The New York Herald Newspaper, January 18, 1870, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, pninnnnnnnannnnnnnnn JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, All business or news letter and telegraphic Gespatches must bo addreased New Yore Tivnato. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Volume EXXV es csesceseee Bats mt fos AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, ONALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway and lsh streel.— GRAND OPERA HOUSK, corner of Kighth avenue and 984 ot.—Davip Gauntox—A Puorean ENTERTAINMENT, BOOTHS THBATRE, was, bewween a and 6th ave— Bauer. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broaaway.—Pavl. Prr—Rowert MacainE. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth s.—Suar; Ox, Summex SueNxs at LONG BRANCH, NIBLO'S re Broadway.—GRanD ROMANTIO Duama or Ruy Bias. awrrnn’s MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE, Broadway, cor- ‘Thirtioth at,—Matines dally, Performance every evening. BOWERY THEATRE, Lael ae MANY Hous; On, GOLD Ur To I be THE TAMMANY, Fourteenth st street.—THE BURLESQUE or Bap DiokEy. 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Pag. 1—Advertisoments. 2—Advertisewents. 3—Washington: Minister Thornton’s Views on Annexation; A Diplomatic Sensation; Staving Off the Senate Vote on the Virginia Bull; Radi- al Intolerance Towards the Old Dominton; The Gold Panic Investigation; Hunt After New York Operators; Cable Monopolies in Danger; Government Regulation of International Tele- xraphe—The Great Prize Fight—The Calhoun Will Case—Iliness of Bishop Chase. 4—Europe: Papal infallibility and French Oppos!- tion; Tne United States Debt and Bonds; Why American Shipbuilding Declines—Cuha: Con- tradictory Reports from Spaniards and Cu- bans—Venezucla: The Rebellion Against the Regular Government—Fine Arte—Special Poll- tical Notes—An Argument for Divorces. G—!mportant Proceedings in the City and Brooklyn Courte—Municipal: Proceedings of the Boards of Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen—New York City and Police Intelligence—The Lovers’ Vendetta: the Case of Biddie and Balasky— Another Bogus Telegraph Swindie—The ‘“‘Nine- teen Million Dollars Heiress.’* @—E4ivorials: Leading Article on Rebellion in the Ecumenical Council; The Infall:bility Ques- tlon—Amusement Announcements, ‘7—Telegraphic News from AM Parts of the World: Paris Deeply and Dangerously Excited; Catho- lic Cecossion from Papal Infallibility; Storm in the West—New York Legislature—Personal Intelligenco—Amusements-—Obituary— Army and Navy Intelligenco—Business Notices, S—brooklyn City News: A General Revision of the Municipal Commissions Wanted—Subarban Intolligence—Sunday Riot at Yonkers—West farms Taxes—Remarkable Stabbing Case— fhe American Tract Society—Military Chit Obat~Tbe Erie Railroad Strike—Southern Emigration to Texas—Sik Manufacture in California—The King Repudiation Cauard— ‘The Newfoundland Herring Fleet. —Finanota and Commercial Reports—Reai Estate Matters—Preparations at Portland for the Funeral of George Peabody—The Proctor De- falcation at Philadelphia—The Pennsylvania Com Trade—Marriages and Deaths—Advertise- ments, 10—The Dominican Treaty: History of the Negotia- tions Between President Baez and the United States—a Whiskey tomicide—Lec- tures Last Night—The Thomas Ooman Association—Pigeon Shooting—Fires Last Sight — Connecticut Morals — Remarkabie Cause of Death—Failure of the Telegraphers’ Strike—Metropolitan Museum of Art—Ship- ping intelligence—Amusements. 31—Advertisements. 12—Advertisements. A Swix Mux Case. —Richard Tongers, one of the alleged dealers in swill milk un- earthed by Mr. Bergh, was brought up for trial before Justice Riley, in Brooklyn, yesterday, but having learned a thing or two from the conduct of the election fraud cases his counsel had his trial postponed until next Monday. Crear Coat.—Coal is lower already, but It has evidently got to go still lower in the scale, The supply is large, the demand is pmall, and the weather is so exceptionally mild that consumption cannot but be at its lowest point, Already the amount sent for- ward from the mines is for the season one hundred thousand tons greater than It was last year. Srorm iN THE Wzst.