The New York Herald Newspaper, October 25, 1869, Page 6

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By special cable telegram from Madrid we learn that the Church expenditures and property question produces much diificulty in the Cabimet, and that the Mintstry is likely to be broken up. General Prim defines the position of the govern- ment towards the Papal Council. Should its de- crees operate hostile to the Spanish constitution ‘they will be declared null and voi Napoleon will “not hold a military review on tue 26th inst, An im- perial French manifesto is expected to-day, Pére Hyacinthe has been dispossessed of all his monastic charges, An Anglo-Irish radical political demon- Btration on a large and rather alarming scale was made in London. A trades’ union president de- livered a most inflammatory address, and all the troops in the city were under arms. By steamship at this port we have our special mail Correspondence in interesting detail of our cable telegrams to the 16th of October. Hayn. The brokers having ran up the price of gold to 1,800, thus cat additional depression of the na- tional curreacy, Salnave arrested several of the prom- fnent operators and sent them on foot with the army sent to invest Jacmel. Sainave has applied to the British Admiral at Jamaica for a vessel to be seni to protect Port au Prince against the threatened bom- bardment by the rebels. The monopoly of coffee by government has been re-established. Mexico, Our correspondence from the city of Mexico is to the oth instant, The opposition press was assailing the administration most vigorously for making Mr. Seward the guest of the pation, declaring that a peo- ple so impoverished as the Mexical no money 18 and ovations. ‘The W. L. rities, dismantled, ion. Her turned over tc United as been proposed pclety of Mexico asan city. revolution in ¢ Plan abrogating the existing government and con- stitution. Caba. In aes a the action of the 0 States anthori- Cuba is ly arrived received Spanish tr without delay. » the cor- NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. 3 lishment, in Albany, Friday night, the edition of the Assembly Journal of last session was destroyed. The City. Father Hyacinthe early yesterday morning actended the French Catholic church in Twenty-third street without being recognized by any one, Attended by Mr. Darling and Mr. Tilden he afterward proceeded to Plymouth church, where he also escaped Fecognt- tion untii after the congregation began to disperse, when he was cordially met and welcomed by Mr. Beecher, with wbom he passed the greater part of the afternoon. ‘Tne Sisters of Charity hope to have the new found- ling hospital ready by the first week in November, Subscriptions come in much slower than was hoped for, thus rendermg the labor of the Sisters much greater to obtain funds to complete the institution. respondents of New York papersin that city to task Jor 100 freely commenting upon the condition of uinirs m the isiand, and say they have lost tne ngic to remain tere as impartial gn corre- wients, A war with the United es would popular with the ish residents in Cuba; would not f, in their duty to their gov- , and Spain wo rolong the struggle for years, unl it was terminated by the interven- wan / ton oF other nations. Jn another colymn will be food # detailed and reliable narrative of the cruise of the Cuban steamer Lilian. The command at last accounts were on a desolate key near Nassau, awaiting the vedeel, which had been seized, but was subse quently released by the British authorities. General Cristo, the life of expedition, bas re- turned to this city, and itis evident vhat the cause Of all the failures and disasters is traceable to Aealousies among tie general officers as to rauk. Miscellaneous. It 1s intimated in Washington that an attempt will be made by a few ultra-radicals to prevent the read- mmission of Vir Mississippi and Texas by repre- senting to ¢ a that these States tntend toenndo il that they Lave done in compliance with the instructs of Congress. The President, it is said, gives thy movement no enc ement, but is anxious 15 apcety readmission of all tnese Btetes, and nse ? ‘uonce to tha’ purpose. Musters 223 of tr» Roll of Honor, just issued by the War Depaytriont, show that nearly 14,000 Union soldiers are inte: zed In {ie national cemetery near Mempuis, Tenn., of whom 4,200 are colored; 9,000 are interred at Chalmatte, La.; 16,676 at Mari- etta, Ga., Fort Donaldson, Chattanooga, Murfrees- boro, Stone River and Knoxville, Tenn. ‘Treasurer Spinner’s forthcoming report will show that, as compared with the corresponding period of 1568, the increase of receipts and decrease of gov- ernment expenses amount to $65,000. ‘The jury in the case of Morrow and Dougherty, on trial tn Philadelphia for attempting to assassinate oMcer Brooks, about ten o'clock yesterday morning returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners, Joseph T. Wood, of Rondout, N. ¥., on Saturday evening iast murdered his wife by striking her on ‘vhe head with an axe and cutting her with a razor. He then cut hla own throat with the same razor with which he murdered'his wife. At the recent election in California for Judges of the Supreme Court the democravic candidates