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day night, by an assassin who had secreted himself on the corner of Twelfth street and Third avenue, to snoot officer Green, of the Fifteenth precinct. For- tunately, the would-be murderer’s aim was not true and the officer escaped unhurt. ‘The case of Sam Sutton, on trial for murder before Judge Bedle, at Hackensack, was submitted to the Jury on Saturday night, who, after an hour's ab- sence, returned @ verdict of guilty. Owing to the lateness of the hour Judge Bedle postponed sen- tencing the prisoner for the present, Coroner Flynn held an inquest yesterday on the body of Edward Hanley, keeper of a liquor sa!oon, No, 105 Washington street, who committed suicide about ten o'clock Saturday night by taking a quarter of an ounce of strychnine—a quantity sufficient to kill at least 200 persons. A mass meeting of Germans was held at the Stadt theatre yesterday, for the purpose of giving expres- sion to the German sentiment in regard to the pro- posed amendments to the Excise law. About 2,500 persons were present, representatives of various clubs or societies numbering at least 45,000 voters. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Otterbourg, for- mer Chargé d’Affaires to Mexico, and by Mr. Goss. Resolutions endorsing the proposed amendments were unanimously adopted. Promincut Arrivals in the City. General L. E. Webb, of Wisconsin; ex-Governor William Bross, of Mlinois; ex-Congressman T. M. Pomeroy, and William H. Seward, Jr., of Auburn, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Ex-Mayor Fargo, of Buffalo, and Judge Jones, of New York, are at the Astor House. Colonel F. D. Curtis, of New York; N. 8. Burdick, and J. H. Kemper, of Albany, and J. E. Hughes, of England, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. Captain Townsend, of the United States Army, and Dr. A. D, McClure, of San Francisco, are at the St. Charles Hotel. Colonel E. C. Boudinott of Arkansas, and H. B. Buchanan, of Montreal, are at the Brevoort House. Professor Thorpe, of St. Louis, and Capgjn R. Donaldson, of Toronto, Canada, are at the St. Julien Hotel. General H. A. Barnum, of Syracuse; Captain Cary, Lieutenant Hull and Lieutenant Edge, of the Twenty-second regiment, British Army, and A. H. Crosby, of Chicago, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Prominent Departures. Congressman H. L. Dawes, for Massachusetts; J. S. Williams, for Fort Wayne; Dr. Anderson, for Toronto; Charles Colt, for Erie, Pa., and George R. Bingham, for Madison, Ohio. The War Cloud Over Europe. It is only a few days since we called the at- tention of our readers to the probability of an early and gigantic war on the Continent of Europe. There were nota few who thought that we wrote with too much confidence and that our conclusions were not warranted by facts. Not aday has passed since but news from the different European centres has justi- fied our view of the situation. War rumors fill the air. War preparations on the most ex- tensive scale are everywhere being hurried forward. These preparations are more par- ticularly noticeable in Prussia and France. The attention of the French government seems to be directed chiefly to the equipment of the army, while Prussia multiplies and strengthens her fortresses. It is stated on what seems good authority, as we mentioned in eur news columns yesterday, that the French govern- ment has actually asked explanations from the government of King William regarding the concentration of troops in Hanover, Frankfort, and generally on the French frontier. Austria, we are also told, impressed with the danger- ous character of a war in which it might be impossible for her to refuse to take part, has expressed a desire that any difficulty likely to lead to hostilities should first be submitted to a conference of the Powers before it is re- garded asa casus belli. It is a circumstance calculated to excite suspicion that, in view of the approaching elections, the Emperor by abolisning the livvets has made a bold bid for the suffrages of the workingmen. The most important item of news bearing upon the general question is that contained in one of our latest cable despatches, to the effect that, in spite of the bitterness of the opposition, the Senate has approved the so-called defensive measures of the government. The concluding words of the speech of M. de la Valette, “It is the policy of France to maintain resolutely a dignified peace,” mean that France is now ready for war. It thus becomes more and more apparent that, much as conferences have in the last two years accomplished they have not given Europe the hope of a permanent peace. The London Conference on the Luxemburg ques- tion and the Paris Conference on the Eastern question, staved off war for the time but they settled no great question—they removed none of the great outstanding