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6 BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, g ae NANA ren Rejected commenieations will not be re AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENIG. ‘NES AT LONG BRAnoit. NIBLO'S PLAY Ov 14s Duxe’s Morro. GARDE, WOOD'S MUSEUM AND MENAQERIB, Broadway, cor her Thirticti st,—Mutinee daily, Performance BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Bvok, Buck, How Manx Hons; ox, Goud Ur 70 168, £0. THR TAMMAN ov Tax Srven. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway and 12h streets ours. ROOTH'S THRATRE Epwin Boori v9 Ha ERALD & THEATRE, Twenty-fourth t.—-SUR0; Broadway.—Gaanp RoMANTIO ery evening, ¥, Fourtecaib sirect.—Tae BURLESQUE between 5th and 6th ave,— NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1870.—TRIPLE, SHEET. Troubles in Spain—Lateat from Madrid. | Temaing tho gost backward %a Europe, and the Cable despatches from Madrid Zak <p | Qhildron of the soil have no rivals in poverty, publish this morning 2¥: A 9, His "or things whigh 34 it Troi” Fenssuring, An exciting GisdiiSsion had taken place in the Constituent Cortes between Sefior Figneras, a prominent republican, and General Prim. Figueras, in the course of his remarks, stated that certain so-called insurgents, who had simply been ex- ercising their individual rights and who had 32 | een killed by the government troops, were, to use the right word, assassinated. Prim de- manded that the offensive words be retracted. As Figueras refused to retract the general opinion wes that the difficulty would result in a duel, It is at the same time announced that a grand military review which was to come off yesterday has been indefinitely postponed. This intelligence does not encourage us to beliove that matters are as they ought to be in Spain. The revolution does not make any other kind of progress than that which has been characteristic of Spain any time these last three hundred years. {t is a downhill progress, We do not make too much of the pecaeenr, TIEATRE, 4G st and th av.—bA GRASP | difference between Figueras and Prim, Such OLY MPI. ‘Tax Sprri MRS. FB. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, + UNoLR Tom's CABIN. " PATER. Rroskive: TONY PASTO. Vooartem, Ne > WINBTRRLBY, &0. THEATRE gosiquis SM Broadway.—Cox10 Voca | 0M fire. is, Necro A Ni'8 MINSTRELS, {INSTAELS, O85 Bros \woy.--Eixuto- po AOTR &e.—""ilarn. NEW YORK CIROUB, Fourieouth street. Eaues: AND Granite PuntonMAaNoRs, de. bea ania MOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—toouer's MINSTRELS—Tuc TURATRIGAL AGENOY, ‘de APOLLO TALI, corner 8th street and Mroadway,— Tas Naw Wiskaxicon. " a ZEW york MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway. TRIPLE SHEET, New York, esdny, February 1, 1870. CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’S EFRALY. Pacs. 1—Advertisements. : Mississippi Knoeking for Admis- ¢ Al.bama Uluims Negotiations indefl- ned; Favorable Prospects ‘aph Bul; Valtaity of tue Missourt Sulirage Laws Sustained; United Su- Preme Court—Police Delinqaencies—The Putte Ward Buichery—Fire in Eightu avenue. 4—Ab Arcitc trip: Grapme Description of Winter Travelling im Red River—Another Clerical Scandal~A Card from John B. Haskin on the Westchester Tax War—Letter from a Resolute Mormon Womau—Gambiing for Ofice—Wo- man’s Suffrage Meeting tu Ricbmond, Va.— Ove of the Garde Mobile~—Peach Blooms in North Carolina, S—Procecuings m the New York and Brooklyn ° Courts Yesterday—New York City and Police Intelligeace—Suburban Intelligence—Another Mure in New Jersey—Moeeting o: the Coards of Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen—Crime in New York state—A Double-ender Locomo- ilve—Scalps. G—Editoriuis: Leading Article on Troubles in Spain; Latest from Madrid—Amusement An- nouncements. J—Telegrapiic News from All Paris of the Worla: Papal infallipility and Division m Rome; French Free Trade in Oceun ‘Tele graphs; Disgraceful Riot in Key West— The State Capital: Threatened Boit of the Uniow Democratic Organization—Ueorge Peabody: Large Numbers of Visitors to tho Mortuary Chapel, in Portland—Iguor- ance of Surgery in the United States Naval Hospliai—King Coal Attacked—Naval Intelll- gence—A Philanthropic Amateur falertau- ment—Business Notices, 6—The Persian Guif: Oity Life and Socia! Customs + ip Aravia—Sbrewd Financiering~Grooklyn city News—The Brooklyn Parks—Meeting of tne Brooklyn Board of Aldermen—obbery in Williamsburg—The Little Automatio Teiegraph Systeui—itayt!: intentions of the Govern- ment—Meeung of Boos and Shoe Manufac- surers aud Jobbers—Note from Mme, Anna Bishop—Heavy Shipments from California. —Financiai and Commercial Reperts—Reui Hsiate ‘Transiers—Tbe Pennsylvania Coal Trade—Ta Boys in the West—Marriages and Deaths—Ad- _ vertisemeuts, 40—Prince Arthur: His Royal Suite and Royal Pres- ents ; ception of the British Societies Yesver- day; Acdvesses, Honors and Civiaitics ; at the ¥ire Department Bail—A beekinan Street Bar- giary—versonal Intelligence—Amusements— Injunction Against the Pater aud Newark Railroad—Suipping =i ntellagence—-Advortise- ments. 