The New York Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1869, Page 6

6 BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, All buginess or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York HeRAtp. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- UGS = = AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. OLYMPIO THEATRE, Broacway.—-Unnre THR GAs- Lider. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Ith strect.—HERRMANN, THE Guwat PRESTIDIGITATEUE. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth st.—Tor Duxe's Moro. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broatway.—ToB DRAMA OF Lirtee Ew'ry. WOOD'S MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE, Broadway, cor- ner Thirtioth st,—Matinee daily. Periormance every evening. BOWERY THEATRE, Powery.—WaltING FOR THE VERDIOT-VETRUAN OF OLMUTY WALLACK’S THEATRE, Bivadway and 13th street.— Wien Oats, THE TAMMANY, Fourteenth street.—THE BURLESQUE ov Bap Dickey, GRAND OPERA HOUSK, corner ot Eighth avenue and ‘Wd mreet,—LINGARD’S BURLESQUE COMBINATION. BOOTH'S THEATRE, 23d at., between Sth ang 6th avs.— Tor Mxney WivEs or WiNpsoR. 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THA NEWs. cable, dated in Madrid yesterday, we iearn that the throne question and candidature of the Duke of Genoa remained 4 distracting, if not demoralizing, subject both to the government and people at large. The public mind inclined still towards the Duke, nd the different municipal centres were about to take measures to secure his confirmation by a par- liamentary majority in the Cortes. Sanish like, the Cabinet Ministers were about to undertake a sort of country pleasure excursion, attended by # strong multary force. Asubscription has been opened in Paris for the relief of the Spaniards who have been expelied from France by Napoleon. The British war steamer Deerhound 1s said to have been lost on a voyage from Athens to Malta, Sir Stafford Northcote, Sec- retary of State for India, going down, aa reported, in the wreck. The advocates of Papal infailibilicy are losing ground, it is alleged, in the Ecumenicai Council. The French journals refer to Genefal Banks’ interviews with Napoleon, but do not com- ment on the facts, Three bishops of the Church of England were consecrated in Westminister Abbey. ‘The British troops 1u Ireland are to be billeted more freely ou the inhabitants. Rumors of a comipg peninsular, or Iberian union, were current in Lis- bon. Father Hyacintne ianded at Havre. Our special correspondence by mail from Rome Guppliea matter of a very interesting character rela- tive to the Ecumenical Council. Congress. ‘The Senate yesterday concurred in tne Honso reso- tution extending the recess of Congress to January 10, and also in the resolution relative to tne death of George Peabody. Mr. Sumner introduced a bill for the reconstruction of Virginia, declaring the extst- ing State government to be provisional only and in all respects subject to federal authority. The bili re- quires members of tue Legisiature vw take the test oath, and upon the ratification of the Mfteenth amend- ment the State shall be admitted to representation in Congress upon condition that the State constitu- tion shall never be amended so as to deprive any citizen of the right to hold office. The bill to regu- late the introduction of covlie laborers was taken up, discussed and referred. A communication was received from the Presiveut contatuing tho Alabama claims correspendence, after wnicu Lie Seuate went into executive session, and at eight o'clock ad- journed until the 10th of January. Atter the reference of a few bills and resolutions the House went into Committee of the Whole for general debate, and was addressed by Messrs, Cul Jom and Dawes on the subject of apportionment under the next census. Mr. Wasnburn, of Wiscon- ein, made @ speech in favor of a postal telegraph system to be undertaken by the government, refut- ing the arguments presented in opposition to the proposition last session, instancing the success of the plan as adopted by several governments in Europe, and showing that the United States was tne only enlightened nation on the globe that had not adopted such a system. The House was further ad- Greased by Messrs. Orth, Loughridge, Eldridge, Sar- gent, Kerr and Lawrence, wien thee ommittee roso and pilis were introduced repealing the clauses in ‘the internal revenue laws allowing street railroads and gas companies to coliect the government tax Trom their customers. At two o’clock the Mouse ad- Journed to the 10th of January next, In the executive session of the Senate yesterday a Moat exciting contest was waged over the nomina- tions for Ciroult Judges, all ef whom were con- firmed except Sawyer and Pearce, whose cases were laid over for