The New York Herald Newspaper, March 9, 1869, Page 6

Moa 6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR Allbusiness or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York -Ne. 68 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway and 18th street.— Mucu Avo AbouT NoTHINa. BROUGHAM'’S THEAT: 110N—MUCH ADO ABOUT A fourth st,—-PREFRO RROHANT OF VENICE. OLYMPIO THEATRE, Broadway.—Huurrr Dourtr, wir NEW FEATURES. iat . BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—THk SEVEN DwazFs; 08, HARLEQUIN AND ae WORLD oF WoNDERS. seiy BROADWAY THEATRE. .—SHADOW OF A CRIMB—RICHELIEU AT SIXTEEN, BOOTH’S THEATRE. Twenty-third t., between 6th and 7th ava,—ROMEO AND JULIET. NIBLO'S GARDEN, pe ys saatbad Buriesqus Ex- ‘TRAVAGANZA OF Tuk FoRTY THIEV: WOOD'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE, Thirtieth street and Broadway.—Afternoon and eveniug Performance. WAVERLEY THEATRE, 720 Broadway.—Evize Hout'’s BuRLESQUs COMPANY, MRS. F. B. CONWAY'S EARe THEATRE, Brooklyn.— MABEL--M& AND Mus. 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All complaints of ‘short counts” and spoiled sheets must be made to the Superintendent in the counting-room of the Hrratp establish- ment, Newsmen who have received spoiled papers from the Hrraxp 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 Hzratp. MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS. The Day Heratp 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 Herap at the same price it is furnished in the city. Tas vEws. Europe. The cable telegrams are dated March 8, A telegram from Rome contradicts the reportea death of the Pope. The announcement was made in the British House of Commons yesterday that the government would reduce the naval estimates about one million pounds sterling. ‘The royal barracks of Madrid, Spain, were set fire toyesterday. In the Cortes Marshals Prim and Ser- rano advocated granting pardons to those con- demned for @ violation of the press laws. Cuba, ‘The authorities in Havana have advices of Lesca’s march from La Guanaja to Puerto Principe. The hardest battle of the war was fought on the route, at Sierra de Cubitas. The insurgents, 4,000 strong, were entrenched, and a heavy artillery fire was opened upon them, under cover of which the Spaniards, charged with the bayonet. A complete victory for the Spaniards is claimed, the rebeis losing over 1,000 killed and wounded. General Quesada is reported to have ouly 7,000 available troops. Mexico. General Allatorre had overtaken Negrete at Tlas- cala and routed bim, capturing many prisoners. Negrete himself escaped with only a few adherents and the cavairy was in close pursuit of him. Colunet Prieto, one of the rebels, was captured, taken to Vera Cruz and shot. The insurrection at Merida, Yucatan, had been quelied and the ringleaders have been shot. ‘Minister Rosecrans had recently had frequent private interviews with President Jnarez. There was loud opposition to the administration, which is accused of corruption and incompetency. The Cabinet. Mr. Stewart yesterday waited upon President Grant and expressed a willimgness to resign the Secretaryship of the Treasury rather than be the cause of more embarrassment. The President urged him strongly to remain and await at least the issue of the day's proceedings in Congress relative to tne Tepeal of the law of 1,89 The Senate took ho action in the matter, however, and at the Pre- sident’s further solicitation to remain with him, Mr. ‘Stewart expressed himself willing to transfer all his business affairs to three trustees for the time tnat he should serve as Secretary, and devote the pro- ceeds to national and New York city charities. Congress. e yesterday the Vice President an- nounced the standing committees, Mr. Conkling in- troduced a bull to prohibit secret sales of gold on ac- count of the government, which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Sumner called up for consideration the resolution granting Mrs. Lin- coln @ pension of $6,000, but after a slight debate it ‘was referred to the Pension Committee, An election for chaplain of the Senate was then held, and the Rev. Dr, Newman was elected. The Senate then ad- journed, The House was not in session, The republican members of the Senate yesterday held a caucus, at which it was generaily agreed to make the session a8 short as possible, and to act only upon such bills as are of immediate moment. A caucus committee was appointed to urge similar action upon the Lloase. The Legisinture. In the Senate yesterday a message was received from Governor Hoffman vetoing the act for the ap- Pointwent of a Justice of the Peace in Lowvilie. Bilis appointing a President pro tem. for the Board of Metropolitan Police and incorporating the Pros- pect Park Hotel Company Were ordered to a third reading. The