The New York Herald Newspaper, November 29, 1868, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, All business or news letter and telegraphic @espatches must be addressed New Yorke +Ne. 334 RELIGIOUS SERVICES TO-DAY. ANTHON MEMORIAL CHURCH.—Rav. Tuomas A. JaGouR. Morning and evening. BLEECKER STREET UNIVERSALIST CHURCH.— Bay. Dax K. Lee. Morning and evening, CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION.—Rav. Morning and aftcrooon. ' onURCH OF sY. JOHN THE’ BAPTIST.Rrv. MDurvis. Morning and evening. ‘HURCH OF OUR SAVIO) ‘Thirty-fifth street.—Rev. J. a°Pouuwan, Morning snd evening. Ds, Fraga. CHURCH OF THE HOLY LIGHT.—Rev. Dr. Forszs. jorning and evening, EVERETY ROOMS.—SPIRiTUALISTS. MRS. NELLIE BEIG- MAM. Morning and evening. . EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THR HOLY TRINITY.—KEV, Da. G. F. KROTEL. Morning and evening. FORTY-SECOND STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.— Bev. Da Scorr. Morning and evening. PRESRYTERIAN CHURCA, Fifth avenue and Nineteenth street.—Rev. Du, Halu. ST. ANN'S FREE CHURCH.—Morning and evening. ST. MARY'S CHURCH, oklyn, E, D.—Rev. Dr. AN- DERN. Evening. SPIRITUALISM, Broadway.—Mn. J. B, CONKLIN. Afternoon and evening. UNIVERSITY —Washington uare,—BIsHOP Afternoon, he Sxow, New York,’ Sunduy, November 29, 1868. tHS NEWS. Europe. Mr. Disiagh has refused the peerage. ‘The press of London approve his action. Great preparations are being made for the recep* Wen on Wednosday next of Reverdy Johnson tn Birminghaw. Further returns from the English elections have been received. ‘The publishers of another French paper have been errested, fined and imprisoned, Repubiican demonstrations are prevalent in Spain. The Spanish government has declared that the people are in favor of @ monarchy, Mount Etna is in a state of eruption. A serious outbreak among the peasanis has taken place in Bologua. The deputies from Schleswig have been denied beats in the Diet. An American vessel, with arms for (he Wallachians, has passed up the Danube. Reinforcements to quell disorders have been sent to Bulgaria, Cuba. ‘The drst battalion of volunteers, eight hundred strong, is to leave Havana this morning forthe eat of war, Auother battalion will march during the week. ‘Captain General Lersundt professes to believe in the ®Bpeedy termination of the war, and is taking active measures to secure that event. General Cispedes, commander of the revolutionists, had three men executed who were guilty of robbery and incen- a@larisia. Miscellaneous. Attorney General Evarts has forwarded to the President his opinion upon the operation of the Hight Hour law in regard to the compensation of employ(s, He says the law being silent upon the subject of compensation, government officiais are at liberty to use their discretion in the matter; but that the law of equality, which heretofore regu- fated the wages of goverumeut cmpioyés, requires that they shall receive the same compensation jor the same labor as is paid in private establishments in the vicinity. The law of 1868 does not fix the rates of wages, nor does it require the government J pay ten hours’ wages for eight hours’ work. If ‘citisens adopt such a course, government musi do the same; but as the law now, stands it is left to the ‘option of government officers to pay the same wages gs when the men worked ten hours a day, or to re- duce the compensation in proportion to the reduc- tion m the hours of labor, *. Chief Justice Chase having dispensed with the test oath for jurors, Judge Durill, of the United States District Court of Loutsiaua, adopted a similar rule, and ordered the oath to be administered as required before the war. » The Richmond Circuit Court yesterday gave judg- gout against the city for $15,000 worth of wiuskey Whol, Wag dostro: ed by order of the city Cougel} on ahe hight of évasagtion in iscs, Avot 5,000 bafrels were destroyed, for all of which the city las to pay. * Correspondence from Arkansas swys thal on the Noth inst. a party of 200 men, claiming to be imilitia, entered the town of Centre Point, Sevier county, wr rested and manacled all the inhabitants, after which whe town was sacked, The next day a public moet- Ang of citizens of the county was held to express tac pentimenta, when the pretended militia again made Aaoir appearauce, firing ihto the assembly and sho ings number of persons, Three of the principals were arrested, taken intoa fleld and killed. The i still hold possession of the town. ‘The Treasurer of the United States received from tue printing division during last weck fractional rurrency to the amount of $412,000. Of this sum 12200,000 wae sent to the Assistant ‘Treasurer in this ily, and $154,659 was distributed to national banks. Mie amount of mutilated fractional currency re- Hyer and destroyed during the week was $269,000, ‘Wr. Perticolas, Superintendent of the Lunatic sytum at Wliamsbure, Va, committed suicide osterday moratag by throwing finicif from the mdow of the asylum, dashing © coins on the pavement below, Wis wipd ha sttlod fog ome time past “« owe. + \ Tne aggregate customs feceipis dusins the week Bi the purts of Boston, Mhiadelpliia oul battinore Binounted to $445,979; at New York during tue same period, $1,770,824. ‘ The mystery of the atrocious murder in Ulster county