The New York Herald Newspaper, March 2, 1870, Page 6

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Advertisements, Q—Advertisements. 3—Washington: The Trade in Cadetships; De- weese, of North Carolina, Censured by the House; The Cuban Question Before the Foreign Relations Committee—News from Hayti—Eu- Tope: Tne Austrian Imperial Ball and Ameri- can Presentations—None of Your Business Soctable—Fire in Broadway—The Merkle Tragedy Still a Mystery—The Gold Con- spiracy; Report of the Congressional Inves- tigating Committee; Cunning Effort to Make the Government a Participant in the Move- ment; The Majority Acquit the President of All Knowledge of the Plot; Compiaint of the Minority that President Grant and the Ladies of His Family Are Not Summoned to Give Evdence, 4—The Gold Conspiracy (continued). G—The Gold Conspiracy (continued)—The Mor- daunt Divorce Case: Third aud Fourth Day’s Proceedings Before Lord Penzance and the jury; Lady Mordaunt’s Conaition of Health, Her Habits and Associations; Str Charles Mor- daunt’s Testimony and Statement; The Prince of Wales’ Letters, Ten in Number, to Lady Mordaunt. G—Editoriais: Leading Article on The Sept- ember Gold Corner, the Kesults of the Investigation—Personal Intelligence—The Season of Lent—Cuba Libre; Ar- rival of General Quesada in New York; The Resources of tne Insurgent korces—Singular Death of a French Gentleman—Amusement Ancouncements, ‘Y—Telegraphic News from All Parts of the World: The burlingame Funeral Programme and the Chinese Ministerial Succession; British Par- liamentary Debate; Carnival Festivities in taris aud Rome; Reported Successes of the Cuban Insurrectionists—The Oneida Disaster: Full Particulars of Her Loss; Only Two OMcers and Fifty-four Men Saved—St. Domingo: Official Declaration in Favor of Annexation—New York City News—Monthly Public Debt Statement—Brook- lyn Board of Education—The Recent Boiler Explosion—Our Shipping Interests—Business Notices. S—Proceed ings in the New York City and Brooklyn Courts—The Meshes of the Law—Quarantine Afairs—Real Estate Matters—Financial and Commercial Reports—Marriages and Deaths, 9—Deaths—Advertisements. 10—The State Capital: The New Election Bill for New York City Passed in the Assembly; Ex- pecting the New Charter; The Ward's Isl- and Riot to be Investigated—Further Particulars of the Shooting of P. J. “Meehan—The Ourand Scandal Case—The New Charter Programme—The Custom House—A Domestic Fire Fiend—The Newark Police— Shipping intelligence—Advertaserments, 41—Advertisements. 12—Advertisements, Moyarn is apt to become a martyr to his principles. He favors repudiation, and the House is about to repudiate him for selling his cadetship. Morper.—Ii is peculiar commentary on our state of society that murders succeed one another so rapidly; that the majority are lost to popular remedy before trial day comes, so that when the papers announce the conviction of a criminal it is difficult for the people to re- call the circumstances of the crime. Srump-Tanup Jvustioz.—How much onr courts sympathize with what is most base, de- praved and utterly God-forsaken in the com- munity is to be seen in the way they lend | themselves to shielding the swill milk men from the pursuit of Bergh. Bergh before such tribunals as that of Justice Riely is guilty of the crime of representing the sentiments of the decent people. ImportaNtT FoR Kentucky, w Trve~The reported discovery of inexhaustible silver mines of surpassing richness in Grayson county. Let this report be made good and Kentucky will soon have an immense increase of her money-producing population withont the aid of immigration societies. We sus- pect, however, that the report in question is | only the silly cenard of some crossroad idier | addicted to practical joking. (NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 1970—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘The September Gold Oornore Ths Resnlte of vat j ever et The committee of Congress appointed to inquire into the history and true character of the great gold operation of last September has ended ite labors and yesterday laid before the House . two . reports, which will be found ip another column, The ma- jority report is straightforward, plain story. It stateg what the American people will receive with universal gratification when it says that in the whole course of the search into the crooked ways of the gold dealers it has nowhere discovered ‘“‘a word or an act of the President inconsistent with that patriotism and integrity which befit the Chief Magistrate of the nation.” This the people know to be true. A whole people is never mistaken in its estimate of a man on go plain a point as that of honesty ; and if there isa single point in the character of General Grant as to which the people have a perfect and natural confi- dence it is that he is a man of unimpeachable integrity. Only the small whinings of some hungry curs have been heard against this, with the wise whispers of quidauncs who discussed the great