The New York Herald Newspaper, April 27, 1868, Page 3

NEW WASHINGTON. Judge Uiroesbeck’s Speech and the Feel- ing, Regarding Impeachment. Mr, Stanbery Probably to ‘Speak on Wednesday. Thad Stevens to Lash ip Sena- tors To-Day. _ WASHINGTON, April 26, 1868, Judge Greeebeck’s Defence ef the President é Before the Impeachment Court. Washington is stil! ringing with praises of Judge @roesbeck’s splendid speech in favor of the Presi- dent, It 1s eulogized by every one, radical and con- servative alike, and is pronounced by some to be the ‘moat eloquent address ever made before the Ameri- an Senate. Its cffeot was all the greater from the fact that expectation had not been extravagant, as few professed to know anything about the ability of Mr. Groesbeck, who, during the preceding stages of the trial, had taken uo prominent part im the proceedings and remained completely ailent, seeming to be more ornamental than useful im the conduct of the case. When he did speak, however, his words were listened to with breathiess attention. Unlike preceding days, Senators did not Dugy themselves in writing letters, reading newspa- pere or chatting with each other; they did not quit their places and wander to the*retiring rooms or gal- Jeries for refreshment or relaxation; they all re- mained fixed in thelr seats, spellbound by the elo- quence of the speaker, and for a full hour during the impressive peroration which he pronounced a pin could have been heard dropping upon the floor, #0 gtill and attentive were his auditors. It is sur- priging how many converts have been made to tie side of acquittal since this address, and how general has become the opinion that the trial cannot possibly Fesult ig conviction. It will require arguments some- what more powerful than anything that has yet,.ema- mated from the honorable Managers, and eloquence of a higher order than Mr. Butler's or Mr. Boutwell’s, to destroy the effect of Judge Groesbeck’s brilliant effort of yesterday. Menday’s Proceedings on the Impeachment . Trial. The entire proceedings of the High Court of Im- peachment to-morrow will be devoted to speeches on” ‘the side pf the prosecution. Mr. Willtams is expect- ed to lead off with an argument of abvut .three hours’ length, discussing the legal questions imvolved in the case. Thad Stevens will follow in @ speech of fully six columns, devoted to the Tenure of OMice act. There seems to be con- siderable doubt among the friends of Mr. Stevens whether he will have the strength to get through with his speech. To-day, however, he feels in good” Spirits, and thinks he will be able to accomplish his task. Great curiosity is exhibited to hear what Old ‘Thad has 0 say for himself. > Mr. W. F. Peddrick, of Philadelphia, who has been im attendance with the counsel for the Presiden? taking full notes of the impeachment proceedings for thei? ‘use, is now engaged by Mr. Stanbery in the Preparation of the closing argument for the Presi- dent. Mr. Stanbery is rapidly improving in health, having yesterday morning dictated several thousand Words of his arguinent. It is now supposed that he. may be well enough on Wednesday or Thursday to Fead at least a portion of it. . Decision Regarding the Reissue of Patents, An important decision as to the reissue of patents bas been made by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The Commissioner of Patents had es- tabilahed a rule that all applications for the reissue Of surrendered. patents should be publicly adver- ‘tized for thirty days, and that testimony might be taken adversely to the claimant. The assignees of the Reichman patent for an improvement in lamps surrendered their patent for reissue under the rule above mentioned; the application was published and ‘eutimony taken, under which the reissue was refused. From this refusal an appeal was taken, and after the hearing Judge Fisher pronounced the rule illegal and unauthorized, and ordered the issue Of the patent. Counterfeit Fractional Currency. A number of counterfeit five cen t notes of the last issue have been recently presented at the Redemp- tion Bureau of the Treasury Department for redemp- tion. i The Health of St. Thomas and Sts Croix. The Secretary of State has received advices from our Consul at St. Croix, West Indies, dated April 11, stating that the yellow fever had entirely disap- peared from Fredericksted, and that clean bills of health are now issued from that port; also that the cholera has ceased at St. Thomas. Up to the 2lst of -March, the date of the last official report, there had been 621 cases and 369 deaths. The Consul adds:— “Since that period but two deaths have been reported to the government and clean bills of health are fasued by the authorities there. The qu; 0 tine here, however, still continues on all vessels St. Thomas. Slight shocks of earthquuke still continue, but none of any severity have been felt since the ith, 234 and 27% of March.” IMPEACHMENT. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The Rejected Testimony—What Stanton Thought of the Tenure ef Office Law— Probability of the President's Acquittal. ‘WASHINGTON, April 26, 1868, Tbe Cabinet testimouy excluded by a vote of the Benate .was greatly needed to complete the Presi- dent's defence fur purposes of historical reference, ‘The main poiuts bearing upon the case and caicu- lated to tauence a decision are embodied in the President's statements, which were admitted as evi- dence; but there were some specific details which an interlocutory examination would have developed that would not only shown the coinciding tend- ency of Mr. Stanton’s opinions, but would have re- ‘Vealed the fact that he was an earnest advocate of ‘the course which the President subsequently adopted. That the substance of the Cabinet testimony was well known to those members of the Senate who ‘voted against its admission cannot be doubted, and i ts equally certain that considerations as to its