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Count Stackelberg 1s appointed Russian Min- ister in 3. By steamship we have a very interesting report, in detall of cable despatches, from Europe to the 2ist of Apri!, including a special correspondence from Rome and South Germany, MISCELLANEOUS. Our Mexico city correspondence ts dated March 29. It contains the history in detail of the American Legion which served in the liberal cause with such honor during the later years of the French interven- tion until the capture and death of Maxunilian. The names of the members of the legion and the regi- ments in which they served im the United States army, are mentioned, Our correspondent in Abyssinia, dating at Atte- grat, on the istof March, again photographs the topography of the british “Mexico” in Africa, by detailing the rural scenes witnessed during a ride with Napior's elephant and camel: trains and army. ‘The English soldiers opened some good roads, sunk wells, obtained water by patent American pumps and had otherwise prepared a very fertile portion of the empire of the laie Theodorus for development by Europeans. The agricultural resources of the coun- try, its churches, church services and religious orna- mentation are described in a very useful aud attrac- tive manner by the writer. From China we have @ valuabie and interesting correspondence, dated at Hong Kong on the 25th and 26th of rebruary, reporting the progress of the inter- nal convulsions by civil war in the empire and the efforts which are being made by the ruling Powers to gradually break down the native barriers which have separated the ancient land from the outer and civil- ized countries. Prussia was negotiating for the obtainment of the cession of the island of Chusan to Germany, and thus place the interests of the Confed- eration im command of @ great highway of the China and Japan trade, The Burlingame mission is referred to, with @ caution to foreigners not to make too much of the aristo- cratic Chinese who accompany the envoy. Ameri- can interests, commercial and religious, were ad- vancing rapidly. Coal mines are to be worked near Pekin. The losses by the great fire at Foochow are reported. Admiral Bell's body had been shipped for the United States, Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., preached in Holy Trinity, Madison avenue, lastevening on the historical pre- cedents of the interchange of puipits with non Epis- copal ministers. He argued that the custom of pro- hibiting the interchange of pulpits was an innova- tion and calculated not only to deprive the Episcopal church of the sympathy of other Protestant churches, but even to destroy its unity. At St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday the Redemp- tionist Fathers closed their mission, which has been in progress with great success for several weeks, Rev. Chauncey Giles delivered a lecture at the Church of the New Jerusalem last evening on the dif. ference between the doctrines of Swedenborg and those of modern Spiritualists, The New York Bibie Society held its forty-foarth anniversary at St. Pant's ohure on Fourth avenue, yesterday. Rev. Dr. Hall tthe Fifth avenue Presbyterian church, f thet Foreign Missions, Rev. M AX end the lof a course of leo- (ures at Trini subject of the “Chris- chapel oa the Mr. August Beimont has written to the Congres- sional Democratic Executive Commitiee announcing that it would be impossible to get the National Ex- ecutive Committee together in time to change the day for the assembling of the National Democratic Convention, The day and place originally desig- nated—the 4th of July at New York—wiil therefore have to continue, Governor Fenton, in view of the sturdy opposition of republican members of the Senate to some of his nominations, it s said, proposes a compromise with Tweed and his democratic associates, The induce- ment offered is reported to be an unmeasured sign- ing of the Tax levies, no matter what jobs may be in them, by the Governor, and a support of his nomina- tions by the democrats, Mr. Isaac Teller, a former member of the Thirty- third Congress,who waselected over Professor Moore, died very suddenly at Matteawan, N, Y.,on Thursday. He was riding in a buggy at the time, and died while holding the reins in his hands, He retained his sitting posture, and the horse that he was driving continued quietly upon his way for about an hour and a half after death had ensued, when the condl- of Mr, Teellr was observed and the horse was stopped. Bishop Potter, on Wednesday, Brown, the convicted child-murderer, at Hudsoqand performed the Episcopal prison service. In the case of Samuel Wilson vs, ‘Thomas Wall | and wife, which grows out of certain property ac- quired under the treaty by which Louisiana and Florida came into the possession of the United Statesy and which has been before the Supreme Court ina suitof Error, from the State of Alabama, Justice Grier has rendered an opinion that Congress has no power to settle rights under treaties except in cases purely political. fo Elsewhere in our columns this morning will be found an article entitled “Our Steam Vessels,” which gives a comprehensive account of the means adopted by the laws of Congress for the safety of life and Propertyfon passenger steamers. The new telegraph cable has arrived at Jamaica. Three