The New York Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1868, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN | STREET. nrnnnnn JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR Volume XXXIII.. ——— AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. NEW YORK THEATRE, Broadway.—THE BUBLESQUE oF Banss BLEOE. PIKE'S OPERA HOUSE, corner of Eighth avenue and 934 street.—Le8 Bavanps—Bague BLEUE. * oLyMPIC_ THEATRE, Broadway.Humprr Domrrr. wits NEW FRATURES. BROADWAY, THEATRE, Broadway.—THE EMERALD WALLACK’S THEATRE. Broadway and 18th strest.— Two CaN PLay aT Tuat GAME—FOLLIES OF & NiGHT. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway.—A?TER DARK; 0B, LOX- oN BY NIGHT. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth street,—GENEVIEVE DE BRABANT—BARBE BLEUE. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—LitTLe BagsrooT— VILLAGE BARBER. MRS. F. B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn.— WILLIAM TELL—CABPENTER OF ROUEN. WOOD'S MUSEUM AnD Posey ad Tairtiath 4 atreet and Broadway.—Afternoon and ing Performan BRYANTS' OPERA HOUSE, Tammany Building, Mth street.—ETHIOPIAN >. ciara f, £0, KELLY & LEON'S: MINSTRELS, End Broadway.—ETm10- PIAN MINSTRELSY, BURLESQUE.—BARBEB BLU. + SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 585 Broadway.—ETHro- PIAN ENTERTAINMENTS, SINGING, DANGING, &c. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE 201 Bowery.—Comt1o Vooa ism, NEGRO MINSTRELSY, &o, NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourteenth streot.—EQuEsTRIAN AND Grunastic ENTERTAINMENT. Matinee at 234. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.—TuEO. THOMAS’ GRAND PromenavE CONCERT. BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—Tuxo, THOMAS’ Lasr GRAND CONCERT. HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, Serrg HnOnar's. MuveTRELS—A DUTCHMAN IN JAPAN, £0. HOOLEY’S (E. D.) OPERA HOUSE, Williamsburg.— HooLer’s MINsTRELS—THE LANKYSUIRE Lass, £0. IRVING HALL, Irving place.—EXHIBITION DRILL AND PROMENADE CONCERT. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— SCIENCE AND ART. TRIPLE SHEET. jew York, Thursday, December 17, 1868. THB NEWS. Europe. * The cable telegrams are dated December 16. It 13 oMfctally announced that quietude reigns throughout Spain. The leaders of all political par- ties have pledged themselves to preserve peace until the questions at issue are settled by the Constituent Cortes, Tne new loan has been fully subscribed. ‘The feet for Cuba sailed from Cadiz yesterday. Reverdy Johnson bas addressed a letter to the London Workingmen’s Society. He ascribes the at- tacks upon him in the American papers to a secret dislike originating from the peaceful manner in which he has conducted the negotiations between the two countries. The London papers comment on President Johnson’s last Message to Congress. It was rumored in Paris yesterday that the Greek government had acceded to the demands of the Sul- tan, The great Powers are endeavoring to induce the Greek government to comply with the demands, It is oMcially announced that Russia disowns any idea of conquest in Central Asia; her object isto secure a more permanent peace, India. Reports of a bloody conflict between two native chiefs in the pass of Damian, Afghanistan, reach us from India, via Brindisi. Shocks of earthquake have been felt at Peshawur, Lahore and Jabbalpoor. ‘the grain prospects are gloomy. Cuba. e ‘The schooner Susan, Captain Reed, arrived here yesterday from Manzanilia, Cuba, which port she left on November 24. She reports that the insurgents were then surrounding the city and were sald to be 5,000 strong. Two steam frigates had snelled the bush for three days with no effect except to frighten one bird off her nest. Mr. Edwards, a native of New Jersey, was held a prisoner by the city authori- ties when the Susan sailed. Hayti. Intelligence was received at Port au Prince on the 1st instant that Miragoane had been taken by Sal- nave’s forces on the 30th ult., after the first despe- rate fighting of the war. The Custom House was burned and it was reported that the town was pil- laged. Sainave intended to move next on Jacmel. Congress. In the Senate yesterday the Finance Committee reported back the House bill fixing the duties on copper; the resolution favoring the resumption of specie payment at as early a moment as practicable, and Mr. Edmund’s joint resolution pledging the faith of the government to the payment of its debt in coin. A resolution directing the Judi- ciary Committee to inquire into the discharge of convicted persons under the decisions of Judge Un- derwood of Virginia was passed. A bill to provide a territorial government for Alaska was introduced and referred. Mr. Morton’s bill for the resumption of specie payments was then taken up, and he ad- yocated it in aspeech of considerable length. at the conclusion the resolution denouncing the Presi- dent's proposition relative to the payment of the bonds was called up, but no action was taken upon it and the Senate adjourned. In the House Mr. Robinson introduced a resolu- tion to appoint a select committee to inquire into the imprisonment of American Fenians in Great Britain, but as he would not consent to have the re- solution referred he withdrew