quality and weight must Nave determined their action, If the main point was to obtain a partizan verdict by depriving the prosecution of an ordinary and legal means of defence, it is now a matter of serivus con- sideration whether such @ result would not bave been gained at the hazard of consequences that in- stead of promoting political advantage might ulti- mately prove to be sacrificial. . ‘The rejected testimony, if each individual member of the Cabinet had been piaced upon the stand, in- cluding Mr. Stanton bimseif, would have shown that ‘the Secretary of War was the frst and most earnest to condemn the Tenure of Office act at the first meet- Ang of the Cabinet called to consider and discuss ite pecullar provisions. It would have shown, if ad- mitted, that ia the Cabinet consultation upon this question there was entire unanimity; that Mr. Stan- ton was the most positive and emphatic in his condemnation of ali the features of the bill; that the President, by reason of pressing duties, Fequested che ald of some of the members in the preparation of the objections unanimously ‘Sgreed upon in consultation; that to Mr. Stan- ton and Mr. Seward was assigned the labor of Preparing the veto. message; that Mr. Stanton cheerfully and unreservedly assented to this ar- rangement; but that he requested Mr. Seward to ‘write the message, because he was suifering from a rheumatic affection which made it dificult and pain- fui for him to labor with his pen, but that he volun- teered to furnish legal data. for the argument, and that he actually did so, It would have shown, furthermore, that while some of the members of the Cabinet in construing the ‘Tenure of Ofice act were in doubt as to its effect ‘spon the members appointed by Mr. Lincoln, Mr. ‘Stanton maintained that it terminated the comiseions of those gentlemen and thetr connecti.n with the Dortfolios held by them unless they were rengwed by the subject of re- namies of those whose exem wh ch it is ou! fe wo 1, Secret of the Senate to tu it for the collectorship of the port f, whétner or evidence that the world ce, he present time even the most radical Senators eat doubt a 0 theultimate 0 responsibility to the whole country. They that sults capend Werte Peter and they’ are daily and hourly forew: by the admonitory shaking of Thad Stevens’ threatening finger that those results may be fatai to the radical party. But they do not lose on of the fact that Stevens ts not immaculate, and that it wey be more disastrous to their party to be driven than to yield to their own convictions of ht. In this view of the case it is becoming a mat- ter of very serious doubt with some whether convic- tion might not be more unfortunate than acquittal. The result of the late eleciions is suzgestive of fature consequences, and it is argued that inasmuch as the Senate ia a check upon tle House, at may use its prerogative now sad judge this cause apon its merits rather than pronouace the President guilty in acquiescence to the reiterated and unconcealed demand of party necessity. The prevalence of opinions of the character here noted encourage the hopes of those who expect acquittal. And imay here assume that tuese expectations have been raised since the trashy eifort of Boutwell and the announcement of his astronominal scheme for elevating the President to a hole in the sky. His argument was tiresome, but not convincing, and the Senate, unaccustomed to dictatorial harangues from the House, winced under his claim to a prompt ac- quiescence in its demand. Judge Nelson’s argu- ment, though someWhat discursive and stump oratorical, 18 adinitted by Senators to contain some strong and well develo rape When he clearly and emphat.cally stated the true cause of Judge Black’s faithiessness, and sustained the integrity of the President in his explanation of the Alta Vela aifuir, there was a visible sensation in the court and galleries, and especially was this the case when he reierred to the letter signea by Butler, Bingham and others to influence the President in benaif of pee guano interest after impeaciment had com- menced. In view of late impressions the status of the Senate is regarded as not so unfavorabie. instead of intfud- ing my own conclusions upon this wapioct, I wit jopt those of a venerable and distinguished gentle- man who has thoroughly canvassed the subject and candidly stated his conviciions. He assumes that Ofteen radical Senators will vote for acquittal, and tle A he includes Senators Frelinghuysen, Fa ll, Feasenden and others of the reticent mem- He argues that they are ent, Christian gentlemen, whose lives and examples ees the eee they will, ina aa mag- ude, resist.the compulsatory power of party, and act under a full sense of their obligations to God, thelr county and the 4 a a we Hy Their inoepdion in ° the a men of wi he that has tious, consist- tial intercourse be- tween Senator. The extreme radicals are distrust- ful of all who" do not pronounce emphatically for conviction, amd as ® natural consequence there is a want of intimacy that amounts almost to ment. The and conservative Senators are pd reserved, making no effort to obtain the con! of those with whom they are at political variance. There seems to be prevalent an honorable understanding to avoid ig propane that might be construed Into an effort to compromise the integ- ag any. jaddeus, the ancient and feeble master of cere- monies, is daily placed in his chair and carried by | two robust young, men to the door of the Senate Chamber, from Whence he totters, to his seat. Du the performance of one of his journeys he is sald to have @ dismal witticisin. With that lugubrious ex peculiar to him he looked first at one and then at the other of his stout bearers and said:—“What will do for somebody to carry me when you are dead and ef? Afters taking his seat in Senate he gens its out th ion, partaking of wine and ents in malignity towards the President nor his