The New York Herald Newspaper, July 5, 1869, Page 4

4 4 NEW YORK HERAL BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. ae XXXIV. AMUSEMENTS THIS APTERNOON AND EVENING. HRATRE, Fifth avenue and Twenty- RA—BLACK EYED SUSAN. Matinee at 2 FIFTH fourth stre Broadway and Mth etreet— WALDACK'S Tit Dowa—BLas BOWERY THEATRE, Kowery.—Jack Survvann, &c. Matinee at 2—-Mitier oF Nuw Jensey, de. ep SUSAN, GRAND OPERA HOUS, corner of Eighth avenue and ‘2d street. —OLiveR Twist. woop" ZUM AND THEATRE Broadway.—Aileragon and eveaing & atreet and 2 Tammany Bui Matinee BRYANTS' OPERA AOUSE, sireel.—ETUIOPIAN MINSTRELSY, &C, THEATRE CONIQUE, Comte BALLET AND PAN 5 Broadway.—Be MIME. Matinee at VERLEY THEATR TRBVAINMENT. 20 Broadway.—Porutat EN- Broadway.—Tur SPECTACULAR GAD THE BAl.on. NIBLO'S GARDEN, EXTRAVAGANZA 01 OLYMPIC THEATRE, Doo. POTH'S THRATR' ICH ARDEN, CENTRAL PARI 50th sts. 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The cable telegrams are dated July 4, it has been resolved by several members of the majority tn the Corpe Legistattl to propose that great- er development to the action of tne body be given; that the reply in respouse to the speech from the throne be restored; that a wider range be given to the practice of interpellation; that the right toamend Projects of law be extended, and that the Chamber have the right to elect its own president. The Great Bastern ts doing well; 1,281 miles of cable were paid out when last heard from. The negotiations from the Franco-Beigian Conference closed satisfactorily. ‘The Viceroy of Egypt has left Brussets for Paris, The prospective changes in the new Spanish Min- istry are freely canvassed. General Pezuela was arrested for military disobedience and conspiracy against the government. The silence over General Duilce’s report about Cuba is causing much anxiety. ‘The republicans of Seville are creating much uneasi- ‘ness owing to their movements and the publication of manifestoes. Cuba. General Puello has been ordered to relieve Gene- ral Letona, in command of the Centra) Department, The msurgents are increasing 19 numbers around Puerto Principe, but the cholera and yellow fever are reported to be making sad havoc among them. De Rodas 1s attempting to pacify the Cuban ele- ment, and in consequence dissensions are again breaking out among the volunteers. The interview which recently took place between Mr. Thornton, the ‘English Minister, and Sefior Roberts, the Spanish Minister, had no political signi- fivance whatever, and did not relate, except casually, to affairs pending between England or this country and Spain. The Spanish Minister has information that De Rodas 1s preparing for a grand campaign. St. Domingo. Advices of June 90 state that Luperon had cap- tured Samana and issued a decree declaring that all negotiations made by Baez for the transfer of Samana Bay to other Powers are null aud void. Venezuela, General Pulgar, President of Zulia, is reported in open resistance to the government, with an army of 6,000 meu. Maracaibo, a very important port ts in, Zul nd a Commission had been sent to pacify Puigar. Miscellaneoas. The instructions to Minister Stckles were kept very secret, and have not yet transpired; put it nas since been intimated tn offictal circles that he re- ceived no instruction relative to the purchase of Cuba. ‘The campaign in Virginia has shown up anew feature in politics. The radicals now refer the con- servative negroes to the late bridge accident asa judgment against them for their conservative views, and the argument counts with considerable effect among a great many of the ignorant and supersti- tious blacks. The President has requested the opinion of Attorney General Hoar as to applying the test oath to conservative candidates chosen in the coming election, The Pennsylvania radicals are disheartened over the apparent closeness of the campaign about to take place in that State, and John Covode anda delegation intend to wait upon the President and demand a place for some Pennsylvanian in his Cabi- net in order to inspire more enthusiasm among the masses, While the Fourth of July was being celebrated on Saturday at Des Moines, lowa, an anvil used asa caanon exploded and kilied two men and a tearm of horses, and seriously injured several persons, two of them fatally. An accident occurred on the Louisvilie and Coving- ton Railroad yesterday by which two men were kuled and seventeen wounded, ‘The City, Independence Day will be celebrated in this city to- day by @ parade of the first division of the National Guard, the usual artiMery salutes, the chiming of Trinity betls, numerous matinées, excursions, pic- Bica, &c,, and grand displays of flreworks during the evening. A full programme of proceedings will be found eisewhere in our columns this morning. Rey. 8. H. Tyng preached the last sermon