The New York Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1869, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR Volume XXXT AMUSEMENTS TRIS EVENING. NEW YORK THEATRE, Broadway.—Lonpon As- SURANOR, NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Tae Bunvesque Ex- TRAVAGANZA OF THR FORTY THIEVES. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—RaG WoMAN AND HER Do@—Fixine DoTOuNAN, GRAND OPERA HOU corner of Eighth avenue and 83d atreet,-ORPURE AUX ERS. FRENCH THEATRE, Fourteenth atreet aud Sixth ave- Bue.—FLEUR ve THR, WALLACK’S THEATRE. Broadway and 13th street. — Mucu Apo Avour NoTHin BROUGHAM’S THEATRE, Twenty-fourth st.—AN Inisit STEW—DRaMatio Review row 1868. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Homerr DUnPTy, with New Fearvnes. Matinee at Lis. WOOD'S MUSFUM AND THEATRE, Thirtioth street and Broadway.—Afternoon and evening Performance. WAVERLEY THEATRE, 120 Broadway.—LUORETIA BoRGIA—A PRETTY PICK OF BUSINESS. THE TAMMANY, Fourteenth street.—Covstn ScuNEI- | DEB—KIN-KA, £0. BROADWAY THEAYRE, Broadway.—Nita; 02, Wo- MAN'S CONSTANCY. 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Notice to Herald Carriers and News Dealers, Heratp carriers and news dealers are in- formed that they can now procure the requisite number of copies direct from this office without delay. All complaints of ‘‘short counts” and spoiled sheets must be made to the Superintendent in the counting-room of the Hexatp establish- ment. Newsmen who have received spoiled papers from the HzRap 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 Herat. MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS. The Daruy Herarp 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 Hzraup at the same price it is furnished in the city. Europe. ‘The cable telegrams are dated February 16. ‘The forma! opening of the new Britwa Parliament took place yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty was ot present, but her speech was delivered by royal commission. It reviewed the state of the nation gen- erally and assured Parliament that the relations ex- istiag between Great Britain and foreign Powers was most amicable. The speech concluded by referring to the condition of Ireland, hoping that wise legisia- jation would effectually efface the memories of the past contentions (hat distracted the Irish people. Troops were immediately to be embarked from Spain for Cuva. Don Escalatfte will go out with them, and he will also be the bearer of instructions from the Provisional government. Deimonstrations m favor of religious freedom have again been made in Madrid. On Monday last the people of Valladolid gathered in the streets and protested publicly against military conscription. M. Walewski has reached Paris with the answer of the Greek g ament to the proposals of the conference of the great Powers. Dipiomatic relations between the kingdom of Italy and the Mexican republic will be shortly re- stored. Cuba. Our Havana despatches dated yesterday state that $s refuse’ to recognize the American pt as acommercial agent, and that he will have to leave, unless he receives some support from home, Naturalized Americans are being tin- prisoned arbitrarily, with no charges against them, and restrictions are placed on Americaus who wish to leave. The general stampede of Cubans con- tinues, and many of the soldiers are known to sym- pathize with the volunteers. The rains had sus- pended operations at Santiago. Count Valmaseda’s reimforcements alone prevented the capture of the place on the gist, An outbreak inside the city was considered imminent. The police of Santiago had abandoned duty, as they received no pay, aad the the cholera was increasing. Parnguay. We have advices from Paraguay by the Atlantic cable. The Brazilians claim that the war is ended with the capture of Asuncion, that the people who fied with Lopez are returning to their homes and that Lopez andoned the country and gone to Bolivia. The Paraguayans, however, state that they still have @ formidable army and mean to continue the fight. Congress. In the Senate yesterday a committee of three was appotnted to make arrangements for the inaucura- tion. The House biti! to prevent the loaning of money on United States notes was passed. The joint reso- Iuftion granting Mrs. Lincoln @ pension came up and was debated for half an hour, when It was iaid aside to permit of the consideration of the Wasting. ton City Market bill, Another discussion immediately ensued on 4 motion to take up the bill to repeal the Tenure of Oifce act, and pending the discussion a motion to go into executive session was carried. Several Indian treaties were ratified in the executive session and @ recess was taken until evening, when a bill for the removal of political disabilities from cortain persons in the South, among whom 18 Foster Biodgett, late a federal Postmaster at Augusta, Ga., was discussed and passed. In the House the bill to remove political disa- bilities from certain persons in the South was con- sidered at length. Mr, McKee's ainendment striking out the names of all persons from Kentucky was re- jected, and the bill was passed by the requisite two- thirds majority, 190 to 48, Speaker Colfax voting in the affirmative. The bill reported from the Com- mittee supplementary to the National Banking bill was taken ap, and the previous question upon its passage Was seconded with the understanding that New YURK! HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1869.