The New York Herald Newspaper, November 20, 1869, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD erry BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. all perished in the waves. The schooner Volunteer Was wrecked on Lake Ontario during Wodnesaday’s gale and afi on board wore lost. Two more deaths have reaulted from the accident on the Harlem Railroad at Boston Four Corners. A Coroner's jury have exonerated the company and its employes from all Dlame. A large stone building on Olive and Fifth streets, in St, Louis, fell inwaras yesterday, burying twelve or tairteen mep, who were working in the base- JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. All business or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York | ment, Six of them have since been taken out severely mangled, Herawp. Letters and packages should be properly biadriingh The investigation into the drawback frauds was sealed. continued yesterday. Several new indictments in the matter were found by the Grand Jury, Samuel T. Blatchford being one of the indicted parties. A large number of fat boilers were arraigned before Justice Kelly yesterday on charges of keeping obnoxious establishments, and were each held in $500 bail to answer. Police Captatn Steers, of the Twenty-eignth pre- cinct, was on trial before the Commissioners yester- day for reporting policeman McCloskey to be of good character, when, in fact, he had been pardoned out of the New Jersey State Prison, where he was serving a term for burglary. A German physician named August Wedekind, of No. 36 Orchard street, was arrested yesterday, on & complaint made by a Mrs, Gailie, a widow, that he obtained money from her by threatening to charge her with poisoning her husbana, The money ($1,000) Was paid, but the doctor soon after made the charge he had threatened to make, when Mra. Gallie had him arrested, In the case of John McGrath, of 69 Watts street, who died from syncope, the Coroner's jury yesterday rendered a verdict censuring Dr. M. 8. Buttles for giving a false certificate of death to the effect that he had died of dysentery and debility. Henry Conway, a clerk in Ball & Black’s jewelry store, was convicted In the Court of General Sessions yesterday for attempting to shoot Mrs. Fort, at ner rooms on Sixth avenue, onthe 8th inst., and sen- tenced to five years in tne State Prison. The steamship Mariposa, Captain Kemble of the Cromwell line, will sail from pier No. 9 North river, at three o'clock P. M, to-day, for New Orleans direct. The steamship Victor, Captain Gates, also sails to-day for New Orleans direct from pter No. 21 East river. A The steamship Virginia, Captain Kennedy, for Gal- veston via Key West, will leave pier No, 21 East river, at three o’clock this afternoon. The steamship Champion, Captain Lockwood, wilt leave pier No. 5 North river, at three o’clock to-day for Charleston, connecting with steamers tor Florida ports. The stock market was strong, but in the main dull. Gold declined Lo 126%, closing finally at 126% a 12634. Prominent Arrivals in the City. The Marquis de Luzier and Louis Chabert, of Paris; Major A. #. Payne, of the United States Army, and Commander Lowry, of the United States Navy, are at the Hoffman House. Dr. M. Stanton, of Boston; D. M. Laren, of Cin- cinnati, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. 0. P. Peterson, of Washington; General E. Heald, of the United States Army, and M. G. Cushing, of Pittsburg, are at the Everett House. A. G. Ruggles, of Fond du Lac, and Charles M. Alley, of Macon, are at the St. Denis Hotel. C. C. Chaffe, of Springfield, and Theodore Cozzens, Weet Point, are at the Albermarie Hotel. Colonel J. L. Case, of Saratoga; E, D. Calvin, of Tennessee, avd Commander Harris, United States Navy, are at the St. Charles Hotel. W. D. Stewart, N. G. Lewis, Glenn Falls; J. M. Porter, Pennsylvania; J. 0. Evans, Washington; J. W. Croker, Providence; 8. Van Winkle, Pennsyl- vanta, are at the Metfopolitan Hotel, Senator Sumner, Boston; James Howell, Hartford; C. Wiikinson, *Binghamtom, and Ben Perley Poore, Massachusetts, are at the Astor House. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. Volume XXXIV. +..No, 324 AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. jor of Righth avenue and ‘Sd strect.—MARITANA. Matinee at 2-Fea DiavoLa. a Sth ana sth BOOTH'S THEATRE, 22dst., b ABY WARNE Timm AND THE HOUR Afternoo OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broaaway.—Poor Humanity— A But iy 4 Cuina Suor, Matinee at 2. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Fifta avenue and 94th st.— CasTE. Matinee at 2, NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broasqway.—Lirtie NELL AND THE MAROUIONESS. Matinee at 3. WOOD'S MUSEUM AND ME: ner Thirtieth at,—Matinee daily. ERIE, Broadway, cor- ‘ormance every evening. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—O'Neat THE AT Tax WarouMaN axD His Dog—Tux Four Lovers. WALLACK'S THEATRE. Broadway and 13th Henny Dunvam. Matinee—Homwg, do. FRENCH THEATRE, ldth st. and 6th ay.—Lonnow; 08, LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF THE GREAT CiTY, Matinee. street. — ACADEMY OF MUSIC, lth street.—Iratran OPRRA— Afternoon—I1 Potruto. THR TAMMANY. Fourteenth street.