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

6 OS oer aaa NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR ‘All business or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New Yorr Heratp. Leiters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ROWFRY THEATRE, Bowery.—Crimson SHIELD; 03, Nyurus oF THE RAINBOW. Natinee at 2. PERA HOUSE, corner of Eighth avenue and LA GRANDE Ducurss®. Matinee at 1. H THEATRE, Fourteenth street and Sixth ave- SEYIEVE DE BRABA NEW YORK THEATRE, Broadway.—Tar DkaMa OF OUT OF THE Starers, Matinee at & IC THEATRE, Broadway.—Homery Dowery, EW FRATURES. Matinee at 1g. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Tae New DRAMA or L'AvIME—Tunice ManRigp, Matioge at Lg, lace.—CLABA LOUISE jatinee at 1. Y OF MUSIC, Irving § REPRESENTATIONS. ADT THEATRE, Nos, 45 and 47 Bowery.— ‘on Lowoon. 'S THEATRE, Broadway ead 18th street.— HALL,—Tuto. Taomas' GRanp Imau- ARDEN, Broadway—Miss MATILDA HERON OPERA HOUSE, Tammany Building, 14th ‘IOPIAN MANBTBELSY, &0., LUCRETIA BORGIA. LEON'S MINSTRELS, 790 Broadway.—ETm0- TRELSY, BURLESQUE, &0.—GRAND DuTcH “5S.” MINSTRELS, 585 Broadway.—ETuI0- NMENTS, SINGING, DANOING, &c. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE 201 Bowery.—Comu: VocaiisM, NEGRO MINSTRELSY, &. Matinee at 23. THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—Tam GREAT Ont GINAL LINGARD AND VAUDEVILLE COMPANY. Matings. WOOD'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE, Thirtieth street and Broacway.—Afternoon and evening Performance. PIKE’ UI avenue SIC HALL, 23d street, corner of Eighth VoY's HIPERNICON. Matinee at 2. APOLLO HALL, Twenty-eighth street and Brondway.— JAMES TAYLOR, 148 Guat Lonpon Comic, Matinee. NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourteenth street.—EQurstRian AND GYMNASTIO ENTERTAINMENT. Matinee at 234. GREAT EUROPFAN CIRCUS, corner Broadway and 34th 8t.-EQUESTEIAN AND GYMNASTIC PERFORMANCES. oe RS. x B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn.— ACKETH, HOOLEW'S OPERA HOUSB, Brooklyn.—Hoo.er's Minst2zis—Tuan Hin Our. ALLEMANIA HALL, No, 18 East Sixteenth st,—LEo- TURK-EARTH AND Man. Matinee at 2 NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— SorkNOE AND Apt. TRIPLE SHEET. ow York, Sutarday, October 24, 1868. THE NEWS. Europe. The news by the Atlantic cable is dated yeaterday evening, October 23. The local Juntas of Spain are dissolving. Prince Napoleon recommends his brother-in-law for the throne of Spain. ‘The Liverpooi fetes to United States Minister John- son were of a reassuring character for the mainten- ance of peace between Engiand and America. Mr. Johnsen, Lord Stunicy eud Mr. Gladstone delivered specches. Consols, $444, money. Five-twenties, 73:¢ 1n Lon- don and 7844 in Frankfort. Paris Bourse closed frm on the 22d instant. Cotton steady in Liverpool. Produce firm. Breadstuffs downward. Provisions quiet. ¥ Brazil. Rear Admiral Davis, in his official despatches from Rio Janeiro under date of September 16, says that the Italian bark Regina ran into the French fag- ship Circe In the harbor on the 13th, and carried away a portion of the rigging and caused the drown- ing of six of the crew of the Frenchman, the rigging being manned at tle time in greeting, with the rest Of the foreign flect, the return of the station frigate home. The United States steamer Quinnebaug had returned on the 1ith from # cruise on the coast of Africa. The Shamokin was to leave Rto on the 30th of September for the United States. Cuba, Our Havana letter ts daied October 13. The text of Captain General Lersundi’s proclamation to the people and order to the troops relative to the revolu- onary events in Spain is furnished. and will be found elsewhere in our columas this morning. The substance of both was given by telegraph some days ago. ‘The disturbances in the interior are magnified by the mail to an insurrection of considerable ex- tent in one neighborhood, the city of Puerto Principe, which contains 40,000 inhabitants, The insurgents are, however, without discipline or organization, ‘and the rising, it was thought, would be soon put down. ‘The authorities were trying to keep the affair quiet. quiet. Our telegraphic despatches of yesterday atate that order prevails in Puerto Principe, and the insurgents are operating at Holguin. Volunteers were forming and offering their services to Ler- sundi. A d3®ument signed by what purports to be a “revolutionary comrittce,” had made its appear- ance in Havana urging the people to rise, but the call was unheeded. California. Despatches from San f seco estimate tie lose by the earth: t 00,000, Several slight shocks occurre: reday evening, but re- . The waters of the bay remained placid throughout the disturbance. The panic among the people had somewhat subsided, but the uncertainty as to the provable recurrence of the shock made every one nervous. The casualties are light owing to the hour of day at which the prin- cipal shock oceurred. The Pistons. Another severe Indian fight is reported. Colonel Carpenter, with the Tenth cavalry, met 700 hundred Cheyennes and Arapahoes ai Bulfaio Station, Kansas, and whipped them, kiliny nine and wounding thirty, with @ 1088 of only three wounded. All the troops were on the move, snd the Filth cavalry had a band of Indians surrounded which is supposed to consist of Colonel Forsythe’s former adversaries. An at- tack on Fort Dodge ts expected. Miscellancous. The steamer Continental, trom New Haven for New York, when about five miles oif the port, yesterday Morning, at one o'clock, coliided with the propeller Northampton, from this port for New Haven. The Rorthampton was struck amidships and her side ‘was stove in, the bow of the Uontinental holding her up in the water until ail (he passengers were res- cued. The Continental then backed of and the Northampton lady from Brook! had @ narrow escape, the bow of the Continental crushing directly through her stateroom, but not even slightly bruising her. The engineers and firemen on the Northampton were all weverely injured by scaids, It is not known who is to blame. 1 Governor Seymour arrived at Cleveland last even- ing, having spoken during (he stoppage of the train at Dunkirk, Westfield, Bric, Ashtabula and Paines- ville, He received a despatei while at Buffalo from President Johnson urging him on in his course, as, he says, the present state of affairs justifies and de- mands it. The main points of General Blair's speech at Mattoon, Ill, om Tuesday evening are given else- where, Mr. Biuckiey's report of his actions in New York NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1868,—TRIPLE ‘SHEET. in connection with the internal revenue investiga- ( ns {8 published under date of September 10, He siates that his object, according to the assignment made by the President, was to investigate evi- dence against any officia! of the revenue service without reference to Commissioner Rolling. He met with numerous diMculties from curious and inquisitive persons and unwilling ofMicials, and pos- sibly owes his failure to the rofusal of the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish him with full authority in the premises, He closes his report by annoucing that his resignation is in the Secretary’s hands. Dis- trict Attorney Courtney makes a counter-report, under date of October 1, charging Binckley with ob- stinacy, ignorance and arrogance in his conduct of the case. Mrs. Ann 8. Stephens, the authoress, denies the statement that she suborned G, A. Fitch to make a false aMidavit against Courtney, The result of the West Virginia election 1s still in doubt, and both parties sturdily claim the victory. Several days will probably elapse before the result can be indicated, Legal proceedings were commenced in the Phila- delphia courta yesterday to contest the elections in that city. Olmstead, the alleged defatiter in the Post Ofice Department at Washington, was released yesterday on $10,000 bail. The deficiency for which he was arrested amounts to $47,000, It is said that when he ‘was missing no efforts whatever were made to cap- ture him, and he finally gave himself up without having been pursued. He claims that there is no deficiency which he cannot account for; that none of the $47,000 has been devoted to his own use, but that by the direction of his superiors he made ex- penditures for the government out of the wrong ap- Propriations, and therein the apparent deficiency consisted, In the Carrollton (La. )jatl, on Thursday night, two negro prisoners, one of them charged with outraging a white woman two years ago and the other with killing @ little girl a few days before, were shot aud killed bya number of disguised persons, An affray occurred in Gretna, just opposite, in which two ne- groes were killed. A judge of election in Olay county, Mo., named A. B, Scott, was shot at his home by some persons unknown on Wednesday night, it is supposed be- cause he had given information to the Board of Registry in reference to the antecedents of some of those who proposed to vote. The Board of Registry was recently driven from Liberty to Harlem on ac- count of threata made against ita members at the former town. Governor Wells, of Virginia, yesterday, respited two negro murderers, who were to have been hanged during the day at Fortress Monroe for the murder of a Mr. Wooten two years ago, until the 27th of Novem- ber. The Governor, it will be remembered, commuted the sentence of a negro under similiar circum- stances to imprisonment for life only two weeks ago. Sharp frosts were visible yesterday morning as far South as Atlanta, Ga., and snow was seen on the hills around Hartford, Conn. The City. The seasion of the Protestant Episcopal Conven- tion yesterday was quite interesting, since a large portion of the work before it was disposed of. The system of federate councils was adopted, and the provincial system proposed was tabled. A full re- port of the proceedings will be found elsewhere. Hereafter the meetings will open at nine A. M. and continue uninterruptedly till four P. M. If the bishops concur the Convention will adjourn sine die on Tuesday next. Grammar school No. 12, in Madison street, near Jackson, after undergoing a thorough and needed overhauling and repairing, was formally reopened yesterday morning. ‘The suit to test the right of General Molineux to the position of