—While we have been having such pleasant weather, including light April showers, the West has been visited by a terrible tornado. A number of houses were blown down in Cave City, Ky., and seven or eight persons were killed and about eighteen injured. The Ohio, Little Miami and Beioto rivers are rising unusually fast, and the basements along the river side in Louisville end Cincinnati are submerged, The railroads fn Ohio are washed away in parts and travel Ts sugpended. ‘ Omtnovs, w Trvz—The Paris Marseillaise asserts in its issue of yesterday that twenty thousand Spanish republicans had just assem- ‘led in meeting in Madrid, and conveyed by a unanimous vote thelr congratulations to M. Rochefort for his action as the ‘devoted champion of democracy.” The Mareeillaise is Rochefort’s newspaper organ, so the event may be vastly magnified in the report. If it be true in all the proportions set forth the news is certainly ominous, either for Napoleon, the Spaniards, or the French democracy. NEW YURK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. Rebellion tm tho Eoumenical Cenncll— ‘The Infallibility Question. This morning ‘we publish cable despatches from Rome and from London refleoting the aspect of things inside the Council. Over threo hundred of the assembled Fathers have refused to sign tho petition in favor of infalli- bility. hero are, it is added, however, many who have returned evasive answers; but it is in contemplation to get wp a counter petition, and it is confidently expected that the adherents of infallibility will be defeated. At the samo time we have it from London on the authority of the Z'abiet, a Catholic journal and Ultramontane in its tendencies, that the major- ity in favor of infallibility will be enormous. The London Times, arguing from the known desires of the Holy Father himself and from the determined spirit which animates tho Jesuits and Ultramontanists generally, comes to the conclusion that the presence of the French troops in Rome may encourage the Pope to insist upon infallibility and the Syllabus. This is the situation up to the date of our latest news. It is now notorious that the trouble which we long predicted has begun to take shape. That the trouble is very serious we do not for a moment doubt; for we do not forget that the manner in which the proceedings are conducted and the secrecy which is observed regarding the same make it exceedingly dificult for the outelde world to get at the actual facts. Facts have oozed out; the Council has already, as we have sald it would, proved leaky; so much has this been the case that one of tho Pope's Legates has stated, with some bitterness, that the Fathers were not strictly faithful to their pledge of secrecy; but as yet we know only in part—we see through a glass darkly. It is known that the Pope has not changed his mind either in regard to the Syllabus or in regard to infallibility. It is known that the Jesuits, and, indeed, the whole Ultramontane party, would rather see tho Council dissolved than failin carrying their point. It is known that Archbishop Manning is determined to carry out his purpose, and force, if possible, the pro- clamation that the word of the Pope is the word of God, and equally infallible. It is known that the Bishop of Orleans and the Archbishop of Paris, who is notoriously in the confidence of Napoleon, are both decidedly and unchangingly opposed to infullibility, to the Syllabus, and, indeed, to the arbitrary manner generally in which the business of the Council is being managed, and that among the liberal bishops of France they have a numerous and obedient following. It is known that Cardinal Schwarzenberg, the Prince Pri- mate of Bohemia, did take steps to organize a powerful opposition on the part of the liberal Catholics of Germany; and, in spite of the rumor that his heart had failed him at the last moment, we have good reason to believe that he still remains faithful to his original pro- gramme. Jt is also known—and we refer our readers for the facts to a letter which we pub- lish in this day’s Hzraxp from the pen of our special correspondent—that the American bishops, who were supposed to be so obse- quious, are no longer a unit as to the procecd- ings and plans of the Council. All this is known and much more; but want of space compels us to limit our catalogue of facts, Enough certainly has for some time been known to warrant us in saying that trouble was brewing. Our latest intelligence proves that the trouble is begun. It is no longer doubtful that the Council is to be a scene of strife. It will be seen from our correspondence to-day that the American bishops have been meeting in caucus. This is sign of life. It will not surprise us if the pre- liminary meeting or caucus, or whatever you choose to call it, becomes general with the bishops of the different nationalities. It will enable them to canvass each other’s opinions and to put into effect their common sentiments. At any rate we shall expect to hear of more discussion outside the Council and