The New York Herald Newspaper, December 6, 1868, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIBTOR Volume XXXIM....-....0+++ seeeeeeeeesNOe B41 e RELIGIOUS SERVICES TO-DAY. ROOMS.—SPIRiTUALIGT CONFERENCE in af- Pe hag ‘ALoinps WILHELM ppeaks morning and ing oo ae ANTHON MEMORIAL CHURCH.—Rav. Teomas A, gacous. Morning and evening, UNIVERSITY—Washington square. Afterneon. LEECKER STREET UNIVERSALIST CHURCH.— Bay. Dar K. Lae. Morning and evening. P SNow. CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC CHURCH.—Preacuine By Evancerists. Evening. EET CHURCH.—DaiLy Paver MEETING, asonveues Br Rev. Mzsses. DURYEA, SUTPHEN, MIN- GiNe AND PLUMLEY. » CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH.—Rry. W. Porz Yua- MAN. Morning and evening. CHRIST CHURCH.—Bi D CHURCH OF THE REFORMATION.—Rgv. AzsoTr Brown. Morning and evening. CHURCH OF THE RBSURRECTION.—Rav. Dz. Fiaca, Borning and evening. EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE HOLY @RINITY.—Rev. G. F. Krores. Morning and evening, SECOND STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.— aw ‘A. BooTT, D.D. Services morning, afternoon and ‘ovening. FREE CHURCH OF THE HOLY LIGHT.—Rev. East- BURN BENJAMIN. Morning and evening. wer. Evening. ST. ANN’S FREE CHURCH.—Morning, afternoon and ‘evening. TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH.—Rev. J. STANFORD Houwes, Morning and evening. THIRTY-FOURTH STREET REFORMED CHURCH.— Rev. Isaac Rirey. Evening. ST. ANN'S CHURCH, Eighth street,—Lzoroze—Rev. T. 6 Paxsron. Evening. CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR, Thirty-third atreet,—Morn- og and evening. CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION.—Rzv. Dr. Qirtiesoun. Evening. ST. PETER'S CHURCH, West Twentleth street.—REv. Gaenay C. Porrer. Evening. oe 229 Bowery. Afternoon and even- B+ TRIPLE SHEET. “Sas <= New York, Sunday, December 6, 1868. Europe. The cable telegrams are dated December 5. ‘The new British Ministry is in course of formation. Earls Russell and Clarendon and Johy Bright will, it s4s said, occupy positions in the new Cabinet. ) The London Times argues against the government pielding to Mr. Seward’s new demand regarding the ‘question of international law in the Alabama case. | Rumors of serious disturbances in Paris were pre- ‘Valent in London. } The reports relating to the Emperor Napoleon are Pronounced incorrect. A commercial panic was created in Paris, occa- ‘sioned by the report of the Sublime Porte’s decisive ‘ultimatum to Greece. = Baron Von Beust has been created Count by the Emperor of Austria. The American ship Nebraska was destroyed at Antwerp. Mexico. Intelligence from Mexico states that active mea- ures have been taken by Congress for the ejection of all officers who served under Maximilian. A wo- man lately died in Puebla aged 150 years. The in- habitants of the State of Nueva Leon are again in Fevolution. The city of Tulancingo has been at- tacked and two soldiers killed. Venezuela. The President of Venezuela, General José Tadeo Monagas, is dead. The peace of the republic re- mains undisturbed. Miscellaneous. General Grant left Boston yesterday morning and rrrived at Providence, R. L., at half-past ten o'clock. He received the citizens at the residence of Gov- ernor Burnside for two hours, and in the afternoon visited some of the large manufacturing establish. ments of Providence. The annual report of the Secretary of the Navy shows the total number of vessels borne upon the ‘avy list to be 206, carrying 1,743 guns, classified as Tollowa:—Veasels of the first rate, thirty-five, with 602 guns; second rate, thirty-seven, 483 guns; third rate, Seventy-six, 414 gans; fourth rate, thirty-eight, 184 guns. Of these fifty-two are iron-clads, carrying 129 guns. Tue Postmaster General's report shows that the Dumber of dead letters received during the year was 4,162,144. Of these 5,995,066 were domestic letters, and 167,078 were foreign and were returned un- pened to countries whence they came; $95,169, in ums from one dollar upward, were found in 18,340 ietters, most of which was returned to the owners. * The mailvoat America, from Louisville for Cincin- Dati, collided with the steamer United States near ‘Warsaw, Ind., on Friday night. Both boats caught fire and were totally consumed. Between seventy and eighty of the United States’ passengers, half of ‘whom were ladies, were lost. A despatch from Omaha, Nebraska, saya that the Tallroad bridge connecting that city with Council Biuff was not totally destroyed on Thursday, but only badly damaged. It will be repaired and re- opened in a few days. The Navajo Indians of New Mexico have com- Menced depredations upon the whites on the Rio Virgin, in Colorado. The citizens, aided by friendly Indians, pursued the marauders, recovered a large mount of stolen property and killed two Navajos. The vote on negro suffrage at the late election in Towa stood—for suffrage, 105,354; against suifr age, 81,119. The late municipal election in Philadelphia is to ‘de Vigorously contested, Yesterday the majority of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas dented the Motion to quash the petition of the republican can. didate for Mayor against the inauguration of the democratic candidate, and, it is supposed, the court ‘will order testimony to be taken. ‘The