confidence’ in conviction. mat ate CARY. William C. Rives. A despatch from Charlottesville, Va., dated yester- day, announced the death of the gentieman whose name heads this article. Mr. Rives was one of the few remaining members of a certain class of society in Virginia that did much to give the Old Dominton the prominence she formerly had in the United States. He was born on the 4th of May, 1793, in Nelson county, and had consequently passed his scventy-fifth year at the time of his death. After receiving an excellent education at Hampden, Sidney and William and Mary colleges, he engaged in the study of law under Jefferson, and at the proper time was admitted to the bar. He does not appear to have devoted much time to the practice of Kis profession, for we find him in 1814-15 acting in the capacity of ald-de-camp with the forces called out for the defence of the State. In 116 he was elected a member of of the Convention called to reform the State consti- tation, and from 1817 to 1819 he was Kae gna een ears. In 1829 President Jackson appointed the de- a ited States Minister ‘here he remained until 1832, Returning to Virginia he was Tetired into te from potrtes wa ept Ce retired, seldom a) Personally he was @ most amiabi gentleman, and was universally Mre. George D. Prentice. ‘The telegraph announces the death of the estima- bie wife of the wit and poet of the Louisville (Ky.) Journal, She was s Miss Henrietta Benham, and famous Terry-Broderick due} in See san senee ye eagle society in Loulevitie up to the- date of her last illness. Fiag in Cuatuam Street.—At nearly six o'clock last evening @ fire occurred at No. 75 Chatham treet, occupied as @ hat and cap store by Bernard Hamil. ‘The fire, it seems, took place in & room in the rear o ee oe eee —- eateen firemen wi rom, cong tothe contents of thid back room. ad YORK HERALD, es E§ ON ART. AL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. EUROPE. week and. subscribed for, but that the During the last week the Académy of Design has come in for ita full share of the blessing of epring weather, The galleries have been thronged, not only with those who come to while away an idle nour, but also with many who show by their manner that they are earnest admirers of art and seekers after the true and beautiful. It is pleasant to notice, in this con- nection, how the Academy is yearly gaining ground im popular estimation, Every exhibition a larger number of visitors go there, and every year it be- comes more and more widely known. 80 soon as the exhibition, as in London and in Paris, becomes an event anticipated with eager anxiety, the quality of the pictures will vastly improve, and the best artists throughout the country will strive to obtain a Place upon the walls, instead of leaving the space'to be monopolized by crude beginners and unripe students. It is well that some of the older artists, with whose works the public is surfeited and of whose routine, machine productions it is tired, should fall back and cede their places to younger and fresher intellects. But there are many of our artists whose names can be ill spared from any catalogue, and it is wrong that they should be unrepresented in an Academy exifibition. The great fault of the younger painters is that they attempt to put upon canvas ideas yet undigested, having neither the execution nor the requisite faculties. By being afforded an opportunity to ventilate their im- mature thoughts the popular taste is deteriorated, and they themselves, “puffed with the hollow wind of vain conceit,” make no further forwasd steps. It is the young artists of the present day to whom we are to look for @ distinctive American school of painting, and they should be spufred on toward suc- ecss, instead of being allowed to remain satisfied with some clever trick or novel method of treat- ment. In the present exhibition there are many paintings by some of the fresher artists that are but reproduc- tions of the same ideas with which they made a “hit” when first attracting public attention. Instead of advancing they seem to have remained stationary, oblivious of the fact that he who goes not forward drops behind, and that the fruit which does not ripen ig soon out of season and fit only to be thrown away. The amiable but ious Mrs. Hannah More says in one of her letters that there are only two evils in the world—sin and bile. She might surely have extended her list by adding to it the presence of those who neglect les petites soins, . Honoré de Balzac classed among les petites miséres the unintentional rudenesses of which ignorant, though well-meaning, persons are so often ity; and he was right, for hothing is so disagreeable or offensive as to witness violations of what has been well called the social |. amenities, We believe that Mr. Dickens left the country without undergoing the misery of having his hat as @ spittoon; but although he may have been spared martyrdom of this kind, he might yet have written a facetious appendix to “American Notes” had he been at the Academy. the other evening. The galleries were crowded with ladies, and nevertheless there wete men present who chivalrously showed their respect and deference to the fair sex py keeping their hats most sternly and defiantly settied upon their heads. True, they may have been Jersoymen or “young men from the country,” but that noes dot excuse their incivility. ie most striking and noticeable picture in the south room is No. 344, ‘ihe Forsing of the Shaft,’ by Mr. John F, Weir—a scene In the Cold Spring Foundry, It is @ companion piece to the painting which, it will be remembered, Mr. Weir showed at one of thé late Academy exhibitions. The mo- ment chosen is when the glo fron at white heat is being withdrawn from the farnace. The brilliant light radiates from the heated metal, bring- ing out into bold relief the bronzed, swarth faces of the workmen, the huge, ponterous machinery and massive, shapeless