were g@uccessful by a large majority. ‘The story of the finding of the petrifiea body of a giant near Syracuse, N. Y., 18 exploded by a letter from @ correspondent, which shows the alleged pet rifaction to be a statue, the work of a crazy Cana- dian, who died near Onondaga in 1868, At the burning of weed, Parsons & Co.'s estab- The Gold Gasman Conspirators and the Administration. More light is being thrown upon the schesnes, dodges and falsehoods of the gold cornering conspirators from day today. It will be seen by our special correspondence from Washington, published in another part of the paper, that the President and Secretary Boutwell emphatically deny the charges of com- plicity with or any knowledge of the nefarious gold operations of Corbin, Fisk, Gould and the rest. It will be seen also by the official com- munications of General Butterfield, the Assist- ant Treasurer, to the President and Secretary, that he stigmatizes the charges against him as falsehoods, and asks for a thorough investiga- tion. We learn, too, that the President and Secretary, wishing to give General Butter- field an opportunity to vindicate himself and to wipe away any stain of suspicion from an officer occupying such a high and responsible position, have ordered a special agent of the department, Solicitor Barfield, to New York, with instructions to make a full and fearless examination of the whole matter, so far as the alleged conduct of General Butterfield is con- cerned, and to report the facts to Secretary Boutwell. So anxious is the President to maintain the purity of the government through its subordinates that we are assured he will instantly remove General Butterfield if it should appear on investigation that this officer was in any way, however remotely, connected with the gold ring or mixed up with specula- tions, Here, then, we have reached a point, as far as the administration is concerned, which will satisfy the public, and shall soon know the facts with regard to the allegations against its subordinate officer, Assistant Treasurer Butterfield. The authorized statement we publish to-day ought to put a stop to the attacks and malicious inauendoes of the party and opéra bouffe press against the President and his family. Of course we do not include in the family of General Grant that arch schemer Corbin, who happened to marry the siste™of the President. But it is doubtful if the emphatic language of the Chief Magistrate of the republic, or if even a voice from heaven, could stop the atrocious calumnies and innuendoes. However, such attacks can only injure those who make them. The public will be perfectly satisfied with this statement of the President, and will have more confidence than ever in his integrity and exalted character. We have said all along there was no foundation for the charges against the President. While these charges were being made by a hostile partisan and sensation press against him; while the gold conspirators and their lawyers and agents were making damaging statements and affida- vits against him and his family, and when some of the chief conspirators approached us with their accusations, we said there was no evidence, that we did not believe a word about the President's complicity, and that we had too exalted an opinion of the honor and character of General Grant to credit such assertions. We have no doubt the mass of the people, as far as they could understand the matter, held the same opinion. Now there can be no longer any question, even with the enemies of the administration, as to the conduct of the President. Looking back to the gold ring operation, wiih its terrible consequences and the scandal that ri od from it, we must give Corbin the unenviable credit of being the Mephis- topheles of the conspirators. Fisk and Gould were bolder, took a lofiier flight and had larger aims. They were bold specula- tors, and gloried in proclaiming that. But ¢ in acted under disguise, assumed a character 2nd position that did not belong to him, and clothed himself with a false robe to accomplish his purpose. How long the con- spiracy had been hatching before the dénoue- ment in Wall street we do not know yet; but, judging from the magnitude of the scheme and the efforts of Fisk, Gould and Corbin to appear on intimate terms with the President during the summer, it was con- certed probably as far back as the spring. Neither General Grant nor the public had any idea of what these special attentions on board ’s steamboat, on the railroad cara, at Co and elsewhere meant. Neither the President nor any one else outside of the ring knew what was the object of the conversations forced upon the President by these men about the national finances and Treasury gold, though General Grant had the sagacity to decline answering when a direct question was put to him about the operations of the Treasury Department. But it seems clear now that the gold ring conspirators were at work then for the gigantic object they had in view. As to Corbin, when we look at his antece- dents, it would not be surprising if he had # house begun to concoct some such scheme long before Gould or Fisk did. He was an old Washington lobby man. Twenty years ago he graduated in that hot- bed of corruption. He went from