—Tax HANLON Brorutns, ao. Matines at 2 MRS, F. B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brooklya,— Tus MAgINER'S ComPass. WAVERLEY THEATRE, No. 720 Broadway.—Comio VooaLism—NEGRO Acts, & Matinee at 2. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 21 Bowery.—Comto VooaLism, NEGRO MINSTRELSY, 40. Matinee at 25. THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—Comio YooaL- 18M, NEGRO ACTS, Ac. Matinee at 2). BRYANTS’ OPERA HOUSE, Tammany Bullding, Mtb BL. —BRYANiS' MINSTRELS. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 585 Broadway.—ETH10- PIAN MINSTRELSY, NEGRO AoTS, £0. STEINWAY HALL, Fourteenth street—Gaanp VYooan AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT AT 1. NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourteenth street.—EQuestetan AND GYMNASTIO PERFORMANCES, SO, Matinee at 24g. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, _ Brooklyn. Hooury's MINSTRELS—THE THANESGIVING TORKEY, £0. SOMERVILLE ART GALLERY, Fifth avenue and 1ith Btreet.—EXHIBITION OF THE NINR MUSES. DORE ART UNION, 687 Broadway.—EXxuHisITION oF PAINTINGS. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 613 Broadway.— BOIRNOE AND ART. LADIES’ NEW YORK M Broadway.—FRru ares ONLY New York, Saturday, November 20, 1869. JM OF ANATOMY, 6184 TTENDANCE. Europe. Cable telegrams are dated November 19. By special cabie telegram from Hamburg we learn that the American Thanksgiving Day was duly venience afforded were worth #¢ much money, end this went into the pockets of the European capitalists. The telegraph is effecting a change in this respect and is destined to revolutionize financial operations. Instead of buying bills of exchange or shipping specie at a cost of freight and insurance people will deposit their money in the banks of one country and tele- Graph the fact to those who should receive it in another. This will answer all tho purposes of business without the movement of specie or the purchase of exchange. Of course this will not change the effect of credits created by trade between one country and another. It will, however, greatly facilitate and cheapen the mode of operation. It will equalize values, and make & producing country like America more inde- pendent of the rest of the world. It will Prevent also, to a great extent, over-trading, and tend to keep exchange nearer par. The same observations apply to the different sections of the same country. The merchant of St. Louis or New Orleans can telegraph that he has shipped produce to New York and draw against it without waiting for the mails, or, if in debt, he can make his deposit and operate in the same way, to the saving of time and advantage of the New York capitalist. The whole tendency is to make a great commercial and financial centre like New York the clearing house for the whole country, just as the Clearing House for the banks here now regulates and adjusts from day to day the financial operations of the city. This in time must make the contmercial centre of the greatest producing country on the globe, which is New York, the financial centre for all nations. The consequence will be that much lesa currency will be required for the transaction of business. The use of the tele- graph will ina great measure supersede the necessity of currency. In fact, currency of a small denomination will be necessary for local use only, Transactions to the amount of hundreds of millions can be adjusted at the financial centre by a balance of a few millions, just as the New York Clearing House now regulates the vast financial operations of the city bya very small balance. Indeed, we can hardly conjecture at present the mighty revo- lution the telegraph is destined to effect in the financial affairs of this country and the world. It is evident, therefore, that the government ought not to leave this wonderful agent under the control of individuals or private corpora- tions, but should take charge of it for the safety and benefit of commerce and the people. State PoliticePossible Trouble Foreshad- owed in Albany. The democratic majority in the Albany Legisthture will have full control over the legislation of the coming session, which com- mences in January, and there may not be such even sailing by the leaders of the party as many suppose. It is sometimes as difficult to manage a majority as to resist one. If, for instance, there should occur any disaffection in the ranks, any difference of opinion as to observed and honored in that city by the Germans who had been resident in the United States, a nam- ber of citizens of Hamburg and the Americans now Staying inthe city by a grand banquet, after which B series Of international patriotic toasts were pro- posed and duly honored by a harmoniously festive company. From Paris it is reported that two members of the Tiprs-parti in the Legislature will have seats in the Ministry of Napoleon wit M. Oluvier. M. E. Ollivier has had an audience of the Emperor and they are to meet in ‘‘consultation” next Sunday. The returned French political exiles will be entertained 6t a grand banquet in Paris on the 6th of December. The Italian Ministry was expected to resign to-day, @ Cabinet ‘crisis’ existing in Florence. Spain is stil agitated