it. A bill to relieve several citizens of South Carolina and the Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee from political disabilities ‘was passed, A bili repealing the act prohibiting the organization of militia in all the reconstructed Southern States, except Georgia, was passed. A resolution offered by Mr. Ross, for a new drawing of seats, was laid on the table by a vote of 88 to 83. Mr. Julian offered aypreamble and reso- Jution reciting that sinves were still held in Ken- tucky and inquiring into the expediency of appoint- ing United States commissioners tn that State to de- termine cases of illegal slavehold@ing. Objection was made by the Kentucky Representatives on the ground that the preamble was untrue. Mr. Jones, of Kentucky, democrat, introdaced a resolution al- lowing women in the government employ the wages of men for, the same work. The previous question was immediately ordered and the resolution was passed by @ vote of 123 to 2. The Speaker announced that Tharsday and Friday would be devoted to enlogies om deceased lnembers. Among the communications presented was one from the President enclosing a letter from Secretary Seward stating that no commissioner had had been sent to Spain recently. The resolution for @ new drawing of seats was renewed and carried. Mr. Butler and Mr. Farnsworth went over to the democratic side, and-Mr. Dickey obtained the old Beat of hia predecessor, Thaddeus Stevens. The House then adjourned. Miscellaneous. Judge Fullerton appeared in Washington again yesterday, and in o ny with Chariea O'Conor had long interviews ve President, Secretary McCulloch and Attorn acral Evarta. Judge Ful- Jerton insists that tue reason no progress has been made towards clearing up the mysteries of the in- ternal revenue service in New York is because officials suspected of complicity in the frauds are | retained in the service of tie government, The | Judge will remain tn Washington several days at | the request of the President. j ‘The committee appointed to investigate tho alleged | corruption used Ww seoure the Alaska pu menced work yesterday & and exam nesses—nitea ’§ Fieasurer Spi ner aud Riggs, a Washington banker, nase _com- | wits | Ww. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 117, 1868.—TRIPLE SHEET. Jobbery im Washingten—Tho Alaska Money. | The Eastera Question—The Kelations of | part of Mr. Sumner or any one else on this that the whole amount of the purchase money had been paid to Baron Stoeckl, the Russian Minis- ter. Mr. Riggs testified that he had been em- ployed by Minister Stoeckl to transfer the funds to New York, for which he received his usual col- commission; but that $25,000 were paid Robert J. Walker, by Mr. Stoeckl, for his legal services dur- ing the negotiations for the purchase. Mr. Walker has been summoned by the committee and will be examined at its next meeting. It 1s rumored in Toronto, Canada, that Mr. Corne- lus Vanderbilt has offered to lease the Great Western Ratlway for ten years, with the right to purchase it at the end of the lease. Whalen, the convicted assassin of D'Arcy McGee, will probably get a new trial, when the venue will be changed to Toronto or some of the county towns in that province. ‘The repeal question 18 still agitated in Nova Scotia. It is stated that concessions will be offered by the Dominion government before the repeal question comes again before the British Parliament. The report that propositions had been made for a recon- clliation with Mr. Howe is not credited. Reno, one of the express robbers, who was hanged recently by a mob at New Albany, Ind., confessed to hig guilt in conversation with the Governor at To- ronto, but claimed that Anderson, another of the mob’s victims, was innocent. The City. A new steam drilling apparatus, to be used in Grilling the rocks at Hell Gate, was exhibited toa eumber of scientific gentlemen by General Newton yesterday. It is worked by steam generated ina floating barge, while the apparatus itself is sub- merged in the water. In the Whelpley decision of the Erie litigation yes- terday Judge Nelson rendered a decision that Messrs. Belmont and Lucke be permitted to join as parties to the avit; that the injunction be dissolved, and that the order of Judge Blatchford appointing Jay Gould receiver be set aside. ‘The famous Madame Jume! will case came up in one of its branches before Judge Cardozo yesterday, being an application on the part of Champlain Bowen for an order to compel Mr. Carter, attorney for Nelson Chase, to permit the plaintiff to take a fac- simile of an original letter purported to have been written by Bowen. After argument the Court re- served decision. In the case of Specht vs. Milliman, before Judge Barbour, yesterday, a novel phase of litigation was presented. Specht, on a charge of robbing Milliman, his employer, of fifty cents, was arrested and im- prisoned. Milliman then demanded $200 from Specht’s friends to withdraw the complaint. A check for the amount was given, Specht was re- leased, stopped payment of the check and com- menced these proceedings for false ‘imprisonment. He was awarded $500 damages. Mr. J. Lothrop Motley lectured last night, under the auspices of the New York Historical Society, on the political progress