is cleared up. The body found we that of Amanda Broadhead, proves to be Us fovhia Stith, wile of Jeremiah Sith, county, Smith took his wife from her hi D4th imst., saying he was going tu (ake lict olive City, and since that thne sie nad not been hea wut her remains were identified by her friends, ‘ibe girl amanda Broadhead has been heard from at Grand Rapids, Mich. ! qhe statue of Alexander Hamiiion, Congress and executed in laly by an American lertist, has been received abd pieced in the yolW p ihe Oapitol. Christian Gardic, of Buffalo, was sentenced yes te, posed to | Moy morning to be hung on the sth of Hecemver nex: ; ‘en for the murder of Marcus Szwerleine. \ ‘rhe steamer Boston was ron into aud sunk 1a Lake Michigan by the steamer Milwaukee. Bott | and Eeumenical Patriarch. | the Patriarch of Constantinople ordered by | * ¥ | duce them to enter the fold of the mother | wessele beionged to the Northern Transportalion Company, of Buifalo. ‘The steamer Akron, of Buffalo, has been seized #! Port Colborne, Cauada, for violation of the revenue rogulations. ' Yesterday morning the brewery of Paddon & Son, of Loulevilic. Ky., Was partially destroyed by fire. During (6 fre one of the walls of the building feil, Kdding @ Wau named Joseph Woodrnit. 4 ‘The City. ‘The Coroner's inquest on the body of Felix Larkin, ke was killed in Hugh Campbell's oyster saloon on Wednesday morning, Was commenced yesterday in he chomber of the Board of Couneiimen. ‘The Coro- per refused to permit coansel to appear oo either (fide or to allow questions to be put through coun- Bee Revsd O'Day, one Of Larkin's af NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, the night of the murder, the only witness examined, testified positively to the stabbing of Larkin by Campbell. At three o'clock the inquest was ad- Journed until Monday at eeven o'clock A. M. Patrick Clark and James Smith, workmen ina brewery at the rear of No. 118 Front street, Brook- lyn, engaged in an altercation about two o'clock yes- terday morning. After several blows had passed be- tween them the men clinched, and Smith suc- ceeded im throwing his opponent headlong into a Vat of boiling beer.* Clark was assisted out of the vat by another workman; but he was so severely scalded that most of the skin’ peeled from off his Person, and it is impossible that he can survive. Smith succeeded in making his escape, In the United States Circuit Court yesterday Judge Nelson issued an order in the case of Henry B. ‘Whelpley va. the Erie Railroad Company citing the Parties in the sult, and also Jay Gould, to appear before the Court and show cause why the order prayed for should not be granted; and also forblid- ding the parties or their counsel from discontinuing the suit until after the hearing upon said petition and the order of the Court thereon. Mrs, Ann Powers, proprietress of a large millinery De. | establishment in the Bowery, was convicted yester- day in the Court of Sessions of attempting to steal silverplated ware from the store 204 Sixth avenue and sentenced to one month in the Penitentiary. An attempt was made on Friday by a lady friend of Mra. Powers’ to bribe Judge Dowling by handing him a sealed letter containing a number of bills. Ned O'Baldwin, the pugilist, was arrested yester- day and taken before Justice Dowling, who com- mitted him to the Tombs in default of $1,000 ball. John O'Connor was instantly killed yesterday after- noon by falling from the third story of his residence, No. 113 Mott street. Abner Horton, aged forty-five years, while driving two heavy freight cars of the New Haven Railroad through Fourth avenue fell under the forward car. Both cars passe. over him, killing him instantly and mangling his body in a feariul manner. It is now stated that fears are entertained for the safety of the artificial island built in the lower bay for quarantine purposes, The stock market yesterday was very strong. Gold fluctuated between 134% and 1353/, closing at 13544. There was but little activity in commercial circles yesterday, though a fair business was transacted in @ few of the leading articles. Coffee was quiet, but Steady. Cotton was lower and irregular at the open- ing, but quite steady at the close, when middling upland was quoted at 26c. On ‘Change figyr owas dul, but steady. Wheat was in good demand and more firmly held. Corn advanced 1c. 9 2c., under an active de- mand. Oats were active, excited and 2c, a 3c, higher. Pork was quiet and a shade lower, while beef and lard were dull, but without change in value. Naval stores were dull and a trie lower. Petroleum was slow of sale and easier, crude clos- ing at 17';c, @ 17%c. and refined at about 33c. Freights, though quiet, were very firm. Whiskey was dul! and heavy. Prominent Arrivals in the City. Count Outono, of Italy; Governor Burnside, of Rhode Island; General W. W. Averiil, United States Consul General at Montreal; Major General Do nald- son and Colonel 0. H. Payne, of the United States Arm, and Thomas A. Scott, of Pennsylvania, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. General J. R. Hawley, of Connecticut; Samuel Bowles, of Springfleld, Mass.; Dr. B. A. Clements, of the United States Army, and 8, F. Emmond, of Bos- ton, are at the Brevoort House. Congressman R. Malloy, of Oregon; Major