The New York Herald Newspaper, June 12, 1869, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD pegaDwaY AND ANN STREET. GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, JAMES = = — AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Fifth evenness and Twenty- fourth street.—LA PERIOUOLE. Matinee at 2. WOOD'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE, Thirtieth etreot and roadway.—Afiernoon and evening Performance. OLYMPIC TReATES. Broadway.—Htogory Diccosy Doo. Matinee at lig. BOOTH'S THEATRE, 234 at. between Sth and 6ih avs.— NaRorsse. Matince at 13g. WALLACK'S THEATRS. aver and 13tb street.— MoTure HuwBARD. Matinee at THE TAMMANY, Fourteenth street,—CLogiNDA—ROMEO JAPFIER JENKING. WAVERLEY THEATRE, 720 Broadway.—BURLESQUE OF Ixron. Matinee at 2. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—[xtov—Ropent Ma- OAIRE. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Tun SPROTACULAR EXTRAVAGANZA OF SINBAD THE SAILOR. Matine at & STRINWAY HALL, Fourteenth street.—Saymoun MEMO- RIAL Concerts. Atternoon and evening. MRS. F. B. conwnys PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn.— Loxpon AssuRanct. ohare PARK GARDEN, 7th Slth sts.—PoruLaR GanpEN Conor: between 58th and mE THIO- LONDES. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 585 Broa twa; PIAN ENTERCAINMENTS—TUS UNBLEACHED BRYANTS' OPERA HO: Tammany Building, Mth etreet.—ETHIOPIAN MINS TRELSY, &O. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HO J8E, 201 Bowery.—Comta Vocatiam, NEGRO MINSTRELSY, &c. Matinee at 234. EMPIRE CITY RINK, corner 3d ay., 63d and 64th sts.— Guaxp Coxorer, &c. Matinec at 2 HOOLEY’S OPERA HO'SE, Brookiyn.—Hoorey’ MINGTRELS—Tue GREGORY FAMILY, 40. Matinee at 2 NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 613 Broadway.— SCIENCE AND ART. LADIES’ NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 620 Broadway.—FEMALES ONLY IN ATTENDANCE. TRIPLE SHEET. June 12, 1869. New ¥e ‘ik, Saturday, Europe. ‘The cable telegrams are dated June 11. An imm republican meettag was held yester- fay in Cordova, Spain. Ali the southern districts were represent Revoluttonary speeches were ute ed States and President Grant were loudly cheered. A disturbance broke out dur- ing the progress of the meeting and several per- sons were killed and a number of others wounded, The Duke of Montpensier acknowledges and respects the mew constitution, so he says. The fiuancial budget for the coming year 1s under discussion. The Finance Minister says that to reduce the estimates for expenses is impossible. The Regency question is also under consideration, General De Rodas has left for Cuba. The fourth day of the Ascot races came off yester- day, The first race was won by Restitution, the Workingham Stakes by Typhocus, the second class Workingham Stakes by Cock of the Walk, and the Sixteenth Ascot Triennial Stakes by the Duke of Beaufort. The Irish Church bill was up in the House of Lords yesterday, but no action was taken on It. The Alabama claims question has been postponed in the Commons until the oth of July. The firm of Livesy & Thorpe, London, has suspended, Rovberies of frearms throughout the south of Treland are reported as every day occurrences, The Fenians are the suspected parties. The Emperor and Empress of the French drove out publicly in Paris yesterday. They were loudly cheered in the Montmartre district. The excite- ment, however, continues among the people. In the Montmartre district last evening the crowd broke through @ line of police and formed a barri- cade. Tue people were shortly afr dispersed. The editors of the Réveil and Siecle were arrested in the evening. The latest election returns show one hundred and ninety-nine official to ninety-three opposition mem- bers. A banquet has been given on board the Great Eastern to celebrate success{ul loading of the new French cable. General Cluserat has been expelled from Paris. The German expedition to the Arctic regions, for some time past at Bremen, is now ready to sail, Cuba. ‘The volunteers apparently have most of the Span- ish ofMfciais m the island directly under control. Captai neral Espinar was recently compelled by them to countermand Dulce’s requisition on the home goverument for five thousand r ‘The recoznition of the Cuban belilg: again strongly urged upon Secretary . Mr. Ruiz, secretary to Mr. Lemus, the Cuban agent, had acon- versation witn him recently, aud argued that, con- sidermng the recent action of the volunteers in Ha- vana, Spanish domination in the island has ceased, and the Caban government Is certainly more of a de facto institution than one 80 completely revolu- tiontzed as the Spanish government in Havana has been by the forcible deposition of Dulce. Secretary Fish eaid that be would return an answer ina few daya, and Mr. Ruiz feels quite sanguine that his government will be recognized, Ditsecltancous, At the anniversar, ner of the Toronto (Canada) University, on Thursday night, Goldwin Smith, of Cornell Untversity, at