of the season at St. George's church, in Stuyvesant square, yesterday. During the ensuing two months the in- terior of the church will be repaired and it will be opened again in September. Rev. J. W. Horne at the Willett street Methodist church; Rev. Pope Yea- man, at the Forty-second street Baptist church; Rev. ‘Hi. W, Beecher, at Piymouth church, Brooklyn, and other officiating clergymen at various churches in the metropolis preached upon subjects appropriate to the anniversary of the nation’s independence. Richard Long, one of the alleged Washington street rioters, who was shot by officer Campbell, died on Saturday night at the New York Hospital. Bome of his friends represented to Coroner Keenan yesterday that he was shot while on his knees beg- ging for mercy, and that the officer's life was not in anger at that time, Campbell was accordingly ar- rested on the Coroner’s warrant and is now at the Tombs. A jury was empanelied, and after viewing the body of Long Was adjourned until Wednesday. Prominent Arrivals in the City, General W. Q. Gresham and General Nathanie) Kimball, of Indiana; Genera a, W, Dennwon, Gen- eral D. 8. Stanton and General R. W, Bowman, of Baltimore; Colonel R. H. Cowan, of North Carolina; | Cotonet John D. Perry and General W. J. Paimer, of St. Louis, are at the dcholas Hotel, General H. 8. Lansing, of Ealiimore rade, of Paria, France; Rev. N. L. RY of Westininster College, Mo., and Baiumore, are at the Coleman House. Governor Graham, of North Carolina; Colonel Middletown and Coionel Radcliffe, of Montreal; W. @. Hunter, of England; Colonel Beary Allen, of Ed. An- , President = Ta gana MRR ENDEsemeaaRmeRERE Se — Rhode Istand; 0. G. Steele and B. H. McCoote, of Bul- } falo, and L. W. Cole, of San Francisco, are at the Fifth Aveaue Hotel, General A. J, Meyer, of the United States Army; Colonel C. W. Tompkins, of Rhode Island; General Leech, of Philadelphia; General H. A. Barnum, of Syracuse, and Colonel W. H. Lewis, of the United States Army, are at the Hoffman House, General J, B. Coit, of Connecticut; Major E. J. Jones, of Boston, General J. A. Hall, of Maine; Bradley Barlow, of St. Alvans, and General J. A. Garfield, of Olio, are at the Astor House. Colonel C. D, Rooufson, of Wisconsin; Colonel J. B, Carpenter, of Milwaukee; W. H. Hoag, of West Point; Captain Graham, of philadelphia, and Cap- tain E. A. Brooks, of Boston, are at the Metropoli- tan Hotel. Colonel D. Gardiner, of Philadelphia; E. A. An- drus, of Peoria, Il, and General Adams, of Butfalo, are at the St, Charles Hotel. General George Varney, General 8. Connor, Gene- ral J, S, Smith, General T, W. Hyde and General Charles Hamlin, of Maine, and Colonel George Batchelor, of Boston, are at the Brevoort House. General John W. Mabou, of Boston; R. H. Hyde, of Springfield, and T. H. Smith of Great Barrington, are at the Westminster Hotel. Prominent Departures. Judge A. &. Fitegerald, for Saratoga; Colonel Don- aidson, for Philadelphia; Colonel J. F. Barrett, for Albany; E. J. Hamblin and E. A, Back, for Buffalo, and Major Turnley, for Chicago, Spais, Caba and the Administration. Events are crowdiag to a solution of the Spanish question in Europe and America, and the signs of the times indicate that the admin- istration bas awakened to the emergency and is disposed to enter with vigor upon the path of action. General Sickles, our new Minister to Spain, has been hurried off to bis post with full and positive instructions adequate to the new aspect of affairs, and a cursory review of the field will throw much light upon the pro- bable results to follow from the new point of departure. Spain has emerged from a great contest within herself with a wonderful solu- tion of the great European problem of govern- ment, which, though spoken of as a temporary and transitory form, offers more elements of permanency than do half of the dynasties of the Old World. A monarchy without a king is a republic in essence, respecting at once the constitutional liberties of the people and the prejudices of a society long accustomed to monarchical institutions. As a novelty in the field of politics its great dilemma is the financial question, and the revolution in Cuba has come at a singularly inopportune moment to increase its complica- tions, Instead of receiving the usual remit- tances from that island, and having its stable treasury to draw upon in the emergencies of the State, the Ministry finds itself urgently called upon for large supplies of men and money to maintain the authority of the me- tropolis over its revolted colony. This fact has already exercised so great an influence over the measures of the Spanish Cabinet that it has felt itself compelled, as we learn from a statement in the Imparcial, one of the Ma- drid joarnals, to pequest the editors in the capital to treat the Cuban question in such a