The New York Herald Newspaper, May 24, 1868, Page 6

6 : EW YORK HI BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. All business or news letters and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York eRar. Letters and packages should be property sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- BLEECKER STREET UNIVERSALIST CHURCH.— REv. Day K. Lek. Morning and evening, BLOOMINGDALE BAPTIST CHURCH.—Morning and evening. CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC CHURCH.—Evening. CHURCH OF THE REFORMATION.—Rev. BxowN. Morning and afternoon, ApBBorr CHAPEL OF THE HOLY APOSTLES.—Rrv. Dr. How- LAND. Morning and afternoon, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY.—Rev. Sreruen B. Trxo, Jn. Evening. CHRISTIAN CH RCH.—Epee W, T. Moore. and evening. CHURCH OF THE STRA\ Dreae, Morning and evenin, Morning ERS—University.-Rev. Dr. CANAL STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—Rev. Davin Mirci Morning and afternoon, & STREET P. E, CHURCH.—Morning and EVANGELICAL LUTH TRINITY, —Ory. G. F. IURCH OF THE HOLY Morning and evening. DOPWORTH HALL TRANCE MeLivM. Mo FVE Hoy Is Srimimvauists, Mus. C. FANNIE oHURCH,— cH OF THE HOLY LIGHT. Rrv. Dr. W. i E M, E, CHURCH.—REv. G. C. ening. UNIVERSITY, Washington square.—Bisuor SNow. Af- ternoon. TR New York, Sunday, May 24, 1896S. IPLE SHEET. THH NEWS. EUROPE. The news report by the Atlantic cable is dated yesterday, May 23, King William of Prussia delivered a conciliatory #peech looking to reunion to the German Zollverein at the close of the session. Specie continues to ow to the Bank of France. Prince Alfred was com- pletely recovered and in command of his ship, home- | ward bound. O'Farrell, the assassin, was hanged in Australia. General Napier’s army was in satisfactory march forembarkation from Abyssinia. The condition of ‘the troops was good. Consols 94% a 94%, money. Five-twenties 713 a ‘714¢ in London and 76% a 7644 in Frankfort. Cotton more active, with middling uplands at 1134 pence, Breadstuifs dull. Provisions and produce Without marked change. Our special correspondence and mail reports from Europe furnish very interesting details of our cable telegrams to the 9th of May. MISCELLANEOUS. Our special despatches rom Mazatlan, dated the 4th inst., show that the cause of the rebels on the Pacific coast was lost. The leaders had been ordered to report at the capital, Still the usual amount of robberies, kidnapping and other acts of violence was to be recorded, The comments of the HERALD on Mexican affairs were translated and published by all the leading papers, and gave rise to exciting po- lemics. Vigorous measures had been taken to repel the Indian incursions on the northern States of the republic, Itis said that the American Consul in Havana has Written to Secretary Seward to induce Mimister Bur- lingame to come to Havana. The intention is to have him observe the nefarious workings of the coolie trade, ‘The Venezuelan insurgents as late as the 2d inst. were fighting in the suburbs of Caracas, the capital. It was thought they would certainly be victorious. Baez has fin ken the oath of office as Presi- dent of St. Domingo, appointed three members of his Cabinet and obtained @ ratification by the gov- ernment ¢ loan from the Jew banker Jesurun. ‘The bilis recently passed by the Canadian Parlia- Ment for an extradition treaty with the United States, fixing the Governor General’s salary and Governor nsideration of the Queen, ‘e has been brought against Gene- to induce him to resign as General of the he Presidential election. y of the Impeachment Managers are said of reporting progress to the House on A strong pre ut Monday, and one or two of them have already drawn Up additional articles, some of them based upon the President's usurpations in establishing provisional foverumeuts in the South. The House of Representatives met yesterday, but Ho quorum being present adjourned immediately untt! Monday. Itis said that the Impeachment Managers seized Minister Thornton's despatches #0 the British gov- ernment among the indiscriminate bundle that they recently carried away. An international affair is Consequently supposed to be discernibie. The Board of Common Councilmen yesterday adopted resolutions eulogistic of the late Colonel Dyckman and directing appropriate honors to be said at his funeral to-day. The Chamber of Commerce yesterday appointed a committee to wait upon the Chinese Embassy and ‘welcome the members to the city. is Michae! Neville, a laborer, while interfering appa- rently to prevent a fight between one Michael Sulli- van and a man named Coffee, was shot by the former and probably injured fatally. Sullivan's statement 4s that Neville, Coffee and one Francis Meady were all trying to beat him, He was, however, committed To await the result of Neville’s injuries. A collision occurred on the New York and Erie Railroad, near Callicoon, yesterday, by which one man was killed and another severely injured. A mis- Placed switch occasioned the trouble. Fourteen steamships left this port yesterday for foreign and coastwise ports. Three million dollars An specie were shipped to foreign ports during the week. ‘The inquest in the case of