C. P. Grout, of the United States Army; F. W. Kellogg, of Mobile, Aia., and John H. McClintock, of the United States Coast Survey, are at the Metropolitan Hotel, Cominander W. N, Jeffers, of the United States Navy; israel Spencer, of Syracuse, and General Cad- walader, of Philadelphia, are at the Astor House. Captain E. P. Williams, of the United States Army; Dr. George Anderson, of London, C. W., and Judge J. Underwood, of Virginia, are at the St. Julien Hotel. menfenl Council The Fe and the Strny Sheep from the Mother Church, Although it is a long look forward to December, 1869, and although between then and now there will necessarily be many changes, some blasted hopes and not a few defeated purposes, the Ecumenical Council convened for the 9th of that month is already, and not unnaturally, commanding a amount of attention. It was a pious thought which prompted the Holy Father to invite to the Council the representatives of all sections of the Church of Christ. It revealed, or seemed to reveal, « deep solicitude on his part to see the scattered members of the flock brought back within the fold. ‘‘One fold and one shepherd” has always been the favorite ideal of the Papacy—an ideal which, for- tunately or unfortunately for mankind, it bas been found impossible for mary centuries to body forth into a living, tangible reality. It is, however, a beautiful as well as Scriptural ideal, and whoever shall succeed in giving it practical shape without compromising the liberties of the individual will have earned his right to the approbation of ihe sons and daughters of men. An Ecumenical Council in which the long-divided forces of Christendom should have been fairly represented would have marked a new epoch in the history of the world. It was right and proper on the part of Pio Nono to invite all the strayed sheep back again to the fold. It might not have been unwise on the part of the wanderers to accept the invitation. It appears, however’, from the prevailing senti- ment of the outside Churches that such a con- summation is not yet to be considered on the list of early proba It will be remembered by our readers that shorily after the publication of the Papal bull convoking a general council addressed to ‘‘all Protestants and other non Catholics,” who were urged at the same time to renounce thei with the mother Church. large invitations were errors and resume connection The plirase It was so understood at the time by the ‘*ihir- teenth apostle,” who is ‘‘by the mercy of God Archbishop of Constantinople, the new Rome, it appears that (who may be idered the Pope of the Eastern Church) anu bis euffragans have adisagreeable recollec tion of an Eneyelieat addressed to them in 18 by the present occupant of the Roman By that Kacyclical, which sought to in Chareh, and whieh unfortunately ignored their proper ecclesiastical titles, they considered | ves insulted. So soon, therefore, as it became known to them through the public press what was the character of the invi- tation addressed to them in reference | 0 the approsehing General Council at Rome, | the Greek bishops met .and came to the con- | clusion that the invitation could not be accepted, and indeed that it was couched in terms which could be regarded only as an insnlt—an insult which was all the more intolerable that it was repeated for the second time. An unwelcome reception in conse- quence was gifen to the Vicar Apostolic, who, & fow days later, accompanied by four digni “‘non- | Catholiea” clearly pointed to the Greek Church. | Py i ar accepted until it was known whether its con- tents had been correctly given in the public journals, Being answered in the aflirmative, the Patriarch persisted ia his refusal to accept it, and emphatically stated that in the cir- cumstances an official reply was out of the question. It is further said that the Patriarch referred to the Encyclical of 1818, and charged the Pope with laying down principles to which the Eastern Church could never assent, and that, growing warm as he proceeded, he denied the right of the Pope to assemble an Ecumenical Council at all. How much more was said and done we know not. This, how- ever, is now certain: that the Vicar Apostolic altogether failed in his mission, and that in the proceedings of the Ecumenical Council of 1869 the Greeks will take no part. With- out pretending to go into the merits or demerits of the case as between Rome and Constantinople—a big and rather ticklish sub- ject at any time—itis safe at least to say that alittle more of the wisdom of the serpent and @ little more of the harmlessness of the dove would have suggested to the Holy Father the propriety of not refusing to recognize titles quite as ancient and quite as honored as his own. To address the Patriarchs of Alexan- dria, of Antioch, of Jerusalem, not to speak of Constantinople, which, if it was not at one time the first See in Christendom, has at least for fifteen hundred years been the second—to address them simply as ‘the bishops of the Eastern rite” was certainly far from compli- mentary, and justified not a little the indigna- tion which was felt. The breach between the Eastern and the Western Churches—a breach which is as old as the eighth century, and which has never had much tojustify it—is thus made deeper and more