The New York Herald Newspaper, October 22, 1869, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. All busiuess or news letter and telegraphic be addressed New Yorke despatches must 1igraLp, Letters and packages should be properly soted communications will not be re- a ~ AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. VUPrM AVENUE THEATRE, Fifth avenue and Twenty- fourth sireot,—KING RENR'S DAvGUTER, &0, NIBLO'S, GARDEN, Broadway,.—Taw C#LEDRATED PLay ov EAST LYNNE. WOOD'S MUSEUM CURIOSITIES, Broadway, corner oD Thirtietl s—Matines daily. Performance every evening. Broadway aad Lith street WALLACK’S THEATRE Tur SOUOOL FOR SOANDAL. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—O.tvaz Twist—Voi- AU-VENT. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner ot Bighth avonue and Ma street. CHARLES O'MALLEY, WAVERLEY THEATRE, No. 720 Broadway.—A Guaxp Vancery ENTERTAUNMENT, *RENCH THEATRE, S&ASON—SAM. Mth st. and 6th ay.—Comepy 8OOTH’S THRATRE, 23dst., between Sth and 6th ava— MARY WARNER. THEATRE, OLYMPIC New Yorg. 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LADIES' NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 620 Broadway.—FRMALHS ONLY IN ATTENDANOR, TRIPLE SHEET, New York, Friday, October 22, 1569. TO ADVERTISERS. Increasing Circulation of the Herald. We are again constrained to ask advertisers to hand in their advertisements at as carly an hour aa possible. Our immense and constantly increasing editions compel capable of printing seventy thousand copies an hour, to put our forms to press much earlier than usual, and to facilitate the work we are forced to stop the classifications of advertisements at nine o'clock P. M. us, notwithstanding our presses are THE NEWS. Europe. Ca »lograms are dated October 21. General Prim declared in the Spanish Cortes that he is & monarchist and opposed to a republic in Spain. Reimforcements for the Spanish army in Cuba have sailed and others are about to embark. The cause of the republicans appeared very gloomy in Spain. Cortes passed a unanimous vote of thanks to the Spanish army for its services. The Emperor of Austria and King of Italy are likely to have a personal interview. The Gladstone Cabinet refuses an amnesty to the revolutionary political prisoners in Ireiand. Canadian recruits for the Papal army reached Rome. The National Guard of France wilt, tt is said, be reorganized immediately. ‘The ex-King and Queen of Naples were in Rome, ‘The Crown Prince of Prussia reached Vienna, and it is said that Austria and North Germany are in enteme for peace. By mail from Europe we have a report of Lord Stanley's speech on the rights of tabor and indus triai reform in England, wita some English views of the Suez Canal and its workings. Miscellaneous, President Grant specially ordered the seizure of the privateer Cuba at Wilmington, being determined to stand up strictly to the jetter and spirit of the neutrality laws. The trial of the case, however, will goonasif no such seizure nad iaken place. The Oubansin Washington do not regard the action of our government as effecting a change in their status at all. The President, in his coming message, it is under- stood, will recommend that the internal revenue fariff remain undisturbed for one year, after which tame the administration will have the public dent well in hand, so that a material reduction of taxation can be aliowed without, deiment. Edwin M. Stanton is spoken of in connection with the next vacancy on the Supreme bench. One of the crew of the Cuba, at Wilmington, aprang from a fourth story window, on Tuesday, ud was killed, The balioting in the Tennessee Legislature for Senator is still going on, Without adecision. Andy Jonnaon is climbing up steadily, however, and now ‘wants only four more votes to elect him. The movement for the purchase of St, Domingo 1s ‘boing agitated steadily by its advocates in Washing- ton. They state that the Hartmont joan, in security of whioh the wood and coat on the Samana Penia- ania has been pledged, will prove a failure. Frauds are reported to the amount of $42,000,000 tn the issue of land scrip to the naif breed Chippewa Indians, and inveresting developments are expected suortiy. The new Secretary of War is expected in Washing- ton next week, but as General Sherman 18 busy at the departmental report the portfolio will not change hands until the 1st of November. The National Capital Convention in St. Lonis adopted resolutions yesterday unanimously favoring the removal of the capital to some town in the Mis- Gimippi vailey. ‘The petrified giant at Syracuse ia still the cause of @onsiderabie speculation. The Onondaga Indians claim that itis the remains of Abel, who was killed wy Cath, while Dr. Boynton maintaina that it is an oid statue, The steamship Sierra Nevada was lost off