vessels were stranded in a late gale on the Morant Keys. ‘The Germans of New York city and vicinity held a mass meeting yesterday, and determined to organize @ “Scheutzen Fest’ for June next. The organization was completed by the election of Theodore Steinway President, a list of Vice Presidents and Secretaries, and the adoption of resolutions favoring the project. General Siegel and others addressed the meeting. Chief Justice Chase’s Position—The Despe- ration of: the Radicals. ie Partisan fury has not yet reached its crisis at the national capital, but the storm rises hour by hour. The state of feeling and the heated atmosphere the politicians live in are indicated by every circumstance of the daily news. Noth- ing more distinctly shows the increasing heat of the struggle than the tone of the debate in the House of Representatives on the regolution in- viting the Impeachment Managers to clear their skirts in regard to the notorious Alta Vela job. By the revelations of the impeachment trial it suddenly appeared to the country that the Managers had virtually named to the President a price for which he could buy them up and strangle impeachment in its earliest scream. They say they only gave an opinion; but it is obvious that from men in their position an “opinion” given to the President on hig trial at their instance must be either a promise or a threat; and it is equally obvious that if this threat or promise, that now assumes the inno- cent character of an opinion, had influenced the President the course of the Managers would have been shaped accordingly. Im- peachment would have roared as gently as any sucking dove if Mr. Johnson had seized this guano island for the clients of Logan and But- ler, Caught in the act of offering this great bribe to the impeached President, and chal- lenged in the House to justify them- selves—to show their honesty if they could, to prove by any possible means that the obvious circumstances of the case put them ina false light before the country—how do the honor- able Managers answer the challenge? By turn- ing with the fury of wounded wild beasts upon “the member who offers the resolution. Butler, that scavenger of the law, hurls filth by natu- ral instinct, and Logan becomes so wild in his defence that he is called to order over and over again by Mr. Colfax, who never calls to order any man of his own party so long as it is humanly possible to avoid it; and the trem- bling associates ofthese men on the floor of the House, seeing the evident trepidation and excitement they are in, take the alarm, and vote down the resolution, advertising to the country that the conduct of the Managers in this business must not be subjected to inquiry for the sake of the party. Much of the excitement of the Managers under this proposed inquiry was also due, no doubt, to the general sentiment of desperation that has recently taken hold upon the souls of the impeachers, They find that they must not stop to reason, nor let others stop. They must drive, they must bully, they must in- timidate, they must rush their case through by every stimulating practice, or lose it. They must compel their partisans to rise with them in the excitement of violent language and furious purpose; and hence we see that daily there is less scruple to answer argument, and that all that is said in the debates of Congress, even on subjects the most trivial, has less in it of discussion than of dia- tribe and invective. All this radical despera- tionis the immediate result of the position of Chief Justice Chase. Fear of the one strong man whom they cannot move—cannot drive in the small gale of their fury—agitates the souls of these leading radicals, fills them with alarm and dismay. Chief Justice Chase will undoubtedly assert in the Senate the authority of his high office; seeing clearly that the founders of the government never intended to make the Executive subject to the Legislature, that it was their clear purpose that when the President should be on trial both the legisla- tive and the judicial branch of the government should conjointly review his conduct, the Chief Justice will proceed, as a matter of course, to charge the impeachment court in due time as to the law of the case, Had the Managers made any respectable case they would not ob- ject to this; they would not for a moment venture the assertion that to charge the court was not fully within the line of Mr. Chase's duty. In ordinary circumstances such @ point would be too violent. But they have made no case. They have woven a tissue of flimsy cobwebs that an honest judge must necessarily demolish. But they must do anything rather than lose their case, and hence; by compari- son, no point can be conceived as too violent, too extravagant for too outrageous, their daring. Radicalism will make a desperate fight over its effort to prevent the Chief Justice from | charging the Senate on the law; and if the ac tion be had under Mr. Sumner’s proposition to determine such points by a majority, itis possi | ble that a rule may be made declaring that the NEW YORK HERALD, MOND visited Joseph | | man from Illinois.” AY, MAY '4, ‘1968.