impassable than ever. It does not appear asif the Pope were going to be more successful with the Protestant sec- tions of the Church than he has been with the non-Catholic divisions of the Hast, We have not heard that any of our American wanderers have made up their minds to go back, or, as some would put it, go home. The Episcopal and Presbyterian prodigals have, we believe, rather contemptuously given the Papal invita- tion the go-by. Whether our Methodist and Baptist friends have been or intend to be more civil we know not. The signs are not promis- ing. Jt is not otherwise on the other side of the Atlantic. In England, in Scotland, in Switzerland, and all the Protestant States of the North, the sheep will not hear, will not know the voice of the shepherd. In this matter, too, schismatic Russia will prove obedient to Constantinople. We have heard that the Holy Father, discouraged by the unpromising aspect of things, has resolved to.send a formal invitation to the Council to the Archbishop of Canterbury. We doubt whether the invitation would make matters better; for the Archbishop elect, though an elegant fellow, is a stubborn Scot, half Pres- byterian, half Episcopalian, and not at all suspected of a hankering afier Rome. It is therefore by no means unreasonable to cou- clude that ‘“‘all Protestants and other non- €atholies” will be foolish enough to remain out in the cold. The Great Council will, never- theless, be held all the same, and while it will unquestionably be one of the grandest eccle astical demonstrations witnessed in many ¢ turies, it will also in certain important respects ‘He | | be a great success, We cannot say we expect much from the Council. Councils cannot perform impossi- It has been their mistake in the pest that they have attempted the impossible. The Council of 1869 may do some good if, In place of proclaiming the Pope infallible and giving their sanction to the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, as it is rumored they intend to do, they open their eyes to facts, yield to the die- tates of common sense, admit the existence of railroads, of telegraphs, of the priuting press and the many other propelling forces of the times. If they adopt some such course, thus | placing the Chureh in harmony wit they may prove themselves not on ; | b the age, | the bene- factors of a party but the benefaciors of man- kind. Great as is the Catholic world there is a greater world without and beyond it, This, too, the Church must believe. The Board of Health and the Street Pedlers, The obstruction of the sidewalks by pedlers’ stalls bas for a long time been complained @zainst as a nuisance. While it may be very convenient for little folks to get their toys and candies at these pedlers’ stands they are none the less a nuisance to people of business, to whom time is money, and to thousands to whom a free access through the streets is all- important. The city government having failed to remove the grievance, the Board of Health have progecuted it as a nuisance and a viola- tion of the law before one of our courts, making a test case to decide the matier. It appears that the Corporation, through its attorney, has resisted the clatm of the Board of Health, and this official, in the name of the city, appeared io defend the defendant, who, it was claimed, had « permit from the city to carry on his on the sidewalk of This will no donbt business os a fruiterer Barelay and West streets, prove to be an interesting case, and will en able Bourd of Health to ascertain, in cliciting the testimony for the benefit of the public, how much the city treasury really for the. permits thus alles for the obstruction of the sidewalks by pedlers It isa matier in which every one has stalls, an interest. The Pem Provis VERNMENT OF Spas Heapine Orr tt EPUBLICANS. A despatch which we publish to-day from | Madrid states that the provisional government of Spain has declared that the popular sense of the country is antagonistic to a republic, and that the Cortes soon to meet will ‘surely of City and Suburban Pro- perty. As an indication and a part of the growth and progress of New York city there is no more interesting chapter in its history than the record of real estate transfers occurring from time to time within itg limits or in its neighborhood. Traditions that have about them almost the air of romance, but that we know them to be true, have come to us of whole acres of the present city’s area now covered with magnificent warehouses and worth, toa mind that has not lost its tone by much contemplation of late Wall street specu- lations, inconceivable sums, having been pur- chased years ago for a mere bagatelle of a few hundred dollars, odd strips, occasioned by in- accurate surveys, representing now large for- tunes, being often thrown in as of no account, separated from the larger tract. Startling as these legends appear to the mind in its normal state, the present is every day furnishing corro- borative testimony of their truth, and supplying new wonders for future generations to question or believe as their ekepticism or faith suggests. In the language of market reports, real estate is remarkably active and large transac- tions in city and suburban property are com- mon, This has been noticeably the case now for overa