Monte- rey, O@l., on tile 17th, All on board were saved, but she vessel will prove a total loss, Mayor Fox, of Philadeiphia, the only democratic oMictal in the city, has commencea dismissing all polioemen appoinied by republican mayors, The trial of the assailanis of Brooks, the revenue agent, was commenced in Philadelphia yesterday. Two important witnesses for the prosecution have ‘Cisappeared, The statement of the Peace Javiice Execative feativa! in Boston last June. This amount the com- mittos donate to Mr, Gilmore. The City. The internal revenue returns show that Now York paid during September $230,039 for theatrical amuse- ments, $1,208,716 for car fares, $86,171 for stage rides, and consumed 91,648,323 Cublo fect of gas. Of the theatres Booth'’s makes tne largest return and Niblo's next, and of the street railroads the Third avenue shows tho largest income. A statue of Abraham Lincoln was unveiled ta Prospect Park, Brooklyn, yesterday, with imposing ceremonies, Mr. A. A, Low presided and Rey. Dr, Storrs delivered the oration, Daniel Burke, who bas been on trial in the Queens Oounty Court ef Oyer and Termtner for the murder of Thomas Kane at Hunter's Point, was yesterday found guilty of murder in the Gras degree. He will be sentenced to-day. The stock market yesterday was trreguiar and feverish, and underwent a decline through « presauro of sales to realize apon the recent advance. Gold was active and strong, advancing to 13% and closing finally at 130%. Prominent Arrivals in the City. Lieutenant Commanding Glass, of the United States Navy, is at the Hoffman House. Henry Farnam, of New Haven; B. ©. Sanford, of Springfield, and ©, A, McDaniel and 0. M. Dimick, of the United States Navy, are at the Albemarlo Hotel. Captain Boxer, of her Britannic Majesty's navy; Charles Levey and William Herring, of Quebec; Dr. Lord, of New Jersey, and D. OC, Littlejona, of Bumaio, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Edward Pedelton, of Georgia; J, Huntington Wal- cott, of Boston; G. Lorie Reid, of Hamilton, Canada, and William B. Allison, of Lowa, are at the Brevoort House. John 8. Chapin, of Boaton; Colonel D. A, Ken- nedy, of Chattanooga, and @. A. Van Nest, of Pater. Son, are at the St, Charles Hotel. Judge F. L, Lafin, of Troy; J. A. Bonnett, of Poughkeepsie; F, L. Dean, of Connecticut; Alexaa- der Henderson, of Washington; Dr. A. J. Malcom, of Boston, and Cojonel 0. A. Wood, of Philadelphia, are at the Metropolitan Hotel Dr. W. H. Gardner, of Fort Abercrombie, and J. 0. G. Kennedy, of Washington, are at the Astor House, @. Orth, of Indiana; James L, Anderson and Colo- nel W. Wall, of Washington; Jamey J. Clark, of Clevelana; Genera! James S. Whitney, of Boston; ady, of Ohio, aud A, J, Drexel, of Phila are at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Prominent Departures. Colonel J. MeMillan, Seiior Roberta, the Spanish Minister, and Samuel Cliffane, for Washington; Major Bent, for New Hayon; Dr. 8S. Fielding, for Boston, and Major John Phelps, for California. The Situation in France—Napoleon the Radicals. and We have not had in many years 40 much of what we should call uncertainty in regard to French affairs as we have at the present mo- ment, It is altogether a funny situation. Napoleon has been brought under the test, once more in his life, of a general election. Considering the immense power which he wields the presumption was that in the eleo- tions he would win. [t was not wonderful that he did win; but it was almost a surprise that he did not win more than he did, The government was in the majority when the votes were counted; but the majority was so small, under the circumstances, that Napo- leon felt it necessary to consider popular foel- ing more seriously than in ordinary clrcum- stances, and, as the result, to yield, or to seem to yield, to popular demands. We all know that the imperial mind, in the exercise of its immense benevolence, gave birth to a reform bill—a reform bill which loft all s0- called reform bills, from the English stand- point, far behind, and which deprived all French liberals of a single ground of oom- plaint; but we have all now to confess, in the spirit of honesty, that the Emperor was never in his life so insincere as whon he granted those reforms, Months, many months have rolled paat since the elections; months, too, have rolled past since the Chambers mot and since the reform programme was made But public, the Chambers were some- what summarily prorogued, and since the prorogation the most unsatisfactory uncertainty has prevailed. It was expected that the Chambers would be opened early in October. It was confidently believed that the Emperor would be ready with his measures and with his men. [n this expoctation France was counting without its host. The Emperor is not ready with