The New York Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1869, Page 6

6 _t_____—— NE Ww YORK HERALD BRO! ADV dAMES GORDON BENNETT, Petsessscoseute \ Bg or news letter and telegraphic must be addressed New York All busi: desp HERALp. : Letters and packages should be properly scaled, Rejected communications will not om re- turned, ENTS THIS EVENING. B aw A AY THEATRE, Broadway.—VicTims-—SoLon Sur NEW YORK THEATRE, DavenrEr. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Tut BURLESQUE Ex- QRAVAGANZA OF TUE FORTY THIEVES. Broadway.—Tur PLeDiaN THEATRE, Bowery.—Tuz Eraiop—SKELE- ANOTHER GLASS. BOWERY ton Wires: orner ot Eighth avenue and RA HOU: A PERICHOLE. GRAND WALLA Mucu Ap BROU Lars fi OLYMPIC THEAT tira NEw Feat woon’s Broadway.—Acternoon and ev USEUM AND THEATRE, Thirtioth street and ¢ Performance. THE TAMMANY, Fourteenth street.—TuE RISLEY JAPANESE TROUPE, &C. UN GUE CLUB THEATRE.—EMILIA Ga- Lortt- 1A USPIELERE MRS. F. B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn.— Arrex Dark. 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Enrope. ‘The cable telegrams are dated February 1. ‘ The first business of the Spanish Constituent Cortes on assembling will be to establish a Directory to govern the country until a sovereign is chosen, A deputation of citizens in favor of a republic waited /apon the Ministers on Sunday last and requested them to issue a decree declaring the separation of Churen from State. Public demonstratons and the utterance of political cries by the people are for- bidden. A telegram from Athens announces that the Greek Cabinet have decided to agree to the propositions of the Paris Conference and that the protocol will in all Probability be signed. : A report from Constantinople says that Mr. Seward has instructed Mr. Morns, American Minister to ‘Turkey, to over the mediation of the wei? States to the Sublime Porte. The Chiuese Embassy are meeting with ‘amas. nificent reception in Paris. The opposition speakers in the French Chambers demand the restoration of diplomatic relations with Mexico. A severe storm raged in Ireland yesterday. A biil allowing trial by jury in all cases of viola- tion of the laws for the regulation of the press has been passed by the Austrian Reichsrath. Paraguay. A letter has been received by his parents in Catta- raugus county from Porter C. Bliss, one of the American prisoners recently held by Lopez. He was at the date of the letter (December 19), on board the Guerriere, off Montevideo, on his way home, Lopez having surrendered him and his companion, Mas. terman, on condition that they should be tried in tue United states for conspiring against the Lopez government. Mexico. By way of San Francisco we learn that affairs in Colima remain unchanged. Cuba. Three schooners, the Gypsy, Frank, and another, unknown, bound for Key West, are reported to have been tured recently by @ Spanish mwan-of-war and taken into Havana. Hayti. on Port au Prince letter ts dated January 15, 3 re near Aux Cayes, and Salnave had offered to hem to plunder the town if they took it. ench Admiral has demanded an apology from General Chevalier, commanding at Gonaives, for his insults to Frencir subjects, De- mands from Mr. Seward had been received for ex- P ation in regard to the gunboats Petion and Manza, carrying the United States flag. Congress. In the nate yesterday the bill to transfer the Indian be to the War Department was reported from the Comunitiee on Indian Affairs, with a recom. mendation that it be indeinitely postponea. The Commitice on Commerce reported the Dill for a@ teleyrapbh to Asia, Considerable discussion ensted on a resolution authorizing the rior to erect a new building for on of the Interior Department, Mr. Hen- Mr. Conkling. having a sharp passage at s in Ue course of it, A communication was pre. senied stating that Miss Vinnie Ream had completed her plaster cast of Mr. Lincoln and asking for the. appropriation of $5,000. The Consular Appropria- tioa bill Was thea taken np, and Mr. Patterson, of New Hampshire, proposed an an the appropriation vo carry into es Great Britain reiative to the prev trade from $12,000 to $3,000, and afterwards he pro- posed another amendment reducing it to $450. A spirited discussion ensued between Mr. Sumner and ‘Mr. Patterson and the Senate adjourned. In the House, under the Monday call, Mr. Rebin- fon (democrat) introduced bills increasing the Presi- ‘y to $100,000 and donating $75,000 to the children of President Lincotn. Others ed to present the Miantonomoh and mis) to the Greek government, and proposing an amendment to the constitution in re- ference to the Electoral Colleges. A resolution to increase the compensation of civil em- ployes ten per cent was laid an the tavle by a Vole of 70 to 74. Mr, Orta