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6 NEW YURK HERALD, TUESDAY MARCH 2, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR All business or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York Heravp. . Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROUGHAM'’S THEATRE, Twenty-fourth st.—JENNY Linp—PO-Oa-HON-TAS. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Houmery DUNPTY, wiru NEW FEATURES. \ BOWERY THEATRE, Bo Bxow—Doe or THE PinaTE : —FooTMARKS IN THE & BROADWAY THEATR: PT OF THE WISH-TON- * gooTH’s THEATRE, Twenty-lird at, between 6th and Mth avs.—ROMEO AND JULIET. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Tar BURuEsque Ex- WRAVAGANZA OF TUE FORTY THIRVES. Broadway.—FRreNcn SPyY— su. fRENCH THEATRE. Fourteenth street and Sixth ave- pue,—GENEVIEVE DE BRABANT. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and 13th street.— mMuou Avo AbouT NoTUIN WOOD'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE, Thirticth street and Wroadway.—Aliernoon aud evening Performance. 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Alphonse de Lamartine, the French poet and his- torian, died yesterday in Paris, ‘The proposition to grant the city of Frankfort on the Main the sum of two million florins has passed the Prussian Diet by a large majority. Cuba, Spanish newspapers in Havana report that 300 in- surgents had surrendered at Villa Clara, that Aringo had joined Vailmaseda with 2,000 of the revolutionary troops and that General Lasca was meeting with no Dpposition in his march into the interior. Four Spanish gunboats are cruising on the coast anda snan-of-war is watching the movement of revolution- Aste at Nassau. Alaska, Advices to the 0th of February state that two ‘white men ona trading expedition had »een mur- dered by Koikee Indians, in revenge for the death of thetr comrades at the hands of the sentries in Sitka. General Davis was about to sail for Koikee on the ‘United States steamer Saginaw. New Zealand. News has been received in England that the New- Zealanders have been severely punished for the out rages committed some time since in Poventy Bay. ‘The British forces have burned several of their vil- Jages, and ninety of the natives were killed or wounded. The President Elect. General Grant haa now decided not to notify his Cabinet ministers of their appointments until he oficially notifies the Senate. Heretofore the nominations have been sent in previous to the sth of March, President Pierce having sent his nominations in on the 7th, later than any one else. The nominations have also heretofore been forwarded through the State Department. President Johnson's term expires at twelve o'clock on the 4th, and the old Cabinet will all present their resigna- tions by midnight of the ad, except Generai Scho- Held, who will hold over and present his resignation to General Grant. General Sherman ts determined to master the de- tails of the office of the General-in-Chief before he takes it, He remains hard at work at headquarters usually throughout the day. It is probable that General Grant will not resign his office of General, as he considers that \t expires on his inauguration as President. General Grant's headquarters were densely erowded with visitors yesterday. No interviews took piace more pretentious than @ handshaking, Among the visitors were Senator elect Joshua R. Hill, of Georgia; numerous other celebrities, ana Superintendent Kennedy, of the New York Police, ‘The office seekers are still persistent in their de- mands on the President elect. Joshua F. Hill, of Georgia, one of the Senators elect now debarred from his seat, is recommended editorially by the Chicago Tridune for @ seat in Grant's Cabinet as a fv representative of Southern Union men. s 1. N. Morris, of Quiney, 11, writes that he de- clined @ seat in Grant's Cabinet because the salary would not cover the expense of living in Wash- ington, ‘ =~ ‘In the Senate yesterday bills to authorize imprison- ment at hard labor as punishment in certain cases; in relation to the rights.of married women in the District of Columbia, and for the relief of certain scouts in Alabama were passed. The bill for the removal of political disabilities, came up and a long disomasion ensued on a motion to strike out the name of Asa Rogers, the State Auditor of Virginia. As the expiration of the morning hour, howover, the motion was withdrawn and the Dill went over, The Army Appropriation bill was then taken up and discussed as in Committee of the Whole. Mr. Sprague’s arnendment declaring the Indians subject to the laws and not entitled to be treated with as foreign nations was withdrawn. The bill was re- ported to the Senate, and Mr Sumner renewed his motion for the payment of interest