of longer speeches in the Council than at one time seemed likely. But how shell itend? What is to be the issue? These are questions which many are anxiously asking; but who can give to the questions a positive answer? It is our conviction that in spite of the three hundred Fathers who have signed a petition against the infallibility dogma there is yet power in the Council to enable the Pope and his friends to have it proclaimed. At the same time three hundred is a large number. There cannot be over seven hundred and fifty in the Conncil who are entitled to vote. If by any chance the three hundred oppositionists should swell to four hundred the Church and the world might be spared an insult and the Papacy might still have beforo it a career of usefulness and prosperity. It is just possible that the oppositionists, though they should not be able fo command an actual majority, may become so numerous and so influential as to compel the Pope to abandon the idea of infallibility for the present, All things considered, this would be the wisest course even now. It can- not but be apparent to the Holy Father him- self—for it is; apparent to all the world—that the proclamation of such a dogma would intro- duce a sword rather than peace into the Church. If the matter is brought to a vote, no matter which party wins, the defeated party will feel aggrieved and schism will be tho inevitable result. We know how unwilling good Catholics aro to disobey the mandates of their Church. But the question which above all others now engages the atten- tion of the Council is one of unusual magni- tade. It otcupies the attention of thinking men everywhere. It concerns not the welfare of the Roman Church alone, but the welfare of Christianity. It is vital, indeed, to the prin- ciples of all religion. Sensible men every- where have made up their minds, and no re- spect for order, no regard for persons, no dread of schism will alter their conviction or induce them to follow blindly whither neither reason nor faith can act as guide. If the Pope and his advisers’ find themselves strong enough to carry ont their purpose, and if they are foolish enough, in spite of heavenly guid- ance to which they lay claim, to put forth their strength, it will redound to the lasting honor or—if the reader prefera it—dishonor of the Council of the Vatican of 1869-70, and of Pope Pius the Ninth, that they provoked a second and even » more fatal division of the great Western Charch. The world now looks anxiously on and wants to see whether a spirit of moderation and common sense shall charac- terize this last of Ecumenical Councils, We know what some of thom have been, We ere Rot encouraged to hope that the last will be the best or the wisest, The Situation in Parie—Radical Agitation fa the the Streets and a General Clty Rxcitemeont. Paris remains tranquil, but with ite popula- tion deeply excited and agitated over tho Roohefort case and its parliamentary conse- quences. Such is the sum and substance of the advices from the French capital which reached us by cable telegrams to alate hour lastnight. The matter was before the Legisla- tive Body, with the Ministry in a dignified reprobation of the conduct and course of the deputy, and Rochefort deflant in his radieal- ism and reliant in his parliamentary privilege. ‘The question of his arraignment was debated in the Chamber, the galleries being crowded with spectators from the commencement. Minister Ollivier rejected a proposition to the effect that the prosecution be abandoned, and de- manded a direct vote, threatening a ministe- rial resignation should his motion be rejected. M, Rochefort delivered a violent speech in re- ply, accusing the Cabinet of merely wishing to got rid of him as 9 member—an aasertion which was loudly applauded from every part of the hall. Deputy Gambetta supported’ Rochefort, but the arraignment was voted by a large majority notwithstanding. A crowd commenced to collect in the streets near the House of Legislative Assembly during the afternoon, the police were ordered out in force, and at three o’clock in the evening the debate was still continued, with an irritating feeling prevailing indoors and an agitated and dis- turbed expression and appearance in subdued vent and show outside. Crowds of people were surging through the streets. Rochefort appeared before the popu- lace and was hailed at certain points with shouts of applause. Large numbers of his supporters had assembled in the Place de la Concorde and on the Boulevards. The police were on duty in great strength and had come in contact with the people by opposing their route at and through certain