difficulties. The Eastern question is as unsettled as ever, al- though in abeyance for the present; and the demolition of the fortress of Luxemburg has not put an end to the jealousy which has so long existed between France and Prussia. The two nations seem less willing to shake hands than ever. The truth is conferences even do but little so long as such enormous armaments are maintained. It will not be wonderful, however, if, in the event of any actual cause of war presenting itself, an attempt is made to preserve peace by means of another conference. It is not for the interest of Austria that war should NEW YORK HERALD cota BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. manneancnancnnecrnee: JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Allbusiness or news letter and telegraphic espatches must be addressed New York HERALD. } Rejected communications will not be re- turned. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADWAT THEATRE, Broadway.—Tas EMPkALD NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Tae Buscesque Ex- WEAVAGANZA OF THE FoRTY THIEVES. FRENCH THEATRE. Fourteenth street and Sixth ave- aue.—La Vik PARISIENNE. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Fifth avenue and Twenty- fourth sireet.—La PERICHOLE. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and 1th sireet— Bouoot. GERMAN STADT THEATRE, Nos. 45 and 47 Bowery.— Die BEIDBN KLINGSEEKG, & OLYMPIC THEATRE, Brpadway.—Hompry Domrrr, @ith New FEATURES. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner of Eighth avenue and ‘Sa street.—THE TEMPEST. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Ta Srvexn Dwanrs; By, HARLEQUIN AND THE WORLD oF WONDERS. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Mth street.—GEEMAN DRAMA— HAEDEA. — THEATRE, 28d st., between Sth and 6th avs.— ‘HELI WOOD'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE, Thirtieth street and Broadway.—Afternoon and evening Performance. WAVERLEY THEATRE. 720 Broadway.—E.iz® HOLT’s Brueresecx ComPany—IvanHon. THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—Comic SKETCHES @Np LIVING STATUES—P 1.010. THE TAMMANY, Fourteenth stree.—Tur Horse Ma- fives, dc. ae MRS, F. B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn.— @RKAH-NA-POGUE. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 585 Broadway.—ETHIo Pian ENTEGTAINMENTS—SIkGE OF THE BLONDES. BRYANTS’ OPERA H)\'SE, Tammany Building, Street ETHIOPIAN MINSTRELSY, £0. Mth TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 201 Bowery.—Comtc ‘VocaisM, NEGRO MINSTRELSY, &c. NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourteenth street.-EQuEsTRIAN @ND Grunastic ENTERTAINMENT. HOOLEY'’S OPERA HOUS! Brooklyn.—HooLer's hes “Ge Rha 4T TorEves, 4c. SurTEE CITY CIRCUS, corner Clermont ana Myrtle ave, Brookiyn.—EQUFSTRIANISM, 40. ‘NATIONAL HALL, Harlem.—GRAND PEESENTATION ENTERTAINMENT. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway. SCIENCE AND ART. TRIPLE SHEET. —— New York, Monday, April 12, 1869. TO ADVERTISERS. All advertisements should be sent in before eicht o'clock, P. M., to insure proper classifi- cation. THE HERALD IN BROOKLYN. Notice to Carriers and Newsdealers. Bnooxtyn CARRIERS aND Newsmen will in future receive their papers at the Branca Orrice or THE New York Henatp, No. 145 Fulton street, Brooklyn. ADVERTISEMENTS and Svsscriprions and all letters for the New York Henarp will be Teceived as above. Europe. The cable telegrams are dated April 11. Aband oi Carlists attacked the Spanisn town of Teo de Urgil, but were repulsed with heavy 108s. The survivors fed to the mountains. The Pope's jubilee was celebrated with great splen- Gor at St. Peters’ in Rome, yesterday. The Cardinal, foreign ambassadors and @ large congregation were Present. Miscellaneous. ' General Sickles has accepted the Mexican mission, tendered to him some days since by the President. His name will probably be sent in to the Senate for confirmation to-day. Ex-Attorney General Evarts’ name is mentioned ‘mong the candidates for the English mission. Horace Greeley and John Jay are the other com- petitors from New York city for this important posi- tion. Massachusetts also furnishes three diplomats @nxious to represent the United States at the Court of St. James—J. L, Motley, N. P. Banks and Caleb Cusbing. It ts understood in Washington that the main cause of the neglect of the Senate to confirm the New York appointments was a disagreement be- tween Senators Conkling and Fenton as to who had ‘the greatest ciaims for the precedence in the State patronage. It is expected that the President will send in the same names again, with the exception, probably, of Wadsworth. ‘The Twitchell case continues to excite much at- tention in Philadelphia, and the belief in the tnno- cence of Mrs. Twitchell is very prevalent. It is as serted that Twitchell confessed