future action, So much oppo sition was made to comfrming the nomination of Attorney General Hoar tor the Supreme Court Judge. ship—only sixteen Senators favoring him—that his nomination was also laid over, it ts reported, with the understanding that it would be withdrawn. Miscellancous. The bill for perfecting reconstruction im Georgia ‘Was presented to the President yesterday for his ap- Droval, and he signea at once, remarking that it Clearly embodied his views as expressed in his mes- sage to Congress, A duplicate copy of a treaty o1 annexation with the republic of St. Domingo was brought by General Babcock, one of the three commissioners mentioned in connection with the matter of Samana Bay, from President Baez, and placed in the hands of Prosi- Gent Grant day before yesterday, b Tao President yesterday sent to the Senate the Correspondence between the Department of State ane Great Britain in relation to the Alabama claims, ‘The correspondence is very lengtny, and embraces ‘the instructions to Mr. Motley, and tw Mr. Thornton, ‘she British Minister. Sixteen of the Spanish gunboats arrived inside the Capes of the Chesapeake yesterday and anchored in Lyon Havan. The voats were under the convoy of the war steamer Pizarro. The New Orleans sumar fraud cages Dave come to NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. e a sudden co vi 01 come NEW YORK HERALD [2 ito'e dine's 2 struct tocictnents wil be | omegangyy tt thy wont e Preferred ggainst all parties concerned in these frauds, and it is expected many prominent ex-oMl- cials will be implicated. In the case of the Marine National Bank, of New York, vs, The Globe National Bank, of Boston, before Judge Lowel, of the United States Circuit Court of Massachusetts, a decision was rendered granting the plaintuf $10,000 interest on money deposited with defendant during the pendency of actions 1m the Supreme Judicial Court. The City. At yesterday’s session of the Board of Health a communication was received from Mr. Honry Bergh stating that in Brooklyn and im this city hundreds of cows were kept fow dairy purposes in dark, unven- tilated stalls and fed with still slops until their bodies became a mass of corruption. These animals, Mr. Bergh alleges, are milked up to the moment of their deaths and the poisonous liquid sold to tho citizens. In the Buperior Court, before Judges Clerke, Sutherland and Cardoso, yesterday, the Real murder case Was adjourned until Tuesday next, when argu- mentywill be heard on the point raised by Real's counsel that certain testimony had been excluded by Judge Barnard. Two young men, named Andrew McAlear and James MoGinnes, were convicted of robbery yester- day in the Geveral Sessions, and each sentenced to the State Prison for twenty years. Navigation of the Hudson ts closed at Poughkeep- sie, The propellers between that place and this city ceased running yesterday. ‘The North German Lioyd’s steamship Deutchiand, Captain Negrater, will leave Hoboken at two P. M. to-day for Southampton and Bremen. The European mails will close at the Post Ofice at tweive M. The stock market yesterday was strong and mode- rately active. Gold was firmer, advancing to 121}s, closing finally at 120%. Prominent Arrivals in the Citv. Governor Randolph, of New Jersey; Governor A. W. Randall, of Wisconsin, and Colonel J. Rk, O'berne, of Washington, are at the Astor House. General J. B. Case, of the United States Army, and Colonel 8. S. Ellsworth, of Penn Yan, sre at the St. Nicholas Hotel, 3 General J, R. Hawley and Colonel J. D. Ferry, of Hartford, and Cojonel J. F, Anderson, of Boston, are at the Hoffman House, E. Wilder, ex-United States Consul to Buenos Ayres, 1s at the Albemarle Hotel, General Parsons, of St, Lous; Governor Jewell, of Connecticut, and Nat Paige, of Wasbingion, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Dr. Stillwell, of Sag Harbor, L. I., and J. W. Cur- rier, of St. Domingo, are at the Everett House, Colonel Ward Lewis, of the United States Army, is at the St. Charies Hotel. Captain J. A. Young, of Nova Scotia, and Professor Thorpe, of St. Louis, are at the St. Kimo Hotel. J. Uardenburgh, of New York; J. V. Carter, of Washington, and J. A. Magrudor, of Washington, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. St. DomingomA Treaty of Annexation from Dominica, We have the pleasure of announcing to our readers this morning that the copy of a treaty of annexation in the name of the republic of Dominica, the Spanish end of the island of Hayti, or St. Domiugo, has been laid before the President of the United States for his con- sideration, and that the original document, in charge of a delegation of special commis- sioners, will shortly follow. The substance of the treaty is the merging of the Dominican republic in the United States as a