The New York Herald Newspaper, June 19, 1869, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, sealed. Allbusiness or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York HERALD. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Bronaway.—Tu® SrecracuLar EXTGAVAGANZA OF SINBAD THE SAILOR. Matinee at 2. PIC THEATRE, Broaaway.—fHiccony Drocorr . Matinee at Lig. BOOTH’S THEATRE, 234 a1 Tur Lavy or Lyons. ween Sth and 6th avs,— Lie {th avenue and Twenty: Matinee at 2. FIFTH AVENUE THEA fourth sireet.—La Peau WALLACK’S THEATR®. Broadway and 13th street. MOTHER HUBBARD, Matinee at 2. THE TAMMANY, Fourteenth street.—Fra DiavoLo— ROMEO JAFFIEE JENKINS. Matinee. . 220 Broadway.—PAaRis; OR, at 2, Y THEATRE, Bowery.Jenny Linp--CaBin JANDS. MUSEUM AND T —Afternoon and ev E, Thirtieth street and erformance. ‘om B. CONWAY'S Huspry Dumpty, Mat: PARK THEATRE, Brooklya.— ee. BRYANTS’ OPERA 1) street, Evitorian MINS? Tammany Building, Mth ¥, £0. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HO SE, 201 Bowery.—Couto Vooa 18s, NEGRO MINSIRELSY, &c. Matinee at 236, aly ° THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—BcRLESQUE, Conic BALLET AND PANTOMIME. Matinee at 2. RAL PARK GAR —VOPULAR GARDE v., between 58th and ERT. OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Tur Waver- UF £RoUPE. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway. SCIENCE AND ART. EW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 620 FEMALES ONLY LN AYTENDANC aye New York, Saturday, June 19, 1869. THE HERALD IN BROOKLYN. Netice to Carriers and Newsdealers. Broos.yN *CaRkieRS AND Newsmen will in future receive their papers at the Branca OFFICE or THe New York Heratp, No. 145 Fulton street, Brook ADVE ENTS and Svpscriptions and” all letters for the New York Heraup will be leceived as above. THE NEWS. Europe. The cable despatches are dated June 18. ‘The debate in the House of Lords on the Irish tion has created great interest, and ations are expected before the bill is he Times asserts that the passage ts cer- rmination was not expected before a pnd of the French velegraph cable has been submerged. A proposition has been mae in the Cortes to make &@ reduction on ihe coupons of the national debi. The King of Denm: ended @ mecting of the National Rifemen, mn Copenhagen, on Thursday, and expressed his hope that soon the country would be again reunited, . Cuba. The United States Marshal for Virginia yesterday arrested in Richmond H. Ii. Harrison, charged with recruiting soldiers for tne Cuban army. Harrison gave bail in the sum of $1,000 for his appearance be- fore the Commissioner this morning. It is understood that Atrorney General Hoar fully endorses the arrest of the Cuban Junta in this city, and is of opinion that District Attorney Pierrepont has been derelict in his duty in not having before ar- rested the partiesfor @ Viviation of the neutrality lawa. The Cuban question wil! be brought prominently before (he next meeting of tle Cabinet. The Prest- dent, it is understood, favors granting belligerent rignts to the Cubans, but the Cabinet is against him. Secretary Fish strongly sympathizes with the Cubans, as does also Secretary Porte; but Attorney General Hoar and Se Bout weil are pronoune- edly against them, The New Dominion. The late Repeal League Convention at Halifax passed resolutions asserting that the further con- tinuance of Nova Scotia in the Canadian confedera- tion woul be but dally progress to ruin, and that their only hope of national development and com. merela! prosperity Was in annexation to the United States. The mempers of the League pledghd them- selves lo use every legitimate mea 9 sever the connection of the province with the New Dominion and to avout a union with the American re- public. Miso interest on South Carolina bi he tWO years eading that day. oston Peace Juvtiee was conciuacd yester- day. beginning, nothing having harmony of the proceedings. salt for exceeded the expectations of the most The affair proved a great success from the occurred to mar the Financially, the re- sanguine, the recelpts amounting to nearly a million of di . Dodworth's band were the lions of the orchestra, aud were the most efficient of ali the musicians, General Canby has decided that under the provi- sions of the reconstruction acts all members elected to the Legisiature of Virginia will be required to take the iron-clad oath before taking their seats, ‘This decision causes mach excitement, as most of the conservative candidates cannot taxe the oath, and it will be dificult to fad white men, and parti- oularly natives, who will be abie to qualify, Some parties in Boston attempted to procure the seizure of the schooner La Have in that port, laden with arms and munitions of war and bound for the West Indies. The United States Attorney personally Inspected (he vessel, and Anding nothing calling for the detention