—TRIPLE ’ SHEET. the vote shoutd be taken to-day. {nthe evening | what are these disturbing forces of the body session the Internat Revenue bill was discussed 804 | potitio? Their name is Legion, and their com- passed. The Legislature. In the State Senate yesterday bilis were introduced relative to the New. York and Long Island Bridge Company; relative to fire fygurance companies; to foreclose and sell the New York and Westchester Railroad; to authorize the construction of a railroad on Broadway, Lexington avenue and other streets, ‘A number of unimportant bills were passed and pro- greased, after which the Senate adjourned. In the Assembly bills were reported authorizing. the formation of railroad companies and granting certain powers to municipal corporations. Bills were introduced to increase the metropolitan police force and to increase the salaries of members of the Metropolitan Fire Department, A number of bills of minor im ce were ordered to a third read- ing. A motion was made to relieve the Committee on Commerce and Navigation from consideration of the resolution relating to the reduction of toil on coal. Mr. Jacobs moved to lay it on the table, which was lost, after which the Assembly adjourned. Miscellaneous. Itis reported in Washington that General Grant had a dificulty with General Badeau, of his staff, and yesterday directed him to move his desk into another part of the Headquartefs Building. ‘The Richmond¢Va.) Grand Jury yesterday brought in a true billof indictment against James P. Grint for the murder of H. Rives Pollard in November last. Grant plead “not. guilty” and was admitted to ball in the sum of $10,000, The trial has been fixed for Monday next. It is reported in St, Louis that two Eastern rail- Way companies, one of which 1s the Erie, have con- cluded to take the rest of the stock in the proposed bridge over the Mississippi at St. Louis. The remains of John Wilkes Booth were received in Baltimore yesterday. They are to be interred by the side of those of his father, Junius Brutus Booth, Miss Susan B. Anthony has gone to Leavenworth, Kansas, and Mrs. Cady Stanton to Springfield, Ill., on their woman’s rights crusade, Mrs. Stanton is to address the Illinois Legislature on Friday. General Kilpatrick hae received a telegram from General Dent stating that the nominee of the Presi dent for the Chile mission was his brother, Judge Dent, and the appointment had been promptly de- clined. The City. An inquest was held by Coroner Keenan yesterday on the body of Thomas Dunn, who died from the effects of a stab with an oyster knife inflicted by Michael McGuire on the 10th ult., tn Tweltth street, near First avenue. The testimony showed substan- tually that the deceased forced a quarrel on McGuire, but the jury rendered @ verdict on which he was held for examination. An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Mrs. Ellen O'Hara, of 35 South William street, who is supposed to have died from the etfects of mal- practice, Dr. James Walker, of No, 16 Greenwich street, who waited upon her, was arrested and de- tained to await the results of the inquest, ‘Tne recent strange cases of hydrophobia in this vicinity have been investigated by prominent physi- cians, and they have come to the conclusion that the bite of a dog enraged is as poisonous as that of one that is rabid, and dogs are just as likely to go mad in the winter months as during the heated term. Wiiiam McCutcheon plead guilty to murder in the second degree in the Court of Oyer and Terminer yesterday, in having stabbed a lad named James Shandley with a penknife, at a brewery in Third avenue last January, without any provocation than that the lad had not money enough to treat him. Judge Barnard accepted the plea, although he stated that the prisoner really was gutity 01 murder in the highest degree, and sentenced him to imprisonment at hard labor for lfe. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday James Kinney pleaded guilty to the commission of an out- rage on a young gir!, who, being in court, expressed a willingness to marry Kinney. Recorder Hackett thereupon performed the ceremony and postponed judgment, informing the new-made bridegroom tnat if heever ceased to cherish, respect and labor for his wife he would sentence him to twenty years imprisonment, The Cunard steamship China, Captain Hock!), wil! sail to-day for Queenstown and Liverpool. The mails will close at the Post Office at eight A. M. The stock market yesterday was depressed and declined from two to four per cent. Goid fuctuaved between 1347 a 13534. Prominent Arrivals in the City. Sir Henry M. Havelock, of Montreal, is at the Bre- voort House. General Marvin, of Albany; Dr. 0. T. Collins, of Massachusetts, and Lieutenant G. H. Perkins, of the United States Navy, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. John C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky; Albert Bapks and T. K. Were, of England, and Arthur F. Wheeler, of Peru, are at the Clarendon Hotel. Colonel Jacob Dick, of Montreal, Ca.; L. J. Lioyd, of Albany, and Jacob, Brack, of Citicinnati, are at the Westmoreland Hotel. Colonel W. May, of Philadelphia; J. R. Ricks, of Norfolk, Va., and Thomas (. Kyle, of Frankfort, are at the Maltby House. Captain Morgan and Dr. Wheelock, of the United States Army, and Alexender Miller, of Milwaukee, are at the St. Charles Hotel. Congressman W. H. Barnum, of Connecticut, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Colonel Hooker, of Connecticut; T.C. Owen, of steamship England; John Nestar, of Oregon; D. K. Smucker, of St. Louis, and 0. 0. Johnson, of San Francisco, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. Colonel Stewart, of the Uaited States. Army; Pay- master Davis, of the United States Navy, and Dr. Trumbull, of St. Louis, are at the St. Julien Hotel. General J. B. Stoneliouse, of Albany; ex-Mayor Innis, of Poughkeepsie; Alfred Gaither, of Cincin- nati, and George Uarrington, of Washington, are at the Asior House. Prominent Departures. In the steamer Rising Star, for Aspinw: ant R. Henderson, Dr. Durant and w Smith, Miss Rose Quackenbush, Major § Sediey evens, Miss E. C, Shaw, Miss Elia Aster and Rev, ©. R. Bonnell departed. General G and the New Dispensaticn— The Coming Storm and Then the Calm. “Let us have peace,” is the motto of Gen- eral Grant. It is « Napoleonic idea, for Napo- leon says, “\L' Empire c'est la paix.” Bismarck and Von Beust cry ‘‘Peace,” and the Great Bear and the Grand Turk say “Peace,” For all this a tremendous convulsion is brewing in Europe; but to us, under Grant, there is always an assurance of peace. It was this grand idéa, ‘‘Let us have peace,” that led him into Vicksburg, that carried bis victorious legions up among the clouds of Lookout Moun~ tain, that plunged them into the jungle ot ‘“‘the Wilderness” and brought them out at the “Appomattox apple tree.” The same idea has carried him from his tannery at Galena to the White House. Only look at it, the greatest epoch in American history, covered by 4 rail- splitter, a tailor and a tanner—Lincoln, John- gon and Grant. Under the first, who was a philosopher, the greatest revolution of modern times began; under the second, a mere poli- tician, the work has been delayed; bat under the third, a practical statesman, it will be finished. He has the faith that will remove mountains, and mountains are to be removed. The re- construction of the South is nearly completed ; but the reconstruction of the politicians and the whole morale of our political system is the task before the mighty tanner, Wehave done wonders within the last eight years; but much yet remains to be done. We all expect the golden age of Augustus; but the base factions of thieving spoilsmen must first be suppressed. This work will tax all the best energies of Grant; but he can do it, and he has bravely promised to undertake it. But binations for spoils and plunder are endless. For instance, the New York engineers who contrived the nomination of Seymour have been pronounced a stupid set of donkeys; but in view of the spoils and power they were wise men, Grant could not be beaten. They saw that. New York could be saved, and perhaps with a Legislature and a Governor at the back of Tammany, with her twenty millions of cor- poration spoils. What then? Suppose the Legislature had been carried by Tammany with the Governor, where could we limit their harvest of spoils and political power? A joint stock combina- tion, embracing the spoils of the city and the State and all our railway kings and all their Wall street affiliations and their telegraph and newspaper appendages, would command the treasures of Monte Cristo. They could buy up alt the theatres and negro minstrels in the city, all the restaurants and oyster house critics, all the docks and ferries, all the horse railroads, all the whiskey stills and whiskey rings and lobby rings, and with all this enormous stock in trade they might buy up Congress, As it is the Tammany ring are limited