Territory to begin with, our general government being only required to pay the debts of the republic, which are but a bagatelle. Of course, the treaty on our part will require an act of Con- gress, 2 la Texas, or a ratification by a two- thirds vote of the Senate; but upon either plan there can be no doubt of success. Then, we are quite sure, will speedily follow a similar treaty with Hayti, or the black repub- lic, at the old French end of the island, whereby the whole island will be ours—a splendid acquisition. What advantage will be the possession of the whole island to the Union? It is evi- dent, with a foothold once established in Do- minica, Hayti will soon be seeking our pro- tection. Secretary Seward, while negotiating to obtain Samana Bay, showed conclusively that its posession would save an immense ex- pense in managing our naval matters. He then said:—‘‘Samana Bay is the Gibraltar of the West, and its possession will make us the Argus of the seas.” The island is capable of supporting five times its present population, and vast wealth lies in its magnificent forests of cabinet woods, ita soil and its mines. Its possession furnishes ¢he key to the Gulf, and is the only one of the great Antilles that can be acquired without the hazard of war with a foreign nation. On either side of the island are the great inlets from the Atlantic to the tropical seas. In the event of a foreign war the possession of a point commanding both the Windward and Mona passage must be an immense advantage. Slavery is abolished, and no political distinction exists on account of race or color, The objections to annexa- tion seem to be a@ dislike to mingling with their internal feuds; for there is reason to believe that the enemies of the gov- ernment of Baez are opposed to the United States. It is urged, too, that the offer of an- nexation does not come solely from the natives, but from Americans, who have inte- rests in the island and desire the protection of this government. Both objections may have foundation in fact, but the one oftenest urged is to acquiring more territory, claiming that we already have more than enough. Have we ever acquired a foot of territory that has not been a posilive good to ourselves and to mankind? Annexation is no crime when it is the substitution of a just and vigorous govern- ment for a wicked and worthless one. Has not @ nation the right to be aggressive, and set | its feet wherever it can carry something better than itsupplants? The liberties of an individual are abridged by the interests of the State; and the liberties of each particular State must yield to the common interests of humanity; and shall we not accept the conclusion that the same right existe in well ordered nations to coerce the vicious and disorderly nations as exists in separate communities to punish indi- vidual criminals? We remember the opposi- tion to the Mexican war and the territory ac- quired thereby; but without that war where waquld now be our Pacific possessions? Cali- fornia would have been now, as then, the hunt- ing ground of Indians and an asylum for half- breed outlaws. Our Pacific coast is proof that the gravest errors of the worst governed American State eannot be compared with the lawless license of Mexico or the degenerate folly of Spain. This, however, may be considered as a judgment pronounced upon the ultimate con- sequences, rather than upon the immediate motives. But who does not believe that the United States once in possession of Mexico, Cuba or St, Domingo, property would rise comparatively secure, that order would surely triumph over disorder, industry over idlo- ness, justice over crime, and the result be a positive good # mankind? The shadow of the United States will stretch further South; insurrection will not always devastate Cuba ; St. Domingo will not always be rent by inter- nal strife; revolution will ceaso to waste the empire of Montezuma, and the falling republics of Central America will not forever be a temp- tation by their weakness to the attacks of law- less ruffians. Over all these countries annexa- tion to “the great republic” is written in the book of ‘“‘manifest destiny,” and St. Domingo, the favorite island of Columbus, will be a good beginning. i Spain—Prim and the Progress es «cle Revolution. The latest from Spain leaves us stil in doubt, but it reveals something in the shape of progress. The government is unmistakably strong. Prim and Serrano seem to bo getting on together; and Topete, as Vice President of the Cortes, does not appear to be giving the government unnecessary trouble, The army is still obedient and recognizes Prim as its chief. On the surface there is not much more than a ripple. It is not to be denied, however, that beneath the surface there are forces at work which, if they