11—Advertisements. 12—Advertusements, NOTICE 10 HERALD SUBSCRIBERS. We will esteem it a favor if our readers will ipform us, by letter addressed to this office, of hy dereliction on the part of the carriers of the Herat, either in furnishing the paper late, substituting other city papers, or leaving spoiled sheets, Tue Besr Way to quiet the repudiators is to keep them in bonds (sevon-thirties) to hold their peace. eK A Convinormsa EvipENcE of the acquiescence of Old Virginia in the new order of things is the fact that the woman suffrage movement is budding forth there. . A Goop Ipga.—It is understood that Prince Arthur has promised to attend our great Char- ity Ballon Wednesday evening. ‘The invita- tion, proper in every respect, was, with aneye to the charity concerned, an excellent idea. Yar Conorep Sxxaton.—The radicals in the United States Senate are willing to admiv the Hon. Mr. Revels, from Mississippi; but they make him take a back seat, off in one corner of the Chamber, where he will not be seen and is not likely to be heard. Taxina tHE Bout BY Tax Horss.—-A committee of the Democratic Union Organiza- tion, headed by Robert B. Roosevelt, called opon Governor Hoffman yosterdsy and bluntly informed him that if the bill declaring Henry Smith legally elected Supervisor became a law their supporters would bolt the regular democratic ticket next fall, and either “nominate an cntire State ticket or support the republicans. To this candid statement Gov- ernor Hoffman replied that he was opposed to all special legislation, and would use his in- fluence to have the question go before the courts, where it properly belongs. This evidently means that the Governor will veto the bill should it pass both houscs of the Legislature. Thus the matter stands at pro- sent. Altogether, the struggle between John Foley and Henry Smith ts becoming in- terogting. ATRE, Brosaway.—SeRtous Famiuy— PERA HOUSE, Wi Bowery.—Comie OPERA HOUSE, Tammany Building, 14th ifference is not unnatural in the circumstances in which they find themselves placed, Mon will use unguarded language when they feel strongly, and especially in times of great ex- citement, when heads as well as hearts are Prim’s great mistake is that he is setting himself up too much against the whole people. It is now some time since we learned that he had ceased to be Prime Minister of Spain. In his capacity of Prime Minister he most egregiously failed. We naturally ex- pected that Prim would for a time retire into the background, But, whatever changes nay have taken place in the Spanish Cabinet, it is manifest that Prim is quite as much in the foreground as ever. He is still at the head of the army ; and we suppose he feels that to retain his hold on the army he must needs balk before the people. In the Cabinet or out of the Cabinet, Prime Minister or not Prime Min- ister, it is undeniable that, with the army at his back, Prim is now, as he has been during the whole period of this revolutionary crisis, the most formidable person in Spain. That he has failed to make any good use of his power all the world sees and confesses, He has opposed-a republic, but he has failed to finda king. It might have been possible for him to play the part ofa Cromwell or a Napo- leon; but from lack of courage, we think, rather than from lack of ambition, he has lost his opportunity. That he is still bent on some game is certain; but we have yet to learn that Prim can do anything more than put down paltry insurrections. The con- tinned power of Prim is a very instructive commentary on the absolute incapacity of the Spanish people as a whole. Every lover of liberty has, during these last fifteen months, hoped well of Spain; but every one hag to con- fess that hope has been turned to disappoint- ment. To our minds the indgfinite postponement of the grand military review is a much more seri- ous matter than the difficulty between Prim and Figueras. It really is a bad and dis- couraging omen. So far as we can see, the natural interpretation of the postponement of the review is that the government has dis- covered some reason for distrusting the troops. There is a strong republican sentiment in Madrid. The review contemplated would bring in thousands from all parts of the coun- try. Disaffection to the present government— especially to Prim—exists in other than re- publican bosoms, All