to the spoils of the Corporation, and there are rings within this ring and outside this ring that pro- ' duce some clashings and breakages. And the railway kings are divided. Vanderbilt, fairly flanked on Erie by Gould and Fisk, is still watching to catch them “short.” Fisk, radiant in his guccess of a new issue of stock, is ‘buying up opera houses and building theatres lined with plate glass and ransacking Europe for the costliest night- ingales ; for in this magic art of a new issue of stock has he not the veritable lamp of Aladdin? Drew, with his six days to mammon in Wall street and one day to the house of the Lord, has been outgeneralled, and will per- haps have to build another church to balance his accounts. And so they go. The political rings of all soris, railway kings and powerful corporations—which in New York, if combined under Sweeny, would be too strong even for Grant—are divided, so that he may cut them up in detail. So much for the nomination of Seymour and the'issue of the late battle for our State Legislature. . The whiskey rings, however, still compass a capital stock of hundreds of millions; other in- ternal and external revenue defrauding rings are flush of money, while the public land and bond jobbers of the West, in the shape of railway jobs and Indian treaties and mining experl- ments, have schemes on hand covering thou- sands of millions. And all these powerful combinations of gamesters have their allies not only in the lobby, in the. church and in the greenroom, but in both houses of Congress, The war has en- riched thousands of bold adventurers in all these public spoliations, and thousands more are in the field for the same harvest. General Grant promises to disperse these marauders and to save the Treasury. How is he to do it? The Hon. Mr. Mullins, of Tennessee, may say that these Treasury leaks cannot be stopped “till the Angel Gabriel snaps his resurrection gun,” but we think they can. The gathering of the elements indicates a storm. We have seen a heavy thunder gust rising and spread- ing itself abroad from the West; we have seen a confused gathering of clouds rushing to meet it from the East, and with the collision of these opposing forces we have seen the Western cloud break forth into a roaring tempest, sweeping away all obstractions in its resistless march. Next, with the passing storm we have seen a calm like that of a soft May morning on the Hudson, Such, we expect, will be the collision and the consequences between General Grant and all the rings and combinations of Treasury rob- bers. The conflict will be terrific; but the robbers will be swept away, and then we shall have “a great calm.” The radical leaders hang fire, the Senate holds back, the rings of public plunderers are preparing for battle. It is just this question, shall this government be reformed and live, or shall it sink under the corruptions and debaucheries of Rome? Let the people, then, prepare to support Presi- dent Graat in this coming fight; let it be fought out, and ‘‘let us have peace.” Harry Sratz or Arratrs.—The radical or- ganis ‘‘satisfied” with what Grant has said on the nigger question. He did not say anything about the nigger in his recent letter, but once upon a time he said amen to the Chicago plat- form. Sofor once the nigger worshippers are disposed not to be exacting. Tus Governor’s Cnanck.—The Governor may do something practical for the democracy of this city by a vigorous exercise of that sort of good will that ‘‘cuts to cure.” He should remove every democratic office holder that he cin get his hands on for any delinquency. Thus the democrats could see the limit of their power, and they would govern themselves ac- cordingly. At present they believe they are supreme, and so act without regard to the right. Finding officer after officer removed they would see the necessity of electing men against whom the Governor could find no reasons, and this would prevent that reaction against them that will otherwise be their ruin. A Loup Catt is made by leading repub- lican papers all over the country for the Senate to repeal the Tenure of Office act. All eyes, even those of “little Delaware,” are at this juncture turned toward the august Senate, Only a few days of grace remain Cuvront anv Corporation.—The old phrase, “Church and State,” which had been supposed obsolete in this republic, must now be read “Church and Corporation” in New York city; otherwise why should the Board of Assistant Aldermen have added on Monday a donation of nearly two hundred dollars to the Macdougal street Baptist church to their long and prepos- terous list of donations to city churches? Complaints have been made that these dona- tions have heretofore fallen somewhat inordi- nately to the share of Catholic churches. But how are either Catholic or Protestant churches entitled to them in a country where, theoretically at least, a complete ‘separation exists between Church and State ? Ixvormation WaANTED.