Jefferds, the convict who ‘Was recently murdered in Sing Sing prison, was con- cluded yesterday. Evidence was heard which clearly implicated two convicts, Burns and Withington, in the commission of the deed, and they were so charged by the jury in their verdict, The evidence in the Cailicott-Atien case, in Brook+ yn, was closed yesterday. The court adjourned ntil Monday, when the arguments of counsel will commence. In the case of John C. Braine, the Conte irate who captured the Chesapeake, Judge pene. Uict, in the United States Circuit Court, Brookiyn, yesterday, denied an application for his release on dail on the ground that the amount named was too email. Four acres of apparently solid ground in Hamilton county, Florida, recently sunk to the depth of fifty Yeet, the‘pit thus formed being gradually Mied with Water. The land is still sinking. t_A New Orleans whiskey dealer is said to have re- ved a note recently from the Secretary of one of | Court Chambers, to dissolve the injunctions in the | suits of Schell against the Erie Rallway Company, | | tinued with modifications, and in the last the motion | these are not easily got at. weized Wen Ach train » Msengaged the: from tie train jw id motion threw the expressm: | the window and robbed three safes in charge of the | Adaus Express Company of over $40,000, part of | | the which was consigned to New York. No arrests have been made, A grand Indian peace talk is to take place with the ‘sioners sven at Fort Larned. The tribes are ing and look peaceable enough, having no | whiskey among them. bd | A true bill of indictment has been found in the | Albany County Court against Mark Lewis, the lobby- \ man, who is charged with suborning members of the | Legislature during last session. | * A heavy snow storm in San Antonio, Texas, on the 19th instant, committed damage to houses, crops, | &c., to the value of half a million dollars, besides killing several persons. Judge Sutherland yesterday rendered decisions on | the motions, recently argued before him at Supreme | Bloodgood against the same defendants, and The | People of the State of New York against the same. | In the two first named suits the injunctions are con- | to vacate is denied with costs. Appeals from all the decistons will be taken to the June General ‘Term. | The stock market was firm yesterday. Govern- | ment securities were strong. Gold closed at 139% a | 13975. The markets were generally very quiet yesterday, business being restricted by the inclement weather. Cotton, though quiet, was firm at 30!4¢. for middling uplands. Coffee was dull but steady. On ’Change, flour was in moderate demand and irregular. Wheat was lower at the opening but firm at the close. Corn was in fair demand but at lower prices. Oats were fairly active and closed firm. Pork was a shade bet- | ter and in improved demand. Beef was steady, | while lard was firmer but quiet. Freights were dull | but firmer. Naval stores—Spirits turpentine was in | good demand, but at 1c, a 14e. lower prices, while | other kinds were quiet but steady. Petroleum was | without change of moment. A Rich Mine of History to Be Explqred— | The Secrets of Impeachment. | The abortive attempt of a lawless political majority to break up the government of the United States by destroying the powers of the Executive will pass into history as second only in importance and villany to the equally reck- less effort of the rebels to effect the same object. The fame, good or bad, which will attach in history to Lincoln and Davis, Grant and Lee, Sherman and Stonewall Jackson, will attach in almost as strong a degree to all the promi- nent persons in the impeachment rebellion, from Ben Butler to Ross. The public materials | on which a true estimate of the latter event and of the characters implicated in it is to be | formed are numerous and within the reach of all; but the incidents which avoided publicity and the light of day, which occurred in secret, but which operated on the final result with greater efficacy than all the eloquence of a Logan, a Bingham, a Groesbeck or an Evarts— There are surface indications cropping out here and there, and there are some specimen nuggets picked up by exploring newspaper men; but the rich mine | requires to be carefully worked in order to get at the valuable deposits, Butler and Boutwell are attempting to lead off the explorers ona false hunt by making a great racket about the votes of two Senators from the States lying on either side of the . Missouri; whereas the real object of search gnd discovery is, what influ- ences could have induced thirty-five Senators to vote the President of the United States | guilty and deserving of removal from office on the most absurd and ridiculous pretences. If all the offences charged against Mr. Johnson were capable of being expressed by signs or | figures, as in school forms, they would not | amount to what the boys call ‘‘a bad mark.” The Senators who voted ‘‘guilty” must be credited with the average amount of common | sense and intelligence, so that it is impossible, | in nature, to suppose any one of them so igno- rant as to believe himself justified in giving such a vote; and the question then is, by what