of the vessel refused to interfere with her sailing. The steamer Cricket, whict has been for some time past plying between Key West and Havana, and of late has been watched by the Spanish cruis- ers a8 @ suspicious véssel, was totally wrecked on the 15th Instat off 8t. Augustine bar, Florida. ‘The rush of immigrants into Kansas ts on the in- crease, Eighty thousand acres of Potawatamie re- Servation lands have been sold to actual settlers re- cently, Freight cars laden tn the East were yesterday, for ‘the first time, transported across the Mississippi Fiver at St. Louis, bound for points in the West, The Boston Custom House authorities say that the Clearance of the steamer Delphine on Thursday might was in strict conformity with the law. Her warlike character is ‘unquestioned, but her destina- tion is known only to parties who control ti Senator Ramsey, of Minnesota, who will leave for Europe on the 224 inst., has been appointed Special Commissioner on behaif of the Post omce Depart- ment of the United States to negotiate with the French Post Office Department the basis of a new Postal convention between the two governments, The City. At the meeting of the Board of Assistant Alter. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET, men yesterday a resolution was adopted appropri- ating $30,000 for the celebration of the approaching Fourth of July. Henry J. Raymond, editor of the New York Times, died of apoplexy at his residence yesterday morn- ing. Mr. Raymond attended to his usual business on Thursday, visiting Greenwood Cemetery during the day, and attending a republican club meeting in the evening. On his return home he fell insen- sible in the hall, and remained in unconsciousness until the mowent of his death, The steamship Pennsylvania, which arrived at this port on Wednesday last, on Tuesday, when off George’s Shoals, came 1n collision with the bark Mary A. Troop, of St. John, N. B., cutting the vessel in two and causing her to sink almost immediately, taking down with her the captain and five of the crew. The survivers, four in number, were saved by the boats of the Pennsylvania and brought to this city. For several years the gas companies of New York and Brooklyn have been largely defrauded by having their meters ingeniously tampered with in such a manuer as to cause a loss of from ten to fifty per cent; but all efforts to secure the perpetrators of the fraud proved futile. On Thursday night Louis Myer and Arnold Louis, two Germans, were arrested in Brooklyn, having in thei: possession implements Suited to altering gas meters, and it is claimed that they had been actively engaged in the business. They were committed for trial. The Commissioners of Public Charities and Correc- tion have accepted the invitation from the proprie- tors of Niblo’s Garden theatre to allow the children on Randall's Island to attend the matinée of “Sinbad the Satior’’ at that theatre this afternoon. The Wuliamsburg Savings Bank was entered yes- terday morning, soon after the hour of opening, and robbed of two boxes, containing money and bonds amounting to about $8,000, The June term of the Westchester county Court of Oyer and Terminer was brought to a close yester- day. The trial of Wallace McDaniels for the murder of Thomas Corwin, at the Rosendale Hotel, Morrisa- nia. beating him to death witha clud, was postponed until the next term of the court in consequence of the absence of material witnesses on the part of the prisoner. Patrick White, who was found guilty of manslaughter in the fourth degree on Thursday, Was sentenced to thirty days’ imprisonment in the County Jail, in consequence of the testimony having shown that the crime he committed was more the result of carelessness and sudden anger than of in tention. The steamship Bellona, Captain Billings, will leave pier No, 3 North river at eleven o'clock this morn- ing for London direct. The steamship Champion, Captain Lockwood, will sail trom pier No. 5 North river at three P. M. to-day for Charleston, S. C. ‘The stock market yesterday was dull. Just after banking hours there was a rather sharp decline in some of the railways, but the market recovered par- tially and closed dull. Gold dropped to 136%. Prominent Arrivals in the City. S. W. Kellogg, of Waterbury, Conn.; General E. W. Whittaker, of Hartford, and R. W. Bischop, of Cincinnatl, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Major H. Dangler and Frant Barlow, of the United States Army; D. W. Skillen, of Hartford, and Frank G, Edwards, of San Francisco, are at the Metropoli- tan Hoiel. S. V. Talcott, of Albany; John J. Walker, of Mobile, and J. P. Clemens, of Cuba, are at the New York Hotel. Major James E. A. Gibbs, of Virginia City; Colonel Van Wyck, of Chicago, and A. R. Parker, of Hunting- ton, are at the St. Charles Hotel. Dr. R. H. Porter, of St. Louts; J. H. Talbott, of Livingston, and