Assembly adjourned for want of a quorum. Miscellaneous. Commissioner Rollins on Saturday sent to the President a vatch of informal charges against Mr. Binokley, Soticitor of Internal Revenue, requesting his dismissal. The President yesterday referred the NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY matter to the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, with the suggestion that Mr. Binckley’s services are no longer required, and the Secretary therefore removed him from office, Arizona advices to February 10 state that the Indian war 1s in full operation in that country, fights, robberies and depredations being of daily occurrence. More protection is demanded from the government, A captain of Arkansas mulitia and two Nashville Policemen attempted to arrest a Choctaw Indian, a noted desperado, near Horn Lake, Miss., on Sunday, but were fred upon by him, the captain being killed and one of the policemen badly wounded. The Indian eacaped. Governor Geary has signed the death warrants of Twitchell and Eaton and fixed the 8th of April for the day of execution. The diMcuity in relation to the claims of settlers on land belonging to the Cherokee Indians is being adjusted by government commissioners, who ap- praise the land and aliow settlers five years in which to pay for it, and then only on condition that the Proposed border railroad is completed. The pardon issued by ex-President Johnson to Martin, the defaulting bank clerk in Boston, was re- called by the Secretrry of State on Saturday, but too late, ag the pardon had already been placed in Martin’s hands, A breach of promise case was recently decided in the county court of Warren county, IIL, in which the defendant, a man of considerable wealth, set up the plea that the young lady was of African descent, Several medical witnesses testified that a personal examination disclosed indubitable indications of African blood in her veins, although she was per- fectly white and had moved in the best white society in the county, The jury returned a verdict in her favor to the amount of $10,000, In the Maine municipal elections yesterday Au- gusta and Bangor went .republican and Biddeford democratic. The republicans of Virginia will hold s nominating convention for State officers in Petersburg to-day. The Newfoundland Legislature favors confedera- tion with Canada. The City. The Legislative committee mvestigating the gas monopolies yesterday heard testimony relative to the Brooklyn companies, The officers gave about the same testimony that had previously been given by the New York companies. Judge Daly testified that his house was undergoing repairs for several months and was unoccupied during that time, but @ heavy bill was presented nevertheless. On his protesting the company accepted one-half of the amount of the bill. Dr. Knight testified that the gas was frequently shut off at his house for no cause whatever, and he could receive no satisfaction from the clerks. j A case under the civil Rights law is at present before the Court of Common Pleas, Harriet Jacobs, ® colored woman of Savannah, sues the Atlantic Navigation Company. for $5,000 damages, in refusing to let her occupy the first cabin of the steamship Leo on a trip from Savannah to New York in July two years ago. The case will be resumed this morning. In Judge Kivien’s Civil Court, yesterday, Robert O'Callaghan sued John McMahon for the recovery of $21, lost on a wager as to which one could beat the other in winning a certain gtrl’s affections. The parties discreetly kept the name of the young lady to themselves, and O'Callaghan was awarded the money. In the Supreme Court, trial term, part 1, the case of James A. Paiteson vs. The Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company came up for hearing, the action being to recover $20,416 46, the value of certain cou- pons owned by the plaintiff and issued by the com- pany at various periods, but which they failed to satisfy. ‘rhe jury found forthe plaintiff in the full amount claimed. In the United States Gommissioner’s Court, before Commissioner Osborn, the case of the United States vs. J. N. Luckey, charged with defrauding a veteran of the Union army out of his bounty, was adjourned for a week. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday before Judge Bedford, the case of the People vs. Patrick Kerrigan, charged with the homicide of Eliza ‘Tracy, was proceeded with. There being nothing in the evidence presented by the prosecution to incul- pate Kerrigan with the crime laid to his charge, the jury by order of the Court returned a verdict of not guilty. William H. Chambers pleaded guilty w obtaining $31 50 by falsely representing himself as a collector for the Tribune Association. An appeal was made by the aforesaid Association to have sen- tence suspended, it being the first time the accused had been arrested for any offence. The court merci- fully complied and Chambers was discharged. He had scarcely left the court room when he was arrested on two different charges of felony. The Inman line steamship City of Manchester. Captain Jones, will leave pier 45 North river at one P. M. to-day for Queenstown and Liverpool, calling at Halifax, N. S., to land and receive mails and passengers. The mails by her will close at the Post office at twelve M. The Hamburg-American Packet Company's steam- ship Holsatia, Captain Ehlers, willsail from Hoboken attwo P. Mf. to-day for Southampton and Hamburg. The European mails will close at the Post office at twelve M. The steamship Nebraska, Captain Guard, of Wil- liams-& Guion’s line, will leave pier 46 North North river at one P. M. to-morrow (Wednesday) for Liverpool, calling at Queenstown to land passengers, The stock market yesterday was very strong and prices advanced from one to three per cent in con- sequence of an easier state of the money market the change in the system of bank statements and a revival of speculation which led off with large transactions in New York Central, based upon the expected action of the legislative committees. Gov- ernments were dull and quiet. Gold was firmer, selling up to 132 and closing finally at 13134. The market for beef cattle yesterday was moder- ately active, and, with offerings amounting to about 2,600 head, prices were quite steady at 16\c. a 1%c. for prime and extra, 1534¢. a 16%c. for fair to good, 18c.a 15¢. for ordinary and 10c. a 12c. for inferior. Milch cows—Prime and extra were in fair Tequest and firmly held, while other kinds were but little sought after. We quote: —Extra, $100 a $125 each; prime, $90 a $95; falr to good, $75 a $85, and inferior to common, $45 @ $70. Veal calves were moderately active and steady in value, prime and extra being quoted 12. @ 13)¢¢., fair to good llc. a 11%c., and inferior to common 9%c. a 10%e. Sheep were slow of sale, but, being in light supply, the market was firm at 8c. a 9c, for prime aud extra, 7c. a 7c. forcommon to good, and 6c. a exc. for inferior. Swine, though quiet, were firm at 10% Cc. @ 114¢¢., with moderate arrivais, Prominent Arrivals in the City. Hon. E. R. Hoar, of Concord, of Masa.; Hodges, of Boston; E. P. Ball, of Chicago; © Alex. Hay, Geo. Harding and Wm. W, larding, of Philadelphia; Alfred Gaither, of Cincinnatti; ©. Wen- dall, of Washington; E. B. Morgan, of Aurora, and , A. Packer, of Pennsylvania, are at the Astor House. Governor Patton, of Alabama; General J. M. Rusk, of madison; General Robinson, of the United States Army; General 8. F. Varey, of Cincinnati; Congress- man T. M. Pomeroy, of Auburn, N. Y., and ©. H. ‘Weed, of Weedsport, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Colonel W. D. Mann, of Mobile; Captain J. B. Dukehart, of Baltimore; W. J. Roe, of the Unitea States Army, and J. H. Camp, of St. Paul, Minn., are at the Metropolitan Hotel. Colonel Edward ©. Gallar, of St. Albans, Vt.; C. A. Cheatham, 0. F. Cheatham and J. H. Cheatham, of South Carolina; H. B. Plant, of Georgia; D. W. In- gersoll, of St. Paul, and J. L. Tracey, of St. Louis, are at the Astor House. Ex-Governor Hiland Hall, of Vermont, is at the Brevoort House, E. W. Fox, of St. Louis; H. A. Richmond, of Ba- tavia; B, Corneil, of Ithdca, and B, Wilson, of Alba- ny, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. H. C, Mills, of Connecticut; Hiram Faulkner and Hi. L. Barry, of Philadelphia, are at the St. Julien Hotel. W. H. Dayton, of Charleston, 8. 0.,and John Fer- guson, of Boston, are at the Maltby House, Dr. Russell Childs, of Saratoga; Captain BE. B. Haicomb and Captain Tuliey, of the United States Army, are at the St. Charies Hotel, Prominent Departure. Ex-Postmaster General Randall left this city inst evening for Washington. | jurors occupy. MARCH 9, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. Grant im the Wilderaces Again. Grant is in again. He has plungedin rather than advanced with what the kno~ing ones regard as ‘due ;” but now, as in ‘64, there is this great fact in his favor, that what was most necessary was that he should begin. In 1864 Grant had the enemy in front posted no one on our side knew exactly where or how, his dispositions hidden in the shadow ofa jungle, and behind Grant the people were expecting of him only to go ahead and win, He went ahead accordingly, and he won—not at once—not in the way your hero wins ina romance, but after labor that might have worn the soul out of Sjsyphus him- self. His success was splendid and complete at last, and filled the cup of the nation’s hope. Only the other day he was morally in the same place: at the edge of a wilderness denser to him than the Virginia forest—the wilderness of political usage, routine, trickery