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Cable telegrams are dated September 30, ‘The War Secretary of England points out to the Canadians bow the Dominion may become one of the first maritime Powers of the world. The Empress Engénie leit Parts for the East. Specie contitines to flow heavily from the banks of England id France. The Paris Hippodrome was destroyed fire, The fire among the shipping at Bordeaux ag caused by an explosion of petroleum. y mail from Europe we haye a report of the pro- ings which took place at the half yearly meet- ing of the directors of the Bauk of Engiand, with the remarks of the Governor of the bank on the Position of the institution. Egypt. M. de Lesseps passed through the Snez Canal in a steamer yeaterday, running from Vort Sul to Suez in fifteen hours. Miscellaneous. The President, in conversation yes jay with Lieutenant Governor Lewis, of Virginta, said he was confident there would be no obstacle to the adimis- Sion of that State to tue Union, provided the Legis. lature gave any indication what ver of a willing- mess to forego old issues, He bad no preferences in the choice of Senators from the State, but said they must be able to take the fron-clad oath. Senator Wilson, who was present, coincided with these views and thought Congress would not hinder the restoration of ihe State, The President contemplates visiting the South juring the winter. ice Arthur is shooting birds with considerable at Long Point, in Capada, neresHategck is cua tuur of inspection through bis Iadian Department, Assistant Secretary Richardson, of the Treasury Department, has sent a letter of resignation to Sec- retary Boutwell. Commissioner Delano ts trying to bave the next Congress create a separate department out of the Revenue Bureau. General Sherman has directed that all clerks tn the War Department, independent of politics, who desire it, shall be allowed to go home to vote at the coming elections. Mr. Seward sailed from San Francisco yesterday for Mexico. A treaty with Hesse Darmstadt regulating natu- ralization the same as with the North German Con- federation nas been promulgated. The democratic editors of Texas have met in con- vention and nominated Hamilton Stuart for Gov- ernor, with a straight out domocratic ticket. Forty newspapers in the State are pledgea to support the nominees. ‘The New York steel importers are to have an in- w with Secretary Boutwell on Saturday in ‘ to counteract the impressions produced by the wa of the sveel mannfacturers on Wednesday. + detachment of the Fifth cavalry was recently at 4 by Indians norin of Fort McPherson. No are known. Fort #uford ts fully supplied for /the winter, and is considered safe against the Tudians, Boston reports two wife muriera yesterday, ‘Thomas Browning beat his wife to death, apd a Mr, Hartington ts under arrest for poisoning his wife, a little child and brother-in-law, while the wife ot the brother-ta-law is held as an accomplice. Three Newburyport seamen were drowned in the Bay of 3t. Lawrence on the 20th ult. by being run down ina small boat by an English vessel, Aa inm it pamed J. Cox was shot with- out provocation by & stranger in the steamer Bristol on her wip from New York to Fall River on Wednes- Gay night. The wound is not fatal. The stranger ‘was imprisoned at Fail River, Governor Pile, of New Mexico, visited the Pres. dent yesterday and urged a warlike policy against the Indians in his Territory, instead of the Quaker system. The President, however, thought he would try the Quaker system first, It would not, perhaps, ~be invidious to recall the fact in this connéction that Pile ia @ retired preacher, Assistant Surgoon Greer, of the Nipsic, ders in refusing, at his superior oficer’s Y.; to take 8 seaman off the sick list while Ber Jay at Aspinwall, has been found guilty ntenced to two years suspension and a repri- snd. Secretary Robeson approves tho Onding of intment to (rne court but remits all the sentence but a very mild reprimand, he holding that the disobedience was an error of judgment tn regard to professienal rights, The City. I street yesterday gave evidence of a strongly favorable reaction. Dealings in gold were resumed and the sineas of the street got fairly under way again, The money market was quite easy at the close and the rate of interest declined to seven per cent, The stock market was strong and buoyant, but closed below the highest prices of the day. There was so large an improvement on the panic prices of the preceding day that the feeling was general that bottom was touched, No more