of Europe and America, Gold opened yesterday at 13534, advanced to 1885, but subsequently sold down to 135, at which figure it closed. The stock market opened strong in the morning, advanced during the day, but fell off again and closed at about the morning’s quotations. The steamship Rheine, of the North German Lloyd's line, Captain Meyer, will leave Hoboken at two P. M. to-day for Southampton and Bremen. The mai!s will close at the Post Office at twelve M. ‘The steamship Fagle, Captain M. R. Greene, will leave pier No. 4 North river at three P. M. to-day for Havana. ‘The steamship Saragossa, Captain Crowell, of Leary’s line, will sail from pier No. 8 North river at three P. M. to-day for Charleston, S. C, Prominent Arrivals in the City. Governor English, of Connecticut; Donald McKay, or Boston; S. N. Snoemaker, of Baltimore, and ex- Senator Graham, of new York, are at the Astor ‘House. Colonel J. M. French, of Detroit; A. J. Crownin- shield, of the United States Navy, and Dr. C. M. Hitchcock, of Call‘ornia, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. Thomas Swinyard, Joseph Price and Joseph Tay- lor, of Montreal, Canada, and John S. Blatchford, of New York, are at the Brevoort House, Colonel Farnsworth and Major Taylor, of the United States Army; Dr. R. E. Doremus, of Ohio, and Captain James Young, of the British Army, are at the St. Charles Hotel. Congressman N. P. Banks, C. T. Buffum and FE. FE. Floyd, of Massachusetts, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. A. N. Ramsdell, of New London; W. F. GriMth, of Philadelphia; R. W. Allen, of Montreal, and E. Hays Trowbridge, of New Haven, are at the Hoffman House. x The Moral Effect of Our Disbanded Mili- tary Element—The Gathering in the West. We yesterday gave a long telegraphic re- port of the proceedings at the meeting of our Western veterans in Chicago. In this report, however, we only find the expressions of opinion which are meant for general circula- tion and public perusal. Behind all there is a more solid and quiet force at work—a power that means something—a stern resolution which aims to strike at political corruptions, a power that men who feed on public miseries will be forced to respect. At the close of our war the European na- tions felt that we should follow in the track which has been the result at all times of great struggles among them. They reverted to that period of Roman history when the re- public went down to give place to a crown, to be tossed like a plaything upon the point of the Roman short sword. They reasoned on- ward through a series of ages to find that in no instance had they raised great armies ex- cept to have great civil commotions follow them at their disbanding. The French effort at republicanism terminated in a dictatorship and a firmer monarchy. Why should not the same result follow a gigantic war in the New World? They mistook the age and forgot the fact that here, at least, there is more glory to be won in the magnificent field of civilization than in clinging to feudal tinsel. This was the reason we dis- banded, and this, too, was the reason we organized. The South, less impregnated with the gigantic forces of 1868, gave no opportu- nity for its genius in peaceful conquests. The North, on the contrary, furnished thousands of positions fm science, literature, the arts, rail- way building, telegraphs and telegraphic cable laying, great manufacturing combinatfons and commercial enterprise, demanding more brains than are required to handle an army or win a battle. The South struck, and it was feudal- ism against civilization. There was seen such atrial of strength between the old and the new as never before shook this planet. The North mustered, not to win military glory, but to defend something higher and far, far beyond it. ‘Twas Progress turning on its heel to crush the thing that stung it. The men who filled the ranks were our silent workers in the great onward movement of the age. The officers were greater or smaller exponents of our civilization in the ratio of the positions which they held. These formed an army, but notin the sense of Old World armies. On the eastern side of the Atlantic an army means a \ machine for the sustaining of abuses and the prevention of popular uprisings in favor of | liberalism. On the western side it means an organization for the prevention of abuses and the sustaining of popular uprisings against them, Here, then, is the whole sceret of the cause of our disbanding when we had removed Mr, Spiauer testified | the [mpediment to our progress. Wo the army and we the people then returned to a greater work and to loftier honors. We know, how- ever, that the corruption which attends war re- quires our attention as well as war itself. Who better than the army emanating from us through which we preserved our nationality and civilization at the same time can deal with this great trouble? This army, the peo- ple, once under arms, now come together as representatives of the people and throw a, moral force into the political scale to which our Congress must listen. The same indomi- table resolution which swept the blast of war over eleven great States to remind them that they were rising against civilization will also overturn Congress if it fail