the one or with the other. Tho Chambers are not to be opened until the 29th of November. We have stated the situation in such 4 man- ner as to cover the general question in France begotten by the late elections and coming up to the present hour. We have yat to aay that the Emperor's delay has been fruitful of trouble and that even now, although the lib- eral deputies have wisely refrained froma course of conduct which might have provoked revolution and seriously imperilled liberty, dissatisfaction is general and the aituation is serious. The liberal deputies who had resolved to make a demonstration at the door, if not inside, the hall of legislation, have aban- doned their purpose; but one of them persists in following out the original plan, and it is manifest from our latest news that this active one is more in harmony with the liberal con- stituenc oughout the country than the Inac- tive 1 One of our latest telegrams informs vs that the ‘radical voters propose to summon their representatives from Paris and to ask them to resign their seats in the Corps Législatif on the ground that they have not fulfilled their trusts.” This is one item of news; but, important and suggestive as it is, it is not the only or the most important, It is announced that the Emperor intends on Sun- day next to review the Imperial Guard; andit is added that @ demonstration in favor of the Emperor is expected, This, however, is not all. Prince Napoleon some time ago made a speech—a speech apparently opposed to the new reforms, and naturally enough supposed to be a source of annoyance to the Emperor personally—and the sycophantic journals took it up and abused it. The Prince, however, spoke in favor of further liberty; and the Emperor now finds it convenient, through his official journal, to say that he disapproves of the violent attacks which have been made npoo his cousin. All this proves that the Emperor regards the situation ag critical; that he has been diligently watching it, and that he has come to the conclusion that he must humor the French people as much as possible and give them as much reason to hope as he can, It will not surprise us if the Emperor succeeds in rallying the people around him—apparenily, at least. On Sunday nox, if the Emperor has strength enough to go ont, there will in all likelihood be no end of “Vive Napoleon,” Vive I'Empereur,” “Vive le Prince Impérial ;” but we phat not be surprised if there are other demonstrations eqnally emphatic and evon Committee shows that $6,882 remain as the prot Qver and above all expenses of the great musical more suggestive. Itis notorious that the main from Corsica and did not at once prosecute her journey oastward, was that she was lod to believe that France was on the eve of a terrible revolutionary outburst. It is not less noto- rious that in Paris it ts generally belioved that the Empress would not set out on hor tour to the East until she was assured that the Cham- bers, if now difficulty threatened, would not be convoked in her absence. All things con- sidered it is undenlable that tho aitnation is grave and serious, and that the Emperor is very much put to his wit's end. If anything were needed to prove the gravity of the situation we should find it in abundance everywhere. No one in France can tell who are to be the Emperor's ministers uader the new order of things. New men have been spoken of; but there has not been mentioned a single name in whom the people have any confidence. Tho latest and the most alarming piece of newa is to the effect that M. Rouher is to come back as the Emperor's con- Adant and as Prime Minister. If this rumor prove to be correct the reforms granted by the Emperor, will, on all hands, in and ovt of France, be pronounced a sham. M. Rouher has been the mouthpiece of imperialism; but imperialism hag failed, and M. Rouher, clever as he is, can never be the successful mouth- piece of a constitutional Bonaparte. If tho Emperor does not see this and adopt a grander course of conduct his game is up. What with Spain on his borders in the agony of @ revolution ta which the republicans may win; with the sons of Garibaldi preparing to settle the Roman question during tho sitting of the Ecumenical Council; with risings in certain parts of Austria; with the Hast in a atate of fierce ferment ; with the republicanism of Europe on the watch and ita eyes steadily fixed on the imperial ruler of France; with the French people themselves notoriously dis- contented and himself without any fixed policy, Napoleon, sure enough, has much to do. In his case it is true, ‘Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” Before the Grand Jury. Lf Fisk, Jr., and Jay Gould should appear before the Grand Jury—and we seo no reason why, 43 law abiding citizens, they should not answer, upon