The New York Herald Newspaper, March 7, 1870, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. jAMES GORDON BENNETT. PROPRIETOR, All business or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York HeErap. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned, Vie THE DAILY HERALD, published every day tn the year, Four cents per copy. Annual subscription price 612. THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at Five CENTS per copy. Annual subscription price:— One Copy... Three Copies. Five Copies, Ten Copies.... Any larger number addressed to names of sub- scribers $1 50 cach. An extra copy will be sent to every club of ten, Twenty copies to one address, one year, $25, and any larger number at same price, An extra copy will be sent to clubs of twenty. These rates make the WEEKLY HERALD the cheapest pub- Uoation in the country. Volume XXXV........:.cceseesee esses eNO. 6B AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—INNISFALLEN; ‘THE MEN IN THE GaP. “A WOOD'S MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE, Broadway, cor- ner Thirtieth st.—Matinee daily. Performance ovary evening. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—EaGue ExB—¥RLON'S Bonv. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and 13th street.— Lost at Sma. BOOTH'S THEATRE, 23d st., between Sth and 6th avs.— Boorn a8 HAMLET. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner of Eighth « a 3d st. —THE TWELVE TEMPTATIONS. i: i OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broaaway.—Nzw VeKSsioN OF HAMLET. ar AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth st.—Fk0g MRS. F. B. CONWAY'S PAXK THEATRE, Brooklyao.— Nor 8von 4 Foor as He Looks, £0. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 201 Bowery.—Com1o Vooa.ism, NEGRO MINSTEELSY, £0. THEATRE COMIQU! 18M, NeGRO AoTs, &c. BRYANT’S OPERA HOUSE, Tammany Building, Mth 6t.—BRYAN1'S MINSTRELS. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, §85 Brontway.—Etitto - FiaN MINSTRELSY, NeGRO AoTs, &0,—13 TEMPTATIONS. KELLY & LEON'S MINSTRELS, 720 Broadway.—ETuto- PIAN MINSTRELSEY, NEGRO ACTS, 40. $14 Broadway.—Comio Vooat- NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourteenth street, EQUESTRIAN AND GrMNAsTIC PERFORMANCES, £0. Pee ings HALL, Fourteenth street.-Granp Con- HOOLEY'’S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—HOouer's MINeTRELS—HuMPsRY DuMPaRY, £0, APOLLO HALL, corner 28th strect and Broadway.— ‘Tax New Hissanicon. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— SciRNOR AND ART. 4 TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Monday, March 7, 1870. CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’S HERALD. PAGE. 1—Advertisements. 2—Advertisements, 3—Religious: The Church in its Garb of Penitential Furple and the World at Worship tn tne Ral- ment of Fashion; Inauguration of the ‘Forty Hours’ Devotion;’’ Corrascations of Piety and Precept from the Oracles of the Pulpit; sab- bath Discourses Among Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, Unitarians, Congregationaliats, Baptists and Universaiists. 4—Religious services (continued from third page). 6—The Campaign in New Hampshire—Special Po- litical Notes—The Winnipeg Revolution— Charles Sumner: He is ‘4aterviewed by a Lady—The Twenty-ninth street Suicide— Army and Naval Intelligence—The Bailey Raid: Gathering of the Spoils and the Antict- pated Net Returns—Napoleon and the Papacy: A Thunderbolt in the Vatican—Stabbing Affray in Newark—Killed by His Own Reck- jessness. 6—Editorials: Leading Article on the Approaching Political Campaign, The New Labor Reform Parly—Amusement Announcements. ‘y—Telegraphic News From All Parts of the World: General Prim on Montpenstier’s Position in Madnd; Napoleon’s Return for @ Republican Congratulation; The Bosphorus Made: Free to Commerce—News From Washington: Senator Sumner’s Latest Views on the Cuban Ques-~ uon—Butler and the Georgia Question—Per- sozal Intelligence—Real Estate Matters— Brooklyn City Charter—Criticisms on New Book—Business Notices. S—Electric Teiegraphs: The Government Telegraph System in Great Britain; The Atiantic Canie Combination—Musical Review—Chess Mat- ters—The Stage—The Drama Avroad—The Press and the Drama~Art Notes—Jersey City a Port of Entry—Lynch Law in Nortt Caro- lina—The Ku Klux tn Louisiana—Court Calen- dars for To-day—Heavy Law Suit in Portiand. 9—Egypt: Parliamentary and Social Progress— Babylon: rope Pius the Ninth and the Pa- triarch—Oid World Items—Syria—A Colored Lucretia Borgia—Savings Bank Robbed in Connecticut—Financial and Commercial Re- ports—Shocking Tragedy in Sullivan County— Marriages, Births and Deaths, 10—The State Capital: Interesiing Projects Before the Legislature; The Canal Contract Bill— News from the Sandwich Islands—New York City News—Brooklyn Inteiligeuce—Telegraphic News Items—The Newark Fire—Cotton Spec- ulators Coming to Grief~Shipping Inteili- gence—Advertisements. 11—The Seventh Still in Arms—Semi-OMiclal Report from the Roman Councii—Boston, Hartford and Erie Ratiread—Queen Victoria and the United Statseffow Detectives are Made— Regrvh Garolina—The Power of Ratlroad Corpo. Yations—Advertisementa. 