trial of Deacon Andrews, of Plymouth, M: for murcer it is expected will close on Tuesday. The prisoner will be examined as a witness in his own defence on Monday. The City. New developments are being made daily in the Erie Railroad war. Last spring the company pur- chased of Commodore Vanderbilt the stock of the extra issue in his hands, and paid him in addi- tion $1,000,000 in order to procure a cessation of the legal proceedings against the com- pany. Jay Gould publishes ths morning @ report of his proceedings as president of the company, showing the condition of the road when he assumed office, the necessity for great out- lays of moneys and the improvements he has effected and had in prospect when the recent liti- gations broke out. The charges brought against him, he says, are made without the slighiest founda- ton in truth and were well known to be go by the persons who instigated them, Charies O'Couor, while @ passenger on the steamer for Aquia Creek on Tuesday, on his way to attend the Jeff Davis trial at Richmond, had his pocket Picked of ali the money in his possession. Among the passengers was a noted thief, who was arrested, searched and the stolen money found upon him. In the case of Commodore Meade, detained in the Bloomingdale Asylum on a ¢ harge of insanity, Judge Sutherland yesterday appointed Thaddens M. Halsted Vo proceed to the asylum and ascertain whether the Commodore can, without danger to himself or others, be brought before the Court at its session at two o'clock to-morrow, to which time the matter ‘was adjourned, 4. Augustus Marsh, of the lave Srm of Tempie & Waray So 9 Wiad were, Who ebtawed Gu5,000 | and republican simplicity, Mra, J. Q Adama | clusive, ‘ NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1868.—TRIPLE SHEET. -— United States bonds of H. A. Helser's Sons, by means of & worthless cheok, and who was arrested at Mem- phis, Tenn., several days since, was arraigned before Justice Hogan yesterday and committed tn default of $10,000 vail. a On Friday night, while oMcer Robinson was on Post duty, corner of Rector and Greenwich streets, he was attacked by three rumans, who attempted to murder him with knives. Robinson’s clothing was cut through in several places, but none of the knives reached tus body. The oMcer drew his revolver and fring two shot at his assailants drove them off, James Carr was arrested yesterday by the police on @ charge of being drunk and disorderly. On being Searched at the station house two packages of coun- terfeit fifty cent currency were found upon him. He, was taken before United States Commissioner Betta, Who committed the accused for trial, The stock market yesterday was dull and in gene- ral steady. New York Central declined to 1241. Gold was excited and rose as high as 136%, closing on the street at 13654. Transactions in real estate are unusually active, the sales of property in this city and vicinity last week amounted to $1,157,428, against $169,580 for the week previous, With but few exceptions the markets were ex- tremely quiet yesterday. Coffee was dull but un- changed in value. Cotton was only moderately ac- tive, and prices were heavy and irregular, closing at 24Xc. for middling uplands, For copper the market was active and excited, and prices appreciated 1c. @ ec. per Ib., sales being made at 24%c. on the spot and 5c. for future delivery. On ‘Change flour, though quiet, was steady. Wheat was quict bug firmly held. Corn was steady, while oats were tolerably active, excited and 3c. a 4c. higher, selling at 77c. @ 78c. Pork was dull and unchanged. Beef was steady, while lard was quiet, buta shade firmer. Naval stores and petroleum were dull and unchanged. Whiskey wasdulland heavy. Freights were unchanged. Prominent Arrivals in the City. .W. H. Seward, Jr., of Auburn; Senator J. B. Chgffee, of Colorado; C. N. Van Benthuysen, of Albany, and John J. Carlisle, of West Verginia, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Senator W. M. Stewart, of Nevada, is at the Metro- politan Hotet. Lieutenant J. S. Chenn, of the United States Army, is at the st. Julien Hotel. General Porter and General 0. E. Babcock, of the United States Army; Senator Conness, of Calfornia, and G. M, Pullman, of Chicago, aro at the Brevoort House. ote ‘Gabtain 1. W. Ward, of the British Legation, and Major Buller, of the Rifle Brigade, Canada, are at the Clarendon Hotel. Colonel Sullivan, Captain M. Davenport and Colo- nel C. B. Atchison, of the United States Army; ex-Governor Underwood, of Vermont; Colonel 8. C. Cabell and General Wickham, of Richmond, and J. M. Randall, of St, Louis, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Senator J. M. Thayer, of Nebraska; Congressmen O. Ames and B. F. Butler, of Massachusetts; J. H. Ramsay, of Albany, and Judge E. ©. Kattell, of Binghamton, are at the Astor House. Colonel Henderson, of the United States Army; Surgeon Davis, of the United States Navy, and Dr. R. E. Sprague, of Rhode Island, are at the St, Charles Hotel. The Ladies of the White House—The Com- ing Advent of Mrs. General Grant. While the interested politicians are specu- lating, proposing and intriguing in reference to the Cabinet of General Grant, the ladies, far and near, are beginning to inquire what sort of a person is Mrs. General Grant, and what are her qualifications