The New York Herald Newspaper, November 1, 1868, Page 6

6 Tie NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, RELIGIOUS SERVICES TO-DAY. TY ROOMS.—SPIRITUALISTS, Mes. BRiGuaM ee mages. Morning and evening. 4: BLEECKER STREET UNIVERSALIST CHURCH.— Rev. Day K. Lrg Morning aud evening. CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION.—Dr. Fraga. Morning snd afternoon, CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR—Thirty-Atth street.—Rev. 3M PUtiMas, Morning and evening. roti FORTY-SECOND STREET PRESBYT! — @sv. De. Scott. Morning and revi saat sah PREE CHURCH OF THE HOLY LIGHT.—Rav. - BUnN BrxJaui. Morning and evealug nw EAST LEXINGTON AVENUE M. ec —Rrv. Wu. H. Brann” Morning Calera ET ee ae WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.— : ©. Dorcaxx. Morning and evening. yar 4 SEVENTEENTH STREET M. E, CHUROH.—Rev. W. P.Cousrr. Morning and evening. UNIVERSITY—Washington square. —Bisuor SNow. Af- ternoon. — ANN'S FREE CHURCH.--Bisuor AnmrraGR, Even- EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH.—JumiLER or YHE REFORMATION, Morning and evening. PIKE'S OPERA HOUSE,—-Titk MORNING Stan SUNDAY Soao01.—-AvpREseRs. Afternoon. TRINITY BAPTIST CH.—Ree. J, STaAMPoRD HOLME. Morning and evening. UNIVERSITY —Washingt .—RRV. DR. ‘ tiga: Se REV. O. B, FROTHINGHAM—Church on Fortieth street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. Morning. TRIPLE ET. “New Yorks Sunday, November 1, 1868. SH ‘The cable reports are dated October 31. Consols 943, for money and account. Five-twen- ties firm at 74. Erie shares 28. Illinois Centrals 1%. Paris Bourse quiet; rentes 70f. 65c. Frankfort arse—Five-twenties 79. Liverpool cotton market advancing; middling uplands 114d. Havre—Cot- ton, tres ordinaire, 140f. Antwerp—Petroleum, stan- dard white, 53f. , Miscellaneous. ‘Mr. Seward was enthusiastically received by the citizens of Auburn upon his return home on Friday. Yesterday he addressed an immense audience of his Old constituents upon national affairs, in the course ‘of which he reviewed the administrations of Presi- ents Lincoln and Johnson, which he sustained throughout. Although not agreeing with the repub- lican party in its reconstruction policy, still he be- Jieves it isthe party which can best restore quiet throughout the country and the Southern States to their places in the Union. While acknowledging the patriotic services of McClellan, Hancock, Hendricks, Buckalew and other democratic leaders during and since the close of the rebellion, he submits that the democratic party has been tainted with disloyalty, and committed a fatal error at the July Convention in not taking a high, patriotic stand, whereby alone it could have achieved success. Mr. Seward reviews his own political life, and especially justifies his course upon the slavery and naturalization ques- tions. Governor Seymour was most cordially received at Wilkesbarre, Pa., yesterday, by the democracy of that city. He spoke at the Court House to a large crowd last night, using the same arguments ad- vanced in his late speeches at other places. To-day he is the guest of Judge Woodward, of Wilkesbarre, and to-morrow will resume his journey homeward via Great Bend and Binghamton. Ex-Secretary Stanton spoke to a large audience last night at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia. His address was a bitier review of Governor Sey- mour’s late speeches, which, be said, were three in number to, suit different localities—one for the Ohio farmers on the price of four and grain; the second for Pittsburg to the workingmen about the high rate of taxes, and the third to the Berks county demo- erats on the vast expenses of the war. Genera! Steedman has resigned the office of Super- entendent of Police of the city of New Orleans. The Police Commissioners state that they intend to ap- point a Superintendent upon the recommenuation of the merchants of the city. On Priday night, by r tended tie rooms of thi ‘was mos! prominent in the eity. The General told ti aust be enforced aud that nt negro riots in that members that the laws ny man who haa the Fight to vote should vote unmolested on election @ay. His remarks were well received, and the meu- vers of tue club promised to obey his wishes. The Grand Jury of Philadelphia yesterday ignored all tie cases submitted to that body against election officers for refusing to recognize naturalization pa- pers purporting to be issued by the Supreme Court in Sepieniber. Ina test case yerterday Judge Bar- nard susiained the election oficers, the prothono- tury huving failed to recognize his own signature and official seal when required to do 0 in open court. A petition contesting the election of Daniel M. Fox as Mayor has been filed in the Philadelphia Common Pieas Court, It purports that the true vote of the city gave Tyndale a majority of 2,779. ‘Phe 14th inst. has been fixed for the hearing. Major General Wertemberg, of the Ansirian army, visited Fortress Monroe yesterday, where he was re- ceived with military honors. ‘The General is upon & tour through the United States, during which he will visit the principal battle flelds of the rebellion for the purpose of studying the American system of ‘warfare. vases of Woolley and Kimberly & Brothers ‘al Butler, Judge