—The Chicago Tri- bune calls for the names of,those who notifled Grant that he might expect opposition to his Cabinet if announced prematurely. Don't all speak at once. ‘The News frem Cuba. The intelligence from Havana published to- ay in our telegraphic column is of a very im- portant character, It will be seen that Count Valmaseda, who is operating in the Eastern Department, has been forced to send a portion of his column to St, Jago to save that city from capture by the Cubans, while from the Central Department there is a significant in- action Qn the part of the Spanish troops. A hew and formidable movement has brokenout in the Villa Glara district, involving all the sugar region of Clenfuogos and Trinidad. . At Cardenas several arrests have been made, in- cluding the British Consul. But the appear- ance of insurgents at Guanajay and San Cris- tobal, places west of Havana which have hitherto been quiet, and the advantages ob- tained there over the Spaniards are of great significance. They prove that the revolution has acquired a new impulse, and indicate that it will speedily involve all of the Western De- partment. “ The feeling of hatred between Cubans and Spaniards is acquiring greater intensity, and the youth are leaving the towns to take their places in the field. This feeling has its dark side for our own citizens resident in Cuba, and a representation hgs been sent to Washington stating that Americans are being arrested, but no measures can be taken in their behalf because Captain General Dulce denies to the Consul General of the United States diplomatic functions. Our latest tele- gram reports that the Consul may be forced fo leave Havana, and that, while American citi- zensare being arrested without charges against them, obstructions are placed by the govern- ment in the way of others who wish to to leave the island. We trust that the Cabinet at Washington will take this matter into immediate consideration, and issue’ in- structions to Admiral Hoff, now at Havana, to see that injustice is not done to our citizens there. It is no time to refer wrongs three thousand miles across the Atlantic, to Madrid, where no actual government exists. In the absence of instructions trom Washington Ad- miral Hoff will do well to remember that the country expects him to do his duty in the premises with the same spirit which animated Ingraham in the Kosta case. We would sug- gest to General Grant that the office of Consul General at Havana has for a long time been administered by a clerk of the State Depart- ment, and it will be well to have a Consul General ready to send to Havana very soon after the 4th of March. Tue New System aNp THE New May.— Under Grant the qualification to office is to be the ability and the readiness to perform its duties, Grant will observe such a standard in his own appeintments, and this will become the keynote of the administration; so that his subordinates chosen on this standard will choose their subordinates in the same way. Thus we shall have the Post Office and* the Custom House managed with a view to their proper purposes. In the Custom House this is particularly necessary, and the abuses that the new man will be called upon to reform are very numerous. That there are such abuses is not a reproach to past collectors, and especially not to the present one: The great necessity has been a President who would sus- tain the Collector in honest efforts. Smythe and. others had not this stanch support, but the next man will have it, Tax Crvise oF THe Henrtetra.—The yacht Henrietta, with General Van Allen and party, is on her return from the delightful winter trip in the West Indies that has been chronicled from time to time. This kiad of trip will doubtless grow in favor with the owners of yachts, as it points to a most delightful way of passing what otherwise must be a dead season to those who cultivate the finest of aquatic sports. The American archipelago does not yield in natural beauties to the storied lands and waters of other climes, and it cannot be seen save py the traveller who goes in his own vessel. The coming: year will bea very active one with yachtmen. Several yachts will visit Europe in the summer, and, laden with the honors they will win there, some wili perhaps round up the year witha winter in the West Indies, In Proxte.