heaps of unborn power, intén: fying the heavy black shadows which fill the corne: of the picture. A tine contrast is offered in the effect produced by the mingling of the hot, lurid furnace alr and the faint, pale sunbeams tremblingly steal- ing down from cobwebbed, sooty roof. The fig- ures are powerfully drawn and are replete with force and animation. ¢ light and shade are well man- aged, being true and effective. The picture is to a certain extent sensational; but that Is more on ac- count of the dramatic subject than by reason’ of the manner in which it 18 executed. It is an improve- ment upon Mr. Weir's former work, and indicates eer knowledge of color and more conscientious judy. At the other end of: the room, opposite to this, bes 4 work by Mr. Edward H. May, entitled “Cal- rent classes in society. They are well wh and the costumes true ‘and harmonions); colored, The picture ts interesting as showing that Mr. May, if he would but cast off leading strings and walk alone, cou!d readily Try ng, sound ay No. 853, ‘The Plains at the Base of the 7 wage ted Mr. Sed = bei quil, quiet cay mountains 1e an intermediate and @ river in the { beauty, looking not quite so dirty and debauched a8 Inenele native state, but ‘till pummelontiy like the : ‘motor te a ae Epo a Very ef- the mountains the river. tats oe ng production. Mibelon the human race to eal htm a men} apparent, @ man ly suffering from some internal com) Y) the nature of which we are unabie to determine. [t may that his conscience is maltreating him in the same man- ner as did Richard the Third’s, on the eve of Bos- worth fleld, or he may be on! an attack of that vici it, known as ly lous but common compl amiict indigestion, Whatever misery mi: him, it has surely had a most eterious effect, for a more Eee dreary expres- sion was never worn yy mortal. Beside him stands a fiend in human form, looking, if od ble, worse than the aforesaid Micted individual. To the left of this picture we red the cause of all this wretchedness and w: the shape of a ‘‘gentle- man of color,” who towers above the two demons in id manly beauty, as did Ithuriel enerable “ commemorated majestic pride an: in the versen of Southey. Tt. perhape In the verses le needless to add that this paint trathtuky [ogee ene of those Dealline Sotnes Sas well Kno to all profes- sional philan' colored and inte! it of base barter between brutal and demoraliz! whites, Mr. Noble in painting such a work as this could surely not have intended to stir up a war of races; but let us trust that his powerful pencil and burning brush may be employed in the cause of humanity in such @ way as Prevail upon the reconstructed Sambo to let longer theeath, The scone rule’ be ea w wou! b did it but three thea—d coloring and handifag: ti Pie No. 367, ‘Moonrise at Sunset,” by Mr. M. H. F. De Haas, is @ sea shore scene, with a dim gleam of sun- ght contrasting with t! —_—- light from the broad, full faced moon rising into@ pure and tran- quit sky. Translucent waves and feath spray ash on time worn, weather beaten rocks and far out in the distance stretches the heaving, throbbing ‘“‘sea- man‘avast and wandering grave.” Down through the centre of the cat need lorious flood of muon- light, brilliantly iMuminati water and delicately fading off the lood. Mr. De Haas, the rare facuity water that looks wet and the mari of this picture is in some respects the best that he has ever attempted. Were the moon a trifle leas yellow the picture would be a complete suc- cena. Fg are told, on the authority of Mr. Longfellow, a Pleasant it was, when woods were ‘And winds were soit and low, To Ne amid some ay: nll Ell 4 as 352225! Heed 2 all s s 5: E = gs E see $32 373 i a 3 4 33 Fy <2 5 i H a! ‘The jast performances of Parisian soLh. a aS oooee ever taken place in this city, will be given this week at the French theatre, “La Belle Héiéne” every night, : A gm testimonial benefit has been tendered to ‘Mr. H. L. Bateman by several of our prominent citizens, and will take place at the Academy of Music om Saturday night. “La Grande Duchease,” “La Belle Héléne” and an English drama are an- nounced, the bin¢iiclare appearing in the last men- tioned, aupported by an excellent company. Miss Fanny Janauschek gives two farewell repre- sentations at the Academy on Monday and Wednes- day, opening in the characters of Deborah and Phedra, ‘The French theatre on Saturday night will witness the iret appearancs of Madame Adélaide Ristori in the character of Sor Teresa or Isabel Suarez, in which she created such a remarkable sensation in Havana, and which caused the quarrel between the Bishop of Havana and the Captain General of Cuba. 'Thé play is one of the best in the extensive reper- toire of this great artist. The plot hinges upon the su) death of the first wife of a nobleman con- nected with the army of the first Napoleon in Spain. He afterwards recognizes her as the Lady Abbess of an Ursuline convent, One of the most effective seenes in it is the ceremony of taking the veil, in which the novice, who proves to be the daughter of the supposed deceased wife of the nobleman, Gus- tavo, 2 persuaded against jer will to relinquisi th> work “The White Fawn,” with its bell ballet, enchanted lake, fire files, sailor's hornpipe, rising bath, Hunga- rian polka, military myn, im cr new ey grand transformation, {a st course, tl race tion at Niblo’s, i er The week's programme at Wallack’s is ‘Rent ae “Tel Von Parle Francais,” “Henry Dumtrar,’? « Honeymoon,” “Love's Sacrifice and “Masks aoe. Faces.” “A new romantic drama is in prepara- mn. Mr, and Mrs. Barney Williams still continue their triumphantseason at the Broadway. ‘Rory O’Moore’’ and “Yankee Courtship” are aanounced for this week, G. L, Fox’s pantomime, “Humpty Dumpty,” is still atthe Olympic. A new mode of ventilation will be introduced in this theatre during the week. “The Life and Adventures of Jack Sheppard,” founded on Ainsworth’s