Dobbins has refused to vacate the summons againat the General, on the ground that the privilege of members of Congress from arrest, guaranteed by the constitution, does not ent the service upon them ot any civil pro- cess, the disregard of which would not subject them to attachinent for contempt or other personal mo- lestation. ‘The dead lock ta the appointment of supervisors of internal revenue is not likely to be removed at present. Commissioner Rollins and Secretary Me- Cuilloch had a protracted interview upon the subject vy, but without coming to an adjustment, orders have been issued from the head- quarters of the ariny publishing the provisions of tue congfitution and laws of the United States which prohibit ali persons in the military service from in- terfering in any ¢ nin any State, Chief Justice Cartter yesterday announced the de- €ision of the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia ina case Where the former owner sued wert covery of his property, which had been Y | and sold on account of his participation ion. The Court held that the contisca: tion laws were constitutional and retained the pur. Chaser in possession, ‘The City. Mayor Hoffman yesterday iasued a to poaple of this city setting fo xeripulons, designing and dangerous men had combined fo prevent naturalized citizens from voting, under the pre e that their papers bad deen fraudulently obtain The United States Mar. | shal have appointed swarms of sy cial deputies their pl at the polls for purpose of Overawing voters and otherwise inter fore to prevent a fair election, Evidence is said to be avout bg which slows a determination on the part of certain men to #0 excite the masses of F in the city oy d to them as to jead them to acts of disorder and violent re The Mayor calls upon the peo- ple to keep qniet under the most aggra- vating circumstances, and oes a reward of $100 for the arrest and conviction of any pefson Charged with a violation of the ¢ a laws of the The Close of the State, or who may be convicted of having obstructed or intimidated any voter tn the exercise of bin right as an clector. The Grand Jury of the United States District Court yesterday found three bills of indictment against Benjamin B, Rosenberg for issuing false certificates of naturalization, Mr. Rosenberg has been held to ball in the sum of $13,500. The Grand Jury also ae bills against Lewis Qyddebach, Abrabain att, Woy J. Diggensou, Wyckam S. Shaw, Samug} E. Domenick and Henry ©. Mitspaugh for combining &nd conspiring together to sell and use false certif- cates of citizenship, Comptrolier Connolly is prepared to redeem city bonds falling due to-day to the value of $3,113,280. ‘Taxpayers are prompt in responding to Collector Smythe’s call. During last week the collections amounted to $3,107,106; previously collected, $2,340,855. Grand total of collections, $6,457,961. The corner stone of the new building of the Young Men’s Christian Association, corner of Fourth ave- nue and Twenty-third street, was laid yesterday with appropriate ceremonies, ‘The building is to cover a lot 175 feet front by eighty-tive feet deep. ‘The entire cost of the structure is estimated at $300,000, At half-past four o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in the boiler room of the rear building No. 135 Essex street, occupied by Mr. Helkrix, scroll Sawyer, and before it could be subdued the interior of the building was entirely destroyed. Loss $10,000. ‘The total number of deaths in this city last week Was 380—an increase of fourteen over that of the pre- vious week. The International Copyright Association for the Protection of Literature and Art met at the Bible House yesterday and elected oMcera for the ensuing year. With three exceptions the present officers were re-olected, ‘The amounts received at the Peruvian Legation from residents of this city for the sufferers by the late earthquakes in South America is $25,066.0 ‘The stock market was irregular yesterday and closed weak. Government securities were strong in the morning, but became weak in the afternoon, Gold closed at 133%. With but few exceptions the markets yesterday were dull, Coffee was quiet, but firmly held. Cot- ton was in fair demand and steady at 2534 ¢. for middling upland. Sugar was also in fair demand, partly for speculation, but chiefly for refining, and prices were 4c. per pound higher. On Change flour was but little sought after and lower. Wheat was in moderate demand, but firm, with smail offerings. Corn was moderately active and ashade firmer, while oats were in fair demand and about %c, higher. Pork was dull and nominal at former prices. Beef and lard were quiet but steady. Freights were also quiet but steady. Naval stores were dull and unchanged. Petroleum Was quiet at 17c. forcrude and 293¢c. for refined. Whiskey was dull and nominal. Prominent Arrivals in the City. Colonel William Wilson, of the United States Army; Lieutenant A. M. Page, of the United States Navy, and Sefior A. de Rodriguez, of Cuba, are at the St. Charles Hotel. Colonel Trenholm, of Charleston, S. C., and Major L. 8. Webb, of Cleveland, Ohio, are at the St. Julien Hotel. Major,H. T. Davis, of the United States Army, is at the New York Hotel. Judge J. P. Suilivan and Judge Durrell, of