St. Louis under the wing of Benton, when that distinguished man waa in the United States Senate. This connection was broken up afterwards, but Corbin stuck to the purlieus of Congress. He found that was the fleld for his talents. He succeeded in getting the posi- tion of clerk to the Committee on Claims, and here no doubt he laid the foundation of his lobby business and fortune, Smooth as a cold water Methodist preacher and sly as Mephisto- pheles, he got round members of Congress and heads of departments and became one of the most successful lobby agents. In fact, he amassed wealth and became the possessor and occupant of one of the finest residences fh Washington, But he was not satis- fied and became ambitious of trans- ferring his. operations from the capital to New York, To marry @ sister of General Grant was an important point for his future career, and he seems to have made all the capi- tal possible out of that. It was through this that he impressed Fisk and Gould with the idea of his importance and usefulness in the gold ring conspiracy, and these speculators were eager enough to connect him with their scheme, Even after the whole party found they could do nothing with the President to aid them and dare not even approach him for such an object, they still endeavored to make a confidence operation on the strength simply of Corbin’s marriage relationship with General Grant, In fact, it appears to have been on the part of Corbin a confidence game all through. But they all overreached themselves. As was said, we continue to get more and more light on this gigantic gold operation, and we are not without hope that in time the whole history of it will be made known. The Peace and Liberty League at Laue sanne. fa the Heratp last week we published special correspondence giving lengthened details of the proceedings af the Peace and Liberty Congress just held at Lausanne, Switzerland, and to-day we continue the report in the interesting letter which appears in our columns. This Congress commands attention now in all lands from the, fact that it is the third which has been held in three years. It may be regarded as an established institution. Four hundred members were present this year—an evidence that it has not lost its hold on the sympathy of the advanced liberal party in Europe—whilst @fidresses were also delivered by delegates from the United States and Central America. We cannot say we expect great things from the League or that we have great faith in the men who control it; but such an institution, with distinct and definite purposes, and properly led, may become a dangerous revolutionary focus. Its headquarters are well selected. Switzerland is the home of the free as, well as the home of the brave. The schemes of the League, it must be confessed, are some- what Utopian. They are a little too far- reaching. But in their general scope they commend themselves to all lovers of liberty, and, of course, to the American people. Some of its more prominent members are perhaps a little too much in love with revolu- tion for revolution’s sake; but this evil, if the institution can maintain its existence, may be cured in time. So far as the League goes in for universal peace we wish it all success. With its desire for a general European repub- lican confederation we are in perfect accord. Universal peace cannot soon be a permanent fact; but a general European confedera- tion is as certain as it is desirable, and such a confederation, based on sound principles, will be the best possible guarantee of universal and permanent peace. As we have often said, nations ail the world over must become fewer, but larger. The tendency is already visible. We see itin the grasping character of Russia. We see it in the affiliating characteristics of the German races. We see it in French ambition. We see it in the im- mense empire of Great Britain. We see it in the continental expansion of the United States. The tendency will become more marked. Nation will be more and more attracted to nation, The human family will become a unit. All this is rendered necessary by steam, by the railroad, the, telegraph and the printing press. If, therefore, the Peace and Liberty League understands well its duty it may act as a useful, even as a powerful anxiliary in this great work of progress. Guided by common sense it may acquire a name which will be more honorably mentioned in history than the Council of the Vatican of 1869. If, like most of its predecessors, it is too impatient to win, it may diga grave for liberty, rather than crown it with the olive and the laurel. Tue Brook Gas Ho CaLamiry— Verpior of THE JurY.—The coroner's jury, sitting on the bodies of the two men, Loftus and Nolan, who were killed by the falling of a roof while in course of erection at the Citi- zens’ Gas Works in Williamsburg, have put the blame of the disaster upon the Novelty fron Works, the managers of which they charge with gross carelessness and turpitude in not furnishing proper material for the work in hand. At the same time they discharged the foreman Woodruff from custody, finding no fault with the employés, while condemning the employers, With this verdict in their hands the families of the deceased have good grounds ‘to sue the Novelty Iron Works for heavy damages. Something must be done to end this triding with the lives of workmen for the sake of a little profit. Grain FROM ‘THE West.