The New York Herald Newspaper, February 11, 1869, Page 6

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All complaints of “short counts” and spoiled sheets must be made to the Superintendent in ‘the counting-room of the HzRaup establish- ment. Newsmen who have received spoiled papers Yrom the Hzraxp office, are requested to re- turn the same, with proof that they were ‘obtained from here direct, and have their money refunded. Spoiled sheets must not be sold to readers of the HERALD. MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS. The Datry Henatp will be sent to subscribers for one dollar a month. The postage being only thirty-five cents a quarter, country subscribers by this arrangement can receive the Heap at the same price it is furnished in the city. Europe. The cable telegrams are dated February 10. The conservatives are preparing for a vigorous campaign inthe forthcoming session of the British Parliament. Mr. Gladstone proposes to abolish the University tests. ‘The Spanish navy is to be remodelled. A general order to that effect has been issued by Admiral Topete. The Cortes will assemble for organization to-day. One of the persons implicated in the assas- smation of the Governor of Burgos has been sentenced to death. ‘M. Walewski has left Athens. He is the bearer of @ peaceful reply to the proposals of the Paris Con- ference. ‘The Berlin Gazette af the Bourse regards the pro- posed establisnment of an American financial agency 1n London as a guarantee against repudiation and a promise of development of European commerce with the United States. Cube. The insurgents have possession of the town of Enunciyado, on the railroad between Villa Clara and ‘Cienfuegos, and a body of them have appeared in ‘ue neighborhood of Sagua la Grande. Quesada, at the head of seven regiments, is threavening Villa ‘Clara, Outbreaks are reported at Cienfuegos, Sancta Spiritu and Trinidad, and are momentarily expected $m the immediate neighborhood of Havana. The insurgent chiefs refuse to treat for surrender. ‘Aranjo 1s now reported to have been murdered by Spanish troops im breach of truce. The government organs in Havans favor a war of extermination and ‘the enforcement of loans if necessary. Two com- panies of regulars had left Matanzas for Managua. Kecruiting for the volanteer service continues briskiy. Arresta are stili made in Havana and the police continue to search houses, Congress, The business of the day was mainly carried on in joint session in the Halil of Representatives, the electoral votes of the States for President and Vice President being counted. The galieries were crowded With spectators. The Senate filed in at one o'clock; Vice President Wade took the Speaker's chair, Mr. Colfax sat next to him, and the reading of votes was immediately commenced, New Hampshire being the first electoral vote opened, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New York, New Jersey came ‘tm succession and others followed wntil Louis: jana was reached when Representative Mullins ob- Jected to the reading, Mr. Wade directed the Senate to proceed to its chamber, under the joint rules tor deliberation, although a lively debate ensued on the application of the rule. In the Senate chamber another debate ensued, and it was resolved that the vote should be counted, In the House Speaker Gol- fax resumed the chair on the withdrawal of the Senate, and the question being put without debate it was decided that the vote of Louisiana should be counted. The Senate then, at two o'clock, returned tothe hall, When Georgia was calied Mr. Butier objected on the ground of irregularity in the holding of the GBlectoral Gollege, and that Georgia was not represented in the Union. A special rule having been agopted in the case of Georgia, Vice President Wade found himsei somewhat confused im his ruling, and ordered another withdrawal, {n the Senate Chamber another discussion ensued, and finally it was decided that Mr. Dutier'’s objection was not in order. In the House, however, the vote was taken on the direct question, and it was decided that the vote of Georgia should not be counted. On the reassombiing of the houses in joint session Vice President Wade directed that the vote of Georgia should be counted. Mr. But- Jer rose and said that the tuled by the Senate, et foc tiiirt. toy Mr. Butler talking impetuousty at the presiding oMicer, who imperturdably persisted in ordering the tellers to count the yote, Great confuston ensued, Mr, Batler refusing to be put down by the presiding officer, who finaliy called upon the Sergeanvat-Arma. quer then prevailed, the vote of ¢ Connted and the general tesult was announced, 214] The Burlingame Mileslew—lts Success tn for Grant and Oolfax and 80 for Seymour end Bialr. The