political influences, hopes of reward and fears of party penalties these men were induced to make such fools of themselves before their fel- low men, to ruin their prospects in public life for the future and to expose their reputations | to ridicule and contempt. Of course, we know generally what those influences were and how they were,exercised in public and in pri- vate. Butitis the inside play that we should like to get at; how this ‘‘originalimpeacher” called | upon that doubtful Senator at his lodgings and talked him into the desired state of mind; what the prospects of having Ben Wade in the White House before and during the Chigago Convention had to do with the matter pro and | con; how Mr. Speaker Colfax’s figurings for the Vice Presidency bore upon the question; with what object and effect the Chief Justice gave his little dinner parties ; how the members of Congress formed themselves into deputations to request in the politest manner the Senators from their States to damn their souls with the crime of perjury, and, in fine, to ascertain all about that pressure brought to bear upon Sena- tors from all quarters, including that evoked by the gentle Schenck, as if the matter in- volved had no more to do with the mind and conscience than the question of confirming the appointment of a country postmaster. This is what we want to know. This is what the country wants to know. This is what will sooner or later be developed and exposed to the light of day. But we want it now. We want it for use in the Presidential campaign. We want to have those materials | furnished as illustrative matter for the speeches of those twin stars of Tammany, Cochrane and Sickles, now the Castor and Pollux of the republican firmament, How are we to get at this rich political mine? We have no hope of an appeal to Ben Butler. THe appears to be hot on the scent of telegrams and bank hooks, and we learn, with some apprehension for the interests of deposi- tors, that he has been worming himself into the vaults of the First National Bank at Wash- ington. We may have some chance from the recklessness of the able and eccentric Thad Stevens, who appears to be just now more than usually disgusted with Bingham, Butler and his brother Managers, and we venture to ment of a general smelling committee, to scent out everything that took place in secret bearing upon the question of impeachment. And we promise Mr. Speaker Colfax that if he will organize such a committee with fairness we will condone his many peccadilloes in the chair and may give him an occasional lift in his aspirations toward the presidency of the Senate. Let kindly Old Thad immediately money | | dent even in warlike times, | other no one can deny, | unnecessary. chuien ‘aitod, aid in giving tw the y The 2 are powerless. is are ashamed of ig. The Butlers ng the pack on a false In Thad, therefore, is our only hope. Let him, experienced whipper-in as he is, call back the dogs, get them on the right track, and then we will see one of the grandest hunts on record, scent, The Situation in Europe, Our news from day to day is full of strange contradictions as to the condition and relations of the various nations of Europe. On every great public occasion we have from imperial, royal or ministerial lips assurances + of peace ; but on all hands and in every nation on the Continent war preparations are being conducted on a scale of magnificence and with a rapidity which are almost, jf not entirely, without prece- It is true that since the close of the late Continental war, which ended so unsatisfactorily both for France and | Austria, the war alarm has often been very | unnecessarily raised. Somehow the public seem to have felt convinced that another more general and more conclusive war was neces- sary before the nations could settle down into a condition of permanent quiet. War’ was bound to break out in the spriug of 1867; but spring has come and gone, summer, autumn and winter have followed, and now, in the summer of 1868, a European war seems just as probable and just as improbable as it has at any time these last twelve months. The two nations of Europe between whom war is most likely to break out are France and Prussia. France and Prussia, however, are ostensibly on the best of terms. That they are jealous and watchful of each Still, their present re- lations are friendly, and it is difficult to see on what pretext a war could be got up. We are quite satisfied that had Napoleon been younger the difficulty of finding a decent pretext would have been easily got over. But Napoleon is not so young as he once was, and that makes the difference. The mind of the Emperor is more bent on making the succession of his son a certainty and a success, than on winning laurels on the field of battle. He is arming France to the teeth, but this is less for the purpose of carrying war into the territories of his neighbors than for the purpose of having France fully prepared for any emergancy. France was not prepared to encounter Prussia at the time of the Luxemburg difficulty. France is better prepared now ; but it is not to be forgotten that Prussia, too, has waxed mightier and more powerful in the inter- val. It is