on the throne question and her politi- cal convict system, The Bishop of Havana appears to be accused of an Inferential treason. The French Opposition to the “one mau power'’is still before the pubiic in Paris. Walter Brown, of Portland, Me., won the inter- national sculler’s match race on the river Tyne, England, yesterday, leading Sadler, of London, by two lengths, By mail we have additional details of our cable telegrams from Europe to the eth of November, em- bracing the grand civic programme which was observed during Queen Victoria’s state visit to Lon- don on that day to inaugurate the opening of the new Westiniuster bridge and viaduct. Egypt. Telegrams from Imaila are November 19. There were forty-seven seagoing ships at the station on Thursday, a Russian frigate velng the Jargest vessel. The crowd of guests was immense, the native tribes camping in tents on whe plains. M, de Leaseps gave a grand banquet, and balls and out- door sports were in order, The fleet of steamers sailed jyesterday morning from Imaila for Suez, the Empress of Frauce leading the way in the impertai Yacht L' Aigie, The Wonders of the Telegraph—Its Influ- ence Upon Financial Affairs. Jadging from the wonderful effects of the magnetic telegraph within the term of a few years since it was discovered and came into use we may form some idea of what will be the results hereafter, Twenty-five years only have passed since the first spark of intelli- gence was flashed over the first wire between Washington and Baltimore, Now there are hundreds of thousands of miles of wire stretching like a vast network over all the civilized portions of the world and penetrating to the most remote regions. Nations and con- tinents, separated by vast oceans, are brought into instant communication with each other. Space and time are annihilated, and soon the dream of the immortal poet will be realized, when a _ girdle round the earth will convey intelligence the whole distance in a few minutes. There remains only the space between the western shores of America and Russia in Asia to complete the circuit, and that link will soon be made, for our commerce with China, Japan and the East generally demands it, and it is known to be practicable by the way of the Aleutian Islands. The surprising effects of the telegraph are seen in all the social, political, intellectual, commercial and financial movements of the age. To recount them all would fill a volume. Some, however, may be noticed. Look, for instance, at the effect upon and through the press, which may be called the ally of the tele- graph in promoting the rapid progress of the times. News of all remarkable events in every quarter of the globe is flashed across continents and under oceans to the great journals of New York and of other countries, and is spread from thence through the country The Ene and Atlantic and Great Western Railroad | press over the length and breadth of the land. prea Ohio, have been postponed until | We know as well here, or better, perhaps, Full returns of the New York State election show tell a si! ene the democratic majority to have been 20,566, The | SPOt, what transpires from day today and hour total vote shows a tulling off of 205,554 since last | to hour at the Isthmus of Suez. Every reader year. | of the Hznatn is fully informed of the incidents The report that the House Committee on Foreign | connec ted with that great event—the opening Affairs were recently invited by Secretary Fish toa | A dinner, where the Cuban question was discussed of the Suez Canal—without waiting for the exclusively, 1a not true, mail, thongh we get through the agency of Senator Cole, of California, publishes another let- | steam power full and graphic details a few ter poigteed ig! orm WRK ee Gain days afterwards. So also of the interesting pied Py yer PORehGeate the pebndlng ” tne | pilgrimage of the Empress Eugénie to the East. they have been brougut to California, however, by | In wars, and even in those at remote parts of American shipmasters, he holds that they should re- | the world, as, for example, in the Abyssinian ceive at least Frye be sie Wace war, all great or decisive movements are made e ion in in re ‘e! Or’ 1 Pi ‘isuttty t gst sm a4 mate known instantly. The action of governments Governor McDougall has the appointment of his Le | 0 every important question is telegraphed gislative Council, which he has chosen from ‘pets’ | and published daily for the information of the public, The people of the United States are kept informed of what is transpiring in Eng- | land, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and other of the government in Canada, and the people are consequently indignant, The Indians are not alone | countries as soon as events occur. Indeed, the telegraph, in connection with the press, is in the opposition to the change of government, but the great agent of modern civilization to are strovgly supported, or rather led, by the white population. ‘The freight brakemen on the Hudson River Rail- road are on 4 strike. diffuse information and to educate the people. But in nothing is the influence of the tele- graph destined to be more remarkable than upon the monetary or fivancial affairs of the On the 28th