J. E, Hutbert, of Brownsvilic, are at the Maithy House. Dr. E. McDonell, of Toronto; Captain E, A. Clancy, of Nova Scotia, and Captain A, E. Sackett, of Cleveland, are at the St. Jalien Hote!. The Cuban Question—Extraordinary duct of Our Government. The old saying, that ‘‘whom the gods would destroy they first make mad,” appears to be peculiarly applicable to both General Grant’s administration and the Spanish government in their conduct with regard to Cuba. The un- necessary and unjustifiable arrest of the Cuban representative and members of the Cuban Junta in this city can have no other effect than to help the cause of independence in Cuba, to swell the numbers of sympathizers, to make more Americans join the patriot army, to arouse a general feeling of indignation against the Spanish authorities and Spain, and to create contempt for our own short-sighted and pusillanimous government. The act will be so universally condemned that the Spanish Minister will have cause to regret it, and the administration will sink lower than ever in public estimation. The Washington correspondents say the Secretary of State denies having any know- ledge of the matter previous to the arrest, Did the United States officials here act with- out authority from Washington? Was the District Attorney so anxious to serve Spain, and so ready to be the instrument of the Span- ish Minister, that he did notin such an im- portant matter consult the wishes of the government? Have the courts of the United States become a sort of inquisition, to be used at the pleasure of foreign representatives for vindictive purposes and to destroy the boasted freedom of the republic? It seems so. Whether Mr. Fish or the Attorney General took any direct action or not in the arrest of the Cubans the administration is to blame; for it is certain the subordinate United States officials in New York would not have ventured to act in the matter had they not known it would be agreeable to the government. They and the Spanish Minister saw, from the gen- eral conduct of the Secretary of State relative to Cuba, that they could pursue this high- Con- handed course with impunity. Indeed, there is little doubt that they felt assured of the approbation of the administration. Nor has anything been said or done to show that the administration is not pleased with the arrest of the Cuban patriots. It has no regard for public senti- ment or for the emphatic voice of Congress in favor of Cuban independence. Weak as it may be in every other respect it has been bold enough in the case of Cuba to defy public opinion and to act contrary to the expressed wish of Congress. . The arrest of Mr. Lemus and the Cuban Junta is the natural consequence of the weak, un-American and pro-Spanish policy of the government, whether ordered by the State Department or not. We said the administration is short-sighted ; that it does not see the opportunity of carrying out a broad, national and grand American policy in the case of Cabs; thet it is wilfully blind to the actual state of affairs in Cuba, and that it has no comprehension of our present and future interests in that island and in the whole group of the Antilles, But, worse than that, it isthe enemy of liberty and friendly to the worst despotism that disgraces the civilized world, Month after month the Cubans have been increasing in power, until they are, in fact, the only respectable organized govern- ment on the island. They have not only proved themselves strong enough to hold their groand, but have been constantly advancing, increasing in numbers and materials of war, and are to-day better disciplined and handled Spaniards have nothing but mob government. They deposed and packed off at short notice Captain General Dulce, the highest Spanish authority, and these revolutionists have as- sumed complete control over the other Spanish officials whom they set up. There is no legitimate Spanish government in Cuba. The Spaniards are the revolutionists and the Cubans, as was said, have the only respectable government on the island. We hold that there was reason enough for the United States to recognize the belligerent rights of the Cubans before the volunteers de- posed Dulce and set aside the power of Spain, but with that revolution the administration at Washington ought to have recognized instantly the government of Cespedes, either as a belli- gerent or an independent one, Peru and Chile had nobly led the way, though the great American republic should have been first, and the least this republic ought to have done was to have followed. Were the United States to recognize the Cubans all the other American republics would quickly follow the example, and then the question would become an American one on the broadest scale. Spain would cease her efforts to hold the island, and the Powers of Europe would give themselves no trouble about the matter. A