New Orleans; General J.C. Fremont and Thomas Bing- ham, of California, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. F. Garcia y Garcia, of Peru; Colonel Simpson, of the British Army, and J. Boykett, of London, Eng., / are at the Clarendon Hotel. Chief Clerk Edgar T. Wells, of the War Depart- ment, Washington; L. Del Monte and D. de Aldama, of Cuba, are at the Hoifman House, Genera! Dykeman, of the United States Army, and G, A. Henderson, of Washington, are at the Metro- politan Hotel. General W. G. Lewis and General J. R. Stubbs, of North Carolina, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. mpaign=The Prospect Favors General Grants Election. The Presidential campaign is drawing toa close. This day and one more and then the all-important day of the election will be upon us. Before the day-dawn of the 4th of Novem- ber the news of the people's choice will be borne upon the wings of the lightning to the four quarters of the globe. and_ before the sun sets at any point within reach of the telegraph the great fact that General Grant has been chosen to succeed Andy Johnson will be known not only throughout the United States and the adjacent countries, but throughout Europe and in part§ of Asia and Africa. have we any doubt that the result universally expected will give universal satisfaction among the friends of peace, law, order and progress in both hemispheres, Nor The canvass, since the nomination of Sey- mour and Blair as the democratic ticket, has been hotly, indeed desperately, contested by the democratic party. it as a question of life or death to their organi- vation. sions of a collapse from a defeat in this cam- paign is evident. the gathering of the Tammany Convention a leading democrat, as given ina public conver- They have contested That they have had serious apprehen- We remember that during sation reported to us, made the remark that “we must succeed this time or we are gone. Had Andy Johnson been convicted on his im- peachment trial we could have hardly made a fight; for with old Ben Wade in hi& place Southern reconstruction would have been fin- ished up in short order and we should have bad no hold upon these radicals. The escape of John- son has saved us in keeping open this question of reconstruction and all these reconstruction outrages of Congress, and upon these things, even with a copperhead ticket, if you please, we shall be able to follow up the elections of 1867, and give a new term of life and a new lease of power to the democratic party. But I tell you the escape of Johnson was our salya- tion.” In the Tammany ticket and resolutions we have the evidence that this idea of success from a bold and decided stand against the re- construction acts of Congress was the ruling idea of the Convention. The democratic ticket was thus put before the people upon the em- phatic declaration that the reconstruction acts of Congress are “unconstitutional, revolu- tionary, null and void.” This was immedi- ately proclaimed in South Carolina by Wade Hampton, a leading man in the Convention, as his plank in the democratic platforia, and all the other unreconstructed leaders in the late rebellion hailed it as the restoration of “the lost cause.” ‘Tho result waa an immediate reac tion in the public mind of the North. The issue thus raised by the democrats was the very issue desired by the radicals—the issue in- volved in the constitutional amendment of | Ist, which swept the Northern States from | Maine to California. In September Vermont ted the drift of the Northern *, aud in October Pennsylvania, Ohio, In- vd Nebraska settled the question, Still, is manifest from and Maine indic ie heavy democratic vote din these States that, with Mr, Chase candidate and on the general corruptions and extravagances of the party in power as their platform, the democracy, reinatated in the confidence of the people, would bave cats ried the country, for the popularity of Chase as the great Union flnancter of the war would have neutralized the popularity of Grant. -+# But to make the matter worse for the do+ NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1868.-TRIPLE SHEET. mocracy after the October State elections cer- tain cliques and rings of spoilsmen, gamblers and Bohemians got up a regular hue and cry for a change of the democratic ticket, pleading that Blair was the Old Man of the Sea upon the back of poor Sinbad the Sailor, and that he must be takeg of. Y ory of ens came too late. The ticket could be changed; but, peradventure, Mr. Seymour, ‘fn swinging round the circle” of Johnson, might still do something to divert the cur- rent of the fight. Hence Mr. Seymour has made his expedition on the money question and is returning homeward by way of North- ern Pennsylvania, while the red-hot demo- cracy of New York are rejoicing over the pre- sence and speeches of General Blair on reconstruction, thus keeping that issue till inthe foreground. The attempt to change the issue, like the effort to change the ticket, is a failure, and so the general result on Tuesday is a foregone conclusion. General Grant is to be our next President. What, then, is the prospect from General Grant's election? It is good for the country in ‘reference to both our domestic and foreign affairs, Our