fatlures were reported, while a movement is on toot to enable the house of Lockwood & Co. to resume. Gold declined to 129%. The steamer Eutérpe is at pter No, 20 East river, with guns and ammunition on board, supposed to be intended for the Spanish gunboats, and was advertised to satl with her warlike cargo for Havana ning. Marshal Barlow, however, has had ined until he can hear from the President, Shearman, a New York lawyer, is about to dle a number of cases for the recovery of bounty money in the Court of Claima, He holds that a great many soldiers have been defrauded by the payment of their bounty tu checks ts3ued by the Sub-Treasury tn New York. Shearman was the ue of the lawyer who was counsel for Colonel an during the alleged bounty fraud triais in whreh the Colonel figured some time ago, although this individual may not be the same ps The Inm umahip City of Peru, ( hetts, w > pier 45 North river at ¢ toe ow (Saturday) for Queenstown and Liver. The Kuropean mati will close at the Post OMce at twelve M. on the 2d inst T National line steamship Pennaylvanta, Cap- tuin Hall, will sail from pier No, 47 North river at one P. M. on Saturday, 2d inst. for Liverpool, call- ing at rt enstown to land passengers, &c. wiship Cambria,” Captain Craig, of the Anchor . Wil sall at twelve M, to-morrow, from pler N 0 North river, for Giasgzow, calling at Lon- donderry to land passengers. Ihe steamship United States, Captain Norton, of nts? line, will leave pier No. 12 North river at three P, M, to-morrow (Saturday), for New Orleans direct. ‘The Pacific matl steamship Arizona, Captain Mur- ray, will leave pier No. 42 North river at twelve M, to-day for Aspinwall, to connect with ateamshipa at Panama for San Fraactsco, Prominent Arrivals in the City. Ex-Cingressman T, M. Pomer y, 0: A fre: Reynolds, of Albany; Dr, Db. J. Myaus aud vv Thomas, of Philadelpiita, and G. Deimar Morgan, of London, are at the Si. Nicholas Hotel. General G. W, Morreil, of New York; General J, Stabl and J. A. Pierce, of Providence, R. L, are at the Coleman House, Colonel Hildt, of the United States Army; J. C. Balderston, of Baltimore, and R. Sands Tucker, of New York, are at the Hoffman House, Major J, M. Davidson, of Washington, and Hiram Kimball, of Toronto, are at the Astor House. Judge J.J. Monell, of Newburg; Mark Sheldon, of San fF and Lawrence Riggs, of Baltimore, e Albemarle Hotel. Hepworth and family, of Boston, are at and Hotel. Bushnell, of New Haven; A. B. Cor- w York; Senator J. W. Patterson and ex- Congressman Jacob Benton, of New Hampshire, ana Wiliam McPherson, of St, Louis, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotei. Captain E, W. Wilcox, of the United States Army, and Professor C. H. browh, of Saratoga, are at the ‘St. Charles Hotel. Judge A. Rose, of Georgia; Major W. C. Spalding, of Washington; R, A. Curtis, of Massachusetts; Colonel W. Webb, of St, Louis; Major A. J. Lipptn- cott, of Philadelphia, and Di P. Bowen, of Mise sissippi, are at Lhe Metropolitan Hotel, Right Rev. A. Verot, Bishop of Savannah, Ga,, is at Sweeny’s Hotel. Prominent Departures. Colonel Charles Clark and Colonel Samuel Hatch, for ouis; Colonel W. N, Hutchinson, for Wash- ington; Dr, Chapman, for Niagara Falls; Major 8, Picton and Rev. D. Knowles, for Philadelphia; Dr, Samuel Bull, for Wilmington, Del., and Colonel Cas- silier, tor Boston. The Financial Crisis, The gold and stock speculators of Wall street have not yet got out of their muddle, though more light continues to be thrown upon the disastrous transactions of last week and upon the condition of the victims. Some heavy firms are in suspension or broken, and we do not yet know how far others may be affected and drawn Into the vortex. But there is a disposition all round to prevent a general wreck, This makes every one inclined to be accommodating to or gentle with the wounded. There is, however, an uncompro- mising hostility to the authors of the calamity. The cry everywhere is, “Hang them! hang them!” But there is no fear of any lynch law or sour apple tree operation, The truth is the men who have been ‘‘cornered” would, if they could, have made a “‘corner” on their success- fal rivals, and would ‘‘corner” anybody else to-morrow if they should have a chance, The whole batch of gold and stock gamblers are alike. When they prey upon each other, as on last Friday, the victims cry out lnstily, but when they prey upon the public they are as amiable and social among themselves as possi- ble, So far, then, as these gamblers are con- cerned there is no cause for sympathy, As soon as