Legisiatare. Bills were introduced in the State Senate yester- “day relating to the Erie and Chenango canals; to better protect the civil and religious rights of minors; Tegulating the milk freight charges on the Harlem, Hudson River and Erie railroads; relative to im- provements in Brooklyn. A recess was taken until evening, when the Chair presented a communica- tion from the Comptroller, A resolution was offered relative to banits receiving deposits as savings banks, fter which the Sonate adjourned. the Assembly a number of reports were pre- sented, Bills were introduced to regulate the sale, of liquors; to authorize the electors of this city to vote for four Police Commissioners at the charter election this year; incorporating the American Dry Goods Company; relative to certain street railroad companies in New York, and a number of others of unimportance. Resolutions expressing regret at the death of James T, Brady were adopted; also giving the Cornell University certain ordnance stores, After passing ® bill to confirm a title to certain lands the Assembly adjourned. The City. ‘The ninth annual report of the Commissioners of Charities and Correction has been transmitted to the Legislature. During the year the Commissioners have had under their direction in the various insti- tutions 92,272 persons, of whom 65,882 were inmates of the city prisons. Penitentiary and Workhouse, the rest being distributed among the charitable asylums and hospitals. All the institutions are in good order, the oniy complaint being want of more room. The Inebriate Asylum has proven very successful and also the bureau for outside sick, or those who prefer Not to go to a hospital. ‘The Chief of the License Bureau, at the Mayor's office, has of late made a determined etfort to enforce the: laws regulating coaches, carts, &c, Within the past few days about fifteen coachmen and cart drivers have been fined for delinquency in regard to badges, numbers and licenses. The Board of Police Commissioners yesterday ap- Pointed Captain Henry Jameson to be Inspector, in the place of Leonard, deceased, and Sergeant Henry Burden to be Captain, vice Jameson, promoted. The Board had under consideration the remarkable pre- valence of crime in the district, and a large increase of the force was advocated. Jmmy Gaffney, an expert, some time ago escaped from the Twentieth precinct station house, where he was confined on a charge of burglary. He picked the locks of his cell, and also two others in a corri- dor, and walked out. Detective Riley was detatied to hunt him up again, but, after numerous disap- point its, he had about given the matter up, when, in the crowded audience at the Court of General Sessions yesterday, he saw the face and laid his hand upon the shoulder of his prisoner. ‘Jimmy’ is again secured and has an officer watching his door, While three convicted prisoners, named Smith, Jones and Moore, were being conveyed to the Tombs yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jackson, a crowd of about twenty-five or thirty of their friends, by using threats and intimidation and brushing against the officer, assisted Moore to escape. Jack- son placed the other two prisoners im the hands of two citizens and started in pursuit, but the citizens were threatened with personal violence by the roughs and felt compelled to release their prisoners, which they did. Moore was recaptured, but Smith and Jones have made good their escape. One of the / roughs, named McCarthy, was arrested, but denied his guilt. The trial of John Reali for the murder of oMfcer Smedick took place in the court of Oyer and Ter- miner yesterday. Judge Barnard announced to the audience present that he understood the members of a certain up town gang had threatened to assas- sinate certain witnesses if they should testify. If any of these witnesses were interfered with some- body would be summarily dealt with before forty- eight hours had passed. Very strong evidence for the prosecution was then heard, and testimony was taken for the defence to prove that the prisoner had the delirium tremens at the time of the murder. At the conclusion Judge Barnard charged the jury, who retired, and returned soon after with a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. Judge Barnard immediately sentenced him to be hanged on the 2d of April. In the United States Circuit Court yesterday, be- fore Judge Benedict, the case of the United States vs. William Fullerton and others was called from the calendar. District Attorney Courtney then informed the Court that he had received instructions from the Attorney General that he was not to prosecute the case, but to postpone the trial until such time as he (the Attorney General) should have an opportunity to examine into the