thoroughfares. The appearance was really critical, It is im- possible to predict, speaking of Paris and French democracy, what an hour, a minute, may bring forth. ‘The National Currency—Mr. Holman’s Proposition. One of the most sensible measures intro- duced In Congress this session is that embraced in the resolution of Mr. Holman yesterday, declaring ‘‘that while the paper money consti- tutes the currency of the country the benefits and profits of such currency ought to ‘be secured to the whole people; that the notes issued by the national banks ought to be with- drawn and a corresponding amount of United States notes be issued therefor and applied to the liquidation of the national debt.” The resolution instructs the Committee on Banking and Carrency to report a bill to carry into effect these principles, Another clause of the resolution expresses disapprobation of the policy of the Secretary of the Treasury in pur- chasing the five-twenty bonds at a premium, and declares the right of the United States to pay such bonds in legal tenders, Objection being made to the resolution, it lies over under the rule. Mr. Holman has got the right view on the currency question, and no doubt the senti- ment of the country is with him. The resola- tion is clearly and neatly worded and comes right to the point. We regret, however, that, he did not leave the last clause out, relative to the payment of the five-twenties in lawful money. The first part, with regard to with- drawing the national bank notes, establishing a uniform legal tender currency and applying this currency to the liquidation of the interest- bearing debt, will meet with many supporters who might not be disposed to declate the five- twenty bonds payable in lawful money. He weakens the major proposition by connecting it with one of less importance and on which there is a greater difference of opinion. Be- sides, with the establishment of @ uniform legal tender currency, the question of paying the five-twenties in lawful money would soon cease, probably, to be one of any importance. With the liquidation of three hundred millions of the interest-bearing debt without increasing the volume of the currency, and with a uniform legal tender currency, the country would set- tle down to this monotary system and the United States notes would gradually approxi- mate to par with gold. A sinking fund could be established with the sarplus revenue, and when the currency approaches a gold standard there would be no longer any question about paying off the five-twenties. We advise Mr. Hol- man to drop this part of his resolution relative to paying the bonds in lawful money agd push that part of it for a uniform currency, Lat the amount of currency be what it is mow and no more; let the twenty millions and upwards now given to the national banks as profits on their circulation be saved to the people and the Treasury, and let banking ba freo to all who choose to use the legal tender notes of the government. The Cable Telegraphe—A. Step ia the Right Direction. Mr. Sumner's substitute for the bill in re- gard to cable telegraphs hitherto before Con- greas contains some admirable points. Ita greateat excellence is that it is practically the first step toward a measure that we have re- peatedly urged—viz,, that the government should have a supervising discretionary power over instruments #0 infinitely powerful for good or harm as those cables, The apthority given to the Postmaster General to fix the price of messages whenever the people are likely to suffer by combination of the com- panies is excellent as a step in this direction. We should like to see some more positive steps of the saine sort; but perhaps this is the most we can hope for just now, in view of the very powesful lobby that will make itself felt against any limitation of the abuses of the telegraph, The provision making it unlawful for different cable companies to combine cx- cept in a way satisfactory to the Postmaster General gives some more force to the principle of government control, Indeed, it will be sur- prising if these provisions do not defeat the proposed law, although the discrimination made against the French Company would seom to indicate that the bill was drawn with tho assistance of the telégraph monopoly. Tee Dominican ‘Troaty—The Policy of “Manifest Destiny.” We ere glad to learn that the Committeo on Forelyn Relations of the Sonate (Mr. Sumner, chairman) will probably at their next meet ing tako up the treaty for the annexation of tho republic of Dominica (three-fifths of the island of Hayti) to the United States; end we are glad also to hear that the committee