Major General of the Second division, N.G.,S.N. ¥., to which he was appointed by the Governor while the Senate was not in session, came up in the Brooklyn court yesterday. Judge Gilbert took the papers and reserved his decision. ‘The case of Buker against Remington, in which it ‘was sought to recover $10,000 for alleged fraudulent representation on the part ot Remington, was con- cluded in the Brooklyn City Court yesterday, the jury returnipg a verdict in favor of plaintift of $10,097 45. The steamsnip Ariadne, Captain Eldridge, of C. H, Mallory & Co.'s line, will leave pier 20 East river at three P. M. to-day for Galveston, Texas. The Merchants’ line steamship Crescent City, Cap- tain Weir, will sail from pier No. 12 North river at three P. M. to-day for New Orleans direct. The steamship De Soto, Captain Eaton, will leave pier 36 North river at three P. M. to-day for Havana and New Orleans. The steamship Mariposa, Captain Kemble, of the Cromwell line, will sail from pier No. 9 North river at three P, M. to-day for New Orleans. The Black Star line steamship Montgomery, Cap- tain Lyon, will sail at three P. M. to-day from pler13 North river, for Savannah, Ga, The steamship Flag, Captain Hoffman, will leave pler 29 North river at three P, M. to-day for Fernan- dina and Mobile. The sidewheel steamship San Salvador, Captain Nickerson, will sail, from pier No, 8 North river, at three P. M. to-day for Savannah, The stock market was excited yesterday, but closed weak, Government securities were steauy, Gold closed 135. Prominent Arrivals in the City. John A. Griswold, republican candida‘e for CGov- ernor, arrived in town last night, and is stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Major E. Taylor, Captain Joyce and Colonel Foster, Jr., of the United States Army, are at the St. Julien Hotel. General W. 8. Hancock, of the United States Army, and Dr. E. A. Champlin, of New York, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Lieutenant Governor W. Bross, of Illinois, General Mahon, of Virginia, and General Littlefield, of Phila- delphia, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. General James L. Casleton, of the United States Army, Judge J, W. Robinson, of Elmira, and J. 8, Cavendish, of St, Louis, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. Commander Truxton, of the Unitea States Navy, Asa Packer, of Pennsylvania, and ©. Wendell, of Washington, are at the Astor House, Captain McCoombs, of the United States Army: and Judge Fisher, of Connecticut, are at the St. Charies. England and the United States—The Ban- quet to Reverdy Johnson. Mr. Reverdy Johnson, United States Minis- ter to England, was entertained and addressed at Liverpool on Thursday last, as is duly re- corded elsewhere, by the corporate authorities of that commercial city and a body called the American Chamber of Commerce. There was a banquet, and there were speeches by Mr. Johnson, Lord Stanley and Mr. Gladstone ; and the speeches were such as would excite peace societies to paroxysms of philanthropic enthu- siasm and hilarity, unless, indeed, the peace men might imagine that the orators were too much in love with peace. Sometimes men see most vividly the beauties of a given condition just as it is likely to pass away; and thus we might apprehend, with all that was said at Liverpool, that our relations with England were not of the most pacific character, if we did not know that cabinet wars were impossible as between this and any other country, and were not confident that the American people take so cool a view of our relations with Great Britain that they would not fight even for the Alabama claims, much as the continued re- fusal to pay those claims determines a popular resolution to keep them in mind for a satisfac- tory occasion, In view of the many amiable expressions made at this banquet it may savor of ill nature and a disposition to be querulous if we in- quire plainly what all the utterances and the | festivity amounted to. We would not depre- cate the tendency of pleasant Speeches nor | underrate the possible effect of 4 friendly warmth of demeanor in in- ternational intercourse, but we sym- pathize somewhat with that practical British spirit that induced Lord Stanley to call us ‘‘customors” as well as friends; and this is the spirit that wants to know what things are finally worth. We extract from the atterances, then, these facts: Lord Stanley and Mr. Johnson admire one another; they get on very well together as representatives of the respective Powers, but they have not settled the Alabama claims. ‘Two great points of dispute,” said Mr. Johnson, ‘Have been settled upon terms honorable to both countries.” Lord Stanley, with more reserve, says that two points of dispute will have been settled if the government at Washington ratifies what Mr. Johnson has done, There is no indication what these points are. One, no doubt, relates to the topic of naturalization, but the other does not relate to the great fact that the defect or the connivance of English law made Eng- land a base of operations against our commerce for four years and resulted in immense pecuniary damage to our merchants. That topic, indeed, the