should combine, may lead to a dangerous explosion, Spain to-day, whatever it lacks, does not lack combustible material. The repub- licans and the Carlists and the Isabellinos are held under; but they are not satisfied. The unionists and the progresistas have so far kept pretty well together; but how long this fusion is to last it is hard to tell. If by any chance the unionists and the progresistas should separate the presumption is that such a union of the ontside forces would take place as would make short work with Prim and give us results as strange as they would be alarm- ing. Alone, the Carlists are powerless. It is not otherwise with the republicans and with those who cling to the skirts of Isabella, An- archy has been delayed by the firm front which the government has been able hitherto to pre- sent, Serrano, the sworn friend of Montpen- sier, hasbeen yielding toPrim. Prim has done his best to secure the election to the throne of the Duke of Genoa. The Emperor of France has been rather favorable to the Duke—a fact which in our judgment goes far to explain the inaction of the unionists. It begins now to appear that the Duke of Genoa cannot be had. The Spanish people do not want him. The recommendation of Napoleon, so far as the mass of the people are concerned, is rather against the Duke than in his favor. The Duke's mother is opposed to her son becoming King of Spain. King Victor Emanuel will not give his consent. ‘Ihe boy's friends see that the throne would be more likely to prove an altar than a seat of honor and power. Prim has not yet abandoned all hope; but we must not forget that Prim is the only one who would be likely to win anything from the appoint- ment. The Duke of Genoa on the throne, Prim would remain in charge of the army; would practically be dictator of the kingdom, and would give but small room to his rivals. Prim has had sufficient time to carry out his schemes and to make good his purposes. But he has not been successful, and the promise is not good. If the Duke’s mother will not con- sent, and if the King of Italy, his uncle and guardian, will not consent, Prim’s candidate must be thrown overboard. That the Duke is about to be abandoned is already a conviction on the part of many. Prim says there is hope; but it is necessary for Prim so to speak until he can cover his retreat and intrench himself in some new position, A telegram received late last night regarding the Duke of Genoa, the action taken by his family and the hopes of his friends, leaves the situation as it was. The rumor that Montpensier and Queen Isabella have become reconciled may not be true in the exact sense in which we havo it stated; but the rumor is not the less, on that account, fullof importance, It indicates that the tide is rolling in a new direction. It has long been our opinion that the Prince of the Asturias, the son and heir of Isabella, might be fallen back upon ag a last resort, and that he more than any other of the candi- dates might command the suffrages of the Spanish people. The Prince isa boy of only twelve summers. He is a Bourbon, to be sure, but a Bonrbon is not necessarily bad. In proper hands the Prince might grow ®p and become a good man and nota bad king. The question is, who should be his guardian? Daring his minority who would rule Spain ? Rumor says the Duke of Montpensier is not unwilling to take that position, This, of course, implies that Montpensier has withdrawn himself as a candidate for the throne, If Genoa and Montpensier both disappear as candidates the Prince of the Asturias becomes agood name, It is our opinion that Spain would rally around that name as fast aa around any other. The nation is sick of un- certainty. Any change almost would be a relief. The most important question which the Prince’s candidature raises is who would be his guardian? Would Prim submit to Mont- pensier? Will Prim, who has now command of the army, yield up all power toa man who he knows hates him? It is not impossible, It is a matter for compromise. If Montpensier will leave Prim in command of the army, Prim will have no good reason to object. In such a case Serrano would retire, but Serrano would not be unwilling to take this course if Spain were satisfied. These, however, are but speculations, Prim may not set sq wisely, Montpensier may refuse to act with him. Prim and the pro- gresistas may fling themselves into the hands of the republicans. A republic in spite of all Prim’s protestations to the contrary may be proclaimed. The unionists may rally around them the Carlists and the Isabellinos ; the government may break up; the army may become disorganized ; the factions may appeal to the sword. Anarchy is as probable as any other result. One thing it is now safe to say, a crisis is at hand, Conorrssionat Reorss,—At