for the honors of the White House? Here we have the interesting theme of the ladies of the White House broadly sug- gested, from Mrs. George Washington down to Mrs. Andy Johnson. It is a theme for a heavy volume, gilt-edged and copiously illus- trated with steel engravings; but for our present purpose a few passing remarks will do. Our ‘“‘republican court,” under Mrs, Washington, was originally located at No. 3 Cherry street, Franklin square—at that time the Washington Heights of New York city. The members of the Cabinet and of Congress were scattered about in their private resi- dences or boarding houses, between Franklin square and Water street and thence along to the Battery. The administration of the honors of the Executive Mansion by Mrs. Washington was substantially a reproduction of the eti- quette, costumes and ceremonies of St. James and St. Cloud. A learned historian on the subject says that her levées were numerously attended by the fashionable, elegant and refined; that the rabble, the coarse and boisterous partisan and impu- dent place hunter were rigorously ex- cluded; that full dress was required of all her visitors, and that there was no admission for interlopers ‘‘with boots, frockcoats and roundabouts, or with patched knees and holes at both elbows.” Her receptions were select, elegant and courtly. From New York the general government was removed to Philadelphia, where the same sys- tem was maintained, and thence to the newly laid out but almost invisible city of Washing- ton, as the permanent national capital, under President John Adams, in 1800. Mrs. Adams was a highly accomplished woman of the colonial aristocracy and of the federal school, and she maintained as far as practicable the courtly forms and ceremonies of Mrs. Wash- ington. But in avery interesting letter on her new house in the hamlet of Washington she has ieft upon record the primitive expedients to which she was driven to make things passa- bl, comfortable—expedients and makeshifts which seem to have given her much amuse- ment. In this we have sufficient evidence of her admirable qualities for the position, the time and the place. President Jefferson came to Washington a widower. He was free from the power behind the throne, and, being a thoroughgoing radical of the French school, in society as in politics, his advent marked a radical revolution—yes, a revolution in dress and manners only less marked than the change in France itself with the overthrow of the monarchy, the clipping of the fine feathers of the Bourbons and the proclamation of the republic. Jefferson would have no courtly ceremonies about him. His own dress, even at his receptions, being that of a plain farmer, he had no objections to boots, frockcoats or tleeves out at both elbows. Everywhere the new philosophy of life was received with accla- mations, and thus, from 1801, we may date not only the downfall of the stately politics, but a general decay of the stately society of the old federal party, Under the plump and rosy, sprightly and charming ‘Dolly Madison” a new dispensation of social life was introduced in the White House, especially after the peace with England of 1815. Her receptions were gay, sparkling and delightful, and her popularity was un- bounded, and she reigned in Washington to the end of her long and happy life, Under Mrs. Monroe and Mra, John Quincy Adams we had in the social reunions of the Executive Man- gion a happy blending of dignity, refinement was the laat of the echoel of Martha Washing- ton of which she was a worthy representative. General Jackson, another widower, like Jefferson, broughtin another change. Fashion, beauty and the doves and loves and graces were frightened away from the White House by boisterous politicians, the Nimrod Wild- fires from the backwoods of Tennessee, the bear eaters from the canebrakes of ‘“‘the Big Muddy” and the alumni of Tammany Hall. In truth, Old Hickory was 60 absorbed in party politics that before he knew what it was all about he found himself entangled in a feminine Cabinet imbroglio, from which there was no escape but in a new Cabinet out and out. His Secretary of State, Martin Van Buren, obligingly gave the hint to his colleagues by resigning, and they all resigned, and this was the making of Van Buren. The mantle of Jackson carried him into the White House next in the order of succession; but, being a widower, too, and wholly taken up with the politicians, like his “illustrious predecessor,” there was nothing brilliant or fascinating in the social adminis- tration of Van Buren except his splendid rig from top to toe, his shining hat and boots, his glittering state chariot and his royal table. He was, in fact, a federalist of demucratic professions. General Harrison, next in the White House, promised a better state of things with the family gathered about him; but he was tor- tured to death in a single month by ravenous office seekers. His successor, John Tyler, a widower at first, but next happy in the pos- session of a young, beautiful and accomplished wife, revived the dear, delightful receptions of “Dolly Madison,” and introduced those pleas- ing summer afternoon promenades, to the music of the Marine Band, on Wednesdays in the Capitol grounds and on Satagieys in the gardens of the White House, south side, look- ing