The New York Herald Newspaper, January 21, 1870, Page 6

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NTS OF To-pays HERALD. co Pace. 1—Advertisements, ‘2—Advertisements, 3—Washington: A Negro Senator Elect from Mis- sissippi—Exciting Scenes in the flouse—Moer- mon Petitions for the Admissions of Utah— Eiforts for Civilizing the sedoutns of the Plains—The Postal Teiegrapn Bill—Hayu—The Anions’ “‘Freischutz’’—The Woman tn Black. 4—Europe: News from Germapy, England, Ire- Jana and Rassia—The Wept of Wynockie: No Trace of Les Intants Perdu-A Home for Wounded Soldiers on Ward’s Island—Beauty and tie Beast: The Bald-Headed Sinner and the Fourteen Year Old Beauty—Warad and Guardian: A Man of Forty Marries his Wara of Seventeen—The Law's Delays: Reform Wanted in the Administration of Civil Jus- tice—Tyranny Towards Kmployers—The Stan- ton Fand ta Philadelphia, S—Proceedings in the New York and Brooklyn Courts Yesterday—New York City and Police News—How the Smallpox is Fed—The New Health OMcer—Public Charities—The Union Ferry Company—Jewish Reform—The Orange County Murder—Musical and Theatrical Notes—Opposition Telegraph Across the Con- tuuent, ° @—Editoria!s: The Situation in France, The Republic and the Emplre—Amusement au+ nouncements, ‘7—Telegraphic News from all Parts of the World: The Freoch Press Law and Rockefort’s Trial; Papal Relations to the Lay Powers; The Para- guayan War: Lopez Again in the Field; Knthusiastic Reception of ex-Secretary Sew- ard in Havana—Prince Arthur: fis Arrivai in New York To-Day—Lectures Last Night— ‘Trotting Match on lee—A Good Story, If True—Locat Intelligence—Obituary —Large Fire at Horseheads, N. Y.—Navai Iuntelli- gence—Personal ntelligence—Business No- tices. 8—The Erie Ratiroad : Eighth Annual Report of the Company to the Stockholders ; Progress of tne , Strike; Temporary Truce Along the Line—A New Whiskey War: Alderman Barker Ar- rested—The Darien Exploring Expedition— Curiosities of Politica—New Hampshire Ne- crology. 9—Financlal and Commercial Reports—A Dash at Navy Yard But Vesseis—Suburban Intelit- gence—The New Jersey Legislatare—The Newark Political Muddle—rooklyn City News—A Fat Man’s Skating Party—Fish Migration—Marriages and Deaths. 10—The State Capital: The Hopes of the Dis- organizers Frustrated; The Governor's Appointments; Our New City Govern- ment in Preparation; Proposed Removal of Sing Sing Prison—The American In- siitute—The Dogs of War—Warning to Rabbit Eaters—The Nortwestern Dispensary— Shipping Intelligence—Advertisements. £1—Real Estate Matiers—Domestic Tragedy in In- diana—Heavy Forgeries in Cleveland, Obto— Advertisements. 3 12—Advertisements, NOTICE TO HERALD SUBSCRIBERS, We will esteem it a favor if our readers will inform us, by letter addressed to this office, of pny dereliction on the part of the carriers of the Herp, either in furnishing the paper late, substituting other city papers, or pei spoiled sheets. Te mele Bade Reppy THE fe Bracigurr, has apparently become quite a e-Fectable citizen. He was arrested yestetday charged with failing to pay his internal revenue tax. How much more orespectable that is than a charge of robbery ! Tae Dreromatio SENSATION in regard to young Lopez and Minister Garcia, of the Argentine Confederation, which at first blush seemed likely to threaten a disruption of friendly relations between the Argentines and this country, turns out now to have been a woman's quarrel, Let this untoward ending of it warn embryo Helens to avoid the uncer- tain paths of suffrage and politics. Tue Firreenra AMENDMENT.—Ohio, Iowa nd Rhode Island have ratified the new amend- ment, making in all twenty-seven States. Only one more is required, and two are ready to hand whenever the question comes up, in Georgia aad Texas, where the ratification is yequired as & o¢ condition of admission, The action of the New York Legislature, ineretoe, @vill amount to nothing more than it prready. Vv NEW YORK HEKALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1870.—TRIPLS SHERT, ‘Tho Agitation for a New Steck Exchange. | Panishmont for Swindling Gift Enterprises. ‘The Giteation mm France—The Ropublic and the Empire. Our latest news from Paris does not in any material sense alter the situation, There ix really nothing new. In some quarters much has been made of the workingmen’s strike at Creuzot, and of the visit to the scene of strife of President Schneider. Much also is made of the interception of certain Belgian journals. Less is made of the fact that M. Rochefort has been summoned to appear on Saturday to give evidence in the preliminary investigation which is now going on in reference to the shooting of Victor Noir by Prince Pietre Bona- parte. In our opinion this last is the most important piece of intelligence, although we have again to say there is nothing new touch- ing the general situatibn. Things are very much as they were, and in all likelihood they will remain so until Prince Pierre is put upon his trial, which, it is said, is to come off in a few days. Althorfgh we do not feel disposed to make too much of the latest news we do not deny that