their adjourn- ment yesterday evening both houses ad- journed over for the recess to the 10th of January next—the Senate, after a protracted session of seven hours, most of the time being taken up in confirming #y nominations by the President The Alabama Claims Controversy. After a temporary cessation of the wordy conflict over the Alabama claims on the part of the governments of Great Britain aud the United States the controversy has been reopened. President Grant, in accordance with a Senate resolution, sent yesterday the whole of the correspondence on the subject to that body. The correspondence is extremely lengthy, though comprising that portion of it only commencing with the date of Secretary Fish’s instructions to Minister Motley, Sep- tember 25, 1869. In this letter of instructions the Secretary states that the claims were not then in a condition most hopeful for negotia- tion, and expresses dissatisfaction thereat and at the tardiness of the British govern- ment in coming to # settlement of this vexed question. In reply Lord Clarendon, under date of November 6, 1869, addressed to Mr. Thornton, says that Secretary Fish makes no proposition as to the manner in which the dissatisfaction ex- pressed by him may be remedied. To the hope expressed by the President that her Majesty’s government will conduct further ne- gotiations at Washington, Lord Clarendon says that the British government will be ready to co-operate in any honorable manner to effect a satisfactory adjustment of the difficulty. These are mere words of diplomacy, and can- not be taken as an acceptance of the Presi- dent's proposition. The country ig weary of this interminable controversy, and it is to be hoped that the Senate, now that the whole subject is again before it, will bring it to a peaceful but honorable issue. The corres- pondence, lengthy as it is, will repay a pe- rusal, Admiral Porter on the Navy. Admiral Porter’s opinions on the navy are remarkable from such a source, They amount to little less than a declaration from one who should be thoroughly informed that our navy is practically worthless for the only sort of war in which we are at all likely to engage. All the policy, then, that has prevailed in our Navy Department since the rebellion was crushed has been erroneous, and all the money spent is wasted, so far as relates to the future use of the ships built. In a war with France or England thirty ships like those now in use on the French Atlantic line would be a more effective force than all our tremendous moni- tors, and ingenious and expensive iron-clads generally. This is the grand argument in favor of en- couraging once more the growth of American shipping—that there may be built in the mer- cantile marine ships best fitted for war, which the governmont may have ready made when war breaks out. The Admiral favors the giv- ing of subsidies with this view, and certainly this is the strongest argument ia their favor. Our national policy in regard to armies might thus find an analogue in the policy with regard toa navy. We refuse to keep great armies, but we encourage that development of military spirit among the people that enables the gov- ernment to call out for any emergency an army educated at private expense. So if instead of building a navy we encourage commerce we shall find the best of all navies ready for use when needed. A New ALLy For Lopzz.—An unexpected enemy has made its appearance in the camp of the allied army operating against Lopez. According to our latest news the vomito has broken out among the troops. From the fact that they are ill-prepared to meet this severe visitation, and ar a good distance removed from their base of supplies, the vomito may operate seriously in decimating the Brazilian ranks, and thus prove a very serviceable ally in aid of Lopez, The announcement is again made that Lopez has fled to Bolivia. How many times similar statements have been mado regarding the course of this remarkable man it is impossible to say. However, there is an object in putting forth such an announcement now. As sickness has broken out in the allied army, thus impairing its usefulness and reducing its numbers, it has beon found neces- sary to make some assertion that would, in a measure, balance with the sickness. With this object in view, possibly, Lopez's flight to Boli- via has been conceived. If Lopez could have been destroyed by despatches detailing his defeats, flights, cruelties and escapes he would have passed out of existence ere now. Tae Postan TriBGRaPH SysTEM was the subject of an able speech, made in the House of Representatives yesterday, by Mr. Wash- burne, of Wisconsin, in advo cacy of the pro- position now before Congress, that the govern- ment should undertake the telegraph business of the country in conjunction with the postal service. ‘The benefits which must accrue to the government and to the whole people of the United States by the conjunction of these two services ought to be apparent enough to disarm the opposition of the most captious legislators. Allthe European governments have adopted the system, with great benefit to governments and people. We hope soon to see the pro- posed plan adopted by the government of the United States, In Stooxs.