our decided conviction that Prussia will not court war, for the simple reason that she has nothing to gain even in the event of success and much to lose in the event of defeat. What Prussia does want is to make Germany a unit, and time and peace, as Count Bismarck hinted a few days ago, are more likely to secure this result than war. It is equally our conviction that France will not court war, for the reason that war would be more damaging than otherwise to Napoleon's succession plans. The truth is that the future of the French throne, involving as it does the chances of Napoleon's son, the chances of the now united Bourbons, the chances of the re- publicans, is already becoming in France and throughout Europe a much more important question than that of peace or war. The vast war preparations may be turned to terrible account in the future ; but in the meantime, expensive and unjustifiable as they are, they do not threaten war. There is nothing in the condition of any of the other nations of Eu- rope to encourage us to modify this opinion. heen Christian Union. In the Heratp of yesterday we gave some details of the meeting of the Old and New School Presbyterians. It is gratifying to no- tice that the promise exists of the healing of unloving breaches and that Christian union in America at last is likely to become a fact. The Old and New Schools ought never to have existed. Presbytery ought to have been a broad enough name to make Old and New It is gratifying also to know that the Methodist Episcopal and the Protestant Episcopal Churches are beginning to look to- wards each other with friendly eyes and to meditate marriage. How the Wesleys would rejoice at such a consummation! How their spirits must rejoice, if we are to have any faith in Spiritualism! Why should not this union go further? Why should not all Pro- testants come under one banner? Itis reason- able that they should; it is desirable; it is possible; it is more—it isa duty. Let them therefore aim at it. A grand Protestant con- ference, embracing all the sects in America, would be a glorious consummation. This achieved, the next step would be a meeting 0 the Protestant and the Catholic chiefs. Ig they could only meet we know they would like each other. It would be found on both sides that the right good fellows were not confined to either party, but were common to both, The United States one in politics and one in reli- gion would be a spectacle and lesson to the world. The example could not fail to prove contagious. It is not even an impossibility, taking it for granted that we do as we ought to do, that in the city of New York we may have a grand cofncil of the Church which will put all previous councils completely in the shade— the Holy Father, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Patriarchs of Moscow and Constanti- nople gracing the platform with their presence. A’little more shaking of the hands is desirable. It requires only encouragement to lead to mar- vellous results. The time has come when to live and prosper Christianity must adopt some such course. Union is her strength. Division is her weakness. Mr. Home axp Tuar Sixty THovsayp.— Home has lost his case in England and is or- dered to pay to Mrs. Lyon the sum of sixty thousand pounds. Thatis very good for an rate | Suggest to him .a resolution for the appoint- | order, but where is the money? If that is not spirited out of reach of the court before this we shall be disappointed in Home. No doubt it is a good judgment, but it will likely prove a difficult one to enforce. As We Ewercrev.—It is given out from Washington that on the reassembling of the High Court of Impeachment on the 26th the House Managers, in view of some new articles, she United States Senators who voted for acauitta, | start the eubiect im the Monge, and oa | will demand apother nostuonement, Wall Street and Our National Securities The fost notuble feature of business i Wall | street at the present time is the unusually heavy and exeited demand for government se- | eurities both from home investors and for ship- | ment to Europe. The tendency of prices is consequently strongly upward, every day wit- nessing a fresh advance. Previous to the vote | of the Senate on impeachment the market for | our national stocks was dull, and many who had | just received the proceeds of their May coupons | held back from reinvesting them until they saw | what the result of the trial would be. They now | consider impeachment in the light of a mere party measure, which has been ignominiously defeated, and whenever its ghost appears in- | stead of creating alarm it only tends to arouse | ridicule. The mere termination of the sus- | pense with which the verdict was awaited has | been beneficial to trade and the public credit. | Five-twenties advanced one per cent in Lon- | don and Frankfort and still more on this side of the Atlantic during the past week, and the | indications continue to be in favor of a further | considerable rise. The resolutions relating to the finances re- ported in the Chicago Convention stimulated the demand for all the gold bearing. stocks, as they denounce repudiation in any formas a crime, and call for a reduction