case himself. Under these direc- tions to the District Attorney this case stands post- poned indefinitely. In the same court when the case of the United States va. Watson and Creary was called the District Attorney informed the Court that in pursuance of its instructions he had issued bench warrants for the arrest of the defendants, the return of the Marshal to such warrants being “Not found.” In the case of the United States vs. Lelpzinger & Beninger, another whiskey case, bench warrants had also been issued for the arrest of the parties; but the Marshal, not being able to execute them in consequence of the flight of the parties, had returned on the back of the warrants “‘Not found.” The investigation into the Rogers murder was continued yesterday before Judge Bedford. In the Court of Oyer and Terminer the habeas corpus case of the tgro Logans came up, but Judge Barnard post- poned it, as he said he believed the actual murderer Was now In custody and the petitioners might be ‘useful in the case. The North German Lioyd’s steamship Donau, Cap- tain Ernst, will sail at two P. M. to-day from Hoboken, for Southampton and Bremen. The mails Wiil close at the Post Office at twelve M. ® The steamship Saragossa, Captain Ryder, of Arthur Leary’s line, will leave pier No. 8 North river at three P, M. to-day, for Charleston, S. C, ‘The steamer Niagara will leave pier 37 North river at three P.M. to-day for Norfolk, City Point and Richmond, ‘The stock market yesterday was dull, but prices continued steady and at the close were buoyant for many of the rallway list. Gold was excited and fuctuated between 134% and 13534, closing fnaliy at 196%. Miscellaneous, Whalen, who is to be hanged to-day at noon for the murder of D’Arcy McGee, made a confession yesterday to the effect that he was present atthe murder but did not fire the shot. Mrs. McGee has sent him word that she forgives him, and he is now devoting himself mainly to his religious duties, Callie Curtis, a female skater of Buffalo, has challenged the winner of the Brooklyn match to skate for the championship of America and a dia- mond medal. She has aeposited $100 as a forfeit. The Baltimore City Council have tendered the hos- pitalities of the city to President Johnson after his retirement. Prominent Arrivals in the City. Marshall P. Wilder, of Boston; D. C. Littlejohn, of Buffalo; George Ellwanger and P. Barry, of Roches- ter, and J. H. Earle, of Baltimore, are at the Astor House, Lieutenant Commander ©. W. Tracy, of the United States Navy; Dr. 0. A. Walsh, of Newburg; Colonet W. D. Mann, of Mobile, and T. L. Scott, of Albany, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. Judge Sherman, of Newburg, and J. J. McDowell, of'Cineinnatt, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. J. Hi. Wright, of Louisville, Ky., and H. M. Burrett are at the Maltby House, Professor T. M. Varian, of Newport, and Surgeon Davis, of the United States Navy, are at the St. Charles Hotel. Surgeon Reed and Paymaster Green, of the United States Navy, and J. E. Dawson, of Toronto, are at the St. Julien Hotel, ce neeny Nor A Bap Inka—That of overhauling the railroads of the State to see what percentage upon their na stock (including the water- ing) they pay {nto the State Treasury. When all the rest of us are taxed so heavily by the city, the State and the United States, we must insist upon it that all these stockjobbing cor- porations shall pay their percentage, another column was 2 letter copied from a religious journal from a Baptist missionary at Swatow, China, attacking Mr. Burlingame and the object of his mission, According to this learned Christian apostle to the heathen the governments and statesmen of America and Europe are being nicely bamboozled by Bur- lingame, the Yankee Chinaman without a tail and his associate Mongol mandaring with tails. In fact, he avers that we are all deceived, and that Burlingame receives forty thousand dol- lars a year to humbug us and to check the pro- gress of Western civilization in the Chinese empire. This missionary calls himself an American, though he sings the praises of the British for their old bulldog policy, or, as Mr. Burlingame calls it, throat policy, toward the Chinese. At first we won- dered what could be the motive or meaning of this pious Christian’s attack, but on carefully looking over his epistle we see what it is, He opens with uplifted hands in holy horror at the paganism of China and at almost the divine sur- roundings of the Emperor. He says :—‘‘When the Emperor of China goes forth from his palace into the highways of his capital notice is previously sent abroad, and the houses along the road are festooned with yellow. Even the streets are sprinkled with saffron colored sand, so that the so-styled ‘Son