is at present suspended, Case not yet oon- cluded, The ease of Fisk & Belden versus the Chicago, Rock Isiand and Pacific Railroad Company came before Judge Cardozo yesterday at Supreme Court, Chambers, on a motion to compel the defendants to answer certain ques- tons put to them by ihe ree, A motion was also foade by defendants to dismiss the plaintif's’ proceed. ing, but both motions were fiaally adjourned until sat- Brooklyn. —Etmiorian oes. arday next, Recorder Hackett filed hts decision in the case of The People, &c., vs. Charies H. Sweetzer—the Gavetie-Mail wowspaper controversy —deciding that, as the evidence was conflicting, he would have to bold Sweetzer to bail for his appearance for trial before @ jury, ‘The North German Lioyd’s steamship Bromen, Captata Neynaber, will leave Hoboken to day (Vhureday), about one o'clock, for Southampton and Bremen. The matis Tor Europe will close at the Post Office at twelve M. fhe elegant screw steamship Morrimac, Captain Tim- mermann, will leave pier 46 North river, at threo P.M. to-day (Chureday), for St. Thomas and Rio Janoiro, touching at the intermediate potis, Tho mails will Chose at the Port Ufice at two P, BM. MISCELLANEOUS! Ovr Panama corr dated January 13, Vaited States Minisier at Bogota had officially explained the action of Saigarin tho purchase and equipment of R, Cuvier. relly y seriously on Balgar aud spondence The ng ¥ Cornto, little island from which an attack on the rear! of the allies could be made. It is roported thet six now iron-clads hayg recently been purchased by Brazil, The cholera was valling all! along the Parana. Our Chilean correspondence is dated December 17. Congress had concluded its extra session. Some com- plication was pending with Peru, and ia the event of the revolution proving successful, war betwoen the two countries was imminent. Our Yokohama, Japan, correspondence is dated De- cember 2, The items of interest have been anticipated by our special telegrams from San Francisco. The same may be said of our correspondénce from China, whichis dated Shanghae, November 27, Our New South Wales correspondence is dated De- cember 1, Prince Alfred had prolonged his atay in South Australia until the 20th of November, and had gone to Melbourne on the 234, The New England manufacturers mot in convention at Worcester, Mass, yesterday, and endorsed the pro- ceedings of the National Convention at Cleveland. George B. Lincoln was confirmed by the State Senate yesterday as a member of the Metropolitan Board of Health, ii a, At the meeting of the Poabody fund trustees at Rich- mond yesterday Genoral Grant offored a resolution, which was adopted, authorizing the expenditure of a portion of the fund for the relief of destitution in the South, ‘The State Military Association in Albany yostorday elected officers for the enauing year, adopted amond- ments to the military code and adjourned, In the Constitutional Convention yesterday the timo was mainly consamed in debate on the report of the Committee on Cities. In the Georgia Convention yesterday a committes was appointed to ascertain if one of the members had been in the penitentiary. as The mombors of the North Carolina Reconstruction Convention have contented themselves with $8 per diem, The Quebsc Legislative Assembly is discussing tho causes of emigration from that provines to the United ‘States, and proposes to prevent the samo, ‘Tbe city railroads of St, Louis, Mo., all 1ost money last year except one, which cleared $1,200. The New Reconstruction Bill~Tho Question Before the Senate. The House of Representatives, by a solid party vote on esch side—one hundred and twenty-three to forty-five—has passed the new Reconstruction bill, which makes General Grant provisional dictator over the ten ex- cluded Southern States. The authority with which he is thus invested is as absolute gs that of the Czar of all the Russias. The billin the outset declares that “the so-called civil govert= ments in said States shall not be recognized as valid or legal State governments either by the executive og the judicial powor or authority of the United States ;” and thus, having cleared away all civil and judicial obstructions, Gen- eral Graut is made the supremo regulator, manager and director of all the military, civil and judicial authorities in the States concorned in the execution of the Reconstruction laws of Congress, to the end, strangely enough, “that the people of said several States may speedily reorganize civil governments therein republican. in form, and be restored to political power in the Union.” This is the bill. But what is the political power to which it proposes to exalt these States? It is the political power of their black race, just emerged from the barbarism of negro slavery. In all the reconstruction conventions, from Virginia to Louisiana, the negro