due summons being served on them—we may get the true story of the gold panic, after all the shifts and subterfuges to conceal it. Heretofore the public have been a good deal perplexed an’ bewildered about this gold business, because they have had no information except that furnished by news- paper correspondence on one side or tho other, and fugitive cards and affidavits pub- lished by the parties interested—Fisk and Gould, and Corbin, and the rest of the ‘“‘cor- ner” cing. Now here is @ fair oppor- tunity of explaining upon oath before the Grand Inquest, a responsible and solemn body, how this gold panic camo about, and how all the wheels in the compli- cated machinery were kept in motion. Fisk and Gould can tell the whole story if they choose, and we hope that the Grand Jary of the Court of Oyer and Terminer will have the good luck to extract some intelligible informa- tion from these financial “‘kings” or ‘jacks’ — aa the case may be—of the gold ring. Judge Ingraham suggested the matter to the Grand Jury, and they have instantly acted upon it by summoning Jay Gould and James Fisk, Jr., to appear before them, A little sagacious manipu- lation may succeed iu getting out of these wit- nosses the entire instructive story, which tho public will be delighted to hear, ImporTANY FROM Spain,—The cable tele- grams from Madrid to-day convey news of importance. The cause of republicanism at home appears hopeless, and consequently three thousand troops of the line are at sea this moment for Cuba, and an additional force is ordered to embark next month for the island, Some of the republican leaders have been already executed, and all the others taken in arms are under sentence of death, In this situation Marshal Prim'’s opportunity pre- sents, and the General has used it adroitty, In the Cortes yesterday he openly declared that he “‘is a monarchist and opposed to the establishment of a republic in Spain,” This is plain speaking. General Prim has proclaimed his platiorm. Would he now take office as “monarch? Perhaps so. He ia immonsely rich, and could do ‘“‘all the honors” of a crown. Generar GRanr any tHe CuBAN Ques- Tion.—Accepting as reliable a special de- spatch from Washington that Genorai Grant, on the reassembling of the two Houses, will recommend to Congress the recognition of the Cubans, we have only to encourage them to hold on till December; for, with their recogni- tion as belligerents at Washington, the Inde- pendence of the island will be reduced toa question of a few weeks, or, say sixty days, more or leas. We presume that General Grant thinks that there can be no doubt as to the action of Congress on the recommendation suggested, and we think so too. Tor ResvLt IN P&NNSYLVANIA.—The total vote as reported in the late Pennsylvania election, a4 compared with that of the Presi- dential election of last year, is as follows :—~ Republican. Demooratte 1368, ose vo» B42 UBOD.. cecereseesuscseecorens 290,252 Deficiency, 1869........+6 52,028 Here we see that the deficiency on the repub- lioan side is nearly double that in the demo- cratic vote in this late contest, and the same ratio will probably hold good in our November elections, The republican reserves are in the rural districts, and they do not come out unless some national issues or candidates are directly involved. In this view these late elections show that our political parties stand aubstan- tially as they stood last fall. Tie Mevrovoutran BoarD OF HxAvrit isa body fertile in qurprises for the public. Not- withstanding the obsérvation that corporations have no noses and no gouls, and that, therefore, one has no hold upon them elther in this world or the next, itis en ascertained fact that this body, on a visit to the premises of the render- ing company some days ago, had nose enough to be driven completely out of the neighbor- hood by the odors; and now it seems that it had soul enough not to heed the experience of its nose, but it has given the company a frosh permit to continue. It did not find anything wrong in the place because {t could not stay long enough to examine it on accgunt of the reason why the Empress Eugénie returned smell. Tho Republicans at Cooper Lnstitute—Our Nevombor Election. ‘Tho republicans of this city hada crowded and lively meeting at Cooper Institute on Wednes- day evening last in the ratification of their State ticket. Among the speakers were Judge Pierrepont, president of the meeting; General Hawley, of Connectiout; the Hon. Thomas Fitch, of Nevada; General J. L. Swift and Delafield Smith. The resolutions and speeches were made up of the usual materials in glori- fication of the republican party and General Grant's administration, and in vigorous denun- ciation of the sins and transgressions of the “repudiating democracy.” But there were three