to at least one per- son that he was the sole murderer of his mother-in- law, Mrs. Hill, and that his wife knew nothing of the a‘fair until after the bloody deed had been commit- ted. It is expected that in ® few days Mrs, | break out between two such powerful ‘Twitchell will make a fall statement in her own be- | neighbors as Prussia and France. England half. has no desire to see the Continent Under the operations of the reciprocity treaty the ‘value of goods imported into the United States from the British Provinces in the year 1865 was $96,176,977, on which the duties amounted to $8,587, In 1868 upon $25,599,135 worth of goods imported from the same Provinces the duties amounted to $5,289,916. The project of Canadian annexation in settlement of the Alabama claims, with the joint consent of England and the colonists, is attracting great atten- tion m diplomatic circles. It is believed that if properly pressed the scheme may eventually be consummated. Commissioner Delano has decided that any dealer ‘who converts plug tobacco into smoking tobacco in any manner and keeps the same for sale, thereby becomes a manufacturer, and must take out a mana- facturer's license. ‘The trouble among the Catholics of Auburn is be- lieved to beended. Father Kavanab, the priest ap- pointed by Bishop McQuaid to supersede Father o’Flanerty, said mass in the Church of the Holy Family yesterday without interruption. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel F. M. Follett, of the Fourth United States artillery, committed suicide at Fort McHenry, Md., on Friday, by shooting himself with 8 pistol, The City, The Rev. Father Quinn, of Si, Peter's Roman Catholic church, Barclay street, in his discourse yesterday morning, called attention to the pro- visions of the new city railroad bill, He ‘urged bis congregation to protest vigorously against the pas. sage of this bill, which gives to the company, beaidcs other extraordinary powers, the right to demotian both St. Peter's church and Trinity Episcopal church, the finest Protestant church in this city. Fourteen cases of Martel brandy, said to have ‘been landed by one of the Liverpool steamers that sailed on Saturday, were seized from a store on South street on Saturaay evening by revenue ofticers, Ap attempt was made, about eleven o'clock Satur- in flames. Both these Powers, it may be taken for granted, will go in for a conference, and among the lesser Powers they will find no lack of support. We have no idea, how- ever, that Napoleon will be influenced in the least degree by any such proposal. No confer- ence can bend Prussia to his wishes. No con- ference can give him what he wants. We know that it was the imperfect conditiqn of the French army which prevented Napoleon from going to war with Prossia when Bismarck, after the battle of Sadowa, snubbed him so effectually for asking the Rhine provinces as French compensation for Prussian gains. It was the same cause, we know, which prevented him from attacking Prussia when Bismarck refused to yield in the Luxemburg difficulty. But that cause exists no longer. The two years and a half which have since elapsed have brought up the French army toa high standard of perfection. Mar- shal Niel has exerted himselt to the utmost, and Marshal Niel is now satisfied" that France need fear no foe. In other words the Empe- or is ready to try the genius of Bismarck on another field than that of diplomacy. No con- ference could have prevented him from taking the field against Austria in 1859. Should any reasonable pretext be found no conference will prevent him taking the field against Prussia in 1869, He is ready; France is ready ; and if occasion offers he must fight or lose his throne. Under him France will have no more Mexican blunders, no more Sadowa miscaloulations, no |. divers industrial questions arising from the 7 it shall not, it cannot much longer be delayed. Cuba, Mexico and the United Statee—Eng- land, France and Spain. The “grand idea” of Louis Napoleon's late Mexican adventure was to secure the balance of power to France over the commerce of the world. Under the circumstances, the enter- prise was too inviting to be declined, pro- mising, as it promised, not only immediate success in a permanent foothold on Mexico, but the grandest results ultimately in arresting the southward march of the Anglo-Saxon, and in securing to France and the Latin race the command of the Gulf of Mexico and all those isthmus passages from’ the Atlantic to the Pacific, upon which the world’s traffic between the two oceans is hereafter to be monopolized or divided. Such was the ‘grand idea” un- derlying the imperial experiment in Mexico of Napoleon's protegé, Maximilian. In the French Emperor's letter of explanation to Marshal Forey the scheme and results indi- cated were broadly outlined, and with an air of self-complacency and confidence