gold cor- ner. The strong declaration of the committee ought to silence even these whispers; and with regard to them it is a good thing to have on the record. Otherwise it was not neces- sary, as it only declares what is so clearly shown in Grant’s letter to Mr. Boutwell, and what, indeed, was repeatedly declared in these columns from the beginning, that the Presi- dent was not in the least degree implicated in the game. The minority report is quite another sort of story on this important point. It is from the celebrated ‘“‘shoofly” Representative, and is decidedly s ‘“‘shoofly” report—a document contemptible in its writing, pitiful in its rea- soning, puerile in spirit, and teeming with mean insinuation. Indeed, it is difficult to see any fair reason for its existence. On only one point of any moment does the minority differ. It coincides with the majority in reprehension of the hypocrisy and cupidity of old Corbin; in dissatisfaction with the record of General Butterfield, in its view of the injury done to our credit abroad and to trade at home, and in its view of the Gold Exchange Bank, and of the propriety for legislation to prevent future harm. On all these points the majority and the minority are in full accord; and these are all the points in the story. The minority report is written simply to embody and preserve the pitiful slanders in regard to President Grant and his family. Without a tittle of evi- dence, affirmative or negative, on which to rest the exploded imputation that the Presi- dent had an interest in the gold corner—with- out an argument worthy the respect of a fish woman—without even a theory that might excuse their course, two Representatives in Congress—Mr. Cox, of this city, and Mr. Jones, of Kentucky—maunder through all the tedious stupidity of this report, mumbling, hyena-like, over the carcass of a dead and rot- ten slander, picking again and again the bare bones of a story concocted by the gold gamblers themselves, and hurled at the ad- ministration as the only revenge they could take for the discomfiture and ruin it brought upon them. In this report the two members who make it stand in a pillory for the reproba- tion of the American people. The majority of the committee recommends that the Gold Exchange and the Gold Ex- change Clearing House be examined into by the Ways and Means Committee, with a view to destroying them by taxation, if it be found expedient; that the Judiciary Committee con- sider the propriety of a law to ‘‘punish conspi- racy against the credit of the United States and the business of its people,” and that the Com- mittee on Banking and Currency ‘be instructed to inquire whether further legisla- tion is necessary to prevent improper use of certified checks by national banks.” This is the result of its inquiry into the causes, con- sequences and character of the great fluan- cial flurry. The committee probably felt that after so extended an inquiry it ought to make some recommendation, and we do not see that it could make any more innocent than these. Itis no doubt true that these points in our financial machinery facilitated the operations of the sharper. But do not sharpers always shape their game to usages and rules as they find them, and does the committee hope to construct a financiai fabric that will leave no room for the combinations of these speculative financiers? Tinkering the machinery will not touch the causes, for the causes of this matter were in human nature. An old fellow, with a keen eye to the main chance, and shrewdly playing his part, simply fooled the greatest of our Wall street tricksters by mak- ing them believe he had more intimate rela- tions with the President than he had—merely victimized them with a confidence game, What law could prevent the recurrence of such anevent? Besides, though the conse- quences seemed momentous for evil, was not some good really secured in the demolishing of that great bugbear, the gold combination of Wall street, which before had been accredited with enormous power, but which since that disastrous day has never put a feather in the way of the steady decrease in the price of the precious metal? Tue Prixce or Wares aNp Lapy Mor- pAuNnt.—By the arrival of the European mail of the 19th of February we are enabled to con- tinue this morning the report of the trial of the Mordaunt divorce case before Lord Penzance to the evening of thatday. Ten letters from the Prince of Wales to Lady Mordaunt are pub- lished. They were not, however, placed on the record of the court. The dowager Lady Mordaunt gave evidence. Sir Charles Mor- daunt’s testimony, with that given by some of his servants, constitute most remarkable and interesting features of the proceedings. The trial stood adjourned from the 19th to the 23d Woxrps Firty Spoxen.