and intrigue, all the paths of which are held by the public enemy—the politicians of every stripe, the Treasury rings, the lobby jobbers, the nig- ger shrickers and the whiskey thieves. The thing the country had made him President for was to go ahead, and he went slashing into the jungle. They say his first step was a blunder. The first step is to be judged when we know the last. That first'step has brought him into the midst of the fight. In other times blundering was generally done with when Grant got there, and the step into the fight was one fruitful of promise to the country. We anticipate the best results from the simple fact that Grant is doing what he was made President for—going straight ahead where the politicians stand in his way. Once this grand action opened, who can doubt how it will close when he remem- bers that what was begun in the Wilderness was finished at Appomattox Court House. Our Relations with Englund. The moment is appropriate for us to con- sider how we stand with our commercial rivals across the water. That we are upon the eve of an exciting diplomatic, if not warlike, con- test with Great Britain we have little doubt. The unfortunate accrediting of Reverdy Jobn- son to the Court of St. James appears only to have opened the Alabama wounds afresh, and has led our people to again reflect upon the wrongs and outrages committed against us when we were struggling for national exist- ence. To say that the privateers which were launched against us during our war escaped from the interdict of English law is only to argue that the boasted laws of England are a farce; and so they were, in all that tended to honorable action towards us during our rebel- lion. The English people were almost a unit, from bootblack to lord, for the destruction of the republicanism of North America and this whole Continent. How, then, could the laws be enforced, when all England forbade their execution? England, therefore, cannot expect us to judge of our relations with her through certain written but dormant codes, but, rather, through the national impulse, which, for the time being, sets all codes aside. We have simply to base our whole future action upon the Alabama claims upon this idea, and settle the whole matter as if England had boldly declared war against us, instead of striking, Spaniardlike and snakelike, without previous notice. i While settling the Alabama claims there is another item to which we wish to draw the attention of our government. This refers to the island of Nassau. It isa strategic point in the hands of England which, in case of any internal or foreign trouble we may have, may do us immense damage. We well remember what a thorn it was in our side during our late war; how it swarmed with blockade runners ; how it was virtually a point of active opera- tions against us, and how the South received from it immense war supplies to assist them in the attempted overthrow of our government, This island should be in no other hands than our own. We require it as a picket post for the guarding of our Atlantic coast. The Ala- bama claims should not be settled without including this question. We ‘must also indicate some policy with reference to Canada; for Canada was also a nest of conspirators and a base of operations against us under the almost open protection of the English element there. Who will give us @ good war speech in (ongress upon the ques- tion of our relations with England? We want a speech with a solid ring to it that will wake them up a little on the other side of the water. ‘The War Commenced Against Grunt’s Administration. The war against the new administration has already commenced. General Grant has to fight another battle of Belmont, but this time itis with the politicians, and not Southern rebels, Sumner, as general-in-chief of the radical politicians, unmasked the batteries of his faction and opened the fire. Through him the very first request Grant made to Con- gress—a request by special message, too—was repulsed. When he asked that the old and absurd law prohibiting a man in business from holding office be repealed, in order that Mr. A. -T, Stewart might enter upon his duties as Secretary of the Treasury, and a motion was made in the Senate to that effect, Mr. Sumner objected and prevented the passage of the bill. In this declaration of war against the new administration Mr. Sumner found allies among the radical Senators and in the radical press. Under the mask of compliments to Mr. Stewart and pretended reverence for the obso- lete act of 1789 the whole radical press of this city assails the judgment and action of Gene- ralGrant. It does not think the President’s “expedient will be found satisfactory or suffi- cient.” Insidious and masked as this hostility is the motive is apparent and the object unmis- takable. The