way as to evince a disposition on the part of the people and government of Spain to accept any peaceful solution of the situation which should be consistent with the national honor. There is but one possitle solution of this kind, and that is through a friendly negotiation with our government, in which both may accept the changes that have now become inevitable. The attitude of Cuba in this emergency is one which lends itself to a peaceful solution. ‘The history of nine months of revolutionary contest has shown to every reasoning man the impossibility of a forcible suppression of the insurrection, and the recent address of Gen- eral Rodas, the new Captain General, to the editors in Havana, was a wise recognition of the inefficacy of force. If he continues on this course and applies to the war now raging there the rules that restrain civilized contests and stops the inhuman butcheries of unresist- ing prisoners, he will add a new element of strength to the possibility of a peaceful and honorable solution by Spain. The nineteenth century cannot accept the bloodthirsty pro- ceedings of the Spanish volunteers, blinded as they ere with passion and hate; and if these continue with the sanction of the new regency in the peninsula the sympathies of the whole civilized world will be enlisted against it, and its efforts to find stability for its rule will meet with cold repalses on every side. It is in these new developments that we find an explanation of the seemingly contradictory professions and proceedings of the adminis- tration at Washington. It perceives the ad- vance of the combatants by separate paths to the same solution~a negotiation with the United States. The republican, Cespedes, takes the longer road through war and its immense sacrifices, while the Regent, Serrano, appeals to the shorter one of existing friendly relations and the facilities of diplomatic inter- course. The latter can be soonest travelled, and should, therefore, be the firat one tried ; but the administration will be wise not to injure its own hopes by an extraordinary con- descension to Spanish demands. If Spain could pnt down the revolution in Cuba she would not negotiate for the island, and her diplomacy will hasten or delay in its develop- will find sympathy and aid in this country and that with this she cannot successfully cou- guard her from any such contingency, and the rienced. Bewisp tHe Times. —A Missouri paper states that a movement is on foot in New York among dissatiafied republicans to ‘‘press Chief Justice Chase for the Presidency in 1867.” A movement of that sort, we believe, was at- tempted in this city a year later; but, if we recollect aright, it was smothered unto death even as poor Desdemona was by her dusky lover, by the ‘Big Injan” of Tammany. What may be attempted in 1872, in regard to Chase and the Presidency is altogether a different | matter, | Tue Grear Day is Viraista—Not this day, but to-morrow, which, in their State aw Rogers, of election, is to decide whether the republicans or the opposition conservatives are to rule the | State in its restoration to Congress and self. | government. Suare Set.—A Western paper states that | Andy Johnson went to Washington to see his | son and found his sun set—but not Sunset | Cox. ment in proportion as her hopes rise or fall. | Her present conviction is that the revolution | tend. Convince her that our government will | desires for a pacific solution will disappear | and our friendly overtures will receive the | same rebuff they have so often before expe- | NHW YORK HERALD MONDAY, JULY 5, 1869. The Glorions Fourth, On the 4th of July, 1776, the British North American colonies south of the St, Law- rence were declared to be tree and indepen- dent States. There were thirteen of them, extending along the Atlantic coast down to Georgia. Now there are thirty-seven States and nine organized Territorios, together with the Indian country between Arkansas and Toxas, and last, but not least, Alaska, with its four hundred aud eighty-seven thousand square miles—to say nothing of a string of islands stretching nearly across the Pacific ocean, The flag that ninety-three- years ago ruled only a part of the Atlantic coast now rules both the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts, and all the intermediate space, more than half of which was a terra incognita within the memory of the living generation. It has re- quired less than one hundred years for the United States to expand to such vast propor- tions the area of freedom and independence. Manifest destiny indicates a still wider pros- pect of greatness and glory. The present year has witnessed the completion of the Pacific Railroad, the inauguration of the laying ofthe French cable, an extraordinary influx of European and Asiatic immigration, and a startling development of energy