Ithaca, N. Y., made some re- marks, in the course of which he indulged in some fll-natured flings at the American press, which be said was by bO means noted for its intelligence. His own reply to Senator Summer's speech he con sidered as having ect the Alabama question tn its true light before the American people, althougtr its first effects caused Lim no litte tropidation, and he feared would compel him to seek refuge across the Canadian line, England was a great nation, reaay to pay any damages, but ber honor must not be questioned—a fact which Americans should bear in mind, or serious consequences might eusue. Tn the Typographical Union at Albany yesterday the new constitution, changing the name to the International Union and allowing charters to be granted to female printers’ unions, was discussed at Jength and finally adopted, The Nashville Press and Times, the organ of the Tennessee radicals, yesterday morning came out in favor of universal anffrage, and of restoring to citizenship the ostracised white population of tbat State, Vice Pré@ident Colfax, with his wife, is visiting Boonton, N. J. His relatives live near were at Pompton, in the old Colfax mansion, which General Washington made his headquarters one winter. The furniture used by him then is used by the Colfax family eu. . Reverdy Johnson appeared in the Baltimore Su- preme Court yesterday as counsel in acase. He ‘was warmly welcomed by the court and bar, and Appears to be in excellent heaith. At tho funeral of Lieutenant Tentily, a Fenian oMoer, in Loutsville yesterday, the brotnerhood ap- peared in regalia, The priest thereupon refused to Perform the burial rites, and the brotherhood fol- Towed the body to the grave amid a profound sen- sation. A delogntion of tho Grand army of the Republic called On Postmasier Generai Creswell recently and somewhat orusquely demanded a targe share of omoces. Creswell yo that he would grant no favors demanded wae sh Manner, aud vesides ho thought their Re, no lobgeF repredcntda true republican pul The republican State Convention of Toxas met at Houston on Monday ond adjoithed on Wednesday. E. J. Davis was nominated for Governor abd W. FP. Flanagan for Lieutenant Governor. Speeches WéTe Made repudiating A, J. Hamilton and his recent con- alartiing character. yesterday evening report most exciting de- monstrations by large crowds assembled in the Montmartre district, charges of cavalry on the people, attempts to erect barricades and their frustration by the’ police. newspaper editors were arrested and several press seizures made by order. Eugénie drove through the disturbed district, NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. at Santa Fé, New Mexico, will not exceed $33,000 iustead of $100,000, as drst reported. The City, « The body of Colon? French P. Woodall, formerly of tho 116th Luiinois regiment, was found at the foot of Whitehat! streot yesterddy morning, with all the left aide of his head caved tn, as by a blow from some round tron instrument. His pockets were rifled. He had been missing since the 2d inst. ‘The Quaker City wag 4 from the Mar. shal’s custody yesterday turned over to her owners. ad ‘The case of Mr, McClellan, a young lawyer whom Justice Dowling summarily ordered from his court room at the Tombs, was brought before Judge In- grabam yesterday, on application for a peremptory mandamus to compel Judge Dowling to admit McClellan to practice in the Court of Special Ses- sions. McClellan's counsel said the case was to be a test one for numerous others, as Judge Dowling has expelled all the lawyers who do not belong to the “Tombs ring.” Judge Ingraham said he would hear the matter next Monday week. Atananction sale of an undertaker’s establish- Ment in East Houston street a few days ago a dead body of an infant in one of the cases was sold under the hammer, and discovered by the purchaser yes- terday. The Sanitary Superintendent gave a per- mit for burial. in the new litigation agatnst Trinity Church Cor- poration, now pending in the Supreme Court, Cham- bers, before Judge McCunn, one David Groesbeck charges that the corporation has suffered the church to depart from the old faith, and has made no efforts to prevent tmmorality and vice in the city, tn direct opposition to the spirit and meaning of the original charter. Mary Ann Bradley, a passenger by the emigrant ship James Foster, Jr., from Liverpool to this port last winter, has brought suit in the Marine Court against the owners for $500 for an alleged breach of contract in not furnishing the stipulated amount of food during the voyage, in consequence or which the plaintif’ was prostrated by sickness. Judge Gross reserved his decision on a minor point raised by the defendants. The prosecution tn the trial of the officers of the James Foster, Jr., closed yesterday and the taking of testimony for the defence was commenced. One witness testified, but others being absent the case was adjourned to Monday. A boy fourteen years of age, named Daniel