radical politicians of the Senate do not like the character of the Cabinet nor Grant's independence in ignoring the political leaders and selecting gentlemen outside of their ring and influence, Then they want to hold the reins over the new President, as they did over Johnson, and they have just given him a foretaste of their purpose in this action relative to Mr. Stewart, as they did in the re- fusal to repeal the Tenure of Office act. The law of 1789, which has been exhumed from the dead past, has long since ceased to be operative. It was framed by Hamilton, to suit his own purpose at the time, and, though it might have suited the aristocratic notions of its framer and of the politicians of that period, ‘it is not adapted to our republican institutions or the spirit of the age. The governing class in Hamilton's time was a sort of aristocracy, composed of the lords of the soil, great slave- holders, prominent lawyers and professional politicians. The business community had little to do with government beyond voting, and was looked upon by such men as Hamilton as of alower order. But inthis practical and broadly liberal age such notions do not pre- vail. Business men now are the most prac- tical, have larger views of affairs, and, from the magnitude of their operations and inter- ests, are naturally more conservative than pro- fessional politicians. They are best suited for high offices in the government, and General Grant, in composing his Cabinet, has recog- nized this fact. How absurd, then, to keep a law on the statute book which excludes from office such a class of men! How absurd, too, to expect or require men to give up a large and profitable business for the barren honor of holding office afew years! In fact, there are few in this active age and country who are not engaged in some business, except a limited number of professional politicians; and to exclude men of business from office is to pro- scribe the bulk of the intelligent community and to deprive the couatry of their services. But, as we said, this law of 1789 has long been a dead letter and inoperative. Very many of our prominent office-holders have had some kind of business and held on to it while in office. There is scarcely a member of Congress who is not a banker, railroad director or engaged in something else; yet the laws he helps to make may bear directly upon his interests. It is all bosh talking about a man not being fit for Secretary of the Treasury because he happens to be engaged in trade or commerce. The law of 1789 ought to be repealed. General Grant should stick to Mr. Stewart and “fight it out on that line if it takes all summer” or longer; and Mr. Stewart should not resign. It isa good appointment and has the confidence of the capitalists and business community of New York and the country gene- rally. It has had the best effect in Wall street, where every one speaks of it favorably. If the radicals of the Senate did not intend to make war on and to control the President they would remove the seeming disability at once. If the President yields in this instance he will strengthen their power, will make them more exacting, and it will be difficult for him to break up the whiskey ring and other corrupt rings, the power of which is centred in these very radical Senators who have commenced war on his administration. Perhaps the ques- tion might be carried to the Supreme Court, and if so the President should stand by his Secretary and let his enemies carry it there. The Senate has confirmed Mr. Stewart; the President has taken him accordingly into his Cabinet Councils. He has asked the repeal of this law of 89, in regard to this officer. Let him wait for the answer of the Senate to this request. A caucus dodge like that of yesterday does not meet the case. At allevents he should not yield to the faction of radical politicians, but should stick to his appointment of Mr. Stewart and make the fight on him a test of loyalty in Congress to his administration. He has the people with him now, and they will go with him on this ques- tion if he maintains his accustomed firmness and carries out his resolution to purge the Treasury Department of corruption and ineffi- ciency. There will be no peace, and the whis- key and other corrupt rings centred in and around Congress will flourish as ever, unless General Grant breaks the power of this radical faction of politicians. The fight has com- menced and the President, if wise, will show his hand while the people are with him, and while he can rally all the conservative ele- ments of the country to his support. Is He A Prorestant?—Rev. Morgan Dix holds ‘‘that any form of Catholicism is better than that system of private judgment” o faith in which is the basis of Protestantism. He perceives that Protestantism is the first step in that progress that ends in rationalism. When, then, is he going over to the Pope? Tue Personxat Remevy.