ult, three soldiers from Fort Fetter- man, Dacotah Territory, while on a hunting excur- | world, In former times, and even up to the present day, to some extent, the centres of sion, were attacked by about sixty Sioux Indians, and two of the soldiers were killed. The Indians are capital in Europe have controlled the exchange and trade of this country and other countries, sapposed to have been led by a white man named In this way the balance of trade, and conse- Richard, formerly a trader at the fort, who lefton account of murdering a soldier, Richard had been for some time inciting the Indians to war by telling quently of exchange, has been against us, ex- cept under occasional and exceptional circum- stances. Every one who wanted to transmit dated yesterday, Miscellaneous. The subject of the resumption of specie payments ts being boldly advocated by Generai Garfleld and Other Western members of the House; and it is con- Bidered probable that the discussion will be opened iu Congress, the morning of the 17th inst. During the gale of Tuesday night the schooner Arrow was blown ashore on Lake Michigan, about doing the proper thing with regard to the com- missions, making compromises with the pre- sent republican incumbents, &c., the leaders might find themselves involved in much trouble and, perchance, may get into an ugly corner, But, although these things are gos- sipped about, we fancy that Tammany and its acknowledged leader, Peter B. Sweeny, are too strong in their position to be affected in the least by any opposition that may arise in the Legislature. It is quite probable that the next session may be a sensational one, That there may be a good deal of amusing by-play among the democratic majority is not unlikely, and it will probably come especially from the country members, who are not all ‘“Tammany men,” who have a certain country idea of demo- cratic independence, and who have not reached that point of intelligence to enable them to see that democracy means New York city and that New York city means democratic majorities, Our own two delegations—New York and Kings—may grumble a little and give some piquancy to the debates, which will be very amusing; but for all that the Tam- many ukases might as well be submissively obeyed, Beocher’s Thanksgiving Horoscope. The very liberal parson who is a power in the neighboring City of Churehes, where the elections are more corrupt than they are even in this city, has taken an account of the stars that unite in the destiny of the republic, and gave us a vague statement of the result in his Thanksgiving discourse. He finds that the republic is growing so large that it may, by and by, split into four republics, and thinks that will be quite proper if all who desire the splitting up are in the right. So does every- body. In his notion, however, that the re- public is getting so big he lost sight of the fact that size is only relative to the means of communication so far as it affecta government, With the telegraph this Continent is no larger than England was with the mail coach. Beecher thinks the Pacific slope may leave us by and by. Here he forgot the historic law that there is no natural limit to the expansion of States in the same degree of latitude. But in all that he said of the necessity for freedom in religion, and the more imperative necessity of general education, his discourse was with- out fault, Boavs ParaauaYaN News.—It is a subject worthy of remark that all the news which comes to us through Brazilian sources regard- ing the Paraguayan war and the character of Lopez describes the former as being on its last legs, and the latter is pictured as a monster in human shape, We have been surfeited with this kind of stuff so long that it is impossible to pass it over without comment. The Para- guayan war is atill waged, and the prospects are that it will continue for some time to come, Regarding Lopez, who is described as a brute, opinions differ, The allies have held out every inducement to the Paraguayans in Lopez's army to join their standard, yet, without any avail. If Lopez were as cruel afi represented would they hesitate? Human nature is human nature the world over, and a cbance such as | this would not be neglected, It is true that the stern realities of war may have rendered Lopez severe, and, in many instances, unre- lenting, but that he is the monster pictured by them it was the invention of the white troops to massacre all the Indians on the Plains, All the an- nuity goods and clothes for the Indians at the Chey- | funds to Europe has been compelled to pay a large premium to European capitaliste for exchange or the costs of transmitting specie. enne Agency, Fort Sully, were destroyed by fire on fifteen miles morth of Chicago, The officers and The time it required to do this and the gon- eight of the crew in attempting to land were drowned, On Thursday morning @ steam tug from Chicago attempted to save the survivors, but the Usevoat opntaining tagm was dashed to picoos and his enemies we are inclined to disbelieve, and are disposed to class the information received of his reported cruelties as, in # great mea- gure, bogus, NEW YORK HERALD, SATUKDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 186).