sensational novel, will be produced to-night at the Bowery. The drama is in tive acts and contains thirty-seven scenes and twenty tableaux. Boniface will be the hero. ‘The Worreil sisters have made a hit with the bur- lJesque of ‘Paris and Helen” at the New York, and 0 to keep it on the boards this week. Leiting- well will appear as Romeo Jafier Jenkins in the after- leoe. : A Russian athlete named Airec will make his début atthe Theatre Comique to-night. Lin; Profes- sor Hilton and the burlesque of “Under the Gas Lamp” continue at the same establishment. A farewell compumentary benefit will be given to E. L. Davenport at the Acade:ny of Music on ‘Thurs- , previous to his departure for California, @ San Francisco Minstrels will probably ran the inimitabie burlesque, ‘Under the Kerosene La up,” to the end of the season, The “Grand Dutch Cleese Opera,” with which the French critics are annoyed, is announced for to-night. Mra. Fanny Kemble commences her fourth and last series of readings at Steinway Hall, to-night, with “Richard III.” On Wednesday morning she will read “As You Like It,” on Friday evening Schil- ler’s “Mary Stuart,” and on Saturday morning tae last reading of this gifted lady, consisting of a mis- cellaneous programme, will be given. Migs Alida Topp, a very deserving and talented pianist, will give a grand concert at Steinway Hall on vedn . She will be assisted by Miss Minnie Tlauck and Messrs, Pollak, Kopta, George W. Mor- gan, and Schreiner. At Hooley’s, Brooklyn, @ grand historical pep rama, with dioramic eitects, entitled the ‘Progress of America,” will be given this week. George Clristy wiil shine in it. The “Grand Dutch ‘S’,” at Kelly & Leon's Min- strels, has proved too attractive for the management to withdraw it this season. A harpist and tenor have been lately added to the troupe. The Mendelssohn Union gave their last oratorio formance for thd season ut Irving Hall this even- . Beethoven's “Mount of Olives” and Mendels- sohn’s “As the Hart Pants” will be given, with the Phong prima donna, Madame Parepa Rosa, as the prin- Vocalist, Laronrs will ‘pea ir in “Rosedale” at the Brookiyn Acade1 on jnesday. Tong Pastor has @new drama called “Uncle Sam be A Sons on the Ocean” to please his patrons this ee] Miss peat compel il will have @ benefit this week gk al jp rely poses mag ver pA This is the last week of the Euro} Circus at the corner of Broadway and Thirty-fourth streeet. A procession of all the people and with the establishment ca be Place to-«day. ‘Matilda Toedt, Miss Gilbert, and Mesara. J. N. Patti- son, Colby and Pap te give his annual concert at Stelnwi BR ursday. “La Bale me line”? ae sung te, ee com e Brooklyn Academy for ime on Saturday it. ‘The weather was miserable, and the house was not as crowded as it usually is when French invites the elite of Brooklyn; but the audience was very enthusiastic and well Renee pi BE by Mile. Flear; a Langunaene cl in the Suaence of the invalided Be One of the most singular uses to which a railway arch can be put is shown at Kennington, near the Elephant and Castie, where, it seems, a complete theatre, with pit, boxes and gallery entire, is in course of construction, the sides and crown of the arch forming the walis and ceiling of the estabiish- ment. Mozart’s “Flute Enchantée” has been reviv the Sdarique to afford’ an opportanity for the début of larimon, by wi obtained, Mile, trom @ great success was mon has remarkable powers of Her rendering of the florid air of tht” caused afuror, She has, how- and Is princt ly, if not jades. Troy prees when present at the grand es sent, at the conclusion of the fourth act of “Hamlet,” to Mile. Nilsson, by the Count de Brissac, the chamberlain op daty, {| bouquet of violets which a in her hand as a mony of high arance Ti Mr. Howard Paui has gone to tome. Mile. La Graa has arrived tn Paris from There is again some talk of erecting a Brompton. ‘The Sacred Harmonic Society gave their thirty- sixth annnal Passion Week performance of Handel’s “Messiah” on April 8, with the foliowing princi in. e at yocaliata: Mes! ore Madame Saluton-Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves . Suutley. * Rubinsten’s second concert in Paris was s0 one to produce @ piece written expressly fur a Ganseuse and @ fountain, Most extraord! effects in the shape of water, light and naiads are to be produced from this fountain, Itis @ German invention, aod called “iese Wunder Fontaine.” THE CHICAGO “ROGUES IH GRAIN.” Two Prominent Grain Shippers in Trouble. {From the Tribune, April 23.) Two grain dealers this city well known on *Change were arraigned before Justices D’Wolf and POR ERG ona The case was ntfaued for ten meantiine, are each No textimony was , but the circumstances follows:—On or about the 1 Her made the discovery that certain parties by es! oes had been 0 a long ly en- in the Franaporation Com; pd of forged scale cards. had ‘suinehow come in possession of blank scale cards at different elevators, and in shipping Would fill out the blanks to suit themselves, railroad companies who had constracted to Ci wheat at so much per bushel or hundred would receive the filled with the pi aad charge accord- ing to the number po 8 oe | or busheis marked on the cards, and not @ sharp ice had bee! played vpon them for ma: did they dis- cover the alleged frauds, Place the gure af from sooo 1,000 ports below ace r iow fhe actual weight, and thus save a neat iittie gum by each transaction. It is alleged that the accused have @ day for the past and when ice was de- i possession of i ~ 5 shipped fifteen or twenty car Suelty_ about a week’ eine’ ther tected they settled the fuancial pat , MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1868.