—On Saturday resolutions were passed on ‘Change at Buffalo asking the Presidents of the Erie and Central Railroads to immediately give additional facili- ties for shipping grain from that port east- ward, it being impossible to procure cars for wheat and corn to fill orders for points in the interior. The recent freshets, which washed away embankments and otherwise injured the canal, have occasioned an unusnal accumula- tion of freights for railway transportation. Moreover, the low rates to which the latter has fallen has probably lessened the activity which transportation agents usually manifest in for- warding freight at this season of the year. But, after making all allowances for these cir- cumstances, the suggestive fact remains that the marvellous productivity of the great West, the future granary of the world, is already in excess of the means for canal and railway transportation. Justice to Murpergrs.—The first two weeks of the coming December will witness the execution of three murderers in our immediate vicinity, provided that no quibbles of law, as in the case of Real, should interfere with the bangman’s duty. In Brooklyn, on the 3d day of December, Owen Hand is to expiate the murder of James O'Donnell, at the Citizens’ Company Gas Works, On the 9th of the same month Antoine Maurer, convicted of the murder of an unfortunate German tailor in Rockland county, is to suffer the penalty of the law at New City, in that county. David Burke, who killed Thomas Cane at a fire in Hunter's Point some time ago, was sentenced to be hanged at Jamaica, Queens county, on the 10th of December. In these three cases justice follows swiftly upon crime, It is a pity that it is not always so in aggravated cases of murder, The Remoyal of the National Gapital— General Shermans Views. The mooted question of the removal of the national capital from Washington to some supposed central location in the Mississippi Valley has received an elucidation and a settle- ment that may quiet the weak nerves of all the old women proprietaries in boarding houses, furnished apartments, market stalls and fish stands that have a “local habitation and a name” in the “City of Magnificent Distances.” General Sherman has, in fact, set the question at rest forever. His opinion on the subject is no doubt just as correct as it was in the be- ginning of the war. When asked by Secretary of War Cameron what forces would be required to free Tennessee and Kentucky of the rebel element therein, he promptly replied, ‘‘Two hundred thousand men.” Here was an esti- mation of the proportions which the great rebellion had even then assumed in the sol- dier’s judgment that even Cameron could not appreciate or stomach, and General Sherman was at once voted ‘‘crazy.” The result, how- ever, proved the sagacity and the far-seeing judgment of the second greatest soldier of the war—the hero of the march from Atlanta to the sea. Now, with regard to the removal of the capital he says:—‘‘The consideration of the question is futile, as it would take one hun- dred years to get a bill to that effect through the House of Representatives, one hundred years more to get such a bill through the Senate, and even after the passage of the bill—after this double lapse of time—one hundred and one years would be spent in discussing tke most eligible point in the Mississippi Valley to which the capital could be removed.” The odd year in the last mentioned cen- tenary is very suggestive; and still after all this time was got rid of and had passed away in due order, and that a removal bill had received the legal sanction, and that an appro- priate site and location had been selected, another half century would most certainly be required to put up the buildings, for it would bea “big job” and would stick as long as appropriations could be made to “delay the work,” Under all the circumstances, and relying upon General Sherman's calculation of the time needed to get even the House of Repre- sentatives to act in the premises the first one hundred years, the Washingtonians had better stick to their business and occupy, and in the brief course of time allotted to them—com- pared with the time necessary for removal— bequeath their several premises and appur- tenances in the full hope and assurance that the Capitol will continue to stand upon the banks of their beloved and historic Tiber— Goose creek—long after their ashes will have mouldered in their family urns, and those of their children’s children after them. Never- theless, it is worthy of observation that Western men keep hammering at this subject— they have just had a Convention in St. Louis for the removal, which looks like business— and in the face of the exposed situation of tie capital in case of foreign war, and tho other fact that an approach to it is in the hands of a railroad monopoly, they have arguments that must be heard with respect. The Paraguayan War—The Cost to Bmzil. The latest mail news from South America leads us to the belief that the war in Paraguay, for the present at least, will be suspeded. Lopez has taken to the mountains, and