—TRIPLE SHEET. Two Hundred and Tea Thousand Short. The popular vote cast in our late State elec- tion falls two hundred and ten thousand short of that of last year for Governor, as follows :— Total vote for Governor, 1868, Total vote for Secretary of State, 1 Deficiency ...... sneccecee enceccceoce: 210,611 In other words, only three-fourths of the popular vote was cast in the late election, the other fourth remaining at home, There are some other curious figures connected with the late election, as compared with last year. For instance, last year 107,610 Showing a falling off of... 46,331 Republican logs in the same 1,715 Which shows a net democratic loss of..... 34,616 Thus in New York and Kings county the whole of Hoffman's majority in the State of twenty-eight thousand was swept off and six thousand more was gained by the republi- cans; and yet this year they lose Sigel by twenty thousand and Greeley by twenty-five thousand. How? St. Lawrence county, the republican banner county of ‘‘the rural dis- tricts,” comparing the vote of this year and last year, will serve to explain. Last year in this county the republican majority on the State ticket was six thousand six hundred and fifty-four; this year it is five thousand and sixty-eight—a dead loss of over fifteen hun- dred. And so it runs through all the coun- ties, The vote is short on both sides all the way through, but the weight of the dead loss is uniformly with the republicans. There was no pressing national issue at stake; the republi- cans of the interior were tired of voting to keep up these city commissions, excises, registries and what not, and, concluding that Greeley might take care of himself, they let the elec~ tion go by default, Thus by default the democrats have gained absolute possession of the State, and the consequence will probably be a work of reconstruction and revolution in our city and State affairs as comprehensive as the radical reconstruction of the rebel States. The Suez Canal—The Opening Ceremonies. All our latest news is to the effect that the Suez Canal is a great success. In spite of all that has been said to the contrary, the world is now convinced that the waters of the Medi- terranean and the waters of the Red Sea have been brought together, and few are disposed to doubt that navigation, even on the part of ships of heavy tonnage, is now more than possible. The Empress Eugénie and the magnates of all lands that could be crowded into forty vessels have in eight and a half hours passed safely and successfully through the first half of the canal and reached the grand central depot, which is in all time to come to bear the Viceroy’s name, Ismailia has now commanded attention quite equal to Port Said, and we are no longer permitted to doubt that the forty vessels, and others besides, will without much difficulty make their way to the Gulf of Suez. Meanwhile the festivities continue. Ismailia has been grander than Port Said. Suez will be grander than Ismailia. At Suez the arrangements are such that the Arabian Nights’ entertainments will be not only eclipsed, but made forever henceforward unmentionable. In a few hours more we expect to learn that the voyage has been suc- cessfully accomplished, and that the dream of the Pharaohs, the Ptolemies, the Alexanders, the Cwsars, has become a fact. We wait with hope and confidence. Custom House Reforms, Simultaneously with the investigation of the drawback frauds the Secretary of the Treasury has effected an important Custom House reform. He has ordered that the Twelfth division of the Custom House in this city, which has had special charge of the shipment of merchandise to the Pacific coast, be abolished. Collector Grin- nell has, therefore, been directed to discharge the persons employed in that division. Their particular duty has consisted in cording and sealing all packages of goods consigned to California and other points on the Pacific within the United States. The object of these precautions was to prevent the possible com- mission of fraud while the goods should be in transitu across foreign territory, by the sub- stitution of dutiable merchandise in place of goods free of duty shipped from this port. But experience has shown that this system not only fails to secure tho desired protection, but opens the door to fraud. The patronage involved and the tempting opportunities for private speculation supplied additional rea- sons for abolishing the system, which, more- over, cost more thah it saved. New regula- tions have been adopted which seem to furnish more effectual safeguards against frand, There are so many loopholes for fraud in the Custom House that we are glad to hear of reform where there is still plenty of room for it. Infammable Gaser—The Milwaukee Dis- aster. “Brilliant oil” is entitled to the distinction of being the worst of the many infernal com- pounds sold for uso in lamps, Its terrific effects may be seen in the simplest considera- tion of the circumstances of the calamity in the Milwaukee theatre, Althongh the fire completely destroyed tho theatre, yet it was put ont, and persons went into the ruins and hunted for the dead bodies in an hour from the time the fire broke out. Such rapidity in the progress