are futly aware that the action of the Senate upon this troaty will go far to determine the future policy of our governmont In reference to the other islands of the great West Indian group, and that the subject ‘‘in every phase is looked upon as one of the most interesting and impor- tant that has yet oome under the attention of the government.” This is the right view; but it does not cover the ground. The Dominican treaty, we hold, offers a most desirable opportunity for the inauguration of a peaceful policy of annexation’ inthe Gulf of Mexico at the lowost possible cost and with the greatest possible advantages to the United States. Of course the republic of Hayti, in order to secure the whole island, will have to follow Dominica; but Hayti is ready to come in onthe same terms. Cuba must come next, and with these two dominating islands we oan wait for the ripening of the others of the group. St. Domingo, and Cubs will suffice to give us the commercial and military command of the Gulf and the Caribbean Sea, which is necessary in view of the absorption of Mexico and the Central American States, and in view likewise of the proposed and inevitable inter- oceanic Darien Canal. Hence the importance, of the Dominican treaty. It covers this whole field. It isthe true policy of the Senate to ratify this treaty, because the programme of which it is the entering wedge is ‘manifest destiny.” The defeat of this programme now will be apt to bring about the defoat of the administration party in 1872, while the suc- cessful inauguration of the policy indicated will be the making of the administration and its supporters in reforence to the Presiden- tial succession. The election of 1844, on the ‘Texas annexation question, in which the great Henry Clay, in opposition to annexation, was defeated by a second rate and unexpected democratic candidate, should pot be forgotten. The public sentiment of this country, only much atronger, is now, as it was then, in favor of the policy of annexation; much stronger, however, because the negro slavery diffioulty of 1844 has ceased to exist, and the coast is clear, Nosth and South. The Woenther, the Winds end the Gulf “The oldest inhabltant’ begins to wonder what is the matter with the woather. We have had but a speck of winter, and that early in the season, and lately we have been envel- oped in warm mists, with occasfonal rains to clear them up. In fact, every one pronounces the weather unseasonable. We called the attention of our atmospheric philosopher to this unusual state of things, and after much learned speculation he came to the conclusion that the Gulf Stroam is waging a desperate war with the north and west winds, and that it has been successful. He noticed, for example, several efforts that these winds had made to clear up the sky, to give us and the Park skaters the benefit of @ sharp, frosty snap, and, failing in this, to give us a cold snow storm; but all in vain. The Gulf Stream, with its comparatively warm southeast wind, remains master of the sfiuation. Another philosopher—our earthquake philosopher— started the theory that possibly the bed of the Atlantic had been upheaved, and had driven the Gulf Stream nearer shore than it usually runs. He had no facts, however, and had not consulted the spiritual mediums for informa- tion. One thing is evident, and that is, our climate is and has been under the powor of that mighty river of the ocean. Every one who has been to sea knows whence these warm mists and this mild weather come. It fs really Gulf Stream weather, whatever may ‘ be the cause. We call upon the astronomers, weather-wise men and philosophers generally tagive usa solution of this interesting phe nomenon; for we want to know how much coal to lay in our cellars, where we are to get our ice trom, and what prospect there may be for skating and sleighing thia season. Tax Gorp Muppiz.—The investigation into the September gold muddle is proceeding before the House committee in Washington. : Albert Speyers and Mr. Bonner were examined yesterday, Speyers said be did not know the origin of the movement to ‘‘bull” gold, and was himself only buying on commission for other parties. The Sergeant-at-Arma of the House is at present in New York looking for Fisk, Gould and Corbin. Congress, it ia said, wants to investigate the muddle with 8 view to finding a basis for such legisla- tion as will prevent the occurrence of a similas one. This is moonshine. No law can be framed of so close a web as to prevent ingenious financiers from slipping through it. Laws may be made to close up the path the rogues moved in last fall, but they will open another