on moneys ad- vanced by Massachusetts in the war of 1812. During the debate that ensued Mr, Sherman stated that most of the items in the claim were for local de- fence, Mr. Frelinghuysen stated that Massachusetts haa accepted the principal In full liquidation of the cham, and Mr, Grimes said that the claim had never been referred to the Military Committee or the Com- mittee on Claims, but to the Committee on Foreign Relations, of which Mr, Sumner was chairman, and that ratiroad men to whom the claim had been sold were then on the floor of the Senate. The debate was continued «ntil adjournment without taking action upon te bill or amendment, : In the House numerous bills were introduced and referred under the Monday call of States. A bill to provide for a report on the proper span of bridges over the Ohio river was passed under the pressure of the previous question, and also a joint resolu- tion, introduced by Mr. Judd, requiring securities from the Central Pacific Railroad for its completion, and suspending the issue of bonds to such roads until the special commission has reported upon their standard of construction. A resolution withholding the Washington relics from Robert E. Lee was adopted. ‘The Misceilaneous Appropriation Bill was considered in Committee of the Whole. An amendment grant- ing Miss Vinnie Ream, the sculptor, $5,000 on her contract for a statue of Mr. Lincoln was agreed to. Mr. Butler proposed an amendment appropriating the amount necessary to pay the war cliima of all the States that have been reported favorably by the commissioners. The discussion continued through- out the evening session, and the bill was reported to the House, which thereupon adjourned, Miscellaneous. The United States Supreme Court yesterday de- cided Russell, Major & Co.'s Floyd acceptances to be illegal. The Court also delivered an opinion sustain- ing the gold contract case from Maryland, on the same principle as that involved in the case of Bron- son against Rodes, No trains have passed to or from San Francisco over the Pacific Railroad since the 12th of February, owing to the snow. The latest overland dates from New York received in San Francisco are to the 6th ult. The railroads in Canada are snowed up. In some places the drifts are thirty-four feet deep. The thermometer in Concord, N. H., yesterday marked thirty-eight degrees below zero. The Nevada Legislature are already considering the adopiton of the new constitutional amendment. Its ratification is doubtful, as the opinion prevails that it permits Asiatics to become citizens. The Louisiana Legislature has ratified the new amendment. In the Maine municipal elections yesterday Port- land was carried by the democrats, for the first time since 1860. John W. Frazier, a revenue assessor in Philadel- Phia, has been suspended by Supervisor Southworth. Frazier, however, it is said, refuses to recognize the authority of the Supervisors and holds on to his office. The City. The Board of Police has prepared a bill and will have it presented soon to the Legisiature modifying essentially the Excise law. In the meantime the liquor dealers are in doubt about renewing their licenses under the present law, as the new gne pro- poses to graduate the prices for licenses according to the amount of business, The Board of Health met yesterday and re-elected George B. Lincoln President. Dr. Harris presented report to the effect that smailpox is spreading in the city and more general vaccination is demanded. A nolle prosequt in the case of John ©. Bratne, the Chesapeake pirate, was entered in the United States Circuit Court, Brooklyn, yesterday, under dt- rections from Attorney General Evarts. Braine was then discharged and left tie court ina hack, saying that he would go to Suvannab, where his relatives reside. Edwin D. Lee, the Bergen stockbroker, was charged with another bond robbery yesterday, he having been already committed on charges of being concerned some time ago m two other robberies, The last charge is that he stole a tin box containing $50,000 from Henry Rocholl, No. 69 Pine street, in January last. He pleaded not guilty and was recommitted in default of an additional bail of $50,000, making $90 000 bail required altogether. Michael Mullen and Patrick Duffy were arrested yesterday about three o'clock in the morning for attempting to kill officer Riule, of the Eighth pre- cinct, who had cautioned them against being disor- derly and noisy. They drew a pistol and aknife upon him, but the timely arrival of another oficer saved bim probably from serious injury. Mullen and Dutly were committed. The “GriMth Gaunt” libel suit was continued yes- terday. Mr. Eaward Hous® testified to being pres- ent with Charles Reade while he was engaged on the