down the broad Potomac almost to Mount Vernon. Mrs. Polk, a strict disciplinarian as sghereh mecser, eat egeenemecee of bo family, in a subdued tone, niaintained the social cheerfulness of the East Room estab- lished’ by Mrs. Tyler. Mrs. President Taylor modestly withdrew herself from the public eye and was only once seen by a visitor to the White House, who blundered into her sitting room and found her seated by the fireplace knitting a stocking and smoking her pipe. But Mrs. General Bliss, Old Zack’s favorite daugh- ter, in her mother’s place, did the honors of the establishment with the artlessness of a rustic belle and the grace of a duchess. Under Fillmore, another widower, the social glories of the East Room somewhat declined, although his Excellency was esteemed by the ladies as a very handsome and charming man, though not as he thinks old Mr. Blair, “the greatest man that God Almighty ever made.” Mrs, Pierce was a confirmed invalid, and so the administration of poor Pierce was distinguished only for its political squabblings and blunders. The old bachelor Buchanan, on the other hand—a devoted ladies’ man— with his handsome and amiable niece, Miss Harriet Lane, as mistress of ceremonies, made the President's receptions remarkably enjoy- able. Norcanit be justly denied that Mrs. Lincoln discharged the vastly increased re- sponsibilities of her position as if born and trained for it. Mrs. Johnson is relieved from the cares of state by her daughters, Mrs. Stover and Mrs. Senator Patterson, who are universally esteemed as eminently worthy the distinction they have attained. This brings us down to Mrs. General Grant. An unpretending, unambitious woman of the West, the wife of a man who but the other day was called from his tanyard to put down a gigantic rebellion, how will Mrs. Grant dis- pense the honors that await her? Like the daughter of a good and esteemed citizen and the wife of a great soldier, bravely and well. Nay, we undertake to predict that, though last, she will not be the least in our list of the hon- ored ladies of the White House. The Proposed New Constitutional Amend- ments. It is the cra of amendments, and every man who supposes he has a new idea is eager to enforce it on the nation in the shape of an ad- dition to the primary law. Every enthusiast is eager to make the constitution in this way take the shape agreeable to his fancies, and the extreme schools of political speculators fancy there is nothing easier than thus to com- pel the country to accept their views. But there is little danger of contamination of the law by this method. It may be left without fear to the conservative common sense of the people. Congress may be extreme enough to recommond any sort of change; but before the people of twenty-seven States are brought to approve that change it is of no value, and they will not be so brought for any change whose good effects are not clearly apparent to all and do not quite overbalance its possible dangers. The people readily approved the amendments that were made to settle great questions of the war, because they saw the benefit; but we perceive thelr safe caution in the disposition on the part of several States to withdraw their assent to the last amendment, since it has appeared that it was a basis of some party scheming. We note as a peculiar feature of the amendment hobby the disposi- tion of impractical men to propose changes without any perception of the results they may involve. This is the case with the proposed amendment to give suffrage to every male person of sufficient age by a general law and without regard to State restrictions. In- tended to ride over the State enactments in the North against the negro, this, it will be seen, covers that very serious question for California and the Pacific slope of the status of the immense Chinese emigration that is coming in upon us, It is going too fast to supply ourselves the power that will over- whelm our free system by establishing a nomi- nal democracy among a slavish and ignorant people and thus laying a foundation for Casarism, _—_— Toe Propaste New Barris Miststry,— We publish to-day brief sketches of those who are represented as likely to form the new British Ministry under Gladstone, The list is formida- ble and exhibits a remarkable degree of acu- men on the part of those who were instrumental in getting itup. It looks, however, something like the Cabinets of our own guidnuncs who are shaping for General Grant a Cabinet for his administration, Results are oly con- Tho National Board of Trade. In the third day's proceedings of the meet- ing of the above board at Cincinnati, published yesterday, there was considerable attention called to the interests of American shipping and to our telegraph system. Both subjects were very justly agitated, but they did not re- ceive that broad discussion to which they are entitled as among the foremost questions of the day. Few men willingly give the time neces- sary to a thorough analysis of these great aub- jects and present them properly at such a meeting, feeling as they do that s proper au- dience will not assemble to give just apprecia- tion to the result of careful studies, This leads us to the consideration that there are numerous commercial societies in dif- ferent cities of the United States dignified