in other in- strumentalities for extending the power of the Great Republic. Notwithstanding the myste- rious policy of the United States government in relation to Cuba, we have good reason to expect that its annexation will soon be effected by the very administration which has 50 promptly defeated the plans of filibustering violators of the neutrality laws. St Domingo and Hayti must soon follow suit, and we do not despair of seeing even Mexico annexed to the United States, As for her Britannic Majesty's North American possessions, we rather think that their annexation will depend on the final decision of the Alabama claims. Meanwhile we are in no hurry to have these claims settled. We oan well afford to bide our time. Meanwhile, also, we can joyfully celebrate to-day, the glorious Fourth (which is the fifth), inasmuch as we have peace, or, at least, the fairest prospects of peace. In this city the ninety-third anniversary of the Declaration of Independence will be commemorated by ring- ing of bells and firing of cannon and display of flags and a fine military parade inthe morning, the popping of innumerable fire-crackers, to the delight of the boys and to the annoyance of everybody else, throughout the day, and by dinners and speeches, illuminations and fire- works, in the evening. Thousands of our citizens will doubtless take advantage of the national holiday to make pleasant excursions in every direction out of town. The oppressive heats which usually are coincident with this date will not prevent ‘the day we celebrate” from being universally observed, alike in town and country, with more enthusiasm than on any previous occasion since the war of the rebel- lion began, Never before has the glorious Fourth been celebrated at so many points on 80 wide-spread a territory as it will be to-day. North, South, East and West, and even so far off asin Alaska, it will be well remembered. Nor will it be forgotten by any patriotic Amer- ican traveller, on land or at sea, in Europe, Africa or Asia. Hurrah for the glorious Fourth ! Tue Fine Arts in Franoz.—We pub- lished yesterday our Paris correspondent’s third letter on the exhibition of fine arts at the Palais de I'Industrie. The letter confirms our first impressions that the paintings ex- hibited this year show more taste and talent than genius. But it pronounces a more satis- factory verdict on the statuary, which evinces genius as well as taste, and, moreover, hope-* fully indicates that the exclusive traditional reign of ‘‘the nude,” confining the sculptor almost entirely to the choice of antique, mytho- logical and sylvan subjects, is nearly at an end. It is gratifying to learn that among the best bronzes a fine work by an American sculptor, Mr. Haseltine, of Philadelphia, has attracted universal notice. ‘‘There is aublim- ity in this work and remarkable aspiration, leaving matter far behind.” Its title is “Excelsior.” American art, except in a few instances of successful landscape painting, has attained its highest superiority in sculp- ture, Drap Frorr.—Mrs. Bloomer has aban- doned her semi-masculine style of wardrobe. The bloom is off that rye, the blossom has ripened and the fruit found to be bitter and unwholesome, In a Puoken—The temperance men in Maine. They are bound to run a separate ticket, which the republicans deprecate, de- claring that the movement is calculated to affect only the republican ranks, as the demo- crats have no temperance men in their party to lose. Let theae Maineiacs have full swing, and they will soon find the length of their tether. Toe Case or Dovorass, tux CoLorep Prinrer.—The printers’ society of Wash- | ington is still in great tribulation over the question of recognizing the eligibility to membership of the colored printer Douglass. | From the report of the committee of the Typographical Union on his case, which we published yesterday, we think it probable that | Douglass will come off victorious in a decision that there must be equal rights in labor, with- | out distinction of color. Tae Deum Fist AMona tHe Oysrens, —It appears that the dram fish are making sad havoc among the oysters in Prince's bay and thereabouts, and that consternation prevails among the oystermen in view of the great “school” of these rapacious Southera drum fish raiding among the oyster beds. The only immediate remedy is a combined attack upon these Southern invaders of our oyster fields by all the shell-fish men of Staten Island, Jersey, Sandy Hook, Shrewsbury, Coney Island and Long Island. In uniting as a band of brothers against these piratioal drum fish they can soon be cleared out. Moreover, is not the drum fish a prime article for the market? He is esteemed first rate down South, and ought to be, inasmuch as he lives upon oysters, Tag “BLaok Pau or Linerry.”