—The radical eyes ‘see no difficulty in the Tenure of Office bill” because the Senate will not insist upon the power it gives to that body as against Grant. It will not insist, but it will not repeal the law. It will not use the rod, but it will keep it ia pickle. Vicrory or tz Lopsy Jon’ —The rail- road ring and subsidy bond jobbers and lobby jobbers achieved a small viclory on Monday by the passage of their bill in the House of Representatives authorizing the Northern Pa- cific Railroad to issue bonds. That is one step gained. The next will be +o get through a bill guaranteeing the payment of the interest on said bonds, and the third step will be the passage of a law to pay the principal, what- ever the amount may be—one or one hundred millions, The people, however, have faith in General Grant's sagacity and determination to scatter the lobhy and all other Congressional manipulators. Cuanor Taz Law.—As the elections come round we shall see at the polls a tremendous slaughtering of the judges who have dared on the bench to assert the supremacy of the law against certain of the villanous elements of political power; and that villany should thns have it in its power to strike back is a scandal to our institutions. Let the tenure of judges be put on another basis than that of popular approval, with all its abuses. Let the judges be once more appointed and hold during good behavior. ie Wuo 1s at THE HELM ?—The old salts who navigate the waters of New York Bay propose to pilot the vessels of the shipowners through the intricacies and narrow places of our bar- bor upon terms which suit themselves, which they consider to be as fair and square as when they are running before the wind. The Ship- owners’ Association, meantime, are endeavor- ing to pilot the old salts throngh the crooked channels of Albany legislation. Both parties are being heard before the Legislature on the amended Pilot bill; but as the shipowners aro more in their element in Albany than off Sandy Hook, or “off shore,” itis probable that they are at the helm just now, though the pilots are making a good fight for the mainte- | nance of the or-vent rates of fare and their | durable basis. other privileges, which the shipowners aré desirous to cr off. It will be interesting to see, when the race comes to be decided, who holds the helm, There is, of course, no mys- tery as to who holds the stakes. We may be sure that they are not a hundred miles from the Capitol. ‘ The Opening of the British Parliament— The Queens Speech. Yesterday afternoon the British Parliament was formally opened, The Queen was not present. The speech was accordingly read by royal commission, that is by the Lord Chan- cellor. There is nothing to indicate that the affair was other than tame and uninteresting. It was certainly the duty of her Majesty to be present on this occasion, unless her reasons for absence were good, even irresistible. If the royal figurehead is to continue to be conspicu- ous for its absence from all State demonstra- tions there is reason to fear that the people ; “All begin to regard the whole thing called royalty as at once very expensive and very unnecessary. Such persistent retirement on the part of the Queen can have no good effect on the dynasty, ‘The royal address, as‘we have it, does not reveal much. The merits or demerits of the speech must, however, be credited to Mr. Gladstone, and not to the Queen. We should certaialy have had a more ringing address had the seals of office beenin the hands of Disraeli. Such as it is, however, it is before us. The relations of Great Britain with foreign Powers are on an excellent footing. The Paris Con- ference has happily prevented war in the East. It is expected that the negotiations with the United States will place the friend- ship which ought ever to exist between that country and Great Britain on a firm and We very much doubt whether there is good reason for any such expectation. It is not our fault if the British people are misled by the honeyed words of Reverdy Johnson. They have not now long to wait to be undoceived. ' The New Zealand troubles, we are told, are deplored, but everything will be done to pre- vent the recurrence of such unhappy events. Economy, coupled with efficiency, is to be a characteristic of the new administration. Ireland comes in for special attention. The continued suppression of the habeas corpus is considered unnecessary, and the attention of Parliament is directed to the arrangements about to be submitted to it for the final and satisfactory adjustment of ecclesiastical affairs in.that portion of the empire. The wisdom of Parliament, it is hoped, will ‘‘efface the memory of past contentions and cherish the sympathies of an affectionate people.” We shall see. Parliament has certainly enough work on hand, and it promises to be lively. TriomiINA Sprravis.—This lively and in- teresting worm “has made its appearance in a sailors’ boarding house in this city and in the City Hospital. It is a peculiar fact that he paid his attentions exclusively to the boarders, and left the landlord alone. There is no occa- sion for popular alarm in regard to the disease that this worm causes. He only afflicts the eaters of raw pork. Cook well thy swine’s flesh, therefore, O American citizen of Ger- man descent, and defy forty million trichinw. Gracerutty Bowen Ovt.