—TRIPLE ‘SHEET. Chief Justice has no right toany voice. If such a rule is adopted the Chief Justice, con- sistently with his own dignity, can only with- draw. This will leave the court without power to go on with the trial. Congress must thea stop and impeach the Chief Justice. It may impeach and remove him; and then it will be in no better position, for the Presideni must nominate his successor, Here will be a grand dilemma. Perhaps the Pre- sident will take his own time in making the nomination of the man who is to preside at his trial, and perhaps before the court can again organize with the Chief Justice atits head Mr. Johnson’s term will expire. It is pretty certain that the country will go into the election with all this impeachment fury unexploded if Mr. Chase is driven out of the court by the radical extravagance, and we shall have a canvass unparalleled in excite- ment. Extremists see in all this the danger of pushing their madness to the last point. It is dangerous to them to let Chase be heard. Tt will be more dangerous still to attempt to compel his silence; and in their desperation at the difficulties that they find on every hand we see an explanation of the maniac fury that seems to be the only principle they act upon. More Disgraceful Scenes in the House of Representatives, ‘The gross personal debate, if debate it can be called, in the House of Representatives on Saturday, between Donnelly, of Minnesota, and Washburne, of Illinois, was, if possible, more outrageous and indecent than that be- tween the Impeachment Managers and Brooks, Chanler and others the day before on the Alta Vela guano matter. The foulest epithets were hurled at each other. Language such as no one would expect to hear outside of the slums of the Five Points or some other such dens of infamy was used and reiterated in the halls of Congress. Here is a specimen:—Mr. Wash- burne said it was Donnelly’s schemes of plun- der which made him (Washburne) oppose him. “Every corrupt measure in Congress had re- ceived Mr. Donnelly’s support.” He, Wash- burne, ‘‘if called upon to make a personal ex- planation should only make it with a member (alluding to Donnelly) who is not covered over with crime and infamy, whose record is not stained with every fraud—with whiskey and other frauds—with a man who has not proved false alike to his friends, his country, his constituents, his politics, his religion and his God.” This is only a specimen of much more of the same sort from Mr. Washburne. Mr. Donnelly was not be- hind in the use of choice Billingsgate. He said of Washburne:—“‘If there be in our midst one low, sordid, vulgar soul—one mind barren of mediocre intelligence, one heart callous to every kindly sentiment and to every generous emotion, one tongue leprous with slander, one mouth which is like unto a den of foul beasts, giving forth deadly odors; if there be one character which, while blotched and spotted, yet raves and rants and blackguards like a prostitute; if there be here one bold, bad, empty, bellowing demagogue, it is the gentle- Fool, liar, blackguard, wretch, and such like epithets are freely used by these members of Congress to each other, while Speaker Colfax sits in his chair and hears it all and the other members langh and enjoy itas fine fun. How dreadfully de- moralized our national legislature has become ! These foul-mouthed members and an incompe- tent Speaker are bringing the country into dis- grace. They are utterly unfit for the positions they occupy. As to Mr. Colfax, if there were any way of impeaching and removing oh a the chair he has long disgraced and which he is entirely incapable of occupying, it would be blessing to the country, All these scandalous scenes, however, naturally result from the Jacobin violence and usurpation of the radical faction in power, and there is little hope of a change, we fear, until the people become aroused and in the next elections send another and better set of men to Washington. The Defeat of the Arcnde Railrond Swindle. The bill known as the Arcade Railroad bill was defeated in the Senate on Saturday, upon its final reading, by a vote of fourteen yeas to fifteen nays. The lobby sharks have been un- tiring in their efforts to secure the success of this measure, for which they have been labor- ing all the session, and after the vote had been announced they succeeded in getting a motion to reconsider laid upon the table. This is a Farliamentary mode of keeping a bill still alive after its defeat, and is generally resorted to for the purpose of affording an opportunity to the lobby to buy up opposing members or make new terms, so that at a future day, and gene- rally in the hurry and bustle of the closing hours of legislation, the motion may be called up and passed and the measure be pushed through on a second trial. When there is no great op- position to a bill, and when there happens to be a slim attendance of members upon its third reading, so that it accidentally fails to receive 4 constitutional vote, the practice of tabling a reconsideration is fair and proper; but there is no reason why any such course should have been pursued in the case of this Arcade Rail- road swindle. It is very well known that the scheme is impracticable, and can only be made profitable by using it as a means of blackmail- ing the property owners on Broadway or selling out next year to the surface road. Every respectable journal in New York has denounced the job, notwithstanding the gen- eral desire for more railroad facilities, and all the New York members voted against it. There were only three Senators absent, two of whom were “paired off,” showing that one at least of the absentees was opposed to the bill. Had the remaining two voted in its favor it would have received only gixteen votes, and would have still been defeated on a fall Senate. It is evident, therefore, that the object of keeping the measure still alive must be to buy up some of those Senators whose names are recorded in the negative. The adverse votes were Messrs, Bradley, Campbell, Cauldwell, Creamer, Crowley, Edwards, Folger, Genet, Hubbard, Murphy, Nichols, Norton, Thayer and Williams. Lot us sce if any of these will sell out to the lobby if the bill should be again brought before the Senate. Spanish Resraicrions on Commence.