great many Americans are already in Cuba and with the patriot army, and me-e will go. If the war continues long serious complications may arise. The government could avoid these by recognizing the Cubans. But there are stronger reasons for our govern- ment to do so. Our commercial and material interests, the inauguration of a great national and an American policy in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, and the appeals made to our humanity by the cruelly oppressed and struggling Cubans all combine to urge the recognition of Cuban belligerency or inde- pendence. Spain is building war vessels and obtaining all the materials of war she wants in this country. Yes, she may be doing this to make war on our friendly sister American re- publics, and no one hinders, Yet Cuba can obtain nothing. Even her representative and patriot sons are arrested in New York at the instance of the Spanish Minister and by the connivance of our government. Is not this cruel, impolitic and enough to fill every American heart with indignation? It is all nonsense to talk of increasing our complica- tions with England on the question of the Alabama claims by conceding belligerent rights to the Cubans. There is no parallel between the two cases of Cuba and the South. Besides, we have a great national and republi- can policy to carry out on this Continent and its islands, and we are powerful enough for that. Europe undorstands this, for it was proclaimed in the Monroe doctrine and has been asserted over and over again. The situation of Cuba calls imperatively for the application of that policy, and if we had a capable and strong government the oppor- tunity would be seized without further hesita- tion and the Cubans would be free. A ParutaMentary Crisis In ExGuanp.— The members of the House of Lords in London are—as the HEnatp goes to press—engaged in a most exciting debate on the second reading of the Irish Church bill. The Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge, with a crowd of dis- tinguished personages are present awaiting the result of the division. It is thought that the Peers will vote the disestablishment, but reject the disendowment clauses—that is, the Church in Ireland will not pray asa State machine, but continue to live in right royal state in its glebes and on its lands notwith- standing. This will scarcely please either the House of Commons or the Gladstone Cabinet. Should the majority in the Lords adhere to such determination a collision will occur be- tween the two branches of the British Legis- lature. The Queen will be vastly embarrassed. The ‘‘people by and by will be the stronger” notwithstanding. Yacutinc t8 Evrorg.—It is observed in England that the yachting programmes for the season are so drawn that no place is left any- where for a possible contest between the American yachts that are to cross and the British boats. One explanation offered is that this happened through oversight and another that it was intended to prevent a contest. We believe neither of these to be the true reason. Notwithstanding all that has been said on the subject of summer cruises across the Atlantic the yachting public in England does not be- lieve that any American boat will be over, and this is why they are left out. We may, how- ever, very positively declare that English yachtmen are mistaken in this, Three yachts will certainly cross. One will leave next week, another the week after, and the third a week later still. Once present, no doubt abundant occasion will be offered for a trial of any of these boats with such English first rates as the Aline and Helena. THe SULTAN AND THE VicERoY.—The Vice- roy of Egypt, who is now on a tour of visita- tion in Europe, is doing his best to make the Suez Canal a means of furthering his own am- bitious ends. Meanwhile, it appears he has issued invitations to all the crowned heads of Europe to be present at the opening of the canal. The Viceroy, it onght to be remem- bered, is not an independent Prince. Egypt, spite of certain privileges which have been granted to the heirs of Mohammed Ali, is still an integral part of the Turkish empire, Is- mail Pacha is only the Sultan's substitute in Egypt. He is the appointed chief of a great province, but he owes allegiance to the Sul- tan as his Suzerain, not the less that the vice. regal office is made hereditary in his family. Manifestly, therefore, the invitations ought to have been issued by the Sultan. Ismail Pacha, however, is a bold and daring intriguer, and it will not be wonderful if even this difficulty contributes to the complete independence of Egypt. The change would be a change in name rather than in fact. Tae New Canie.