Sulli- van, was arraigned at the Tombs yesterday by his father, who charged him with stealing $217 from his father’s bureau and going to Holyoke and Spring- field, Mass., with it, on a spree, in company with a young friend. Daniel was held. There was an improved and buoyant feeling in the stock market yesterday and a recovery of from one to nine per cent from the lowest prices of the re- cent decline, Gold was higher, closing at 139%. Prominent Arrivals in tho City. Count d’Aerschots, of the French Legation at Washington; General Fremont, of Tarrytown; L. de Padua Fleury, of the Brazilian Legation, and N. Cowte, of Montreal, are at the Brevoort House. General B. B. Lansing and General Darling, of Buffalo; Dr. George Evans, of Bostoa; J. Webb, and A. F. Suth, of Norwich; B. F, Prescott, of Concord, N. H.; Judge Cattel, of Binghamton, and H. F. Pot- ter, of New York, are at the Astor House. William Prescott Smitb, of Baltimore; Charles A. Washbarn, of California, and J. N. McCullough, of Pittsburg, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. J. C. Whiting, of Philadelphia; J. Vance, of San Antonio, Texas; A. Speight, of Maryland; E. Stetzer, of Boston; W. C. Stains, of Salt Lake City; T. Paw- lung, of England; J. 8. Rice, of Georgia, and J. B. Anthony, of Troy, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. Colonel N. Wicher, United States Treasury Agent, Pacific Coast; J. B, H. Cooper, of San Francisco; Colonel A. S. Rennoyer, of Philadelphia, and Dr. F. W. Storrs, of Hudson, are at the St. Charles Hotel. Dr. Casanova, of Cuba; M. Boudet and br. Wala- din, of Paris, are at the St, Julien Hotel. Prominent Departures. General J. . Fremont and Mile. Tostée and her opéra bouffe will sail to-day for Europe, Dr. J. A. Nesbit, Governor Purdy, Misa Elise Holt, J. N. Sutter, Lieutenant A. D, Schenck, and Miss Ham- blin sailed yesterday in the steamslup Alaska for Aspinwall. The Crisis in FranceImperialism in Peril. The latest news from France is of a very Cable telegrams dated A number of Napoleon and and were, we are informed, cheered enthusiastically by immense assemblages of people. The result of the elec- tions, which has proved a cause of re- joicing to lovers of liberty all over the world, has been accepted generally in France as a triumphant protest against imperialism. We do not recollect any great event in these last years which has been commented upon with such unanimity by French, German, English and American journals, As the de- tails reach us from different quarters it is made the more manifest that the result of the Paris elections called forth the same judgment every- where—that the one-man government was doomed. This judgment was confirmed when it gradually became known how matters had gone in the other large cities and in the de- partments. The International puts it strongly, but not too strongly, when it says that Paris has declared that ‘*it is no longer contented with a government which is neither personal government nor the government of the country by the country, nor despotism, nor liberty.” As proof that the feeling is intense we are told that the distur- bances in Nantes were much more serious than at first reported, and that they were gup- pressed with dificulty, The dangerous char- acter of the gitaation, despite the cheers, is made manifest by the announcement that M. Persigny, one of the stanchest friends and most trusted advisers of the Emperor, has written to his master recommending the intro- duction of further liberal reforms. ‘There are many, of course, who take a mild view of the situation and who do their best to explain away the alarming character of the facts. According to such persons France is exercising a new-found privilege and rioting somewhat in a new-found liberty. Opposition is sweet in such circumstances; but from its apparent strength large deductions must always be made in order to arrive at a correct measurement of its actual force, By some it is argued that the Emperor bas himself pro- voked the disturbances, in order to create a pretext for withdrawing the reforms he has granted, or rather that, with a view to catch his friends and the lovers of order generally throughout the empire, he has gone far enough, and that further concessions would be dangerous, By others again it is argued that the Emperor has been fully prepared for all that has ha; pened ; ‘that he is not at all surprised, and that he will go on in spite of all appearances to the contrary, humoring the Froiith peopie, granting further reforms, and gradually recone fay ti tied in spite of them- selves, to Bodajatisin Oi? View of the situation is ifforont. fly on the throne of France. He has never been forgetful, since he became Emperor, at least, of the fate of the first Omaar. It has been his ambition to imitate the réle of the second. Augustus, without his weak- nesses, has been his , Bome was not sick of Qasgy - heckuge so-called patriots murdered him, Augustus had a great suc- ceas; his name is