of the public expenditures and taxation ; and the foreign market is especially sensitive to such infiu- ences. This, moreover, is a season of the year when money accumulates at this centre to an extent which causes the rate of interest to rule low, and this increases the inducements to buy governments for the sake of finding tem- porary employment for capital. The dulness in the railway share speculation is also favor- able to the unusual activity in national bonds, which are still mach lower in price, for the in- terest they pay, than any of the railway and | miscellaneous stocks, yielding an equal return, dealt in on the Stock Exchange. People are idto touch railway stocks on account of their cliqued and inflated condition, and hence | the rush to invest their money temporarily or | permanently in the bonds of the United States. | Asa sign of the times, following the impeach- | mentfiasco, this is reassuring and encouraging. England—The | | Constitutional Privileges in New Revolution. By a singular coincidence the people of Eng- land and the people of the United States find | themselves actually in the midst of revolutions. | Our citizens know how the radical faction | which has attempted to override the constitu- tion of the country has been disposed of thus far by the condemnation of the popular voice. In England the accession of Mr. Disraeli to power as Prime Minister, though heralded, with anticipations of what a splendid success he would turn out to be, has produced a state of political and public affairs very un- usual in the constitutional history of Great Britain. Mr. Disraeli may be well able, and no doubt is, to construct elegant sentences and suse telling metaphors while putting a different face on an established state of facts; but he lacks the quality of a genuine statesman. Apparently unable to seize upon facts as they arise and turn them to the advantage of the great and intellectual party of which he is the representative, he descends to the mean trick of quibbling and evading answers to the plain- est questions where candor and sincerity would serve his purpose better. For instance, the Irish Church Establishment is condemned by every thoughtful and liberal-minded English- man, The public sentiment of England has declared in the most positive and un- mistakable manner that that establish- ment ought not and shall not any longer continue to exist. Mr. Disraeli knows this well, and yet he does a grave in- justice to his ability by prostituting it in an effort to raise a ‘‘No Popery” cry for the mere purpose of keeping himself in office. That ery, which one would have supposed would have never again been heard in the face of an enlightened public sentiment, has not been without its fesult. If Mr. Disraeli had a courageous heart and an elevated purpose he would best consult his own fame by cutting himself off from that party which obstinately thwarts in every way it can the declared con- victions and sentiments of the English people on matters of public policy. If he were wise he would say to the tory party, ‘Gentlemen, it is impossible for you or for me to govern England by a course of action opposed to the will and unsnitable to the taste of the people. We cannot get along with a hostile House of Commons, whose majorities against us are in- creasing every day. We cannot stem the current of cultivated thought that regards church establishments and restricted franchises with disfavor; and if we be wise in our genera- tion we should throw ourselves into the vast peaceable revolution which is now going on around us inour country. Doing this, we can retain those privileges which the people are not seeking to destroy; but if we doggedly oppose the just demands made upon us we shall probably be swept from power by force, whereas if we concede fairly and honestly to the popular claims, we may defeat the opposi- tion of our antagonists and take the lead in the movement which our opponents are availing themselves of to drive us from office.” But instead of this what has Mr. Disraeli done? He has by his conduct in Parliament brought about a dangerous state of affairs. He has revived a question as to the right of dissolving Parliament, which has given rise to discussions of a grave character; and he has dragged the Sovereign, as it were, before the public and held her out as if she were really opposed to the privileges and wishes of the House of Commons. It is well settled and understood in England that when a minister is beaten on an important question by a large majority he at once resigns his office, or he has the power of dissolving Parliament, ap- pealing to the electors and seeking from them a reversal of the verdict of the House of Com- mons. The Crown of Great Britain has re- served the right, or usage, of dissolving Parlia- ment at its will. The Crown, and the Ministers, who are the agents and servants of the Crown, believe that in the exercise of this preroga- tive they hold the power of checking unjust proceedings in Parliament. The House of Commons is supposed to represent the will of the nation, and when it pronounces against the ministry by a large vote that vote is held to be the decree of the people, pro- nounced through Parliament, on the question on which the ministrv in vower have been de- Y, MAY 24, 1863.