the allies, unable to follow him, have given up the pursuit. In his present position Lopez is not without an army, small though it be; neither is he destitute of arms. With from two to five thousand men fully equipped, and ani- mated with confidence in their leader, thereis little doubt that the Paraguayan chieftain wll again take the field against all comers. For over four years has this war continud. A large quantity of treasure has been retk- lessly squandered and a vast amount of human life sacrificed to bring Lopez to terms or can- pel him to quit the country and leave he affairs of the republic to the care of a previ- sional government established under the pro- tection of the allied Powers. How tar these attempts have been successful the logie of events already shows. The sufferings of tho people of Paraguay scarcely find a paralbl in history, and yet it cannot be denied that heir devotion to the acknowledged head of the country is of an intense nature. With sich a feeling animating the inhabitants, will i not prove a difficult task to bring them to mgard the interference of the allies as favoratle to their interests? Even taking it for granted that the inhabitants look upon the acion of the allies as beneficial, how much longer will Brazil be content to draw upon her treasury for means to support the army of Count d’Eu and maintain the suffering people who daily apply for aid and support? The latest official advices from Rio Janeiro inform us that during the month of August alone over one hundred thousand helpless persons threw themselves upon the allied hunanity’ To sup- port this vast number of persons it requires one hundred thousand dollar: a day to be dis- tributed in rations, thus miking the monthly war expenditure of Brazil hot up the respect- able exhibit’ of seven milidn five hundred thousand dollars. How can Brazil stand tiis? How long will the Brazilian people albw it to continue? Brazil all through has ben the grand central figure operating againt Lopez. The part played by the Argentine Jonfederation dwindles almost into nothing beside the towering strength of its powerfa ally. Possibly Brazil looks to the gradual .bsorption of the Para- guayan republic, and when too late, perhaps, the Argentine govermnent may discover that it has been made a tool of to forward the ambi- tious desires of Brazl. Certain it is that mil- lions of money have been expended and thou- sands of lives sacriflied by the allies; and what have been the resuls? A provisional govern- ment, without meais to support itself and lack- ing an army to erforce its decrees, has been established in Asincion, and Lopez has been declared an outlay. These are the results of a four years’ war, hi which Brazil has played the principal part. The picture isanything but a gratifying one for the Brazilians. Their commanders, of whose military genius 80 much was expected, and who regaded Lopez asa mere guerilla and an ignorant and reckless fighter, have not been able to wcomplish anything but drive and harass Ge Paraguayan leader without destroying his army or annibilating him. And yet the Brazilian treasury bleeds, in almost countless sums, for such unsatisfactory results. The Finance Minister is in sore perplexity at the situation, and the belief is fast gaining ground that the war is a ruinous one. Looking at the situation from this standpoint, the inde- pendence of Paraguay may yet be acknow~- ledged and Lopez still be regarded as its President. The Cardiff Ginnt—A Stupendous Hoax. We publish elsewhere to-day a complete exposure of a hoax which surpasses in magni- tude the moon hoax of Locke and Poe’s story of Hans Phaal. It is unnecessary to recapitu- late here the details which our Syracuse cor- respondent presents in proof of a deeply laid scheme to make money out of the pretended discovery of ‘‘a petrified giant” at Cardiff. The geological nature of the soil in which this huge statue was found would disprove the character of antiquity claimed for it, even if it were not shown to have been the work of a crazy Canadian who dreamed of rivalling Michael Angelo. It is probable that the miss- ing links in the evidence in favor of our cor- respondent's narrative will ere long be sup- plied, and the perpetrators of this attempted fraud will be fully exposed. Meanwhile the whole case adds another to the curious and numerous illustrations of the fact that Western New York is, for some unac- countable reason, a permanent hotbed for the growth of all sorts of humbugs. It was in this ‘burnt district,” as it has been designated, that anti-Masonry had its birth and the Morgan mystery originated. Here Joe Smith dug up the miraculous tablets which form the Book of Mormon, and planted the germ of future troubles at Nauvoo and of the strange society which now peoples Salt Lake City and Utah. Here innumerable communities of comeouters, free lovers and followers of every distorted shape of religious belief and unbelief have flourished. Here John Brown hailed from when he set forth on his crusade against the “peculiar institution,” and initiated the war which has so tremendously affected the desti- niés of this nation. In short, Western New York is so extraordinary as the source of some of the wildest delastdis and