to appreciate the results of the struggle and shape laws for the greatest general good. It is for this that the armies of the Cumberland, the Ohio, of Georgia and of Tennessee gathered in Chicago. The Army of the Potomac, although not present, responds to the purpose. Three years of disgraceful wranglings have followed our civil contest. For a time it was uncertain if Congress had the brains to dis- cover which side had gained, and the people, North and South, felt that, through legislative imbecility, they might have to draw the sword again. By the election of General Grant the country takes breath; and now comes the moment when Congress can show if it appre- ciates the political situation, or if it will drive onto ruin. The first sign of a return of com- mon sense must be a restoration to the Execu- tive of all his rights intact under the consti- tution. Todo this the Tenure of Office bill must be revoked; for it is simply ridiculous to suppose that the President of the United States can be responsible for the proper execution of the laws if ministers are appointed by the Senate to execute them for him. The Presi- dent’s Cabinet must be selected by himself, and they should be rigidly responsible to the President for the management of their depart - ments. Congress cannot interfere with the other two branches of our government without sapping its foundations and finally overthrow- ing it, We, the people, through the army which we raised for our national good, still sustain that army in its moral organization to watch over the interests of the country. Should the moment come when it is no longer needed we will again absorb it from view and direct its energies upon afield more boundless and inviting than any that ever yet unrolled itself to the ambition of man. Mr. Jenckes? Civil Service Bill. Mr. Jenckes has spent a great deal of time unnecessarily on his Civil Service bill. The only feature of any value in it is that of put- ting candidates for office through an examina- tion to test their fitness. But this can be done now without any special act of Congress. Every secretary or head of a department has the power now of establishing a system of thorough examination, and the President could order that to be done at any time. It is an administrative prerogative, just as it is the right and duty of the managing man of any business house to ascertain the fitness of clerks before he employs them. As to removal from office, that ought to be left to the President and his secretaries, where the power always existed until the Tenure of Office bill was passed. [Efficient administration depends upon the responsibility being placed in the heads of the government; but under the Tenure of Office bill or Mr. Jenckes’ Civil Service bill the subordinates are in a measure independent. The bill of Mr. Jenckes is altogether unnecessary. All that is needed is the repeal of the Tenure of Office law. Thus untrammelled the new administration under General Grant will be as well disciplined and effective as the regular army. The General will hold the secretaries responsible, and they again their chiefs of bureaus. There is no way of restoring the public service to any- thing like honesty and efficiency but this. General Grant can be trusted, and is just the man to organize a good administrative system if not hindered by the intermeddling of Con- gress. The Tenure of Office bill should be repealed at once, then, and the track cleared for the new President. a The Fourteenth Amendment. A bill has passed both houses of Congress repealing the act which prohibits a local militia organization in the late rebel States. Another bill has been introduced in the Senate “to punish the crime of holding office in violation of the fourteenth amendment of the constitution.” Now, if bit by bit this amendment is to be en- forced, Congress may not get through with it for a year or two tocome., The shortest and the proper way to act in this matter is to pass a general law to carry into effect the provisions of said amendment; for the power over the subject in “‘appropriate legislation” is given to Congress. A general act, there- fore, should be passed cutting down all the reconstruction laws to the terms of said amendment, and providing for the regulation of suffrage in all States according to said amendment, &c. Some of the radical leaders, however, are not ready for this step, but contemplate a new amendment establishing universal suffrage. We must insist, never- theless, meantime, upon “the. constitution as it is.” Otherwise, from sich things as the general jail delivery under this fourteenth amendment by Judge Underwood, of Virginia, and from the proposition in Congress to re- construct Georgia over again, &c., we shall only have in the South “‘confusion worse con- founded.” Apuirat Farragut Deottngs THE Hoxor.