of Heaven’ sees nothing but the imperial yellow.” How shock- ing that the subjects of his Imperial Majesty should reverence him so! ll this display of Chinese yellow is as offensive to Puritan eyes as the scarlet vestments of Rome. It is shocking to think this pagan ruler has not been forced to abandon the yellow garlands, saffron co- lored sand and gorgeous display and to dress himself in drab and a white choker, to suit the | missionaries, and in the interest of their Puritan | civilization. Indeed, the fleets and armies | of America, England and the other nations | ought to go up to Pekin and compel the | Emperor to be dipped by this Baptist afi | sionary in the name of Christ and ‘‘Western civilization.” He does not like the Chinese dragon, and exclaims, ‘‘the missionaries are not done feeling -his claws, notwithstanding what Mr. Burlingame says.” In truth, these old missionaries, these preachers of the Gospel of Peace, would like to draw the Chinese dragon’s claws at the gannon’s mouth and through seas of blood. The Christian world has complained that little has been done in converting the Chinese to Christianity, notwithstanding the number of missionaries and vast sums of money that have been employed for this purpose. Can we wonder at that when we see such ignorance, assumption and narrow-minded bigotry in these missionaries? Instead of preaching peace and good will towards men they are mischief-makers and firebrands. But their role is ended. They belong to the times that are passed. There are other greater and new agents of civilization at work, and if the mis- sionaries would be useful hereafter they must fall in and co-operate with these. The new, Gospel of Peace, progress and civilization, is found in the telegraph and steam power, which|| will bring all nations and races of men in close | contact and harmonize their interests. The) firat step’to bring these agencies to bear upon!| China—a country containing a third of the human family and incalculable resources—was to abandon the old coercive policy and to bring the Chinese into the family of nations on terms of equality and reciprocity of interests. This is the grand object of the Burlingame mission. The very selection of a foreigner and an Ameri- can by the government at Pekin for this mis-, sion is tho strongest evidence of the liberality and progressive spirit of the Chinese govern- ment. Prince Kung, the regent of the empire, is an enlightened and far-seeing statesman, and knows that the time has come when China can no longer remain in her former state of isolation. He wisely made the advance toward closer relations with the civilized nations of the West when he sent forth the Burlingame mission, The United States re- ceived the embassy in a cordial manner and made a treaty with it in broad and liberal terms. England and France are following the example, There is no doubt the other nations of Burope will do the same. This determines the future relations of the civilized world with China. She could not go back to her former isolation and exclusiveness if she would. But she knows she cannot, and we believe she has no disposition to make the effort. The cannon may have served its purpose formerly in breaking down the barriers to intercourse with China and in teaching the Chinese the power of the Western nations; but that day is past. We must now look to the free inter- change of views, to diplomatic action and to the telegraph and steam communication for progress and the adjustment of difficulties, We have only to look at a féw facts to learn the progreasive disposition of the Chinese and the happy effects being produced by the Bur- lingame mission. There are already numbers of steamboats—and, we believe, most of them American—navigating the great rivers and interior waters of China. It is not long since a question was raised about permitting Americans and other foreigners to go to and work the newly discovered gold mines in the empire, and the permission was given. A concession was made to an American com- pany—the East India Telegraph Company—to lay telegraph cables along the coast, connect- ing all the great cities and commercial centres there, and preparations are now being inade to carry out the project, Mr. Burlingame when here said, over and over again, to this company—go on with your work; it is all right; the Chinese government wants these improvements. The way is open, undoubt- edly, for this and similar enterprises, and though local or temporary difficulties might in some cases arise, as they do in this and other countries, they will soon be overcome, for China has fairly started on the road of modern progress. The Chinese will soon learn the value of the telegraph, as they are now learning the value of steam cable and