—The work of laying the submarine cable from France to America has been commenced. The shore end is already submerged, The Great Eastern was expected at Brest yesterday, and immediately after her arrival the splice of the wire will be completed and the work of ‘‘paying out” commenced, the vessel steering for the Island of St, Pierre Miquelon, ‘Plenty of room,” and the more cablea the better. than the Spaniards. Qn the other hand the | The Death of Henry J. Raymond=Modera Journalism. One of the central lights of the New York daily press has been suddenly extinguished, Henry J. Raymond, late the active head and controlling mind of the 7%imes, is no more, The circumstances of his death yesterday morning and the leading events of his public career we give elsewhere in these columns. In the prime of life, and apparently possessing a physical constitution unshaken by his active public labors of a quarter of a century, the announcement of his death was somewhat startling, as another unlooked for admonition of the uncertainties of this earthly existence. He leaves behind him the reputation of a bril- liant speaker, an able and accomplished writer, a good, experienced and successful journalist, a respected neighbor and a useful citizen. His name is conspicuous in that distinguished cata- logue of ‘self-made men,” who, by dint of their individual energy, tact, industry and perseverance, have risen from poverty and obscurity to influence and affluence. His ex- ample will be an encouragement to others setting out—excelsior—from the valley of humiliation for the distant tablelands of distinction and prosperity. The history of Mr. Raymond, however, is but the history of many others who have climbed from obscurity to distinction, varying only in its details. He came to this city a poor youth, seeking employment. He chose the career of a journalist, with an eye to prac- tical results, and made it a success. His pre- liminary training as a reporter and sub-editor qualified him for the undertaking of a new daily on his own account. He was fortunate, too, in the opening presented (1851) for the Times. At that period the demand for morning newspa- pers in the city was greater than the supply. The machinery and facilities of the HERap estab- lishment, for instance, were not equal to the morning’s demand for the HERatp at that day. The surplus of readers unsupplied of- fered a fair margin for a new journal, which it was the good fortune of the Z'imes to seize upon, and in bringing forward this new journal Mr. Raymond’s experience had taught him to abandon the old school of the old stage coach and sailing ship epoch of the Courier and En- quirer and to fallin with the new school of the HERALD, of the new epoch of steamships and railways. The 7'imes was established on the HERALp idea of the latest news, and, as Mr. Raymond comprehended it, upon the Heratp idea of editorial independence. We had, in fact, opened a new placer—a regular White Pine silver mine—and numerous diggers un- dertook to work the vein at various points. Thus the 7imes came into the field, ‘and from the margin suggested to begin with as a penny paper it gradually built up a constituency of its own and became an established success, But had we possessed in 1851 oar lightning presses and stereotyping facilities of the pre- sent day there would have been no opening for the Zimes, as there is no opening here now for a new morning newspaper except upon au enormous outlay of capital, with the hazards of heavy losses for a year or two and then a collapse. The costly machinery and appliances of modern journalism give a security to estab- lished popular newspapers which did not exist in the primary formation. Thus a morning daily, established upon all these modern im- provements and advantages, becomes a fixed institution, to be transmitted from one genera- tion of conductors and readers to another. Hence we may conclude that the Times, notwithstanding the death of Mr. Raymond, will go on as _ before, and that ere long his son, now at Yale College, will put on the harness and worthily maintain the editorial status of his father, with the continued pros- perity of his paper. From this modern school of established popular journals it is apparent, too, that as the whole newspaper press of the country has improved, and is improving, it will still advance with the spirit, the progress and the requirements of the age. But there is another lesson suggested from Mr. Raymond's career which is worthy of some attention. He was a politician as well asa journalist, and in attempting to subordinate his functions as a journalist to his aspirations as a party politician he failed in both charac- ters. ‘‘No man can serve two masters.” Mr. Raymond pushed the experiment to the wall; but, driven at last to a choice, he wisely aban- doned the réle of an aspiring party politician for that of the untrammelled editor. The wisdom, however, of the Heratp’s example of standing aloof from intriguing and treacher- ous party politicians he had to learn from dear experience. ‘Old Thad