—The plan of kill- ing men who have committed ontrages for which the law can provide no adequate remedy is finding favor just now. It was tried In Richmond the other day and approved by a jury. It has just been tried in Montreal, and the jurors up there may not approve, for they sit in colder rooms than the Virginia Great Battle in Cuba, Our Havana dates, through government sources, detail the results of a march of Span- ish troops on Puerto Principe and a heavy conflict with four thousand patriots who disputed the road. The engagement was very severe; said to be the most important thus far that has taken place during the revolution. Under cover of a heavy artillery fire the Spanish columns moved on the patriot works and carried them at the point of the bayonet. The loss of the Spaniards is reported at one hundred and eleven killed and wounded, while that of the rebels is estimated at about one thousand. It is advisable to await the reports from the patriot: side, as wo have been constantly deceived by the colonial government with refe- rence to the revolution and its success. The fact that the revolutionists are already assembled in bodies of four thousand men and fighting pitched battles with the regular Span- ish troops looks as if Spain had but litile chance of holding the island much longer. Itis a very proper moment now for our government to act upon the Cuban question. The patriots are constantly gaining strength, and the war upon the part of Spain is gradu- ally approaching one of vengeance, when nothing remains but to devastate, after the old Spanish fashion, and then retire from the scene of their plunderings and wholesale massacres. CANOELLED.—There seems a question for the lawyers in the case of the pardons issued by Johnson and withdrawn by Grant. But we believe there is no difficulty. The pardons were never actéd upon, but were cancelled by the same authority that made them before they had passed out of the hands of that authority. Railway Enterprive in Russia. Our St. Petersbiirg correspondent, in his letters published on Sunday and Monday, gives a full and detailed account of eight rail- way lines which, by imperial decree of January 8, 1869, have been declared to be of first rate importance, and as such deserving of immedi- ate consideration and construction. One of the eight is the Liebau line, the vital impor- tance of which, from commercial and strategic points of view, cannot easily be _over-esti- mated. The other seven are intended to unite the Black Sea with the Baltic, and the three principal rivers of Russia—the Volga, the Don andthe Dnieper—with each other and with Moscow, at the same time affording every facility of mutual communication to the chief inland corn-bearing provinces and the princi- pal towns in the Western’ and Southwestern provinces. The concessions for these eight lines are to be granted and the works are to begin this very year. Moreover, other lines are to be deliberated and decided upon by the beginning of next year. Among the latter are the Siberian line and the line between the Aral and the Caspian seas. Russia will thus be brought into immediate contact with many parts of Central Asia and very nearly with India, The “manifest destiny” of the Russian empire is, as we have often said, to extend its influence in that direction. Another great line is mentioned, “‘the necessity of which is daily more felt’”—one uniting Moscow with Nicolaievsk, on the Amour. “The question is much discussed in political and commercial circles and will be started very shortly in good earnest,” says our St. Petersburg correspond- ent, who adds:—‘“‘The day, then, is perhaps not distant when we may steam along {vom St. Petersburg to San Francisco and New York with only one short interruption.” A pro- digious interest has been excited in almost all ranks of Russian society by the imperial de- cree of January in fayor of the new railway lines, and the impulse given by it to railway enterprise must lead to incalculable results. Tne Porr's Cuanor.—Henry Ward Beecher believes that even the Pope may be saved it, ie “loves the Lord Jesus,” Nartionatity or Grant's CanryeT.—Grant’s Cabinet, if they all stick, will contain a native- born Irishman (Stewart), a native born Cana- dian (Cox), and a Frenchman by descent (Borie). New Hampsatee Execrion To-Day.