the storm is over trade and com- merce will be benefited; for people will see the hollowness of Wall street speculations, and, as a consequence, will stick to and trust more in their legitimate business, Let the mer- chants and tradesmen stand fast, keep clear of the whirlpool, not get excited, and be true to each other. They will thus avert a panic, and can look calmly on while the crash among the stock jobbers and gold gamblers is going on. In reviewing the situation of this financial crisis we are naturally led to ask who are to blame—that is, who outside of the rings of speculators that precipitated the crisis, The Secretary of the Treasury had it in his power, undoubtedly, to prevent the trouble, The use of a few millions out of the enormous reserve he constantly holds in his hands would at any time avert such evils. Had he sold gold regn- larly and in sufficient quantities the ‘‘corner” of last Friday would hardly have been possi- ble. Then, had he acted more promptly when the first sign of the crisis was seen, he could have prevented much of the mischief, It is true, he came to the rescue at the eleventh hour—or, rather, he was forced to do that bya higher authority—but the mischief had been done then. If Mr. Boutwell is not guilty of winking at the schemes of the Wall street gamblers he is ignorant of what he ought to know and of his duty. In either case he is unfit for the important position he holds, The question has been raised, too, as to how far the banks are responsible for the disastrous state of things we have witnessed. The extra- ordinary extent to which they furnish means for stock gambling by call loans or by certifi- by naval court martial for disob Ze enough and may be a very profitable busin | for | tary of State, | didate, | by the negro balance of power, oF 3 for them; but is it morally right or fair to the mercantile community? Are not the facilities afforded out of all proportion to the actual capital held by the banks? These are perti- nent and important questions, It has been alleged that the banks are unmindful of the neceasilies of the merchants and trading com- munity because their means are employed toa vast extent in helping the stock operators. The legitimate business of the banks is to aid the commercial community, and it is for this principally they obtain their charters, Tho temptation to make larger profils out of call loans from stock jobbers is great, undoubt- edly, but the banks should remember that the prosperity of the city as woll as their.own in the long run depends very much upon com- merce. However, the present trouble will soon pass away, and we shall not experience anything similar, probably, for some time to come, Still there is no security for the future, and therefore it will be the duty of Congress as soon as it meets to place. tho flnancial affairs of the country on such a foundation as will give stability to monetary transactions, the currency and trade. The Coming November Strte Electi Our two great political parties are now fairly before the people of this State for their suffrages in our coming November election, The State ticket on each side is very good. We are not aware of any serious personal objections to a single man on either ticket. The contest, therefore, will be not upon the merits of the men, but upon the conflicting principles and ideas of public policy presented in the two platforms, The democrats declare their opposition to Grant's administration; their opposition to negro suffrage as embo- died in the fifteenth amendment, and to the policy of redeeming the national debt, prin- cipal and interest, in gold; while the republi- cans endorse the national administration and the fifteenth amendment, and hold that the principal and interest of the debt must be paid in coin, These are the great national issues of the contest and will control the election, On the main local issue—whiskey and lager beer— both parties fight shy. Tho democrats con- tend that if we must have excise laws they ought to be uniform in their operation all over the State; the republicans ignore the subject altogether. The democrats were evidently afraid that in going squarely for the repeal of our Metropolitan Excise law they might lose ground in the rural districts ; while the repub- licans declined to adopt even a milk and wa! resolution on tempe , for fear 4 ld. give offence ithe powerful German element of the city. Thus we see that the republicans, with an eye to their State ticket, have been engineering to strengthen their party in the city, while the democrats, with an eye to the Legislature, have aimed to strengthen them- selves in the interior, We adhere to our impressions heretofore expressed, that this coming election will go by default on a short vote, and that, as on aghort vote the republicans uniformity lose a larger per centage than the other side, the chances are in favor of the democracy, notwithatanding the additional strength relied upon by the republi- cans in the support of the national adminis- tration and all its officers in the city and the State. Tue Last or Loprz.