element, through the ingenious radical Congres- sional device of universal negro suffrage and white disfranchisements, has carried the day. Every one of these outside States, therefore, will be reconstructed on this negro supremacy basis, and so reported for restoration to Con- gress. This is “the political power” to which they are to be exalted—the governing power of the black element of their population over the white element. The old Southern slave- holding oligarchy of three hundred thousand white men, which so long held the controlling balance of power in the government through its control over the old democratic party, being at last done away with, a new oligarchy, made up of the poor ignorant negroes, only yesterday the slaves of the exploded white oligarchy, is to be fixed upon the country as its Southern political balance of power. In this capacity the radicals expect to use these Southern negroes and the votes of these Southern negro reconstructed States to a good purpose in the coming Presidential election against all con- tingencies in the way of losses in the North, This is the object of this last Supplemental Reconstruction bill. What, then, is the prospect? Will this bill pase the Senate? The hope is expressed in some quarters that in the Senate it will stick— that the usurpations of power here proposed are too flagrant and audacious to be imposed upon the old republican sachems of that body, who havé still a lingering weakness of respect for the landmarks of the constitution. All such hopes, however, wo fear, will prove delu- sions. The question before the Senate, under cover of this bill, is the next Presidency. It is not a constitutional question, nor a question of justice or the fitness of things, but'a simple question of party expediency. The republican party, as Calhoun said of the old democratic party, and as we may say of every party, political or reli- gious, “is held together by the cohesive power of the public plunder.” Every republican in the House (except one, Cary, of Ohio, elected as an independent,) voted for this bill, The conservative wing of the party in the House is gone. It has been absorbed by the radical wing, and so we conclude it will soon appear in the Senate. We think it may be safely as- sumed that this bill, substantially as it stands, will be passed by the Senate—thas it will be | vetoed by the President, ani that it will then be passed over his veto by a two-thirds vote in each house, and that #0, by act of Congross, we shall soon have a vrovisional dictitor cat HERALD, THURSDAY, | up over the ten outside rebel Stats superior in his authority not only to the President and the judiciary, but to Congress itself. The plan of operations covered by this bill involves the restoration of the ten outside States into both houses of Congress on the negro basis of reconstruction before the meeting of the Republican National Convention in May next, so that those States, on this negro basis, may have a voice in the Convention and in the election, and so that, being in Congress, they may be, in any event, beyond the reach of a new order of things. The Prosidential battle, then, with the republicans is to bo fought upon this question of Southern negro supremacy, ‘and a Southern negro political balance of power in Congress and in our Presidential clec- tions for the maintenance of the republican party in power. So tar as Congress is con- cerned we can, from present appearances, talk no more of conservative republicans. We must turn, therefore, from this radical Congress to the People ; and we expect from Now Hampshire, in ber approaching State election, a voice from the people which will be apt to bring confusion into the radical camp at Washington and to strengthen immensely the cause of the. consti- tution, so bravely upheld by Andrew Johnson. Mexice asd Cuba—Is Cuba in Danger? Onr telegraphic news letters given yester- day depict the disturbed state of the Mexican republic and sketch a programme of very ex- tensive fighting for its immediate future. The important points are that tho revolution in Yucatan is not yet put down, that there appear to be active relations between mon in Cuba and the revolutionists in Yuoatan, and that a quadruple alliance is to be formed between Mexico, Chile, Peru and Bolivia, What is the immediate purpose of the alliance of these Spanish Amerioan States? Mutual support, of course, against common enemies. Noarly all the Spanish American States have made these alliances in times past, and the mutual sup- port has been found to moan vory little in the hour of danger. But it is to be noted that this alliance is made at a moment when Mexico is inflated with the ridiculous notion that she has just driven the armies of one Buropean Power from her soil, and when the South American republics are really at war with