classes of the people ave sick of the apparently interminable delay in bringing about some final settlement, The review would bring the troops into dangerous contact with the masses of the population. The defection of a single regiment or even of a single superior officer might make an end of the Regency, and send Prim and the rest of them to company with Isabella. If this be the true explanation of the postponement of the military review it shows that a crisis is at hand, All has been well for the men now in power, because the army could be relied upon. If the army is now wavering we shall at no distant dey have startling intelligence. We do not think that the falling away of the army would be a bad thing for Spain. It might lead to some fighting, The fighting might develop some new men. At any rate it would relieve the monotony of which al are heartily sick. There is only one other feasible explanation of the present state of things, and that is that Prim meditates a coup d'état. It is said that having done his best to find a king to fill the vacant throne, and having so thoroughly com- mitted himself to monarchy, he has resolved to make himself complete master of the gov- ernment, and then invite the young Prince of the Asturias to take hold of the sceptre which fell from his mother’s grasp. It is well known that there are many in Spain who would not be unwilling to tolerate temporary violence for so desirable a consummation. It is notorious that the Cortes are no longer committed against the Bourbons. The recent vote makes a restoration at least a possibility. It is pro- bable that the restoration of the monarchy in the person of the son of Isabella would give serious offence to the Carlists. But « rising of the Carlists would be a matter compara- tively of little importance if the progresistas and the unionists went together in favor of the restoration, As there is now no chance for a@ republic, and ag a king cannot otherwise be had, the elevation to the throne of the Prince of the Asturias might, in the circumstances, be the best possi- ple solution of the difficulty. One great ob- jection exisis to this explanation of the present situation, and, of course, to this solution of the Spanish question—it is that Prim is not equal to such a task, However il may be, it is at least certain that some solution is now desirable, It is lament- able to seo a country like Spain steeped in such misery. It is lamentable to see a people once so prond and so prosperous so abject and so helpless, What other country is so favorably situsied? Washed by the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and possessed of excellent har- bors, it ought to command the commerce of both hemispheres. Nor is Spain wanting either in sgricultural or mineral wealth. Her soil yields corn and wine and oil, and even the choicest fruits of the tropics, inrich abundance. * Her marbles are among the finest in the world, Her mines of silver and of quicksilver are well known, Copper and lead abound. Nor is there anv lack of iggn and coal. Yot this land in ignorance, in idleness. The curse seems still upon her, Will it ever be removed? Will Spain ever again take hor place in the family of nations? We have, at least, no reason yet to say that this latest attempt at resurrection has been more successful than that of 1512, or of 1820 or of 1836. Hlow is Cuba to be Mado Free? There are conflicting opinions, it appears, a8 to the truth of the news from Cuba relative to the disastrous defeat of the Spaniards under General Puello by the Cubans under General Jordan; that is to say, the Spanish agents or officials here pretend to doubt it. There has been no evidence presented, however, to show that the despatch sent to us was not true, and considering that it came through Havana, where there is a censorship over the telegraph, that the details are particularly circumstan- tial, and that there had been an apprehension for some time past of a disaster to Puello, there is no reason to doubt its reliability. Still we know by experience during our late war, and, in fact, by experience relative to most wars, that accounts of successes from both sides aro sometimes manufactured or frequently exag- gerated for the purpose of producing an effect upon the public mind, The Spaniards in Cuba have shown themselves adepts at this all through the struggle in Cuba, The war there will probably drag along, unless prevented by the United States, in the same way, and we shall be furnished with similar conflicting accounts, ‘ One thing is significant and worthy of remark, if the news of Puello’s defeat proves true, as we believe it is, and that is that the Cubans were commanded by an American, General Jordan, who understands