important points in the remarks of Judge Piorrepont worthy of some special attention. First, he prophesied that soon an attempt will be made at Washington to seduce General Sherman by holding out the Presidency to him. Secondly, he congratulated the country upon tho vindication of the administration of President Grant, which has just taken place in four States, and gaid that the people will demand that he serve eight years. Thirdly, in reference to the approaching election in the Empire State, he said that beyond a doubt, ifs fair legal vote is had, the State will be carried by the republican candidates. Now, with regard to the nomination of Gen- eral Sherman as the democratic candidate for the succession—to knock this scheme in the head, we think it will be only necessary to say that General Sherman will be as difficult to secure as a candidate in opposition to General Grant in 1872 as he wasin 1868, In the last campaign he would not listen to such a propo- sition, nor will he in the noxt. There is a pecullar soldierly attachment between these two men, developed in the battle of Shilob and confirmed in the delicate arrangement of Joe Jobnaton’s surrender by: General Grant, and it is an attachment which politicians cannot shake. The democratic managers, therefore, who are weaving their net to catch Genoral Sherman, may as well give it up and turn their attention to the wise policy of a new departure under the broad pennant of Chief Justice Chase. Under this ensign the democracy may lay the groundwork of the dominant party of the future. We have no doubt of the correctness of Judge Pierrepont’s opinion touching a second term for General Grant. All the advantages of the situation are in his hands, and all the signs of the times point to his renomination and to his re-election, although the present complexion of things may be wonderfully changed in tho eventful interval before us to 1872. We aré&not so certain, however, that upon a fair legal vote the republicans will oarry this ‘State in the coming November contest. The vote will be short, and upon a short vote, as we have seen in the late results in Pennsylva- nia and Ohio, the democrats poll a larger pro- portion of their full strength than the republi- cans. Upon this theory we think that even if they fall short of their last year's majority for Hoffman in this city by twenty thousand, the chances are still in their favor of carrying the State. Greeley, as proposed by Mayor Hall, will have to take the stump to bring up the republican reserves to the work. Where ia Reni¢ When murderers are convicted by a jury and sentenced to death by the presiding judge it is presumable that in the due discharge of the functions of justice, and in compliance with the obligations of the officers of the law, the convicted and condemned parties are held in close custody. But if the reports concerning the whereabouts of the murderer Real be true he is, at least temporarily, at large, and on Monday last was recognized in a Second avenue car by the conductor, who spoke to him, who shook hands with him, and was addressed by name by the conductor, who, it is said, knew the condemned murderer long and intimately. If this be so the question, where is Reali, the convicted murderer of officer Smedick? becomes one which demands an answor from the authorities who have him in charge and who are responsible for his safe keeping. Is he in custody, awaiting the new trial which through the technicalities of law has been granted him? or is he taken from prison and circulated through his district for the purpose of using his political influence in behalf of some candidate at the coming election ? Report says that Real is or was travelling around the city in charge of an official of the jail—a deputy sheriff, we presume. Real waa a deputy sheriff at the time when he com- mitted the murder of which he stands con- victed and condemned, To be a deputy sheriff is to be a man of some {influence about election time, a3 everybody knows, and this may account for the fact that the felon’s cell has been emptied just at this time, anda sen- tenced murderer is treated with the most deli- cate consideration and is allowed the freedom of the city, or that particular part of it In which his political influence might obtain most votes for some favorite candidates. And this seoms to be the most rational purpose for his release from prison. We hope this story is nottrae. ft would be almost {ncredible in any community but our own, The thing is so atrocious that ono is disposed to doubt that even our most cor- rupt politicians would have the audacity to attempt it, Yet the evidence of the fact seems clear enough. Real was well known to the conductor of the car. That oficial states that he saw him get into the oar at Thirty-fourth street, and