associated with the coor days of the empire; he had the hoior of establishing the dynasty, and the name of Cesar remained a power until the empire fell. If this view be correct, no one must for a moment imagine that Napoleon will give up the fight, Of all living men he knows, per- haps, the most about the requirements of tho times. He has his plans and purposes, and, what is better, he knows the standards and conditions according to which these plans and purposes must be fashioned. He wishes to leave his son his successor, and so long as brain remains to him he will labor at any cost and any sacrifice to this end. From this point of view, and from no other, cant the situation in France at the present moment be properly looked at or correctly understood. What, then, is Napoleon most likely to do? He may not refuse to grant further reform. Very probably he will not. But reform, in the shape of increased liberty, will not be granted to the French people on any other principle than that which we have mentioned. It must first of all have a relation to the secu- rity of hia own position, and secondly, to the welfare ofhis dynasty. It must admit the ne- cessity of Napoleon the Third and it must make plain the way to the succession of Napoleon the Fourth. We are not, therefore, unwilling to believe that the immediate result of the elections will be a gentle and agreeable humoring of French feeling and desire. But concession will not be allowed to wear about it the garb of timidity. The Emperor must not seem to yield to com- pulsion, There may be allowed a little larger license to the press; the right of public meeting may be less restrained; but it will not bo per- mitted that these reforms be abused. If, how- ever, these should not tell and tell immediately, it may be taken for granted that Napoleon will, without delay, give an outward direction to French discontent. His popularity of late years has waned, and he knows it, largely, because he has not been sufficiently willing to fight. He has shown himself a lover of peace even in circumstances of great provocation. But he is not the man to allow any desire, any opinion, any theory to stand between him and the object of his life. France is unquestionably sore because France has been taught to be- lieve that Prussia has become a powerful and dangerous rival, chiefly through tho mistaken policy of the Emperor. Prussia has become somewhat arrogant. The humbling of Prussia, especially if that humbling would imply the restoration of the boundaries of 1814, would be a gratification to the entire French people. A war with Prussia is the way of escape out of a greatdifficulty. Ifno other way of escape can be found, and no other such way at the moment seems possible, war with Prussia may bo considered certain. It is a terrible ex- tremity to be reduced to; but it is a strong- hold to which the Emperor will fice as a prisoner of hope when all other refuges fail. Bismarck knows this, and Bismarck is now ready. Tue Coxprtion or Iretanp.—England is taking ‘‘extraordinary precautions to guard against outrages” in Ireland. She has been employed in “that line” for centuries. The American people are using extraordinary pre- cautions to receive and employ the thousands of Irish emigrants who are landed daily on our shores, The Irish like the American ‘“‘pre- cautions” best. Watt Street Yesterpay.—There was less excitement yesterday in Wall street, the “bulls” and “bears” having hauled off to count their killed and wounded after the late battle, and to repair damages preliminary to the next contest. Money was still active, and extreme rates of interest were paid, while the operators in the gold market took advantage of the diversion to run the premium up about a half per cent. Practica, Cuarrry.—The Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction are about to open in Ninth street, near Third avenue, a Free Labor Exchange for the benefit of all poor persons out of employment. It will be an in- telligence office on a large scale, without charge to those furnished with employment, or, as wo understand it, to those furnished with labor, Such an establishment is calculated to lighten very materially the calls upon the Commission for assistance in other ways, and must prove a great public benefit. Tue First Sftr.—A young lady ‘has been selected to read the Declaration of Indepen- dence on the Fourth of July in Boston. Tho next step will be for the Boston young ladies to make a declaration of another and moro tender sort, to wit:—‘‘Angustus Adolphus, I love thee; wilt thou be husband of mine ?” No doubt Gus will reply that he wilteth, Nor A Porrrican Saop.—It is ordered in the Navy Yard that no visitors be permitted to go into the workshops to tall with the men “on political matters or any subject that will interfere with their duties,” Anoturr Stretke.