path the next time, Besides, there was law enough before to punish them if the authorities hed had the purpose to doit. The chance to prevent another gold muddle was lost whea no punishmegt was visited upon those who made tho first. Tur Venezvera Revoxvtion. — Judging from our information from Puerto Cabello the Venezuelan revolutionists are getting acme hard knocks. Only a short time since our readers were apprised of the defeat of Pulgar and the ospitulation of the town of Maracalbo; subsequently we were apprised of the opening of Puerto Cabello to foreign trade; now we announce the defeat of the rebels ina general engegement between the towns of Moron and Caracolas. ‘The insurgent chief Mauricio Salogar has been slain. The peaceful era so long expected may be near at hand, as Presi- dent Monagas is determined to follow up his cacent edvantages, Tom Exre Rarwar Srame.—Tho trouble ia not over, and from present appearances the Erie Company will act wisely in moving for a compromise with the workmen. In advocat- ing the policy of reasonable concessions to the workmen, James Fisk, Jr.,.seems to be the only sensible man of the Erie managers; and we have seen that Fisk is not the man to give np a Sght while ho has any chanco of success, ‘Tho Virginia Bill in the Senate. After two or three days’ debate on the bill for the admission of Virginia the Sonate yes- afternoon laid it on the table by a vote 26 to 23, and substituted for it the bill which was presented by Mr. Bingham and passed in the Honse, _ The original bill in both Houses was harsh and seyere, imposing the Conditions of a tost ‘oath on the members of the State Legislature and requiring 9 guaran- tee that the constitution should never be altered or amended so as to abolish negro suf- frage or to counteract in any way the effect of the Reconstruction acts. Mr. Bingham’s bill was one admiiting the ‘State without condi- tions and approving of the constitution which was adopted ut tho State election last summer. This latter bill is the one which the Senate now, like the House, has substituted for tho harsher one, There may bes stout fight over ft to-day, but it is’ probable, when a vote comes, that many Senators who opposed ‘ts substitution will, as members in the House did, vote forits passage. When the eleotion was ordered in Virginia by President Grant he directed that the arti- ole providing for a test oath should be voted upon separately, and the result was a vote in favor of the constitution without the test oath of two hundred and ten thousand against nine thonsand, The Legislature mot and fulfilled the conditions required, electing United States Senators who were not obnoxious, and rati- fying the fifteenth amendment, Having com- plied with her part of the bargain Virginia has aright to be returned to representation and full equality with her gister States, the part of the bargain agreed to by the administration. The action of yesterday in the Senate is a triumph so far for General Grant and his reconstruction policy in Virginia, and a sore defoat.tor the bitter end radicals. Candidates for the Next Presidency. It is generally undergtood that General Grant will be the republican candidate for the Presidency in 1872. Who will be the demo- cratic candidate ‘doth not yet appear,” al- though Governor Hoffman seems at present to have the tnside track. But there is already no lack of miscellaneous candidates. In fact, their name is Legion, alias Scattering. Scat- tering has always received a groat many votes at every election, much to the mystifgation of some of the voters, The earliest Richmond in the field is Danjgl Pratt, the great American traveller and lecturer, who, if not sure of being elected in 1872, hopefully invokes the ge of a future generation, and harangues the college boys and school boys of New York. The irrepressible George Francis Train rushes everywhere, from San Francisco to Cooper Institute and the Church of Bad Dickey, call- ing on countless audiences to endorse his self- nomination to the Presidency asa greater American traveller and lecturer than Daniel Pratt, But these volunteer candidates are now jostled aside by the great Panjandrum of Erie, Fisk, junior, who as a showman out- bangs Barnum, and as a financier has thus far ’ proved more than a match for the whole anti- Fisk coslition in Wall street. When he mado his appearance in a new character as a popular orator at the recent meeting of the Erle strikers in Jersey City, and went back on bloated capitalists and strong for hungry laborers and their dependent families, an en- thusiastic striker nominated Fisk as the work- ingmen’s candidate for the next Presidency! How many more Presidential candidates may yet spring up like jumping-jacks remains to be seen. Meanwhile these may do to begin with. Tug Exp, Prosasiy, or toe Rep River Repe.iion.