—Juries have no sympathy with would-be.sharps who turn out to be flats. Such is the moral of the verdict in the case of Haw- kins against Bliss, Hawkins supposing bim- self in possession of some special knowledge as to the value of a certain stock, invested, ex- pecting something more than legitimate gains, It turned out he was duped in regard to the special knowledge; he lost his investment, his temper, and even common discretion, as he entered on the legal goose chase of suing the man that gave him the information. People cannot speculate with the chances all on one side. A Swit Mixx Sgvsation.—The Board of Health at their sossion yesterday were greatly exercised, if not actually horrified, over the contents of a report submitted by Mr. Bergh relative to the adulterations of the milk fur- nished by the dealers therein to the citizens of New York and Brooklyn. If the Board, how- ever, failed to be horrified at the exposé of the fraud and ‘atrocious wrong” inflicted upon ssuffering public as set forth in the report referred to there {a little doubt that the said public will when they peruse the report, whiob for their apecial delectetion we in I Our Special Correspondeuce from Egypt— Fashion and Royalty Entertained by the Viceroy. The special fashions correspondence from Egypt, which we published in our columns yes- terday, reported the actual initiation of the grand social revolution which has been completed in the land of the Pharaohs by the influx of visitors from all parts of the world to its soil ond their worthy reception by the Viceroy, concluding the relation of the piquant and romantic incidents of the occasion by a state- ment of the preparations which were being made for the enjoyment of a grand bail, to be given by the ruler in their honor at Ismailia. This communication was written on the 20th of November. Dating next day the writer supplies the letter which we print this morn- ing. In it he describes the festive scenes which ensued, concluding a picture which is well worthy of the first and prefatory pen- cilling. The gorgeous panorama is made to pass before the eyes of the reader, and that, too, without any of the discomforting actuali- ties which résulted from the crowding of the invited guests towards the hospitable palace of the Khedive, in the shape of a general aggre- gated representation of humanity, which em- braced royalty in its most concentrated impe- rialism, beauty in its most attractive form, dress costume of the very latest styles and jewels and gold in asheen of dazzling bewilder- ment, An Empress was there from France, and the “Hearts of Oak” of ‘“merrie England” were represented by a number of Queen Victo- ria’s “‘middies,” ‘‘fresh” from deck and de- lighted beyond measure, Once inside the viceregal mansion, every person found himself at home. There were, in the words of the writer, ‘‘waves of muslin and gauze,” and carriages were ordered at “two in the morning,” and afterwards, Of what trans- pired in the interval—the féte itself—our read- ers must learn from the letter. In it they will find that an American bride gave tone to the very ton of royalty by her appearance, her dress, her jewels and graceful bearing—a note- worthy fact, and highly complimentary to the refining influence of the true democracy of the youngest nation of the earth, when presented worthily abroad, even in the palaces of the most ancient and historic land. The most thrilling and complete picture which has flowed from the pen of Byron is that in which he painis a ballroom scene in Brussels during the night which preceded the battle of Waterloo, when “lamps shone o’er fair women and brave mon,” and “‘eyes looked love to eyes which spake again,” and when he tells of its sudden effacement by the ‘“‘cannon’s opening roar,” the “mounting in hot haste,” the “‘swittly forming in the ranks of war,” with the sad finale of ‘“‘rider and horse, friend and foe, in one red burial blent.” The next to this in point and effect is that given in plain prose by the HeraLp writer to- day, telling of the Viceroy’s entertainment at Ismailia, but happily lacking the tragedy. The sudden breaking up of the ball at Brussels led to the fall of ‘‘the greatest, not the worst of men.” The ball at Ismailia tends, as will be seen, to secure and confirm the rule of a man who has shown himself great by his ‘‘marking of time” in and with the march of the world’s progress. Baaaacr Smasuive Exrraorpinary.