-TRIPLE SHKET. feated. If the minister who has fallen under the popular vote believes that he has a reason- able chance by an appeal to the country o upsetting the verdict of the Commons, he has the undoubted right of dissolving Parliament ; but he must be well assured that he can by such appeal be able to better bis condition in the next Parliament and go on regularly with the public business. If there were not some limitation to the power of a Prime Minister in this respect he could, if he were an ambitions and unscrupulous man, cause much excitement and inflict great expense and trouble by plunging the nation into a contested election. We see in England the strange anomaly of a diseomfited minister holding office and hinting, without positively declaring, that his Sovereign desires to keep hint there in dis- regard of the will of the people. The Queen has too much good sense to commit herself in so direct a way as this to either of the con- tending parties. She knows, or ought to know, that her authority springs from the people, and that as the people gave it so they may take it back, A blind, mulish, pig-headed ministry may force such a thought into the popular mind. And the qnestion comes back, Will Disraeli resign or dissolve? It is on record in the constitutional history of England that Pitt dis- solved when there was but a majority of one against him. At a later period Lord Mel- bourne followed the same example, and other ministers have resigned where there were even small majorities in their favor. It appears to us that the only course left to Mr. Disraeli is to resign, for he has not the remotest chance of altering the condition of affairs at the polls. Our Military Presidents. The first of our military Presidents was Washington, who, after securing the inde- pendence of the country, put its republican constitution into practical operation. He was the best of all our Presidents. The next sol- dier of the Revolution elected President was Monroe, whose administration was ‘‘the era of good feeling.” The next military hero advanced to the White House was General Jackson, as the ‘Hero of New Orleans.” Next came General Harrison, who was worried to death—poor old man!—by the office seekers, after a month of Presidential tortures. Next came General Taylor, whose life was sacrificed in the White House under the same cruelties. Now comes General Grant, who, as a speech- maker and letter writer, is as reticent as ‘‘Old Zack,” while as a soldier he eclipses ‘‘Old Hickory,” and while as a citizen he is as un- pretending as ‘‘Old Tippecanoe.” We can hardly expect that, if elected, he will give us the perfect administration of Washington, but we have reason to think that he will avoid the turbulence of Jackson and will restore to us, to a great extent, the ‘era of good feeling of Monroe,” and the obliteration of all the party lines of the day in the nicely balanced policy of his administration. The Revolution in England—Its Rapid Pro- gress. It has been said by some eminent philosopher of the past, that when the time has been reached at which men can publicly say all that they think of any particular institution such institution is doomed. This is a hard saying, and capable of being hardly grappled with and opposed, but it is nevertheless full of truth. If we recall to our memories the histories of great struggles we shall find that from the moment that a public man fearlessly and with impunity gave full utterance to all his thoughts upon a subject on which men had hitherto been restrained and fearful in their speech, the institution complained of was no longer safe, because no longer sacred. We have had abundant proof of late that Great Britain was in the agony of revolution. We have had no such proof as that which was furnished by the telegraphic news of yesterday. When an Irish member can rise in the House of Commons, as Mr. Reardon did on Friday night, and coolly propose that the Ministry ought to advise her Majesty to abdicate, and at the same time escape falling into the hands of the Sergeant- at-Arms, it is not unreasonable to conclude that royalty in Great Britain is in danger. England, we have been told of late, had risen to the lofty plateau of a republic. We have had no such convincing evidence of the fact as that furnished by Mr. Reardon. With this to begin with we are prepared for startling news. ALBANY Aa Ricut.—The people of Albany had given up their annual spring flood as a failure this year, when, lo! and behold, they were delighted on waking up yesterday morn- ing to find themselves under water. ANOTHER Fixe Opportunity For MR. Sewarp.