—A Southern paper remarks that “‘the negro is the black pall of liberty in America.” And it might have added that if certain fire-eating Southern papers had had their way atone time they would have proved the winding sheets of the national goverument. ‘The Mistake of San Francisco—Opening for a Chinese City on the Pacific. There is one dark blot upon the fair escutcheon of California, a narrow and bigoted policy among her people on one point, which, in view of their goneral broad intelligence and large grasp of mind, we are surprised as well as pained to see. The Golden Gate, as the representative city of our Pacific empire, has in general exhibited a liberal policy and an en- terprising spirit in grasping the early indica- tions of coming greatness, which has been adequate to its mission and its portentous future. But in the one great duty which falls upon it as the pioneer in the movement of the mingling of the nations in the Western world it has beea wanting in comprehension of the future, in catho- licity of feeling and in a propor appreciation of its own vast interests, The persecution which the intelligent portion of the commu- nity have permitted to be exercised towards the incoming millions from China and Japan is a wrong which, if not remedied atan early day, will bo equal to turning the imperial posi~ tion of the Queen of the Pacific into the lap of some more wise and just community. The advent of millions of industrious, fru- gal, intelligent and docile laborers from the teeming populations of China and Japan to our Pacific and Central regions is the coming event of the close of the nineteenth century. With its development we are to enter upon an era of production, trade and material and intel- lectual devalopment such as has never before been witnessed by the world, and beside which the past growth of our own interests, now looked upon as so vast, will shrink into pigmy proportions, The great experiment of the mingling of nations under free institutions, and with the largest liberty for the labor and mind of man, is to be developed upon our Pa- cific slope, and its swelling waves will spoedily overrun the plains of our Central and Southern regions. The Pacific Railroad will be but a rill for the sweep of its broad waters, Lying as it does at the very threshold of this mighty movement, the city of San Francisco can, if it chooses, guide the incoming tide and rise to greatness upon it. But to do this it must stop all the spirit of persecution which it has hitherto permitted to be exercised toward the Chinese immigrant by its population, and uphold the majesty of our laws and the sanctity of our treaties. It is but a few days since we saw announced the arrival of twelve hundred Chinese at San Francisco by sailing vessel, and already a body of men calling themselves the Miners’ Union call upon the white workmen to assemble and begin anew the work of persecution. If these things continue the best course to be taken will be the building of a Chinese city at San Diego and the establishment of a rival to the Golden Gate. Weare not sure that this result will not come anyhow. Our Chinese and Japanese could establish there a new centre under many advantages. They would obtain control of the western terminus of the Southern Pacific road, which, after all, promises to be the shortest and best route between the two oceans. A Chinese city as a rival to San Francisco, under the guarantees of the new amendments to the constitution, would soon become a for- midable rival, and, animated with » more en- larged, just and intelligent spirit than that now exhibited in the Golden Gate, would in ten years dispute the empire of the Pacific. There are not wanting intelligent minds in San Francisco who see the evil that will ac- crue to their city from this unwise and anjust persecution, and they already propose to take action by calling a public meeting of the citi- zens to consider the subject. The. evil is in- creased by the old party hacks among the democrats there, who are pandering to the ragamuffins that get up the outcry, thinking to make political capital out of it. Both the law and our treaty obligations are clear on the sub- ject, and the Chinese who come to this country have all the rights that the Irish or German emigrant can claim and that our own citizens are entitled to. It will be well for San Fran- cisco if the authorities there see the error of their ways and mend it before the evil compels a remedy. Tue Paris Pays says “John C. Breckinridge will yet be President of the United States.” Any number of papors in this country can be found to advocate his election, and will do so consistently 80 long as it “pays.” Town AND Country ON THR Fourta.