an- other European Power—albeit that war does not rage very furiously at prosont. It may do for @ pretext, though. Mexico goes under- standingly, no doubt, into an alliance with Powers actually at war with Spain, This, then, if the terms of the alliance are as strong as Spanish Amerioan terms genorally are, establishos war between Spain and Mexico, as woll as between Spain and the South Ameri- can republics. Spain has not prosecuted the war actively of laie.: How if the five repub- lics should take i! into their queer noddles to throw some vigor into it? What then? There lies Cuba under their very hands, the last American depénafency of Spain—the richest appanage of the Spanish crown—the tender point of the common enemy. In Mexico there is a notion that the revolution in Yucatan was fomented in Cuba and draws all its life thence; and men argue that if Juarez would strike that revolution down effectively he must strike at it in Havana, Is this why Mexico goes just now intoan alliance with Powers at war with Spaio? Is is proposed in the city of Mexico to raise a Mexican navy of twenty-four steam frigates. /re they intended for an ex- pedition against the Queen of the Autillos? Quien sabe? Such a force, raised by Mexico, would be manne(, as Spanish American navies have always ben, by volunteers from the United States, at to them Cuba would fall an easy prey. Out restless filibustering spirits would like no bptter fun, and the whole plan may have been daborately laid in Washington before Romero Jeft, It was reported in Ha- vana that the Spanish troops there were under orders to hold tthmsolves in readiness to move at two hours’ nojice, from which it would seem that the CaptainGeneral deems it possible he may receive sudden blow from some quarter. Altogether, there is reason to anticipate that some fine morting not very romote may bring us lively newsfrom the Gulf. Alabama and Its Proposed New Constitu- ton. The first ebetion under the Congressional Reconstructia acts for or against the adop- tion of the pyposed new constitutions for the Southorn Stats will occur in Alsbame on the 4th and 5th proximo—less than a fortnight hence, It hai beon supposed that by » strenu- ous effort thewhite population might muster strength enowh to defeat the moasure, but a timely calcultion forbids any such conclusion. Many of th leading consorvatives of the State, compriing some of its most influential and enlightend citizens, have united in prepar- ing and pubshing an address to the people, in which ly and logically urge upon them the neessity of refraining from voting upon the quetion at all, arguing that whether or not the ohoxious and oppressive constita- tion be rejeced, Congress, in its refinement of political torure, will find some other means of carrying ov ite radical aims; moreover, they allege tha’ by entering the polling lists in a contest wia the blacks it will be considered a facit recogition of tho right of negro suffrage, against wich the North bas already spoken in unmistakole tones. It is a question upon which the3outhern whites, as a class, have no reservatias or concealments, This whole sub- ject is anextremely interesting one, and should be left tothe white people in their several lo- calities >» determine. By mingling with the deliberatons of these negro conventions, in sending elegates to them and by other acts of reconition, the Southern whites have already aken a step which the Alabama con- servativs seek now to retrace. If {t be dan- gerous «t the present time to acknowledge, even islitectly, tho political status of the, blacks m the score of voting, it was fully so at the ctéet of this unhappy controversy. By touchity fhe pitch the whites became defiled, and thee conservatives who entered the negro sanhedinis as delegates at all paved the way for futré political fraternization with the blacks, [na majority of instances, however, this we go; the case, and, as a mags, the white populdi¢n of the South may be declared to have et jheir faces against any political con- tact vadtever with the blacks The whites will new aet wisely, perbaps, in betting the negroa snd their allies “severely alone” in all matter of political complicity. This would have bn beir best policy trom the first; for in all Gairdragglos at the polls the odds, by the afé of radical machinery, wore always agains! fies. Radical Wirepulling for the Presidency. way for its game. In simple truth the new military bill means the Presidency first, the Presidency second, the Presidency last, No one can find a clause in it which means any- thing else, Bad as it seemed in its expressed purpose to crush the South under military rule, to obliterate every vestige of popular freedom, to make the white man a creature of nigger caprice ; bad as it made its authors appear in theso respects, it in truth, when rightly