vagaries and enthusiasms that have swept over the national mind that it richly deserves the atten- tion which it claims from philosophical students of American history. Koopmanschap and His Chinese. The letter which we published on Briday from our New Orleans correspondent shows that the problem of the introduction of Chinese labor into the South and the Southwest has at length been practically solved, The agents of Koopmanschap have already closed contracts for some four or five shiploads of Chinese immigrants, to be delivered at Key West by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. One of those agents is now on his way to Hong Kong in order to complete the necessary arrange- ments for thoroughly testing Chinese labor in Louisiana in the coming spring. He is accom- panied by Tye Kim Arr, a native of Hong Kong, educated in England, who has been for some years a resident along the banks of the Mississippi, and is thoroughly familiar with the soil, the crops and the capabilities of Lonisiana. Tye Kim Arr will engage the services of the best laborers of the class fami- liar with the kind of cultivation that is most profitable in Louisiana—namely, rice and sugar. The terms of the contracts, which are drawn up for five years, seem to be just and liberal, both as to rations and pay. Should this test experiment succeed—and we hardly see bow it can fuil—it will be difficult to estimate the effect which it will have on the future of Louisiana and on Chinese immigra- tion to the Southern and Southwestern States. Most of the early shipments will find immediate employment on the rice and sugar lands in the vicinity of Bayon Lafourché. Doubtless further shipments will soon be demanded, in order to reclaim the vast tracts of swampy land available for rice culture in that State, amounting to not less than three hundred thonsaud acres, The climate and soil of Louisi- ana produce a description of rice worth at least five per cent a pound more than any East Indian importation, ‘The only thing lacking,” says our correspondent, ‘‘is labor. That the coolie immigration will supply.” He adds, moreover, that “the negroes are already becoming ainrmed” at the prospect of competition with their Asiatic rivals, And he appends a curiously suggestive call which has beon isstied for a colored ec tion ‘to con- sider the best means of promoting the agricul- tural interests of tie colored race and to pre- vent the introductica of coolie laborers into Louisiana.” But this call is too laie to effect the latter purpose, however effectually it may lead to the former, The introduction of Chi- nese labor, signally useful as it has already proved to be in California, notwithstanding all obstacles, and particularly in hastening the completion of the Pacific Railroad—one of the most gigantic and influential of modora enter- prises—must even now be regarded as wn fait accompli. 18 consequences will be incalcula- bly important. Among the earliest of these conseqnencis will be the vital warning to the Southern colored population, which has been considerably diminished since its emanacipa- tion, and has become fearfully deiworalized by the tricks and honied deceits of radical carpet-baggers. Sambo can no longer lv pe that forty acres and a mule, with a seat in Congress, will be the sure rewards of idleness and rognery. When he shall be brought, as he soon will be, into close competition with the frugal and industrious John Chinaman, he must make up his mind to work or starve. IMPROVEMENTS 1N Up-Town Travet.—As an example of what people may do in their own behalf when they go to work with ear- nestness, we may notice the result of the York- ville movement to obtain better accommoda- tions in reaching the city from their homes. The agitators in that matter have succeeded in obtaining a promise from Vanderbilt to run a line of cars on Madison avenue, They have been fortunate also in getting a slight improve- ment on the Third avenue line, and we observe that the Fifth avenue stages, which used to run only to Forty-fifth street, now run away up the avenue a considerable distance along the side of the Park, There is much more yet 40 be done before all the conveniences of travel up town are complete; but this partial improve- ment only shows that when people take mat- ters touching their interests into their own hands, without leaving them to be manipu- lated by politicians and public bodies, they are very likely to gain their purpose. The Churches—Father Hyacinthe “Under the Pulpit.” Our religious report, detailing the progress which was made yesterday by the pastors and clergy of the different churches for the cure of souls by the conversion of sinners and the confirming of the godly in the Word, is of @ very consoling character. The cardinal essentials of faith, hope and charity were inculcated from many pulpits and the altar, according to the ancient system of routine and the modern plans suggested by differentialism of idea and interpretatjon, and permitted by a freedom of conscience guaranteed by a State constitution of universal tolerance. The con- gregations were numerous, fashionable, dressed according to the’ “latest style,” and, in the judgment of our reporters, very devout. The preachers were, it is almost