—The town flies to the country to escape the noise and nuisance of fire-crackers, and the country comes to town to see the fun. Hence the pro- verb that the city on the Fourth is only for the boys and the greerhorns of the country, In any event let the American eagle spread his wings from New York to San Francisco, and while drinking the refreshing ice water of Alaska, dip his tail inthe Gulf of Mexico—for he is the bird to do it. THe ADMINISTRATION AND THR VIRGINIA ExxotioxN.—The Albany Hvening Journal does not deny that the administration feels an interest in the result of the Virginia election, which takes place to-morrow, and adds that, “ag Wells represents unadulterated republi- can sentiment, while Walker is suspiciously in sympathy with the most violent enemies of the party, it (the administration) hopes for the triumph of the radical ticket.” It will be seen ina very short time how far these hopes | will be realized; but the present indications are that the administration is doomed to dis- appointment, if not to become the victim of misplaced confidence even so far as the negro vote is concerned in Virginia, But ‘‘thero is no telling who is Governor until after elec- tion.” Nora Benr.—A young woman named Bean has been arrested in Maine for robbing the | mails, If all the males guilty of robbing temales of their affections were punished, what a cata- logue of moral criminals would be found ! A Finat, Brow.—The citizens of St. Louis have determined to give Mr. Blow, oar Minis- ter to Brazil, a final blow-out, prior to his de- parture. These feastings of departing ambas- sadors is becoming quite common, It is better that they should be dined at home by their frienda than abroad by strangers among whom they are to reside as the representatives of our people, and who are likely to be misrepresented if their diplomats get in the habit of hob-nob- bing with monarchists and imperialista. Cham- pagne and wild game are famous temoorizora, ey if The Churches, Our church-gox2g population is just as devout as ever, but ®t the same time suffi- ciently instructed ia the ytixciples of religion to know how to avoid that Burtful fanaticism which occasionally urges infividuals, and even communities, to subordinate the body completely to the spirit, and thus carry the mortification of the flesh to a degree not con- templated in the teachings of Holy Writ. - They love prayer because they love God, but instinct teaches them, under the guidance of God's providence, to do their utmost in order to retain the mens sana in corpore sano. Hence they prepare for healthful re- creation at the watering places, fly off to Europe by hundreds, or enjoy nature and fresh air by Sunday trips to the Park or some one of our elegant suburban villages. This process of recruitment, bodily and mental, is in full progress just now. So that the church congregations have been thinned considerably in members, Many of our most prominent preachers and distinguished divines have already left or are about to leave the city fora period of healthful relaxation and general toning up of the body corporate; so that our reports of the church sermons and services of yesterday are considerably reduced. They will bo resumed in ealenso after the vaca- tion season. In the meantime we entertain the hope that our readers have been so fully fortified by our recent exertions in this line that they will be enabled to keep the arch enemy ai a proper distance by individual exertion until the clergymen return to their pulpit. “Poor Pierce” on the Political Situation. We publish this morning the report of a late conversation with ex-President Pierce on the political situation, From this report it appears that he is not satisfied with the re- construction doings of Congress—that he thinks we are getting on too slowly towards specie payments; that he inclines to the diplomacy of Reverdy Johnson on the Ala- bama claims; that he thinks we are not pre- pared for a war with England; that he can- not understand the anti-filibustering activity of the administration in regard to Cuba, and that he bas no faith in the women’s rights movement. He has nothing to say about his successors in the White House, in which he sets a good example for Andy Johnson ; and, altogether, as we understand him, “poor Pierce” has had enough of politics and is satisfied to rest on his laurels, We infer that he is still a democratic Bourbon ; but that signifies nothing so long as he is disposed to keep quiet. In the will of the late ex-President Buchanan it was discovered that he had not invested a dollar of his funds in United States securities, and if ex- President Pierce, of the same school, is in the same way of thinking, it makes no difference, since, according to the latest reported opinion of ex-President Fillmore, we are drifting to a despotism. The world moves on, and they who cannot keep up must be left behind. A Smatt Business—The continued oppo- sition of the several departments ai Washing- ton to the applications of