introduced a ndment reducing e treaty with of the slave Joint resolution providing for the annexation of St. Domingo as a Territory, and moved the previous question, which was not seconded, and the resolution ‘was iaid on the table by @ vote of 110 to 63, A reso- 4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. Intion directing the Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest Florence Scannell for contempt in refusing to an- swer questions put to him by the New York Biection Frauds Committee was adopted. It was fresolved that evening sessions should be held hereafter, in order to dispose of the Internal Revenue bill in Com- mittee of the Whole. The business on the Speaker's table was then taken up and the House adjourned. The Legislature. Tn the State Senate last evening bilis were intro- duced to fix the rate of interest upon a loan or for- bearance of any money or goods in action at seven per cent for one year, and after that a different rate, not to exceed ten per cent; to provide that the own- er of any property against which a len may be filed in the city, of New York may, on notice of five days to the party who filed such lien, present sureties and thus relieve the property from the possession of the officers, and to provide that no sportsman shall shoot any bird or antmal in Westchester county for five years after the passage of the act, under @ penalty of $50 for each offence. In the Assembly bills were introduced in relation to the apprenticeship sy8tem; for regulating convict labor in State prisons, and relative to railroads trans- ferring freight and their liability as common car- ners, A communication was presented from the Board of Metropolitan Police, in which they state that in their opinion the salaries of patrolmen should not be tncreased, and that as many good men can be obtained at the present rate as are required. There are 2,374 policemen in the district, Miscellaneous, The United States Supreme Court decided yester- day that the income tax 1s constitutional. - The reported arrangement of the repeal difficul- ties between Nova Scotia and the New Dominion of Canada is based on the fact that Sir John A. Mac- donald has agreed to introduce a measure in Parlia- ment to have the Nova Scotia debt reduced two mil- lions on her entering the confederation and to grant the province a subsidy of about $80,000 per year for ten years, A despatch has been received from Eng- land to the.effect that no consideration of the repeal Measure will be had by Mr. Gladstone, The British troops serving in Ontario, Canada, are to be withdrawn after the 3d of May, except a com- pany of rifles. London is to be abandoned as a military post. Several dams at Danbury, Conn., gaye way on Saturday night, and the water swept through the town with irresistible fored, carrying away houses, trees, fences and bridges with it, Five persons were found drowned in the streams yesterday morning and eight or nine others are missing. Secretary Browning, of the Interior, gave a recep- tion to his colored messengers and their families on Saturday afternoon. The cadets of Georgetown Coliege paid a visit to President Johnson yesterday, An explosion of nitro-glycerine occurred at a rock blasting in South Petersburg, Rensselaer county, N. Y., on Saturday morning, by which three men were killed and five injured. Brigham Young has not been attacked by Paraly- sis, but is reported quite A locomotive exploded near Barnesville, Ohio, yes- terday, killing the engineer and freman and wound- ing three men. Brooks and Orine, convicted of the murder of Theo- dore Brodhead at Stroudsburg, Pa., are to be exe- cuted on the 26th of February. The City. The inquest in the Rogers murder case was con- cluded yesterday, the jury rendering a verdict of death at the hands of some person unknown. The Logans were turned over by the Coroner to the Dis- trict Attorney, who ordered them to be held, Itis now asserted that the murder was committed for the purpose of securing the money on a life insurance on Mr. Rogers’ life held by a speculator. In the Board of Aldermen yesterday the reports of the Central Park and Street Commissioners were re- ceived. Committees were appointed to make arrangements for a proper celebration of Washing- ton’s Birthday, and to proceed to Washington to obtain $800,000 disbursed by the city for war pur- poses, In the Lower Board several resolutions relative to procuring badges, manuals, &c., of slight impor- tance, except in requiring aconsiderabie outlay of money, were adopted. Numerous streets were or- dered paved with Belgian pavement and a com- mittee was appointed to devise measures for remedy- ing the dirty condition of the streets. In the Board of Health yesterday an inspector re- that there was no