—The Brookly Grand Jury says:—‘‘The abuse of our poli cal system, in itself the most beneficent in the world, tends to making the worst classes | important in politics, ang the public adminis- | tration comes at length to represent faitafully its sources in oppressive taxation and unpun- | ished crime.” That is the whole story—the very pith and marrow of all the evils from | which we euffer. But how can our political qustem be kept from rupuing into such abuse? é of February when the Heratp advices left London, Tor Trap in Capersmirs.—Mr. Deweese, | Who resigned his position in the House to avoid expulsion, was censured by an unanimous vote yesterday. He stated in his defence before the committee that he did not know it was wrong to sell the appoiatment, as the Secre- tary of War and the Secretary of the Navy were both cognizant of it, but that when he found out it was wrong he promptly refunded the mouey. , The lattor part of this statement was confirmed by the lady who purchased the appointment. Deweose is a carpet-bagger, who, like Whittemore, probably did not know any better, but the Secretary of War, whether that official at the time was Schofield, Sherman or Belknap certainly should haye been fully posted. Of course the gay Borle and the jolly Robeson know nothing except shivering timbers sad ces ii nd maintopsails, and never bother their weather beaten figureheads about cadetships. But we ought to hear from that Secretary of War. Spain—Disnflecti iu the Army. Our news from Madrid begins to make us believe that the end of all this wildest of government anomalies is near at hand. One of our latest telegrams has it that three brigadier generals and several colonels of the army have been transferred to distant posts and various parts of the peninsula on account of their disloyal utterances. This news touches the great Spanish difficulty and seems to make it bleed. We have been waiting for some such news. It is rather a hopeful sign. We like it and look for fruit. The revolution which drove Isabella from the throne was effected by the army. The state of things created by the revolution has been maintained by the army. All the sorrows of Spain have sprung, if not from the army, at least from the Church. The Church, as we know, is in trouble. Our special joy, however, flows from the fact that the army begins to give good and substantial proof that it is. no longer to be the tool of Prim or of anybody else that cannot give the country a good and definite form of government. The present state of things in Spain is far, very far from satisfactory.. In itself it means little, and, what is much worse, it promises us no fruit, All sections of Spgniards are dissatisfied. We aro willing to say with them, “Better anarchy with hope than dead uncertainty.” We rather like this fresh indi- cation of life. Women Jurors in Wyoming. The Legislature of Wyoming Territory lately passed a bill giving to women the right of suffrage. As this concession is held to carry with it the right to hold office, it appears that the Territorial authorities have construed it as embracing the duty of women to serve as jurors, and that accordingly for the March term of the Albany (Wyoming) County Court the names of eleven ladies—some of them the wives of the most prominent citizens—are among those drawn for jury service, and that immense excitement was created thereby. But this is bringing the question of womans politi- cal rights to a practical test, and how she can expect toclaim the right to the ballot box without being ready to submit to the duty of the jury box, the same as Sambo, we cannot tell, But suppose this questian settled, and that women are bound when called upon to take their chances with the men for jury service, will not hanging for murder and the State Prison for some other crimes be indeed “played out?” And what then? The sub- ject is full of serious doubts and difficulties which the gallant men of Wyoming, with all their practical experiments, we fear, will not be able to remove. Still, as those gallant men on behalf of women’s rights seem to think they are engaged in a good cause, let them go on, and let the ladies see that if they are fright- ened off by jury duty their cause is lost. The Public Debt Statement. From the monthly statement of Secretary Boutwell for March of the public debt it appears that there has been a reduction for the month of February of nearly six millions and a half of dollars, and that the aggregate reduc- tion for the first year of General Grant’s administration has been eighty-eight millions of dollars. This is very good, considering the general reorganization which had first to be made by President Grant of all the working machinery employed by the Treasury Depart- ment in the collection of the internal and external revenues and in the disbursements thereof. What the advantages to the country of this reorganization have been may be judged from the late exhibit of Mr. Dawes, of Massa- chusetts, to the people of New Hampshire ; from which it appears that while under the last year of Johnson’s administration the expendi- tures of the Treasury exceeded the receipts by six millions, we have under the first year of Grant's retrenchments and