the telegraph lines across Europe Counting the Presidential Vete—A Lively and Asia to arrest the fugitive defrauding Chinaman of San Francisco on his arrival in China will open the eyes of the Chinese as to the power and usefulness of the telegraph ; but when we get the Pacific cables laid) the empire, and, in fact, all Eastern Asia, will be brought in instant communication with the American Continent. This will prove the greatest work of the age. It will complete the girdle of electric telegraphs around the earth, and will make the United States the centre of thought, ideas, intercourse and commerce for the world. ‘The trade of China has been through all time the great prize which com- mercial nations have sought, and the rivalry must become more intense as the empire is opened to trade and as steam and the telegraph bring out its resources, We were the first to establish new and more liberal political rela- tions with theempire, Let us be the first, as we ought to be, from our geographical position and other advantages, in developing its material progress and in commercial intercourse. A Goop Day’s Worx—The trial, convic- tion and condemnation in the Court of Oyer and Terminer yesterday of John Real for the murder in July last of police officer John Smedick, of the Twenty-first precinct, (See our reporter's report.) Now let the law take its course; for the safety of this community suggests that this mock philanthropy on the cruelty of hanging shall stand back awhile. The case of this convicted murderer Real admits of no half-way treatment. Tinkering the Constitution. A joint resolution proposing two new amendments to the constitution has passed the Senate. The first declares that no discrim- ination shall be made among citizens of the United States by any State, inthe matter of voting or holding office, ‘‘on account of race, color, nativity, property, education or creed.” Article fourteen, part of the constitution, de- clares the equal civil rights of all citizens of the Unffed States, and that all are citizens above the age of twenty-one years born or naturalized in the country. The proposed article fifteen, if adopted, then, establishes universal suffrage for men, including whites, blacks, mulattoes, Indians, Chinese, and men of all other races and tribes who may become citizens gf the United States. John China- man, however, was admitted to be an ugly difficulty in the debate. It was feared that he is bound to come over in such swatms from the Central Flowery Kingdom as to take pos- session under this amendment of the whole Pacific slope. But still, as radical consist- ency would not allow a discrimination between Sambo and John Chinaman, the little Mongo- lian could not be ruled out. Nor do we think that if the Chinese should come over by mil- lions into California and into Texas and all our Southern States they would upset the consti- tution. It is almost certain, on the other hand, that with their cheaper and more effi- cient labor they would in a. very short time displace Sambo and comp him from sheer necessity to emigrate to Hayti, Mexico, Central America or back to Africa. And who knows but that Africa, after all, may be the solution of the negro question, if we bring the Chinaman into general competition with negro labor. In this view the proposed amendment fifteen is a mighty movement. Amendment sixteen proposes a uniform system of Presidential electors by the people, under the direction of Congress, the real object being to provide for the election of the electors by single Congressional districts. This proposition originally came from Mr. Buckalew, a democratic Senator from Penn- sylvania, and, upon the whole, it will be rather an advantage to the democrats than a drawback. The election of the Presidential electors (excepting the two Senatorial electors from each State) by sitigle Congressional dis- tricts, each for itself, is suggestive of some curious party movements and results on election day—such, for instance, as the strengthening by each party of a weak district by reinforcements from a strong district. The system, in fact, could only be managed under a stringent registration law, applicable to every district. But these new amendments to the constitu- tion are not wanted. Amendment fourteen, which provides that suffrage and representa- tion shall go together as the several States may elect, will answer all practical purposes. Nor do we suppose that these two new propo- sitions, if adopted by the States, will succeed in the States; and schemes so suggestive of “confusion worse confounded” ought to be thrown out by every State Legislature in the Union. Patience RecomMENDED—To the. white- coated philosopher, who will have it that Grant is going with the redicals, and to the so-called ‘‘little villain,” who is quite sure that the people do not want Grant to be a party man. But what right has either of these philosophers to assume the guardianship over General Grant, when one of them undertook at Philadelphia to set up Andy Johnson against all comers, and the other, till it was made Hobson's choice, had so little faith in Grant that he was almost persuaded to follow Mr. Chase into Tammany Hall? Larest From THE Seat or WAr.