12—advertisements. Torxey Has Orenep the Bosphorus freely to commerce. Merchant vessels will not be subjected to delay or visitation in the passage hereafter—a great boon to the trade of the world and a grand evidence of material pro- gress in Turkey. Cuevatier Wens, it seems, is in Cuba diplomatizing. Has heregular credentials, or is he on his own hook? If the latter is the case, we suspect he will kick up a row with somebody—either the Cubans, the Spaniards or our regular representatives, A Frexon Compiiment Ovt oF Timz.—A French newspaper writer met Napoleon the other day in Paris. The journalist, who was evidently one of those “ prophets of the past,” of whom we have plenty here, cried out “ Vive ta Republique!” He wag immediately arrested, tried and sentenced to imprisonment for three months and to pay a fine of five hundred francs. That ex-President don’t want are-elec- fon, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, New Labor Reform Party. We are on the verge of a new political cam- paign. The signal gun will be fired to-mor- row in the New Hampshire election. It is ap- prehended, too, that in that quarter the two guerilla factions, known as the temperance party and labor reform party, will somewhat disarrange the local plans and general calcula- tions of the republicans. In any event the political campaign of 1870, which will be opened in New Hampshire to-morrow, will be in its results of the highest impdrtance, in reference to the Presidential succession and the dominant party under the next administration. The Congressional elections of this year— in September, October and November—will determine the political complexion of the next House of Representatives, and upon that House, in the event of an indecisive scrub race for the next, Presidency, may depend the election for the succession, And why nota scrub race in 1872 as wellasin 1824? The year 1824, the last of Monroe’s administration, “the era of good feeling,” was marked by a new organization of parties, The old federal anti-war party, under many defeats, had gradually melted away, and the old republican party, under Monroe, had ful- filled its mission, Thus it was said that the people were “all republicans and all federal- ists” under Monroe. Out of this happy state of things, however, four Presidential factions came into the field in 1824—the factions of Jackson, Adams, Crawford and Clay. The election was thrown into the House and Adams was chosen. The results were a charge of “bargain and sale” against Clay by the friends of Jackson, and the fusion of the factions of 1824 into the Jackson and the Adams parties of 1828. Thus the late dominant democratic party and the powerful whig party were brought into existence—General Jackson being the founder and dictator of the one and Henry Clay the embodiment of the other. The slavery agitation—‘‘the almighty nig- ger”—was the ruin of both these parties. It demolished the whig party in 1852 because of its disturbing anti-slavery affiliations, and it broke into pieces the democratic party in 1860 because of its rampant, domineering, pro- slavery, disunion and secession excesses and tendencies. It is probable that the Southern democratic pro-slavery ultimatum of secession would have been tried in 1856 but for the interposition of a third party—the Know Noth- ing or American movement, under Fillmore— which cleared the way in Pennsylvania and Indiana for Buchanan, In 1860 this third party had disappeared, and the democracy, broken up North and South, between Douglas and Breckinridge, on slavery, opened the way for Lincoln and the new republican party, boldly marching under the ensign of ‘‘No further extensions of slavery” into any of the Terri- tories of the Union. Then came secession and the Southern pro- slavery rebellion. Next, in the midst of the war, came the re-election of Lincoln on the merits of his proclamation, as a Union war measure, declaring slavery abolished in the rebel States. Next came the contest between Congress and Andy Johnson on Southern reconstruction, in which Johnson was baffled and beaten at all points. Next the election of General Grant on the reconstruction measures of Congress as issues settled by the war; and now, at the beginning of the second year of Grant's administration we have the settlement of all these issues of reconstruction—the aboli- tion of slavery, the enlargement of citizen- ship and equal civil and political rights, regard- Jess of race or color, fixed in the constitu- tion—‘“‘the supreme law of the land.” So completely has this amazing revolution been carried out that a citizen of African descent now sits in the Senatorial chair left vacant in 1861 by Jeff Davis. Thus, saving Mormon polygamy—a mere incidental issue which is settling itself—the mission of the present republican party is fulfilled, It has no other plattorm now than General Grant’s administration, and General Grant's policy is the mild metheglin policy of peace, economy, retrenchment, reform and the execution of the laws. He has evidently resolved to make a good record of his admin- istration of the Treasury; and his first year’s report of nearly one hundred millions reduc- tion of the public debt, as compared with the deficit of the last year of Johnson, is some- thing to be proud of. So is the appreciation of the government note