greeted him ag an old friend, in a most cordial fashion, wondering, perhaps, at the same time, that he was at largo instead of being safely locked up in the City Prison, It is such incidents as this which bring the administration of law into contempt, and sub- mit our public officials to severe and just criti- cism, It will be necessary for the Sheriff and the officers of the City Prison to disprove tho published statements of this matter, If they can, 60 much the better for them. If they cannot, then there is no excuse for thoir delin- quency, But the public have a» right to demand an answer to the question, where is Real? Virginia Legislature adjourned it has left itself no alternative chance for another ses- sion, It is to meet again ‘‘on the second Tuesday after Congress shall have admitted the State into the Union.” If there should be any hitch in Congress, and the State should not come in just now, can the Legislature come together again? A te the Saez Canal. Fully aware of the vast importance accruing to all parts of the world by the opening of the Sues Canal, the Viceroy of Egypt bas not been sparing in the invitations: that he bas so extensively issued. eNot only are the mem- bers of the press generally invited, but also the members of leading commercial institutions. The New York Chamber of Commerce, in a meoting held on the 20th inst., selected a fitting representative in the person of Mr. 3. B. Ruggles, who, besides being # distinguished aad active member of that Board, is also 4 worthy ropresentative of our great Erie Canal, As yet, however, we have not learned who is to represent the United States govern- ment on that grand occasion, His Excellency Blacque Bey, Turkish Minister at Washington, has doubtless sent an invitation in due course, which, if not already attended to, ought to be at once. If the Emperor of the French deoms the occasion of sufficient importance to send his wife, the Empress, there on his behalf, surely the government of the United States, which will not be one of the minor participants in the success, should it prove so, ought not to be backward. England will be represented by the Prince and Princess of Wales, Pruasia by the Crown Prince, Russia by two of the Grand Dukes of the Imperial Court, and likewise Austria, Italy and all the other Powers in a similar style, The event is probably one of the greatest of our age, and calla for a befitting delogate to be present among the crowned heads of Europe, or their intimate representatives, from such a mighty nation as that of the United States. This matter calls for immediate attention, and on such a momentous occasion as that of the inauguration of the Suez Canal we hope that President Grant will see that a befit- ting person be selected to represent with due dignity the nation of the United States of America. Mayor Halls Proposition to Mr. Groriey. Mayor Hall’s challenge to Horace Greeley to meet him as a ‘political stumper” next week in any rural portion of the State he (the said Horace) may select, and discuss for three (mortal) hours on a side the issues of the day, 1s one of the freahest and raoiest challenges of the present times. Here ia a godsend from our pleasant and facetious Mayor to break the monotony of the campaign. The little Jiascos in the Senatorial ring that threatened the peace of the great political American Bis- marek, through his astute statesmanship have passed away and ‘“‘peace rofgna in Warsaw,” But there is not a man living to-day who better loves a little lively spurt to relieve him of the mental depression that the cares of State—we were going to say ‘‘slate’”—will sometimes im- pose than Peter B, Of course he read Horace's epistle to Old Tilden with delight, and the Mayor's reply with inoxpressible rapture, and he will do all ho can to bring his man up to time if “‘Barkis,” in the person of Horace, ‘is willin,’” Hero is a chance for some rural district to make a big sensation and to attract to it the attention of the world, The Ecumenical Council will fade into insignificance in comparison with @ joust between the two “old line whigs,” Peter B. has lately travelled in Europa, and no doubt has met with Pére Hyacinthe and made his acquaintance, and if the event comes off he may probably be able to assure the two “‘stumpers” that whenever or wherever they decide to set-to Pere Hyacinthe will be there, even if he was to lose the chance of attending to his own private business before the great Council at Rome. Such a “‘big thing” as this does not occur every day, and all the facilities of time and place ought to be given, as well to the metropolitans as to our country cousins, to witness it. We would suggest that it come off at some town on the line of the Erie Rail- road, and that due notice be given to Fisk, Jr., not only