nove! in question. The case was adjourned anti to-day. ‘The ship Harry Bluff, Captain Oliver, of New York, from Cadiz bound to Boston, was wrecked on Nan- tucket Shoals on Friday night last. Two of the crew were drowned and two frozen to death. The re- mainder were picked up from the longboat and landed at Boston yesterday. The steamship Hammonta, Captain Meier, of the Hamburg American Packet Company’s line, will leave Hoboken at two P, M. to-day for Southampton and Hamburg. The mails will close at tue Post OMice at twelve M. Gold opened yesterday at 1314, advanced to 1321; and closed at The market was excited and unsteady throughout the day udMer adverse reports from Washington respecting the Schenck bill and advices of a decline in bfnds in London. Govern- ments, in sympathy and under the operation of the same canses, fuctuated inversely with gold. The general stock list was weak, With moderate arrivals, being 1,773 head, and a fair demand the market for beef cattle yesterday was firm, prime and extra steers selling at 16igc. & 1%c., fair to goot at Ihe. a 16\%C., ordinary at 123¢c, @ 14),c., and Inferior at 10c. a 12¢, ‘The major part of the offerings was fair in quality. Milch Cows were slow of suie, and prices were heavy at $100 @ $125 for extra, $90 a $95 for prime, $75 a $86 for fair to good aud $45 a $70 for infe- rior to common. Veal calves were steady and firm, with a fair demand. We quote:—Extra, 13c. a 133¢¢.; prime, 12c. a 12%4¢., and inierior to good, 9c. a 11x¢. Sheep were in fair request and higher, extra selling at 9c. @ 9%e., prime at 7)g¢. a 8c., fair to good at6\c. a T\c. and inferior to common at 54c. a 640 Swine were slow of sale, but steaily at 10%c, @ 10%c. for prime and 10c, a 10)c. for common to Prominent Arrivals in the City. Governor R. M. Patton, of Alabama; Judge H. A. Nelson, of Poughkeepsie; F. 8. Carling, of the United States Army, and H. Weed, of New Jersey, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Major General Totten, %. Taylor, and Captain Allan Rutherford, of the United States Army; W. F. San- ders, of Montana, and Dr, Goddard, of Boston, are at the Metropolitan Hotel, Major Taylor, of the United States Army, Valen- tine Love, of London, England, and J. Seaman, of Neshville, Tenn., are at the St. Charles Hotel. General P.D, Roddy and Major W. 8. McVay, of Alabama; T. J, Grotjan, 3. F, Anderson and Mr. Hughes, of Louisville, Ky., are at the Maltby House. Captain Ogden and Major Bliss, of the United States Army; B. H. Woolman, of Philadelphia, and - on of St. Albans, Vt, are at the St, Julien otel. W. L. Scott, of Erie; Jacob sharp, of New York; + B. Bristol, of New Haven; &, H. Burdell, of Goshen, and B. B. St. John, of Newburg, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. General A. V. Kaute bas just arrived trom Mexico yia Havana, — CincemstaNces ALTER Casts.—The phrase “not worth s continental red” is now changed to “not worth a Presidential endorsement"— | with only a few days’ official margin, ‘Banks, Butler, General Grant and the New Congress. At noon on the 4th of March—the day efter to-morrow—President Johnson, his Cabinet and the Fortieth Congress go out, and President Grant, his Cabinet and the Forty-firat Con- gress come in. The final adjournment of the old Congress will be immediately followed by the first meeting of the new one, the first thing of the kind we shall have had with the incom- ing of a new administration. This meeting for the first session of a new Congress on the Presidential inauguration day is, under the law passed some two years ago, one of the numerous measures growing out of the conflict of the two houses with Andy Johnson. Under the old law the first session of each Congress bogan on the first: Monday in December, the two houses being subject to a special call from the President in the interval. Iu 1865, a month after Lincoln’s inauguration for his second term, he was assassinated, and Johnson, elected as Vice President, took his place. The Southern rebellion had just been put down, the States concerned were in chaos, and to reconstruct them it was thought at first by many that President Johnson must and would issue a call for an extra session of Con- gress. Butit soon appeared that he had re- solved to undertake the work of reconstruction on his own responsibility, and that he expected to finish it by the day of the first regular meet- ing of the two houses in December, having for seven months and a half the whole field in his possession, mate ot This initial mistake of Johnson resulted in a conflict with the two houses on their first meet- ing, and from that day to this, with a two- thirds vote in each wing of the Capitol against him, ‘‘the man at the other end of the avenue” has had a hard