—Spain ecems bent on ruining her influence in the West Indies, For some ti past merchants and traders doing business in Spanish porta have been subjected to the most abominable and unjust restrictions by the resident authorities, The policy seems to be to make as much as possible out of every vessel that enters a Span- ish port, and if money cannot be wrung out of it by fair means, thea it must be by foul. The merchants and ship owners of New York have had a meeting protesting against the sys- tem of blackmail to which they are subjected and for the maintenance of which the Spanish government is responsible. The cases which they cite justify their indignation. It is the daty of the United’ States government to inter- fere at once and put an end to this iniquity. If Spain does not know what is right she must be taught. Where are our ships of war, and what are they doing ? Alta Vela Guano in the Impeachment Case. The most incongruous things are sometimes accidentally mixed up together, as we see in the Alta Vela guano speculation and humbug, with the grave dnd important trial of the Presi- dent of the United States before the Senate. This Alta Vela matter was first brought into notice in connection with the impeachment trial through Judge Black, one of the Presi- dent's.counsel, withdrawing from the case be- cause the President declined to use his author- ity in support of the doubtful claim of Judge Black's clients. If any proof were wanted of the inflexible honesty and conscientious conduct of Mr, Johnson in the discharge of his public duties this would furnish it, We will say nothing here of the very questionable conduct of Judge Black in pressing such a claim upon the Presi- dent at the time he was engaged as onie of his counsel, or in abandoning the defence at the eleventh hour because the President could not conscientiously grant what the Judge requested, but we must say that the action of Mr. Johnson under these circumstances redounds to his honor and shows his high sense of duty and inflexible honesty. The letters published on Friday from Judge Black and others, and the long letter of the Judge published on Saturday, together with the spicy debate on the Alta Vela matter in the House of Representatives, show in the strongest light the pressure made upon Mr. Johnson in this matter, and his admirable con- duct, superior to personal considerations or the influence of friends, when public duty was brought in question. The second time this Alta Vela matter came up wasin the pleading of Judge Nelson before the Senate in behalf of the Presi- dent. Mr. Nelson felt it his duty to defend the President against the false assertion which had been circulated everywhere through the radical organs that Judge Black had withdrawn from the defence because the President had no case to defend. Mr. Nelson explained the trne cause—the Alta Vela matter—of Judge Black’s abandonment of the President’s defence, and in doing so showed that the very Managers of the impeachment trial—Butler, Logan, Thad Stevens and Bingham—had pressed this Alta Vela claim upon the President. This led first to sharp words in the Senate chamber, which were strongly suggestive of pistols on another arena between Butler and Nelson, and after- wards to the debate and scandalous personali- ties in the House of Representatives on Friday. All of the party—the Managers and Judge Black—have found it necessary to defend themselves as well as they could from the damaging facts brought out by Mr. Nelson. It is in this way that guano and the guano speculators got mixed up with impeachment. It appears certain from this Alta Vela dis- cussion and difficulty that our public men, those even of the highest position in Congress, and these Simon-pure impeachment Managers, lose no opportunity to use their influence and the government for private schemes and specu- lations. Even while they were plotting to oust the President from his high office on the flim- siest pretext they did not hesitate to ask him to favor their schemes and speculations. We cannot find language severe enough to de- nounce such conduct. But those who grasp at so much and are full of schemes are apt to overreach themselves, For instance, this Alta Vela island is said to be worth a vast sum of money for the guano found on it, and-no doubt the lobby, with the other speculators at Washington, expect to realize a great deal. Now, there is no guano there or on any of the islands, windward or leeward, of the West Indies, worth to the farmer the cost of trans- portation. It is not pretended, we