unquali- fied by any possibility of a failure. France, England and Spain, on the basis of certain debts due from Mexico, were the original parties in this Mexican expedition; but with the arrival of the allied fleet at Vera Cruz and the disclosure of the real de- signs of Napoleon, England and Spain with- drew. They could discover no’ compensa- tion to themselves for the costs and hazards of the adventure. But there was still a common cause with France, Eng- land and Spain, and that was the success of Jeff Davis and his Confederate States. In behalf of this common cause those three Powers had united substantially in the same recognitions of neutrality and belligerent rights to our Southern rebellion. They were all interested in the success of the Southern confederacy. To England it would be the much desired overthrow of our rising com- mercial supremacy in the dissolution of the Union and in the establishment of free trade with the cotton States; to Spain it would be security for the Island of Cuba, and to France, free scope in her Mexican programme. And they were all sure of their game. The “great republic” had collapsed and could never be re- stored. They had become fixed in this con- viction. Meantime, struggling for existence against the most formidable rebellion in the world’s history, there was no danger to be ap- prehended from the United States against any act of European intervention in the affairs of any other American republic. Napoleon, therefore, single handed, did not hesitate in pursuing his Mexican designs. Nor was he unsupported by England and Spain; for although they had withdrawn from his expedition, England’s material and financial aid to Jeff Davis and the practical sympathy of Spain in the same direction made them still the active allies of France in Mexico. And, had Jeff Davis succeeded in establishing his confed- eracy with the recognition of the United States, we can hardly exaggerate the advan- tages that would have accrued to England and her feudal aristocracy, to France and her im- perial system at home and abroad, and to Spain and her old Bourbon monarchy. The clock of human progress would have been set back al hundred years, and “‘the divine rights of kings,” hierarchies, oligarchies and human slavery would have been fixed for perhaps a hundred years to come. The failure of Jeff Davis involved thé faflute of England, France and Spain, and has made the United States complete master of the situation on this con- tinent. The question then recurs, what is our pre- sent administration doing and what is it that General Grant proposes to do to make good this commanding position? England and Spain have given him their precedents for action in reference to Cuba, in their prompt recognition of belligerent rights in behalf of our late warlike Southern confederacy, and England's neutrality might be made just now to return and plague the inventor. Napoleon's Mexican enterprise might be profitably re- peated by General Grant in a similar expedi- tion to Cuba, as well as to Mexico, and on the same broad and lofty principles of civiliza- tion and humanity. To be sure, the issues involved are the dwarfing of England as a commercial power under the bhadow of the United States, the possession of Mexico and the Gulf and the transit routes of the several isthmuses between the Atlantic and Pacific, from Tehuantepec to Darien, and the posses- sion of the island of Cuba, &c.; but vast and diversified as all these fields of occupation may be, they have become, by the logic of events, our rightful inheritance. We would, therefore, seriously recommend to General Grant, as the beginning of a new American dispensation on the Monroe doctrine, the armed occupation of Cuba, and under his protection, an election by the people of their rulers and government, after the manner of Napoleon in Mexico. more Bismarck snubbing. He knows well the character of the people whom he governs. He knows that no further compromise would be tolerated, and now and on this great question he and his people are of one mind. The peculiarity of the present situation is that there is no immediate intelligible cause of war. It is difficult to believe that Napoleon, for the sake of any uncertain gain that might result, for the mere sake of flattering French vanity, would rush into open hostili- ties withont some satisfactory reason. It might be dangerous to bring down upon his head the indignation of Europe; and we may feel well assured he will rnn no such risk. Whence, then, is cause of war likely toemerge? There is the Belgian difficulty, for the settlement of which a mixed commission has been appointed. How this commission will decide we know not. It is difficult to believe that the Belgian repre- sentatives will be plucky enough to sepa- rate the interests of Belgium from those of France. But it is not impossible. It