of a conflagration is without prece- dent, To what was the rapid march of the fire due? Only the contents of a single lamp were scattered on the stage, and the fire from the burning oil scarcely had time to communicate with th® wood over which it was flowing before the whole building, even in its remote parts, was Hlled with flame. This flame was a burning vapor from the oil that spread itself in all the house, so that the people breathed fire. The safety of all these oils is judged by the temperature at which they will give off certain vapors. Tho safo point must be a temperature considerably higher than that of the air—say one hundred and ten degrees. But it is said that the oil used on the occasion of the disaster would vaporize at sixty-five degrees. We have only to imagine the rapidity with which the same oil would vaporize with Gre applied (0 under- stand how readily this inflammable gas would spread itself in the edifice and fill its whole capacity. The Milwaukee authorities should make an example of the man who sold that oil. Tho Situation of Affairs In Paraguay. The latest mail advices from our correspon- dents in South America relating to the pro- gress of the Paraguayan war, though possess- ing few now facta, are very interesting in detail. Lopez still shows the same bold, undaunted front which has for so long a time characterized his opposition to the hostile movements of the allies. Some time since he was said to be intrenched at the town of Santo Estanislaus, which is gituated on a hill surrounded by marshes, about fifteen miles distant from the Paraguay river and about the same distance from Curuguaty; but later atcounts say that he has now established his headquarters and seat of government at San Joaquin. This position, it would seem, is only to be used as a halting place, which, however, will not be evacuated without a struggle. Most of the accounts agree that Lopez’s real defence, if. the allies should decide to follow him in his retreat, will be in the mountains of Caaguazu, distant somewhere in the neighborhood of one hundred and fifty miles from the Paraguay. So varied have been the reports giving the number of Lopez's followers that it is almost impossible to get near the exact number. As most of the news comes through Brazilian sources it may safely be inferred that the com- plexion of these statements is colored to suit the tastes of those interested in the subjuga- tion of the Paraguayan chief. Two thousand, Says one account; asecond statement increases it to three, while a third swells the number of Lopez's adherents to ten thousand. Though active operations between the hostile parties are in a measure suspended, there are prepara- tions going on in both camps for a resumption of hostilities. Count d’Enu, the Brazilian com- mander, is dividing his army and sending off expeditions to occupy the country in the neigh- borhood of Rosario, where he is accumulating his supplies. He contemplates in a short time advancing on Lopez in that chieftain’s strong- hold at San Joaquin, the result of which movement we have yet to learn. From pre- sent prospects an energetic campaign is about being entered upon, and what may be theresult it is impossible to tell. Srgorm PayMENTs.—Attorney General Hoar has struck a brilliant idea on the question of restoring the metallic basis to our currency. He says that volunteers and greenbacks should be regarded “‘alike as necessities of war, to be dispensed with as fast as possible on the return of peace.” The sentiment thus ad- vanced is simply a truism; for there is hardly a person in the country who does not know that the greenbacks will be dispensed with as soon as the laws of trade will permit and specie payments restored the moment commercial exchanges exhibit the slightest balance in our favor. It took England from 1797 to 1819 to restore the specie basis, and whether it takes this country a longer or a shorter period, it will be done as soon as the business interests of the country will warrant, and not before. NAPOLEON AND THE AMERIQAN MINISTER.— It appears that at the late meeting at Com- pitgne between Napoleon the Third and Mr. Washburne, the representative of the United States in Paris, the Emperor was particularly gracious. Why not? Having withdrawn from Mexico in order to restore the ancient relations of friendship ‘between the United States and France those ancient relations are restored. We are inclined to think, too, that in reference to Cuba the Emperor is prepared to submit to the course of events, and that ina diplomatic way he wished at Compitgne to convey the impression to Mr. Washburne that whatever may have been the imperial understanding with General Prim at Vichy in regard to Spain it had nothing to do with the ‘manifest destiny” question in Cuba. At all events, we cannot doubt that the late cordial recep- tion of Mr. Washburne by Napoleon means the maintenance of the entente cordiale re-estab- lished between the United States and France. A Move SwirouMan AND His Tig TaBLE.