believe, that the so-called guano there is the excrement of birds, like that of Peru; and if that were the pretence it would be a gross fraud, because the heavy and frequent rains in that part of the world prevent any accumulation or deposit of such a fertilizing substance. It is nothing more than decomposed coral reformed, with some little mixture of shells. It is, in fact, nearly all carbonate of lime, and has not as much fer- tilizing quality in it as Jersey marl or burned limestone. The reefs and peninsula of Florida are formed of just the same material, and, therefore, without making a fuss about Alta Vela, Aves island or any other of the West Indies, we have enough on our own territory, if worth the transportation, to fill all the ships in the world for all time to come, But, in truth, there are hundreds of clay marshes and clay banks scattered throughout the United States where a much more valuable fertilizer may be found. The whole of this Alta Vela business, then, about which so much noise is made, is nothing more than a great humbug speculation for stockjobbing purposes. The Washington lobby and speculators, including, no doubt, many members of Congress, might make money out of it in this way if the excite- ment can be kept up; but after they have found fools enough to buy the stock and some poor farmers have been cheated into buying the stuff called guano the whole aftair will burst like a bubble. It is about as great a humbug as impeachment, thongh not as serious in its consequences. Our Steam Vessels, We publish in another column this morning an interesting article on our steam vessels, showing the condition of their machinery, pre- cautions against fire and the general means of preserving the lives of the thousands of pas- sengers that travel upon them. It will be seen that some of the steamers referred to are not ag well provided andas safe as they should be. Noris this disregard for the safety of humanity peculiar to ocean steamers alone, The recent disaster on ke Michigan, by which nearly one hundred lives were lost, brought into startling prominence the fact that the lake steamers were utterly unprovided with the proper means of 8 the lives of their passengers in the event of fire or other calami- ty. There is, we believe, a law of Congress referring to this point and obliging all ‘steam- boats to be well supplied with lifeboats, life belts and other like appliances, but it is rarely if ever enforced. On the Hudson river there is a large fleet of steamers passing continually between New York and Albany. Thousands of passengers annually entrust themselves to the mercies of those boats, and yet if a disas- ter occurs it will be found when too late that they were wholly unprovided with means of saving life. The life preservers, when such things are on board, are carefully stowed away and locked up out of reach, and the boats are entirely hors de combat. The oars and thole- pins are generally out of reach when they are required. The same may be said of our ferry- boats on the North and East rivera, which are even more dangerous in the event of disaster. The alarming sacrifice of human life which fol- lows any accident occurring to a river or lake steamer should open the eyes of the communi- ty, if not our legislators, to this wanton and reckless disregard for human life. Another circumstance connected with the Sea Bird dis- aster deserves attention. While the steamer was burning an effort was made to launch the lifeboat at Waukegan. On examination the boat—which was kept locked up in a ware- house—proved wholly unseaworthy, and to have ventured out in it would have been cer- tain dedth to the crew. There were only one tholepin and two oars in the boat, the rest of the oars having been loaned to fishermen. A thou- sand examples of this kind might be given to show the shameless, criminal course pursued by the owners of steamboats and even by the employés of the government. International Debts and Credits. The St. Petersburg Journal, official organ of the Russian government, announced some short time since that the Czar Alexander had instructed his minister in Washington to re- mind the United States authorities that the time originally named for the payment of the Alaska purchase money had passed, and the Journal, after publishing the fact, expressed a hope that the American Congress would see fit to provide for the discharge of the debt by the lst of May. This is quite a friendly and gentlemanly manner of informing us that our imperial creditors expect their cash momentarily, and may be quite effective, by reason of its delicacy of tone and ex- pression, in inducing Congress to order the payment of the money. It is well to con- sider, however, that the radical Managers may not deem it prudent to send seven millions and a half of gold out of the country just at this moment, in face of the installation of Ben Wade as President and a further inflation of the currency, and may probably request an- other extension of time from the Russians, The Emperor of Russia has, however, his treasury necessities just as well, and may be consequently compelled to decline to accom- modate us further. In such dilemma we do not see what can be done other than send him the specie dirett, or else order Mr. Seward to draw on the British Treasury for the amount, authorizing