the situation is grave. It was always our opinion that when the Emperor really under- took the crowning of the edifice with the statue of liberty he would experience trouble. It was our opinion at fhe same time that the Emperor would not undertake this task until he had completed his preparations and felt convinced that all was done that could be done by foresight and wisdom and wealth and almost unlimited power. The course of events has justified our opinion. When the proper time came the Emperor yielded so far and gave the people a voice in the country. If the new liberty was by certain parties somewhat abused, it was not so abused as to make the Emperor halt in his progressive policy. -The late general elec- tion clearly and unmistakably proved that the people had faith in the Emperor, and the Senatus Consultum proved that the Emperor had neither swerved from his policy nor lost his faith in the people. If there was delay in convoking the Chambers it was not because faith was broken on either side, but because the change was radical and caution was neces- sary. All the old servants of the empire were committed to a policy that was dead. New men were needed for the new policy: but where were the new men to be found? Therein lay the diMeulty, and the difficulty necessitated delay. During all this time the Emperor was abused by the extreme men of the Left, Yet not one single backward step did he take. Rochefort was duly elected by a section of the Paris electors, and though the Emperor could with justice have taken the advice of his friends and pronounced the elec- tion invalid he permitted his bitterest and in some respecis his meanest and mogt unprinci- pled enemy to return to Paris and take his seat in the Legislative Assembly. Inno one direc- tion was there any backing out, There was self-sacrifice, but there was no tyranny. The issue during all these months has been calmly awaited, and in justice to the Emperor it must be said that in spite of very extensive abuse of privilege there has not in one single instance been abuse of power. That a crisis has arrived we will not pretend to deny; but we will say that but for the rashness of the Em- peror’s cousin the crisis would not now have been a fact. As matters now stand, no matter how brought about, it is undeniable that the Emperor has much trouble on _ hand. Rightly or wrongly, Rochefort is a power. As nearly as may be he represents the old republican sentiment—a sentiment which, not- withstanding the glories of the first empire, the experiment of a kingdom under both branches of the Bourbons, the failure of two republics and the success of the second empire, still lives in France. The question of the hour among the French people is not between Bonapartism and Bourbonism, not between imperialism aud royalty, not between the claims of the heir of a hundred kings and the claims of the heir of one successful soldier ; it is between republicanism and monarchy. Rochefort unfortunately, we think, represents the former; Louis Napoleon represents the latter. It is this which gives gravity to the situation, It is this consideration which more than any other induces many minds to regard the situation as doubtful. The trial of Henri Rochefort, despicable as we consider him, and the trials of the Emperor’s cousins, little as wo esteem them, will separate France into two great divisions between which the gulf will be broad and deep, and both of which will feel keenly and express themselves strongly. The one division will stand by Rochefort; the other will stand by Louis Napoleon, The former will mainly represent republicanism; the latter will to a man represent monarchy. Until the trials have been concluded we cannot well tell how much gravity there may be in the situation. Circumstances which have proved so powerful as to make an end of factions for the present have arranged the French people }. into tw great hostile divisions; and he would be a bold man who would venture to predict with absolute confidence which division is to come forth from the struggle triumphant. ‘On all bands it is felt and confessed that much depends on the army. If the army re- mains faithful to the Emperor, the Emperor, of course, will remain master of the situation. Ir the army & over to the people the Em- Like hia te gels hse peror be nowhere, Ue “HG ed ar speak of Satine examples—like ay, X., and like Louis Philippe, he will have to nial: the best of himself he can. In our opinion, however, the chances are not great that the army will fall away. The circum- stances are not parallel with those-in which the heroes of Austerlitz and of Jena deserted their little corporal; and the France as well as the Paris of to-day has changed mightily since 1848 and 1830, Not only is the French army system the most perfect in the world, not only is it well officered, but every officer in the army is a creature of the Emperor, Every depart- Tent, every arrondigsement, every parish, every villagé, is under military control, and so complete are the arrangements that defection is next to impossible. At the same time