under- stood, makes them appear a great deal worse, since it exbibits them “to the world as .mon who actually ignore the greatest national necessities, defer the most pressing requirements of the country, push thom aside and make them altogether second- ary and subservient to corrupt and selfish party scheming. But the thing has been done 80 well, the actors have all had such serious faces, thatthe people at large have not yet understood that Congress was in all. this only playing at law making, and had beneath alle purpose of more moment than any it could secure by law. Indeed, as we follow the epeeches of Mr. Bingham, for instance, we can hardly escape the thought that he had worked himself up to that point that very sympathetic actors sometimes reach when the fiction of the play becomes to them a reality, when they forget the mimic nature of the scene and lend their very inner lives to the story. Bingham seems actually in earnest. But there may be another explanation of this. He may be only one of many dupes—not Iet into the real pur- poso—kept ignorant with a view to giving the thing an appearance and expression of earnest sincerity, } Republicans in Congress as a mass seem to feel that Grant is necessary to their party— that with any other candidate it must be beaten. Hence they fratne him into a legisla- tive machine, extort from him a more definite aasent to their reconstruction schemes than he has been ready to give, and thus take him out of the reach of any other party and commend him to the mass of republican voters. And the radicals—the extreme fanatics, who hate Grant—aasent to the game, because they see the reach of any other party it can also be relied upon to kill him before the republican party. Moderates hold that Grant must be made to leave his conservative position before he will do for republicans ; and the radicals say that when he has once left that position his strength is gone, and they will not fear to drop him entirely. Each believes it will accomplish its purpose by this last. Reconstruction bill. Hence the universal agreement on the bill of republicans of every stripe and shade, “Put on Grant’s shoul- ders,” says one savage radical, “the weight of responsibility that this bill carries, and not an old cart wheel shall be Broken in the ten Southern States—not « nigger baby shall choke with the croup down there but Grant sball be held to blame.” What man could come through unscathed who is to. be watched in the spirit such words indicate? It is to make Grant a candidate on one hand and to kill him on the other that the House passed the bill, And now the bill is in the hands of the Senate. Does that body regard the law as affecting the South? Notatall. There also it is looked at solely in relation to the effect it may have on the question of the Presidency. And it is mooted that the Senate will throw it ont, not because it would ruin the South, debase the nation, destroy popular rights, but because it may destroy Grant. Moderato Senators see its probable effect in that way. But the radical forcing pressure is on, and it will pass that body also. Ceck Fighting Extraordinary. Mr. Bergh is keenly solicitous for the comforts of the animal croation, He wept over tho. sorrows of the calves who suffered indignities at the hands of the butcher boys. He sang a jeremiade over the woes of tho turtles who were laid on their backs (a position in which turtles have been accustomed to lie for centu- ries), and he invoked all human sympat by for the ducks who were tied by the legs (as ducks have been tied from time immemorial), and- would fain have each live duck sent to market in a neat little tub of water of his own, so that he might swim gracefully to the block which was to consign him to the housekeeper’s table. Now, if the tender-hearted President of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had only been ins favored spot in Jersey on Tuesday night he would have been doubtless rent in twain with grief at the scene there presented by a match of seventeen male birds, the pride of the barnyard, pitted in deadly combat as fierce as the gladiatorial strife that used to make “# Roman holiday.” But of course Mr. Bergh was not there, as his jurisdiction does not extend to Jersey ; how- ever, as the birds were native New Yorkers, and the match was undoubtedly made here, Mr. Bergh might have arrested the pro- gress of this horrible and atrocious festivity by ® little premature caution. But as he was not present he can form an iden of this shocking sight—so fascinating to the eyes of the “fancy”—from the report in the columns of the Herato yesterday. He can learn that the “ gaffs” (steel points) were one and a quarter inch in length. He will find with what surgical accuracy one cock cut the other’s throat, yet left bis adversary life enough to fight it out with