more careful system of revenue collections eighty millions beyond current expenses saved and devoted to the payment of the debt. Now, with the national currency at 115, and still appreciating the gold standard, and with the good prospect before us of funding the bulk of our five-twenties, &c., at four and a half or four per cent interest, the extinguish- ment of the debt ceases to be a grave per- plexity, and may be made an easy task, even with a considerable lightening of the burden of our taxes, internal and external. What Congress ought to do beyond the passage of the Funding bill, and some abatement of taxes meantime, is simply to let well enough alone and to set its face firmly against all these Western and Southern demands for another inflation of the national currency. Tax Crixese Mission.—The Senate Com- mittee have determined to report against making the Chinese mission first class. We are opening up a general commercial inter- course with China at present, and we think the committee are wrong. Besides, it must be recollected that China has a population of four hundred million of people, of whom seventy thousand, it is estimated, slop over towards our Pacific shores every year, while Great Britain, where we bave a first class mis- sion, does not number over forty million people, Spink’s Jokg ON THe TAMMANY Puat- ForM.—Spink, who ‘is evidently disposed to raise, ina small way, a rhyme for his name, has brought the House of Representatives to a vote on protection. Ii is odd that the House voted, by 106 to 48, in favor of such a tariff as will “impose the least burdens upon the great industrial interests of the couniry”—that is, a tariff forrevenuo only. The funniest part of Spink’s poor little jokel s the way in which votes seem to have got mixed on it. Two Brookses voted respectively the wrong way, and bad to go through the solemn farce of correction next day. Tux Wast Virernia LeGisLaTure bas played a tough joke on the ex-rebels by enfranchising them and the negroes ia one resolution, The Cuban Question in Congrese+Some Action Probable. It appears by the news from Washington that the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs had along discussion again yesterday on Cuban question. Among the different propo- sitions that have been made in the Senate and referred to the committee, with a view to give the Qubans » fair chance gues gevggle for freedom, that of Senator Morton seems to be most favored. It isthe mildest of all, does not declare the Cubans belligerents in express terms, but it probibits aid being given in materials of war from this country to any for- eign government at war with a people or colony with whom this republic is at peace. It recog- nizes the Cubans as a people distinct from the Spaniards and indirectly as belligerents. Such action, if Congress should go no further at present, will have a good moral effect, and may be the entering wedge to something more bold and positive hereafter. But it will come too late to be of much service otherwise to the Cuban cause. Spain has obtained a vast amount of materials of war from this country, and, perhaps, nearly all she needed, as well as the thirty gunboats, and to prohibit now any more such supplies seems like shutting the stable door after the horse has escaped. A bolder and more decided course and a plainer recognition of the Cubans would be more in accordance with public sentiment, and more creditable to this great country, which repre- sents the principle of republican liberty in America. It is said that President Grant, in a conversation with a prominent Congressman who favors the Cubans, indicated his willing- ness to carry out any recommendation which the friends of the administration in Congress might make, We have never doubted that the President sympathized warmly with the people of Cuba in their struggle for freedom. Indeed, he has expressed that on several occasions, He has been deterred from acting by the influ- ence and misrepresentations of illiberal and narrow-minded men around him. There is every reason to believe, therefore, that he will willingly co-operate with Congress in any action that body may take favoring the cause of Cuban independeyee. The news we publish to-day of the atrocious and inhuman conduct of the Spaniards to American citizens as well as to the Cubans ought to have the effet, too, of arousing our government, Lighteen well known citizens were arrested at or near Santiago de Cuba, taken to an obscure place fifteen miles away, and there tried by court martial, without counsel or the examination of witnesses, and immediately executed. Among these victims of Spanish barbarity were two citizens of the United States—one a native born and the other a naturalized citizen. The Acting Governor, Ojedo, appears to have had some humanity or sense of justice ; for on hearing of the arrest of these men he issued an order to have them all sent back to the city. But Colonel Dort, com- manding the contra-guerillas, refused to obey the