diplomats seemed to have gone over delicately. Mr. Johnson touches it with postprandial confidence that it will soon be settled, and Lord Stanley vaguely hopes it may. The question of the Alabama claims, then, stands just thus—a solution is “hoped for” by Lord Stanley. What may be the exact power of his Lordship in hoping we know no way to discover, and therefore can- not even guess when the world may expect tangible result. Meantime it is instructive to know from so high an authority that England “respects the rights of others ;” that if all na- tions did this to the same extent there would be no more wars, and that there float in his Lordship’s intellectual limbo of diplomatic possibilities ideas of the ‘‘dispassionate arbi- tration of some competent tribunal.” This banquet, then, is like many another characteristic piece of British humbuggery. John Bull seems for the moment to have pre- pared himself elaborately for a grand political apology, and he takes refuge in sentimental declamation. Nay, when we remember how cheap words are to this old gentleman, who sends out missionaries and idols in the same ship, and so scan him more closely, we find that he is enjoying our simplicity in a keen laugh at the notion that this demonstration had any reference to us at all. We see, in short, that it is a British electioneering piece. We see that the descendant of Abiaham, Isaac and Jacob moves all the pieces in this game of playing at politics with the English people and doing what he may to cheat tho liberals of that other great piece of political capital—their sympathy with and friendship for the American people. Sympathy with popular institutions as typified on this side the Atlantic is, indeed, the best card of the liberals before the English people. Yet, says Disraeli, in effect we are better friends with America than the liberals, and these very Alabama claims are a legacy from a liberal govern- ment; while if you come to our banquet you shall hear our praises from the American Min- ister himself. Seymour as Johnson Number Two. In his late stump speech at Buffalo Mr. Sey- mour repeated the leading idea of his cartoon sketch the evening before at Rochester. He went on to say that if the democratic party succeeded at this election it could not of itself make or amend laws—that so far as actual power is concerned a democratic President would stand in the same position held by Andrew Johnson. Have we not had enough ofthis? If another term of Andrew Johnson is and has been the object of the democratic party in this canvass Johnson was and is their man. They struck out for a bolder and more emphatic policy, however, and Mr. Seymour, in falling back upon the Johnson programme, is only beating a retreat. We think if Johnson had called together the two houses of Con- gress immediately on assuming the mantle of Lincoln that Southern reconstruction, both sections being in the humor for it, would have been settled long ago, and without a Con- gressional resort to universal negro suffrage. We think now thato conservative President like Grant, elected as the republican candi- date, will be better for the country than another Johnson administration. Grant, like Lincoln, on a sound, conservative line of ac- tion, will be able to shape the policy of a re- publican Congress and to hold the radicals in check. Had Johnson pursued the Lincoln policy of yielding a little to gain much he might have controlled the last Congress and the present. At all events, we guess that Mr. Seymour will not materially advance his cause by abandoning the Tammany platform and substituting the promise of four years more of Johnson. Hert Gare.—We are glad to perceive that the suggestions which have been thrown out in the columns of the Heratp for more than two years past with regard to the opening of Hell Gate are in a fair way of being adopted. We hope the contracts accepted by the commis- sion will be carried through without delay. There are many interests involved in this im- provement. The value of properly at that end of the island must increaso immensely when the channel is opened to navigation. But that is not all—the whole commercial in- terests of the metropolis will be materially affected by it. Bratr, Seymour snp Jounson.—The gal- vanized vitality of the democratic campaign is strikingly manifest this morning in the speeches we give from the two candidates on the stump, and in an incitement to Mr. Seymour from Presi- dent Johnson, coupled with a hope that Sey- mour, in talking for the constitution, may wag the tongue of inspiration. It will be noted that Blair positively denies having said that Grant would be assassinated. On a New Tack.