gameness; how dex- terously live birds were carved by their brother birds, the breast, neck and shoulder being most adroitly handled; how eyes were stabbed out at an early portion of each con- flict, and how the blind creatures fought on, like Samsons, more maddened in their blind- ngs. This was but the evening pastime. At midnight the sport was only commencing, and the “hearts” of the spectators were begin- ning to warm to the sport, The affair was no doubt carried on till morning. This is a tangi- ble question for Mr. Bergh to take hold of. In his judicious dispensation of justice and tho exercise of his wonderful vigilance he can certainly ferret out the parties to this trans- action and bring them to punishment. Tho cruelty practised towards horses, calves, turtles and ducks fora whole year is not equal to that of one such “main” as that witnessed on tho other side of the North river tho night before las It has seemed to the country for some days past as if Congress were discussing @ new reconstruction law, but all the time it was only maneuvring with a view to the Presidency. Men have ‘thought that Congress was setting up @ dictator ; it was only pulling wires. to seo how well the Presidential puppets would jump ; it was only moving the pawns to make that while it certainly does take Grant out of JANUARY 23, 1868.—TRIPLE SHEET. turers. manufacturers of that section are well known to be peculiar and exclusive, They profess, aembling yesterday was to-adopt unanimously taxes'upon manufactures and productions ¢x- the appointment and removal of rovenuo the Convention to such purposes.” The main the heavy burdens of taxation which thoy are tience the sight of the political disabilities and do not touch @ hair of their own heads. they will hold conventions, pass resolutions, “out in the'cold.” of the netion, without making’ any provision for the liquidation of the national debt, that no disinterested citizen can fayor the accumula- tion of vast sums ‘to be ‘chiefly employed in carrying out partisan schemes From this point of view, at least, the résistance of ‘the New England manufacturers to taxation on might well moet with universal appro ot the dominant radical party. Train and the Possible Consequences. Her Majesty’s officials have finally estimated Train at his true value and set him free. He is now in the enjoyment of the largest liberty, ond may make a Judy of himself to any extent the British public will permit. This is well— for we cannot but recognize that even Train might haye lighted up war between two great nations. Things quite as improbable have happened. Events as important have resulted from causes as seemingly inadequate, Pascal’s famous epigram, that “the fute of the world might have been different if Cleopatra's nose had been shorter,” is at best only the most felicitous of many statements that might be made of the great general truth that trivial circumstances often precipitate the groat events, of the world’s history. For a tremendous col- lision between the two nations that dispute the empire of the world on the sea everything has been preparing since the time when the war of 1812 ended in a draw. Then the na- tions ceased their promaturely begun struggle, not because the points at issue were given up on either hand—not that the quarrel was fought out—but because it was mutually seen that each bad undertaken more than it counted upon—because elther combatant saw that he might gain his point at the expense of things more immediately important. That great dis- pute was adjourned, and the bitter spirit that did not die has manifested itself occasionally in many occurrences since. It seemed at one time that the Alabama case would open the conflict again. It did not, however; but it would have been quite consonant with the history of nations that a struggle which that great cause did not open might yet have been started by such an altogether unimportant and ridiculous creature as Train. The Carnival, Season. The reign of the merry Prince Carnival will commence to-night at the Academy of Music with the grand fancy dress ball of the Cercle Frangais de Harmonie, The advent of his royal highness, with his train of mischievous, laughing eprites, cosmopolitan costumes, grand processions, bewildering dances and heel- stirring music, throws all Japonicadom into a flatter of preparation, Modistes are. sum- moned and lengthy debates are held on the momentous subject of “something to wear” at the soirées of tha jolly prince. Belles transform themselves into Swiss peasant maid- ens, Lucretia Borgias, Queens of the Night, Indian squaws, Mary Stuarts and forsaken Leahs, and their masouline admirers become bandits, Ethiopians, Mephistopheles or, per- haps, uncanny animals of the wood and prairie. The scone at night is highly pictu- resque. From the balconies of the Academy