—Stage drivers now get one dollar and seventy-five cents a day, and intend to strike, it is said, for three dollars. They are very bard worked men, and threo dollars may not be too much; but it is very likely that their places can be supplied at the old rate, If they can be they no doubt will be; for the owners forewarned will be fore- armed. But we caution the people to take care how they cross Broadway on the day when all the stages are in the hands of new drivers. Renpy is gone, and, nextto Reddy, the man the law wants is Reddy's bondsman, But if Reddy's bondsman should prove to be consid- erably less financially than a man of straw, who do we want then? We want the judge who accepted such bail. Reddy's bondsman is of a slippery class, and if the rascal escapes and the bondsman suffers no loss, this again is another cgpnizance of our criminal authors. Pot axp KRrrLE. —Cileage papers are ghioy fo up the ridiculods Fehgation stories of Vention in the same city. our opinion that Napolooi the Third desires, | ead othe, Tho old story of the pot calling ‘The Govorumeut loss by the recent bap robbery | above oll things, to establish the Bonapartey | the ketile black. \ Stirring Republican Movements in Spain, The Madrid telegram which we publish this morning announces a great republican demon- stration yesterday at Cordova. Deputies from qll the Southern provinces of Spain were present. The stands of the speakers were pro- fusely decorated by intertwined Spanish and inne flags. Loud cheers were a gen by ense e crowd for thi the United aa states and fe Baglion at Grant. Resolutions were adopted paki against a retuim to the monarchical system of government. Speeches of a revolu- tionary character were made. Tho arrival of the military and civil guard and their attempt to put a stop to the proceedings occasioned 4 panic, during which many women and chil- dren were trampled on the | ag and several lives were fost. - This demonstration is an Pies of that lately made by the republicans of Catalonia, Arra- gon, Valencia and the Balearic Isles, through the committees sent by them to the city of Tortosa. Our Madrid correspondent in his letter of May 26, which we published yester- day, gives an account of the meeting of the united committees and of the compact which they framed. This is now known under the name of the “Pact of Tortosa.” One of its articles proclaims ‘‘that the form of govern- ment most convenient for Spain is the demo- cratic federal republic, with all its legitimate and natural consequences.” This expression of popular sentiment has met with a hearty response at Cordova on the part of the repub- lican deputies from all the Southern provinces. The testimony of recent travellers in Spain is unanimously to the effect that throughout the country the people have taken vast strides in liberalism and republican tendencies since the date of the revolution. The delay of the leaders of the two old parties, the Progresistas and the Moderados, in agreeing upon a kingly successor to Isabella, has rendered their task daily more difficult. The reactionary element, secretly if not overtly, has been unceasingly active, and the delay in settling upon a form of government and upon the succession has afforded every opportunity for the exercise of their traditional skill in intrigue. Their plot- ting with the Mazzinists shows to what an extent the Church party will go to advance their own ends, Meanwhile every month which is passed without a king is teaching the Spanish people how well they might dispense with one altogether. We shall soon see if they are yet enlightened enough to profit by the lesson. The News from Paraguay. Great expectations were entertained in Brazil from the army in Paraguay, in view of the fact that the Count d’Eu, a son-in-law of the Emperor, and well advised as to the views of the court circle in Rio Janeiro, had assumed the command of the allied forces operating against Lopez. The Count had seen some service on the staff of General Sherman in our late war, and with General O'Donnell in the Spanish invasion of Morocco a few years since; but from the news we publish to-day it would scem that he has not acquired suffi- cient experience to cope with the energy and activity of Lopez. According to these advices the fiery Paraguayan has not waited to be attacked, but as soon as the allies came out of their entrenchments he knocked to pieces an expeditionary corps which landed at Rosario, gathered up‘an entire regi- ment of cavalry and boarded and took a steamer having in tow a chata with provisions, We think Brazil had better give up the point in the allied treaty which provides that Lopez shall be excluded forever from Paraguay, and make terms in the best way she can. This war isa stale and unprofitable thing for the Brazilian finances, and if continued may pro- duce worse results in Brazil than in Paraguay. The National Typographical Union, the Prees and the Postal Telegraph. A preamble and resolutions were introduced in the National Typographical Union, now in session at Albany, in regard to the monopoly of the Associated Press, and referred to a special