slaughtering of animals below Fortieth street. Dr. Harris reported that there were 426 deaths in this city last week. There were 1,368 persons married during the month of January, and 1,224 births. The clothing cutters of the city held a meeting yesterday to consider the feasibility of strking for higher wages. A majority of the shops were re- ported in favor of a demand for an increase, but the measure was postponed until the other shops are heard from. , Frederick A. Goodall, Wesley Lynn and two other persons were brought before Justice Dowling, at the Tombs Police Court, yesterday morning, on a charge of defrauding the Pacific Ratlroad Company of $124,000 by means of alleged false representations. The parties were committed without bail and the case was adjourned until to-morrow. In the Superior Court, Trial Term, yesterday, Judge Monell took his seat on the bench for the transaction of business. There was, however, a ery insufficient attendance of jurors, and the court in consequence adjourned till this morning. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday Re- corder Hackett opened the February Term, James Smith and Dennis Connor pleaded guilty to robbery ,in the first degree and were each sent to the State Prison for five years. The Hamburg-American Packet Company’s steam- ship Holsatia, Captain Ehicrs, will leave Hoboken at two P.M. to-day for Havre and Hamburg. The mails for Europe will close at the Post Office at twelve M. ‘The stock market yesterday was irregular and de- pressed in consequence of further Western legisla- tion in frustration of prominent railway projects. Gold was weak and sold down to 1353. With moderate arrivals, amounting to about 1,900 head, and a fair demand the market for beef cattle yesterday was quite steady at the following quota- tions:—Prime and extra, 16\%¢. @ 17¢.; fair to good, 15c. @ 6c, and inferior to ordinary, loc, @ 14}sc. Milch cows were slow of sale, but being in limited supply were held at about former prices, viz.:—Prime and extra, $90 @ $120; fair to good, $75 ; common, S00 a $70; mferior, $45 a $55. Veal calves were in mode- rate request at 12c, a 13¢, for prime and extra, 10c, @ 11%. for common to good and 9c. a oxc. for inferior, For sheep the market was passably active and prices were @eady; the arrivals were light, Extra were selling at Tic. @ Te. prime 6c. a 7c. and common to good 5c. 264c. Swine were dull and prices were nominally Lic. a 11\¢., with arrivais of 1,761 head. Prominent Arrivals in the City, General Stanwood, of Alabama; Colonel M. Friea- man, of Philadelphia, and W. S. Kingsbury, of Bos- ton, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. General E. H. Marshall, of the United States Army, is at the St, Nicholas Hotel. Congressman L. W. Ross, of Ilinois; Judge Com- of New York; Captain Dodge, of the Unitea States Army, and 8, A. Dodge of Vermont, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Captain Watson, of the steamship Palmyra, and M. Scott, of Baltimore, are at the Holman House, General L. F. Brennan, of Atlanta, Ga., and Joseph Farre(l, of Charleston, 8. C., are at the West- moreland Hotel, J. J. Shore, of St. Louis, and J. J. Stranahan, of Erie, Pa., are at the St. Charles Hotel. Hiram Faulkner, of New York; B. James, of Buffalo, and J. Langdon Curtis, of Maine, are at the St. Julian Hotel, Dr. Theophilus Mack. of St, Catharine, Canada, is at the New Yérk Hotel, Dr. F. minott and Francis Peabody, of Boston, are at the Brevoort House, A SIGs or THz Times,—The preponderance in the city news is in favor of police news in all the papers. The things that happen often- est in the cityrand seem best worth telling are offences against good order. General Grant and the Radical Mana-| Murders and Robberies—A Public Meeting gere=What Will They Do with Himt= What He May Do with Them. What is to be done with General Grant? The sphinx continues dumb, and the listening worshippers gathered around him are in a painful state of perturbation. He seeks no conferences with the radical managers in the lump or in detail; he does not send for them, and when they call upon him to pump him he talks horse or offers them a choice cigar; he travels East, he travels West, he attends Union League welcomes, lawyers’ dinners, wedding festivals and fashionable suppers ; he walks among the bulls and bears of Wall street and rides behind a pair of fast trotters among the horse jockeys of Harlem lane; he sees everybody, talks with anybody, and yet nobody can get at the secyet of his Cabinet or his policy. What does it all mean? Does he meditate the despotic réle of Cromwell, pre- dicted by General Blair?