time of it. The main business of Congress for the last four years, in short, has been to watch Johnson, baffle him and head him off at every point, and but for a few independent republican Senators they would have expelled him last spring from the White House and sent him back to Tennessee. From this conflict with Johnson we have, among other things, this law providing for the first meeting of a new Congress on the 4th of Merch, and we have likewise the Tenure of Office law, which makes the President’s removals and suspen- sions, as well as his appointments, subject to the ‘‘advice and consent of the Senate.” So the two houses will be on guard from the first day of Grant as President, and from the start, between President and Congress, they must understand each other. The Congress coming in is substantially the Congress going out. One hundred of the members of the House are members re-elected, and among the new ones are but few of any prominence. Shellabarger, of Ohio, perhaps the very ablest man in the present House, retires, and Ashley, the great impeachment pioneer, is succeeded by ademocrat. So, too, has the famous Don- nelly, of Minnesota, while all the Washburns are returned. John A. Griswold on runniag for Governor of New York gave up his place in Congress to Tanner, another republican ; but from another New York district we have a John A. Griswold returned, who is a democrat, in place of a republican. Robinson and Barnes, of Brooklyn, have been superseded each by an another democrat, and so have Chanler and Stewart of this city—Stewart, by the way, never claiming to be more than ’arf and ‘arf. On the republican side Blaine, Boutwell, Dawes, Genery Twichell, Kelley, Covode, Schenck, Bing- ham, Logan and Julian are back with all the Washburns, as, on the democratic side, are Niblack, Eldridge, Woodward, Wood, Brooks and Morrissey, while among their new comers they have General Slocum, Sunset Cox and Daniel Voorhees, The republican majority, including all the members elected, is reduced to less than a two-thirds vote; but they may weed out enongh to secure it. - ‘The new Senate is almost four-fifths repub- lican. The three original Andy Johnagh men— Cowan, Doolittle and Dixon—have been ruled out by radical anti-Johnson men. Henderson, of Missouri, one of the ‘seven impeachment traitors,” is succeeded by Carl Schurz, an original German radical red republican, Pat- terson, of Tennesse, a son-in-law of President Johnson, retires‘and Parson Brownlow takes his place. Hamlin, of Maine, first Vice President to Lincoln, is returned to the Senate as some recognition of the mistake in setting him aside in 1864 for Johnson. Fenton takes the place of Morgan; Pratt the place of Hendricks, of Indiana, the second strongest man for President inthe Tammany Conven- tion before they took up Seymour; Stockton, democrat, succeeds Frelinghuysen, republi- can, while Thurman, democrat, comes in the place of Old Ben Wade, radical—one of those delusive democratic gains of 1867 which led them off the track in 1868. With a few changes the present leaders in both branches will be the leaders in the new Congress. But who will take the place of Old Thad Stevens in the House as the recog- nized head chief of the body? Butler has been striking for it, and Butler is a keen lawyer, a sharp tactician, and has all the audacity and indifference to little scruples and antecedents needed for a pushiag politician on a new departure. But there is a powerful radical conspiracy operating against him and for the purpose of bottling him up. They tried to upset him in his district, but he was there too much for them. Right or wrong, however, they have so far turned the tables on hin in the House. Should he be bottled again Mas- sachusetts has still Banks, Boutwell and Dawes, one of the Washburns and Genery (not Jemmy) Twichell in the House to rely upon. Then there are Schenck, Bingham, Kelley, Logan, Negley, Garfield, Jenckes and the Western Wilson and Washburns, headed by Elihu, General Grant's right hand man. From present appearances the real contest for captain will be between Schenck and Dawes, for the odds seem to be heavily against Butler. In any event, as the two houses of the new Congress will assemble under a new order of things, they will be at first all at sea, leaders and cliques and factions. The crystallization of all these mixed materials will develop new combinations, and the agitation of new issues may bring into the foreground new men on both sides. The successor to Old Thad may bea new man; but from all the lights before us the first struggle among all the republican cliques and factions in the House and the Sonate will be to be first in the favors of President Great, Whoa the fst pickings | among the