year—in fact, curiously enough, ever since our sagacious Secretary of State made that little investment in Russian American territory, and, although at first regarded by many as only an ephemeral excitement, has so settled down into a steady movement as to be now generally and correctly regarded as the result of just appreciation consequent upon the growth and prosperity of other interests. The records of sales published in the Heratp during that pe- riod abundantly prove this, showing a steady advance in the quotations of both descriptions of property. To take other examples, we may refer to the recent sale of the Dyckman pro- perty at Fort Washington, some of the plots purchased at which for ten thousand dollars have since been sold at as high an advance as three thousand dollars. In improved city property we have an instance—which, although not giving the exact percentage of apprecia- tion, is by no means an isolated case—of a house and lot on the west sif& of the city, in the neighborhood of Fortieth street, purchased last year for fifteen thousand dollars, selling this year for thirty thousand dollars. In New Jersey associations of capitalists have been buying up land by the acre and selling it in lots, realizing handsomely on their invest ments—one individual who operated in that way alone clearing forty-two thousand dollars on sixteenacres. Soin Brooklyn, where unim- proved property has thus been brought largely into the market, similar profits have accrued, while in both these localities new and even greater projects of similar enterprise are in progress and in contemplation. The inception of the work of clearing Hell Gate has stimulated to a high degree of appre- ciation property on the east side of the city and the lower portion of Westchester county, and that which formerly lagged behind property on the west side of the city can- not now be obtained at any less figure, and from many holders not at all. All city property put up at auction is eagerly pur- chased, and such is the rapidity of apprecia- tion that a large class of operators, buying on short contracts, realize large profits by dis- posing of their interests before the time for closing the transaction and delivery of the deed. All this activity and excitement has but one lesson, and that we-have previously pointed out. [t is the awakening sense among our people of the great future towards which New York is progressing with rapid strides. Many Appreciation | of the influences operating to bring about this grandeur of development may be unheeded by the majority; but the public mind, with a nt of its approach, already quickened by its propelled brightness, seeks thus ly to profit by and share in its bene In the near completion of the Union Pacifie Railway all, however, can see a new departure for New York city, and the glory of those ancient cities which in the early ages of commerce guarded the high- ways of Eastern traffic and reared their mag- nificence upon the tolls they thus exacted transferred to our own metropolis, which then, like another Tyre, will shine pre-eminent for its beauty, wealth and cultivation, and includ- ing in its limits all the present suburbs, ex- ceed in its extent the most populons cities of ancient or modern days. presci sense ts. Reform the Ferries. The recent disaster at the Fulton ferry, while it excited the usual amount of virtuous thongh barren indignation, failed to arouse and direct the proper current of public opinion to the necessity of some measures of progress and reform being adopted in ihe management of the ferries at either side of us. Within the past ten years the traffic between New York and her clustering suburbs has grown to im- mense magnitude in extent and importance, and at the present moment impatiently calls for safer, betterand more extensive accommodation. Inall this time the ferry companies have never once showa that they appreciated either the grow- ing greatness of the trust committed to them orthe varying necessities of the community | they professed to accommodate. However, it isan error to rail against the stupidity and selfishness of these corporations; because, after all, these ferries are no more nor less than public highways, and as such the people can and will demand that they be kept in as good order and that passengers. be as effi- itly protected from insult, injury or imposition as though it were the thorough. fare of Broadway. Yet it is a common com- plaint that every suggestion and report of propose a rchy. ‘This is a little ambigu- ous. How hos the government declared such a thing? Officially’ or semi-officially through the press? lt seoms strange that such a de- claration should be made in advance of the elections for the Cortes and in the tace of domonstrations in many of the most important cities in favor of a republic. It looks aa if General Prim and his party are resolved to head off the republicans and force a monarchy upon the people at all hazurds, We should like to know what relations Prim holds with mons taries of the Romish Clnech, appeared before the Patriarch and offered to present the docu- the Emperor Napoleon, for this reported action of the provisional Spunish government mont on which was written the invitation of| has ali the appearance of being inspired by the Holy Father, Tho document could got vo Ute ering of the Tqporics. mismanagement made by those who have vecasion to use one ferry—the Union—sre purposely diaregarded and cast aside, There isa leason among others taught by the late calamitous occurrence, which is, that for the purpose of enforcing the company’s regu- lations on board each boat deck hands are worse than useless. Nobody ever sees them interfere to prevent young and thouglt- leas boys from riding astride the railings or from sitting on the forward edge with their logs swinging in midair. Nobody ever gseor them interfere when a party of louti dranken boors invade the Indies’ cabin, fling cigar stumps and filthy tobacco quids around the floor, wepgpolize the seats sot apart for 865.