with the high-sounding titles of ‘Board of Trade” or ‘Chamber of Commerce.” These are generally composed of merchants selected for their wealth and position, with little refer- ence to their particular qualifications to treat upon such broad subjects as might be supposed to arise in the discussion of our national de- velopment, domestic or foreign. Such socie- ties are, perhaps, useful, and may in time be in- strumental in the organization of a more per- fect body which will be better fitted to cope with the great questions which are daily taking more prominence, and which so nearly affect the general prosperity of our people. In the United States we have been so busy in the prosecution of practical work that we have entirely ignored the theoretical, which now, by our great advancement, throws itself into prominence as a rare study. This advance- ment has reached that point where laws are re- quired to shape its future, and in the wisdom of these will rest the prosperity or decadence of enterprise in a given direction. The great mass of our merchantg speak of trade in {ts simple bearing of dollars, and the boards of trade, in great part, do no more. They are profoundly ignorant of geography and of the commercial relations existing between differ- ent countries even on this Continent. Geo- graphical knowledge is the first essential to commercial or trade knowledge, and the man who, without this, pretends to teach finance, commerce and the general laws and effect of interchange of the world’s products simply demonstrates his ignorance. The world in this century is taking its great- est trade expansion. The United States, stand- ing as it does inthe dominating trade posi- tion, is destined to have a commerce to which that of the prosent is puny. Much of this fu- ture depends upon the manner in which we deal with its foundations, which we are now seeing laid with scarcely a knowledge of the causes which give them shape. The first great focus of information which should be immediately founded is a National Geographical Society, anda large appropria- tion should be made by the coming Congress for this purpose. We should soon avoid, in that case, the sending of letters to Panama as the most direct route to the Argentine republic, as has lately been done by our State Depart- ment, and the purchasing of a ticket via Eng- land to reach Costa Rica, as was not long since done by a United States Minister to the latter country, No man of intelligence can converse with the majority of our merchants, and even public men, upon geographical subjects and fail to discover their lamentable ignorance. But if ignorant of boundary lines they are still more ignorant of topographical features, of latitude, of longi- tude and distances, all of which shape com- mercial interchange and are the first elements of a proper understanding of the subject. We want a Board of Trade, but we want it made up of the choicest brain of the country—of travellers and scientific men, of financiers who have given a broad study to foreign as well as domestic systems, of merchants who are known for their liberal views, of railway and steam- ship builders. Before such a board as this lectures on great trade questions would be given with pleasure by men who could feel that rare effort would be met by rare appre- ciation. At present there is no trade society in this country before which a man possessed of valuable information can hope to be appre- ciated by seeing a large and intelligent attend- ance at the reading of any paper. Our national greatness depends so entirely upon @ proper understanding of all the natural and artificial laws of trade that there should be no more time wasted in the petty organiza- tions which appropriate high titles only to bring them into ridicule. The Managoment of Our Public Schools, In another part of to-day's paper we pub- lish the report of the Committee on By-Lawa, Qualifications and Elections of the Board of Education on the subject of a dispute between the Board of Trustees of the Twenty-first ward and the Board of Education. The sub- ject matter of the dispute is of great im- portance to the teachers engaged in the public schools, as well as to the thousands of our citi- zens who entrust their children daily to the control of these teachers. It appears that the Board of Trustees of the Twenty-first ward had made certain changes in the positions and salaries of teachers in the schools of that ward, and had notified the assistant teachers in all the schools of the ward that they must resign their positions and accept appointments to expire on the 31st day of December of each year, Against the ruling of this local board the Board of Education very properly con- tended. If such proceedings as those at- tempted by the local board of the Twenty-first ward were allowed to pass into a precedent the schools would be placed at the mercy of ignorant local politicians; teachers who had shown ability for their positions, and under whose care the children of our citizens had been educated, would be obliged to watch with painful anxiety the progress and result of the annual charter elections, The system of public education in this city as at present administered is justly a subject of pride and congratulation to the citi- zens of the metropolis, The executive officer