Stevens” set- tled the question, and evidently satisfiod Mr. Raymond that even in conducting a party journal which pays it is unsafe to have any other irons in the fire. Inthe line in which he was successful, and in the political party adventures in which he failed, there are valu- able lessons for newspaper men, while in his general editorial course of moderation, dig- nity, courtesy and refinement his example will command universal respect. Indeed, it would be well if with the public press it were the universal law, Tne Chronic Disease of Mexico. No stronger evidence of the chronic decay of Mexico could be adduced than the proposi- tion of the head of its Treasury Department, to meet the accruing necessities of the govern- ment by the issue of paper currency to the extent of eighteen millions of dollars, based on the good faith of the State. Paper cur- rency is awar measure, resorted to in times of great public peril, and it is always a question with financiers whether the evils it gives rise to are not greater than those it professes to cure, It is simply « discounting of the fature when appealed to by a well established gov- ernment, which always results in greater or less depreciation of its promises to pay; but when resorted to by one of doubtful stability, as has been the case with the two republics in the island of St. Domingo, the Argentine Con- federation and others, this result follows with great and unavoidable certainty. An issue of paper currency to-day by Mexico, where the precious metals form the great staple of domestic production and foreign commerce, would be simply a confession of inability on the part of government to meet its daily accru- ing needs from legitimate resources in a time of peace, and would carry with it from its in- ception the assurance of irredeemability. In the midst of the rumors of dissatisfaction and 1 i hep Sg ae { counted upon. _—— — .. ne eee ete siesneeennenestenehthemesiter the Mexican republic the proposition becomes an evidence of the progress of the chronic sign of coming dissolution. the rumors of revolution as merely the exist- Mexican State sufficient strength on any side to make a revolution. Dissolution is the com- ing event there and the only one we are called upon to contemplate and prepare for. It will not be a very long period before the several States now forming the geographical expres- mav hope to find profit in its salvage. More Trouble in the Republican Party. tertainment of those whoare fond of well pep- pered personalities, is inclined to cut some capers in the republican party. It assails Mr. Seward, the most distinguished servant of the republican party, with a sneer, thinly dis- guised as a laugh ; it indulges ill-timed gibe at the most intelligent editorial supporter the party has had, and finally it flouts the republi- can administration with a scorn that is funny in its superiority. All this might be legiti- mate enough aside from the pretensions of the paper. Outside the party it might criticise it with all the freedom of spleen and scandal it permits itself in other than party matters; but inside the party such a course naturally pro- vokes the inquiry whether the disappointment of republicans who find themselves unable to control their party is impelling them to an at- tempt to destroy its unity and break it up altogether. Is this the present purpose of Mr. Edwin D. Morgan, Mr. Marshall O. Roberts, Mr. George Opdyke, Mr. F. A. Conkling and the other distinguished republicans who own the paper? Have these gentlemen finally con- cluded that the party of great moral ideas must go to pieces; that their hero President is a failure and a sham; and have they come to such conclusion because the offices were not distributed according to their fancy? If the paper started on the strictest republican ownership and government—and that is the strictest of all party papers—has thrown Grant over, the fact is significant and should he gen- erally known, as a sign of the times, But the fact would be all the more significant if the eminent republicans named above encourage and sustain the fight against the administra- tion, while on the surface retaining friendly relations with it. Grivie It Up.—The English press generally gives up the cause of the Irish Church, the London Times declaring that ‘‘disestablish- ment is foredoomed,” and that nothing remains to be settled but the extent of the measure and the mode of proceeding. A poor reward for very zealous services in the cause of Eng- land. Ti PROULIAR S7UprpITy OF THE HoBoxEN Ferry arrangements, on the Hoboken side, is such as to surpass all the ordinary blockhead- edness that excites the indignation of citizens anxious to “‘catch a boat.” It would seem as if the present arrangement there were espe- cially invented for its fitness to annoy and inconvenience the public, and to embarrass rather than facilitate the movements of vehi- cles. When a carriage is once in the ferry gate money should be taken there and the carriage be allowed to go on the boat; but now, instead of the money, a discourteous fellow demands a ferry ticket, and if the driver has no ticket his horse is turned out of the line, he is compelled to retrace his steps and buy a ticket at an office far in the rear, and then return to find, of course, that he has missed a boat and cannot get in town at the moment he Here is another usage that justifies the general declaration that our ferry companies, altogether, are the most ingenious- ly annoying and uncivil corporations on earth. Atas! ror Spain.