—. Admiral Farragut has modestly declined the honor of a public dinner proffered to him by a number of sagacious citizens who foresee in this gallant and distinguished naval hero ‘the coming man.” He does not yet sce it himself. Next year, however, the same compliment will doubtless be again tendered to our American Nelson, and, probably, be again declined with thanks. For a third and a fourth time it will be proffered, but the fourth time the scales will perhaps have fallen from the eyes of the Ad- miral, who will then have learned to see hin” self as others see him, the favorite candidate | in 1872 for the highest office within the gift of the nation. Tue Gueat Wasirtsarox Myatsry—Caleb Cushing's secret mission from the State De- partmen!, Perhaps it is to negotiate for the purchase of Cape Hern, #0 as, with the centre, to have both ends of the Continert We have no doubt that the stories told of the use of a certain part of the Alaska purchase money are based on truth. These stories merely point, for the ten thousandth time, to what is, unfortunately, the way things are done at the national capital, It may not be true that only five millions finally went to Russia, but that a goodly slice of the seven million two hundred thousand was put in the hands of a Washington banker for local use has the highest probability on its very face. Indeed, the banker, Mr. Riggs, acknowledges that he had the money, and thus the first step in the story—the necessary initiation of all the other steps—proves to be true astold. The statement is that this money was put in the hands of the banker to fee local magnates of all sorts—members of Congress who had votes, lawyers and other learned men who could arrange points of detail, and, in conversation, impress members with a notion that the pur- chase was a grand coup; and, finally, editors and correspondents, who, if they could not con- vince the public of the advantage of the move- ment, could cease to oppose it. One of the local magnates, Robert J. Walker, acknow- ledges the corn and owns that he received twenty thousand dollars, This, with the banker, gives two good acknowledgments ; and while two parties thus acknowledge their part, not one of all the others mentioned has ven- tured a personal denial. The newspapers are in it deeply. The Tribune of this city is put down as provided for in two separate sums—one of $5,000 for the Washington correspondent and one of $20,000 for the “‘New York Tribune.” The correspondents of the Z%imes, World and Post of this city are said to have come in for the dribbling of this cash and to have secured little sums, proportionate, no doubt, to the influence of those sheets. The Washington Chronicle, the Boston Journal, the Boston Advertiser, the Philadelphia Press and the Chicago T'ri- bune are all in the list, Washington corres- pondents are often bought, and the editors of the papers that are implied in the bargain cannot help it. We need hardly say that the editors are seldom cognizant of the sale. Every man is liable to be imposed upon and even compro- mised in his business by faithless agents, and the public doubtless knows by this time that this is the origin of nearly all the stories of the bribery of newspapers. Some reporter, corre- spondent or similar agent is bribed, and the really responsible managers of a journal never hear of the transaction unless from the dupe who paid the money. Thus in the above list there is no great prejudice to any sheets except the Washington paper and the Tribune of this city. True, the other papers might make the attempt to get honest men in such important places, and it is to their re- proach if they fail in at least making the effort. But the Tribune stands in the number of pa- pers that were bought in this city as well as in Washington, and it is remembered that its very active hostility to the Alaska purchase became a very gentle and gingerly opposition toward the close of the transaction. Mr. Baldwin, of the Worcester Spy—the paper that first gave a substantial form to these stories—is a member of Congress, and as such, perhaps, feels that he is in a delicate position, since they have attracted so much at- tention. He, therefore, in an article given in another column, endeavors to soften the statements, and declares they were not made by him. This merely means that he wishes personally to escape the annoyance of being held in any way responsible ; it does not mean that he doubts their truth. We hope the lob- bymen, correspondents and others will now take notice of the fact that there is another chance—that a Danish minister is on the way here to secure the purchase of the island of St. Thomas, and that he comes provided with money. Wars ain, Extraordinary Theatagical News. The town has been startled by the news of another theatrical revolution. It seems that on the 9th of next February, by a contract which was formally concluded yesterday, Mr. Fisk, the new proprietor of Pike's Opera House, will undertake to solve the problem whether a railway director ora theatre mana- ger is the more or the less certain of success. It must be conceded that he has secured a favorable guarantee for success in having in- duced Mr. Tayleure, the enterprising and for- tunate manager of the Olympic theatre, to de- vote himself for two years to the task of estab- lishing the popularity of the superb opera house at the corner of Twenty-third street and Eighth avenue. Twenty years of profes- sional experience and the prestige of ‘‘Humpty Dumpty’s” marvellous success may well justify the confidence of Mr. Tayleure in his new undertaking. Mr. Tayleure will soon visit Europe with a view to the completion of cer- tain arrangements which he has already planned, and on the Ist of March he proposes to open the campaign with a series of Shaks- pearian spectacular representations. It is said that one feature of the new régime at Pike’s will be a uniform price of fifty cents for all the seats in the house, A similar feature at Niblo’s in its palmiest days proved equally popular and advantageous, What tho ides of March have in store for Manager Bateman, with his irrepressible energy, hia fertility of resources and his two splendid opera bougfe companies, ‘doth not yet appear.” Prvsnina On.