—The annual State election in New Hampshire occurs to-day. There has been but little excitement during the canvass, even among the politiciang. In the interior of the State— and it is pretty much all interior—it would hardly seem that a political campaign were pending. Last year the whole vote for Gov- ernor was 77,077, of which the republican candidate received 2,523 majority. Grant's plurality was 6,967. The following is a list of the candidates, the republican candidates for Congress having been members of the Fortieth Congress :— Republican. Democratic. Onslow Stevens. John Bedel. FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. — R. Quarles. M. T. Donohue. FOR CONGRESS, 1—Jacob H. Ela, Ew A. Hubbard, 2—Aaron F, Stevens, Harrington, 3—Jacob Benton. Hosea W. Parker.g FOR GOVERNOR. Suicntty Exacorratsp.—An Towa ex- change, in order to be even with a contempo- rary who told a marvellous pin story, vouches for the truth of a statement that a lady in that village, when quite a child, accidentally run a splinter in the thumb of her left hand, and was astounded the other day by having a saw- log, ten feet long and twenty-three inches in circumference, jump from her heel. This is like the stories of many Western stump speakers—an atom of fact and a large amount of exaggeration—but they are sworn to with such pertinacity that audiences are bound to believe them. Soota Equatiry in Lovurstana.—The New Orleans Bee publishes the text of the Social Equality law just passed by, the Louisiana Legislature and remarks:—‘‘It is unnecessary for us to say that public opinion will be prompt to sustain any pergon who will resist the en- forcement of the law, and that no officer of the State will dare to engage in the execution of its provisions.” President Grant says :—“T know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.” Here, it wil be seen, is a slight disagreement between tho Louisiana editor and the new President. There is no question, how- ever, as to who is right. Breaking Up of Old Political Parties. The democratic members of the Indiana Legislature have seceded in a body, leaving it without a quorum. This was done to prevent a vote on the fifteenth amendment to the con- stitution, and has resulted in the failure of the appropriation bills and other measures neces- sary to keep the whole government in motion. It is doubtful whether the Indiana democrats will gain much popularity by this revolution- ary movement. But, after all, it is nothing but a part of the work of breaking up old parties commenced by General Grant in Wash- ington and calculated to ramify all over the country, knocking the old political head cen- tres to the right and left and erecting in their place a noble, patriotic and progressive party of the people, with common sense, honesty, reform and strict official accountability as its mainsprings. The people are tired of worn- out, shaky party hacks, with their corrupt in- trigues, secret wirepullings and the general prostitution of the public service to their own ends. They want a clear, ringing, inspiring tone given to the new administration, and the sooner the old party organizations crumble to pieces the better for the success of the policy | tives. This is not the Kind of peace General President Grant has avowed it as his intention , Grant meant, It is nore like a general to pursue. | breaking to picces. Practioat Praver.—A Kansas paper states that a woman out that wiy (Mrs. Buffum) is so strongly in favor of her rights that she closes her prayer, “‘Awomen,”and not Amen. She also prays, ‘‘May Thyqueendom and king- dom come.” On the question of “Thy will be done” Mrs. Buffum is nn-committal, as she is decidedly in favor of @wery woman having a will of her own that shaild be obeyed. “Ler Us Have Pram.”—On the very day President Grant’s inaugiral address was scat- tered broadcast over the land, certain malcon- tents in one of the Western legislatures entered intoa conspiracy to deeat the will of the people as expressed throigh their representa- The Practical View of the Treasury Muddle. From all sides, from bankers and brokers, from merchants and shipowners, from me- chanics and tradesmen, from everybody con- nected with industry and commerce, and from every class in the community except the poli- ticians, there comes to us one universal ex- pression of satisfaction at the nomination of Mr. Stewart as Secretary of the Treasury and of the hope that Congreas will sustain the appointment so fitly made by the President, The ground of this universal feeling is the fact that Mr. Stewart is a practical man of eminent attainments in commerce. The mer- chants exclaim with one voice, ‘‘Now we shall have some relief from the senseless delays and foolish decisions that have so long attended our reclamations against improper interpreta~- tions of the law.” The moneyed interest confl- dently hopes that it will not be subjected to the malefic influences of a theorizing Secre- tary. ‘he country feels that the public inte- rest will be safe in the hands of a man who has demonstrated his practical fitness for busi- ness, We hope the President will not recede from his posjtion, that Mr. Stewart will not retract his acceptance of the trust, and