there isa margin, and the margin makes the diffi- culty. Much will depend on the tone of public feeling. Much will depend on individual examples. The mighty current carries all before it, The winning side always wins. We would not be too confident, although we canngt refuse to admit that the chances are in the Emperor's favor. So long as he lives and retains his faculties ho is likely to romain master of France, After him, however, we can see no restoration—no chance for the Count do Chambord or the Count de Paris. After Bonapartism must come the republic. Meanwhile we await the approaching trials with more than ordivary intercet, » Re-Enter Virginia, Noleas Volens. Tn regard to the Virginia cage in Congress the Albany Hvening Journal (radical) remarks :— “What need can there be for this protracted talk, talk, talk, over general principles that every schoolboy in the country thoroughly understands? And what are Mr. Sumner and those who think with him to gain by occupying the time of Congress with filibustering dodges to postpone for a few days a decision which is inevitable?” The reply is, let Virginia, Mis- sissippi and Texas in, It is the height of folly to attempt to keep these States deprived of the blessings of the Union any longer. If General Butler expects to make capital by opposing the reconstruction of Virginia and her -re-entrance into the Union by flimsy appeals to the bad tempor of ultra radicals General Butler makes an ass of himself, and he will discover that fact, perhaps, when it is too late for him to make amends, The simple act passed by the House on the 14th instant, to wit, “That the said State of Virginia is entitled to representation in the Congress of the United States,” is all sufficient for present purposes if adopted by the Senate. Two Good Appointments. The new Commissioners of Quarantine, Mr. Wilson G. Hunt and Dr. A. N. Bell, give us occasion to felicitate Governor Hoffman on haying made two good appointments. The democratio majority of our Legislature will deserve well of the people if these instances truly indicate the principle on which the selec- tion of public officers is henceforth to be deter- mined. Mr. Hunt is a fine type of the best class of our citizens. We can think of but a single drawback to his well known merits—the fact that he is a principal shareholder of the Western Union Telegraph Company. But this is his affair and not ours, and we are inclined to hope that if he were duly ‘‘interviewed” he would, with his habitual good sense and candor, acknowledge the immense public advantages of selling the stock of that company and placing its operations under the direct con- trol of the government. Perhaps he might willingly consent to go to Washington and advocate so desirable a revolution in the pre- sent telegraph system. As for Dr. Bell, his faithful services as a surgeon in the United States Navy, his devotion and courage while the yellow fever was raging in 1856 at Fort Hamilton and Bay Ridge, and his efficiency after the outbreak of the war as superintendent of the floating hospitals in the lower bay, designate him as peculiarly qualified for his new post of duty. Jn fine, both these appoint- ments are good and eminently fit to be mado, The Canal Convention. It is natural for the tanners to hold that there is ‘‘nothing like leather,” and equally natural, perhaps, for a convention giving its attention exclusively to the canals to declare that “the prosperity, wealth and importance of the State of New York are mainly due to its canals.” While we cannot altogether assent to this extreme way of putting things—~ while it is obvious that some other elements in the greatness of our State are equally impor- tant with our grand system of navigable ditches—it is certain that the canals do not receive the right sort of attention from the government or the people, and that the mis- management of them is a grievous injury to the State. The movement to call public atten- tion to this subject and to expose the cause of the evil is therefore good and timely. Our great internal water communication has now many rivals in its labor of bringing to the seaboard the products of the Western country, and its high tolls will force trade to take other channels. We must provide against this by a better system than that now in use of keeping the canals in repair, so that rates may be so low as to be merely nominal. Here is a great topic for the popular attention. Srwarp’s Reception iN HavaNna.—Mr. Seward is again being lionized. ‘ Having just dropped in on his way home, to Havana, his appearance was the signal for a grand ovation, Military bands serenaded him; Marte square was illuminated in his honor, and a speech of welcome was addressed bim by Colonel Zulueta. Seward received all these courtesies with characteristic urbanity, and in his reply to the address of Colonel Zulueta he spoke most diplomatically—that is, he might be a very good Spaniard, for he spoke of peace and prosperity and the benefits of both, and these are what the Dona are fighting for. But the Cubans are on the same tack, and, conse- quently, Mr. Seward may also be a very good Cuban. The sage of Auburn is no novice at speechmaking, and if the Spaniards think they ean draw him out they count without their host. Wuere’s SALNAVE ?