his business. There were other Americans, probably, in his army—men who, like himself, have had expe- rience in war, and had both the coolness and courage for the occasion. Jordan is a thor- oughly educated military man and had won’ the reputation of a good general in our late war. He is just the officer the Cubans needed, and if Cespedes has made him Commander-in- Chief, as reported, it shows the good sense of the Cuban President. There are plenty of good officers and fighters, both in the South and North, who would be glad to take a hand in the war for republican freedom in Cuba if they could get there. It is a pity they “have been prevented from going by the overstrained vigilance and hostility of the government at Washington and through the stupid blunders of those who assume to be Cuban leaders in this country. A force of two or three thousand at most, or, perhaps, a less force, of such Americans, would soon make short work of the Spaniards, The war would not drag along for a long pe- riod; the island would be saved from devasta- tion, and Cuban independence would be secured beyond all doubt. But what is our government going to do? Will it permit this slaughter to go on indefi- nitely, Cuba to be ruined and our large trade with the island destroyed? If the Secretary of State and administration think they are a match for the astute Spanish chiefs and diplo- mats in a pretended negotiation for the sale of Cuba they are likely to find themselves de- ceived. The Spaniards may amuse the admin- istration and continue to hold it as an ally for the suppression of the insurrection under the pretext that they are waiting for a favorable opportunity to sell Cuba; but will the freedom of the Cubans ever be attained in that way? May not the administration be cheated in the end? If there be between the Spanish govern- ment and our own a’ movement, as reported, for the cession of Cuba to the United States, the only way to accomplish the object is to give Spain notice in a decisive manner that the bargain must be closed—that there can be no delay. The other alternative, and, perhaps, the shortest, best and cheapest one, is to ac- cord belligerent rights to the Cubans, and to let our brave and experienced warriors go to the rescue if they choose. If the government do not follow one or the other course it will be responsible for all the blood that must be shed, will do violence to the sympathy and wishes of the American people, will lose the finest oppor- tunity for extending republican liberty in America and enlarging our commerce and power, and will sink into disgrace in the eyes of the country and history. Tug Frankie Privire@e.—lIt is now feared that if the sweeping law for the abolition of deadhead postage is passed much incon- venience will result—first to the government itself and next to country newspapers. We hope, nevertheless, that Congress will not hesitate. Itis not for the government to go into the newspaper business and support a valetudinarian press by the guasi subsidy of free postage. If there are many papers that cannot outlive the requirement of paying their postage let us have the luxury of shedding a few pious tears to their memory. As to the government, it is said that it franking were done away with government business would be en- tirely suspended for a time. Well, may be that would not quite ruin the country. Let it be tried. Generar Grant's Fivanctan Poricy iv Conaress.—In the House of Representatives yesterday a resolution opposing Secretary Boutwell’s bond purchases, and proposing the redemption of the five-twenties in greenbacke, was laid on the table by a vote of 120 to 41, This vote signifies that the greenback notions of “Old Thad Stevens” and General Ben But- ler have ceased to be entertained among the republicans in Congress, and that the party has settled down upon the financial platform of General Grant, which signifies that the party has settled upon Grant for the succession. AvnotnEer Brorat Morper.—The account, published elsewhere this morning, of the mur- der of David Sisco by John Nixon, in New Jersey, is another indication of the. frightfully {ncreasing disregard of human life in our midst, It was a most shocking tragedy, inten- sified by the cold-blooded indifference of tho murderer, who was discovered by the wifo of his victim in the act of washing the evidence of his guilt from his hands, and was after- wards seen by her dragging the dead body of Sisco to @ place of concealment. It is to bo hoped that Nixon will be speedily captured, and that there will be no delay.in meting out to him the soverest punishment authorized by tha law Tho Colored Successor of Jeff Davis, The war bas exhibited some dreadful re- venges, Nino years ago