— It appears by the evidence elicited by the Coro- ner’s investigation into the causes of the dreadful catastrophe on the Western Pacific Branch Railroad the other day, that the switch- man, who was carefully furnished by the com- pany with a time table for his guidance as to the running of trains, could not read a word of his time table nor anything else—in short, that the poor fellow could neither read nor write, Now, this is not the man’s fault, but his misfor- tune. But what censure is too severe for the company who employed such a person in this responsible position, with hundreds of lives daily in his hands? We fear that there area good many more switchmen to whom the time tables are just as worthless and incomprehen- sible as to this California pioneer in the busi- ness. Tae Crisis 1x Cupa,—Spain is sending over thousands of reinforcements to the army of the Captain General for the subjugation of Cuba. The Cubans have actively commenced the burn- ing of the sugar plantations as the surest way of reaching the vulnerable heel of Spain. Both sides are evidently impressed with the idea that if the Cubans are not conquered before the meeting of the United States Congress the independence of the island will follow, and we are more than half way of this opinion. The members of both houses of Congress under- stand the universal sentiment of this country in regard to Cuba, and when they meet we shall have some effective expression of this public sentiment. Meantime, the Spaniards will do their best to subjugate the Cubans, but the time is short and the advantages are on the side of independence. AnoTHER Coroner's Casr.—The freodom with which our city officials defy public opin- ion, law, decency and humanity is once more seen in the action of a coroner, There is no difference between the case of Jackson in Battery place and that of Lee in an uptown groggery called the Bank Coffee House. Lee, also, without any provocation or excuse that will stand the slightest examination, drew his pistol and shot a man dead. He was found guilty of the homicide by the Coroner's jury, and before his victim is buried he is admitted to bail, This is one more act directly tending to render life nnsafe in our clty—removing the little safeguard that even tho pretence to punish murder might give, New York and Her Thanksgiving Charition. If there be one feature in the character of the New York people more prominent and more creditable than another it is the libe- rality with which they expend their wealth in the cause of charity. There is no city in the world which exceeds New York in this respect, Charitable institutions of all kinds are sus- tained in the most liberal manner, without any regard to religious predilections or politi- cal relations, The broad charity which Christ lived to preach and died to leave as a legacy finds its fullest recognition among our people. But itis on Thanksgiving Day, per- haps, that this noble spirit is most exemplified in the many private acts of almsgiving which sanctify the Christian character of our people. It is then more than at any other time that these beautiful words are verified:—‘I was a hungered, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; naked, and ye clothed me; I was in prison, and ye visited me. Inasmuch as ye ‘have done it unto one of the least of these ye have done it unto me.” The story of our Thanksgiving ceremonics and the deeds which marked them went hand in hand with these ceremonies, as we published them yesterday, in our public asylums, our orphan’s homes, our widows’ sites of refuge, and even in our prisons, is attestation enough that the people of New York are not unmindful of the apostle’s admonition that of the three cardinal virtues, faith, hope and charity, ‘‘the greatest of these is charity.” GzorciA ON THE FourTEgNTH AMEND- MENT.—A republican member has introduced into the Georgia Legislature a resolution requesting Congress to remove all the disabili- ties imposed on certain men on account of the rebellion. Ifthe member in question will first secure from the Georgia Legislature the ratification of the fifteenth amendment we have no doubt his request in regard to the fourteenth will be granted ; for with the adop- tion of the fifteenth the main question of uni- versal male suffrage, negroes included, will be established, and the removal of the disabilities of the fourteenth will inevitably be the next thing in order, There will be no longer an excuse for withholding a universal amnesty and rehabilitation of the late rebels of the South. In a word, the ratificatton of the fif- teenth amendment will remove the disabilities of the fourteenth. MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES. The following matin¢ées are announced for this afternoon:—“Home"’ and “‘A Regular Fix," at Wal- lack’s; ‘(Mary Warner,’’ at Booth’s; “Fra Diavolo,” at the Grand Opera House; “London,” at the French theatre; “Caste,” at the Fifth Avenue; “Poor Hu- manity” and “A Bull in a China Shop,” at the Olympic; “Little Neil,” at Niblo’s; the trapeze and “My Turn Next,” at Tammany; equestrianism at the Circus, and varieties performances at the Theatre Comique, the Waverley and Tony Pastor's Opera House. Tony Denier, the popular Western clown, sails to- day for Engiand, with Moe and Goodrich, “the champion skaters,” for a professional skatorial ¢ rip around the world. ‘The elongated Nelse Seymour, the tallest of all our minstrel