—The magnificent negro who but a short time since presided over Bein Haytien republic is missing. One accou states he has been captured, anoth aby ‘ = he destroyed himself, while nem has flea to De Deriglokn iifor. Perhaps, ~~ Lobes, he has disappearéd for convenience sake, things being rather hot for him just now in Hayti, and, Micawber like, is patiently waiting for something to turn up. Who can tell? Heit Gare.—We believe that General Newton is quite right in the view that the removal of the rocks at Hell Gate should be continued, and that that labor should be prose- cuted to the end in preference to the adoption of any other plan for overcoming or avoiding the difficulties of the eastern entrance to this port, The General's letter to the Secretary, with the several good results of experience that it presents, gives nothing more satisfac- tory than its appreciation of the economy of doing this work otherwise than by contract. The determination that the estimated cost of removing rock upon the basis of which all the contracts were made was entirely too great, is a good practical consequence of the govern- ment operating with its own engineers and on its own plans, and by acting on the hint that this experience gives the work may be carried to completion with great saving at once of time and money. Mr. Morse’s Report on the British Navy and Mercantile Murine, The report which Mr. Morse, United States Consul General at London, has sent through the State Department to the chairman of the special Committee on Navigation Interests, is full of interesting and suggestive statistics. ‘The statement that of the three hundred and ninety-four serviceable ships in the British navy one hundred and thirty-eight were built in private yards indicates the progress of the change which the British government has intro- duced in this respect. The number of ships built in private yards has been steadily increasing. until the work bas been transferred from the Thames to the Clyde and other rivers that begin to take precedence of it as a ship- building river, Besides the forty-eight armored vessels, fron and wooden, with a capacity of one hundred and seventy thousand tons, fourteen others are being constructed, all of the largest size. In addition to the gov- ernment work a great number of war vessels for foreign nations are being built in the British yards.. Five hundred and ninety-eight wooden and one hundred and sixty-two iron ships were built in Great Britain during 1868. To these must be added twenty-nine compo- site ships, teak and iron; thirty-nine wooden vessels, and one hundred and ninety-one iron steamships, which were also built and regis- tered there, and seven hundred and one wooden ships which were constructed during the same year in the British provinces, In view of these startling’ figures American ship- builders may well be solicitous that the gov- ernment and people of the United States should be aroused to a sense of the vital national importance of the restoration of our own navy and mercantile marine to their former superiority. The Postal Telegraph—A New Bill. Mr. Ramsey has presented a bill in the Sen- ate to establish a postal telegraph system and to incorporate the United States Postal Tele- graph Company. This bill puts the matter in a clear light. It shows forth the benefits that can be derived from a postal telegraph system. It proposes to fix the rate of telegraphing so low that the mass of the people can use the system, and thus it brings the benefits of it home to them. Better still for all, it opens up a way for the en- franchisement of the press by providing for a rate of press telegraphing that shall not exceed that charged by the Western Union monopoly. It proposes a feasible plan for putting the telegraph lines into the possession of the gov- ernment by giving the company to be incor’po- rated, which comprises some of the solid men of all parts of the Union, a lease or contract for ten years, the Postmaster General to have the privilege of purchasing the property and franchises at a reasonable valuation any time after five years from its organization. Mr. Ramsey has struck the right key in thus providing away in which the people and the press may become free of the overbearing monopoly that has so stingily parcelled out the use of the telegraph. He has of late had occasion to study our present postal system during his special mission to France, and he has rightly compzehended how the telegraph can be made serviceable in performing part of the functions of the Post Office. Let him now head off the monopoly’s lobby and push his bill. Mr. Bineuam’s Latest Axsurpity.