—It appears that the Red River insurgents have seized the Hudson Bay Com- pany safe, at one of their trading posts in the Winnipeg basin, containing two hundred and fifty thousand pounds, or one million two bundred and fifty thousand dollars, in gold, as @ financial basis of operations. If so we suspect that the insurrection may be pro- nounced at an end, because this large sum in gold will enrich all the men concerned in it, considering the value of money in the Winni- peg country, and considering the fact that the active insurgents number probably less than five hundred men. In short, if the report of that safe is true, this Red River rebellion may be reduced to ® movement for the annexation of those two hundred and fifty thousand pounds and then for » compromise with the New Dominion. Harsor Exoroacnments.—It appears that the Harbor Commissioners have had tough fights with two of the financial potentates of the city to protect the harbor from their en- terprise, Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. Law each had his private pier, the one on the North river, the other on the East river, and these are now torn up. It is fonnd, however, that Mr. Law’s pier, before it was torn up, had caused a damage to navigation by shoaling the water to the extent of seven feet. If that injury was caused by Mr. Law's violation of the statute who is responsible? Ovr Cuan CorrEesPponpENcr.—The news which we publish in another column from our special correspondents in Cuba does not afford much consolation to the well wishers of Spain, General Puello, who started out from Nuevitas on the 25th ulf., amid a flourish of trumpets and high-sounding proclamations, with three thousand men, has done comparatively nothing. His promises to crush the revolu- tion in his department have not been fruitful inresults. Notwithstanding all the boastings of General Puello that he would stamp out the insurgents in the Central Department he has done but little. Ifthe Spaniards mean busi- ness they should work more and talk less, Words accomplish nothing. A Sovurn American ImBrogii0.—Young Lopez, of Paraguay, wag present recently at one of Secretary Fish’s dinners, and Sefior Garcia, the Argentine Minister, has protested to the Secretary that bis presence there was an insult, What Mr. Fish, who desires to keep the peace and harm nobody, replied to this flery pro’est is unknown, but he probably thinks, as we do, that for such a little republic the Argentine Confederation puts on a good many airs, These little protégés of ours have of late been annoying us in a number of ways with their punctilio, and now they seem likely to get Mr. Fish into hot water. ‘The Gevernmont and tho Indians. Tt is manifest from our Washington corres- Pondence that government is vigilantly and resolutely attending to the case of “To, the poor Indian,” in all its phases. Information has been received from Montana showing that the most vigorous measures have been adopted to enforce the Territorial crim- inal laws against the Blackfeet Indians, who last fall murdered Malcolm Clark, a prominent citizen of the Territory, in his own house. The murderers were indicted and a deputation was sent to Washington to urgo on the Pres!- dent the policy of instructing the United States Marshal to execute, with whatever force should be necessary, the warrant of arrest. The duty of the government was at once fully recognized by|President Grant, but the question was not immediately determined as to whether civil process could be executed against the resis- tance of a whole Indian tribe. On. Decomber 22, however, the United States Marshal, accompanied by an adequate military force, left Helena for Teton river to demand from the Blackfeet Indians the murderers of Clark, and if necessary forcibly to arrest them. This is the true policy for government, which has also, we understand, ordered military protection in aid of the development of the Arizona mines. At the meeting of the Indian Commiasion with the Senate and House Committees on Indian Affairs, the Secretary of the Interior and Com- missioner Parker, on Saturday last, Commis- sioner Colyer repeated his report of the previous day on Arizona and New Mexico, Commissioner Brunat gave an account of the trip of himself and his colleagues into the Indian Territory, and the Secretary of the Interior urged upon the Congress joint committee the value of the services of the Indian Commission, very