—Th PLE SHEET DER SEB EA IE Be IEEE Es RINE Se EI DEE ONE AA x dies, and, a8 too often happens, indulge in the yJlest and most obscene discourse. The e°rmous revenues these corporations receive migitt well afford to bear the tax of paying for Sho services of a Metropolitan policeman foreach boat, whose duly it should be to travel back and forth day and night, and thus inspire éliat sense of security and protection which is cérfaialy not enjoyed by the public at present, This might help to diminish the occurrence of those lawless pro- ceedings of which the ferryboats are so frequent- ly made the theatre—the irruption of a party of tarbulent thieves into the gentlemen's cabin at night, extinguishing the lights and rob- bing people of watches, chains and pecket- books. Providence only knows what deeds of cold-blooded villany have been transacted on some of these boats. A stranger might be garroted, robbed and his body flung overboard on the short trip across the East river to Brooklyn without the slightest knowledge of the transaction on the part of the deck hands. When things come to the worst they mend, is an old aphorism; but in this Instance they havo reached the worst long since without exhibit- ing any disposition to amend. The Cuban Insurrection. We get very little news of the movements of the Cuban insurgents and know very little of their strength, their adherents, their means or their designs. The Spanish authorities having full control of the telegraph and the mail lines communicating with the outside world exer- cise, no doubt to a considerable extent, the power they have of giving or suppressitig the news of the insurrection, as it may suit them. Thus, we are informed from Havana that somo of the merchants there are raising subscrip- tions for the payment ofi three months’ volun- teers against the rebels ;-that rumors are rife that several cargoes of arms for the revolu- tionists have been landed; that it is reported that a secret commission has left the island for New York and Washington to look after the American press and government in behalf of the rebellion, and that within the last three months there has been a very great reduction in the price of negroes. “The Republican Committee of Havana,” under date of November 14, ina regular pro- nuneiamiento, denounce the Captain General, Lersundi, ds having provoked this revolution- ary outbreak in the island in consequence of his adhesion to Queen Isabella and the Pour- bons, even after their expulsion from Spain had become known ail over the island; the commitiee further charge that he has been acting as if confident that the revolution in Spain would end in the restoration of Isabella and so bring him new honors from “the odious Queen,” and that “if Cuba be lost to Spain, as it may happen in consequence of recent events, the whole responsibility will fall on the Captain General who unfortunately governed the island during the time of the national revo- lution against the dynasty of the Bourbons.” Here, then, the important fact appears that this insurrection in Cuba was set in motion in sympathy with the revolution in Spain expel- ling the Bourbons, and against the Captain General, Lersundi, still adhering to Isabella andthe cause of the Bourbons. Since this pronunciamienta was issued, however, the revolutionists have dowbtiess heard of the ap- pointment by the Provisional Government at Madrid of Geferal Dulce to supersede Ler- sundi as Governor of Cuba; but still the revo- lutionary movement has been gaining strength and has raised the ensign of “independence and annexation to the United States.” The revolutionary party of the island have evi- dently made up their minds that Spain herself is in a doubtful quandary, and that her diffi- culty is Cuba's opportunity ; and so it is, Nor have we any doubt that the issue will be the annexation of the island to the United States ; but whether by purchase or through the prose- eution of this war of independance to a suc- cessful issue, now or hereafter, will depend very much upon the action of the government at Madrid, The present government at Madrid has heen recognized by the United 8 It has the authority, therefore, to treat for a sale; it wants money very badly, and the money which it might obtain for Cuba would enable it to weather the shoals and breakers by which it is surrounded. In view of the cession, too, we have no doubt that the Caban planters and manufacturers of sugar and tobacco, would cheerfully assume the burden of the. debt. What does Mr. Seward think of it? One