of the department, the Superin- tendents of Schools and the Superin- tendent of School Buildings are gentlemen whose qualifications and fitness for the posi- tions which they hold are universally acknow- ledged. To them and to those whom they re- commend we can safely entrust our children; but so soon as the public schools become obliged to acknowledge the power and mastery of ignorant local politigiaas, then will it be time for our citizens to look with much greater anxiety on the manner in which the pupils are brought up and instructed in the fundamental principles to which we all look for the develop- ment of the youthful mind of the metropolis, eo that in the future we may confidently hope for good, intelligent citizens and trustworthy legis- lators. The local board of the Twenty-first ward has refused to continue in charge of one of the schools of the ward, and the Board of Education has firmly and properly put its foot down and taken charge of the echool until such time as the local board may come to its senses, The Telegraph—Procecedings of the National Board of Trade. Several resolutions have been submitted in the Convention of the National Board of Trade, sitting in Cincinnati, recommending the general government to take measures to cheapen and extend telegraphic communica- tion throughout the country and to make it a part of the postal system. This assembly of leading business men from all parts of the Union is alive to the interests of the country and the movements of the day. We have urged over and over again this same measure of government control over the telegraph sys- tem, and it is gratifying to see such a body responding to our efforts. The movement must go on, for it is founded in common sense and the necessity of the times. . The telegraph has become as necessary as the post office, andif its communications were cheapened as they ought to be it would be used as gene- rally. All the arguments in favor of govern- ment control of the postal system apply with equal or greater force to government control over the telegraph. Itis the most important agent of civilization, the most powerful ally of the press, and necessarily comes into use with the whole body of the people. Besides, the time has come when the private intercourse of people and the vast business interests of the country carried on through this agency should no longer be trusted to an irresponsible and speculating monopoly. The whole country, and more especially the business men of the West, are aj the mercy of a few individual managers of a company. Then the charges for telegraphing are enormous and out of all proportion to the actual capital invested or services rendered. Congress should at an early day establish a general system of tele- graphs and place it under the control of the Post Office Department or a special bureau, and thus give a cheap and reliable means of communication to the people everywhere. The boards of trade in every city and the public generally ought to move at once in this matter 7 80 as to bring such a pressure upon Congress as will overcome any resistance of the pre- sent monstrous telegraph monopoly. The Report of General Reynolds. This report, which we published yesterday, contains some hard truths. It is terse and to the point, and shows the necessity of holding Texas by military law. Speaking of the Ku Klux Klan the General states:—‘‘The precise object of these organizations cannot be readily explained, but seems in this State to be to disarm, rob and in many cases murder Union men and negroes, and, as occa- sion may offer, murder United States officers and soldiers; also to intimidate every one who knows anything of the organization but who will not join it. The civil law east of the Trinity river is almost a dead letter. In some counties the civil officers are all, or a portion of them, members of the Klan.” At the political meetings in several counties “men have been indicated by name from the speaker's stand as those selected for murder. The men thus pointed out have no course left them but to leave their homes or be murdered on the first convenient opportunity.” The murder of negroes is so common as to render it impossible to keep an accurate account of them.” We suggest that this condition of affairs in Texas calls for prompt action on the part of our Executive power. A commission should be appointed to consider the condition of the State and report upon it. In case of the con- firmation of General Reynolds’ report, which is without doubt, from what we know, correct, Texas should at once be turned over to military rule, This will be the quickest method to re- store it to peace and prosperity, Nothing but inexorable military law will produce quiet there, and the quicker it is put in force the better for our whole Southwestern country, which is sadly afflicted by this Texan cut- throat government. More Auman Stavonter on tre On10.