Mississippi was rep- resented in the Senate by Joi Davis, who left mainly to assert the right of white men hold black ones disfranchived gnd “Without rights, Now there Cogiés fo succeed him | Revels, a colored man, whose chief aim seeias to be to assert the right’ of black men to relieve white rebels of their disfranchisemont and to take off their bonds. This is putting coals of fire upon an enemy's head with scorching effect, But the most terrible revenge of all falls apon Sumnor. The black man has been his idol. He has worked for him harder than the black slave ever worked for Jeff Davis, He has set his highest aim on attaining the Senatorship for one of the oppressed race. But in proportion as he loved the negro he has hated the white master. He has been grinding him hard ever siuce the rebellion tripped him. He has, like Shylock, got ‘him on tho hip,” and would feed fat the ancient grudge he owes him. But at this very junciure in comes this negro Senator, whom he (Sumner) had, as it were, raised to the Senatorial seat beside him, and this negro, of all others, brings in a petition to restore their rights to the disfranchised rebels and to let Antonio keep his pound of flesh. It is enough to make even Sumner swear at the black maa, “Out, out, damned spot!” The arrival of a colored man to succeed Jeff Davis as Senator, and his being allowed s seat by courtesy, his State not yet being read- mitted, is a moat startling exemplification of tbe great revolution that has swept over the country, putting the bottom rails on top and the top rails at the bottom, changing customs, tastes and principles. Bills to admit Missis- sippi to representation were introduced in both houses yesterday, the official records of the reorganization of the State are all on hand, and the Mississippi bill, with its colored attachment, will probably soon become one of the exciting. topics before Congress. Will Sumner, Drake and Company swallow the colored man as readily as they insist on others swallowing bim ? Gas Bills, An indignant correspondent on gas says that his bill for September was two dollars and odd cents, for October six dollars, for Novem- ber three dollars, and for December nine dol- lars, and he wants us to account for the differ- ence—the fact being that he burned the same amount of gas each month. If our corres- pondent had read carefully the testimony taken in different gas oases he would know by this time that it is often the custom for the gas men to guess at the amount that has been burned, and from that he could of course easily jump to the notion that they sometimes guess very stupidly. We do not see that he has much to complain of, as there is a fair average of big bills and little bills, In the early days of omnibuses, when the fare was paid in six cent bits, a certain driver used to arrange his accounts with the stage owner on the most equitable principles. Thus, when the trip was finished, he would go aside in the stable and divide the sixpences between his hat and his overcoat pocket, with ‘“‘sixpence for Sol Kip’—in the hat; ‘‘sixpence for me”—in the pocket; and so on, with fair alternation, through the whole number of six- pences. Now, Sol Kip, who was once a sly witness to this division, only found fault when the driver gave himself an extra count on the ground that the sixpence was bent and not good enough to be given to Sol Kip. In the same way we at first thought our correspon- dent had some reason to find fault with the . December sum of nine dollars and forty-five cents; but upon inspecting ‘the matter more closely we are of a different opinion, and we think our correspondent must admit that the company has distributed the ‘slices of fat and lean symmetrically and on principle. Thus the main sum of his first bill is two dollars; that of the second is six. The first sum is, therefore, multiplied by three. The main sum of the third bill is three dollars and of the fourth nine—multiplication by three again. If he wants to know why the bill for November was three dollars and that for Sep- tember two, we assure him that November has the darkest days of the year. If he then wants to know why November was only three dollars, while October was six and December nine, we shall warn him that if he asks so many impertinent questions the company will cut his gas off altogether. Jack Reynolds, Murderer and Philosopher. Jack Reynolds, s distinguished member of the governing classes, has evidently given some attention to the study of our social and political institutions. He has observed the operations of the law here with professional interest, and has watched narrowly the course of justice. He gives the sum and result of his study in a single sentence. He haa worked the