—It is declared to be an offence against the law to utter one’s hopes for a republic, Was it for this the Bourbon was driven out! Toe Wasuinaton Nigcrrs Sraxp Fira. — Negro voters in Washington do not admit that their recent disturbance was the outcome of party excitement and fury, but declare, with the calmness of deliberate thought, that they will repeat their former acta in case of ‘‘neces- sity.” DP. S.—‘Necessity” means when it suits them. Dienity versus Tak Suor.—Her Britannic Majesty's government and her Britannic Majesty's loyal but avaricious subjects are at odds on that ancient subject of dispute—the republic of Mexico. John Bull, you know, wants to sell the Mexicans some brass buttons and buckles and jackknives and muslin and other knicknacks that he is handy at making, and he finds that his government has no repre- sentative in the blarsted country ‘‘to protect trade and commerce, you know.” He asks in the House of Commons why this is thus, and the government, all dignity, says Mexico snubbed us and sent us home, and we cannot go again till she invites us. How the com- mercial John will open his eyas at this. Tug Twenty-tarp Street Roap.—It is stated on behalf of the would-be holders of this franchise that the Commissioners’ refusal to give a certificate of sale stands only on a technicality—that it makes no real difference whether the money is paid by Yeomans, the bidder, or by the Twenty-third Street Railroad Company. If this is true why do not they themselves waive this nicety and arrange it among themselves that Yeomans shall tender payment personally? If it should be that they cannot trust their ‘‘agent” so far, should others trust him? Tne Bioopy-Minpkp FENIANS assure man- kind in general that they, ‘‘the country,” will stand by Sumner so long as he does what they want him todo. Nay, they will go ahead of him, too, and John Bull shall fight if he will not pay. All this they say in Philadelphia, In the same despatch that chronicles their bloody resolve we read that “the new route from Philadelphia to Long Branch, via the Camden and Amboy, Freehold and Jamesburg and Raritan and Delaware Bay railroads, was opened to-day by an excursion party of three handred gentlemen.” We recommend the gal- lant fellows to take a trip on the new route and cool off. disease which is prostrating government and society there, and will ‘be looked upon as a We look upon ence of old hopes; for we do not see in the sion Mexico will be waifs upon the stream of events, at the mercy of every influence that The pithy little paper that among the lesser lights of journalism ‘‘shines for all,” and seems disposed to shine more especially for the en- revolution which reach us by every mail from | The Regency in Spain—The Probable Eud of Monarchy. The situation in Spain continues to com- mand attention, Improving prospects have given increased boldness to Montpensier. He has not only appeared on Spanish soil, but a little too much in public. Remembering that it was his gold that made the revolution a paid down on the understanding that the crown should be his if a crown remained in Spain, it is not wonderful that he should be at once more hopeful and more bold when he sees all power given to Serrano, the man who is pledged above all others to his support. The republicans in Spain have been defeated. The new constitution has been carried through the Cortes and proclaimed, and Spain has been declared a monarchy. The new King of Spain has yet to be found. Montpensiar is but one of many candidates whose names have been prominently mentioned. There are Isa- bella and her son; there is the youthful Don Carlos; there is the father and there is the brother of the King of Portugal; there are, besides, at least two German princes. Which is to be the successful candidate is now the great question, The outery which has just been raised in Valladolid and Seville against Montpensier’s presence in Spain at tho present juncture seems to indicate that the republicans are resolved that if Spain is to be @ monarchy the candidates must have a fair chance, With Serrano as Regent Spain can wait for a king, and wait with patience. Although Serrano is more or less pledged to Montpensier his duty points first to the welfare of Spain and the wishes of the Spanish people. It is possible that Montpensier has ruined his own hopes. If Serrano cannot reconcile the Spanish people to Montpensier Serrano is free. If the Regent is successful in preserving order Spain will be taught that good govern- ment is not necessarily associated with a crowned head. It is not, therefore, at all im- possible that the regency of Serrano may prove the destruction of the monarchy in Spain. Danornovs Economy.