bearing the image of Secretary Chase to within thirteen or fourteen cents of the gold dollar. So is the fair pros- pect of an early resumption of specie pay- ments and a steady extinction of the debt, and a steady reduction of our national taxes, without any very serious shocks or fluctuations in our financial general business affairs. Upon this exhibit, and with the democratic party still adrift, the republicans, under the banner of Grant's administration, one would think, have but little to fear inthe elections for the next Congress. We understand, how- ever, that this new labor reform party of New Hampshire is part of an extensive organiza- tion working with a view to the next Presi- dency; that it counts upon all the trades unions of the country ; that in Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania, it has already singled a its Presidential candidate, and thas it dclually caloulates fipoh wielding the balance of power in the election. If, therefore, these labor re- formers show any signs of strength in the steady State of New Hampshire, their initial skirmish in that quarter will become a matter of general importance. We see, at all events, that, as in 18°4, all the old party dividing lines being obliterated, the field is open for new parties and new issues, and that the republican and the demo- cratic parties, as they stand, are but loosely held together. We see that the laboring masses of the country are restless and chafing under what they hold to be the despotism of taxes, banks and capital; and we see that after the tremendous revolutionary excitements and advances of the last ten years the public mind will hardly be satisfied with ‘‘the cankers of acalm world” and the masterly inactivity of Grant’s administration. Tue New -Posta. Treaty Between tne Ustrep STATES AND BgLGIUM.—The agita- tion for cheaper écean postage is general all over Europe. We are glad to notice that the little kingdom of Belgium, which is always forward in matters of reform, is not behind in this. The treaty, which has The Approaching Political Camgaign—The | for its object the reduction of the rates by one-half, has been signed by the Belgian gov- ernment. Of course it will be signed with- out delay at Washington. These postal arrangements are striking indications of the progress of the age, and point hopefully to the great future, The Spring Trade—The Prospect. Not since the spring of 1860 have we had such dulness of trade as we have had since January of this year. Itstill continues, It is gratifying, however, to know that the darkest hour has been all but, if not absolutely, reached. In the mercantile community gen- erally doubt and fear begin to yield to hope and confidence. The steady decline of gold has hada depressing and embarrassing effect on the trading community. In proportion as it is felt that bottom is about reached there is a growing feeling of security. The feeling which expressed itself so happily in the gov- ernment printing office at Washington on Satur- day on the occasion of the visit of General Grant is widespread over the community. It is felt that in spite of the eomewhat protracted dulness of trade the first year of Grant’s administration has really been prosperous. It isa triumph which has not been often expe- rienced in the history of any people to have in one year reduced the debt nintey-eight mil- lions, and to have brought gold down from one hundred and forty-five almost to par. We are gratified to know that orders begin to come in from the West and South, and that really the prospect brightens. The nation at the present moment looks to Congress. We must have an end of all uncertainty. Merchants must know where and how they stand. If the Funding bill is not to be passed, then it ought to be rejected at once. One way or the other this cause of uncertainty ought to be removed. We have the same to say of the bill which pro- poses to add fifty millions to the currency There ought to be no delay. The bill should be passed at once or thrown out. If Congress will act wisely and with becoming prompti- tude we shall soon feel ourselves on solid ground, and merchants will take courage. Under the new condition of things and on a basis satisfactory and enduring we shall advance with firm step towards a prosperity which we have never hitherto experienced, The millions of gold now lying useless in the vaults of Europe wait but the opportunity to pour their favors upon us and to develop our immense and boundless resources. With the bright sunshine and the refreshing showers and the blossoming flowers of spring we shall expect to find ourselves in the midst of a state of things which, if not all we could wish, will be at least cheering and pregnant with promise. : Napoleon aud Mother Church—Tit for Tat. The HeRaxp special correspondent in Rome announces the important fact that the Emperor of France executed a very brilliant mancuvre against the Papal plan of infallibility lately. The French Minister in Rome assured Cardinal Antonelli in the early days of February that France would ‘‘withdraw her troops from the Pope’s dominions in case of a declaration of his personal infallibility.” This announcement was made, by imperial order, in a despatch from Count Daru, the