subject down to a formula as sim- ple and distinct as it is true and atrocious—a formula so positively installed as one of his points of knowledge that the very halter will hardly take it out of him. His view is that “hanging for murder is played out in New York.” Jack Reynolds himself may be hanged. We should hardly be astonished to hear of such an end to his history—the more especially as we see some indications of a disposition to make a little political capital out of the fecling against him and the sympathy for his victim’s family. The balance of “influence,” there- fore, may be just e little against this murdering philosopher, and he may hang for his act; but if this should happen it will be an accident, and an accident is not to be accepted as in- validating a general law. His own death, therefore, will not disprove his comprehensive statement of the results of our criminal juris- prudence, Jack Reynolds, whether set free by a Doug- leg jury or a Johnny Real series of new trials, or by one of the Sheriff's deputies between the Tombs and the Court House—whetger so kept alive or accidentally hanged—marks an era in our criminal progress. He is the first mur- derer who has formulated the view of the law and of justice that floats in the murderer's mind with more or less controlling force when he does the act of murder with such savage fury or cool malignity a3 may be in him. We had something not unlike this from the governing class apropos to that murder in Battery place, when ao distinguished politician committed “golf-defence” by shooting a man in the back of the head, We heard it stated thon that ‘a great mistake was made ia not having two or threo men bofore the Coroner to awear that the victim had assaulted the murdccer,’ That recoigniaed thas bapgiie fas played, Ont, but had s lilfle $\me in it, inasmuch aa it wanted 0 présont a good face to society. Roynolds’ declaration is much bolder, broader and clearer, Besides, observe how much greater ls the dramatic force it gets in coming from the very mouth of the murderer, standing, as it were, beneath the gallows, We ourselves have repeatedly said about the same thing; all the papers have said it. The people also have seen it, But this indictment of the law— this impeachment of all the judges—this an- nouncement of the failure of socicty—never was expressed with its true emphasis or in- tensity till it came as a defiance from the foot of the gallows, and from a wretch whose hands were red with the blood of a victim. Hayrren Arratrs.—Mr, Bassett, our colored representative to the Haytien republic, has narrowly escaped outrage at the hands of the opponents of Salnave. It seems his Excel- lency attempted to obtain the body of the defunct President for proper burial by the family of the deceased, when the mob became so infuriated that Mr. Bassett was grossly in- sulted and his life threatened. A ministerial position in the Haytien republic is evidently not an enviable one. i Tur Posta TerecraPn Bur.1.—Senator Ramsey's bill for the establishment of a Postal Telegraph Company, the provi- sions of which have already been given to the public, was reported yesterday to the Senate from the committee to which it had been referred. No material changes have been made in the bill, and in the shape in which it now comes up’ there is every likeli- hood of its becoming a law. Our Crry Farsrers yesterday exhibited their lofty contempt of dirty greenbacks and their characteristic liberality by donating a few thousand dollars to various churches, and by appointing several additional assistant clerks at a salary of two thousand dollars per annum each, All this may be fun for the individuals benefited, but what is it for the taxpayers? Disaracerut Avrray in Key West.—A most disgraceful affray took place yesterday in Key West, in which Gonzalo Castanon, the editor of a Spanish «paper published in Havana, was killed and a number of others injured. Judging from our report of the affair the killing of Sefior Castanon was a most cow- ardly act, and the Cubans who figurod in the riot are solely to blame for the outrage. They went to the hotel, on the porch of which Sofior Castanon was standing, and commenced an attack on him with firearms. He made the best defence he could, but, overpowered by numbers, he fell. While we cannot approve of the course of Castanon in visiting American soil for the unlawful purpose of duelling, we most emphatically condemn the cowardly manner of his assassination—for it is nothing less. We also protest against this transfer of riot and murder to our shores. It is to be hoped that those who figured in this disgrace- ful mélée will have their full deserts meted out to them. Tse Darren Expioxine Exrgprrioy.