that Congress will repeal an obsolete law which was conceived in a narrow and bigoted spirit, enacted ata time when the entire scheme of our government was an experiment, and which can be cited only to defend the clamors of hungry politicians for office. The appointment of Mr. Stewart was an eminently practical measure, It means business; it means honest business; and it should be sustained. The country will sustain it, and the only parties who object to it are the politicians and the newspapers of every hue and shade of opinion that are allied with them. If Congress hesitates to repeal the obnoxious and silly clause of the law which deprives the country of the services of practical business men, we counsel General Grant to fight it out on that line if it takes nll summer. He is right, and the country will sustain him. A Dead Loss to the Missionary Fund. Three hundred long-faced, sanctimonious, humble followers of the Lord yesterday called upon President Grant to congratulate him. Grant said “Thank you.” The conversation then turned on shaking hands. Grant said to shake hands with all the parsons in the United States would:be tiresome. All the clergymen then smiled and the interview ended. It is interesting to make an estimate of how much loss this has been to the missionary fund, for instance :— 300 boiled shirts a Boot Dipering see Fal itimore to Washington, exciu- adheads. Hotel bills, exclusive Odds and ends... Return to Baltimore. Wear and tear in | roiitg around ‘to tell ‘peo- mene Total.. Being ofa philanthropic turn of mind it is painful to us to contemplate the expenditure of three thousand dollars and over for such a purpose when there are so many poor heathen suffering for the lack of Bibles and Gospel teach- ings. . Just think of the number of pennies it will require to replace this from the poor Sun- day school boys who will be asked to contri- bute something for missionary purposes every Sunday. Tue Day Wortny THE Dezp.—It is stated that Governor Baker, of Indiana, will call an extra session of the Legislature on the lst of April. BraNpDY AND Birrers as a SOLAOE IN A Mourper Casz.—A report in a Western paper of the conclusion of the trial of Mrs. Clem for murder in Indianapolis says :—‘“‘It is said the criminal has sustained her wonderful compo- sure by using a pint of brandy daily. Her counsel promptly entered a motion for a renewal, and the case will be fought to the bitter end.” Whether the renewal refers to the brandy or the “‘bitter end” does not appear ; perhaps it means both. In New York chloro- form is the favorite solace administered to criminals in capital cases. Never Satisrizp.—The Memphis <Appeat thinks that President Grant’s inaugural may fittingly be entitled ‘‘General Order No. 1 from the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.” The Appeal is so accustomed to being operated upon by documents of that military character that it cannot realize a state of civil law and authority. During the rebellion the erratic movements of the Appeal might have been governed by the following vamosing orders :— “General vamosing order No. 1, from Mem- phis to Grenada; No. 2, from Grenada to Jack- son; No. 3, from Jackson to Atlanta; No. 4, from Atlanta to Macon; No. 5, from Macon to Montgomery,” where, when General Sherman was expected to throw in several columns of heavily leaded matter gratuitously, the Appeal, for the time being, gave up the ghost. No won- der it has a refreshing recollection of military orders, Harp on tue Cuvron.—Chapin preached on Sunday on the point that the denial of Christ came from the lips of Peter, “‘the first confessor of Christ” and the head of the Church. Revocation or Wuiskry Rivc Parvons.— Among the first official acts of President Grant are his revocations of certain pardons from President Johnson, embracing the two Du- puys, father and son, and the famous Blaisdell and Eckel, all convicted and sent to the Peni- tentiary at Albany for defrauding the revenue in certain whiskey transactions. The benevo~ lent spirit exercised by President Johnson towards these criminals is not suggestive of any very earnest desire or purpose on his part to put down these whiskey rings, while the prompt interposition of President Grant to pre- vent the release of the aforesaid convicts indi- cates a fixed determination to probe these whiskey frauds to the bottom and to bring all concerned therein under tho penalties of the law. The pardons to the Dupuys and Blais dell and Eckel were issued too late by Mr. Johnson, for General Grant was just in time to stop them, Fancy Balls Among the Bohemians, If the current rumor be trae that among the usual solemnities of Lent have been inter- calated unusually numerous fancy balls at New York concert rooms, theatres and hotela, ad that on these occasigns certala Bohemians