one looks down on a surging sea of humanity presenting more colors than Joseph’s coat or the never-ending changes of the kaleidoscope. The crash of the orchostra is heard and the entire mass is set in motion. As the strains of one of Strauss’ waltzes float through the building the crowd of dancers on the floor resemble a huge snake, whose bright scales glitter in tho gaslight and whose sinuous folds envelop every lucklosa dagcer that veatures within their reach, Over the gay The Convention of New Koglaund Manufac- When it was announced that the mannfac- turers of New England were to meet in con- vention two questions naturally arose: Is this Convention at Worcester to. be another Hart- ford Convention? With a single eye to local interests will it be sublimely indifferent to the interests of other portions of our great country and the rest of the world? Senator Sprague found it necessary the other day to declare in Congress that his course relative to the currency question was dictated by a re- gard, not for manufacturing interests, but for the interests of the whole country, and to ex- plain why bis financial views differ from those that prevail in his section, The views of the indeed, that the object of the present Conven- tion is not to originate any theories of legisla- tion upon currency or finance, but simply to endorse those recommended by the Cleveland Convention. One of their first acts after as- 8 resolution to the following effoct:—“That as the sole purpose of this Convention is to obtain from Congress.the immediate removal of all cept luxuries, and to change the mode of as- sesements and collection of the revenue and officera, we will strictly confine the action of object of the Convention is, according to a Boston journal, “to ask the repeal of all taxes upon manufacturing industry.” On this point the same journal presumes, that the financial views of the East and West do not conflict, however much they may confilot on other points, Nevertheless, it is altogether unlikely that the New England mannfacturers will abandon their pet notion of the necessity not only of relieving their manufactures from taxation, but also of piling taxation on all foreign manufactures. Hitherto they have never been averse to inflicting upon man- ufacturers anywhere outslde of New England unwilling to have their own bear. Like the humorist who avowed his patriotic readiness to sacrifice in the war all his wife's relatives, New Englanders endure with exemplary pa- financial distress under which other sections of the country may be condemned to groan. But In- pose no taxes on their manufactures; otherwise potition Congress and in every possible way protest. Some may even become almost furi- ous enough 'to threaten secession, like certain members of the old Hartiord Convention, and to leave the rest of the Union and the world | Congress appears to be so. determined to strain to the utmost the tax-yielding resources almost ‘everything except articles of ‘Inxury The people are tired of being bled so freely in order to aid and enrich the leaders and agents scene Prince Carnival presides and flourish~s his enchanted wand, and care and trouble are flung pside by the merry maskera. Tho principal masked balls of the season, in addi- tion to that of the Cercle Francais de U' Harmonie, are the Liederkranz, Arion and Purim balla. The first of those will take place next month at the Academy, and promises to eclipse all its predecessors in splendor and brilliancy. The ball season seems.not to be affected by the dulness of trade; for the numerous balls given at the Academy of Music, Teving Hall and the Germania Assembly Rooms have been well attended, and the display of toilets is equal, if not superior, to anything seen before ou the dancing platform. The Paraguayan War—The Position of Lopez. A telegram by the Atlantic cable informs us, upon the ‘authority of @ letter from South America published in the Paris Monileur, that President Lopes of Paraguay was secure at Humaité, that bis-communications with that place were open, and that the attempts of tho allies to take the fortifications by siege are hope- less, . It was believed, too, that the cholera at Buenos Ayres and financial embarrassments in Montevideo and other parts would prevent & vigorous prosecution of the war against Paraguay. | In all thé: vicissitudes of 8 pro- longed war and with much superior forces against him Lopes holds bis strong position, and thechances are at present that he will be able to wear outand exhaust his enemies. On the part of Brazil it is 9 war of ambition and of monarcbical ideas against republicanism, and she. ought to be defeated. Her allies have been foolish enough to suffer themselves to be Placed in a false position in their hostility to Paraguay, and ought to suffer for their folly. However much we may