would suppose that this would be exactly in his line ; but he may, perhaps, have his fears of England and France. Giving up, then, all hope, so far as Mr. Seward is concerned, we are thrown back upon the question, what is the prospect of this Cuban insurrection? In our opinion if the managers have the least degree of skill and sagacity they will surely succeed ; but while we are ignorant of their leaders, their plans, their forces, means and move- ments, wecan only say that the opportunity is all that could be desired, and that if Cuba falls short of independence it will be for the want of competent leaders in this enterprise, and noth- ing more. Judge Dowling Rough on the Rough». Itis onr misfortune that we are not gifted with many police justices possessing firmness enough to deal with the roughest portion of the com- munity when it comes before them for judicial action, Aga general rule this element is dealt very leniently with and very frequently escapes punishment, owing either to the weakness of the magistrate or the corruptive influences of the accused and bis friends, But in the cafe presented to Judge Dowling on Friday, asking for the release of the pugilist O'Baldwin, against whom a warrant was issued, we find a bright example of judicial integrity, and, in- deed, something more—of judicial pluck ; for few magistrates would have the courage to provoke the hostility of the whole commuvity of roughs as Judge Dowling did when he pro- nounced O'’Baldwin to be ‘a rnffian without courage or stability"—not a pugilist in the true sense of the term, and one who had not only beon the indirect cause of the murder of the unfortunate man Larkin, but a source of tumult and disturbance ever since he came to the country. We should like to know which of O'Baldwin’s class, whether native ov imported, has not been a cause of tumult and disturb- ance. Judge Dowling, in taking this firm stand, has relieved the bench of police jas- tices of mugh of tho odium which clung t) it, -tion, and he is entitled to credit for the boldness with which he has grappled with a class @& dangerous to the peace of the community as they are vindictive in their resentments. The pea however, will sustain Judge Dowling ls course, let the roughs how! and threaten as they will, GENERAL NOTES. Yesterday Wasa bracing Maine day. it was nos spliced, Grant's fortune is s Pept half a million. Seymour's, & Presumptive—Resumption under McCulloch. Prats k beach 5 aster ae Israelites objecting to for Ti y next object to Jewry. PORN TES: Ter Bar Cincinnat! papers complain of double harges composition. One price 1s enough, if Aarne rs meant. The Cincinnati Commerctal regards Paraguay our Abyssinia, England in that busiuess haa _ peer! A man was lately run over in California by three mules. They kicked him in the face and breast, ‘The mules were not hurt, Let us have peace. Pity Patty—Commodore Patty, the “anclent mart- ner” of the Pacific, is dead. A city paper calls wttention to the advertisement ofa “Collegian.” Collegians have been pretty well’ advertised lately, especially those of Williams and Amherst Colleges, down East, Erle lake has been described asa “lake of gola.” Is Erie stock a leak for Gould? A new order for Odd Fellows—The order of Judge Blatchford about the Erie receiver. Western thieves in the South, Pity eome of the Tevenue thieves of the North would not emigrate, Some one by the name of Virtue has published an “Eagle Edition of the Poets.” That would be a good edition for those connected with “Eyrie” to quote from. They could be go well posted on the poetry of motions, — “~ Mr. Hanna, the agsociate of the late Mr. Pollard tn’ the publication of the Southern Optnion, proposing to continue that paper, there isa rumor in Richmond that there 1s to be a meeting of some citizens re- questing him to leaye the city. He has received an anonymous threatening letter. ‘That's what's the inatter with Hanna. General Grant is to be treated to chowder aad grouse during his visit to the “Hub.”’ Some of the old chaps have given a Spurr to the occasion, . The following reports of the speeches of the cliairman of the Committee of Arrangements on the part of the City Council and Genera! Grant's reply ave furnished in advance for the beneilt of the lazy Loston jour- nalists:— Your EXcELLENcy—We are a commitice of the City Council of Boston, appointed to waii upon you and tender you the hospitalities of the ciiv of Boston. We propose, with your permission, to take you down the harbor to Minow’s Ledge, show you the in- terior of Fort Warren, and dine you «at Deer Island, regretting that your old friend, the late and weighty and much beloved Dr. Moriarty, will not be there to welcome you. We also hope to carry you out to the new reservoir and show you how we raise eels for the free benent of the Cochiuu- ate water taker; and thence to Mount [lope Cene- tery; and shail also tender to you a banquet at the Bite Tavern. The rest of the programme 13 not yet arranged, but Bunker Hill Monument, te Navy Yard, Mount Auburn and the School Ship are on the list. In behalf of the citizens we cordially bid you wel- come, Genera! Grant will then reply:— GENTLEMEN—I thank you for all your good intense tions, but I came on private business, and must decline, Boston has once honored me