—The Hon. Mr. Bingham, of the House of Repre- sentatives, carries too much sail and too little ballast, Under a stiff breeze and a sharp tack he dips heavily, and one of these days, we fear, he will be swamped. His latest absurdity is a bill making it an offence punishable with fine and imprisonment for any person to pro- posé to repeal the action of a State Legislature in ratifying any proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States. And this is the man who has set himself up against Butler in the House and as the special champion of General Grant’s liberal Virginia programme. Mr. Bingham~ has the reputation of a smart lawyer; but if he can make law of this absurd bill he will prove himself smarter than he has yet appeared. We suspect, however, that, frightened by his own shadow, this bill is only a device to cover his retreat back to the ultra radical camp. Tae Municrpa. Cyaners.—The Legisla- ture makes a mistake when it dallios over the proposed repeal of the Metropolitan Excise law and the removal of the Metropolitan Com- missions. The unwashed democracy is hungry for the fruits of its victory, and wil get savage if kept out of them much longer. The draught, bitter to some and sweet to others, as it must be swallowed, can be taken best without being shaken. Among the bills we notice Mr. Burns has introduced one to repeal the act to prevent cruelty to animals. The act in itselfis good enough and should not be repealed ; but the manner of its execu- tion might be reformed. The dumb animals are not all republicans, and it is needless for the democrats to legislate against them. Tae Vircinia Brit.—The Senate is still quarrelling over the bill to admit Virginia, with 9 a slight prospect of coming to some gon- clusion to-day, In the eantime % Rousse copenligs deliberating on ‘the expediency Temgving | litical disabilities, with an inclination among thé metbers t0 Feport o general bill of con Thus it fg th that the radical Congress, with short-sighted stafeam ship, doles out enfranchisement to the promi- nent men of the rebellion and holds it back from the mass of the people. Lopez: AGAIN AT THE HEAD OF AN ARMY.— The news published in another column from Rio Janeiro by way of London is startling. Lopez has again made his appearance, accord- ing to the information received; but this time he presents a bold front at the head of an army of twenty thousand men, composed of five thousand whites and fifteen thousand Indians. With this force at his command he has assumed the offensive and has stopped the advance of the Brazilian army, If this report proves true it would appear that the sudden disappearance and flight of Lopez were only mere devices thrown out to deceive the enemy while he recuperated his followers and reorganized and strengthened his army. He is certainly daring enough to attempt a move of this kind, and if he has the men at his command that he is reported to have it is probable he bas met the Brazilian army ere this. Time will tell, The question of removing the Stock Ex- change has been revived within a few days and the old committee has been discharged for one more friendly to the change. The old committee canvassed the merits of the propo- sition and came to the qenclusion that it was best to keep the present site, We think the committee has acted for the best. The removal of the Stock Exchange to St. Paul’s, to the old Heratp building, or to the vicinity of the City Hall Park, would of course be to our advantage, enhancing, as it would, the value of all the property near by. But there is such a thing as being too progressive. Those who favor the removal should remember that we have taken a grand stride toward fixing the business centre of the city, if indeed we have not determined it already. .We cannot be always shifiing about. The expenditure of capital has been enormous in those portions of the city which are comprised in the ‘‘centre.” If the “bulls” and “bears” take a new situa- tion they will exchange commodious and appropriate offices for such quarters as they can extemporize from the buildings near the new edifice. It is due to the capital already laid out in Wall street that the financial centre should remain there. But we doubt if the present movement can effect anything. London for a century bas undergone little or no change in the concen- tration of its business people. The business centre of New York is now fixed, The word cannot be applied in its mathematical sense of @ point, but in the sense of space. The busi- ness centre of New York is that portion of the city bounded by Whitehall and Canal streets and by the East and North rivers, Wall street is in that centre, and the Stock Exchange could not be more conveniently located. Let any one glance at a map of New York and environs, the latter being the dwelling place of a large proportion of our business men, and he will be struck with the fact that between Staten Island and Westchester, and between Long Island and New Jersey, the point of compromise is Wall street, If, as they propose, the Jersey- men abolish taxation on personal property, we shall soon see a great commercial district across the Hudson within a few minutes by ferry of the lower portion of the city. Before the new committee of the Stock Exchange decide on removal let it be thoroughly evident that a more convenient situation can be had. Mrs. BrxonwErR Stowkz’s Byron Boox In Enaianp.