—The Johnson democratic organ at Washington, notwithstanding the New York arrangement that Seymour henceforward, in behalf of Seymour, ts to stump it on a new platform, leaving General Blair entirely out in the cold, still insists upon the withdrawal of both Seymour and Blair as the only salvation to the democracy. Of course this means that the organ in question {fs tacking about towards Grant, and in view of being inside the distance mark in reference to the incoming admit Istra- tion. Johnson goes out on the 4th of March, and business is business, Stringency in Wall Street—Schemes of Financial Jobbers. The commercial community and all who wanted money have found within the last few days a sudden and unexpected stringency in the market. As a consequence interest has gone up, and a general disturbance in business has been caused. Those not initiated in the tricks and combinations of Wall street may be surprised at such a state of things, for there is nothing in the condition of the country or of trade to cause that, But it is known that a number of financial jobbers combined to pro- duce this stringency in order to fleece the mer- chants and all who might need money, It is said, too, that some of the city banks have aided or been in thiscombination. The specu- lators have succeeded in withdrawing from cir- culation about ten millions of currency, and this, together with the drain to the South and West for removing the cotton and other produce, and the absorption of currency by the Treasury through’ the daily sales of three hundred millions of gold, has had the effect contem- plated, Thus, a fow individuals, by combining can make money scarce, raise the rate of inte- rest, paralyze business, change values gene- rally to an enormous extent, bankrupt our merchants and create widespread trouble. Locking up the circulating medium, which is the lifeblood of commerce and trade, by a combination of speculators is a crime against the mercantile and industrious classes, though it may not be reached or be punishable by any existing law. It seems to be one of those evils that cannot be prevented by legislation. It exists inall countries and great financial centres. There is no class of the community that will not seize the opportunity of making money when it can by the derangement or per- turbations of the market ; and there are few people who would not create perturbations, if in their power, for this purpose. High and low, rich and poor, all make money at the ex- pense of other people if they can. Of course stockjobbers and bankers have the best oppor- tunity, and generally they are the most unscru- pulous. A story is told of Voltaire showing that he knew how to use stockjobbing friends who were in the financial ring at Paris. Some acquaintance of the philosopher wondered how he made money while sitting quietly in his chair at Ferney, far away from the centre of financial operations. Voltaire told this aston- ished individual that he had a friend in one of the banks at the capital who kept him informed of the ups and downs of stocks in advance, and thus he was enabled to buy and sell through that friend without trouble or risk. There were doubtless combinations and corner- ings in Paris then just as there are in New York now. The financial and stockjobbing rings have their friends in the banks as well as outside. The victims are the uninitiated and the public. The only way to reach these speculators is through the press and public opinion. Conse- quently they dread the press and abuse it. The HERALD was the first newspaper in this coun- try that undertook to probe and expose the in- side operations of stockjobbers and financial rings. This was years ago. The speculators of Wall street became alarmed and denounced us for showing up their transactions and schemes. Up to that time the stock and money jobbers had clothed their transactions with a sort of Masonic secrecy. Seeing that the mercantile community and the public gene- rally were deeply interested in what was going on in stock and financial operations, we gave them the fullest news from day today. Since then other newspapers have imitated the ex- ample we set. A daily review of financial and commercial transactions has now become & necessity. It is through the press, therefore, that such infamous combinations as that we have referred to, of locking up ten millions of currency and creating a stringency in the money market, can be exposed and the effect neutralized. We see already that the banks of Boston, Philadelphia and other parts are sending cur- rency to this city, tempted by the high rate of interest and having a surplus. The prospect is that the speculators who locked up the ten millions will soon have to let it go into circula- tion again. It would be a just retribution if they could be made to suffer for the evils they have brought upon the mercantile and trading community. Perhaps they have overreached themselves. What do our currency doctors and contraction theorists think of this state of things, when a few individuals can make a stringency and disturb the money market by locking up only ten millions of the circulation ? Why, if their theories were carried out and the currency contracted as they wish, a few native or foreign speculators could throw the whole country into bankruptcy at any time. The use or misuse of a few millions might make a differ- ence of many hundreds of millions in the value of property and securities. We want an ample currency and one that is convertible—a cur- rency that cannot be locked up by speculators or drained by foreigners. We want @ mone- tary system of our own, under which the people may be secure against native