Governor, alleging that he had superior orders from Valmaseda, This butchery is but arepetition of what is constantly occurring. St is only a few days ago that news came of a similar slaughter of some tweaty unarmed people, It is only a week or two since the brutal volunteers killed Greenwalth dangerously wounded two peace- able American ci 13 in the streets of Havana. In fact, it would fill columns to recite all the barbarities of the Spaniards in Cuba. These bloodhounds, and the Spanish government in the island which stands at their back, have placed themselves beyond the con- sideration of civilized governments or people. They should not be tolerated by any nation, and least of all by the United States. They ought to be denounced as barbarians and the enemies of mankind. We cannot believe that our government—the government of this mighty and enlightened republic—has sunk so low and is so cowardly as not to denounce these frightful atrocities and to afford some protection to American citizens. We have no expectation that the Spaniards will act less brutal in the future. It remains for our gov- ernment to say whether this barbarous war shall continue. Either give Spain notice that she must leave the island by selling it to the United States or strengthen the hands of the Cubans to drive out the Spaniards, Any other policy would be weak, inhuman and un- worthy this republic. We have had trouble enough for forty years or more about Cuba, and shall have more unless the question is settled now. Let us seize the opportunity afforded by the existing state of affairs to settle at once and forever this Cuban question. "Whe Fenian Shooting Case. The recent shooting affray on Fourth street between two prominent Fenians, on account of some differences regarding the conduct of matters in the Fenian Circle to which they be- longed, is an ugly case for the Brotherhood, whether Mr. Meehan dies or gets well or whether Mr. Keenan is hanged or acquitted, There has not been a time since the Canadian invasion in 1866 that the Fenians have not been wrangling among themselves, over their funds or their presidency or their programme of action. Under these dispiriting influences their organization has done nothing and does not seem likely to do anything. They are severely discountenanced in Ireland by the Pope and the priests, while here they are for- ever wrangling over the spoils. It seems likely now that murders or murderous assaults among themselves are to be added to their other drawbacks, and when these get a firm foothold in Fenianism even the Irishmen who enjoy broken heads must leave it. It has always seemed strange to us that a people who are so famous for bravery and fidelity in foreign service should be so unreliable and faltering in their own behalf. It is para- phrasing o trite remark, but it is appropriate nevertheless, to say that Fenanism is nobody's enemy but its own. Gas—WALK UP ro tae Capraty’s Orrior.— It is proposed at Albany to repeal the char- ters of all “the gas companies of this city on account of their gross impositions. This, no doubt, would be severe upon the companies, but it would not be very pleasant to the people. This community could not stand tallow dips for a single night. Americans once deprived themselves of tea to get the better of oppres- sion ; but then tea is not gas. This proposition looks very like an invitation for the gas com- panies to come to terms, and seems to mean o high price. Tuo Lose of the Oneldn. Fall partipulars of the logs of the United States steamer Oneida,’ furnished by the arrival of the ship Bonefactross af San Fran- yesterday, state that fifty-six of the per- sons on board were saved, . The disaster seems to have been brought about by criminal negligence on the part of the officers of the Bombay. She struck the Oneida abaft the gang- way, cutting a hole in her, and then continued complacently on her voyage to Yokohama, paying no attention to the guns fired by the Oneida on finding the extent of her distress, and making no effort whatever to rescue her people, Ten minutes after the collision the Oneida went down, All of her boats but one were demolished in the collision, Some of her crew escaped in that one, and others were picked up the next day by the Bombay, which was sent peremptorily to her aid after some of the survivors of the Oneida had got back to Yokohama and reported the disaster. A list of the saved is given in our account elsewhere, but the full list of those lost cannot be furnished with certainty, be- cause, being the homeward bound vessel of the Chinese squadron, many transfers to and from her crew had been made. The fact that allon board were homeward bound after so long a service so far away from home makes the terrible disaster only the more dismal. It is hard indeed to go down with the ‘home pennant” hoisted. But the inhumanity and negligence of the officers of the Bombay demand an investiga- tion, and Minister Delong has already called for a naval court of inquiry. The captain