main points of which are also published. One would imagine that it would have convinced his Holi- ness in a moment of his fallibility by simply recalling the memory of Garibaldi, Mazzini and other distasteful personages. The Sacred Col- lege was fully equal to the emergency, how- ever. The newspaper organ of the Jesuits in Rome immediately retorted in an article headed ‘Sham Politicians and the Council,” in which the writer declared that in certain con- tingencies of Cabinet policy ‘‘a Catholic State government can damage the Church some, but would certainly. destroy itself ;” and again, that “the Church would soon recover its equilibrium, but the State plunge into hopeless abyss.” Immediately after this article appeared in print came the Paris barricades, the street riots, the military and Napoleon in full uniform ready to head his troops. It was a clever Jesuit ‘‘tit” for a hard Bonaparte “tat.” Two cunning Powers playing a very neat but very danger- ous game. Spain—More Trouble. It does not seem that Spain is in any more hopeful condition now than she has been any time these last twelve months, unless, indeed, the almost certain prospect of anarchy be a hopeful sign. We do not attach much import- ance to the reception which has just been given to the Duke of Montpensier in Madrid. It is not difficult for a government to get up such a sensation, It is spoken of as an ovation, and again we are told it was not an ovation. Still it is a feature of the hour, and if it indicates anything it indigates that even Montpensier as King would be preferred by the people of Madrid and of Spain generally to that anomalous thing which in that country is now called a govern- ment. It is a fact of deep significance that Prim and his colleagues assert that Mont- pensier’s advent will not lead to a coup @état, yet they are finding it necessary to transfer colonels of regiments and to re- fhove or transfer 80 many governors of pro- vingss, Soe thinly gush ghanges, it is sai, have been made within the las} few days, The Carlists, too, are waking into someth ng like life. Nor is it possible to doubt that the enormous sums of money which the ex-Queen is said to have spent during the last few months have been used in part, at least, for political purposes. It is our opinion that if Montpensier can make himself for a reason- able length of time popular in Madrid he will stand a fair chance of being elected King. But we are by no means satisfied that such an arrangement will be a permanent success. Like Spaniards out of Spain, like the mixed breeds of Cuba, of Mexico and of South America, Spaniards in Spain seem to be hope- lessly demoralized. Senator SuMNER modifies his views on the Cuban question somewhat in this wise:—He favors the Cubans; but if we enter into a war with Spain the Spanish factions will be united, and Prim will be made absolute monarch, thereby upsetting the present repub- lican government of that country. In other words, a republican government, even such a one as Spain now possesses, is a blessing that the grave Senator would dislike to deprive Spain of, even if we wore at war with her, MARCH 1, 1870.—TRIPLE The Churches Yosterdny. Yesterday was the first Sunday in Lent, and aa such it was natural that the services at the several churches should be of more than ordi- nary solemnity. With souls wrapped in sack- cloth and persons attired in the very latest styles the patrons of our prominent places of worship took their accustomed spring-cushioned seats, which yielded beneath them even as ashes would have yielded. Thus it required only a moderately plastic imagination for these pious mortals to be convinced that they were really in sackcloth and ashes. And we trust that in spirit they were. Heaven knows how much repentance is needed in this world. Religion, like Confederate bonds, has been seeking a market, with few purchasers. We trust, therefore, that the minds of all worship- pers were filled’ with holy thoughts, which opened before them the greatness of God, the beauties of heaven and the grandeur of the eternal home, exceeding in all respects exte- riorly and interiorly a brown stone front on Fifth avenue, It must be said, however, that to all out- ward appearances the congregations were tho same as usual. If the souls of some of the ladies were wrung with remorse at the sins of the past year their countenances did not show it. At the same time we admit the power of cosmetics to conceal the truth, so that we shall be charitable in our judgment, But it is exceedingly difficult to perceive piety behind @ quizzing glass, unless the object of the wearer is to catch a distant view of angels, who seem, somehow, to occupy seats in the pews. Still it is true that at Grace church, Church of the Holy Trinity, Dr. Adams’ church, Church of the Divine Paternity, Plymouth church and some others of the same class, the lions and the lambs knelt together in prayer—the lions, as is proper, in the high places of the synagogues and the lambs under the galleries, At the Protestant Episcopal and the Roman Catholic churches the day was observed with grand and impressive services. Dr. Potter preached a sermon on Lent, and urged his,hearers to a due observance of the holy season. He said it was