spoils bogin to be eoarce the trouble in the family will begin. City Judge Bedford’s Charge to the Grend Jury—Our Criminal Judges. In another column we give the interesting and pointed charge of Judge Bedford to the Grand Jury. Ordinarily documents of this class scarcely attract the attention of the mass of general readers; but in view of such an outburst of offences-against the order of society as has recently given so much cause for alarm citizens of all classes are peculiarly eager to attend to the admonitions of the criminal authorities, Judge Bedford points to delin- quencies in the administration of justice where people are least apt to look for them. He denies the allegation that the criminal authori- ties have suddenly become vigilant in the dis- charge of their duties, but claims that they were always 80, only that the people in quieter times note: it less, We can fully agree with him as to the efficiency of so much of the machinery of justice as we find on the bench. Recorder Hackett, Judge Barnard and Judge Bedford himself have done the public eminent and most necessary service, that is the more conspicuous just now because in the attitude assumed by the criminal classes that dis- charge of duty that woul be but an ordinary matter in ordinary times became ecarcoly less than judicial heroism. For their excellent carriage in many recent cases these officers deserve the gratitude of all good citizens. We hope our readers will give due attention to what Judge Bedford has to say of the fail- ure in their obligations to society of the citi- zens drawn for jury duty. There is no doubt that in the anxiety to escape that duty of men properly fitted for it it falls into the hands of those eager to sit in the box that they may sell a verdict to the criminal’s friends; and in this abuse begins the degrada- tion and corruption of all justice. Our only remedy, it is said, is with the Legislature. People therefore may understand how des- perate indeed are our chances for justice. General Grant’s Cabinet. Our latest special advices from Washington, received last night, infogm us that General Grant has determined not to make known his Cabinet selections until they are presented to, confirmed by and published under the usual rules of the Senate. Therefore all speculations on the subject are mere gossip, which will do well enough for breakfast-table talk, but afford no substantial fare. There is only one point in regard to the new Cabinet that seems to be well established—that is, the retention of General Schofield as Secretary of War until the remainder of the Cabinet is organized and in working order. The resignation of the Lincoln-Johnson Cabi- net, including Seward, McCulloch, Welles and Browning, is expected to be unanimous and nearly spontaneous. Attorney General Evarts will also tender his resignation, Secretary Welles, of the Navy, will go out at midnight, the hour when shipyards yawn and wooden hulks give up their dead. As it appears well established that General Grant is sincere in his determination not to make known the members of his Cabinet prematurely, even to the persons selected themselves, it is possible that some honest but obscure individuals, who have never been burdened with public honors or blushed under national distinction hereto- fore, will wake up on the morning of the 5th and suddenly find themselves famous. Wash- ington last night was alive with all sorts of rumors about the Cabinet, but the above gives condensed panorama of the real situation. Mimirary Orpers Extraorpinary.—The day after to-morrow General Grant will move on the enemy’s works from his present quar- ters in Washington. He will occupy the White House, taking care to protect his rear by confiding his late position to the personal direction of Lieutenant General Sherman. From his new post General (then President) Grant will issue orders commanding the legions under the direction of General Econo- my, General Retrenchment and General Re- form to move into line and align with the right resting on the pillar of Public Opinion, General Satisfaction will personally commend President Grant if these orders be promptly and faithfully obeyed. THe Capinet Dirvicurty.—It was thought that if the Senate showed any disposition to be ugly with Grant in the confirmation of men for his Cabinet he could retain the present incumbents and thus seriously bother the ten- ure of office meddlers, But this plank is taken away by the resolution of the men now in to resign their places to Andrew Johanson and retire with him. Grant will therefore be somewhat at the mercy of the Senate if that body chooses to make a fight with him on the Cabinet. But the probability is it will not make a fight on any point where the Senate will be so clearly in the wrong before the country. BB AAP Ad Leth ea Tak Luxvry or Brine a Notsancr.