—the treachery to human rights, feared by Wendell Phillips, or the defection of Captain Tyler or Andy Johnson? These questions and such as these are not only perplexing the politicians, but exciting the public curiosity. But this suspense can- not last much longer. For the present General Grant, without an official notice of his election as President, may entertain the soldier’s ideas of the propriety of silence on the subject; but next week the votes of the Electoral Colleges will be counted and the result proclaimed in Congress, and then, perhaps, he will disclose his chosen advisers and define his position. For a few days this week he is expected to be once more the lion of New York, and we un- derstand that the managing politicians here- abouts intend to seize the opportunity to draw him out—to make him speak—to bring a, pres- gure upon h him which he cannot resist. - They say that his reticence has been long enough respected; that the party which has made him: President is entitled to some respect from him ; that it will have no further evasions, trifling, hedging or humbugging; but that he must show his colors and declare his intentions or prepare for the fate of Johnson. The recognized orthodox radical organ heré has neither warning nor encouragement to give the faithful concerning Grant, but it sticks to the Tenure of Office law. On the other hand, the Jack-in-the-box, facing-both-ways, semi-repub- lican organ hard by betrays the spirit of rebellion against the President elect. It tells him sub- stantially that he does not understand his position; that he is notthe master, but the ser- vant; that even the wisdom of a still tongue in his case has ceased to denote a wise head ; but that, on second thoughts, General Grant may be wisely left to his own discretion. Here we have a sharply given hint of mutiny and a silky apology; but the hint is suggestive of an approaching fight among the factions over the shoulders of Grant. As the matter stands it would appear that the first endorser of the paper of Jeff Davis holds the whiphand over the chosen orator of Andy Johnson. A few days more and we may have a solution of the mystery or confusion worse confounded; but we must take things as they come. Meantime the House bill repealing the Tenure of Office law remains untouched in the Senate. The radical managers of that body distrust the silence of Grant. They are evi- dently resolved to bring him to terms in black and white before they give him their vote of confidence. We expect, therefore, that he will go into the White House bound with the shackles taken from Johnson and that so, under the law, he may be restrained from a general clearing out of the whiskey rings and all the other rings fattening upon their spoils from the Treasury and the taxpaying masses of the people. Not a doubt seems to be'enter- tained anywhere that General Grant will faith- fully carry out the reconstruction laws and all the other laws of Congress. The only fear seems to be that hq may bring to light and break up the vast and comprehensive abomina- tions and corruptions and robberies of the revenue rings and lobby coalitions of the re- publican party. What, then, is General Grant to do, if, as President, he shall find himself tied up, like Johnson, with the Tenure of Office law? His true course will be to dismiss, as fast as he finds them, the official plunderers or confede- rates of the plunderers of the Treasury, and to put honest men in their places, with his reasons to the Senate, as the law requires, for these changes. In pursuing this policy let the President act upon evidence sufficient, in his own honest judgment, for a removal, and let him pursue this purpose to a general clear- ing out, and he may challenge the Senate to meet him upon this issue. He may have to fight a lobby capital of millions of money ; his sweeping plan of reform may be checked by the Senate, but it will be supported by the country. Let him make this battle, and if hampered and delayed by the spoils coalitions of his first Congress, the next to be elected, in 1870, will be with him. In our judgment the only serious apprehensions entertained by the radical managers in reference to the Cabinet or the policy of Grant are their apprehensions of a break-up and dispersion of the hordes of radical spoilsmen and plunderers now fleecing the Treasury at the rate of hyndreds of mil- lions a year. “Ta ) ea ae os Important Decisions py THE UNtTep STATES Supreme Covrt.—Two important decisions by the United States Supreme Court are reported in to-day’s Heratp. One of them expresses the opinion of the court that by a true con- struction of the Internal Revenue law it was not intended to tax the incomes of persons other than citizens of the United States, wherever resident, and of residents, whether citizens or not. It also limits the State jurisdiction to impose taxes. The other decision holds that the income tax is constitutional, defines its nature, and lays down the duty of assessors as to returns of income made in coin. Ma. Sewarn's Orrer or Meviation ay THE Unirep Staves Berweex Turkey anv Greece.