—The superintendent of the Union Pacific Railroad has informed the Post- master General, under date of the 15th instant, that the Pacific Railway is ready for the trans- portation of the mails—the track being cleared of snow all the way—to Evanston, a point nine hundred and fifty-seven miles west of Omaha, which is pretty well through the Rocky Moun- tains; while the road from the San Francisco end coming Bast is a long way this side of the great Sierra Nevada chain, and is still pushing ahead over the plains of Utah at the rate of three or four milesaday. The gap between the two roads (some three hundred and odd miles) will be closed probably before the Ist ot June. Smart Favors Toankrutty Reoriven.— The Harlem Gas Company have given notice to their consumers that their gas on the 1st of January will be reduced to three dollars and a half per thousand feet. A Goop Sign—The despondency of the high protectionists in Congress in reference to the little experimental new Tariff bill before the House. side of the Atlantic will in the least degree affect her action. Mr. Sumner’s resolution is therefore entirely out of place. Turkey and Greece. The Eastern question, which for a time has been in abeyance, is again fairly revived. The Cretan difficulty was supposed to have been played out. The insurrection was put down, and in spite of the reports which have been freely circulated to the contrary the clemency manifested towards the vanquished insurgents was magnanimous and wise. The trouble on the island has been kept alive wholly by Grecian intrigue. Everything has been done by the Greek government and by private citizens to encourage and keep alive the disaffection of the Cretans. The Sultan's government has been singularly patient and long-suffering under great provocation. It has remonstrated with Greece directly; it has called forth remonstrances from the Western Powers who are parties to the treaties which guarantee the satus guo in the East; but all has been unavailing. The Greeks have persisted in their meddling and contemptible policy. Turkish patience is at last exhausted. The Greeks, stubborn as ever, have rejected the Sultan’s ultimatum. The re- sult, according to our latest news, is that the Greek Ambassador has left Contantinople and the Turkish Ambassador has left Athens. What adds a little to the complication of affairs is the re¢all from Constantinople of the Austrian Ambassador, who, it appears, had been mak- ing himself offensive to the government there. As we understand the situation, the Turkish government has the sympathy of Great Britain, France and Austria, and from the recent ad- vice of Prussia to Prince Charles of Roumania it is reasonable to infer that Prussia goed with the other great Western Powers. The case, thus looked at, is bad for Greece. Indeed, the persistency of the Greek government in this matter is unintelligible on any other sup- position than that it confidently counts on a rising among the Greek subjects of the Porte, and that it is secretly encouraged by Russian emissaries. If war does break out between Greece and Turkey, and Russta is kept out of it, it will virtually amount to a civil war. The great object of the Western Powers will be to keep Russia out of the mélée, If Russia does interfere a European war will be unavoidable. We are hopeful that the collision will yet be avoided; but we cannot deny that the present aspect of things is ominous of great trouble. ‘The New Captain General for Cuba. We learn by cable telegram from Cadiz yes- terday that General Dulce, the newly ap- pointed Captain General for Cuba, has sailed from that port for Havana with the fleet and reinforcements for the army. It is generally supposed that he brings ample powers to adapt his government in the colony to the new state of things he will find there, and an important increase to the war power of the Spanish authorities. It is also announced officially in Madrid that the election of the Cuban deputies to the Cortes will be held immediately after his arrival at Havana, We can hardly sup- pose that the election of two or three deputies, to be snubbed in the Spanish Cortes as their pre- decessors have always been, will be found sufi- cient to counteract a revolution already in pos- session of one-half of the territory of the island and commanding the sympathies of nine-tenths of the population. More ample reforms than this are needed, and no one knows this better than General Dulce himself. We have already pointed out the fact that the period of his arrival will be the critical hour for the existing revolution. His former admin- istration in the island was very successful one. His urbanity of