—We are informed by cable that the London Times has devoted four columns to a review of Mrs. Stowe's book on the Byron scandal, winding up with the conclusion that no doubt Lady Byron was ‘deceived by her husband's passion tor mystification and really believed him incestuous.” This is a lame con- clusion concerning a book made up of sus- picions, assumptions and presumptions, de- tailed at second hand—a book professedly written to vindicate Lady Byron, but result- ing only in fixing public opinion in the judg- ment that Mrs. Stowe’s disgusting exposition is but the labor of one fool to prove Lady Byron another. “Arg You Ture, Orv Trogpenny?”— They are at it, hammer and tongs, at Albany. They are making the fur fly in every direction and are laying out a splendid foundation for democratic spoils and plunder. Conspicuous among the bills introduced in the Senate yes- terday was one by Mr. Creamer to create, or rather to recreate, the Metropolitan Police district and to provide for the election of three Police Commissioners. Mr. Creamer has now only to provide for the election of the policemen, so many for each ward, by popular vote, and he will have a police system that will snit ‘‘the boys” exactly. Axotner Jop.—There seems to be just now a mania for removing everything, and the last institution that itis proposed to carry away to new quarters is the State Prison at Sing Sing. If that institution is to be pulled down the public will regret it all the less because it was a loosely built establishment and one that prisoners slipped through very easily. We hope the new location will answer tothe same condition that is required of a new site for the navy yard—that it may be “easy of access” from this city. Itis said that Commodore Vanderbilt wants the site of the prison for an immense railroad improvement, Is that the reason for the-proposed removal ? Tuat ArorEsaip Am Liye Ramroap.— Every now and then we hear of the air line road between this city and the national capital. We like to hear of it. It is pleasant to hear of the possibilities of improvement—and even the wildest dream of progress has a certain charm, We would like to hear even more of thia air line railroad than we do; for it leads the thought to dwell on two grand hopes. One of these is that we may some time have a direct and excellent means of transit between this city and Washington; the other is that some day the government may assume its proper authority in the construction of rail- roads. Gas.—It is proposed in the Board of Health to present & bill fo the Logis lature defining exactly how gas should be mauc $2 tise in this city and Brooklyn. There seems to be no other means to get at the gas_co ;ranies ane toinsure that the gas shall be of a . quality and the making of it not be a nuisance, The bill ghould be drawn and should paas. ae Faire But that is before the Legisla- ture at Albany ought b: all means to pass, for it contains two excellent points. First, it compels the ferry companies to build gates for the regulation of the entry to the boats, so as to prevent accidents by crushing and by fool- ish leaps for a departing boat. Next, it requires the Brooklyn ferries to run at least one boat all nizht. This last point is an imperative necessity, especially on the up town ferries. BELLIGERENCY IN CoNGruss.—The House | of Representatives is getting to be almost as harmlessly belligerent as the radical organ in this city, “Liar! liar!” or words to that effect, resounded all through its halls yester- day. Logan tilted at Kelley on the free trade question, and Scofleld tackled Garfield and Dawes on the strength of Dawes’ late speech ; but nevertheless these terrible belligerents re- tained a self-possession that would have put Rousseau and Brooks to shame, and not one of them drew a pistol or struck a blow, At length it may be hoped that the con cocters of schemes for swindling the public by means of lotteries and gift enterprises will be punished as they richly deserve to be. The House Postal Committee, we are informed by our Washington correspondent, has authorized its chairman to report the bill lately introduced by General Farnsworth to prevent and punish certain grievous abuses of the Post Office establishment, This bill especially provides that the Postmaster General, if convinced that any persons engaged in fraudulent lottery or gift enterprise or scheme for the distribution of money, may forbid the payment by postmastera of money orders drawn in favor of such per- sons. It provides, moreover, that parties detected in such dishonest practices—as, for instance, sending out confidential circulars proposing to exchange twenty dollars of fac simile bank notes for ten dollars in legal ten- ders—shall be imprisoned eighteen months and fined five hundred dollars. The sums that have been extorted by swindling operations of this kind throughout the length and breadth of the land are almost incredible. There is no doubt that the bill to prevent and punish the authors of so great an evil to individuals and to the community at large will become a law, and we trust that it will be rigidly enforced. Enrorog THe Law.