of the Bombay has also demanded an investiga- tion, but we hope it will be a more searching one than he can wish, Off the Bay of Yoko- hama is considered one of the worst places in the Asiatic seas, owing to volcanic influences | and sudden tidal changes; but even taking these into account it seems utterly improbable that a collision so sudden and of such crush- ing effect could have been brought about even in the darkness except by the murderous negli- gence of lookouts ahead. Important from St. Domingo—The Dorilui- cave Officially Pronounce for Annexation. Our special telegram from St. Domingo city via Havana brings us the important intelli- gence that the Dominican republic has for- mally declared in favor of annexation to the United States. By order of the government a vote of the people was taken on the question, and resulted in an overwhelming majority, opposition being nowhere visible. Having thus obtained the almost unanimous consent of the masses no obstacle will present itself to the early gaining of a permanent foothold in the West Indies by this government. St. Domingo is in every respect a desirable acqui- sition, Its commanding position in the An- filles will give us great naval advantages over the foreign nations that own the other islands, while its fertile soil, its minerals and its really fine climate will render the territory of ster- ling value to the agriculture and commerce of the United States. If we are to judge by the despatch published elsewhere nothing now remains but the formal ratification by our Senate of pending treaties to place us in full possession of the country, and we have no doubt thet our Senators will act with prompt- ness when apprised of the result of the recent vote, That President Grant takes a deep interest in the movement for annexation is made ap- parent in our news from Hayti. Admiral Poor, commanding the North Atlantic squadron, had visited Port au Prince on board the iron-clad Dictator, and in an interview with the mem- bers of the provisional government notified them that the United States would not tolerate the sending of arms and munitions of war to Cabral and the other Dominican insurgents. It isto be hoped the Haytien leaders possess intelligence enough to avoid encountering our hostility by aiding the handful of malcontents prowling on the borders of St. Domingo. Wrona Names.—The three hundred emi- grants just sent away from Ward’s Island pro- bably know by this time that they came from the wrong country, or at all events that their leaders did. What can be made of a fellow by the name of Milton, or another by the name of Meadows? Why, not even an alder- man! Let them find an O’Rafferty for a leader and they shall all have sofas in the City Hall, and nothing to do but enjoy themselves for the remainder of their lives. Some Smame.—One representative has dodged the verdict of the committee on the sale of cadetships quite in advance of any pub- lic appearance of his guilt. He therefore has some shame; but how utterly void of all sense of the respect due to the world’s opinions must they be, and hold Whittemore to be, who now argue that that ousted member will re- turn on a new election. JupcE Strona’s confirmation to the Supreme Bench has been confirmed again by the Senate, That is strong enough confirmation, even for Judge Strong. Bradley is still held over. Prominent Arrivals in This City Yesterday. Surgeon J. R, Tryon, of the United States Navy; Dr. Theodore Fassett, of Philadeiphia, and Captain G, A. Sweeney, of the Fourth K. 0. R. regiment, England, are at the Brevoort House. Dr. W. H. Lowery, of Virginia; Colonel J. C. Stew- art, of Washington, D, C.; General B. F. Quimbey, and Dr. Samuel B. Henry, of Philadelphia; Colone) W. T. Parker; of Boston; Judge S. D. Lawreice, of Connecticut; General P. F. Butler, of California, and Major A. J. McCreary, of Texas, are at the Metro- politan Hotel. General J. S. Whitney, of Boston; ex-Mayor H. H. Hosford, of Lowell; Dr. J. Savage, of Albany; F. G. Parrott, of the United States Navy; Colonel A. W. Bosworth, of New Orieans, and Governor Page, of Vermont, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Major General W. W. Averill, of New York; W. 8, De Zing, of Geneva, and W. W. Armstrong, of Cleve- land, Onto, are at the Everett House, L. Prang, of Boston; E. C. Sprague, of Buffalo; A. G. McKenzie, of Kansas, and M. VU. Davis, of Omaha, are at the St, Dents Hotel, Judge Colt ana T. B. Worton, of Connecticut; Colonel J. Donald Smith and Colonel Robert Moore, of Baltimore; H. A. Rice and E. T, Loring, of Boston; T. Thomas Vail, of Troy; Colonel C. W. Hutchinson, of Utica; Charles A. King and J. Sinclalr, of Toledo, and W. T. Hart, of Boston, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. General B. H. Hill, of the United States Army, is at the Albemarle Hotel. C, Rathborn, of Albany; C. N. Beach and &. W. H. Jarvis, of Martford, are at the Hoffman House, General Herbert, of the United States Army; G. A. Geddings, of