to make his ‘‘book” on the result, but to supply accommodation to the tens of thou- sands who will flock to the scene. As the Mayor is the chief magistrate of the city, we would also suggest that he proclaims the day of the ‘‘stump” a holiday in all the public offices, and that all the employés in the city government—the great body of the laborers especially—bo paid their wages all the same, with free passes to the scene of the political tournament, The Jerome Park Racos. The racing season at this popular course closes to-morrow (Saturday) with a grand steeple chase, which will undoubtedly lend éclat to the day. It will be the first race of the kind in Jerome Park, and that it will prove & great auccess we have no doubt. The entries represent as fine a field as ever assembled on a race track in this country. Such horses ag Bohannon, Zigzag, Eminence, Mitchell, Gayo, Oysterman, Jr., and Lobelia have mado repu- tation aa steeple chasers. We are thus justified in expecting a close and exciting contest—one that will test the mettle of all the horses engaged and add to the renown of the winner. This will, of course, be the great foature, to witness which Jerome Park will be crowded— wind and weathor permitting, as we trust they will. But thera will be other races to interest the spectators and, like the oyater before dinner, pave a way to the event of the day. To-morrow, then, will be looked for- ward to with pleasure for the sport it promises to afford, and with regret at the knowledge that when the last race is run in the evening and the gates close upon the departing throng, Jerome Park will resound no more with the tramp of horses and with the shouts of excited spectators until the flowers of spring are blooming on tho roadside and the air is made vocal by the songs of birda returned from their southern tour. The Erie Strike, Another evidence of the result of hasty action and ill judgment on the part of trades union managers may be found in the termina- tion of the strike on the part of the machinists, blacksmiths and helpers on the Erie Railroad, who have, with a few exceptions, returned to their work after a fruitless struggle to compel the company to pay them on a certain day in each month, fixed by themselves, The organi- zation is said to have been awtrong one, and if sustained by the other unions, such as the car builders, boiler makers, foundry men, oar- penters and laborers, might have created a serious embarrassment on the Erie road, But thove organizations took no part in the strike, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. - sf —<_—_————— ee es A AOR Sauna Ce but held entirely aloof. It ia evident that wise counsels prevailed with the strikers and they were led to ace their mistake and the damage to their own interests which was certain to follow from their hasty action, Of course there ought to be @ regular pay day for work- men, whether it be weekly or monthly, and the rule should be carefully observed, for it makes labor sweeter to @ man when he knows that at a certain time the return for his work is assured to him without possibility of failure. In the case of the strikers on the Erie road there appears to be some misunderstanding, arising from the fact that the paymaster was detained by the freshet in going to Port Jervis, and consequently did not reach there in time to pay the men on the appointed day, the 15th. This fact reaching the inembers of the union at Buffalo and Susquehanna and other shops, the machinists, in conjunction with those at Port Jervis, all struck and ceased work. It is to be regretted that hurried actions of this kind should occur, They only serve to weaken the effect ot labor combinations which, when legally and discreetly conducted, are not objectionable, and in failures like this throw power into the hands of capital and monopo- lies, the very things which these combinations are croated to resist. Tho Eari of Derby's Goundition of Health, Tho Earl of Derby, ono of the most prom- inent political party and parliamentary leaders in England, as well as one of the most distinguished statesmen of Groat Britain, was at the point of death at the date of our latest cable telegrams from London. As the right honorable gentleman, now. in the seventieth yoar of his age, has been in the same moribund condition during several days past there remains scarcely an earthly hope of bis recovery, and the news of his demise may consequently reach us at any moment. Lord Derby is the fourteenth carl of the honse of Stanley of Derby, and has proved himself during an active, busy life, and in very eventful moments of the history of his country, a worthy repre- sentative of his brilliant—almost royal—~ lineage and ancestry, which runs back to the moment of the landing of the Conqueror—chivalrous, impetuous, high-toned, consistent