—It is now probable that the quarrel Demanded. What can be done to check the dreadful in- crease of crime in this city ? Where shall we look for relief ? Who is responsible ? These are! questions that demand serious attention and speedy answers, and the promi- nent citizens of New York should immediately call a public meeting and let these interroga- tories go before it with a force that will admit of no delay.| Now isthe time. It will not do to wait and leave the work to a vigilance com- mittee. Where to Purchase Real Estate—The In- tereceanic Canal Question. t We have had all kinds of wild schemes in our State Department for the expenditure of the public money—a veritable mania for real estate speculations, Alaska was purchased for seven million two hundred thousand dol- | lars, with all its icebergs, mineral wealth, cod fisheries, seals,’ fogs and Esquimaux. We have made several attempts to find it since we were permitted to hoist our flag there ; but, judging from the uncertainty of the reports that reach us, Alaska is a misty nothing— a seven million two hundred thousand dollar dream. When our real estate agent cooled off the public mind in the Polar regions he thought it might be refreshing to try a tropical entertainment. The wires were manipulated to serve,up an island or two as an entrée pre- vious to the heavier dish marked Mexico on the bill of fare. Nature willingly assisted in drawing attention to the speck called St. Thomas. The dish was tossed about until, between earthquakes, tidal waves and hurri- canes, ‘it was cooked toa turn, Our agent then announced that the price for this rare and extraordinary mixture was only seven millions of dollars. Nothing but a bite for Uncle Sam, and fit tg eat at any moment, as it is constantly kept warm and ready to be served up, with all its population. But the Alaska purchase made our Congressional teeth chatter, and we said, “Please, Mr. Denmark, keep the St. Thomas dish warm for a time longer.” Then came the little annexation 8¢ scheme for st. gig a made the @ Americail eagle shake his wings, and, looking about him, he said, “Include all the West India Islands, the Sandwich Islands and Fenian Ireland.” Truly, the bird has such a capacious maw and voracious appetite that he cares but little what he eats. We have had enough of seven million dollar tit-bits. Let us come down to the more solid food—something that will be of real value to usin the future. This something is Nicara- gua, Costa Rice and the whole Panama and Darien Isthmus, from Chiriqui to six degrees north latitude, in the province of ‘Choco—an entire area of about one hundred and eighteen thousand: square miles, containing some five hundred and fifty thousand human beings, sufficiently variegated to lead to the suppo- sition that every baby passes through a medium of prismatic colors before making his appearance as a blessing to earth. This territorial area is just about one-fourth that of Alaska, Down there land is generally sold by the square league—population and all—that is, practically. Now we suggest the purchase of this valuable little piece of real estate. It is what all the world is aiming at, and whatall the commercial world wants. It is the high- way of the nations. New Granada would very willingly sell out her share of it, for she wants the money to support revolutions. Costa Rica might be disposed to sell Nicaragua, and Nica- ragua, to retaliate, would sell Costa Rica. If this plan does not work there are plenty of so-called statemen there who, taking pattern after some of our own, would sell out their countries for a song. There is little doubt that our astule real estate agent, by putting into play thos¢ qualities for which he is most famous, couldpurchase the territory we have mentioned, induding its population, providing we gave the latter the inestimable boon of nigger suffrage. We earne¢ly recommend that negotia- tions be immediately opened to get possession of this strip d territory so essential to us, and by the time tle papers are drawn up and rati- fied our United States territory will be un- broken from the Polar Sea to the hinge of South Amerka. Axorner Fata Nrrro-Giycering ExPLo- stox.