—There seems to be little room for doubt that the fighting Lopez, of Paraguay, has fought his last battle against the allied invaders of his country, andis now a fugitive and an outlaw, with a handful of followers, intent for the present only upon escaping capture. One of our contemporaries, in view of the alleged savage atrocities com- mitted by Lopez, in the way of executions and murders, rejoices at his overthrow; but there is a more important question than the personal character of Lopez involved in his final defeat. With his fall Paraguay falls practically into the possession of Brazil, and to this extent the gain of the monarchy of Brazil is a loss to the republican system in all South America, The Argentine Confederation will probably go next, and then Venezuela, and so on, until all the South American republics are wiped out, In this view the fall of Lopez becomes a general misfortune, and we suspect that the Argentines will be the first to suffer for their folly in turning over Paraguay into the hands of Brazil. A Cotorgp Convention at Newport on THB Labor QuestIoN.—There was a large meeting of colored men at Newport the other evening on the labor question, at which the famous oysterman, George T, Downing, was the chief caterer. Resolutions were adopted endorsing the call for a national labor con- vention at Washington on the 7th of Decem- ber next, and providing for a colored delegate thereto; approving the fifteenth amendment; saying a good word for the liberal ideas of the National White Labor Convention held at Philadelphia last August, &c. The upshot of the whole matter, we suppose, will be that George T, Downing will be the colored New- port delegate to the Washington White Labor Convention, and if any white man can be found therein who can prepare a dish of oys- ters—fried, roasted, steamed or stewed—in better style than Downing, then, and not until then, do we expect to hear of any objections to his admission because he is classed as a black man, Avotitga Coxcessioy prom Mar. Tloar.— The Attorney General is of the opinion that the new Legislature of Virginia may elect two United States Senators as a condition prege- dent to a recognition by Congress. Mr. Hoar, asa lawyer, takes his time over these mattera, but when he does decide, like Captain Bnasby, “he gives an opinion as is an opinion.” Let the new Virginia Legislature be content. Misatastrrt.—The regular ssippi have nomi: jovernor (white man republicans of ted General Alcorn , with a mixed ticket, including James Lynch (black man), for Secre- ainst General Dent, adopted by athe national republican can- Dent, a9 the President's brother-in- law, is strong, and will probably be elected over Alcorn, the President's candidate, and Sambo, all over the South, Is getting tired of waiting for the democrats those forty acres and that mule, promised by | the radicals, and #0 he i boltiag in every cates for gold operationg may be ald legal | direction, The Present Aspects of the Cuban Question. The recent news on the state of affairs in Cuba is a little mysterious and mixed up; but there is no reason to suppose that the Cuban cause is failing, but rather the con- trary. Indeed, the reports received in Key West for the Junta in this city are of a most promising character, representing that the patriots in Cuba are in the best of spirits and that the battle of Las Tunas resulted in a decided victory for the insurgents. If the report from Madrid be true, that General Sickles has withdrawn his note to the Spanish government—although it must be remembered that this report has been previously contra- dicted—General Sickles may have acted in consideration of the existing embarrassments of the regency. The question of a successor to the throne of Isabella now troubles the Spanish government, and probably the future of Spain, as balanced between a monarchy and a republic, a kingdom governed by a prince of the house of Savoy or some one else who may yet turn up, or a continuation of the regency, is sufficiently embarrassing, without