—Our present Secretary of State has had many fine opportunities for making his mark in our foreign relations, and except in the matter of those Alabama claims and the rights of our adopted citizens abroad he has done as well as could haye been expected; but now he has another opportunity for a great thing which he ought not to let slip through hie fingers, We refer to the arrival on this side the Conti- nent of Minister Burlingame and his diplo- matic troupe from the Celestial Empire. Mr. Burlingame will soon make known the liberal desires of the Emperor of China touching his relations with foreign Powers, beginning with the United States, and Mr. Seward now has the opportunity, through this friendly mission, of placing this country first among those ad- mitted to the most friendly relations hereafter with China and all Eastern Asia. Let him not disappoint the reasonable expectations of the country. Forsey's Distress,—Forney is sorely tron- bled about Senators Fessenden, Trumbull, Grimes and those other republicans who voted against the eleventh article of impeachment, and his wrath is also excited against certain republican journals which, togeiber with those faithless Senators, he insists shall be read out of the republican church. Forney cannot forgive them for keeping him out of the kitchen, Can nothing be done for Forney ? Souprers For 1H Pors.—By a London de- spatch we learn that the ‘‘Pope has invited the Roman Catholic bishops of the United States to raise one thousand volunteers for the Papal army, authorizing them to make such terms with the recruits as they may deem necessary and proper.” From this it would appear that the Pope very practically recognizes and ac- cepts the civilization of the century in one sense despite his encyclical. But it is quite probable that this is only a canard—the iction of some fortune hunter in the Sacred City, who wants to be a colonel iu the Papal service, and, lack- ing only the men for his regiment, takes this plan to start recruiting in a country full of veteran soldiers and good Catholics getting tired of peace. * AnoTngR Goop Sprecn rrom GRant.— Grant and Colfax were serenaded in Wash ington on Friday night and “responded.” Grant made a good speech, short, crisp and clear. He told his hearers that he had no desire to cultivate the power to talk in public; and if he be elected this is a guarantee that he will never be caught swinging aroma the circle. He said a wise, sound and admira~ bly poised thing when he declared that the country must judge of Iris rectitude of purpose, not from speeches, but by considering his paat career, Let him keep that course. Colfax delivered himself of some fuming trash almost fit to go with Senator Conkling’s celebrated speech at the Syracuse Conveution. A Hint vo OLp THap Srsvens—The en- larged and improved indictment against Andrew Johnson as made up by the Chicago Convention. NOTES ON ART. One of the noblest and most worthy objects towards which any artist can direct his attention is the delineation of the scenery peculiar to his own country. Particularly is this tne case with regard to America, for here our scenery is so grand and of such an unexampled variety that poor indeed must be the imagination and feeble indeed the skill obliged to seek foreign subjects. Niagara andgts surroundings have always been the favorite choice with both painter and poet. There seems to be something peculiarly fascinating in its grandeur and weird sublimity, something peculiarly impressive in its solemn embodiment of resistless power. The feelings which one experiences while looking at the prodigious rush of the waters are to a certain extent reproduced by the sight of a good painting of Niaga- ra, and such a one is Mr, Gignoux’s, just completed, “Under Table Rock.’ The point of view is from the Canada side, in midwinter, looking over towards the “States.” Above tower immense masses of rock almost covered with pendulous columns of icictes. Tn the distance is a calm, untroubled sky, stretching blandly over the “motionless torrents—silent cata- racts.”” Nearer are great conglomerations of stalac- tites and stalagmites, and between them and the rocks a few creeping gleams of light illumine the passage way. Two human figures serve to give a correct idea of the ynmense scale upon which this magnificent temple of Nature has been constructed. One of the most effective parts of the painting ia the impression of strength and power produced im the frozen, pouring waters. Not inaptly to them could be applied the lines of Coleridge:— Wild torrents flercety glad, forever shattered, and the same forever; Unceasing thunder and eternal foam. Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice And stopped at once amidst their maddest plunge. Mr. Gignoux displays in this picture a certain strength and, so tospeak, grasp, which his previous works had not led us to expect. It is entirely the most forcible and impressive painting he has ever executed, and, as such, is gratifying, for it shows of what progress he is capable. We understand that it is to be chromo-lithographed; but before it passes into the printer’s hands we trust that it may be placed on public exhibition. Mr. Bradford has now on his easel a pleasing pic- ture entitled “New Temple Bay, Labrador.” Espe- ciaily noticeable is the beautiful, silvery-toned atmos- phere diffused throughout the scene. Another recently finished work is a beach scene in the Bay of Fundy. Very successfully delineated is the roll of the breaking waves; they are forcible without any of their delicacy being lost. Mr. Perry is now at work upon a picture which he calls the “Spinning Wheel.” A venerable dame is