—The whole civilized world will await with the live- liest interest the results of the explorations of the United States Darien Isthmus Exploring Expedition from this port. We are strongly impressed, from the reports of previous sur- veys, and more especially from the report of Dr. Cullen, that a short and feasible route for @ ship canal, without lockages or tunnelling, will be found, and if found there will be no difficulty in raising funds for the work on the canal, as it appears that a number of Ameri- can and French capitalists in Paris have organ- ized themselves into a company for taking the work at once in hand when a practicable route for a canal is reported; and we shouldn't wonder if the great Lessepa has a finger in the pie. No Monorory in Frencu Canrzs.—We have the gratifying information from Paris that the French Minister of the Interior, in reply to an application from an English company for the privilege of laying a cable from Algiers to France, replied in effect that hereafter all mo- nopolies in telegraphic cables would be abol- ished, and that even private parties were at liberty to lay cables. We presume that this concession, from the general terms in which it is given, applies to the laying of cables between France and any other country ; and if so, the field is open for any number of cables between France and the United States, Louis Napoleon is evidently resolved to keep pace, even in cables, with the scientific instrumentalities of modern progress, in the shaping of his gov- ernment to the progressive spirit of the age; and herein lies his strength. In seizing upon the substance of the moral forces of the new age thelr shadows must follow him. Toe Arm Ling Ramroap Acatn.—Once more the topic of a road from Washington to New York is before the Committee on Rail- roads and Canals, and itis said the ‘‘first ques- tion to be settled is the right of the federal government under the constitution to go into States and construct or grant franchises for the construction of public works.” Did any- body ever question the right of the federal government to open Hell Gate or to build Fort Schuyler? Just as little can they question its right to build a road that may in certain con- tingeacics be as much a necessity of national defence as ever any fort was. Goop News—The news that the Tempe- rance Association formed of both houses of Congress is very prosperous. If a book were published giving the list of the leading minds of Congress shattered or impaired by John Barleycorn, what a lecture for the tempetance cause ig would be! Success to the Congres- sional Temperance Society. Answermse DawEs.—Despairing of any suc- cess in its efforts to answer Mr. Dawes by tke logic of General Butler, the administration seems disposed to adopt another plan. The new plan is to dismiss from government em- ployment every man it possibly can. This is a response intended to make the people feel that Mr. Dawes’ arguments for economy are arguments against the working men, The enly effect will be to excite a general regret that the government can take an appeal for economy only in an ugly, contrary, soreheaded and gbatructive spirit, Recogaition of tho Cubane—Another Bu fi the Housd, ‘ The Cuban victory at Guaimaro has already had a good effect on the authorities in Con- gress. Mr. Fitch yesterday introduced a bill in the House to grant belligerent rights to the Cubans, aud on motion of General Banks it was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, of which he is chairman, by a vote of 125 to 14, General Banks is a strong, devoted and ardent friend of Cuban independence, and as chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs ia the House has great influence in the committee room and in the hall. It will be remembered that the resolution of last session, in which the President was authorized at his discretion to recognize the insurgents, was introduced by General Banks in the House, but was killed in the Senate by the refusal of Senator Sumner’s committee to report upon it. It left the matter simply to the President's dis- cretion, which in foreign matters must, of course, be largely the discretion of Seoretary Fish and of the chairman of the Senate Com- mittee on Foreign Relations, Mr. Sumner. The present bill, however, does away with the discretionary influence of Mr. Fish, and directs that belligerent rights, be granted, whether the State Department is willing or not. It now rests with the House to pass tho bill, which it will do, and with Senator Sum-~ ner to report favorably on it to tho Senate, which is more doubtful. Thus we shall have the responsibility in the Cuban business whit- tled down to a small point. Tue Last Day ov Janvary.