the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take credit for the draft, when honored, as against our Alabama claims charges, We do not require an immediate payment of the Alabama claims bill in full; but as John Bull is plethoric, as usual, of gold, he will not be likely to refuse to oblige two friertdly Powers by taking up our small check in favor of Russia. Indeed, the very fact of John’s tardiness and diplomatic writings about the discharge of the Alabama damages account is producing a rather demoralizing effect in the matters of international debts and credits by encduraging delay on the part of different sovereign Powers in their acquittal. By way of Australia we have just had advices from Polynesia to the effect that Secretary, Seward has lately been pressing King Thakombau, of Fiji, for the payment of eighty thousand dollars in gold acknowl- edged by his Majesty as due to us for losses sustained by American settlers in his dominions at the hands of his subjects, and that the Secretary assured him if the money was not forthcoming on the 1st of May the Ameri- ‘can flag would be hoisted on the islands. The King, however, needs time. His Majesty sold some of his territory lately to the Emperor of France, receiving in payment three gallons of brandy, This he has consumed, and, finding that the French were rather “smart” for him in the bargain, claims that there is a good deal of money due to him in Paris with which he willdischarge our debt when he receives it. Pending the moment of settlement he forwarded the Whale’s Tooth treaty promise mission, lately reported in the Heratp, to Washing- ton. Kingy Thakombau has, no doubt, heard from Australia that the British Cabinet has made out a “‘billof set off” against the Alabama claims, Lord Stanley requiring to be paid for losses sustained by the swift blockade runners from the Clyde at the hands of our naval officers when seeking to give ‘aid and comfort,” by the delivery of food, clothing and munitions of war to the Jeff Davis rebels. Acting on the same principle he will no doubt enlarge his demands on France and ask o round sum for the trouble which his peo- ple may have had in roasting and eating some of the French missionaries, and thus sending them to the “promised land” at shorter date than they looked for. Should he obtain his money from Napoleon he will, we are certain, fully redeem his whale's tooth, and in like manner Secretary Seward may be com- pelled to delay the Czar until he has either the cash or a promise of temporary accommo- dation from Downing street. International debts and credits are getting decidedly mixed. The Croton Aqueduct Raid Defeated. The New York “ring” made a desperate effort on Saturday to push through the bill to despoil the Croton Aqueduct Department by uniting it with the bill authorizing the appointment of four Tax Commissioners by the City Comptrol- ler, but were defeated by the vote of the Sen- ate, which ordered the latter to a third read- ing and sent the former back to the Committee on Municipal Affairs, This finally disposes of the attempt to seize upon the Croton Aqueduct riment and to displace the present Com- oners; and the citizens of New York owe 1 debt of gratitude to the Senate for its n this matter atleast, The Central Park wlomand the Croton Aqueduct Board have thus far been kept aloof from politics d imsaaged for the interests of the city, an A = Both afford a wide field for extravagance and Plunder, and if allowed to be controlled by the Corporation rings would be made wore expen« sive to the citizens and more profitable to tha Politicians than any other of the city depart ments. The people are aware of the greaf advantages the city has derived from the honest, upright and efficient management of both these departments, and will thank thd Senite for having thus protected one of ther -from the raid of the Corporation freebooters. More Greenbacks and the State Leyistaturre The political straws pointing towards a fur- ther inflation of the currency are significant of the purposes of the politicians of both parties in view of the Presidential contest. Both the radicals and the democrats are anxious to make matters pleasant for the people for w while by adding a hundred millions, more or less, of greenbacks to the amount now in circu- lation; and the signs of the times are that it will not be long before Congress takes action upon the subject. The West is still clamorous for more paper money, and there are very few elsewhere who do not welcome the prospect of fresh inflation, with its attendant speculation, high prices and temporary pros- perity. Almost eyery man in business has an idea that an increase of the currency would augment his gains; and while the tide is rising this expectation is not likely to be disappointed, and speculation in Wall street will be more rampant than during the rebellion; but it, fol- lows that the ultimate reaction will be cor- respondingly violent, and the fortunes made by the rise willin too many instances be lost by the fall. As @ matter of course, however, every one hopes to have placed his affairs out of danger before the revulsion comes, and hia motto will be ‘“‘ After me the deluge.” ‘ One of the signs to which we refer was shown in the State Assembly last week, when it took up the Balcolm resolutions