according to his convictions and generous. He was born at a moment when the aristocracy of Britain first acknowledged to have heard the subdued murmur of the demand for popular reform, and his decease will mark an era in which the belted barons are compelled, to come forward and incline to bow to the power of citizen moral force in an endeavor to accommodate themselves as a class, if possible, to the changes which are being wrought by the great social and industrial British revolution of which that force is the effectual and, as yet, easy and simple leverage. This last great fact is indeed completely attested by the open- ing of the public career of his son and successor in the peerage, as well as by the report of the grand industrial speech just delivered by Lord Stanley, which appears in our columns to-day. Lord Derby owned vast estates in Ireland, and it a a very noteworthy remembrance, and particularly illustrative of the actualities of what is known as the land question in that country, that, notwithstanding his trict toryism, his “Arms acts,” bis ‘“anti-Irish” legislation and the fact that he had fallen under the political ban of the greatest of Irish agitators, who ranked him as the “Scorpion Stanley,” so excellent and kindly was his course as @ landlord that he could and has walked over his property in Tipperary—the worst of counties in the calendar of agrarian outrage—at any time or season unattended, unarmed, and saluted with respect at all points, Lord Derby was very fond of out door sports in his youth, and the breaking up of his strictly conservative High Church fol- lowing in the House of Commons was noted by the Irish Emancipator in the witty apostrophe, So down Py hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides ‘The Derby dilly carrying three insides, the “‘insides” being in reference to an unsuc- cessful attempt made by the Earl to form a strictly tory Cabinet. Cattep to Aocount.—The Parisian voters who call upon their representatives to resign evidently differ widely from those gentlemen in their opinion of the liberal purposes of the government. It will be remembered that the representatives refused to act®on a certain agitating programme, because in substance the government was doing all for freedom that could be demanded and their action would compel it to stop. Now the voters declare they wanted to be represented by men of different views. Sreices In Franox.—It appears that trades strikes in France have spread from Paris to Lyons. The strike is an institution not hitherto much heard of in the industrial his- tory of France. Readers will remember that not long since the repressive laws in regard to mechanics that had made such movements impossible were set aside by the act of the present government, and it is worthy of remark that the first use the mechanics make of their freedom from the legal restraint is to express dissatisfaction with thoir condition, THE PARABUAVAN IMGR0GLIO, The Congresstoual Investigation Committee in’ New York=Ex-Ministor Washburn’s DiMculties to be Examined—PDintinguishod Witnesses in Attendance, ‘The aup-commitiee of the Committee on Foreign Reiations of the {douse of Representatives convenes to-day, at the St. Nicholas Hotel,gfor the purpose of resuming the investigation of the outrages upon American citizens in Paraguay, and the urlaunder- standing between our diplomatio representatives ond our squadron during Minister Washburn's rest- dence with Prosident Lopez. The committee in composed of Yon, Godlove 3, Orth, of Indiana, chatrman; Hon. M. 8. Wilkinson, of Minne. sota; don. GC, M, Willard, of Vermont, aud Hon, Thomas Swaun, of Maryland. Yeaterday was appomted for the commencement of the investigation, but only Mr. Orth and Mr. Swann had arrived in town. The others were expected to be present to-day, but nothing will be done this week except tocompicte the preliminaries to the regular business of the committee, ‘This subject Was investigated last apring, the cor. respondence and wstimony on Paraguayan attains forming ® public document of about 400 Among the witnesses to be examined now are ex- Minister Washburn, Mr. Jaines Watson Webb, our (ave Minister to Brazil; Adnirais Davis and Gordon, Captain Ramsay, United States Navy; Commander Kirkland, Surgeon Duvall and Mr. Bliss, who suffered some of the outrages committed by Lopez. ‘The principal object of the invostigation ta to settle tmportant questions which bave arisen betweon our diplomatic representatives and the commandiny officers of our squadron tn Paregeasan, waters, al ag the testimony may be required in future court- martial proceedings connected with the wffair, tt ta Lae that the committee will condutt the inves. igations with closed doors, The exawination will last about two weoks.