entertain- ing any proposition of the American Minister, and, with a proper sense of delicacy, General Sickles may have withdrawn his note; but whether he has or not it wili not aflect the action of the United States goverament with regard to Cuba, Spain, meantime, is sonding armaments to Cuba; but there is no doubt now that at least one privateer is out to intercept the Spanish vessels and do all kinds of damage to the Spanish flag on the high goas, She bears the ominous name of the Alabama, though not the original one, and, it is said, was seen olf Sandy Hook, drawing close upon the Hornet, which latter vessel sailed from Halifax the other day, after undergoing a fruitless search by the Dominion authorities, but, no doubt, despite the supervision of the detec- tives, carrying supplies and ammuni- tign, stored away somewhere, for the uses of the Alabama, and, perhaps, enough also for her own services as privateer number two. In all probability these vessels carry letters of marque from some recognized gov- ernment to save them from the consequences of piracy. May it not be from Peru? That republic is at war with Spain, and is therefore warranted, according to the rules of war, in harassing her enemy wherever she may find him. It is said by the London Times that there is but little hope of a compromise between Spain and Cuba; that if the Cubans lay down their aryaeeand send deputies to the Cortes they may become ‘as Canada,” and even become in- dependent, which Canada isnot; but disarma- ment is the wltimatum, for Spain yields nothing to compulsion. Now this is all nonsense, and not worth a thought. The future of Cuba is in the hands, not of Spain, but of the United States. Spain may send reinforcoments of troops to Cuba if she will, and disgrace her escutcheon by brutal murders and savage cruelties, as she is doing, but the setiloment of the Cuban question lies with us for all that, Under these circumstances is it not time that our government was doing something— making some move just now towards the solu- tion of the difficulty? The public appears to be of one mind about thy matter, and that is that the Cuban patriots should be recognized at least, If not befriended. We notice that in the platforms of both parties—democratle and republican—in this State, adopted at Syracuse, the recognition of Cuba finds a strong endorse- ment. There is no doubt that public opinion tends in that direction, and the administration can hardly fail to see it, The Duke of Genon the Perhaps. At a Council of Ministers held in Madrid on Wednesday, Marshal Serrano prosiding, it was agreed to propose to the Cortes the election of the Duke of Genoa as the King of Spain. After a year’s idle talk this is the first decided step which the Spanish Ministry has taken. We have had rumors without end of probable candidates, The Duke of Edinburg, Prince Napoleon, Dom Ferdinand, the King of Portu- gal, the Duke of Aosta—these and many more have been mentioned in connection with the vacant throne. Thomas Albert Victor, of Savoy, Duke of Genoa, the nephew of Victor Eman- uel, and cousin and brother-in-law of Prince Humbert, heir apparent to the throne of Italy, was born on the 10th of February, 1854, He is consequently only in his sixteenth year. Victor Emanuel, who has no special desire to see his son on the Spanish throne, may have less objection to his nephew. We know no good reason why, if Spain must have a king, the Duke of Genoa should not be as good as any other. He is not a Bourbon. That is one recommendation. He is young enough to necessitate a practical regency. That, to Coming Man, some parties at least, is another recom- mendation, There is no good reason why any of the European Powers should object. The only trouble is that before the Cortes have agreed to elect the Duke to the vacant throne the throne itself may have gone the way of Isabella, Spain may be a republic before the Cortes know where they are. If the Duke is proclaimed king, Prim, Serrano and the rest will not be less powerful than they are—that is, supposing no counter revolution makes anend of them all. The Indians Loose Again, On Monday we published a special despatch from Omaha, reporting that quiet had been restored at the Pawnee reservation, after a lively skirmish between the Sioux and the Pawnees, and the flight of the former for thirty miles, hotly pursued by the United States cavalry. On Wednesday we gave an account of fresh depredations by Indians in Arizona, On the same day advices received by the Indian Department from Fort Stanton, in New