—The names of three doctors are published who had failed to report to the Board of Health cases of smallpox oecurring in their practice, This, it is implied, led to the greater spread of the disease, as it prevented the authorities taking necessary precautions. We do not see why examples should not be made of these cases in so far as the delinquent doctors are amenable. ANOTHER MOUNTAIN AND ANOTHER Mousz.— They propose to tunnel the Catskill Moun- tains—a labor that may prove well nigh equal to the tunnelling of Mount Cenis—and for what? Not to facilitate communication between two such nations as France and Italy, but only to open a way to daylight for the fel- lows behind the mountains who just now are shooting bears. That tunnel will not pay. Tar New Mississiprt Senator.—Jeff Davis’ successor in the United States Senate, accord- ing to a Washington despatch, is a negro named H. R. Revels. Mississippi has evi- dently taken warning from Virginia, and has shaped her course with a view to readmission ; but in this last move she has probably over- done it. A negro member of the House from Louisiana, it will be remembered, was refused admission last session, and Revels may find himself in the same box. Mississippi should have waited until the Senate had been edu- cated up to her idea of the equal rights of man, SroracE or PETROLEUM.—The many recent calamitous fires that have arisen in coal oil stores, both among shipping and in ware- houses, has at last called for active measures on the part of the London merchants. On the continent of Europe, especially in Italy, the authorities decreed strict regulations for the storage and transport of inflammable oils from the commencement of the trade in that article. No quantities in excess of the daily require- ments of the retail dealers are allowed within the precincts of the cities, and suitable isolated warehouses are provided for the bulk in locali- ties where no danger can be apprehended from tire, should an accident occur. Similar pre- cautions should be adopted generally by the competent authorities, not only in respect to coal oil, but also to all combustible materials tending to jeopardize the public safety. Soorat Depravity.—Like murder and small- pox, social depravity appears likely to bea prevailing epidemic soon. In addition to the beastly disclosures in Ellen Utt’s trial, re- ported a day or two ago, we have to recount to-day two cases, in one of which a man of forty found his wife of seventeen in a bagnio, and in the other a bald-headed old villain seems to have been writing obscene letters to a girl of fourteen. We are getting to be almost as bad as Chicago, and if the thing continues we may even sink to her level in the divorce line. A New Waiskex War.—An account of how Alderman Barker was arrested, charged as a defaulting distiller, to be found in another column, discloses the fact that there are rings of informers as dishonest and grasping as the old whiskey rings of which we used to hear so much. A professional informer who makes his money, or, for that matter, depends for his living, on nosing out charges against whiskey dealers, is very apt to urgeon a job where business is dull. The affidavits of such against respectable dealers should bo taken with many grains of allowance. Tue Erm RaitwaAy—ANNUAL REPORT oF Tae COMPANY TO THE STooKHOLDERS.—The President of the Erie Railway has prepared on behalf of the company an elaborate report of “the operations of the road for the last fiscal year. We publish the report elsewhere in our columns this morning. Inasmuch as the pub- lic have loudly complained of the management of Erie affairs, the report of Mr. Gould.is ina measure defensive of the policy which has been pursued by the company since the prosent direction came into power. The showing is certainly flattering for the future of the road, -~hatever has been the course of its manage- “~mediate past. The earnines ment he et mwery— gees a we EO” have been “jncrazead early t two and a half million’ during 1869 as cu rata) with 1868, but the money has been expended iu - ur axtensive improvements, the character of which is given in detail in the report; hence the absence of dividends. As the stockholders of Erie are legion, and comprise capitalists and private investors at home and abroad, the facts and figures set forth in the report will be read with. great interest. Shooting by Anthority, Mr. Field, of the Legislature, presents a bill to regulate shooting in the metropolis and else- where. It is true that the practice needed regulating. It is undeniable that the thing was very indiscriminately, recklessly and loosely done. Sometimes people were shot in the streets, in theatres, in barrooms, every~ where, and jhe people that shot them had no warrant for it. Now, Mr. Field, an intelligent and resolute member, and a gentleman well known as a pattern and model of all the graces of amiability, proposes to mend all this by law. He propeses that every man who wants