—TRIPLE SHEET. Queen Victoria Preparing for a Summer Tour. The French Army Bill and Napoleon’s Efforts at Pacification. Premier Disraeli on the Anslo-Papal Conspiracy Against the Church. The German mail steamship Hermann, Captain Wenke, from Southampton on the 14th of April, ar- rived at this port yesterday evening, bringing & mail report in detail of our cable despatches dated to her day of sailing from England, The Oficial Gazette of Madrid publishes an official statement replying to some assertions of the foreign Press, and defending the legality-of the colonial loan. recently conetuded. ‘The Portuguese Cortes was to meet on the 15th of April. mercial Treaty with Austria, Queen Victoria and the royal family were to leave Windsor Castle on Saturday for Osborne and remain there about a month previous to thelr departure for Balmoral, A telegram from Vienna announces that the nego- tidtions for a commercial treaty between Austria and England have at length been brought to a successful conclusion, aud that it is proposed that the treaty shall come into operation on the Ist of June next. The Trade Returns and Foreign Trade. {From the London Times (city article), April 14.) The export trade of the United Kingdom the year before last attained an amount fourteengper cent in excess of all furmer experience, The returns for last year show a diminution of four per cent from the uuprecedented total thus reached. But, allowing for the recent considerable reaction in the price of many of the principal articles of raw material employed in our manu.actureg, there is reason to believe that so far as it represents the money return for the labor, capital and skill employed the total of 1867 is the most favorable ever attained, The subjoined table shows the manner in which our commerce is distri- bated, the respective countries being placed in the order in which they rank as our customers. Of the aggregate of £151,183,971 about twenty-eight per cent was to our own possessions; but large as ls pee portion is it is not quite equal to that of preceding years, since, although there was a recovery in the trade’with fndia, that with Australia and Canada ex- perienced a heavy reduction. As regards our ship- iments to foreign countries the worst feature consist in a heavy falling off in the total wiih the United States, notwithstanding the very lurge increase in the quantity of breadstuffs aud cotton we have drawn from their markets, On tte other hand, Germany, under her new organization, bas made a reat stride toward compensating us for this loss & usiness with America, F ce, Holland and Egypt likewise continue to adya Brazil tigures for a rather heavy falling oif, but the Argéntine Republic has maintained the targe increase of the preceding ear, and now takes the lead of Belgium. Chiie ikewise geen » kore inc! ¢, while Maxico exhibits the heavy ling of that was to be ex- pected, China shows no reaction from the remarka- bie increage attaimed in 1868, and Japan presents an increase on the previous satisfactory total. The deciaved vaiue of the exportauions to the British sessions 8 £64,719,371 in 1866, and £49,880,201 in 1566; and to foretyn countries £108,917,636 in 1860, and £181,183,971 in 1867. ‘The total value of our exports in 1867, contrasted with 1867, snoWs an increase of #8 per cent; but there ame many countries with which our transactions have increased in @ much greater proportion, wiile there are others that have made but a moderate advance, while some have even gone back. The most remarkable instances of augmentation are those of Eg and New Granada, to each of which countries our shipments are more than turee times ter than in 1867, the explanation in the latter case consisting {n the, development of traMec over the Panama route. With China the imerease of our trade in the ten years has been 190 ir cent. Next to these countries the States of the iver Plate present the most important ag enn the Increase to the Argentine republic having been about 130 to cent, and to Montevideo (the U; an pacer lted per, cent, arate ef pi Mt berendered still more rapid whenever, by the success of the allies at Humaita, the Pai ry and the rich and vast territory it watery shall be opened up to free intercourse. Turkey also shows aa advance o/ about ee cent during the ten years; and the position France 8 particularly satisfactory, the increase in her case being near, 100 per cent. Germany, jam, Holland, Portugal, Denwark, and Sweden aud Norway, saow fair pro- gress. Spain shows only an increase of 23 per cent, and the United States ay 14 per cent, while with Venezuela our commerce Is 30 per cent less than in 1367, Italy, which ten years ago, under the heads of Sardinia, Napies and ‘Tuscany, took £3,246,889, now takes about 60 per cent in excess of» amount. Japan, which at that date had"H0” place in the ilst, is at present our customer to-the extent of £1,546,136. The increase of sintpments to our own tons has been about 33 per cent, which is not 0 great as that to foreign ports ;gsince, although it has been 90 per ceut in the instance of India, 260 per cent in that of Hong Kong, and about 130 per cent ‘In that of Si re, there has been tp the important instance of Ausiraiis a falling off of 20 cent since this time ten years, consequent partly on the extremely adverse state of the trade in 1867, and partly on the eatent to which these colouies now carry on direct transac- tious with other countrtes. With Canada our trade has made fair Pioeress bat with Mauritius, the Cape und the West Indics it shows a decline. Mr. Disraeli on the Church Question—High Church Ritualiste and Irish Romanists.) The following letter, addressed by Mr. Disraeli to the Rev. Arthur Baker, rector of Addington, Bucks, a@ constituent of the right honorable gentleman, has ‘been forwarded for publication to the London Times:— HOGHENDEN MANOR, Maundy-Thuraday, 1863. REVEREND Sik:—I have just received your letter, in which, a3 one of consutuents, ye justify your right to ask for explapation of my ali ‘as- sertion that the High Churct: ric:aalists had been jong in secret combination and were now in open confed- eracy with lrisn KRomanisis tur the destruction of the union between Churcii and State. 