—Old Father January made on the last day of his lease for this year a deliberate effort to retire in his favo- rite white overcoat. But in this locality he failed to get it on, though to the west and the north he was successful and went off with fly- ing colors. Some might say it was after alle clear case of showing the whitefeather. No matter—he has been a real good old fellow, this time, though he did neglect to give the young folks « single day's skating or sleighing. Nor can we close his obituary without recur- riug to a letter from an ‘old sport” at the Terrapin Club Retreat, Long Island, dated the 80th ultimo, enclosing a mosquito and some “Jeaves of grass” of nearly three inches growth, with a note that at said Retreat for tho last fortnight the thermometer has run up daily among the fifties. So much for the prevailing south winds from the Gulf Stream. But how about the ice crop? We have still three weeks in which we may be given, by a chopping round of the winds to the northwest, a good ice crop, though we rather incline to the opin- on that the New Englanders will have @ mar~ ket next summer for an extra large supply. How ro Oren a Navicasig Moura rou rae Mississtpri.—Dig a ship canal from some point above the delta, through the swamp to the Gulf, and shut out the river current, with its sediment and washings, by a lock at the entrance from the river. Goop ror Tra DrinkErs.—It will be please ant to lovers of the cup that cheers, &., to hear that the line to San Francisco and the Pacific Railroad is likely to be the future greaé route of the tea trade. English tea traders are of opinion that tea taken to England by this route and the Atlantic will retain its qual- ities better than tea taken by any other route. With our city as a great station on the line of this trade good tea may be a8 common and cheap here as it is now in England. More Court Hovuse.—It‘is proposed to build another Court House—and up in the Twelfth ward, too, Why? Not because there is enough law business waiting to fill all the courts that could sit there, though there is. Not because there is more crime on foot than will ever be punished in the Court House we have, though most certainly thereis. Oh, not for neither of these reasons; but simply be- cause the other Court House was suoh & magnificent jobh—such a perfect Eldorado of plunder. An Arotio Trr.—Our St. Paul (Minn.) correspondent, under date of January 23, gives an interesting account of his experience among the snows of the new nation of Winnipeg. His report would rather discourage the ideas of annexation, except for the fact that we have done greater things in the arctic way by the annexation of Alaska, Tue Conpition or Firrn AvENuE.—The Grand Jury, on completing their business yes terday, handed a presentment to Judge Bed- ford, in which, after referring to various other matters, they call attention to the miserable condition of the pavement on Fifth avenue, whieh they declare to be a nuisance. The most elegant thoroughfare of the city has been con~ verted into a road that is worse than the coun- try roads of Virginia during the muddy win- ters of the war, The action of the Grand Jury is timely and well considered. Tue Graxp ARMY OF THE RePusiic.—in our account recently of the organization of the Grand Army of the Constitution as a rival to the Grand Army of the Republic a statement was made reflecting somewhat on the latter organization as a political machine. We have since been shown the constitution of the latter organization, and discover that one of the articles expressly forbids the disoussion of politics in the society or the manipulation of the society for political purposes. The Trotting Convention. The delegates from the leading trotting as~ sociations’of the country will meet in conven~ tion at the Everett House to-morrow evening. The business of the convention will be the adoption of a code of rules which will here~ after abolish malpractices upon the trotting turf. As everybody conversant with the mat- ter knows, we have had good rules heretofore, but they were not always properly enforced, If the convention and the associations which it will represent agree upon o plain, terse code, and then resolve that it shall be carried out beyond all peradventure, much good will result, Whatever the law may be, much will depend upon the judges and officers who will administer the law. The selection of judges at races is of the utmost importance. We venture the assertion that more mischief is often done by incompetence, or something worse, in judges than by the want of integrity in drivers. There ought to be no man on the stand to judge a race who is pecuniarily in-~ torested in the result, and if it be so enacted the sanction of the rule should be expulsiog