business men are already dis- counting it, and the decline in gold since the Vermont and Maine elections indicates a pre- vailing confidence in General Grant in our financial circles. The impression prevails that he will be a sound conservative Presi- dent—that under his administration we shall have peace and progress at home and in- creased respect and influence in the general family of nations. It is probable, neverthe- less, that under his administration we shall have a regular war of the roses in the repub- lican camps and a reconstruction of parties in 1872; but the immediate result and the great relieving idea in Grant’s election is embodied in his brief but comprehensive platform, ‘Let ua have peace. Secretary Seward on the Political Situation A Remarkable Speech. We publish this morning in full the remark- able speech of Mr. Seward, the Secretary of State, delivered yesterday at Auburn. We say remarkable speech because it is so from the general line of the argument and the con- clusion, or want of a conclusion, at which the learned expounder arrives in his summing up. He eulogizes Abraham Lincoln and his policy; he rises to the apex of admiration in discussing the reconstruction policy of Andrew John- son; he necessarily condemns the policy adopted by Congress and deplores the present condition of things. As usual, he is disposed, however, to look upon the bright side of the picture and to believe that all has been, all is, and everything will turn up for the best in the long run. But it is difficult to understand what he is driving gt beyond a defence of Johnson’s administration and of Mr. Seward’s adhesion to it through thick and thin. The democratic party in Tam- many Hall failed to come up to the place of the political situation in Mr. Seward’s opinion, yet while this is understood to be the opinion of Mr. Johnson we have had a proclamation from the White House in favor of Seymour. We cannot positively assume, then, that this latest Auburn speech of Mr. Seward means that he intends to vote for General Grant. All that we can see with any distinctness is that the Secretary of State recognizes the fact that he is under a cloud, and wishes to set himself right with both parties, in view of his approaching retirement to private life; and that he is a statesman and politician, whose mission ended as a political leader with the abolition of slavery. We only see that since that day he has been completely adrift, and the unquestioning and faithful follower of the President, like one who hus ceased to have any will or any policy of his own, good, bad or indifferent, save in his temporizings with England and France, and excepting his Alaska and St. Thomas speculations, This Auburn speech gives us a few grains of wheat in a bushel of chatf. It is exceedingly clear, and yet somewhat muddy ; it is a model of frankness and a labored string of reserva- tions, It suggests more than.it says; it says more than was necessary, and yet not enough. If prepared upon instructions from the President not to say anything to hurt Mr. Buckalew, nor anything directly in favor of General Grant, this speech is agreat success; but otherwise it is twaddle, of no use to either party, useless to the ad- ministration and superfluous as a vindication of the orator. Lastly, we guess, and it is only a guess, that Mr. Seward expects the election of Grant, and, as ia everything else, is re- signed to the dispensation. We have here but the wreck of a politician who has outlived his day and generation and does not know it. Let him pass. Our Local Finances. There is an agreeable fiction that much care- ful legislation makes much safety in public affairs; but the old adage that the best governed are those who arg governed least is still true, The disposition of our local finances, for instance, is hedged around with legislative machinery so that people imagine that there is no possibility of corruption or stealing going on. We have a Board of Supervisors to over- haul the public accounts, a Legislature in Al- bany (o criticise the items severely before they pass the tax bill, and when the appropria- tions ere made there is a Comptroller to see that the money is honestly disbursed; yet with all this apparent guardianship the ex- penses of our local government are increasing by millions every year, and the stealing is Jarger in our public departments to-day than ever it was, A good deal of powe of the Supervisors, is placed in the hands vy have the first check upon the extravagance of the public expendi- ture, The Comptroller is but an executive officer, and the Legislature is always incorrigi- ble. The people have to elect two Super- visors on Tuesday. There are three candidates for these two places—Willian M, Tweed, of Tammany ; Mr. Oliver, the republican candidate (both present incumbents of the office) and Mr. Chanler, formerly member of Congresa, who is the candidate of {he party which was once known as the Miles O'Reilly democracy, In the victory of this third candidate there may bea chance to break up a nice little long- standing arrangement between the other two= that is, supposing that the public can obtain any advawtage at all ina case where Ml par~ tius ara probably oqually stoaged ip cortuotion. The