—It would only take five hours tochange the gas machinery so that gas could be made without offensive odor, and the new process would be cheaper than the old; but the Manhattan Company will rathor go into an expensive liti- gation than make the change. It cannot bear to relinquish the luxury of being a nuisance. Generat Grant AND THe SovtHERN Det- EGATIONS.—The Southern radical delegations in Congress waited on General Grant yester- day and had quite an interesting interview. The delegations assured the General of the of the South, and the General assured his visitors that he should exercise his best endeavors to maintain peace and order in that section, and that all the present military com- manders would be changed with the exception of General Thomas. Nothing was said about poor Sambo. The radicals seem to have drop- ped that unfortunate creature altogether, . Anorugr DaM TO BE CARRIED ‘Away.-The extensive dam that has preserved the White House from inundation through severe floods for the past three yoars will be carried away the day after to-morrow, and the waters will rush in, sweeping everything before them except the new broom. There will, however, be immediately constructed on Pennsylvania avenue within a few days thereafter dams of another and more emphatic sort. A Max Wuo Ovont to Have a Goov Oriston or Himsetr—Grant, who has so many favors to bestow. Our Militia Organizations. We have in all the States of the Union, and especially in New York and our metropolis, & motley crowd of uniformed men called militia. Asa general thing they are a perfect bur- lesque upon what they purport to be, Ten thousand of them gathered in a body would make a first class menagerie—clad in every variety of uniforms, armed with muskets and rifles of every known calibre, drilled in all kinds of tactics and perfect in none, entirely valueless for war purposes, and the officers in great part unfitted for their positions and un- able to fill them with anything like credit. There is a large element in this militia body of those soldiers who fought with credit in the rebellion. We regret to see this, for they are losing by unfortunate contact much of that efficiency which they possessed while forming a part of a thorough military organization. Many of our militia regiments and companies are merged into political circles or petty clubs where the lower order of politicians seek pre- ferment in office. Before our war these militia battalions were in all the glory of their defects, and when the strife broke out they gave us a specimen of their military value at Bull Run and most of the contests during the first year of the war. They appeared on the field a motley group ; before the war closed their uniforms had disap- peared, and by long discipline many of their defects had been eradicated. We think it may be maintained that our militia system was, as it then existed, rather a misfortune to us than a benefit, for there was nothing in the organi- zation but faults; and to eradicate these re- quired more hard drilling and discipline than it did to make a good soldier out of raw mate- rial. The system is now relapsing into its old evil rut, and will soon be as it was in 1860. The State, the community and the men them- selves are simply paying cash and giving timo to be unfitted for military science. We want a National Guard in the United States, organized upon a basis which shall be fixed by the general government and which shall be adopted by each State. The govern- ment need not interfore with any real or fap- cied State right which exists, but simply for- mularize a military system like that of England or France, stating how companies, regiments, brigades and divisions shall be formed. Let a general uniform be adopted, at least for an entire State; a prescribed work on the tactics of the three arms be permanently fixed, and not change it every time we change our Secre- tary of War. Let officers be appointed, and not elected, to command. The system of elect- ing officers is ruinons to a military force; for the officer thus named is, in nine cases out of ten, selected for being a good fellow, a bad disciplinarian and a burlesque upon the title which his shoulder straps indicate. As our present lack of system progresses we shall soon destroy even that fine military element which the war left to us. Therefore it be- comes a matter of very great importance that we reorganize after the true military manner we have indicated. Cnoxina Ur tux Government WELIs.