—A Washington correspondent of a Boston paper states that General Grant has a-very high regard for Senator Wilson, and that he has lately “signified his regard in a delicate but unmistakable way ; but it is confidently believed he will not ten- der him a Cabinet seat.” Thus is one re- portal Cabinet expectant gracefully disposed of. Hurry up the next. Oporovs.—We are sometimes assured that the finest perfumes are made from substances the most offensive to the human nostrils. If this be true we are positive that in the mar- kets of this city and their surroundings there is the equivalent of one ton of the ottar of roses, The markets at this rate would be valuable past all computation to any manwfacturer of perfumery, and we wish such a person would buy them. and carry them away to his laborafory in the country. Italian Opera in New York. No American journal has more earnestly and persistently advocated the introduction and establishment of Italian opera in the United States than the New York Herarp. It has heartily welcomed all the first class operatic artists who have arrived here in full possession of their voices and the other gifts and accomplishments entitling them to dis- tinction. In some cases it has been fortunate enough to make the earliest announcement of talents which have subsequently won a European and a world-wide reputation. But @ has been for a long time compelled to regret the decline of Italian opera—a decline directly attributable to gross thismanagement. This deplorable misfortune is by no means the fault of our musical public, whose taste and know- ledge have steadily improved until their stand- ard of excellence is higher than ever. That their liberality has kept pace with their quick- ened appreciation and their rapidly increasing wealth is manifest from the prodigious success of the rehearsals and concerts of the Philbar- monic Society during the present season. The object of this society is to bring out in the most effective style the best works of great composers. Two private and three public re- hearsals precede each concert. Three con- certs have been given this winter, presenting successively the ‘Heroic Symphony” of Beethoven, the ‘Fantastic Symphony” of Berlioz, a symphony of Haydn, Liszt's symphonic poem, ‘‘On the Mountain,” Beetho- ven'’s unique concerto for the violin and one of his concertos for the pianoforte, and Men- delssohn’s ‘‘Reformation Symphony,” toge- ther with two parts from an unfinished sym- phony, full of sweetness and strength, by Schubert. Three more concerts, with their accompanying rehearsals, remain to be given. Dr./Doremus, the president of the Philhar- monic Society, has made it fashionable and popular to such @ degree that he can well afford to take no notice of the ill-natured slurs upon him in which certain journalists have lately indulged. The success of the Philhar- monic concerts and of the concerts of Theodore Thomas, and, we may here add, of Mondey night's brilliant fepresentation of ‘Goueviive do Brabant,” sufficiently indicates how quick to appreciate and how liberal to reward excel- lence our musical public has become. ft is But its demands are infinitely more exacting than they were fifteen or twenty years ago, when there were but few theatrical and still fewer operatic attractions, It can no longer be satisfied by the importation of faded and played-out European celebrities. It wants to hear the Nilssons and Pattis of the day in the fulness of their prime, and it is both able and willing to pay lavishly for the pleasure: It will insist, moreover, upon the indispensable- ness of what has never yet been enjoyed in” this country—a complete and thoroughly trained Italian opera stock company. The ad- vantage of an excellent stock company has been conspicuous at Wallack’s theatre and in connection with the production of opéras bouffes at the French theatre. Without securing a similar advantage Italian opera cannot be es- tablished on a permanent basis. With it and with stars of the Patti or Kellogg order and with managerial genius like that of Grau Italian opera might winter gloriously in New York and make profitable summer excursions to the watering places and throughout “the provinces.” Furthermore, however, it would require a home in our metro- polis that should be in every way worthy of it and of the latest improvements in modern architecture, It could never be domiciliated at the dismal misnamed ‘‘Academy of Music,” to which bad luck clings like a curse. To insure the revival of Italian opera in New York it must at once be taken out of the hands of inefficient managers and Bohemian wire-pullers. Men of vast capital as well as of