Sale of Onba. Our Cuban despatches speak of vigorous and successful efforts made to put down insur- rection in the island, while by telegram from Madrid we are informed that some Spaniards of advanced liberal ideas advise the sale of Cuba to the Ugited States. By all meansif it tan be done honorably let us purchase the island from Spain; it would prove a far more valuable acquisition than Alaska, and proba- bly not more expensive. We have certainly filibusters enough and disbanded soldiers who would gladly seize upon Cuba by superior force, and keep it, perhaps, in spite of all the power of Spain to dispossess them. They could even quote precedent enough in modern European history for such a mode of annexa- tion; but, to the credit of our government, we have hitherto followed a better code of mo- rality than that. We should have little to fear from Spain—which will probably have soon internal troubles enough to employ all its available forces—did we choose to carry out the Monroe doctrine in all its integrity. But an acquisition so made would be a blot upon our history, and the system adopted in the purchase of Louisiana, Florida, California and Alaska will yet give us another State in Cuba without committing us to hostilities with Spain or departing from a line of policy which does not confound might with right. Meanwhile Captain General TLersundi has his hands full in bis efforts to put down the insurrection, which, whether it is to be con- sidered as an imitation of the example given by the mother country or the result of a con- spiracy formed previous to the Spanish revolu- tion, only proves the necessity of some strong form of government to secure the peace of the island. Lersundi’s vigorous administration has hitherto been its safety; but it is unlikely that his successor, who must soon enter upon duty, will be either as great a favorite with the respectable portion of the inhabitants or as well supported by them in his efforts to punish the malcontents. The insecurity of life and property in the interior of the island must greatly injure the value of the plantations there; and the negroes, who have been buoyed up with the hopes of liberty and taken no small share in the rising, will be the more easily worked upon to’any deeds of bloodshed and plunder, and nothing but severity and constant vigilance will prevent the possibility of a second St. Domingo. The annexation of Cuba to the United States might avert these dangers, asthe whole forces of the United States would be at the service of the friends of peace and order, and the very hopelessness of a successful attempt at insurrection would guarantee peace to the island and be the best security for life and property. If Mr. Seward can add the purchase of Cuba to that’ of Alaska he will retire from public life in a blaze of glory. Lato Paraguay News. Our news from Paraguay is to the effect that Lopez was in the interior at Villeta, where he had concentrated his forces and awaited the allies. It is probable we are now to have another long series of detentions in the allied movements, and are to be entertained with the usual quantity of flaming accounts of their prowess and Paraguayan cruelty; of glorious victories over women and children; of fearful assaults upon tremendous fortifications ; naval battles exceeding those of the Nile, Trafalgar or New Orleans; of Brazilian heroes surpass- ing the deeds of Nelson, Joues or Farragut. We are a little tired of this bombast. If the allies can whip Paraguay—if nine millions of people in contact with the world are a match for half a million hemmed in on all sides and cut off from every other nation in the heart of South America—why do they not show some tangible results in their bubble victories? So long as Paraguay chose to remain on the rivers and meet its enemies under the protection of their iron-clads the allies stood some chance of opening the river to Asuncion. Now there is but one hope left for the aggressors, and that is to mount their iron-clads on wheels and roll them into the country, taking good care that whenever they come across a small stream there are no Paraguayan canoes in sight. Our Minister to Paraguay, Mr. Washburne, appears, as usual, to be in hot water. The truth is, like most of our representatives in Spanish America, he does not know how to mind his own busines He has long acted as a spy for Lopez, to the great discredit of his position. Representations were long since made to our State Department relative to Mr. Washburne’s unwarrantable interference in the quarrel going on in the Plate valley; but, as usual, Mr. Seward is satisfied with any minis- ter who is his clerk and lets the grievance still continue. It is a duty we owe to the general interests of the Continent to stop this Paraguay war. The quicker we do it the more respect we shall gain from South America, There was a time in our history when it was well to adopt a rule forbidding all interference in foreign quar- | vels, We have now outgrown that rule and may as well recognize the fact at once, ‘The Momornbilian of the Late War. There is at Brady's gallery on Broadway a set of photographs of scenes and incidents in the late war of a most remarkable character. As a private collection they are