— We publish to-day a report of a terrible disaster—by which some eighty or a hundred people lost their lives—that occurred on the Ohio river, just before midnight on the night of the 4th instant. The steamer United States, descending, and the steamer America, ascend- ing, came in collision, and the United States was sunk to her main deck. In the act of sinking a combustible material (called petro- leum) by some means not yet defined caught fire, and both boats, locked, as it were, in an embrace of fire and death, floated with the stream. In our despatches the steamers are termed ‘‘magnificent,” and it may be grim sat- isfaction to the mourners of the deceased to know that fact. But it would also be some satisfaction to those who travel on Western waters to learn that better precautions are taken to secure their lives than seem to have been observed in this lamentable in- stance. ¥ Tee Presipest ano tHe Witiskry Fracps.--There is a report from Washiagton that the President intends to throw upon Congress the responsibility of removing the obstructions to the investigation into the whiskey frauds in New York by sending to the Senate the names of the successors of certain revenue officials supposed to be implicated in the operations of the whiskey rings. This is all balderdash. Congress has been engaged in protecting and whitewashing these frauds for the past four or five years, and President Johnson knows well enough that he has nothing to hope for from that qrarter, and that if he really desires to put stop to the illicit practices of the whis- key rings and their accomplices he must take the power into his own hands end make a com- plete clearing out of the Interaal Rovenue Department from top te bottom, | Theo Larkin Murder. Judge Sutherland, of the Supreme Court, has found it necessary, upon the presentation of the facts which transpired at the inquest on the body of Felix Larkin, to admit the three parties to bail who were committed to prison by order of the Coroner, as charged by the jury with wilful murder. While it is very unusual to accept bail for persons so charged, it appears that Judge Sutherland regarded the conduct of Coroner Flynn in such a light that he could not refuse the application of the pri- soners’ counsel. The application was based upon the refusal of the Coroner to allow the accused or thelr counsel to put any questions to the witnesses, and also upon his extraordi- nary charge to the jury, in which he directed them to find a verdict of wilful murder against all three of the accused, stigmatizing the crime as ‘“‘one of the most horrible murders which he or any other young man ever heard of.” It is evident from the decision of Judge Sutherland that he believes the action of the Coroner to be a judicial outrage, wholly un- warranted bylaw or custom. As this case be- comes more fully developed it reveals some very curious circumstances, which need ex- planation, The testimony from beginning to end was a mass of inconsistencies and contra- dictions. The companions of Larkin had evi- dently concocted a uniform story, which wae not substantiated by the police nor by the tea- timony of the medical men. It remains now for the Grand Jury to unravel the mystery and to place the guilt upon the right parties. GENERAL GRANT. His Departure from Boston—Eathusiastic Reception in Providence—Interesting Inck dents of His Journey. {Providence (Dec. 5) correspondence of Boston Journal. General Grant left Boston this morning at nine o'clock by special train over the Providence Rail- road, en roufe for this city, on @ brief visit to Governor Burnside. At the depot in Bos- ton a crowd of several hundred persons had congregated to catch a farewell glance of our ea let istrate, and as ho entered the beauti- a caf provided for his convenience by ex-Governor Clifford, President of the corporation, he was greeted. with a round of hearty cheers. A short distance from the depot he received a unique salute, By order of Governor Clifford, all the locomotives at that hour in Boston belonging to the road were out on & side track, with steam up, and, as the train beart the President elect passed slowly by, they screech their shrill welcome and adieu. The General ac- knowledged the compliment by repeatedly raisiog” his bat and bowing to the workmen and enginéers. The party en leaving Bosyon ceusisted of General Grant, General Comstock, Governor Clittord, Colonel Goddard of General Burnside’s staff, Mr. A. A. Fol- som, superintendent of the road, representative of the Jaurnat, and Colonel Kurtz, Chief of Po lice, The train was in charge of Mr. R. D. Tucker, depot master in Boston. No incident of note oc- curred in the trip until arriving at Mansfield, where abrief halt was made, Here Governor Clifford's two sons joined the party and were presented to the General, A crowd of several hundred were at the depot, and at the request of a citizen the General raised the car window and shook hands with a num- ber who eagerly crowded around the extended arm. One loquacious individual huiled the General with “We should all like to hear you talk.” Tne Generat gles scien and replied, “I don’t do much taik- tog. ere are too many people who talk.” At the conclusion of five minutes tne bell was rung, and the train whizzed past the town. At Mansileld Gov- ernor Clifford received @ telegram from Governor Burnside saying:—“Do not arrive in Providence until hglf-past ten o'clock.” This was shown to General Grant, and he remarked with his character- istic dryness, ‘Perhaps it would be @ good idea to get there a little earlier,” evidently wishing to pre- yen if possible, any unnecessary display at tee lepot. ~ a jovernor Clifford at once gave orders to the engt- neer