committee of five for consideration, who yesterday reported favorably upon it, and the report was adopted. The preamble sets forth that ‘“‘the Assoclated Press has virtually decreed that no more news- papers shall be published in the United States, and that those in existence which do not ob- tain their news through the Associated Press shall be suppressed,” and the resolutions point to the postal telegraph system as the cure for the evil, and urge that the delegates from the Typographical Union to the approaching Labor Congress at Pittsburg bo instructed to use their influence in favor of the postal telegraph system. We do not consider the above state- ment of what is is felt, throughout | the country to be an oppressive ‘and gr growing evil to be in ontire accordance with the facts, although the practical operation of the mo- nopoly Is in some respects as siated in the pre- amble; but the remedy proposed in the resolu- tions is the true and only remedy for the exist- ing evil. The Associated Press is the immature growth of an incomplete and inadequate system of telegraph, and amounts to a local and not a general monopoly. The refusal to permit a new daily paper to be established in New York, which was brought out in the discussion of the resolutions, by refusing to the proposed journal to participate in the news obtained by the association, was the act of the monopolizing New York journals; while the recent refusal to permit a San Fran- cisco paper to participate in the news sent by the association to that city, was the act of the San Francisco journals, The evil, there- fore, of the present system lies in the fact that ft enables the existing papers in any city to prevent new journals from obtaining news by telegraph, and this is tantamount to preventing new journals from being success- fully established. It may be said that this is what the preamble states, and so ft is with the exception that in naming the Associated Press it conveys the idea that the evil is established by one groat association, when the fact is that the present news system is worked by many small local associations and not by one organization. We deem this ex- planation to be just to the monopolist, though it doos not mitigate the evil, The true evil of the press lies in the fact that the system of telegraphic transmission is to a T cclaat & monopoly in this country. Combined with this is the fact that there is no goneral business organization of the press of f. interests, Whether such an organization is desirable we deem to be very questionable. If it existed it would tend undoubtedly to the practice of a monopoly against which the Printers’ Union so "hs plains. We be- lieve that tee s evil and similar the country for the management of its general teal Rosen business in the coun- ones oh inadequate and costly rh the ayatom kg ences {rgnamission, lies in the construction of a postal talegrapt which et shall transmit intelligence at prices within the reach of all. When this is at{ * the newspaper pusingss wi ble as a monopoly in any other = i the labor of the people will receive a new and a great stimulus. We ho Will accept the views of the National Typo- §raphical on on this subject, for they are sound and conducive to the good of all classes in the community. da a mgoopoly of 9 the Labor Con; British Reviow of American Politics and Education. Professor Goldwin Smith is in Canada. Should he decide to fix his residence perma- nently in the province the knowledge of such fact must certainly ‘“‘cut off” the American idea of improving the condition of tho colony by annexation to the Union, as it would be almost too great a stretch of national philan- thropy tq take in the Dominion, with its divisions and distractions, and the Professor with his “Lectures,” his ‘“‘Authologia Oxoni- ensis”—whatever that is—and general col- legiate “blather” at one and the same time. The Professor will most likely return to Eng- land, however, when he imagines that the objects of his present mission to this Continent are completed. Ho delivered a speech in Toronto on Thursday evening, in the course which he hearers to of treated his contrast of the and educational respective utility of wordy dangers to his friends in the Old Country, by announcing that he was vastly afraida few days since that he should have to “run for refuge to Canada” in consequence of a ‘thun- der storm” raised by Senator Sumner, ‘‘a gen- tleman who speaks certainly with electric effect, although never using the premonitory rumble.” ‘Safe under the protection of the British flag” in more than the Nova Scotians or the Canadians say they are—the Professor compliments the press and political leaders of the United States thus:—“He might say that the American press is not uni- versally celebrated for its intelligence; and one of the papers that had been particularly fierce in its denunciation of him had the day before had a brilliant article bearing on the hat and boots of a rival editor, He sincerely hoped