is the object of the commission “to give mutual proof of friendship and con- fidence.” Its result will be ‘to develop the commercial and industrial relations of the two countries,” and hence it will ‘examine the existing relations and from the treaties re- cently proposed for the cession and working of the Belgian railways.” It is not difficult to see how a casus belli might be manufactured by this commission. The Belgians, as we have said, may not prove sufficiently yielding. What then? Will Napoleon use force? If he does, will not Bismarck imitate his exam- ple? A French army in Belgium, the English people would force the government to inter- fere. Supposing, however, that some treaty is signed which meets the wishes without wounding the pride of either party, it is not conceivable that trouble will not grow out of it. Whatever the treaty may be France is certain to obtain such a footing in Belgium as shall be found ultimately to jeopardize the life of the little kingdom. The Great Luxemburg Railway in the hands of France, Prussia would be more in danger of a surprise than ever. On the doings of this commission Bismarck will keep fixed a jealous eye. It will not be wonderful if before the commission has concluded its labors the voice of Bismark is heard, and if this Great Luxemburg Railway becomes another great Luxemburg question on the solution of which will depend the des- tinies of Europe. This is one of the irons which Napoleon has in the fire, and it will serve his purpose as well as any other. Whether war shall spring from this source, or whether The cloud, already heavy &nd portentous, grows denser and denser. Men begin to hold their breath, for they feel that the dread ex- plosion is at hand. The Musical Feature of the Age. Gilmore's magnificent peace festival an- nonnced to take ‘place in Boston on the 15th, 16th and 17th of June—the latter the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill—is reported to have passed the boundaries of doubt and incertitude and to be on the top wave of triumphant suc- cess. The amphitheatre, capable of con- taining fifty thousand people, is already {n an advanced stage of construction, whole regi- ments of artists have been engaged, diberal arrangements have been made for excursion trains from as far off as the Rocky Mountains to Boston and return, the musical societies of New England—and their name is legion—are already rehearsing some of the grandest cho- ruses of the greatest masters—in short, the programme for the three days’ jubilee is complete, and is a miracle of mu- sical grandeur. Among the instrumental performers from this city will be Dod- worth’s and Grafulla’s celebrated bands, comprising one hundred pieces. There will so be present a number of the most distin- guished performers and vocalists from Phila- delphia, Chicago, St. Louis and other promi- neift points in the country. ‘The Anvil Chorus” will be performed by a hundred operators, who are now being drilled in the exercises ; and to crown all for thrilling effect and sub- limity the national airs of our country will be symphonied by salvos of artillery discharged by electricity at the wave of the baton of the accomplished conceiver of this wonderful spec- tacle. It is a national affair all over, and as such should be encouraged throughout the land. A Revenve Cortector Brovent To Guizr.—A one-armed revenue collector in Smith county, Tennessee, has been convicted of the fraudulent investment of public moneys in gambling operations. He had excited much sympathy from his armless condition, but his conduct proves him to have been a rogue in grain. It depends a good deal upon how a man loses a limb to entitle him to sympathy and confidence. Harry Texsessee.—The Knoxville Whig states that a difficulty occurred at Clinton, Tenn., recently, in which a number of gentle- men participated, and which ended in M. V. Boren shooting Wash Van. The ball entered his breast, glancing around his body and coming out at his side, without seriously in- juring him, no bones nor arteries being broken—only a flesh wound. The probable cause of the fracas was the too free use of bad whiskey. Femistse Noranttitres.—Hartford boasts of a Yankee notion in the shape of a regularly diplomaed Doctress of Medicine, and Mount Pleasant, Iowa, of a Reverend Miss, pastoress of the Church of the Good Shepherd. Gratirepe To OLp Soiprers.—The Louis- ville Courier-Journal goes out of its way to propound the following interrogatories :— “Why is it that the President appoints such a multitude of officials who served immediately around himinthe army? Why is it that nearly all of the army officers who were with him cry aloud for place and so many of them get it? Didn't they receive pay for their work in dol-, lars and cents before they were discharged.” Suppose they did and are now unfit for other civil employment, could the public offices be better disposed of than by giving them to old soldiers? The only difficulty is that there are not offices enough for all who have fought, bled and almost died for their country. Hence the President no doubt finds no little trouble in making his selections. Waar Witt Sprain ‘Do ?