—Two evenings have given us two “‘startling out- rages.” Benedict's window is angld story already, and no doubt our readers have by this time well nigh forgotten the ‘“‘stage robbery” of Tuesday night. This was a bold piece of crime, and fortunately the law enables the courte to punish it as highway robbery. At crimes like this the public may rejoice. The offenders were captured, and, in the present virtuous state of the courts, willbe sure to be put out of the way for » good while. InpEFINITELY Postrpongp—The great whis- key-Courtney-Fullerton case, that winds up, or ought to wind up, the Blaisdell-Eckel whiskey calendar. It was announced yester- day in court by the District Attorney that he was directed from Washington not to prosecute this case, The above announcement created a great sensation in court, almost as much as if it were announced that another great lawyer had departed this life. Tue Prace To Brotn:—The way to prevent crime is, perhaps, to make more or less alarming examples in its punishment; bat the best place to make the examples is where power. The telegram that was sent from Cali- | they will be most conspicuous—among the fornia by the way of New York, thw Atlantic rogues and swindlers high in place. as Fi LIA The Insurrection im Cube—The Policy of ing from Cuba show that the revolutionists are by no means suppressed; but that the revolu- tionary contagion is spreading into the hitherto undisturbed western section of the island, From day to day the conflicting reports from ‘the seat of war” would make it very difficult to understand the situation of affairs on the island if we did not know the source from which most of the information comes and the motive for misrepresentation. Nearly all the news comes from and through Havana, and both the Spaniards and Spanish authorities are very careful to make it appear that the insurrection is a mere bagatelle and fast dying out. They are particularly anxious to create this impression in the United States in order to prevent sympathy and aid being ex- tended to the Cubans. But it does not require much sagacity to detect the falsehoods circu- lated for this purpose. For example, in the letter from Havana published in yesterday’s Heratp it is represented that an early peace is confidently expected, that a compromise had been agreed upon by the insurgent chiefs, and that the insurrection was practically over. The Voz de Ouba, of Havana, an intensely Spanish paper, says tranquillity exists throughout the island, except in - Villa Clara, where a small riot existed. We have heard just the same things all through from the Spaniards and Spanish press at Havana, yet the insurrection has continued to spread and grow stronger. But let us see how these representations of peace, tranquillity and the end of the insurrection correspond with the facts and with the telegram from Havana published at the same time with this rose-colored letter in our issue of yesterday. We learn from this telegram that the govern- ment is organizing several new battalions of volunteers, part for garrison duty and part for active service in the field, and that La Cabana, the strongest fortress in Havana, is garrisoned by volunteers for the purpose of letting the regular troops proceed to Clenfuegos. It is known, too, that General Dulce has called upon the provisional government of Spain for four thousand more troops. Does this look like tranquillity & the end of the insurrection ? Does the suppressionof freedom of the press _| and other extreme repressive measures show that there is not vitality in the insurrection? Any little success on the part of the Cuban patriots electrifies the whole island. This waa seen on the fall of Bayamo; for it was fol- lowed immediately by revolutionary move- ments in Matanzas, Cardenas, éven” in Havana itself, and in other cities and towns throughout the island. This shows unmis takably that the revolutionary fire is deep- seated, widespread and ready to burst forth into action with the least prospect of success. Judging from these facts and from the various sources of private information at our command, there is no doubt the revolution is stronger to- day than it ever has been. The Spanish government, too, is strengthen- ing itself undoubtedly, and the conflict may be a terrible one. But if the