invaluable, representing as they do in the minutest and most faithful detail the men, the scenes, the action and the life of a conflict such as the world has never witnessed; but they really ought to be the property of the nation. The public should have the right to call them their own, because the people whose kindred made the sucrificial victims of the war, and the living, who have survived its terrors and sufferings, have the deepest interest in preserving as a national record this pictorial history, It is the first time that the story of any great war has been written in pholographic pictures, If we had such an addition to the descriptions which Car has left of his campaigns in Gaul and Britain, or such illustrations of the varied events which Tacitus so forcibly gives in the | language of the pen, how invaluable would be the “Commentaries” of the great con ry and how unspeakably more comprehensive the work of the great historia It remained for modera seience to illuminate history so that the heart and the understanding may read it through the eye. It #1 be extraordinary if Congress does not Huthorize the purchase of Mr, Brady's collec- tion Of historical works, aad locate them in world can study the progress of the civil war in pages copied from life itself. We suppose that the whole large collection would’ not cost the government more than eighty or a hundred’ thousand dollars—a trifling sum, compared with their value as great historical works of art. ‘The Paris Fashions—Tho Grecian Bend. In our sprightly Paris letter will be found @ happy view of the current gayeties, beauties and oddities in the world of dress and mantua maker's whim. Our correspondent gives us & glimpse of the anatomy and philosophy of that latest provocative of poetic and other frenzy— the Grecian bend. Considered anatomically, the Grecian bend is no more poetical than the English bend that all the artists in leather assure us is to be found in the soles of our ten dollar shoes. The anatomy of the bend deals with steel, starch and silk. In silk there is poetry enough. Is not the very rustle of that article associated in all thoughts with the pre- sence and the advent of beauty, with the move- ment before human eyes of that particular composition of qualities that each man has fallen in love with, and therefore looks upon as the type of all feminine grace and glory! Silk will do, but as for steel and starch—faugh! pab! pish! Fortunately all men do not know that there could be absolutely no beauty with- out starch, therefore they do not respect that white and uninteresting commodity. Oh, ar- dent lover of the damsel with round, white arms, let us assure you in a quiet way that the roundness is all due to starch. But for starch those arms would be angular and scrawny. For further particulars see Banting’s treatise, written to show how he got rid of his fat by going without starch. (Note—Banting is probably as fat ag ever now.) Now, the lover has an additional reason for admiring starch. He owes to it in part also the latest charm of his sweetheart—the Grecian bend. We are not 80 sure even that steel can be ruled out of the realm of the romantic. Once upon a time a beautiful lady asked her doctor what she might eat, and he said anything but the shovel and tongs. In these days the doctors would not except even those, but give them in all sorts and sizes of iron pills and steel mixtures. They say that rosy cheeks are the result, and thus but for steel there might be much less kissing. We are not sure, therefore, that the materials of the bend are so bad. But the philosophy of it is good. Consid- ered in this order the bend is simply Camargo. What is Camargo? Marie Antoinette. What is Marie Antoinette? Eugénie. This is a milliner’s catechism. All these names are for- mule that stand interchangeably for the same idea. They indicate the reigning divin- ity. Camargo was a dancer whose sense of art and perception of the possibilities of the human form gave her ideas currency in the world of fashion. Marie Antoinette was a queen who dressed as she saw fit, and other women dressed the same way to flatter her. With Eugénie it is the same. But what has all this to do with the Grecian bend? Every- thing. Camargo, says the chronicle, origi- nated the notion of ‘‘bunching out behind” the dress, or sundry additions to the dress. Per- haps poor little Camargo, or big Camargo, whichever she was, needed it. In those dim days of the past, when she danced for the Paris that was gay before the Revolution, men had, perhaps, the same ideas they have now as to the feminine form, and Camargo, who lived by pleasing the public, used the inevit- able steel, starch and silk to compensate the neglect of nature. Then other women, queens, perhaps, in a spirit of ruse, not proud of the superb abundance of their proportions, used Camargo’s device for quite the opposite object— to suggest other reasons than the real for the extension of certain lines. Far be it from our editorial politeness to hint that Eugénie, as middle age comes on, is losing that airy deli- cacy of form that she had in youth. Royalty is eternally young, we know; butif an empress should get stout and broad, and wanted to hide it, we have no’ doubt the dressmakers have art enough