—The resolution on Cuba adopted by the House of Representa- tives on Saturday last has doubtless ere this been laid before the members of the Spanish Cortes at Madrid. What will they do about it? It will certainly give them a pretty clear understanding of the frailty of their tenure of office on the ‘‘ever faithful island ;” but Span- ish pride and Spanish folly are hard to over- come. Otherwise they would propose the sale of Cuba to the United States, cheap for cash. As it is, the present Spanish govern- ment, having evidently no great desire to cul- tivate the special protection of Louis Napo- leon, will probably look to England for assist- ance, and how far England or her capitalists may be disposed togo in advancing funds for any political purpose: opposed to the interests of the United States was illustrated in that famous rebel cotton loan. In any event, begin- ing with the Spanish Cortes, we have no doubt Ban ror THe Orrice SxeKens—The boozy condition of members of Congress on the last morning of the session. The applicants came at the last hour to ‘“‘see” the members, but the latter could not see them. They were up all night and a good deal more elevated in the morning. The lexurious lunches in the Law Library and the room of the Sergeant-at-Arms blighted the last bud of expectation tor the poor office hunters, England, Dickens, at St. George's Hall, in Liverpool, on Saturday eventhg, a bigger banquet than the one which our New York Bohemians gave to him at Delmonico's some time ago. seven hundred guests sat down at table with him, and there were besides many spectators. Lord Houghton and Mr. Hepworth Dixon pre- sided, and, after the usual toasts, speeches were made by Lord Dufferin, Lord Lytton, Mr. Dickens himself and Mr. Anthony Trol- lope. Lord Dufferin expressed regret that the field of politics had not been entered by Mr. Dickens, who would have been, he said, a power in the House of Commons and a fellow peer of Macaulay. that after mature deliberation he had decided to stand or fall by literature and not to enter politics, adding that thus far he had not re- gretted his decision, Mr. Anthony Trollope the American people, willing to recognize publicly the honor that was due to literary men,” and closed by hint- ing that the appointment of Charles Dickens as Minister to Washington would be beneficial to both countries. that Mr. Seward ever wrote on the French oc- that this Cuban resolution from the American Congress will make a sensation from Spaip to NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY APRIL 12, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. ee ey Ca Bobemian Heciprecity—Dickens in Exchange | Our Religious Review—The Sermons Yestere for Roverdy Johnson. day. The British Bohemians gave to Charles | We present our readers to-day, in accord- ance with our plan of special enterprise in this direction, with comprehensive reports of the sermons delivered yesterday in the churches representing the various forms of Christianity which have branched off from that founded by the Chief Pastor and High Priest of all when He spoke the first on the Mount. The modern discourses are of a more subtle theology, more logical and smell vastly of college halls, sec~ tarian disputation and congregational rivalry, points which were entirely absent from that exhortation, as will be seen by any person who will take the trouble to open the New Testament and read it attentively and ing proper spirit. Our reporters have fullowed the light of the lamp of faith from the principal churches of New York to those of Connecti- cut and the suburban temples. From their pens we have the effusions and opinions of an archiepiscopal prelate who confides in the in- fallibility of Rome; with those of pastors and curates who trust in man’s capacity to work out his own salvation; to that of Bishop Snow, of Mount. Zion church, who takes such a gloomy view of our position in this world, and almost certain punishment in the next, assuring us that should we live sufficiently long we shall suffer from “‘bloody wars, famine, pestilence, tempests, floods and fire,” in such a positive manner that it is probable some of his hearers will become convinced that life itself is a ‘‘fardel” and “burden.” Archbishop McCloskey referred in a feeling manner to the fact of Pope Pius the Ninth having celebrated mass in Rome yesterday—the fiftieth year since he’ first offered up the sacrifice—and referred to the Council to be held in the Eternal City in December. Father Kearney preached in Saint Patrick's Cathedral on the “One Fold and One Shepherd,” and Rev. Father Quinn expressed his fears that the city railroad interest will be authorized to run their iron lines right through his pulpit in St. Peter's, Barclay street, and the grounds of Trinity, proving, per- haps, that the ‘‘moneyed” men are to-day as powerful as when they were first rebuked at the doors of the Temple. The Methodist pastors are in conference at Sing Sing, and the raral congregations of that denomination were ministered to by preachers froma distance. Rev. Dr. Fisk held forth in the Church of the Divine Paternity, Rev. Dr. Chapin being in- valided, and made a powerful appeal for the means of collegiate extension. From our ample résumé it will be found that poetry, song, spiritualism, instrumental music, metaphysics, oratory and argument were all blended harmoniously yesterday with the one single view of teaching us how to ‘‘cure our bodies and to save our souls.” About Dickens, however, replied eulogized Washington Irving, Mr. Motley and ‘who were always Now, this last suggestion indicates an un- mistakable desire for reciprocity on the part of the British Bohemians. We are ready to accept it for what it is worth, although we cannot see how Mr. Dickens’ studies of the manners and humors of the lower strata of London life have specially qualified him to ex- ercise high diplomatic functions at Washing- ton. But his personal interest in the inter- national copyright question would enable him to write as long letters on that topic as any cupation of Mexico, Maximilian’s empire, the purchase of ice and furs in Alaska and volca- noes in the West Indies, or even the Alabama claims. If these latter could be settled by dining and wining and speechmaking, @ la Reverdy Johnson, we should welcome Charles Dickens as a pretty fair equivalent for that veteran campaigner. In return for the roast beef, plum pudding, old port, Old Tom and Royal Lochnagar that have been plenteously dealt out to Reverdy Johnson we can supply Charles Dickens with all the eatables and native wines and mixed drinks that our “great country” affords, from Cali- fornia to Maine, together with more Bourbon whiskey than Bourbon county ever saw and more champagne than was ever imported here from France. The Hon. Jefferson Brick might preside over a grand reception dinner to the novelist in his new capacity as a diplomatist, and Dickens might lend piquancy to his after- dinner speech by reading choice extracts from his ‘‘American Notes” and ‘Martin Chuzzle- wit.” The entente cordiale between England and America would thus be delightfully pro- moted. After all, we fear that from the length of time Mr. Dickens’ gout kept the New York Bohemians impatiently waiting at the Del- monico dinner his constitution would hardly endure an ordeal of dining, wining and speech- making so severe as that through which Rev- erdy Johnson has miraculously passed with safety. If, therefore, he accepts an appoint- ment as Minister to Washington he must do 80 with the consent of his medical adviser and at his own risk and perit. His fifth voyage across the Atlantic may indeed make Dickens as robust as Reverdy Johnson; but even in that case we are not over-sanguine that the former can do more than the latter has done towards settling the question of the Alabama claims. A Curious FEATURE IN TenvEssEE.—The Nashville Republican Banner refers to @ “vinegar-featured saint” who edits a radical sheet, notorious for its virulence against ex- rebels, in McMinnville. It seems that his ac- counts as President of the Board of County Commissioners are being “straightened up” by a committee, which is tantamount to a charge of peculation. Sanctimonious scamps flourish as well in Tennessee as in older and more civilized communities. Goop ror Cusa—The consumption of Ha- vanas by members of Congress on the floor of the House during the last night of the session. The White Pine Silver Mines—The Great Silver Basin of the Continent. The most extraordinary mineral discoveries ever made in the United States are now rey ported in Nevada. The famed mines of Potosi, in Bolivia, have found their match. The White Pine silver district is creating as much excitement as the original discoveries of gold in California. The yield of the ores is something beyond comparison in the United States, and ranges, by the ton, at from three hundred dollars to three thousand dollars. The average yield for 739 tons was $501 per ton. This is probably from picked ores, and it will doubtless be found that the average of all ores will not be the half of this amount. The great productive centres which have poured such enormous wealth into the lap of commerce have rarely given over sixty dollars per ton. The Zacatecas district, which has yielded nearly seven hundred million dollars, averages about sixty dollars. The Guana- juato, Fresnillo and Santa Eulalia