Mexico, represented that the Mesculero Apache Indians are still on the warpath, Yesterday we chronicled continued Indian de- predations and murders in Montana, the attempt of a band of Sioux to take possession of the Shoshone reservation, in Wyoming Territory, and an attack upon the soldiers at Laramie Peak. It ls thus manifest that the Indinns are loose again, They are as obstinate as ever in endeavoring to interrupt the westward course of immigration, The ‘Quaker policy” has sigoally failed to prevent their savage ro- sistance to the progress of civilization. A policy more effectual is imperatively de- manied, Moreover, ib would seem that the NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. military division commanded by General Sheri dan is altogether too large. General may well say, ‘‘My family is too large.” Extending, as his division does, from the lakes to the Gulf, it must be difficult, ifnot impossible, for him to be everywhere master of the situation, A sub-division of the vast dis- trict placed under his control, tho sending of troops to points where their presence is abso- lutely needed, and an abandonment of the futile “Quaker policy” might hasten a con- summation devoutly to be wished—the final termination of all our ‘Indian troubles.” Coming Political Changes in Europe. The recent illness of the Emperor Napoleon has awakened a deep and general interest in the affairs of Europe, The probable death of the man who has swayed for over twenty years the destinies of France inspired the courts and cabinets with alarm; and for the first time it has been honestly confessed in high places that France is the centre of Europe and that Napoleon is dynastically the pivotal person of the epoch. Not since 1848 have the dynasties and the hangers-on of the same been so put to their wit’s end, Afler Napoleon no man could tell what was to come, but to most men the prospect seemed bad for the crowned heads and the privileged classes in Europe. Heace the mission of Lord Claren- donand the general flocking of confidential government agents to Paris. For the present tho crisis is over, and we cannot say that we are sorry that ibis over, but the crisis while it lasted was richly suggostive, It is no longer to be doubted that Europe is on the eve of another great convulsion. The forces exist but they are pent up and held in restraint, One man more than any other in Europe maintains law and order—holding the dangerous classes in check—and that man is Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon out of the way we are certain to have, If not the wild outburst of 1789, at least a repetition of 1830 or 1848, {ft is even questionable whether the Emperor himself, in consequence of failing health and declining power, may not witness a violent revolution which he will not be able to control, The reforms which Napoleon has granted make a revolution certain. If he lives and has power to guide the new forces which he has let loose in the empire all may go well. But the contingencies are numerous and the pro- babilities are not promising. The new forces may prove too strong for him. It is a fact which ought not to be overlooked that every time the French people have come to power they have, as a first step, interfered in the affairs of Europe. More than any other European people the French people, properly so called, are in sympathy with the cause of democracy all the world over, One great secret of Napoleon's success has been: that he has humored this feeling. Italy is an example. Germany is another, although Germany has gone a little beyond the Emperor's wishes. The French people again mastors of the situation the Polish question, the Schloswig- Holstein question, the Greek question, the popular cause in Spain, will all be revived, and the revival will be dangerous. What adds to the gravity of the situation and therefore to the value of the Emperor's _ life is the fact that the treaties of” 1815 are all dead. Napoleon has told us this already; but Napoleon only proclaimed a fact which the world had already recognized. Napoleon did not kill those treaties, They died anatural death, They wore weak when they sustained the blow of 1848, They were weaker still when Italy rose in some of her old majesty and burst her bonds asunder, Sadowa made a post-mortem examination unnecessary. The shadow of those treaties, however, still remains. Napoleon docs not despise the shadow. The French people hate both the shadow and substance, and, the French people again in power, revenge will go hand in hand with justice, and the