Cubans should be united and resolved to acquire their indepen- dence they can succeed. They have, in the mountain fastnesses and abundant resources of food in the Eastern Department, the means of a prolonged resistance. They would acquire military experience in time, and both men and the materials of war would cometothem. Spain is in a revolutionary condition and will have enough to do at home, probably, to prevent any powerful effort being made to hold Cuba. Cubans can have no hope of freedom or ex~ emption from grinding taxation from the mother country, whatever may be the form of government ultimately established there. Under Spanish rule there will always be an enormous revenue squeezed from them to support the Spanish government and a host of hungry colonial officials. They can never have a finer opportunity to acquire their independence. The hour has struck, if they know. it and will take advantage of time. They ought not to lét slavary of any other question divide. or hinder them from attaining independence. Slavery is doomed, whatever may happen and whether they re« main a colony or be independent. They had better acknowledge this fact, therefore, and unite upon the one ides of independence, irre- spective of all other issues, and follow tne example of Lincoln’s emancipation proclama- tion. But what should be the policy of the United States with regard to Cuba and the Cuban revolution? There is no question about the sentiment of the American people. They are in favor of Cuban independence and of the independence of the whole of North America from monarchical and European rule, Apart, however, from mere sentiment, it is the policy of this country to ald as far as it can every movement tending to disconnect this Continent and the surrounding islands from European control. In this way will our commerce and American ideas be extended. Cuba indepen- dent of Spain, for example, would prove far more valuable to us in a commercial point of view than it isnow. Besides, it is the inevitable destiny of that island, as well as the rest of North America, to ultimately fall into our political system and to be united with us. It is the first duty of our statesmen, then, to watch the signs of the times and to seize every fair opportunity of carrying out the destiny of our country. We owe nothing to Spain or the other nations of Europe for our political exist- ence. They insidiously endeavored to dis- member the republic and to plant an imperial monarchy on our border when we were plunged ina terrible civil war, and Spain was one of the enemies. It has been our policy to sympa- thize with every people struggling for liberty. Shall we refuse this to the Cubans, a people terribly oppressed and our near neighbors? The government should at once ascertain from the Cubans themselves what prospect they have of succoss, and, then if justifiable in doing s0, should recognize them as belligerents. We do not urge this in the way of retalia- tion, but in sympathy with a people struggling for freedom and upon that broad principle of American policy to which we have adverted. If the Cubans have a chance of acquiring their independence we ought to favor the move- ment, Day im Congress. Our special Washington despatches and our regular Congressional reports of yesterday's proceedings in both ends of the Capitol, and especially in the House of Representatives, will be found very amusing and extremely ridiculous. The trouble was about the admis- sion of the electoral votes of Louisiana and Georgia, the terrible Mullins, of Tennessee, leading off against Louisiana and the trenchant Ben Butler, of Massachusetts, with a written protest against the illegal election of the unreconstructed State of Georgia. . The presiding officer of the joint meeting of the two Houses was ‘Old Ben Wade,” President of the Senate, whose incompetency in Par- liamentary tactics changed the usual solem- nities of the occasion into a roaring farce. Sticking, however, to his text, that as under the concurrent resolution adopted some days ago the vote of Georgia was to be counted if it did not change the result, he finally van- quished Ben Butler ‘in the admission of Georgia’s vote. For the details we refer the reader to our Congressional reports. It is surmised that General Grant has ‘been waiting for the official information of his choice by the elec- toral colleges as President, before making any disclosures in reference to his Cabinet, but as he will have the official report to-day of the election results it is conjectured that he will now begin to look actively about him for his ministry. Seymour and Blair, next to ‘‘Old Ben Wade,” Ben Butler and Mullins, appeared to be the special objects of the laughter and enthusiastic applause of the two houses and the galleries in this memorable counting of the votes for President and Vice . President of the United States. Cauirornta SMALLPOx.