the duty of parents to induce their children to abstain and to mako sacrifices, Undoubtedly abstinence is the most desirable thing that could have been urged. As regards sacrifices, Dr. Potter might have added, in the language of a clever French preacher, whose name we cannot recall, but who gave a somewhat similar advice, ‘My children, for months past you have been ‘plunged in fashionable dissipation. You have made sheep of your parents and sac- rificed them at the altar of your vanity. Try if you cannot make .a sacrifice that will be pleasing to God.” Appropriate in all respects was the discourse | of Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., in which he endeavored to inculcate the beautiful lesson of humility—a virtue very few of us possess. To ears not over familiar with the subject a sermon on death was preached at Dr. Adams’ church, while in Brooklyn Mr. Beecher con- vulsed his flock with the comical side of ‘‘Chris- tian Steadfastness.” ‘‘Our will,” said he, ‘‘is a little wheel revolving in the watch, but God is the mainspring’”—a simile that would be apt if the thought did not strike one that mainsprings occasionally snap. We presume, however, that Mr. Beecher knew what he meant, Atall of the Catholic churches—St. James’, St. Ann’s, St. Patrick’s, St. Teresa's, St. James’ in Brooklyn and others—Lent formed the prominent subject of discourse. Dr. Armitage preached eloquently at the Fifth avenue Baptist church on the way to see Jesus, and the Rev. G. L. Prentiss informed his congregation that Christ was the only means of salvation. At the Laight street, Murray Hill Baptist, Campbellite, Mora- vian, Fifth avenue Presbyterian, Christian Israelite and St. Mark's churches the attend- ance was large and the sermons admirable. We have not space to mention by name the other places of worship the services in which are reported in the Hkraup of this morning. We must refer the anxious seekers after light and truth to other pages of this paper, on which they will. find spread out a religious feast the partaking of which will benefit them materially. Telographs Under Government Management. We are enabled by special correspondence from London to publish this morning the first complete, candid and impartial state- ment which has yet been made of the working of the British telegraphs under government control. The entire tele- graph business of the United Kingdom was fairly in the hands of the officers of the Crown at the moment when our despatch was forwarded. Although it was found somewhat difficult to master the subtle agency at first so as to subjugate its power completely to a uniform rule of discipline tending solely to the public weal, the work was accomplished. The home millions of the subjects of Queen Victoria were reaping the benefits, These benefits were diffusive and domestic. They were brought to the door and fireside of every man in the land. The electric spark had already tended to elevate the humble—as it will event ally regenerate this foreign de- be trot bring the masses | inte Peace, intercommunion by the educational communi- gation of the instant. An Englishman who ékinnot Sn sgad can now speak his wants to his fellow in the Painfully intelligible lan- guage of a common ideptical suffering, and the other be made to understand his brtef message of woe or joy instantly, being assured of its truth although completely indif- ferent to its style of verbiage or rule of grammar, The government telegraphs will thus induce a comminglement of the natu- ral sympathies of the nation by the use of one of the grandest but long hidden forces of nature, ‘‘the light shining in dark- ness,” with the ‘‘darkness” made able ‘“‘to comprehend” it, As in the firat instance of every grand revo- lution which has preceded it, the working of the English telegraphs by the government is opposed—opposed by associated monopolists, interested jobbers, greedy persons, the faith- less, and all those who worship earthly gain and have had their hearts contracted by the intensity of their devotion, The tele- graph monopolists feel the severe blow which has been struck at their corporate interests, not only in the matter of overland line profits, | but io that of submariae osblo tariff com- Electric SHEET. binations. Persons who traded secretly in news the property of other men, men of enter- prise and fair intent, find their pockets’ rev- enue becoming “fine by degrees and beautifully less,” so that they stand a good chance of being made honest in spite of themselves, and thus becoming the very first converts of that wonderful force which has set even “‘corpses grinning”’—the “voice speaking in the wilder- ness.” Our special letter on the British system of government telegraphs thus becomes exceedingly hopeful and reassuring at all points, Music in the Motropolis. There is much to admire and much to cen- sure in the condition of music in New York. Notwithstanding the large musical element ex- isting among us, and the decided, although fre- quently misguided, taste of the public for the divine art, there is little but chaos to be found in the management of musical entertainments in this city. From Italian Opera down to the smallest concert ruin has been the inevitable result of every