busily plying that old-fashioned instrument of effete domestic industry, while @ little girl stands looking on in rapt attention. A slight shade of wonder is visible in her eyes; but the spectator is left to guess whether it be at the sight of honest industry or at the sight of the revolving implement. The drawing and coloring are true and effective, the shadows being very soft and luminous. Mr. Le Clear has just commenced a portrait of Dr. Osgood, in which that reverend gentleman's charac- teristic traits are well caught and depicted. Mr. Beard is engaged upon a painting of two deer, whose attitudes recall the lines commencing ‘ thoughts, all passions, all delights.” It is hardly, as yet, sufficiently advanced to be described, the figures: not being much more than sketched in; the draw- ing, however, shows that the picture will be good when completed. When the idea was first mooted of establishing here a water color society, @ deal of discussion was evoked as to whether the prices which the American public might be willing to give would suf- ficiently remunerate the artists for their time and labor. ‘The general answer was in the negative, and time proved its partial truth. was also confirmed by thes result of Mr. Avery's iate sale. To show how the English appreciate this branch of art we give here the prices of some water colors recently sold in London. The bids were all im ineas:—W. Hunt, 505; Fred Taylor, 370; “In the Dhannel,” C. Stanfield, Hi albert, 260; “Milam Cathedral,” S. Prout, 675; “Nuremburg,”’ $8. Prout, ' ” David Cox, 550; Birket Foster, 35; ‘Landscape, 340; “Sea Piece,” Duncan, 350; David Rober “Interior,” Cattermole, 2 334; “Copley,” Fielding, wesel on the Rhine,” by ‘The Cozzens sale of pai intings on Friday night at Clinton Hall Art Galleries was in every Way a suc- cess. The hall was crowded and the bidding very active and ited. Among the best Pieces were the following:—“The Beeches, sunset,” by A. Be Durand, $4, “Columbus Before Ferdinand and Isabella,” by E. Leutze, $3,250; “The Andes,” by F. E. Church, $2,400; ‘Catskill Creek at Sunset,” by J. Cole, $2,200; “Newport Harbor,” by J. F. Ket $1,700; “The Sacred Lesson,” by D. Huntington, $1,800; “Mountain Gorge,’ by J. F. Kensett, $1,650; “The Puritan and His Daughier,” by E. Leutze, $1,400; “Niagara River, Canada Shore,” by J. PF. Kensett, $1,225; “The Scariet Letter,” by E. Leutze, $1,2503 “Lake George,” by J. F.'Kensett, $1,250; “Not Enough tor Two,” by Eastman Johnson, $950; ‘‘Bate- man’s,” by J, Kensett, $860; ‘The Novice,” By E. Leutze, $810; “Greek Lovers,” by H. P. Gray, $7755 “Portrait of Bishop Moore,” by Henry Inman, $760; “ Winding the Clock,’’ by Carl Becker, $700; * Rene. de Roma,” by J. Cole, $700; ‘Near Paris,” by omas Doughty, $600; ‘Mountain Brook, Aut: ie by J. Cole, $560; “Dr. Houghton, of Dublin,” by Gil- bert Stewart, $500; “A Secluded Brook,” by J. F. Kensett, $500; “Shepherd Boy of the Roman Cam- agna,”? by D. ae $550; Berkeley's Seat, Newport,” by W. hittredge, ; Massa- chusetts Coast,” by J. F. Kensett, Hs: “At the Shrine,” D. gg 3 “The Microscope,” v Weir, ed “The Am- ber Necklace,” by E. jount Washing- ton,” by J. F. Kensett, $: byl’s Temple of Italy,” by J. F. Cropsey, $300; “The Smokers,’’ by Richard Caton, $230; “Sunset Off the’ Coast of Maine,” by J. F. Kensett, $200. Mr. bea eer and Mr. Bellows sail for Europe next nesd ay. ‘An aged lady visitor at the Academy the other day passed a truthful criticism on Hennessey’s “Blue Stocking” picture:—“I declare,’ she exclaimed with delight, “it looks exactly like the picters on real old chiny.” Mr. Burlingame should not fail to take his mandarins to see it, Foreign Art Notes. ‘The collection of pictures belonging to Mr. T. B. Bulkley Owen was lately sol in London, and the following prices were obtained:—A. Cuyp, “Portrait of a man in biack dress and cap, with white collar,’? 385 guineas; J. Van der Capella, “A Calm,” 240 guineas; Murillo, “A Grand View on the Mauzeres,’ 220 guineas; Guido Reni, “The Angel Appearing to St. Jerome,’ 160 guineas; Gi@rgione, “Portraits of Flametta ami Boccacio,” 190 guineas; Velasquez, “portrait of Pope Innocent X.” in his robes, seated, in anarm chair, 290 guineas, The sale realiged yp- wards of £5,000, At @ recent sale in London of @ collection of English and French decorative furniture, the following articles were noticed:—An old Sévres ewer and basin, of the highest qnality, with ribanda. in rose-du-Barri and gold, interspersed with bouquets of fowers, realized 115 guineas; @ fine old jac Japam cabinet, fitted with ten drawers, 130 guineas; a pair of Oriental cisterns, on carved Chippendat-wood stands, 206 guineas; a it of very fine Italian groups in silver, representing Nessus and Dejanira and the Rape of Europa, on ebony stands, 176 guineas; a beautifol upright secretaire, formed of rare tulip and other woods, with three fine old vres plaques-tefleurs inserted in the doors, chased ormolu mount! of the time of Louis the XVL, marble slab top and brass gallery, 620 guineas. The total sum Tealized was £9,600, The Londbn athenceum notices that Mactiso, at the exhibitiow, removed one of his own pictures from the ay to make room for the work of @ foreua