Mrs. Dr. Mary Walker for a small clerkship. It is evident that this opposition arises from the facts that Mrs. Dr, Walker is a woman's rights woman; that she wears pantaloons and a frock coat, like a gentleman, instead of wearing a hooped skirt and a panier, like a lady. But what of all this? In education and experiente in business affairs she is, perhaps, the superior of almost any woman in the Treasury Depart- ment, and of most of the men, too, More- over, in the war she did good service in the Union cause among our sick and wounded soldiers, and this ought to be enough. We think, too, that if she will only submit this claim directly to General Grant she will not be rejected any more. This trifling and badi- nage with a poor woman, honest and intelli- gent, and in search of work which she is fully competent to do, is a small business, Tatk AND AotTion.—An exchange ¢x- claims: —‘‘Women talk; men act.” Yes, and some men act very badly, while many women talk altogether too much. A compromise be- tween the two would be of service to the cause of common humanity, Crry Porrrios.—From our latest review by a special reporter it appears that city politics are at deadlow water; that Tammany, with the bulk of the city spoils under her thumb, is easy in the consciousness of her strength, while the republicans over the federal offices are wrangling and splitting up into fighting factions worse than ever before; that having secured the Governor, Tammany is now laying her pipe for the Legislature, and that, ‘by hook or by crook,” or by what Tony Lumpkin would call ‘‘the rule of thumb,” she expects to win; but as ‘‘there is many a slip twixt the cup and lip” all these fine calculations of Tammany may be spoiled before November. The question of the adoption of the new State constitution, for instance, will be apt to make a pretty clean party fight, and outside of this metropolitan district we know what that means. Mr. Sewarp In SAN Franorsco,—Mr, Sew- ard, our distinguished ex-Secretary of State, has had a glorious reception in San Francisco. Those people remember his services in the Senate in behalf of California as a free State and in behalf of the Pacific Railroad, and they are particularly proud of his purchase of Alas- ka, We believe he is going up there, and if 80, his reception by the Alaskans, aboriginal Russian and Yankee, will be splendid, and their presents of fur capes, white bear and silver fox skins, seal skins, walrus teeth in necklaces, whale oll, smoked salmon and dried codfish will require a steamboat to bring them away. He indeed is a lucky man who enters upon a new lease of glory in his retirement from pub- lie life. Awrut!—A woman's rights organ in Chi- cago says ‘it is an awful thing to be a woman.” She is an awful'protty thing some- times, and very bewitching and dangerous, too, But these woman's rights movements are marring the rosy loveliness of her com- plexion, charging her beautiful eyes from a dovelike softness to the spiteful glare of the cat or tigress, briefly transforming an otherwise angelic being into o rattle-pated scold, and otherwise raising particular joss with womanhood all over the land, Awtul, indeed! Yea, veriiy, ee Tho National Come Some few yoars ago there was no mane” Qute door sport in which the youth of this countr; could indulge and whichgould be claimed as national. The game of*base ball in a cruda form was practised among others and by a few gentlemen was being systematized and per- fected. The Hevanp, observing that in the game were all the elemeats which could com-~ mend it asa favorite pastime, styled it the National Game, aad from that time to the pre- sent the young men—-and many of the old men—of the country have adopted it as a means of recreation, amusement and pbysical development, That the game possesses the requisites for effording reoreation and relaxa- tion from daily labor is plainly shown by the numbers of leading business and professional men who leave their counters and,their studies, and, indulging in the sport, become again as little children. That it affords amusement is plainly shown by the thousands who flock to witness contests between any of the leading organizations, That it promotes the physical development is attested beyoud a doubt by the improved physique of those who practice with the bat and ball. There is, in short, nomeansor system of outdoor sport which can present tho same advantages as the national game of base ball. Every portion of the physical system is brought iato action, while the mind is sub- jected, at the same time, to a recreative course of treatment. The eye is trained to take in at once the entire situation ; the hearing is quick- ened, to enable the players to note the slight- est click of a ‘‘tip” and to understand the call of the umpire or the order of the captains when the other faculties