manner and liberal sen- timents made him popular among Cubans as well as Spaniards, and his wife is a large pro- perty holder there, both of real and personal estate. It is not unlikely, if he comes with anything of a conciliatory spirit, that the large property holders of the western department, in view of the fearful results which will assuredly follow a sudden liberation of the slaves by civil war, may take sides with him and bring matters to an amicable adjustment. The un- wise policy which Spain has always pursued in depriving the native Cubans of all consid- eration in the government except as taxpay- ers must be laid aside, and the new Captain General can restore peace only on conditions which shall be alike honorable to Cubans as well as Spaniards. The usual running time of steamships bes tween Cadiz and Havana is about twenty days. As General Dulce comes with a fleet we can hardly anticipate his arrival under thirty daya, which will bring him upon the ground about the middle of January. The progress of the revolution in the next four weeks will, there- fore, have much significance. FINE ARTS. It is encouraging to find an artist of the acknow- ledged calibre of Mr. John A. Hows lending his efforts and his influence to the popularization of art by means of chromo-lithography. Last evening a numerous assemblage of artists and lovers of art admired at the galleries of the Messrs. Gurney, on Broadway, Mr. Hows’ picture of the homestead and birth piace of Willlam Cullen Bryant, one of the most truly representative poets oi America, and the chromo of this picture which has just been completed by Messrs. Fabrinius, Gur- ney & Son. The picture was painted from sketches made by Mr. Hows at Cammington, in Mas- sachusetts, during the past summer. It presents @ rear view of the house in which Mr. inryant waa orn, y astures, nah a the pretty little village of ie pe ¢ finest part of the picture is the prospect which it affords of the rolling hilis of Berk- ahire county. Across the foreground runs the stream which suggested to Bryant the famous poem of “The Rivulet,”’ bordered with masses of wild roses, ferns and ee ey, while the red plume of the cardinal flower and the purple shaft of the moonhead lift up along the banks:— Thou ever oroes rivalet Dost dimp! jd pratt yet And, sporting ‘with the sands Yoai Pi The windings of the silver wa And dancing to thy own wild chimes, Tiiou lnughest at the lapse of time. Sale of Paintings. Although the weather was exceedingly unfavor- able there was quite a large attendance at the auction sale of paintings held at the Leeds Art Gallery last evening. Many of the leading buyers were present, and whenever a work of more than average merit was offered the bidding was spirited. The prices realized were far from encouraging, however. A careful copy of Murillo’s “Beggar Boy,” handsomely framed, only brought $30. A $10 frane containit @ conventional “Madonna and Child,” the work afortunately “unknown” es Wi was purchased by an sopescsatys, dealer for Ta teehee oe high price. “Evening on the Lake picture by A. Ahlers, sold for 3 00° 50, Eo “Barly Summer,” by Hubbard, for $22 60. A small — interior, by Teniers, was sacrificed at $13. most ex! a si moonlight, was knocked down at $11. rt attempt was madeto get a higher bid than $14 for & Nerne effective ish of raspberries, by Mario. eT a hael’s “Holy “Soe ina nd antique pattern was “given cwaye Soon An effective painting representi baldi flying from his Austrian cae the dylug Anita in his Bag On chased for $46. “Winter,” a “charming. sete D, Lewis, brought $23. The Seta ot Good News for the Washingten Lobby. The lobbymen and some of the newspaper correspondents in Washington will no doubt rejoice at the opening of the new field for spec- ulation and peculation which the cable news brings, to the effect that Mr, Raasloff, the dis- tinguished Danish Minister of War, is in fail- ing health and in a few days will visit our shores for the purposes of recuperation. It is pleasant to learn that our climate is thought by the people of Northern Burope © to be 80 favorable for invalids; but the worst possi- ble place for an invalid like Mr. Raasloff is the city of Washington, and the worst possible time for him to visit our great capi- tal is while Congress is in session. Mr. Raasloff is said to be one of the most ac- complished of European diplomats. He is a gentleman of great erudition, of varied accom- plishments, and of most fascinating address. The people of this country are much given to lionizing, and in no part of the country is this penchant more fully developed than in the city of Washington during the session of Con- gress. Ifthe War Minister should take up his abode in that city he will be plunged into a sea of troubles, to the great detriment of his efforts to recover hishealth. There are politi- cians in Washington who are on the qui vive for the main chances, It is said that some of them became such great bores to the Russian Minister pending the purchase of Alaska in their unremit- ted attention to his comfort that he was in great danger of losing his mental equilibrium, and that in pure self-defence against the importunities of his new-found friends he was compelled to close the bargain for the sale of