Washington; C. F. Mavilaud, of France, gad V. Hudon, of Moatreal, are at tue Astor Liouse, LIBRE: CUBA Arrival of General Quesada in Now York—~ His Reception—Present Situation in Cuba—The Resources of the Insur- gent Forces—The Thirty Gun- hoats— Their Effectiveness, Great was the commotion caused at the Cortlandt street ferry and Jersey City railroad station yester- day, at about four P. M., when some 300 Cubans were seen hurrying across, evidently bent upon some- thing serious, and it was soon hinted that another expedition was inactive preparation, An expedt- tton it proved to be, but also one of peace. The Cu- bans Were expecting thelr favorite leader, General Quesada, who had been telegraphed as being a pas- senger on board of the train due at the Jersey City station at forty minutes past four o'clock. Punctual to ita time the train whirled into the station. No sooner was it brought to a atand still than the cars were invaded by the anxious crowa, eager to grasp the hand of @ chief who has effected so much towards the good issue of the ingurrec- tion in Cuba. On making his appearance loud cheers of welcome rent the air. “Vive Cuba libre t’” “Viva General.Quesada!” “Viva Cespedes!” Then came three eneers more for the Goneral’s special edification, Everybody had some questions to put, and everybody wished to pe first; consequently the combined efforts ended in @ general rush, carrying the Generat and his immediate friends through the station to the carriage which awalted them outside, Seflor Morales Lemus was absent, owing to an india position, but was represented by his secretary. The vuban Junta was represented by Messrs, Mestre aad ‘arona, ang, the Cuban Club by Messrs. Pineiro, Deimoute, Galvez aud Valdez Mendoza, Wea crossing the river the CUBAN FLAG ‘was hoisted by some enterprising youth, who bold ly mounted the root of the ferryboat, and with lis tag attached to tue driver’s whip waived it tn full view of the Spanisn irigate, LA VICTORIA, renewed cheers were indulged in, and goon the crowd landed at the foot of Cortiandt street, whence they proceeded up Broadway tw the Hofman House, where for the present the General has taken up his quarters. THE GENERAL'S APPEARANCR. General Quesadu is a man of middie stature and possesses a tine miiitary bearing. ils age ls about Unirty-seven and luis features show evident traces of recent exposure. ills head 18 remarkably well shaped and indicates a large amount of personal courage, combined with a strong will and perse- verance. He fully expresses uis Opimion that tac CAUSE OF CUBA stands better now thau ever it did hitherto, that is up © the date of nis departure from twe patriot headguariers, on January 25. Moreover the men are BOW alscipiined soldiers, fully ap to their work aa such and aeterminca raver to die than run trom the enemy. Virtually speaking the insurgents are Stated to hoid the whole island with the exception of the cities of Havana snd Colon, The General states that all the other cites in the istand could have easily been taken, but he preierred not incurring the risk that such steps would necessitate for the present. Moreover, i¢ would have taken too much of his available torce to hold tiem Woen takeu, and, under esisung circum. stances, he did not deem it expedient to venture wo such an excent, The troups have abuadauce of AKMS AND AMMUNITION. ‘The artillery numbers thirveen light fleld pieces, and they have 20,000 rifles, Only some 8,000 met are armed with machetes. Horses aud Cattle of alt descriptions are stated to be sully equal to the de- mand, aud many of the infantry are mounted when necessary. Througnout the territory undes the control of the repuvitcan government agricul ture continues as actively ag during times of peace, but all parts in the immediate vicinity of the Spaa- lards are purposely devastated or burned, 80 as to cut oi their supplies. ‘The General reports that numbers of Spaniards are continually passing over to the pairiot forces, which he has toierated, although TOUCH against his will, more from charity taan other wise. In ils opinion the Spaniards are erfeciuaily played out, as weir movements are closely watcheu by the advanced guards of the insurgents, who 1086 no opportunity to harass them aud cut of portions of their forces. THE THIRTY GUNBOATS, about which 80 mucl talk was made, are subjects that excite tne Generals risibiniy, Firstly, because it 18 utterly impossible that thirty gunboats can ef- fectually guard such an extcat of seavoard; and secondly, because they are not capabie of keeping out at sca, and draw too much water to approaca the Coast geuerally, Their cost of main- tenance 18 enormous aud toeir utility nu, The ta- surgents have a special force of 7,000 men Who act as coast guurds aud are eifective enougii to repulse any attack from the sea. In respect to the accion of tue United States government iu allowing chem to sail, the General attributes it purely to a want of kKuowiedge of tue actual state o: affairs in Cuda, which he can easily