— The Chicago 7ribune complains of the at- tempt of Hon. Messrs. Moorhead and Kelley in Congress to apply the stopcock to Special Commissioner Wells by cutting off his pay, and “allows,” as the Western Yankees say, that Mr. Wells is rich enough to do all the work he has undertaken ‘‘free gratis for nothing.” Uncle Sam prefers paying for his knowledge, and as he has repeatedly smarted for it there is no reason why Wells should be deprived of remuneration for the very valuable informa- tion he has collated and had published at pub- lic expense. If Mr. Wells does not choose to accept pay let him donate the amount he is justly entitled to toward the completion of the Washington monument, or toward the re- covery of Wirz’s lost head and bloody hand. Wuy Snovtpn’t He Have Ir?—The Toledo Blade states that a sort of chum or crony of General Grant when he used to haul wood from Carondelet ten years ago is now getting up a petition asking for the office of Collector of Internal Revenue in St. Louis. He is dis- connected with the politicians, and expects to get the office on the strength of old friend- ship. Why shouldn't he have it? Ten chances to one he is more honest and better qualified for the place than nine-tenths of the collectors of internal revenue now in office. Graut and Our Foreign Policy. The war, the incapacity of the expiring ad- ministration and the scandalous devotion of Congress to the petty interests of party have left to General Grant a legacy in our foreign policy which will require his early and serious attention, While our civil war was raging France solicited England and Spain to join her in recognizing the Confederate govern- ment and aiding the Confederate cause. Louis Napoleon’s object was to arrange a tripartite treaty for the control of the affairs and destiny of the United States, as had been done for in- tervention in Mexico, In fact, the Mexican policy of France was an integral part of the plan of procedure against this country. Spain was willing to go inif the Powers of Western Europe agreed upon the policy, but England wis afraid. She saw that the job was too big aone to be attempted with any prospect of success, But France proceeded with the un- dertaking, bolstering up Maximilianin Mexico and the Latin race idea all through Spanish America, and Spain loaned her feeble nid through the Captain General of Cuba and the sly opening of the arsenals of Havana to the blockade runners during the war. With France we have already settled this matter. For the attempted coalition against us we drove the French out of Mexico and with them the Maximilian government, which was probably as good, or, perhaps, the best which Mexico has ever had. It was a part of the scheme against the United States, and this was its deadly sin. Louis Napo- leon, finding there was no other course left for him, came down from his policy like a man, abandoned the fallacious Latin race idea and all that, and like a gentleman placed him- self in the position of ancient friendship. Our account with France on this score is settled, and we are ready for new and friendly busi- ness with her. With England the case is different. We have a long account to settle with her. Un- like her neighbor, sho has been putting off the evil day and pooh-poohing our claims, in the hove that we should get tired of asking for ee justiceand forget our rights. Recently by lavish course of wining and dining she got Dandy -ohnson to sign a foolish treaty, mixing up all arts of affairs with our war policy claims, wiich the Senate very wisely rejocted at sight. \This matter now calls for early attention @ the part of General Grant. There is butyne honorable and safe course for him to pursu, Let him order the Alabama claims to be mde up without reference to any adventitious myter, and send them to England by a special conmission to present, with a de- mand for immegate payment. We want no argument about he matter. If she declines to pay let the legition in London be closed, our Minister and conmission come home, and, closing all diplomaic intercourse with her Minister here, wait tle issue of events. Time will not roll on long before our opportunity will come. ; With Spain there is the same account to settlg She was as hottile to us while wo were in the stress of ot civil war as were France and England, and tid not do as much as they only because ihe had not the power. But what she did do was too much for a friend to do and sufficient for an enemy to be called to account for. Full proofs of this exist in the State Department in the voluminous correspondence and complainis of Consul General Shufeldt from Havana, and in the Navy Department in the reports of our naval commanders in the Gulf. This account must besquared, General Grant's best course to do this is to recognize the belligerent rights of the Cubans, now in open war with Spain, as promptly as did Spain recognize