specu- lators or foreign capitalists, Can we not reach that? This is one of the greatest problems of the time. Havo we the statesmen to compre- hend this and give us a monetary system adapted to our condition and the progress of ihe age? The Bourbons of tho Episcopal Church, The Tyng case, now of some months’ stand- ing, has been forced afrosh bofore the public mind of the Church and the world by the decisive action which has been taken by the Convention on the objectionable canon under which the Rev. S. 11. Tyng was con- demned. It was not unnatural that the con- sideration of sach a canon should have been deemed necessary. Public sympathy was strongly excited by this case during the period of Mr. Tyng’s trial, and public sympathy, in spite of the sentence of the Church, was in favor of the condemned. By universal con- gent parties outside of the clerical body con- demned the obnoxious canon. It was and it is still by euch parties judged ‘‘unchurch-like, unchristion and uncatholic.” We quote these words for the special benefit of the Rev. Dr. Stubbs, of New Jorsey. He took an active part in the prosecution of Dr. Tyng, and although he has thought proper to denounce the amendment in the terms quoted, there are many, ourselves among the number, who will prefer to apply them to the original canon, One hundred and twenty-three as against seventy-eight have pronounced against the amendment, and there- fore against all change. It therefore remains an offence—such an offence as might justify de- position from the holy office—for an Episcopal clergyman to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ anywhere but within the limits pre- scribed by the Church. The Great Head of the Church said the world is the field; but the Episcopal Convention, wiser than the Master, says the parish is the field. It is thus that Christ has from the beginning suffered in the house of his friends. Like the defunct Stuarts and the Bourbons, who are rapidly going the way of their former royal friends, the Episco- pal Church will not learn, It is for Mr. Tyng, asa brave and bonest man, now to say what he will do. Tho Internal Revenue Muddle=Worse and ‘Worse. Woolley and the whiskey rings, Thurlow Weed and all that lot of speculators and ope- rators in Andy Johnsons impeachment trial have almost passed out of the public mind, Binckley, the bold and daring Binckley, who undertook the upsetting of Rollins and all his internal revenue cohorts, horse, foot and dra- goons, came here to New York, heads up, drums beating and colors flying, raised a fuss, got himself into a muss and was com- pelled to fall back under the protection of the White House. The United States District At- torney (Courtney) was too much for Binckley, and the Binckley investigation culminated in the arrest and indictment of one or two of his chief witnesses for perjury. This was a fiasco; but Binckley still sticks to it that where there is so much smoke there must be some fire, although as the great internal revenue fraud investigator he has for the present shut up shop and re- tired in disgust. Next there appears through his counsel in court a Mr. George A. Fitch, hauled up for libel by United States District Attorney Courtney, whereupon ‘Fitch’s counsel says that defendant has prepared an “gfidavy,” in which he makes a complete retraction and is ready to settle the damages on this plea. This is a dreadful backdown for Fitch, but from the facts as set forth by plaintiff's counsel it was the best thing that Fitch could do. He had drawn up a heavy bill of accusations against Courtney, under which, when brought to the test, Fitch couldn’t stand fire. So he makes an affidavit in jail that all his accusations submitted to the President against Courtney aro “false and untrue,” and he makes this retraction not to get out of jail, but asa matter of justice to Courtney. Among these retracted charges is one that Courtney had accepted a bribe of ten thousand dollars from the Kentucky Bourbon Company, and another that Courtney at the Astor House had committed a violent peradfia! assault upon Binckley, &c. In his affidavit of retraction Fitch ‘goes back” on the much buffeted Binckley, and “further says that Mrs. Ann. S. Stephens, the authoress, at the city of Washington, at the time said libel hereunto annexed was made and drawn, also urged deponent to make said charges against Courtney, stating among other things to deponent that she was anxious to have said charges made against Mr. Courtney, so as to have him suspended at once,” and she stated ‘he (Courtney) must be removed at once, he must be got out of the way, that this thing may go through,” meaning the removal of Rolfins and the appointment of General Burbridge, ad interim, whose appoint- ment Mrs. Stephens was advocating and urging.” Here at length we have a lady and an au- thoress in the case, and here these questions are suggested: What interest had Mrs. Stephens in this business? Why was sheso very urgent and zealous in the movement for the removal of Rollins? And why did she want General Burbridge in his place? While writing up the life of Andrew Johnson, from tailor’s boy to Alderman, and from Alderman to