expiain. GENERAL JORDAN is reported to be an active and avle soldier and evi- dentiy stunds higu in the opinions of the insurgent chiels, General Quesada left the command ol the patriot forces in order to undertake a SPECIAL MISSION, Nos only to the government of the United States, but also to the Kuropean governments, 10 which capacity he is duly accredited by the acting Presi- dent, Cespedes, who authorizes him to do ail in pws power to ald and further the interests of the repub- ie of Cuba. 1 his official capacity he 18 assisted by Colonel Varona as secretary and Major Loynas. On his way to New York he passed through the capi- tal, but did not stop, having busiuess to attend to in ‘this city that required bis presence personaily pre- vious to presenting himself officiaily to the authort- ties at Washington. ‘The prevailing opinion of the General and his:com- panious is that the general aspect of ideas in respect to Cuban affairs will materially change when ne has tendered an exact statement of the sotual position, Siouid he be mght, taen may we waa hum Godspeed and success 12 the good cause. THE SEASON OF LENT. Forty Days of Reformation All ‘Round~An Excelleat Time for Physical and Mors, Reyeveration. ‘Yo-day is Ash Wednesday, the opening day of the season of Lent. No more of “cakes and ale” for (orw days or of whirling in the merry and mazy dance, or atvending Biack Crook performances, Frenct masquerades, military balls, ice cream or champagne suppers, midnight serenades or sewing circles. A truce to alt the frivolity contained in the fore- going enumeration. Be serious, sober and sensible for two score revolutions of the sun, and great will be your reward. Lec the gay and festive young men who love late hours and whiskey puacnes shut oi the high pressure of their lives for this short period of time, and on Easier sunday morning wake upto & Clear head, 8 clear conscience und a hearty appetite. Let the deligatiul young-ladies, who, ever sigce the winter season. dawned upon us, lan & nightly risk of consumptiou and other such unplea- visitations, carrying off their precious charms, stop “the iight fantastic,” and cou- template in quiet homes the serious busi- ness of existence. To the old folks there Is no need of advice, They know the moral, mental and mamieni benefits conferred by this inter- polation of time in the monotonous circle of tue year. Achange of diet will do no harm; a chango from the spirit of pride, avarice or arrogance will do good. Our Catholic f0iKs Wil do the greater share Of the fasting, but any one who likes can do so if be canuot afford # full feed. ‘The time the dreadiut Danes conquered Ireland the native bishops ordered a fast to get the sea robbers out of the country, but the peopie happened to be starving at tho time, and @ local poet deviared the sentiment by saying: — uld fasts bring freedom We shouldn't need ‘em, For we cun't fast taster than we're fasting now, ‘This season of Leat ts generally regarded as a pre~ parauon for Baster, and atime specially set apart jor repentance over the sins of the past year. St. Jerome speaks of the fast as @ memorial of the Saviour’s passion. According to the same writer, ag weil as St. Leo and St. Augustine and mosiof the sant fathers of the fourth and fifth centurics, ic was instituted by the Aposties. It seems to have been made obiigatory at least as early as A. D. 260. The original role was only one meal a day, at which flesh was forbidden; put considerable modifications are made in coun- tries where tue climate or habits of the people ren- ger its observance injurious to nealth, aod dis- pensations are aiso frequently granted in favor of particular persons, The Protestant denomiuations which recognize the season of Lent leave the man- ner of observance to imdividual judgment, which appears a sensible metuod of management, Taken on the whole, however, the Catnolic Church Is incul- gent enouga to the sheep of it3 foid in this free republic. SINGULAR LEATH OF A FRENCH GENTLEMAN, Yesterday forenoon, between eleven and twelve o’ciock, while a French gentiemap, named At. phonse Perier, about fifty-five or sixty years of age and a resident of Urange Valiey, was walking along Broad street, Newark, N. J., he suddenly dropped ow the sidewalk insensibie, He was promptly removed to Conover’s. drug store, near by, but ail e:forts to restore him proved ‘useless; ne died in atew mo- ments. On his person were founda a gold wasch and chain, $113 in cash, and ® certificate of member- ship of the New York Manhattan Club. He is bo- Neved to have been quite weaithy and resided at the Vuliey in elegant style. Therevappears to be some mystery about ois ramily matters. His coachman, who took charge of the body, stated that he was not marriea, though be had two chiudren living witn him whom le Called his own. That be was pos- segsed of considerable welch abd was a person of culture and refnerent is ty certaim. Dr. Dodd viewed tia body and decid tuas Lewrt disease waa tue cause Of death,