to contrive a Camargo suited to her years, and to make that seem all Camargo of which, perhaps, the great part is more sub- stantial stuff; and we have quito as little doubt that any fashion adopted by an empress would become as current as the bend is, Progress of the Indian War. A vigorous prosecution of the war against the savages on the Plains appears to be the programme adopted by General Sheridan. The late news reports that General Carr, with @ portion of the Fifth cavalry and the scouts who fought so gallantly under General George A. Forsyth, but now commanded by Lieutenant Pepoon, an able and active officer from Fort Hays, had a brisk fight with the Indians near Beaver Creek, killing five of them, following them in as rapid pursuit as our heavy cavalry horses and accoutrements would permit and ultimately compelling the savages to abandon their lodges, leaving their blankets, robes and macy of their ponies behind them, in order to save their women and children—the dearest treasures of the red man, next to whiskey. A little more of this kind of business will force the Indians to retire from the line of the Pacific Railroad into more remote hunting grounds and reservations, and then we shall be done with them foratime. But the whole sys- tem of making treaties and enacting the farce which our late peace commissions have been playing must be abolished, or there will be no end to Indian troubles. We never can obtain peace with the savages except by conquering it. General Sheridan, General Sully and such valiant officers as Forsyth, Graham, Pepoon, Carr and others, like Bankhead, Benteen and Carpenter, understand how to do the work, and they will finish it up in a very short time if they are only permitted from Washington to do it in their own way. The de- New Yi Skymone ANd Bras mocrats ex) to start Seymour and Hoffman up the Hudson from Spuyten Duyvil with at least seventy-five thousand majority, The republicans, however, expect to over- come even these figures in the rural districts. At all events, it is certain that the democrats will fight a despe- rate battle to aecure the Empire as a strong base of operations for 1872, and this is the meaning of Seymour's expedition to the West afd Blair's appearance in New York on the Gerge of the battle. The strongest man ig bronght to head the columa at the hottest point ; good and fomme. s) some publig place ia the capital where all the | of the fight Working Wemon’s Rights, That women’who live by their labor have a right to the protection of that labor and all the advantages they can gain from it admits of no doubt. Therefore the present movement, which has been set on foot by the Working Women's Central Association, combining the women who labor at sewing machines, setting type and other branches of industry, assumes 4 different aspect from the women’s rights ag~ sociations, which enter the absurd claim te political privileges at the ballot box, which are really not “rights” invested either in mam or woman, but privileges conceded by the com~ munity under certain conditions and restrio- tions, There is no reason why women should not be protected in their full right to the fruits of their labor—why they should not be de- fended against all and every scheme to dofraud them of their just remuneration, or why they should not combine to help themselves in this regard and in opening a wider field for female industry. Miss Susan B. Anthony and Miss Anns Dickinson may have found their true mission— after long pilgrimages through women’s rights absurdities, hunting after female suffrage—ia taking up the cause of woman’s right to obtain a fair recognition of her labor and the exten- sion of those various classes of employment in which women can be made useful. Such objects are not only legitimate, but commend- able, and it is to be hoped that the Working Women’s Central Association will put all women’s rights spouting conventions into the background. Sitks aNp Sitver FROM MapaqasoaR.— When the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of King Solomon she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices and very much gold and precious stones. The Queen of Madagascar has not come to Wash~ ington, but she has sent to President *Androw Johnson several beautifully wrought and vari- ously colored fabrics of heavy silk and other material, probably intended for table or bed spreads. She also has sent him a silver plated coffee urn ‘‘of inferior workmanship.” Even if she does not esteem Andrew as a second Solomon, she has evidently heard of the fame of the great republic of North America, and although a special act of Congress precludes the President from accepting such royal gifts,’ they will probably be disposed of like the lions and blooded horses which President Andrew Jackson used to receive from Eastern poten- tates, and our government will suitably acknowledge the compliment. Like the diplo- matic tooth of a sperm whale, lately received from the King of the Fejee Islands, the silks and silver of the Queen of Madagascar can be safely deposited in the museum of the Smith- sonian Institute. NOTES ABOUT TOWN. ‘There has been introduced into the market a new metallic compound called “aluminum bronze” that in color, weight, ductility