Alaska upon terms which must have cost him some twinges of conscience when he reflected upon the dis- position of the purchase money. Now we fear that if the Danish Minister should take up his abode in Washington it may be imagined that his sovereign has some real estate to sell, in which event the best thing he conld do would be to propose to the lobby to let them have the entire management of all negotiati pro- vided his government shall resciea i end Cherioe indo, ‘ofS Workshop stay vine Page the Pay sician's about, say one-half of what our government shall pay for the Island of Earthquakes, St, Thomas. This*would be a very simple way to relieve himself from all trouble. But it would be far better that he should not go to Wash- ington at all, and that he should make his so- journ anywhere east of the Alleghanics as brief as possible. The climate of our Western prairies is extremely invigorating. If he will at once set out for our great West he will un- doubtedly receive a cordial welcome from the gallant generals in command there. They will afford him ample protection against hostile In- dians, They will not embarrass him with any suggestions about real estate speculations in the Island of the Sea. He will find much to interest, amuse and instruct him, and we are quite sure that in a short time he will be so fully restored to health that he will be able to return to his duties at home as the Minister of War with more than his pristi e vigor. Visit,” 8150; “A atibes re, capt" $190. These ecares 4-4 really ble copy of Guido’s ‘‘Aa- tora’ was $57 60. A beautifully finished marine view, by Jules Noel, brought $60. A pretentious “Moonlight Scene,” ped spoiled a goodly stretch of canvas, realized liberal ailow- ance of frame included) as much as The money = bye ae a tn e sale wil cont — this evening, when @ much better collection will be offered. = —— AUCTION SALE OF CARRIAGES AND SLEIGHS. The armory of the Twenty-second regiment, im Fourteenth street, near Sixth avenue, has been, for the nonce, transformed, and instead of being Giled with implements of war, gun carriages and the like, contains a splendid assortment of carriages which tell only of luxurious . Yesterday mornin; however, one Edward Rthenck, jocund KD! toe tne hammer, elevated soinewhat above thee level of the crowd of admirers who had gathered @ sale of the aforesaid peace carriages, = of the handsome specimens of the coach- Cer eet eit oprend anes mati et r; Ww and wagons nt wheeled vebicies of Bit the Tasnionable sizes. Winter ey a provided for in nnape ft sl I wil Gracstely carted ‘ram runners tl rare that Hiogacth “anor fi ima- “ for a moment that bis oe of beauty was outdone. y clarences averaged in price from $1,000 to Sonater Sumncr’s Resolution en Spain. bein aoe : ib 10 200, top wagor py Senator Sumner has presented a resolution om Boy pe | si a og stcgh fg FE sumed last ni able state of t was very good. posed of, ht and, not frithstandine the di weather, the attendance at the sale Some $5,000 worth in all were dia- to the Senate, which has been reported back in a modified form from the Committee on Foreign Relations. The first part of the reso- lution, which expresses the sympathy of the people of the United States with the people of Spain “‘in their effort to establish a new order of things,” is rather vague and milk-and- watery. Of course the United States people sympathize with Spain, or, for the matter of that, with any other country which desires to get rid of monarchy, provided the change is good for the people. We have our own views |* of the exceHence of republican institutions, and we naturally expect that other people should be as-wise as we are. But the second ALONG THE HUDSON. The Ice in the River—Twelve Vessels Frozen In on Croton Fiate—Sheoting Afiray at News burg. Povankgersif, Dec. 16, 1968. Heavy masses of floating ice are visible in the Hudson trom Rhinebeck as far south as Hastings. ‘The Rhinebeck ferryboat has great diMouity im forcing her way across the river. The propeller Joha L. Hasbrouck reached here from New York at noom to-day—nearly ten hours behind time. She will re- turn at ten o’clock to-morrow cL oan meee ere sail of vessels are frozen in of them ta the schooner Charies cosine, ner Stee vor sel. Another is @ market sloop; loaded iin novice part of Mr. Sumner's resolution, which appeals Pru ghiy’ proba ee hearty u, to the people of Spain to immediately emanci-_ epring? | f Cor aoe wing here ae nate ‘oretock to-night, with wind northeast and ance of a prol atorm. A shooting satay” ocered a oon tet States ay Newburg, ‘about two o’olock yesterday morn- . A man nained C,H. ‘a New Yorker, into an altercation veun.pifan ‘Adams, of New: pai about the loss of afafty dollar bill. During pate the slaves in all the Spanish colonies, is simply impertinent, We take it that Spain can settle that matter in her own way just as we did in our way when the proper time é t aimed a gh at arrived, What is good for the new Hoesen te ata ifn emote fmocked the pistol towards when itis established, and whatever shape it.) the foor, The ball Adams’ seomach, and may assume out of the present chaos, Spain’ toa ia BS ees Rectan ca Te arremed soe will do; and no impudent interference on the | dangerously inured.