justly calling attention to the facts that although it had been in existenco only six months it had visited half the Indian tribes in the Union, at an expense of less than one-third of the small appropriation—twenty-five thousand dollars—for the purpose, and had served wholly without pay. Economy is a stariling novelty in anything connected with Indian affairs. At this meeting of the Indian Commission a general discussion on tho wisdom of abolish- ing the treaty system arose. General Parker, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, presented forcible arguments in favor of abolishing it, and thought reservations essential. It ia, indeed, a great fallacy to make treaties with the Indian tribes. Inferior in power, as in every other respect, they cannot be treated as equals, Paper treatios with Indians are trash, They are only kept by the government at pleasure, and oftener are not kept at all. The Indians are wards of the government, and should be treated as such. They should be chastised when disobedient and provided for when friendly, The Quaker policy will not answer so long as civil process must needs be executed by aid of an adequate military force against hostile Indians. As for the peaceable Cherokees, a delega- tion from whom has just arrived in Washing- ton, there is every prospect that the new treaty between them and government, now pending before the Senate, will be ratified. This treaty provides for the sale to govern- ment 6f twelve or thirteen million acres for about three million dollars; so that the Chere- kees may have no further complications with other tribos, and that in the settlement of the Indians government may have, as it ought to have, the entire control of them. Dr. Schoeppo, The case of Dr. Schoeppe is an illustration that the manufacture of sympathy for a person accused of crime may be carried too far. It will be remembered that one of this doctor's patients died while attended by him, and he proved to be her heir. The matter of fact community in the midst of which the event occurred did not like the looks of the transac- tion, and the result of investigation was that the doctor was placed on trial for murder. He was found guilty. He had friends enough to makes noise, and German societies and all other sorts of societies were appealed to, and considerable interest was excited. So much of this sort of capital was made that the pres- sure of public opinion seemed likely to over- rule the not very strong evidence of guilt. Finally, Schoeppe's friends appealed to some men learned in the law in Berlin for an opinion that it would be unjust to hang a man on such, evidence as the accused was con- demned on, when, lo! there is returned for answer that this very man was forced to leave Berlin years ago for the crime of forgery. Hence comes up the thought that all the testi- monials Schoeppe brought from Germany— which first made him friends here—were for- geries, and also the thought that familiarity with that sort of crime is what would best enable him to forge a will in the name of his whilom patient. Certainly the sympathy went too far when it went to Berlin. Ex-SzoreTary Szwarp at Havana.—We learn that ex-Secretary Seward has reached Havana after his extensive tour to Alaska, through Oregon, California and Mexico, on his return home, The ex-Secretary was always partial to the Habanese and has more than once enjoyed happy times among them. He is now there when the fashionable season is at its height—if any season can be regarded as fash- ionable when a country is in a state of active war—and no doubt will be received with the utmost cordiality by his old friends, We do not learn that he will tarry at St, Thomas on his way northward, Indeed, it would not be matter of much surprise if our worthy ex- Premier had forgotten altogether that such gp island as St. Thomas ever had an existence. Great statesmen are frequently absent-minded, and it does not require a gaping earthquake or an overwhelming tidal wave to make them oblivious, Butlet that be as it may, there are many warm friends awaiting the return of the distinguished absentee to his pleasant home- stead in Auburn. Tue ConpiTION oF Mrxico.—The prospecta in Mexico are anything but hopeful. Revolu- tion crowds on revolution. Treason, risings, robbery, kidnapping and the most lawless of crimes swell our budget of news from the city of Mexico. The San Luis revolution fs increas- ing, and many federal generals have gone over to the insurgents. In Puebla things look squally. In many of the States there are tha signs which precede an outbreak. Unhappy country! When will these disturbances coase 2 /