President, and from President to the impeachment trial, and so on down tothe Tammany Convention, was Mrs. Stephens also in the whiskey ring? Was she, too, in the Kentucky Bourbon Company ? And was this the reason she wanted General Burbridge, of Kentucky, in the place of Rol- lins ? When there's a lady tn the case, Of course all other things give piace. Fitch has made a pretty mess of it. His re- traction in reference to Courtney, if there is any truth in his allusions to Binckley and Mrs. Stephens, makes the matter worse and worse, touching the wonderful ramifications and agents and instruments of these whiskey rings. Moreover, what was the inducement to Fitch in making his false charges against Courtney at the instance of Binckley and Mrs. Stephens ? The inference naturally follows that it was whiskey, and contraband whiskey at that. But having confessed himself a false witness in one case, how is Fitch to be believed in another? That's a puzzler; but then, again, why should he bring Mrg, Stephens into affair, unless she had atleast her little finger in the pie? We know that the ladies have always been all- powerful in the Washington lobby, and we know that uader Mr. Johnson's administration they have not lost an inch of ground, but until the reading of this’ explanatory affidavit of Fitch we had no suspicion that they were among the prime movers in these whiskey rings. Assuming now that they have been and are, we canonly account for the escape of Courtney and Rollins upon the theory that in regard to the ladies they have had the balance of power on their side. If 40, we want no further explanation of the collapse of Binckley. Tus Conprttion or Cuna.— Revolutionary disturbance seems imminent in Cuba, as in- dicated by all the facts in our news columns. It is not easy to say precisely what the dis- affected aim at, unless it be entire separation of the island from its relations with Spain, since the Captain General, it is known, will accept the results of the home revolution, and since itis hardly possible that the disorder can arise from royalist demonstrations against such acceptance, Prince Narotroy’s Canvtpats.—Prince Napoleon thinks his brother-in-law would make a very good king for the Spaniards. His brother-in-law is Amadeus, second son of Victor Emanuel. THe has written a letter to Prim on the subject, which is, perhaps, the plan agreed upon for putting the claims of the House of Savoy formally before the Spanish nation, Naturalization Frauds, The radical press 1s pouring down a perfect avalanche of abuse upon Judge Barnard, of” the Supreme Court, because there happens to be a good number of people naturalized in his court. We suppose that Judge Barnard can- not help that. It is a part of his judicial busi- ness to receive affidavits certifying to the Proper qualifications of applicants for citizen- ship. He has, in fact, no authority to refuse the privilege when the application comes prop- erly before him, Whence, then, the outery? Itis amusing to observe the vehemence with which the organs cf both political parties charge fraud upon each other in this matter of natu- ralization, when it is notorious that there is as much fraud practised on one side as on the other. Let us take, for example, the frauds in the recent Pennsylvania election. Theleading managers of the radical party do not deny thag they have obtained as many fraudulent natural- ization papers and ‘‘colonized” as many voters in districts in which they had no residence as the democrats did, and perhaps a little more, because they had more moncy to spend; and we know that in elections, as in most other affairs of life, ‘it is money that makes the mare go.” We do not observe that the radical journals take much notice of the whiskey frauds and the other delicate and intricate arrange- ments in the Internal Revenue Department. Upon these points they are as solemn as the tomb, probably because the frauds are all in favor of radical officials, or probably because the keen sense of Christian charity which governs the radical journals forbids them to expose the weakness of human nature. The public can take their choice. We know that in 1864, when a Presidential election was pending, the campaign in the South, upon which the life of the republic de- pended, was almost suspended in order to let the soldiers come home to vote the radical ticket, and we heard nota word of comment from the radical press at that time. But now, when a Judge sitting onthe bench in purs suance of his duty admits to citizenship, which implies the right of franchise, persons who are, to the best of his knowledge, according to the sworn facts before him, entitled to that’ privilege, the radical journals come out in a furious tirade against him. The only safe~ guard of the people in such cases as these is the independent press, which cuts like a two- edged sword and steps in between the rights of the citizen, the attributes of the judiciary and the vindictive assaults of party newa- papers, More STEAMBOAT MISMANAGEMENT.