twain may march over Europe. When we glance at the general situation—when we reflect on the Eastern question, on the Slavonic question, on the Schleswig-Holstein question, on the German question, on the Spanish question, on the religious questions in the Hast and the re- ligious questions in the West of Europe; when we think of the large standing armies which are wasting for want of employment, and when we take into account the conservative power of the Emperor Napoleon, we cannot much wonder that the probability of his death put the dynasties in a flutter. In afew years, if not sooner, we shall have congresses and conferences many, and reconstructions not a few. Oar faith in the governed, in spite of Charles Dickens, ts “‘illimitable” if they govern themselves, The tide has set in in favor of a great European republic. Time is necessary, but the result is not doubtful. The Proposed World’s Fair at Washington. It will be, perhaps, the most enduring title of the late consort of the British Queen to hon- orable remembrance that Prince Albert suc- cessfully demonstrated the prodigious advan- tages of international exhibitions, Theao advantages have beon amply illustrated by the “world’s fairs” which have followed the Lon- don exhibition in 1851. But the proposed “world's fair” at Washington, which has thrown the old lady lodging house keepers into a state of great delight, in expectation of “double rent for rooms and all that sort of thing, you know,” seems to be singularly inop- portune. Until gold is cleared in Wall street, and American financiers can know more definitely than to-day whether they are pau- pers or millionaires, it might be well to post- pone the attempt to make now a great inter- national exhibition at Washington, even if it could be proved that ‘‘the city of magnificent distances” were the right place for it at any time, Our Washington correspondent intimates that the project of such an exhibition, which he does not hesitate to call “a magnificent piece of folly,” is being engineered by a few ambitious shopkeepers who have made money out of government jobs, and who look forward to a good big appropriation from Congress, in which they foresee a delightful amount of pickings, He adds that ‘‘a certain Mr, Moses Sweetser, of Boston, and a Dr. Stansbury, who, it will be remembered, was somewhat unpleasantly mixed up with the London exhibition, are shining lights in this grand enterprise for the prospective benefit of Wash- ington lodging house keopers.” It is, nover- theless, not impossible, after the unprecedented Guogase of he recent Bowiog Jubileo, that @ t nurture ject set on foot by persevering Bostonians The gallan¢? may “‘eventuate,” as Dan Bryant would say, in an exhibition not unworthy of the multitu- dinous applications of science to the urgent necessilies of modern life. Great News for the Canadians, Tho aged and venerable John Bull, con- scious of his home decrepitude, has been en- gaged for some few years past in hunting up outside confederations and organizing colo- nial unions and empires and foreign govern- mental associations, with the view of having something youthful to lean on when he be- comes completely infirm and is permanently laid up in his insular armchair, He will, even then, like to read of ships, colonies and com- merce, and to run back in memory to the time when he domineered on the ocean, seized ter- ritory when and where he pleased, and either controlled or interfered with the markets of the world. His latest and most amusing idea in the way of consolation is to the effect that he is to be rejuvenated from Canada, and that the Canadians are to take up the remnants of the Union Jack and become a huge naval power, or sort of transatlantic John. Mr. Cardwell, War Secretary of Great Britain, says if the Cana- dians exhibit a spirit of self-reliance, and their army and navy—wherever they are—according to the encouraging rules transmitted from London, Canada will become one of the “‘first maritime Powers of the world,” and this ‘‘is the true policy to pursue.” Certainly it is, if it can be made effectual, The chances in that direction are, however, against Mr, Cardwell in about the same proportion as they were in the case of the man who having heard that ravens lived forahundred years bought a bird “just to try.” The Canadians are good fellows, and very sturdy loyalists, too, until thoy are fright- ened; but ‘‘enough said” about that, When the Canadians settle all about Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, and Ottawa and the timber trade, and the