acknowledged taste and intelligence and high social position—such. men as our Astors, our Vanderbilts, our Belmonts, our Steb- binses—would find at the present moment & most favorable opportunity for becoming pub- lic benefactors by reviving and establishing Italian opera in accordance with the condi- tions which we have pointed out as indispen- sable. But it would first be necessary for them to wrest so fine an opportunity from the greedy hands which are already grasping it. This is too noble an enterprise, and the public is too deeply interested in it to suffer it to be confiscated by Wall street adventurers to their own gelfish ends. It must not be exposed to such manipulations as convert other financial schemes of uggerupulous speculators into glit- tering but delusive bubbles. An overissue of musical notes would prove as fatal as an over- issue of railway bonds. An artificial surplus of tenors, bassos, sopranos and altos suddenly thrown upon the market would inevitably de- termine a fallin opera stock. Fluctuations of this kind can only be avoided by lifting opera wholly out of the quagmire of fancy stocks and planting it firmly on solid capital. Tae Constirution Tixkers—A Hitou.— The constitutional amendment passed by the House was not satisfactory to the radicals of the Senate, and so they passed two new amendments, and these being rejected by the House the subject has been referred to a joint committee of conference. The upshot will probably be no amendment of any sort, or a milk-and-water compromise that will not damage the republican ticket in the Connecti- cut election. The radicals want a lesson in Congress, but they do not want Butler; so we cannot tell what they are to do. Gas.—it is well known that there is a good deal of gas let off in the Albany Legislature ; but it is to be hoped that the members who have taken the investigation of the affairs of the gas companies in hand will not let them off simply with a puff ora blow. The swind- ling to which the public has been subjected by these companies is no light matter, although itis clearly—pr rather, we may say, dimly—a matter of light. Letihe Legislature, then, keep its gas for some other questions, the railroads, for example, which need some illumination, and go at the gas companies with a full head of steam. Now that the resolution asking for a committee to investigate the affairs of these atrocious monopolies has passed the House let the Speaker nominate the committee at once. Metropolitan ImprovementsThe Future of New York. General Viele’s report to the Mayor of the city on our markets, which we published yes- terday, is an able one and full of practical and useful information, The wretched and filthy condition of some of the markets, the dilapi- dated state. of the buildings, the want of suffi- cient accommodation, the inconvenient loca- tion of some and the necessity of more in suitable parts of the city are all ably set forth. The improvements recommended are those of a skilful engineer, who has thoroughly studied the subject and who takes a comprehensive view of the growth and great future of the metropolis. The city government and the Legislature of the State should act upon the suggestions of General Viele at once and commence a system of improvements that will be a credit to New York and make the people prond of their city. The downtown markets were made and lo- cated for the city,when it was a village com- pared to what it is now, and those that have been established higher up since the city be? gan to develop its wonderful growth have not kept pace with the wants of the population. In fact, as General Viele shows, some are a disgrace to the city and the whole are inade- quate to its wants. Two difficulties appear to have laid in the way of market extegsion and improvement—the hostility of the old market- men and their vested interests and the stu- pidity and want of broad and comprehensive views in our city authorities and the State Leg- islature. But the time has come when neither the old fogy marketmen, with all thoir wealth, lobbying and political influence, nor the nar- row-minded stupidity of the City Council or Legislature can stand in the way of necessary improvements. Tho people of this great metropolis will demand them. The destiny of New York ingrandeur and beauty cannot be arrested by the supposed: interests of a class or the want of comprehension and taste in our gtogshop politicians, But there are other improvements needed besides those of the markets to make the city what it ought to be. Within twenty-five years Now York and its immediate surround- ings—which form, in fact, our metropolis—will have a population of three millions, Yes, within that time it will be the second city in the world, and in loss than fifty years it will be the firat—will be more populous, grander