needless to say, eloquent and impressive, and, it is to be hoped, effective accordingly. Father Hyaginthe, himself the embodiment of an embryo religious revolution and it may be the regenerated centre of an entirely new system of creed and discipline, attended at mass in the French church in Twenty-third street in the morning, and worshipped subsequently in Plymouth church, Brooklyn, ‘‘sitting under” the ministration of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, and thus, as it were, plunging at once, as was the fashion in pagan Rome, tn medias res—from the sombre cell and the matin of Father Domenec and “Stations of the Cross” here, to the full light, even glare, of a platform which permits “plenty of room” for elocutionary emphasis in the able enforcement of an unrestricted text commentary. In St. Stephen’s Catholic church, in this city, the earnest and able pastor, Rev. Dr. McGlynn, delivered a sermon on the authority of the Church of Rome and the power and force of the prelates assembled in general council apd the decrees of the corenal. Dr. McGlynn referr | incidentally to disobedient, or what the politicians would call “unreconstructed,” priests or monks, delivering a few sentences of warning or admonition, as they were accepted by his hearers, to the Pere Hyacinthe in front of that magnificent altar piece which represents St. Stephen suffering for the early faith. It is worthy of remark in speaking of Father Hyacinthe and, by way of illustration, of the checks and bal- ances of Christianity, that Prince Napoleon Bonaparte and the Princess Clothilde, his wife, daughter of the King of Italy, who have been edi- fied so frequently by Pere Hyacinthe in Notre Dame, Paris, were devout daily attendants in Dr. McGlynn's church during their visit to this country, the Princess being present at the earliest mass every morning. We live, how- ever, in an era of progress. So the barefooted monk has stepped ahead of the white cross of Savoy. He now enjoys the first requisite of a new Apostleship, poverty; for we are ine formed by the Atlantic cable that he has been “dispossessed of all his charges” for not having returned to his monastery in Paria within ten days, as summoned by his superior. So be it. The Sword of St. Peter. Pope Pius IX. does not appear as yet—the Ecumenical Council not having opened in session—inclined to abate in the slightest degree his claim to rank as the successor of St, Peter. Indeed his Holiness seizes on every opportunity for reasserting it by repeating or reproducing before the world the leading incidents of the life of the “Prince of the Apostles,” with, to be sure, the one grand exception of his poverty in cash, clothing and carpets, The Pope holds the “keys,” “feeds the sheep and lambs,” but yet wears a triple tiara shining with jewels instead of the hat of Peter, if he had even a hat. Pio Nono has sometimes unsheathed the sword also, and ordered its use on divers occasions, and that, too, withont having been in the slightest degree prompt to heal the wounds which it may have iuflicted on the ears or otherwise of the democrats of Italy. It appears that the Pope has now determined to keep on ‘“‘that line” just so long as he possibly can, for we are told by telegraph from Rome that ninety-six North American recruits for the Papal army arrived in the Eternal City from Canada Itst Thursday afternoon. This fact realizes to a great extent’ the anticipationa which we ventured to indulge in lately, to the effect that the New Dominion is likely to loom into a very great territorial importance, on account of Prince Arthur, the Mohawks, its calls ‘‘to arms,” and now the running off of its soldiery, just in the face of the Irish legions and Sunburst flag from New York, to the shelter of the sanctuary, and for duty, with its bishops, before the altar in Rome. These Canadians are likely to prove very useful to the Pope, too; for as they are, every one of them, deeply read in the American fisheries question and its diplomatic entanglements, they will be just the men to handle the net of the fisher- man and haulin an abundant ‘‘take” to the Church from this side the Atlantic during the approaching prelatical assemblage. Let the Papal military commissions of the Canadians be attested with the seal forthwith. Tut RevorvtTionaARY MOVEMENT IN Eov- pt.—Our cable telegrams from Europe to- day go to show that the radical revolutionary agitation remains in active progress in Paris and London, and that the governments of France and Great Britain are seriously troubled on account of the popular demonstrations. Napoleon's home military preparations are described as “enormous,” and all the British troops stationed in and around London were held under arms yesterday on account of the assemblage of a huge Anglo-frish democratic gathering in Hyde Park. A spark may kindle a serious blaze in the Old World. Jnnome Park Racrs.—It should not be forgotten that, in consequence of ‘the unlucky weather on Saturday, the close of the fall meeting at Jerome Park was postponed until Tuesday. On that day the attractions of a ateeple chase, the first that has been offered there, will be added to those of the four races which are to come off. A full and fashionable attendance may be expected.