—On Saturday morning, at a rock blast- ing on the Lebanon Springs Railroad, in South Petersburg Rensselaer county, three men were killed by a premature explosion of nitro- glycerine md five were injured, one of them, at least, tally. If science can supply no equally efgctive but less dangerous substitute for this terrible material, and not even any adequate protection against it, why should it not be entirely disused? i Not all its con- veniences cin counterbalance the dreadful loss of life whicl it so frequently occasions. Communicaton with the National Capital. Congress hould practically initiate the build- ing of a gwernment road for direct transit from this city to Washington. It is a disgrace to our progitssive spirit that communication between thepolitical and commercial capitals of the couniry should still depend upon the links of railbad by way of intermediate cities. As itis we gust go to Philadelphia, then to Baltimore, ad by way of the latter city we may be perditted to reach the national capi- tal when it its the good pleasure of the rail- road magnats. As we are changed into dif- ferent hand) at each different city we are carried accdding to the conscience of different corporation and must make the best of the journey as one of the miseries of life. We want a roadto go through in six hours, instead of ten or tvelve, and the government must make it, Sich road in government hands would be anadvantage to thé whole country, as setting at example in the proper manage- ment of raifoads and showing the good that if gailroad property was not upon as a basis for stock swin- is our ‘‘great” roads are mere The Grad Theatrical Campaign. _ The grand theatrical campaign in New York was fairly opened last night. The Shak- spearian revival, so eagerly expected, began at Wallack’s with “Much Ado About Nothing,” and will be continued on Wednesday evening at Booth’s superb new theatre with ‘(Romeo “legitimate” thus moves solidly to the front, Meanwhile the spectacu- lar and the burlesque hold their own at more and Juliet.” than a dozen theatres. Opéra bougfe, which may be defined as double-distilled and refined ‘Degro minstrelsy, ‘done into French,” reigns in “La Périchole,” at Fisk’s Grand Opera House, and yesterday evening it took a fresh lease of life at Grau’s French theatre in the first representation of ‘‘La Fleur de Thé,” with its Offenbacchanalian music by Lecocq and with all) its grotesque and whimeical chinoise- ries, Lydia Thompson's burlesque troupe made its first appearance at Niblo’s! last night in the gorgeous Oriental extravaganza of ‘‘The Forty Thieves.” A‘grand spectacular drama was, a8 usual, on the programme at the Bowery. Lingard and his compapy did the burlesque at the Theatre Comique. ‘Ye Field of ye Cloth of Gold” glittered’ at Wood's Museum. Brougham’s theatre offered almost as many varieties of entertainment as The Tammany. Owens’ comedies were a powerful attraction at the Broadway, and all the theatres in town, major and minor, were fully thronged, The internal revenue reports have testified so clearly to the immense receipts of almost every New York theatre during the present season that the self-constituted patrons of Italian operg have been stimulated to attempt to revive it. But they, seem to have forgotten that it is utterly impossible to revive Italian opera with- out securing the highest operatic talent. The attempt will be ridiculously futile unless such artists as Nilsson and Patti shall be secured at any cost. The only really suc- cessful opera manager in this country was Sefior Marty, from the Tacon theatre, at Havana. well how to spread his nets. He began his managerial career "by ‘enlisting ‘the services of two first class artists. The merited success which he won encouraged him subsequently to engage four artists of the same high order. With them he soon amassed a fortune large enough to justify him in extending ng hig opera- tions to the United States, “and here he became a millionnaire, thanks to his recognition of the fact that the musical public will pay liberally only for.the very best talent. Is there no one among our railway kings bent on rushing into opera’ who will be shrewd enough to profit by 'Sefior Marty’s example and go and do like- wise? If not, the revival of grand Italian opera in New York must still be indefinitely postponed. Concress Witt Nor Annex “St. Dominco To THE Unirep Srates.—Congress is evi- dently tired of the scheme for annexing the Dominican Republic as one of the Territories of the United States government. It defeated yesterday by an overwhelming vote Mr. Orth’s joint resolution in favor of the scheme. Con- gressmen begin to think that we have negroes enough at home without annexing an island full of them. Burstine oF Dams in Conngcricut.