object to the assump- tion: of dictatorial powers by Lopez or te the tyrannical acts of which he has been guilty, still he ‘bas the sympathy of the American people, because he is. defending the inde- pendence of his country and the republican principle of ‘the American Continent. We hope news will soon eriive that the allies have wisely abandoned tlis bloody, stupid and hopeless war. AJorsey Judge, ou Prize Fighting. A Jersey Judge in Hudaon county has de- livered himself of some excellent words touch- ing prize fighting to the Grand Jury of that county. Alarmed at the fact that Jeracy has too often become the “dark and bloody ground” wherenpon itinerant gladiators from other States carry out the provisions of our modern but'brutal duello, Judge Bedle waked up to his duty and invited the Grand Jury to, indict all parties, whether at large or under-arrest; who msy be charged with participating in prize fighting.’ But, although this Judge has done | jno'miore that ly pty, 1¢'ip ro freabing, to Gnd @ magistrate with honesty and. pluck enough to do this:thing at all; for it is time that official sotion should ‘be taken to put a stop o this demoralizing custom. England has cast forth the foul blot from. hor. soil, and there. sesms te de 9 disposition, to, nourish sher outlays of the ring: when they throw themselves into the “embracés of this community, The latest notorious fight was that on an island in the Missouri river, opposite St Louis, and that‘onded fatally, “Such results are hardly to be regretted. If every prize” fight within the next six months were to terminate by the death of one of the combatants and the scclusion of the survivor in the State-Prison for the rest of his natural life for manslaughter, it would do more to put’ an end to prize fighting than all the police interference that can be brought to bear. The Jersey Judge in the charge referred to took occasion to notice that the penalties for abetting a prize fight were very severe— two years’ imprisonment and a heavy fine, and persons visiting the fight from snother State are liable to one year’s imprisonment, Captains of steamboats, or other vessels also, knowingly permitting their boats to be used for the conveyance of persons to assist in or witness a fight, are liable to two years’ im- prisonment and ‘five hundred dollars dine, Forewarned is forearmed. If the Grand Juries of New Jersey do their duty they may succeed in cutting off this excrescence from their body politic. New Jersey hangs her murderers right out without any diletfante preliminaries or mock sympathy, and for this she has gsined the envy of surrounding States, ' Why aot indict and inéarcerate her prize fighter with equal promptitude? H . f Propesed Tarif for Freight and Pmsen- @ere on the Pacific Rallronds, | Mr. Washburne, of Wisconsin, offavd a joint resolution in’ the House of Reprienta- tivew'on Monday to establish a tariff of prices for freight and passengers over the Unies Pa- cific and Central Pacific Railroads; but i{ met with opposition and went over under tlerale, even though offered a second time ty Mr. Windom, of Minnesots. Wo cannot uider stand why such an excellent proposition-such & necessary one, indeed—should haw been opposed. We know of no cause for fis ex- cept it be found in the fact that a larg num- ber of the members of Congress are sook- holders or otherwise interested in thee rail- roads, and that, consequently, they rish to maintain the enormous profits this vet mo- nopoly enjoys. It is surprising how av mem- ber could venture to oppose a meaure to regulate the tariff of prices for freifit and passengers, Why, these railroads area posi- tive gift by the government and peoplio the companies. The government furnishe hun- dreds of m#llions of capital to build th» toads and makes a gift of forty to fifty milias of acres of land besides—that is, the goverment builds the roads‘and then makes » free ift of them to the companies, with the addjional present of forty to fifty millions of aces of land. Yet the friends of the compates in Congress have the assurance to oppos sariff of prices being fixed by law. It is the imera- tive duty of Congress to fix the tariff, bot for freight and passengers, at the lowest ratepos- sible, and to see that there be no loopho by which these gigantic monopolies can chat or oppress the people. There should be law passed, too, to prevent auch grinding opres- sion of settlers on the companies’ lands 9 the Titinois Central Railroad Company have jrac- tised—some such law, perbaps, ae that ntro- duced on Monday by Mr. Lawrence, of Dhio, to secure to actual settlers the right t( buy lands grented to railroad companies at aprice not exceeding ® dollar and twantydivepenta Somothing must be done & hdd in check these vast and grasping monopolis and to prevent them from holding a sorf of vudal an acre,