—The people of Cali- fornia are afflicted with smallpox just now in apparently @ very virulent form. This they perhaps owe to the Chinese. Diseases of this class affect differently the different races of men. Smallpox, for instance, as it affects the negro or the Indian, is more terrible than the smallpox of the white man, and white men taking the disease from these tawny races sel- dom survive. Doubtless the Mongol is another instance of this difference, and the disease in California is perhaps of the Mongol type. Our Metropolitan Police Force. We have on duty in New York some two thousand six hundred policemen, so called, who pretend to guard the city against crime. How they do it is best shown by our constant reports of brutal murders and wholesale rob- beries in the most frequented thoroughfares and in the light of day. From this it is evi- dent that the force is not efficient. It lacks strength, not only strength in numbers, but strength in all that which is really required to take care of a city of the size of New York, containing elements of a nature to demand extraordinary vigor in the public guard. We require for New York a police force of at least five thousand men. It should form a most thorough military organization—should be enlisted like soldiers for the army, drilled, schooled and governed in a similar manner. It should have all the energy and efficiency possessed by the provost guards of our armies at the close of our war, and should be as ‘igor- ously handled. The material to form sucha guard can be easily obtained. We want lithe, wiry fellows, not over thirty years of age, all endurance and muscle, who can stand any amount of fatigue, laugh at storms and be always ready to run a foot race with any thief whose attempts to plunder deserve the pursuit, As topayment, the whole corps should not cost in the aggregate so much as the present one; for the body of it would stand in the position of enlisted soldiers, like the very efficient Garde Mobile of Paris, which is far superior to even the polic. force of London. Such a force should be as vauable in its line as is the fire brigade unde Shaler. It should, in fact, be headed by some officer who has seen service in our late war, and who knows how to handle five thousand men as if they were a machine. We have a large number of generals among us fit for such » duty—Butterfield, Newton or Barlow, for instance. ~ How does the present system agree with the one we have sketched? Instead of small men of great endurance we have quite the oppo- site—big, overgrown fellows, old and rheu- matic, all show and no sinew, long-jointed, and consequently not good for # long run, and, generally, about as useless for policemen as they would be for sailors. If the rank and file are worthless what shall we say of the officers? One might doubt, to see the manage- ment of this elephantine corps, if they have any leaders, They appear to move by instinct. As to Kennedy, he represents the corps he heads—in fact, is the head centre of the police bumble bee hive—nothing else, and just as useless. If anything calls for legislative action it is thig police system. The efficiency and strength of the corps have not kept pace with the growth of the city, and therefore our Legislature at Albany should immediately take measures to thoroughly sift the matter, con- sider the wants of this metropolis and meet them accordingly. There is no reason why we should fail to have our city as well regu- lated and guarded from crime as is London or Paris. The material is at hand. All that is required is to make use of it. Smasmne Wrxpows.—This is a suspicious offence just now. There is a man in custody in Brooklyn charged with maliciously smash- ing the windows of a dry goods dealer be-, cause the dealer opposes the early closing dodge. Cannot the fellows who smashed Benedict’s window up Broadway put in some such fancy as an explanation? The glass in Brooklyn was worth $250; Benedict's was worth $200, Army Assootations.—Following the ex- ample of the Western soldiers, the Eastern soldiers begin to see some advantage in making associations to be called by the names of their several armies, In the West these associations were the machinery that certain of the soldiers made to keep themselves before the public as good men for office, and in this part of the world the associations seem destined to the game use, Tae Kiniina Mania.—Our exchanges from different parts of the country tell us of more than the average of murdering. Is it @ mur- der epidemic? Ovr Bonps In Loxpon yesterday touched 774—the highest they ever have been in the foreign market.