with au ovation, and at the recent election some fifteen thousand citizens indorsed my record. This is enough, I have done Boston once. 1 stood two hours hand shaking in Faneuil Nall. 1 visited Mount Auburn, the Navy Yard and the Bile Tavern, and 1 havn't time or inclination to repeat the inflic- You will greatly oblige me if you will allow me to mind my own business. Good bye. When Géneral Grant was in his fight at Belmont, his red Garibaldian became singed. He ilought he had not @ shirt more. When he gets to Boston he will probably find he has a shirtiefi., “The ma’er the merrier.” z General Butler, it is stated, was not present at Gough’s recent silver wedding, and some scandalizer says that’s the reason some of the silver didn’t go off! BOOK NOTICES. Dr, HOWELU’s FaMILy. By Mrs. H. &B. Goodwin. Boston: Lee & Shepard. ‘This ts « curious story, embracing in its principal features the lives of two half sisters, (he current of one running in all the wild channels of a wayward, ambitious and fashionable existence, to end in that relief of 1ll-matched mortals—divorce. The other is a life of domestic quictude, peace and virtue, which, of course, brings its own reward. * Besides these two prominent characters there ig a capricious wife—not an unusual accident im the household—very forcibly and skilfully drawn, and an orphan protege, snatched from a wreck, who makes up her part of the story very prettily and I fiok avrg Without & distressed feinaic in sole capacity a novel would be incomplete, The distresses of Edna Shreve, how- ever, lie more in the fact of her orphanage than to her condition of life, for she is well provided for by her guardian, and, though # wal? and stray, 1s @ very comfortable one, who tinds a joyous haven at last, where her beauty of pecsou and character dittuses: charity and good will among all human creatares who cane within the le ot her iutneuce. An in- troduction to “Dr. Howeli’s Family" will not prove fruitless to the reader. HILLsnono’ Farms. By Sophia Dickenson Cobb. Boston: Lee & Shepard, A well printed volume, which makes little preten. sions beyond the portraiture of certain scenes and incidents in domestic Ie, with just enough of mya tery and romance to give zest to the siory and keep the interest of the reader fixed upon its pages. When the authoress very modestly declares in the preface that the book claims to have no special moral or mis- sion, she does not do her labor full justice. Kvory- thing written, spoken or acied which makes home life more rym ble—which imparts to pure and geno- ine love a charm that attracts the minds of both sexes, cannot be without a good moral und cannot fail to fulfil @ useful mission. % ‘THe GorDIAN Knor. By Shirley Brooks. New York. Harper & Brothers, publishers. ‘This ts @ reissue of a novel written over nine years ago, aud published m serial form at the time, The author, in a preface, thinks that to aamajority of the readers it will be new, which is very probable, tf they do not even discover anything 01 interest in the work. CLIrToy GREY; OR, TAP BiRTanIG UT RESTORED. Pierce Hgan. New York. lisher. As the title lidicates, this isa novel of the sensa- tion school, Full of romance, ft will no doubt be acceptabie fo a large class of novel readers, No Love Lost—A RoMANcE or TRAVEL. By W. D. Howells, New York: G. ?. Patuam é& Son, Biank verse, to be interesting as poetry, must be particularly well written, In “No Love Lost’? there is very iittle poetry, but the love story it contains Is of some interest. The descriptions of Venice are good=undoubrediy the best in the entire word. fhe poem originally appeared in Putnam's Mage- zine and fs now published m baok form, It 1s hand somely gotten up. THe Mimic STAGE—a serics of hiBper eet Burlesques aud Farces tor public extibitions and private theatricals. By George M. Baker, Bos- ton: Lee & Shepard, A handy littie volume of 290 payes, ueatiy printed on cream paper. We think, (ov, that some of these comedies and farces woult answer for private theatricals very well. ‘The plots are simple and welt worked U) he dialogues are sprightiy, and the end ing 18 a img to the estaolished jay that villen is a losing game and that if you live long enonsh & virtuous life will get the famliy estate and the pret- test girl of the party, MADAME THERESK. By Messrs. Krekmann-Chatrian. New York: Charles Scribner & Co. 480. ‘The authors have chosen a period tor the data of their novel when the attention of ail Rurope was absorbed by the stirring events of the times aud the gigantic strides made by the French republic in 1792. ‘The scenes of raral life in Germany are (ruiir faily depicted, and the siyle being easy and we translated render tie work highly Interesting, esjc- vlally for young people. By Frederic A. Brady, pnb- Magnzines. We have received the Merchan's' Magazine ane Commerciad Review, a8 also Slowns ATchiCel rob Review and Builders’ Journal, beth for Noventber. ‘These magazines contain much interesting mutior and will repay perusal, We inust, however, exprese our entire dissent with the article headed “Keturn to Specie Payments) in the aferchuns) Maga os. ‘The writer founders Jn the shject worse th the editora of the t radical papers in dns ‘The idea of rotari diately ts incapable Ve to apecio paymenis ininioe reaucation.