the belligerent rights of the Confederates on being asked to do so, and extend to them the same facilities for the purchase of arms as did the Oaptsin General of Cuba to the blockade runners. As soon as the Cubans evince their ability to maintain their cause and establish a govern- ment de facto let their independence be recog- nized and their representatives admitted to the diplomatic honors of Washington. Should Spain make our action in this matter a casus belli General Grant need only send Sherman and a few of his marching men, or Sheridan With: nis rough riders, to the Gem of the Antilles and take full guarantee for its good -behavior towards us fn the future. Thia legacy in our foreign policy is left to General Grant, and the whole country will be best satisfied to have it disposed of in the manner we have here suggested. The Telegraph and Congress. The Senate Committee has had the good sense to lead off in telegraphic reform. It haa recognized at once the irrepressible movement on the part of the people to take charge of the telegraph as something absolutely vital to the future devolopment of the nation. The ball will roll onward and produce an avalanche which no ring or combination of rings can withstand. If a narrow-minded ‘and pre- determined commfttee of Representatives fail to recognize the necessities of the people another session of Congress will produce men who are better advised of the public wants, and willing, as Representatives, to administer to them. The telegraphic monopoly will go down, as well as everything else that stands in the way of our civilization, We want the privilege of conversing with each other, and we intend to have that privilege to the fullest extent that science and art canextendit. Our constitution says that ‘freedom of spsech” is one of the corner stones of our nationality, and we are not disposed to trust it to the hands of @ monopoly. Tar Gas Question.—The gas company that refuses to give up the lime process said the smell was healthy, and the company that has given up that process showed that formerly in its works the escaping odor sometimes knocked the men over, so that they were use- less for aweek at @ time. Pretty healthy, that. ‘The Cuban Revolution and Our Duty. The information which we receive from Washington induces the belief that we are soon to see the Cuban movement supported by such legislative measures on the part of our government as will lead to an early recog- nition of Cuban independence, Ithas become an imperative duty for us to lend our moral aid to the gallant people of Cuba who are deter- mined to disenthral themselves from that Spanish rule which has been their curse for centuries. We have seen them, strong in the justice of their cause, reject all of the decep- tive overtures of Spain to restore them to the mother yoke; we have seen the war cloud gather from the little discontented particles until to-day there stand some twenty thonsand patriots under arms, while forty-five thousand more are awaiting the arrival of munitions of war to leave off their drill with sticks and face their oppressors with cold steel. This is a tune that thrills the heart of every native of this Continent; and we can assure these patriots that the good cause in which they are pressing onwards is watched and has the sym- pathy especially of the United States, Against the patriot army the Spaniards have now some twelve thousand men in the campaign and expect some ten thou- sand more. These are undoubtedly destined to find a grave in the country they go to hold in subjugation; cholera, yellow fever and Cu- ban bayonets will thin their ranks terribly within the next few months. The “volunteer” element, as it is termed by the Havana au- thorities, is composed of those men who have been growing financially fat on Cuban misery. This body now fixes to the doors of the pa- triots, ‘‘The time for clemency is ended. Ven- geance!” Vengeance for what? Vengeance for slipping from under the detested and ter- rible yoke that has crnshed out every manly feeling and aspiration for three hundred years? Vengeance for refusing longer to be slaves? Out upon such a race and sucha blot upon creation as this Spanish spawn that poilutes the richest and fairest island of the New World. The Cubans are all ready to link their fature with our own, cut aloof from the Old World and join in the movement of the West. This is their destiny, and they show their good sense to recognize it at once. General Grant, true to the great principles which now animate our people, {s not blind to the work that is going on in the Antilles, He will make hia administration at once historic by recognizing Cuban belligerent rights, then her independ- enge, and the consequent drawing closer