—An- | other steamboat disaster is chronicled in our columns to-day, by which a propeller, with passengers, was cut in twoon the Sound | one of the large Sound steamers. There was some misunderstanding of the signals, and if is charged that the propeller was not lighted as a steamer should be, and thus the pilot om the other boat was led to calculate his dis- tance as from a sailing vessel. It is hardly less than a miracle that there was not terrible loss of life, Tue San Franoisoo Earraquaxe.—Our full despatches in another column indicate that the first news rather under than over- stated the disastrous effects of this great catastrophe. . THE BOARD OF MISSIONS, ‘The Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church reassembled last evening in triennial seq, sion, at the Church of the Transfguration, and ree sumed the consideration of the atairs of the Deé- partment of Foreign Missions, the Right Rev. Bishop Lee, of Iowa, in the chair. After some routing business had been attended to the continuation of the report of the snectal committee on revort Of the Foreign Committee was tal Bish Coxe, of Western New ‘York, proceeded submit the resolutions embraced in the report of the special committee, and read the follow! among others:— Mu ved, That it ts recommended to the Forel; 80 soon as thelr funds will 10 nppropriate ihe sass organo this work, In ‘duitlon to the aelary of the elerioad nary. The **work” ref to is the mission at Atheng, Greece, under charge of the venerable Rev. Dr. Hill, who has had the superintendence of that station twenty-five years past. At the commencément of his labors there was voted an appropriation or $3, his mission, which crease sum by the énormous (!) amount of $700 per annum, Some discussion as to the necessity of making 80 considerable an extra expenditure, several mem- bers, bishops, ministers and laymen, Fong need of doing 80, and the ability of the treasury to withstand such an extraordinary draft. . Bishop Coxe then addressed the Board and tl audience present, and sald that ladies came by hi dreds to the churches New in out. ma 300, jowelled fingers reached forth to ce An body and blood of Christ, and it had pea Me ly come to such a crisis that the Church had to tate about appropriating @ paltry additional towards cat on the work to which this vet apostle of Christ and benefiter of the whole Levant had devoted a quarter of a century of his life, It wag a close, ae and parsimonious effort, ant ono which could only serve to bi discredit on the Church. In the course of Hill was now hearty. scventy ee old, and that the Duke of Wellington's war horse i received the amplest kindness and care in his de- clining years and had a m a charge of him. A favorite Son ora ry would 4 favored with @ good home or a gilt case when y ing evidence of the work of years. But here was @ veteran in the work of redeeming the souls of men, women and childrea from sin and death to everlast- {ng Joy, and the miserable plea was raised that th lay was excessive, The discussion of the question yon nearly an hour and a quarter, and at the expiration of that time, upon Bishop Uoxe withdrawing the words “#0 soon as thelr funds will permit,” the resolution was alopted. The follow! resolution was also adopted :— Resolve'l, That it be recommended to the Forelan Commit. toe that hereafter they make all thelr appropriations for for- elgn missions payable in gold. A resolution recommensing the creation of a for- elgn missionary bishop at large gave rise to discas- sion, and Rev. Dr. Howe, of the committee, had commenced to explain the reasons why such an rutment was desirable, when the meeting ourned the further discussion of the matter untit next Monday. SERENADE TO COLONEL REMY, TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT. It having been announced to the Twenty-second regiment that Lieutenant Colonel Remmy, the popu- lar commandant, was about to resign, the membere of the diferent compantes, headed by the regimentat band, marched from the Le last night, to L~} resid of Colonel Remmy, in Amity street, fc the purpose of serenading him and to re qnest that he would not resign, but falft the wishes of the command Mg aocepnne, tho coloneley, which ia now vacant. The commit of arrangements were ©. J. Cornbie, chairman, Messrs, M. R. Pearsol, G. H. Burns, W. J. Hardlt f W. Stinson, The aifair was aamirably co! ti . Colonel Remmy, in response to the address of the committee from the regiment promised not to roslin, but to devote himseif to the corps with which he had the honor to be associated. His remarka were euthusiastically cheered. ‘The officers, the commitioe and as many high privates as could be accommodated were then invited into the house whore a collation was served and toasts and speeches were fnduiged tn until @ late hour. ———— ‘A AYSTERIOUS ROBBERY. Yosterday oMeers of the Eighth precinct found @ trunk marked “S, 0, R.,’ containing a large amount of valuable clothing, in Laurens street. The tr which is a Saratoga, had been broken to pieces, The contents are probably worth $150, although it is ime ossibie to tell What the value of the original cone enta was, The onlyeciue the poitce have is that@ part of the clothing is marked “Svsan O'Rellly,” oF “Snaan O'Riley.” The property ts at the dighth pre cinct headquarters awaiting an owner, . eee