and sensibility to polish’ looks s0 exactly like gold that experts only can tell the difference. Look out for it. Should rogues get hold of it there will be some extensive swindling done. F “ Things are stunning in Broadway just now. The ladies are out in full bloom, with dresses trimmed with the oddest colors, a bright yellow on a black ground being considered the correct thing. These violent contrasts are offensive and vulgar, and tm the wearers betray a poor taste. ‘ The contractor who undertook to tear down old St. George's last June and so obstruct Beekman and Clif streets with débris that more souls might be damned by swearing than all the rectors of the old church ever saved from wickedness, has conde- scended to remove his mountains of stone. He suc- cessfully defied the law and the “efficient” police. ‘There are half a dozen very fine buildings now in course of construction on Broadway, south of Union squar Within two years, so rapidly are dwellings being run up above Madison square, there will hardly be a vacant lot anywhere south of the Park. New York ts going ahead with a rush, Poois are the order of the day and of the night at most of the principal hotels, Beware, there is only astep between the sublime and the ridieulous, and there 18 but the difference of a letter between pool and fool, A reason has been found for the number of vacant stores and lofis in Rroadway. So many pediers monopolize the sidewalks that it is impossible for the respectable storekeeper to compete with them and pay rent. BOOK NOTICES. AvosTOLiC AND INFALLIBER AUTHORITY OF THE By PF. X. Weninger, D. D., Miasionary of the Society of Jesus. New York: D. & J. Sadiier «& Co.; Cineinnatt, Joho P, Walsh, In the eight chapters into which this volume ts divided there is a vast araount of information rela- tive to the doctrines and mattera of faith of the Catholic Church, the main object of the book being, to establisn the tfallibility of the Pope and hia Apoatolic authority as derived from Christ ana transmitted through St. Peter. To this task the au- thor has bronght the testimony of the Fathers, the decisions of the Counciis and, in many cases, the ad-- missions of dissentient writers. These valuable gatherings from history are all presented with great ability and urged in the simple and forcible style of one who is evidently not only an accomplished writer, but a zealous be. liever in the opinions which he advocates, as all ear- nest members of the Jeanit order are of course pre- sumed to be. The effort to establish the unity of doe- trine upon the points presented, which has given to the Church its claim to be calied Catholic and apos- tolic, is well sustained in the evidence consecatively* introduced aud may be read with interest and profit members of all Bi ed denominations, for the work is more historical than controversial; but the chapter which will be the most acceptable to the learned reader is that which covers the ratio (heologica, showing the proof of the thesia by the force of logi- cal consequences. Just at this period, when the Churches generally are exercised about matvers of faith and discipline, and at a moment when the Holy Father is inviting ““unreconstructed” schiasmat- ics to take part in the approaching Henmentcal Council and jotn in one bond of faith, this interosting volume comes before us in appropriate time. Tak Fawtty Docror: A Dictionary of Domestic Medicine and Surgery; especially adapied for family use, By a Dispensary Surgeon. Received from Brentano, 70% Broadway, ‘This is a tolerably good manual. Lis facts are simply stated. But there ts one serious, even fatal, point against its fitness for popular uae, wiich tathe manner in which the facts are hidden away In the dictionary atraugemeat, People do not know wh at word to look for to flad the information they want. Tt is a disadvantage eparable from this plan of prosenting information that subjecta are slightly treated in haif a dozen places and thoroughly tm none. We never know under which of a dozen possible naroes a disorder is to appear, and in the Absence of contents or index must go through the volume to find out, HARreRs HAND Book ror TRaveLLeRs IN Kurore AND THE East, By W. Pembroke Ferrtdge. With@ railroad map corrected up to 1868, Seventh year of the pubitcation, A very neat and complete hand book for the travel ler from Washington to Egypt and the Holy Land, taking in all the conntries of Kurope on the way. Hound strongly in loather ana im the convenient form of a pocketbook. Some 650 pages Of Act oar matter and table of coins and mimerous advertine. ments, with pictorial fllnstrations of Furopean hotels, &c., By Way of an appendix. , ALASKA is the titie of # now extravaganza pubs lished for the author by Hale & oy . this city, 1° is quite cleve atten, some of the his at the fot. ied of preanineat wtetesmon and at the follies of (he dav being neat and well pointed. The last scone repres fs ‘Alaska agit will appear in 188s, whom Yank 6 civilination, New York life and various other anygnities of our present state of socirty shall have exerted theit customary infuence. The dialogues ing, but hardly lively enough for theatri+ re] ota: A few dashing songs are als@ needed (or (he BUQYeAAUl COMbICLiON Of (ue DIBY.