—Our railroads are surely very badly managed when it costs a man four thousand dollars to get from Albany to Niagara. Yet this is what it is now likely to cost a traveller who made the trip the othor day. His trunks were robbed of valuables to a great amount—his wife’s wardrobe. No clue is found to the rob- bers, nor will the company reimburse the pas- senger, and he offers four thousand dollars for the return of what was stolen, The company is responsible, however, if he can prove his loss. Railroad companies stand in these cases on the printed contract on the ticket that they will not be responsible for baggage beyond @ hundred dollars in value. But this is a con- tract that does not receive the assent of the traveller, He buys a ticket with this on, not because he assents to it, but because he can- not buy any other ticket. Men must some- times travel with valuables in their trunks. The company will not permit the traveller to take his trunks in the passenger car, neither will it permit him to ride in the car where the trunks are placed. It thus, for its own con- venience, prevents him seeing personally to the safety of his property, and thereby takes upon itself to be responsible for it. Tae Gxoroia Bit, Siangp on SicHt.—The President, on the presentation to him yester- day of the Georgia Reconstruction bill, signed iton the spot, substantially declaring it the very thing wanted. So Mr. Bingahm’s doubts on the subject are quashed, and Georgia must face the music. Satnavn's Postrion.—We publish news this morning relating to Hayti, and, judging from the report, the Haytien President is in a sad plight. A short time since his most trusted generals deserted from him and went over to the insurgents. Salnave has choson Port au Prince as his “‘last ditch,” and against this po- sition are now marching the victorious soldiers of Caovallier and Siffla, The end is near at hand. The end will be annexation to the United States, Salnave or no Salnave, A Hir—A Parpaste Hit.—Mr. Cox, in Congress, objecting to certain Southern func- tionaries that they were carpet-baggers, Butler naturally calls up the proverb, that ‘‘dog does not eat dog,” to argue that a carpot-bagger should not assail carpet-baggers. This is a neat reminder to the gentleman from Ohio, who was colonized on a district in this city to be sent to Congress. Strange that our city democracy should go all the way to Ohio for Congressional material, and quite middling material, too, A Now Sequirvr.—lIt is reported that the Grand Jury that indicted McFarland for murder only failed +o indict Messrs, Beecher and Frothingham for bigamy because Theodore Parker is dead. Theodore Parker officiated at Mrs. McFarland’s first marriago. Is it possible that the validity of the second marriage may reat upon inability to prove the first? Trasn.—Hoar says that the arguments in favor of Cuban rights are ‘‘all trash.” That is what the Senate seems to think of the argu- ment in favor of putting Hoar on the Supreme bench. The “Pilgrim Fathers” Dinner—Plymoath Rock Not the Place. We givé this morning as much space as we can spare to the proceedings last night of tho New England Pilgrims’ dinner at Delmonico’s. Among the most interesting historical revela- tions on the occasion were those of Mayor Hall touching the landing of the Mayflower. From Bancroft it was shown by the Mayor that the first point touched on the American coast by said ship was ‘“‘Billingsgate Point, at the bottom of the bay of Cape Cod,” and the real destination of the ship was ‘‘Hudson’s river,” but that their putting into Cape Cod Bay was partly by reason of » storm, ‘but (according to Morton’s Memorial, 1669) more especially by the fraudulency and contrivance of the aforesaid Mr. Jones,” master of the ship, who was bought off by the Dutch, they “having thoughts about the same time of erecting a plantation there (‘Hudson's river’) likewiso.” Thus we see that Plymouth Rock, like the stories of Romulus and Remus, William Tell, Prince Arthur and Prester John, tried in the crucible of facts, is in danger of being reduced to a fiction. By the same token—the records of hiftory—the beautiful thought of Mrs, Hemans touching the fore- fathers of ‘the bottom of the bay of Capo Cod,” to wit :-— They left unstained what there they found, Freedom to worship God, is upset by the drowning and burning of certain witches and Quakers, Moreover, ‘‘the aforesaid Mr. Jones,” master of the Mayflower, was thirteen years behind Captain John Smith and his landing at Jamestown, Virginia, so that Jones, in the planting of tho first seeds of our great republic, is a mere pretender by the side of Smith, Lastly, we have reason to be thankful that ‘“by