offered in tho early part of the session and passed them. These request Congress to pass a law provid- ing, among other things, for the payment of the national debt in greenbacks. The object sought is simply an inflation of the currency, and those who are in favor of paying the whole of the interest bearing portion of the na- tional debt in greenbacks will com-, Promise with those who are cpposed to it, including the bondholders, by th issue of the proposed hundred millions of new paper money, which. will have the effect of stimulating trade and making poli-. tical capital for all concerned. The indications on this question aro not likely to be change@in. any way by the result of the impeachment trial, the Presidential campaign being the en- grossing consideration with the infationists in Congress. The Condition of Mexico. In the Herarp of yesterday we published a special cable despatch from Mazatlan which shows the state of things in that city and neigh - borhood to be most deplorable. Mazatlan is situated in the disaffected province of Sinaloa, and is one of the most flourishing sea ports in Mexico. The governor of the State of Sinaloa had called on the merchants of Mazatlan for a voluntary loan of thirty thousand dollars to en- able him to pay his troops. The merchants and. traders of any standing in the community are,' with scarcely a single exception, foreigners.’ On foreigners, therefore—on European and American traders—this most iniquitous burden’ is to rest. This, however, is not all, General Corona convened the merchants at his head- quarters and demanded a loan of one hundred thousand dollars. Themerchants, of course, had no choice but to consent. Such is the state of. things in the province of Sinaloa, and it may’ not unjustly be regarded as a specimen of the condition of Mexico generally. A more hope- less state of things is scarcely de When a government resorts to plunder in th name of voluntary loans, and when it has n other means of maintaining itself, its end can+ not be far off. Mexico does indeed make pro- gress, but it is backward and downward. NEW JERSEY. Jersey City. TROUBLE AMONG FIREMEN.—A false alarm of fire was given on Saturday night, which brought twe fire companies to Morris street, and some dispute arising between some of the members of both com- panies 4 serious riot would have resuited but for the interference of aid Jord an and others of the police. © Hoboken. PICKPOCKETS, ROWDIES AND CANNIBALS.—For tho. last three or four Sundays gangs of pickpockets have been crossing from New York to Hoboken and Hud~ son City, and as already published in the HeraLp they have succeeded in relieving both conductors and passengers on the horse cars of various sum# of money. Yesterday @ band of these fellow# prowled around Hoboken, creating disturbances at different quarters, and in one case where & police officer interfered they attacked him and beag him severely. A few of the gang were subsequently arrested. At three o'clock a fight took place on the meadows wh ena man had one of his ears bitten off in the quarrel. Now that the fine summer days have act in the bibulous fraternity will make raids on thé Sabbath into this, the only city bordering on New York where they can quench their thirst to the fulles® satisfaction. Officers of the Metropolitan Police wilt be stationed on the ferry boats on and after nex® Sunday to keep order and take into custody any of the light-fingered tribe they may fall upon. The ferry company have taken measures to frustrate the operations of all lawless gangs whatever. In the meantime respec table passengers are admonished to look out for their pockets, Newark. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE—AN INSANR MAN ATTEMPTS To Cut His THRoatT.—Shortly before one o'clock yes- terday morning @ man nated John Lackey, about fifty-nine years of age and residing at 100 Market street, made @ desperate attempt on his life while laboring under an impression that he was possessed with devils. He was discovered in the act of cutting his throat with a razor, and had already made a slight wound when the instrument was wrested from his hand by some members of his family. The unfor- tunate man was given in charge of officers Wedmeycer and Gardner, and taken to the station house for safe keeping. Paterson. Passatc CounTY CoURT SENTENCES.—Judge Bedle yesterday sentenced James Inglis, convicted of grand larceny, to serve one year in the State prison; Robert Ingram, for polygamy, to one year, and Jacob Rucker, for an atrocious assault, to the State prison for six months. Several other prisoners were sen- tenced for minor crimes, among whom were two for drinking liquor on election day. A Vain oF IRON On® has been discovered on the Garret Mountain, near Paterson, about fourteen feet below the surface, extending for a mile and ® quarter, from eight to thirty feet in width. Passnic Village, Woman's RiGtrs.—At the election for Street Comes missioners to be held in this village to-morrow the women are authorized to vote, the law in regard thereto extending the right of franchise to all prope erty holders, The ladies seem determined to enjof their privilege, and quite a number have carrlagos engaged to carry them to the polla, Tho Jaw ex. cludes those men from voting who have turned tuoly property from their owa invo buelr wives’