—The bursting of three dams in Danbury, Conn., last Sunday evening, involved the loss, it is feared, of twelve or fifteen lives, as well as the degtruction of several bridges, houses and smaller structures, This casualty, which human precaution might certainly have pre- vented, had almost the same shocking charac- teristics as a great inevitable convulsion of nature. Russia and the European Powers. Cable despatches inform us that Russia has at last advised Greece to accede to the propo- sitions of the Conference of Paris. The Greek government, it is added, is likely to yield. It must yield, we say. It cannothelp it. From the same source we learn that the conduct of the Spanish government towards the Papal Nuncio has been condemned by all the foreign representatives, with the single exception of that of Russia. It now becomes more and more apparent that if Russia is anything she is anti-Catholic. Her antagonism to Rome has long been well known. In this Greek and Spanish quarrel it has been specially made manifest. Besides this it must be admitted that Russia is becoming year by year less and less European, Her position is one of isola- tion. With Europe she has little sympathy; with Asia she has only the sympathy of the conqueror. Russia, in fact, stands alone. Over those immense regions which stretch from the Baltic to the Pacific, and whence in olden times emerged the hordes who trampled down the worn out and corrupt empire of the Cesars, she holds absolute control. No such conquer- ing hordes can ever again destroy the civiliza- tion of the West. On the other hand, how- ever, Russia will give unity to the entire north of the Eastern hemisphere, and will become a controlling power in giving the new civilization to Asia. Evidently Russia seeks to work out her destiny in the East. England is working there now and is already control- ling the millions of Hinddstan. America is touching Asia on her Eastern border. Russia, however, in some respects has an advantage over Hoth Powers. Her aggressive energy is more religious than that of any other Power, and for that very reason success is more likely to attend her, With Russia as her champion the Greek Church bids fair to become the religion of one half of Asia at no distant day. Meanwhile her policy in Europe can only be understood when it is borne in mind that she is nothing ifnot religious and anti-Catholic. Lirk Insurance ComPANiks.—There are a great number of bogus stockjobbing concerns in this city which prey upon the credulity of the people and plunder them to the extent of millions annually, Among the most prominent and the most dangerous are the life insurance companies, We intend on some future day to exhibit the inside workings of these concerns and let the public see where their money goes, Originally a fisherman, he knew John forever mumble political rubbish. government of this country,” says the organ, “4s a party government, one in which the wishes and views of the dominant party must control. No President, therefore, can hope for success in carrying on its administration in disregard of these views.” Immigration—Where It Goes To=The South All Behind. : Last year there arrived at the port of New York 213,686 emigrants. As nearly all the emigrants to this country arrive here this gives us a correct idea of the stream of immi- gration for 1868, The number is not quite large as in some previous years, but the stream is steady and continuous, and will increase, no doubt, with the progress of the country and as our domestic troubles resulting from the war become settled. Nearly half the emigrants were from’ Germany, not quite a fourth from Ireland, over twenty-nine thousand from Eng- land, and upwards of fourteen thousand from Sweden. Relatively immigration from Ger- many and England is on the increase. Ac- cording to a record kept at the Bureau, Castle Garden, the destination of these immigrants was chiefly to the Weat, it we except the sixty- five thousand set down for New York, all of whom did not, however, remain here. Over thirty-four thousand went to Illinois, sixteen thousand to Wisconsin, eleven thousand to Ohio, and so on throughout the West. The South is all behind, for very few immigrants go there, and yet there is no part of the United States where better opportunities are afforded to get good wages, to acquire property and to be prosperous generally, while the climate is far superior to that of the Western States. The truth is the people of Europe and those of them who emigrate are prejudiced against the South, and are ignorant of the advantages there. The Western States have had agents in Europe and at this port to represent in glowing colors the opportunities for doing wellin the West. The railroad companies to and in that section have done the same. In this way the stream has been kept steadily running in that direction. But who has spoken for the South? What agents haye enlightened the immigrants about the rich soil, fine climate, cheap lands and abundant natural resources of the South? What railroad companies have endeavored to turn the current that way? The South, with all its superior advantages, is far behind. It should have agents both here and scattered about Europe to represent the facts, and should make a bold and persevering effort,’ to draw a portion atleast of the annual tide of immigration to its prolific territory. There never was a better time than the present to make their efforts ; for slavery is extinguished, land is very cheap and the Southern people everywhere earnestly desire immigrants from both the North and Europe. Wuiskey Rina IN THE Senate.