the storm would blow over, and the more he saw of the American people the more he was convinced of their readiness to meet every other péople in @ fair and honorable spirit. All he feared was the extreme virtue of some of the politicians. It was possible that they might do something too disinterested and sublime. He was afraid of this; for hasty progress in that direction would lead to conse- quences,” After this he intimated that England would some day or other pay the Alabama claims bill, as we all know she will have todo. Should the money come to hand soon something may be done for the Profes- sor—giving him a char in the Cornell Uni- versity or opening a store for the sale of his books, Canada—which is How would this suit, Mr. Professor? Complications in Havana. Our telegram from Washington states that the volunteers in Havana had forced the new Captain General to countermand General Dulce’s requisition for five thousand regular troops from Spain, and this statement seems to explain the recent report from Mad- rid that advice had been received there from Cuba that no more troops were needed. It is also said that the difficulties between the Spanish officials in Havana and the volun- teers are increasing. Our telegram from Havana yesterday reported that a committeo of citizens of Havana (which under present circumstances means volunteers) would go to Porto Rico to meet the new Captain General and escort him to that city. There is a seeming contradiction in these various reports as to the views that control the Spanish volun- teers in Cuba, which + be explained as even! develop. We do no belleve that the volunteers contemplate at present ignoring the authority of the home government. But their action has deprived the government in Havana ofits egal -antbaity sad asain ap gnomes lous state of affairs there vory simi that wiley el dn Mexico in 1808, They will vory ifficult if not impossible to retrace their steps, and it is not improbable that their intention in sending a committee to meet Gen- eral Rodas is to induce him to adopt their views. The consequences of their misstep in driving out Dalce will reach further than the volunteers ever contemplated. It will be scen by our Washington telegram that the Cuban agents are pressing our government to recog- nize President Cespedes, and we do not see any logical plea on which Mr. Fish can refuse to grant the Cubans belligerent rights and assent to the request of Peru and Chile that the United States shall lend its influence to humanize the war in Cuba, The Sports of the Day. The lovers of the nobler classes of sport are enjoying themselves with all possible zest, and perhaps even with greater gusto for the vicissitudes of the weather. Although we may keenly sympathize with those in the Fordham races, who want a fine, breathless airand a clear track, with the elasticity of Mother Earth in her dryer moods, that there may be the show of a good race, ribbons and all, with good time to be put up on the board at the end of it, yet we must not forget that for the many whose racing tastes have not got up to the fine points in time, the day's fan may be none the worso for the shower, Indeed, we fancy that in such matters the day that has the shower in it will be remembered long be- itled to. Yachtmen of course need and ask no man’s sympathy for a little water more or less. They go for wet jackets and expect them, Thus whatever regret we may have for the damper thrown on the third day's racing cannot extend to the annual regatta of the yacht club, which was» handsome affair in a stiff breeze. From the report of the earlier part of the race is AL 1 2G Phat Phantom would bave won ff had some pees carried away; cy all, is only Goldsmith’s humorous sake that the painter would have done better if he had taken mord pains; for [snot the tackle, after all, as much a part of the race as any- thing el and are they not entitled to as much praise who have their rigging so made that there is no room for mischance as they who have their hulls on the model that beat cuts the water? f A Cres i Enotanp.—The English House of Commons will open a debate on the Ala- bama question on the 9th of July. The American people will have completed the cele- bration of the “Fourth” by that time and commenced to look out for news of the pro- ceedings. Movements of Our Public Men—A Light Chapter for Summer Reading. We have neither President nor Vice Prest- dent in Washington just now. The President and family are at West Point, and will, it is expected, go thence to the great Boston jubi- lee. The General meantime, however, may slip down to Manhattan Island for a drive through Central Park and Harlem Lane be- hind Bonner's fast trotters. That he intendsa summer cruise of some extent and duration we infer from the report that, with the de- parture of the family from the White House, the carpenter, fresco painter and whitewasher were to proceed to the summer recon- struction of the establishment. Hn route northward