performers, has returned from England and will shortly appear at ‘Tony Pastor's Opera House. Rip Van Winkie Jefferson next week will tavor the moral Chicagoans with a round of some of his moat popular impersonations. On Monday evening he appears as Dr. Pangloss in ‘Ibe Heir at Law," and on Wednesday as Bob Acres in “The Rivals,” and as Hugh de Bras in “A Regular Fix.” Why didn’t Mr. Jefferson give us @ taste of these characters, instead of Rip Van Winkling us for seven weeks? Agatha States, the eminent prima donna soprano, Satis to-day for Lima, in which city she commences an engagement onthe 20th prox. We predict for ber in South America @ brilliant career. With a yoice of extraordinary power and with a devotion to the art for which nature evidently designed her, she canuot fail to win both fame and fortune. We hope to welcome her back to the New York operatic tage at an early day. lerman, the prestidigitateur, is meoting with immense success in the provinces. The great necro- mancer this evening concludes a profitabie engage- ment of one week in Baltimore, and on the 22d inst. he startles the staid Washingtonians with his pres- tidigitatorial skill, remaining with them for one week, after which he goes to the “Hub” for two weeks, and from thence he starts overland for the “Pacific ope The health of Professor Herman 1s fast improving, and there is just @ possibility that he may favor New Yorkers with afew more of hig magical séancves before he bids them a final adieu, THE NEW POST OFFICE. Rapid Progress of the Work—How Much Has Been Done—Pneumatic Tubee—Paying the Men. While antiquarians are delving among the misty records of the past to discover the date of laying the corner stone of the new City Hall, the new Pout Office is rapidly being hurried forward to comple- tion. Already the entire foundation wall, except on the north side, has been laid. This wall extends down thirty feet below the level of the street, be- sides a foundation of four feet additional laid in concrete. The excavations are nearly finished on the north side, and when finished the wali will be laid also on this side, thus completing the foundation walls. These excavations are some thirty feet wide. Next thing in order will be taking out the dirt in the centre, which, owing to the mass of material to be removed, will take some time. It will probably be three months before everything is in readiness to build the side walis. With the appliances for build~ ing. of whioh six monster derricks are now in use— with the energy shown by those having control of the work—the main outer walis will not be long in being completed. In roofing and finishing the in- terior more time will be required than in all the reat of the butiding, Altogether, from the progress thus far made and present todications, there is evory assurance that our new Post OMce will be pushed forward with the utmost possible alacrity conso- nant with carrying out the prosent plans and mak- ing the structure one of great durability, as well ag of great utility to the city. As to these piai it is now pretty definitely settled thal pneumatic tubes wiil de introduced communicating with the different pada. src establishments in the vicinity to give greater faciiity in sending away and receiving their mail matter, Yesterday was an unusually interesting day to the workmen engaged on the Post Office, it being the semi-monthly pay day. Colonel O'Bearn, the pay- Master, was occupied several hours paying the men, There are now some 200 workmen en here are cnly @ day gang, the night gang havin; been taxen off some tine since. hon the work o! excavating the centre of the site begins another wigns [', ng Will be put on. ir. Huiburd, the superintendent, is at present absent in St. Lawrence county, keeping ‘Thankegiv- ing. In his absence Assistant superintendent Smite has control of the work. BASE BALL NOTES. During the Mutuai-Cincinnat: game, at Cincinnatt, Gednoy, at right field, was heard saying, ‘Shoo, fy, don't bodder me.” Just then a ‘fly’? was sent toward him which ‘“‘boddered” him considerably, for it went through his hands, Moral—Don’t make bad demands when playing in an important game, ‘The following clubs are indebted to the State Association, and are requested to settle im. mediately, if they desire ba eae ines ye the State Association:—Baltic, of New York; New. York; Lone Matéeawan; Mansion, New York; Me. Addison; Marion, Brooklyn; Nii Niagara Falls; Niagara, Lockport; Star, Pleasant~ ville; Sawpit, Portchester; Unique, Staten Isiand; Una, Mount Vernon; Exercise, New York; Under- cliff, Cold Spring, and Clifton, Buffalo, teu dallars eofne. Harlem, Independent, Brooklyn; Jefferson, New York; Mohawk, Brookiyn; Momoweta, Green- ort; Oriental, Greenpoint; Union, Lansingburg; Rrojiay ‘Troy; Endeavor, New York; Alaska, Brook. ericns, Yorkville; Capitoline, Brooklyn; Yorkville; Delaware, Port Jervis; lvanhoo, 3 im Central Sing Sing; Morrigania; Quickstep, Staten Island; Knickerbocker, Ross, Harlem; South Side, Islip; Unio: Fainwood, Washin; Heights; Farmers’, Centre; Peconic, Brooxlyn; Phenix, an Olympic, of New York, are indebted aasociation 1 sede Las RAE Nd noes to ALJ funds | je claba shoud atten w ment ‘Uhelr dues fortuwita, sa