currency, and the taxes, local and imperial, it will be quite time enough to speak of the navy. The Dominion is ‘‘at sea” quite far enough just now, and yery likely to anchor on the coast of Maine or hitch itself on to Vermont for safety. Quite wel- come; no port charges, a free flag, and the “more the meryje-.” John Bull must keep looking tow%.u$ Asia. His last chance is away out there, Down With the Dust, The Fire Commissioners have come to the rescue of our citizens, visitors and travellers passing through the metropolis in the matter of the dust plague and the affording means for its abatement. As will he seen by a notice in our columns to-day the department will station four steam fire engines at conve- nient points on the North and East rivers from the Battery to the foot of West Twenty- third street for the purpose of supplying carts with water for sprinkling purposes. The engines will be in play at seven o'clock this morning and afford free of expense to the carts water in abundance to compensate for the want caused by the necéssity which exists for economizing the Croton. In this the Fire Commissioners deserve the thanks of the pub- lic, The loss of property, both in stores and in the matter of clothing in actual wear, caused by the dust visitation is immense, while the exciting causes of a variety of diseasese— bronchial and of the chest and lungs—to be developed during the winter are laid hourly among the people by its prevalence. The Fire Commissioners will, we think, grapple with the evil effectually. Rat Catching on ’Change. On Wednesday at noon the New York money, gold and stock markets were in a state of unparalleled excitement—an excitement that astounded the commercial world. The globe vibrated with the operations upon our ‘Change. The announcement of smashes of banking houses, commercial houses, big and little trading houses, small and big stockjob- bing concerns, was sent through the wires to all the capitals of Europe—to London, Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Constantinople, andeven to our fast becoming near neighbor, the capital of the empire of China—that the financial reputation of the metropolis of the New World had “gone up,” collapsed. What is the result? While the bourses of the Old World are undoubtedly concerned and are senai- tively alarmed about American securities, and while nearly every American abroad regards with an absorbing interest the latest intelli- gence which either gives his letters of credit acceptance or repudiation, the bourse here in Now York, at midnight on the eventful night of September 29, 1869, was perfectly calm, the only mar to the general quietness being a little game of rat-catching, in which a police- man, with his two terriers, engaged in the centre of the whirling financial crash of twelve hours previous. So it is, The rats went by the board, Let us have no more “ratting” on the Gold or the Stock Exchange, neither here nor in Washington, Sream on te Suez Canat.—A steamer ran through the Suez Canal, from Port Said to Suez, yesterday in fifteen hours, Galileo was right—‘‘the world goes round,” Tae Eoyrttan Dirrioucty Exogp For Tur Present.—A cable telegram informs us that the great Powers of Europe have successfully mediated in the difficulty between the Sultan andthe Viceroy, This is just what we believed it would be, The Sultan and the Viceroy are both of them vassals of the great Powers. They exist on sufferance, So long as the European great Powers are at allagreed Turkey dare not make war on Egypt. It will not be wonderful, however, if some fresh trouble soon makes its appearance in the same quarter. Worse ann Worse,—It is reported that the deeper they go into the inspection of the accounts of Perry Fuller, Andy Johnson's late Collector of New Orleans, the worse they turn up, But how many more of the same sort are there? Who can tell? * POST OFFICE AFFAIRS. Tinportant Rem and Appointments, Yesterday the oMectal guillotine performed a san- guloary work at the General Post Ofice in this city, and some prominent capata rolled into the sawdust. The following comprises the list of subjecta:—Colonel Hopper, appointed to be Superintendent of the Box Departinen vice 8, J. Strong, removed; John Moon, promoted, to be Assistant Superintendent Box De- partment, vice E. D. Stephens, removed; Georwe 6. Riviet, promoted, to be Superintendent of the For. eign Department, vice G. G, CoMn, removed; An- thony Yeoman, promoted, to be Superintendent of pe Distribution OMce, vice O, Cortes, removed, "Tae King la dogs | Ure Uae King a na, eee