—The Spanish Cortes is debating a proposition to authorize the gov- ernment to deduct thirty-three per cent from the coupons of the public rentes when pre- sented for payment. A bold plan of a treasury “shave,” but dangerous. Hansom Cass will be entitled to public favor if they will adhere to one especial point in their text. ‘‘No driver of a cab,” says the law, “‘belonging to said corporation who is stationed at or near a railway station, steam- boat landing or ferry shall leave the seat of the cab on the arrival of the cars, steamboats or ferryboats, nor shall he leave his stand till he shall be engaged by a passenger, or some person authorized by a passenger.” This will relieve the public of the importunities of that intolerable throng of harpies that infests every station and landing. He who sees the driver on the box also sees the vehicle in which he is to ride, and the men who keep their establish- ments in good trim will thus have their legiti- mate advantage over others. The Monster Jubilee at Boston, In saying that the monster Jubilee at Boston is a monstrous fraud we commit, perhaps, the unpardonable sin; at least we cannot hope for absolution from any true Bostonian. But notwithstanding the pecuniary success of the scheme, the magnetic excitement of the vast crowd attracted by it to the Coliseum, the prestige of the presence of President Grant and a host of national and foreign notabilities, the patriotic associations of the 17th of June, the multitudinous roar of voices and instru- ments, including cannon, bells, anvils, the big organ, the big drum and everything else in the original programme, except the hundred ministers who were to have prayed aloud in unison, making the loudest if not the finest prayer “ever addressed to a Boston audience ;” notwithstanding all this and the undeniably sublime effects which some of the music has produced, we mvt say that the “projector,” as Mr. Gilmore modestly styles himself, has simply out-Barnumed Barnum. Our special Boston correspondent, who has liberally praised whatever has proved praise- worthy in the Jubilee, the chorus in particular, which ‘‘is, in every sense of the word, the best ever heard in America,” has been con- strained to record certain complaints made against the acoustics of the Coliseum. “They were considerably marred by the myriad ban- ners suspended across the roof, and the sound was toa good extent muffled by striking on the bunting. Some people were disappointed in the character of the body of sound which came from the chorus and the orchestra, They say that five hundred singers in a music hall in New York produce a greater effect.” They may not be mistaken, although our cor- respondent compares their disappointment to the first disappointment of visitors to St. Peter’s, at Rome. He does not expect, hows ever, in the colossal musical structure built up by Mr. Gilmore the complete harmony in detail of the immortal Basilica, He adda that the stand of the conductor ‘‘is too low for the members of the orchestra to be able to follow his baton with satisfaction, and the in- struments are not well located for sound.” The overture to “Fra Diavolo,” with which the third monster concert began, was not 4 suce cess, as the opening bars for the violins were utterly inaudible. The ‘Festival March” comy menced with a commonplace fanfare of trum peta, and then followed some passages which were manifestly intended for the wind instru- ments, but were played by the violins. ° triumphal overture on the national air, ‘TH Columbia,” concluded the first part, It wad composed by Convers, and never should have been selected for such an occasion. The opening part seemed like an incantation, and was a desperate attempt at classical writing, introducing passages taken bodily from Beethoven, It fell flat as it deserved. The reed band of five hundred performers did not give satisfaction in the overture to ‘‘Stradella.” It was a very uneven performance, Without dwelling upon other criticisms which our correspondent makes of minor details of the so-called ‘musical event of the period,” we fear that Marie A, Brown—cruel as it may seem for a strong-minded women to “go back on Boston"—does not greatly err when, in the Anti-Slavery Standard, she thus fulminates against the Hub :—‘‘The Jubilee is @ verfect samule of American ostentation, It success; remembering, too, that the gold was °