the fraudulency and con- trivance of the aforesaid Mr. Jones” the May- flower did not reach her intended destination of “Hudson’s river,” for the reason that the Dutch forefathers of New Amsterdam were a better lot for the founding of a plantation than the ship’s crew brought over by “‘the afore- said Mr. Jones,” We hope this will be remem- bered in a vote of thanks to Mr. Jones at the next celebration of the first exploration of Hell Gate by the Dutch. Tho Lottery Policy War and the Lottery Business in This City—A Fearful Nuisance. Between the Hon. Ben Wood and the Hoa. John Morrissey, each as the champion of his clan, a conflict in our Supreme Court, very much like a fight in the pugilistic ring, has been in progress for some timo for the monopoly of the lottery policy business, which is carried on in this city in defiance of our State laws, in the sale of tickets issued in tha names of various lottery shops in other States. First, from Judge Cardozo, of the Supreme Court, an order is obtained appointing the Hon. Ben Wood receiver of all this lottery business; next, from Judge Barnard, of the same court, an order ig issued appointing tho Hon. John Morrissey receiver, by whom thu business is sold out to one William L, Sim- mons; next an order is issued from Judge Cardozo appointing Hon. Ben Wood receiver, general and absolute, to settle up the whole business, and so the matter at present stands— Wood having all the advantages of the latest order from the court, It is rumored, how- ever, that the next proceeding in the premises will probably be an order from Judge Barnard designating some new receiver to settle up and abolish this whole business, a3 in violation of the laws of the State. If we understand the scope of these anti- lottery laws, an order providing for the imme- diate abolition of all these policy shops was the only proper course for any judge of any New York court to take upon the subject whea brought before him. For weeks past, how- ever, and incidentally for years, our dis- pensers of the law have been acting upon this lottery business as if legally established among us, Thus every judge concerned, and we know not how many are implicated, is clearly open to impeachment and its pains and penalties, in having dealt from time to time with these lottery gambling shops as entitled to the recognition, regulation and protection of our courts in the prosecution of their unlaw- ful business. There should be an end of all this, and Judge Barnard can do no better service to the public than to sweep these demoralizing policy shops from the island. The tickets in which they deal come from the authorized lot- teries in the States of Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, Georgia and Louisiana; but they aro no more lawfal in New York than is an Indiana divorce or Mormon polygamy. The United States government recognizes these lotteries in the States in which they are established and in the States in which their tickets are sold by a tax on them; but even upon this head it appears that the govern- ment has not been paid by many thousands of dollars the taxes due from the shops in this city. From the last affidavit of the Wood party it appears that the lottery agencies of this city, involved in these Supreme Court litigations, are embodied in one hun- dred and twenty shares; that John Mor- rissey and Zachariah BH, Simmons sold out recently to Wood their interest (less we infer than one-fourth of the whole concern) for the sum of two hundred thousand dollars; that another individual of the Morrissey clan sold out ten shares for the sum of sixty thousand dollars, retaining a lien thereon for upwards of fifty thousand dollars; that this business in the aggregate amounts to several millions of dollars in this city. Outside of this affidavit we are informed that the sales of these lottery tickets in this city average about twenty thou- sand dolars a day, say for three hundred days in the year, which amounts annually to six millions of dollars; that deducting the costs of the numerous dens and employds of the mana- gers engaged, and incidental expenses, the sales may be set down as pretty much all clear proflt—the priz s occasionally allowed being only a part of the business to stimulate sales where they may be falling of—that thousands of young men are ruined by this species of gambling, and hundreds of poor families ave reduced to want from the infatuation of fathers and mothers in these purchases of lottery tickets; that even respectable merchants and professional men, supposed to have more sensa than the foolish negroes of Laurens street, aro sometimes wrecked in these policy shops. Surely there is @ fearful margin tor tho Increase of poverty and crime in the sales of these lottery gambling checks to the extent