the General had a narrow escape, and a cow on the track came very near play- ing an important part in American history. Had the train been going at a little higher rate of speed than it was travelling at the time of the collision with that cow General Grant might have been among the passengers killed. From that event, it is needless to say, a po- litical agitation would have followed, involving the Cabinet and the whole policy of the new President (Colfax), a redistribution of the spoils to some extent and the movements of all our politicians and parties throughout the Union. Such are the slender threads upon which hang the destinies of men, parties, governments and dynasties. A bit of lead no larger than a cherry, a stick, a stone or a thoughtless cow, in the chapter of chances and accidents, may make a revolution and convulse the civilized world, But there is room also for this thought in regard to General Grant—that, in the wise designs of an overruling Providence, his time has not yet come. Long life to him! for the country still looks to him for achievements in peace greater than his triumphs in war. Vice President Colfax and wife are reported at Boonton, N. J., the guests ot the Hon. John Hill, member of Congress. We understand, however, that Mr. Colfax contemplates the tour of the Pacific Railroad, with a diversion half way and another summer reconnoissance of the glorious mountains and lovely enclosed valleys known as the Parks of Colorado. Ex-President Andrew Johnson is stump- ing Tennessee against the radicals. They are divided upon two candidates for Governor, and he yet may be proclaimed the democratic candidate, and slip in between the two radical factions. He had a severe attack of colic at Gallatin on Monday night, and his speech had to be postponed; but he was well enough the next day to make a long and vigorous address, the negroes being present in large numbers to hear him, They may, perhaps, still cherish the | idea that he is their Moses, appointed to lead them to the Promised Land, flowing with milk and honey, and free to all comers, without dis- tinction of color. At all events we must not lose sight of Andy Johnson while he is at work among the discordant Tennessee radi- cals, The other Johnson, the amiable English roast beef and plum padding eating Reverdy, our late peace-making ambassador with Laird and Roebuck, is, we believe, resting from his labors at his pleasant Baltimore retreat. We are informed, too, that Mr. Sam Ward's pro- jected grand welcoming and ‘‘well done, good and faithful servant” dinner at Washington haa been indefinitely postponed. Mr. Reverdy Johnson, nevertheless, has ‘‘done the State some service” in bringing about the occasion for Senator Sumner’s British eye-opening North American exposition of the Alabama claims—an exposition which would not have been made but for the Se ee ores gon treaty. ‘ Mr. Huntingdon, of the Contral Pacific Rail road, the great Western a division of f the through line, i Jersey City yesterday “on route for the Pacific Me having in charge Messrs.” Hooper, Brooks and Marshall, of the Com- mittee on Ways and Means of Congress. The other members of the committee, to make up the nine all told, or as many as can be reached, will be taken on at Pittsburg and Chicago. Mr. Schenck, of Ohio, is the chairman, but he, if not off, is going to Europe. Tho com- mittee go on an official Custom House tour of inspection, by order of the House of Repre- sentatives, and will combine business with pleasure, as a number of ladies will accompany the expedition, This is as it should be; for this arrangement is clearly within the proper sphere of women's rights. Senator Sumner, on the invitation of Senator Nye, of tho silver State of Nevada, ts going to make the overland trip to the golden State and Golden Gate of California, includ» ing © reconnoissance of the silver mines and other natural wonders of Nevada and our trans-Mississippi and trans-Rocky Mountain States and Territories, from Ne- braska through, It Is also rumored that Mr, Sumner will avail himself of the oppor- tunity to dre up the Western plains, valleys and mountains, avd mountain basins, on the Alabama claims, and doubtless upon this theme in all those regions, evon by the Mor- mons, he will be hailed as “the lion of the tribe of Judah” —the man of the people. Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania, waa among the last of our public mon admitted to a regular confidential talk with the Prosi- a appearances the University of Oxford, founded by Alfred the Great, and the Cornell University, founded by Ezra Cornell, in the State of New York. He paid a deserved compliment to the memory of Mr. Cornell, but could not refrain his sneers at the “‘habit of the American Eagle to open and boast of its institutions before they are quite fixed up.” Mr. Smith next proceeded to herald his position and personal yond all the others, for the flirtation and gloe] dent before his departure from Washington, {