are intent on some other point; the judgment is exercised 60 as to enable the player to decide instantly on the best course of action to benefit his party, and the muscular strength is developed by the run- ning, throwing, pitching and batting in which all take part during the contest. The game has now been reduced to a science, and the objection which was formerly made to it, on the ground that, compared to cricket, it was child’s play, can no longer be raised. It was considered by some as being too danger- ous; fingers were broken and the players were otherwise wounded, while in cricket the men could pad themselves so that they would not be hurt. Is it an objection to swimming that people are drowned sometimes? or to skating, that people are hurt by collisions or falls on the ice? Besides, the fact that the players at base ball unflinchingly face the dangers shows the inherent bravery of the American people and their determination to obtain even amuse- ment at the risk of danger. Aside from these considerations, the formation of clubs and State and national associations pre- seats an advantage to the youth of this country. Jn these associations the members are almost un. consciously trained in the system of legislation. Business is conducted on the same plan as in the legislative and corporate bodies through- out the country, and the members of the clubs become fitted for the proper performance of their duties ag sovereigns. There is still an- other advantage to be derived from associa- tions which may be formed in the leading amateur organizations, such as the Empire, Knickerbocker and Eagle clubs of New York, Hxcelsior and Star of Brooklyn, Eureka of Newark, and National of Albany; for in them gentlemen of the highest standing in business and social circles may be found, aiding by their presence and their influence the progress and permanency of the national game. Trish Church Bill—A ‘Third Party Spenks. A cable despatch informs us that Cardinal Cullen, the Catholic Archbishop of Ireland, has just addressed a letter to the Catholic College, stating that if the Irish Church bill is mutilated by the Peers the nation must have a fuller measure of justice. At the same time we are told that the London Times has come out editorially against the amendments of the Lords. According to the Timer, the ‘amend- ments of the Lords make the bill more favor- able to the Established Chirch and more offensive in its provisions. It is manifest, therefore, that turning point has been reached in the history of the bill. Mr. Glad- stone's bill was completely satisfactory to the Catholics of Ireland; but it is the conviction of the Catholics that, if the Lords have their way, they will perpetnate offensive distinc- tions. In these circumstances it will not be wonderful if the bill, which, of course, will be sent down to the Commons in its amended form, be sent back to the Lords in its original shape. It is far from impossible that this Irish Church bill may yet prove a fruitful source of trouble. This outburst of popular feeling will be all the more embarrassing to the Ministry that they have promised to introduce a clause, to meet the wishes of the Lords, pro- viding that the Irish bishops shall retain their seats in the Upper House. The Govern Advertising Dodges. It appears that in the War Department a considerable number of Treasury leaks have been discovered in the matter of the govern- ment advertising, and that there is, or has been, a looseness in the management of this business which has enabled the Washington newspapers so far, by various ingenions dodges, to make something handsome out of the government without special or general authority by Jaw. We are gratified to hear that such discoveries have been made.* We know from the Corporation advertising of this city how this business is made to support newspapers which otherwise would soon starve to death; but as our taxpayers seem to be satisfied whether our Corporation expenses ara fifteen, twenty or twenty-five millions a year we drop the subject. But the national govern- ment advertising is another matter. The national Treasury is not so flush of funds and resources as that of the city of New York, and cannot longer afford to indulge in such luxuries as the squandering of millions of money with nothing to show for it, The New York city tax levy, with us to have to foot the bills, makes all right, nnd if it grows faster than the city, our citizens being agreed, there is an end of the controversy. Not so is it with the national Treasury. Retrenchment and reform must there be enforced, or wo shall some ‘fine day, and within « ‘few years, have a collapse, Hence, we say, let even these government advertising leaks be stopped, and if the newspapers concerned dia in conse quence let them die, The government can gos on Without them