—It is evi- dent the whiskey ring is strong in the Senate. It will not repeal the Tenure of Office act be- cause that would give General Grant an op- portunity to oust the whiskey revenue thieves and to purify the government. The Senators go in for the whiskey ring. That binds them — together. Niacer 1 tie Fenoz.—The grand Wash- ington parade called the Inauguration Ball has been;killed by the nigger. The niggers wanted to go (not tq black the boots), and the Washington peoplé dared not refuse, on account of the politicians; so they have made up their minds not to have any ball. Thus the nigger is becoming a touchstone. ; Nicely Balanced. In the tightrope organ of the radicals in this city we find an article on Grant and the Cabi- net makers that we, look upon as one of the finest things in modern literature. It comes out splendidly for Grant and decides off-hand that he has an absolute, indefeasible, inalien- able, indisputable right to be advised and to choose his own advisers—that is, make his own Cabinet. It is ‘‘narrow-minded and igno- rant selfishness” for others to hold that they know, how to suit Grant with a Cabinet better than he can suit himself. This is admirable, positive, clear, and will please Grant; it will also please the supporters of Grant in Con- gress, “‘if any he has.” The same article also comes out in the finest possible terms for those who want to make Grant’s Cabinet, states their case with felici- tous perspicuity and demonstrates in the most convincing and even irresistible manner that it is blockheaded obstinacy and impudence for Grant to think of choosing his own Cabinet, and declares explicitly that if he attempts this he must be put down and consigned at once to that limbo in which Tyler and Andy Johnson will “The This will please the men who want to make Grant's Cabinet; and as the men who want to make that Cabinet and the men who want Grant to make it constitute nearly the whole American people, it is at once obvious that everybody will be pleased. gift to be master of a style that can thus make all men happy.” Truly’ it is a rare Anotner Bank Roneery.—There is a great noise made in the city papers abouta man having been robbed of ten thousand dollars and diamonds at a faro bank on Broad- way. over? We had supposed this was the natural order of business in such places. however, something a little odd in the game in the present case, and gagged him so that he was absolutely helpless, but as soon as they were gone away with his money he untied himself like one of the Davenport brothers and went and told the police. a great deal of money in that way. Is this an occurrence to make a noise There is, The robbers tied the man Men might account for the absence of Grant's Caniner.—We know at least one thing about Grant's Cabinet—the principles upon which he will make it. He will make it exactly on the principles on which a sagacious soldier makes his staff. ornamental affair of names paraded to “strengthen” the administration before the country, but o staff for civil service, con- structed with a view to efficiency, with a view It will be, not an bétween Turkey and Greece will be satisfac- torily settled without needing the intervention of the United States government. Still Mr. Seward’s offer of mediation will doubtless be duly recognized by both Turkey and Greece. It will, moreover, serve a good purpose by re- minding the European Powers that a great Power has sprung into existence on this side of the Atlantic. Across THE East River.—The ittee on Roads and Canals have bridge shall have been built ferry- ts will, happily, be nupbered that ware” to the real assistance the members will be ex- pected to render its head in the discharge of arduous dutios, Fon Brrors tug Foottionts.—In the Heratp yesterday were four full columns of advertisements of theatres and other places of public entertainment—an indication of the ex- tent to which the metropolitan public snaps ite fingers at care. who reap the profits and who gather in the benefits. Goop Ptack vor THR Potior.—The other day the police made a splendid haul of .thieves on the cars coming in from Connecticut. By thus carefully watching all the cars that come infrom the rural districts it is hoped that the metropolis may be kept tolerably pure.