1 acknowledge your rtght of making ‘hia lnquiry; ‘and if I do not notice fn detail the various suggesuons im your letter it is from no want of courtesy, but from the necessity of not uvediessly involving myself in literary controversy. You are under a misapprehension if you suppose that I intended to cast any slur upon ihe High Cour party. 1 have the tugihest respect for the High Chu ty; L believe (here is no body of men in this cou 'y to which we have been more indebted, from t days of Queen Anne to the days of Queen Victoria, for the maintenance of the orihodox faith, the rights of the crown aud the liberties uf the people. In faving this | have no wish to totimate that the obligatious of the country to the otuer ti party in the Church are not equully significant. I have never looked upon the existence Of parues in our Charch 4s 4 calanilty; 1 look upon them as & necessity, and a bereticent ne- cessity. ‘They are tie natural and inevitable as. quences of tite mild and liberal principles of off ec- cClealastical Loy! and of tae varying and opRyaite elewnents of the human mind and character. When 1 spoke | referred to an extreme faction in the Church of very modern date that does not conceal its ambi. tion to destroy the connection between ‘Charch aud ch | have reason to believe Ras been for some time tn secret comtunation and is now in open conjederacy with the Irish Romanisis for the pur- pose. ety, with tts shallow and short- ae ete 6 ‘a nere tustrdment in the hands Yietim of the, sp! Society ts now blind As T hold that the Church and State will cause revotution in this working tu establish, issolution of the anion between neniy @ greater than foreign conquests, J shalt use my utinost energies wo defeat these fatal machinat.ons. Believe, me, reverend sir, your faith. | meniber and servan B. DISRAELL ine Rev. AnrHUR Baker, A, M., Rector of Adding- ton. . FRANCE. The Submarine Telegraphe—Liunperial Attempts at Seothing the Public. Foor out of the five submarine cabies which con- nect France and Beigium were ruptured by a tem- pest. The London Times’ Paris correspondent says:—The article signed Paulin Limayrac, in the Constéitu- tionnel, is said to have come direct from the Empe- ror’s Cabinet and to have been dictated by his Majesty. Nothing more egg tI but from whomso- ever it came it has not had the effect it was meant to have; that 19, If the intention was to dissipate the revailing disquiet. The invitation to the other Powers to be the firet to lay down their arms is @ guod deal ridiculed, because Prussia, for instance, has the same right 0 invite France to begin. GERMANY. Government Loane—United States Securities in Frankfort—The Naturalization Treaty— Miltary Unity, ~ Advices from Frankfort state that as many as five wonng for railway porgoses were meued during the | seemed to have fully reachod the demand, was also a better demand for American securities. The New Prussian Gazette, of Berlin, says: extension by the South German States of the la gd seotam, eee domicile has been ry treat they shall im no beg 2 be affected el cnelen within the North German Cottederations A despatch from Munich says:—The new drill training regulations for the Bavarian army have beem drawn up with special reference to the system wens in Prussia, so as to secure che utm (= unity in the German pede system. ‘The nt Bavaria will probabl; @ ysilt to Oairo in mene, ‘and not to” Mentone as was at AEst ex: eted, ROME. Religion and the Bayonet. A telegram from Rome of April 12 says:—“High mass was celebrated to-day at St. Peter’s, Tho members of the Sacred College, the diplomatic body and prelates were present. The Pope afverwarda [omy the benediction, Urot et ore, from tha serany overtook ise the vewe San Pietro, whera he Pon ‘4! Croops were drawn uy an immense crowd had ‘assembled’? Sh BED, AE INDIA. The Budget and Finances ef the Empire—Tele« araph Extension—Fighting on the Punjaul) Frontier. Telegrams from India to England state that the Right Hon. Mr. Massey presented the budget to the Supreme Council. The estimated expenditure for 1867-8 is £49,319,000, The surplus (the \ tena dl outlay for public Works nog taken into account) £1,700,000, The estimatea expenditure for 1368-69 is ex inary) o} . 2 ied mat 230,000, The estimated cash:balance on thé Bist of March, 1867, is £1,000, Opium yielded nearly a mi the license tax £200,000 ‘above the estimate. The home expenses amounted to half a million above the estimates. An additional anna is put upon graip. There is @ pros= pect of teeta loans in future, 1 Seanions is beg paid to submarine cable exten- sion, The Madras Atheneum reports the death of the Maharajah of Mysore, Askirmish had taken place w@h-the hill tribe of the Bezootes at Kohat, on the Puujaub fro..tier, Fractare of a Submarine Cable. The Times of India of the 21st of Mureh, received by the mails just arrived, contains the following with regard to the igterruption of the Indo- European telegraph. The following telegram, from the Director of the Indo-European Tele. graph to the Director General ef Telegraphs in} India, has been placed at the disposal of the press:— Kurrachee, March 13,—The cable is totally fractured,! apparently twenty miles west of Guadur, Its re pairs depend entirely upon the arrival of the steamer, Amber Witch, now in dock at Bomvay. Goverument has been asked to supply two tugs to keep up com- munication between Guadur and Mussendom daring: the interruption; I! that request be compiled with! messages will be conveyed between those points in, about fifty hours, The Amber Witch has all the appliances for cable work on board, aad has only just gone into dock for extensive » repairs.’ ‘The Marine Superintendent may be abie to inforny you when she can leave for Kurrachee, and the cable will probably be Tepairey. in about eight days thereafter. It appears mm the Kurrachee papers that the telegraph cable between Guadur and Mus-, sendoin has been interrupted -since eleven A. M. om the loth. ‘The prospects of communication being res. stored are unfortunately more remote tian we at: first sup} ed. The Ainber Witch, without which, the repuirs to the vable cannot be effected, arrived In Bombay 4 few days since, and is now in dock, with her bollers and machinery alrealy removed. The repairs to the vessel will take fully two months, by which time it is doubtful if the season will nog have too far advanced” to allow of the cable velng repaired before the monsodn. We tind also that It would take as long to fit up another steamer, for cable purposes as to complete the repairs to Amber Witch, In the meantime the messages are be conveyed betwee: Guadur and Mussendom b; means of two sinaii song’ the ran taking abou fifty hours. The breakdown of the line at te present moment is most u fo-tunate, as be J the following:—The annuuncement on Satu thi messages for Earope. ould be received ag usual 80 sthnulated the traiie that more were ree celved on that day than on any previous day since the opening of the indo- Suropean Telegraph. AFRICA, News from Dr. Livingstone. The Transvaal (Cape of Good Hope) Argus of January last publishes the following intelligence on the authority of Captain J. F. Wilkinson:— i The captain informs us that he bas just arrived from Marico, where he had seen Mr. Marthinus Swa an elephant hunter, well known in this repub- lic, and who had just returned from one of his annual beer | excursions in the Interior, near the Zam. besl. While en, in es ata certain point above the Victoria Falls, the mon of — last, he had spoken to @ number natives who informed him that Tapas ty th they pi highly, and whi y missed them at the Culef eetanga, the same time various presents. ‘These natives had come a distance of twenty “ journey on foot from Central Africa, to where Mr. M. Swarts met them—viz., at some distance above the Victoria Falls, as already stated. The doctor was well at the tine left, and no attempt had been mude on his | fe; on the cont , he was exceedingly popular, and was everywhere well received. m what these guides stated to Mr. Swarts it appears that the doc- tor had explored some very large river, and was about retracing his steps when they left him, Ce- Ro is of @ chief the “other side” of aatign, whom they stated the doctor had visited. We have no reason to doubt the truth of this infor. mation; on the contrary, we have every reason to believe it to be correct. ed, had dis. giving them a8 SUNDAY ON BOARD THE SPANISH FRIGATE GERONA. The fine Spanish frigate Gerona, that has visited our harbor for the double purpose ef relieving the monotony of a long cruise and to effect certain re- pairs to her hull, left her anchorage opposite pier No. 4 North river Saturday afternoon, and steaming further up the stream, dropped auchor op) ite the Hoboken ferry about six o'clock, where she will re- main until henreny then to be placed on the great dock there that the latier object of her visit to this harbor may be acconiplished, ' ‘The radiant, Sparkling character of Jactendeg: 80 greatly in contrast with the foggy, Ca ling days preceding it, charmed the hearts of oficers and crew, and the expresaion of delight they uttered at the grand views that the sun opened to them were characteristicly genuine. Elysian Mpa hd yo now begins to deserve its nomenclature, in the officers’ steps thitherw: while this inthe day also received their tion. morning service on board, shore boats to shoot out toward the frigate, contalt those desi- rous of inspecting her internal stti and they, with those that accompanied thé frigate’s boats, were heartily received, and at once Lag escort to make @ tour of the vessel. om. cers had donned a portion of the summer-like dress wore in the West Indies, bat abruptly thrown on approaching our harbur, and tn reference to the circumstance told how they had gloriously en- dured the noontide on the ‘Alameda, or, Havana during their sojourn in those re: that yesterday's geniality reminded them of it. The marines and sailors had caught the same spirit, and their warm Sting Sibel 'te neue” eed oe omeag ever al he Vv e fmpreasione received by the visitors. These were fewer than was expoerss, owing probably to the jte’s sudden of anchorage, but the cers on board paid every uttention in ex- hibiting and explaining whatever they had @ curiosity to ex: First the guns now perform. ing stient duty on the decks, and which at times have done the Queen some service, like many of the veterans under arms them, were looked upon with expressions of wonderment. Then the arrange- ment of the vessel, the engine room, the nalia of war everywhere visivie, each recet tion, while the variety and Sgures, composing suldi way, made the pleasure of the oe It was noted that —— a Sonton of 8 ov a8 Unportaut probably in Bpunih navy as char. acter features a8 our own in the matter =, dock, a as hotding them in tempt, referring bauseu hese finely uniformed fellows all there is undoubtedly more humor than suber seriousness in these Jealousies, yet this does ndt disrobe the meeting these two branches of naval service of broad that partare her decks Will bear the tread of these ladies, Evy 3 3 yal in our midst, and whose claims e are full of fascination possess the ee Cited and Witchery as their sisters of the coun tr o. * {u'was late Id the afternoon before some of the vis horalen, se whe gesee & the frigate; buses the depart ladies pleasi! which, Judgi by the utter CE ag quent mode of danghters hs UK pane sentiments and emotivns—wmet their bation, —— STABBING APFRAY 1x 4 CONCERT SALOON. —A tOW occurred In a concert saloon, 166 Chatham street, early this morning, in the course of which James Cloud used a knife rather freely, cut Lake #08 iD the face and stabbing John Fi A i Cloud was arrested and the men propery cared for