to put on more steam, and the train arrived the Providence depot at twenty minutes past ten. General Burnside, appreciating his distinguished gueat’s distaste for display, had made his arrange- ments accordingly, and when the General alighted from the car he was quietly welcomed by the Gover- nor and Mayor Doyle, and at once escorted to an open barouche drawn by four handsomely capa- risoned bays. A very large crowd had assembled in and around the depot, and as soon as the General was seated in his carriage a man cried out, “Three cheers for the manI fought under.” Cheer after cheer went up for the General, and as the car- riage rolled away at @ sharp trot the crowd followed, determined to Mill repletion their curiosity. A severe snow storm set in just before reaching the city, but this seemed in no wise to dishearten the people, for all along the route crowds lined the sidewalks and filled the windows and bal- conies. Broad street was literally packed on both sides by men, women and children, and at the Post office thousands were eagerly awaiting the ‘coming man,” and a8 he approached they gave vent to cheers and huzzas. ‘The route lay through many of the principal streets to Governor Burnside’s mansion on Benefit street, where another dense crowd awaited the arrival of the General, lustily cheering him as he entered the house. An informal reception was held here at once, and several hundred persons were presented and shook the General by the hand, including @ number of the most influential and wealthy citizens. ‘The Generai will spend the day quietly at Governor Burnside’s residence, and at half-past nine this even- ing will take the train for New York, where he will remain for a few days. OBITUARY. meral Jose Tadeo Monagas, Prosident of Venezuela. A cable telegram from Venezuela, via Havana, an- nounces the death of this aged South Americaa general and politician on the 18th of November. He has been lingering for some time, and the antici- pation has been that in case of his demise the Presidency of Venezuela would fall to his son, Joaé Tadeo, Jr.; but it seems now that fears are enter+ tained of a fresh revolution, owing to his death. Generai Monagas was born in the latter part of the last century, and entered the: military service at an early age. Like Paez and several of the Venezucian politicians of the present day he took an active part in gaining the independence of South America under Bolivar, Shortly after Venezuela was recognized as an indépendent State, in September, 1829, General José Antonio Paez waa elected first president, and very soon thereafter General Monagas headed @ military insurrection, which General Paez soon put down. When President Vargas suodhedea Ceatet Paez Monagas again raised @ military revolt, but Paez again took the fleld and put hint down. For this service Venezuela presented their first ox-Presi- dent with @ golden sword and voted him the titie of “Tiustrious Citizen.” Monagas remained der the administrations of Generals Paez, and Dr. Vai until 1840, when he urged his claims to the Presidency and was supported by ex- President Paez, who thought in this yanner to sat- isfy and quiet the ambitious and restless Monagas. ‘The latter, however, attempted to usurp suprome authority,” and on January 24, 1548, attacked the House of Representatives with an armed force, His attempt was resisted, and General Paez was forced again to take mmand of the opposing— aud tn this instance revolutionary—forces. Bat he was unsuccesstul and had to leave juiet ume ublette” Venezuela for the United States. Monagas assumed dictatorial powers, which he held for eleven years, until, in 1859, he was overthrown. Then Venezuela revoked the sentence of extle on General Paez. President Manuel Felipe de Tovar was elected April 10, 1860, for four years; but in Sep- tember, 1861, the people and the army proclatmed General Pacz dictator, He accepted September 8, 1861. A struggle soon broke out between the federalists, under Falcon, and the unttarians, under Paez, which resulted in a compromise, placing the latter at the head of civil administration aud the former at the head of the military. Marshal Falcon waa, however, made Provisional President in Jane, 1863, but was proclaimed by Congress in March, 1865. He held office until this year, when Monaga® Started another military revolt and forced Faicon to fly to Curagoa, where his stanchest supporter, General Bruzual, died of his wounds. His enemy, Monagas, now follows Bruzual to the tomb, Neither wild be much regretted, WEW ORLEANS RACES. Fourth Day of the Metairie Races=Two Cons testeUatortunate Accident. New ORLRANS, Dec. 5, 1308. This was the fourth day of the Metairie races. Tho track was very heavy and sticky and the attend. ance good. The first race—a mile dash, for all ages, for a purse of $250—was won by Bettie Bay, beating Jack Gamble, second, Gilroy third. Time, 1:67. For the second racoe—a sweepstakes for three year olds, two mile heata, entrance Pp. D., the clud to add $100—nine horses were entered. Sundown walked over. - The third race—two milo heats or & purse of $200—was won by Nelligan's bay colt, hy Daniet Boone, who distanced Chemisetts and Bonita in the Girat eat, Time, 4:19. in the second heat of the third race Chemisette broke her ieft higd leg below the pastera joint.