districts of Mexico, the Comstock lode of our own territory, and the famous Potosi silver moun- tain of Bolivia, all average under forty dollars per ton. There are districts in Mexico—such as the Batopilas and Guadalupe of Chihuahua and the Ramos mines of San Luis Potosi— which give a far larger average. in their ores The Democrats im- Congress on the Cuban Resolution. The vote in the House of Representatives on the Cuban resolution on Saturday last was nine- ty-eight to twenty-four, showing the absence of a large number of members in advance of the final adjournment of the session. Those voting in the negative were mostly democrats, but there was a fair proportion of democrats in the majority, including Mr. Brooks, of New York, who, by the way, appears to have been the only New York democrat left in the House. The vote of Mr. Brooks and the other demo- cratic members in the affirmative is somewhat remarkable in view of the sentiments of the resolution. It says that the people of the United States sympathize with the people of Cuba ‘‘in their patriotic efforts to secure their independence and establish a republican form of government, guaranteeing the personal lib- erty and equal political rights of all the people,” &c. This means the equal political rights of niggers, and in facing this music Mr. Brooks seems to have cast away all his objec- tions politically to the flat nose, thick lips, woolly hair and peculiar shinbone of the nig- ger. Well, well, as poor Ophelia says, “we than the White Pine mines just discovered. know what we are, but we don’t know what we The Cocinera vein of Ramos yields large may be.” ‘Walk in, Sambo,” says Mr. quantities of ore of from three thousand dol- noisy lars to four thousand dollars per ton, and, for a rarity among the mines of extraordinary product per?ton, has paid enormously for many years. We hope this will be the case with the new mines of Nevada. Generally, however, these mines which yield so largely in picked ores demand immense expenditures for working. The silver veins are very thin and a large amount of rock, with’ many drifts and galleries, has to be worked before the paying ore can be obtained. Thus this class of mines, though apparently yielding great results, gives very inferior profits. The White Pine News, speaking of the new discoveries, says that six thousand men are already located upon Treasure Iiill, at a height of nine thousand feet above the level of the sea. The highest levels of the Potosi mines are about fifteen thousand feet above the sea, of Zacatecas about six thousand five hundred. Treasure Hill is an isolated group of very peculiar mineralogical formation, said to be very different from any of the famous districts we have mentioned. Our vast territory held between the easterm ridge of the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada range of the Pacific is gradually expos- ing its riches to view. Twenty years ago it was pronounced by our explorers to be of less‘ value than the mules they lost in traversing it, To-day it is yielding millions upon millions to enrich the nation, and‘we believe may yet realize the hopes mentioned in President’ Grant's inaugural with reference to the hidden’ power to pay our national debt, Between the mountain ranges just mentioned, and bounded by Idaho on the north and Mexi« Disgusted Patriots—General Grant and the Spoils. The flocks of .disappointed office-seekers have taken wing from Washington. The dis- tribution of the spoils works according to this rale—for every man appointed to office there are from ten to twenty disappointed, and most of these are ready for a new shuffle, cut and deal of the pack. Thus the spoils—the great bone of contention between the ins and outs— is continually weakening the ins and strength- ening the outside pressure for a change; and hence, except in the case of Lincoln, re-elected on the overshadowing question of the war for the Union, we have had only one-term Preal- dents since the time of Jackson. General Grant, then, must fortify himself behind something stronger than the spoils if he has any ambition for a re-election. In short, he must strengthen himself on the popular side of some great and overshadowing issue, or his administration will most probably be limited to four years, The Appomattox apple tree has given his first term, but to secure a second something new will be required at his hands challenging the general approval of the country. So far as the spoils are concerned, whatever he may do, he will in their distribution lose about ten friends, dis- gusted, for every one rewarded and delighted. GRNERAL Huryraeuwax.—Tho brave old veteran is to be put upon the retired list, with the rank and pay of a major general. We recognize this as strict justice and a proper recognition of the services of one of our best and moet earnest and obedient soldiers,