enterprise attempted of late years in this city. In other cities—Boston for instance—there is always 8 permanent organi- zation of some kind or other to give regular opera, concert or oratorio seasons, and there is alsoa fair sprinkling of patrons to make these entertainments sufficiently lucrative to auatain managerial life. Here, with the sole exception of the Philharmonic Society—and even that had a hard time of it until the last two or three years—all efforts in the musical line are spasmodic. The causes of this may be traced to various sources. Many of our managers treat music in the light of a paying speculation only, and sacrifice true art to im- mediate gain. Their neglect of the claims of true art influences the artists themselves to a lamentable extent, and the inevitable conséquence is that the latter become disgusted and no longer exert them- selves to make progress in their profes- sion. They are regarded only in the light of marketable commodities, and all the poetry and ennobling influence of their beautiful art are lost in the vortex of managerial greed. The public, too, are not favorable towards a steady patronage of music. The cosmopolitan elements of which they are composed and the unflagging race in business which seems to occupy every man’s mind in this city are fatal to an unwavering allegiance to true art. Our public demand constant change on the stage. At one time opéra bouffe is the rage; again Italian, German or English opera are in demand. A singer or instrumentalist.creates afuror, and the entire musical public seem to be crazy in their recognition of his or her great talents. But they soon tire of theirfaney and break to pieces the idol they have set up. A third cause of the non-success of music in the metropolis is that bugbear of managers and orchestral leaders, the Musical Protective Union. Founded on the laudable principle of protecting the interests of poor musicians who depend for their living solely on their profes- sion, it has become a monopoly controlled by a few ambitious and, we might also say, unscrupulous, spirits, who are the drones of the profession. Engagements and contracts are of no value in their eyes, and the close, tyran- nical terms of the association oblige every mem- ber to subscribe to its dictates, no matter how unjust and dishonorable they may be. Lastly, we have the music publishers lending their aid to crush music asan art to the earth by pan- dering to the lowest tastes of the concert saloon habitués and completely ignoring native or foreign talent. We have fought their dis- reputable course long and persistently in our Musical Review, and succeeded in wringing from them some little consideration for the claims of art. ‘They slill cling to the idea that American composers are not entitled to any compensation for their works beyond the mere fact of accepting and publishing them, and thus they place an effectual bar to the progress of music in this city. For along time, too, they limited the field of music by their extrava- gant and exorbitant terms for musical publica- tions, but the dime and half-dime series of works completely defeated them on this point. It is no wonder, thea, in view of such ter- rible obstacles, that manager after manager has gone down in the attempt to establish first class entertainments in this city, and that the proposed jubilee of the Philharmonic Society, to be given in this city next summer, has fallen tothe ground. There is only one remedy for this. New men and new principles must enter the field and all the old fogies must be thrown overboard. Managers, artists, publishers and composers must unite in the good work instead of this constant Kilkenny cat warfare they in- dulge in, The public are tractable and their tastes can be easily corrected. The main fault lies with the caterers of music. When they reform the divine art will soon attain | the position it should have reached years ago in this city. The Sandwich Islands. We publish in another page an inter esting letter from our correspondent in Honolulu, which enables the readers of the Hzratp to judge of the condition of affairs in the Hawaiian Islands, For a long time the labor question has been g live gubject in that part of the worl. ‘fhe believers in free jabor regard wae} the system of which they ats the champions as best calculated to develop the resources of the = ace Me islands; but the goy mnt party, backed up by the planters, have vigorously fought against the introduction of free labor. The elections, however, which occurred recently, tend to show that the liberal party, on a free labor platform, are adding largely to their numbers and may in 9 short time be able to shape legis- lation to a more progressive course on a sub- ject of so much interest to the Hawaiigns. In the meantime the coolie trade progresses. The King has sent for more coolies to China. The missionaries are charged, too, with being blind to this trade in human flesh, and the reason given for their apathy is that many of them are interested in plantations worked by com- pulsory labor. The agitation now going on in Hawaii, we trust, will not fail in good results, FRaNCE—ABOLITION OF CABLE MoNopo- uigs.—By issuing a decree authorizing the submersion of a second ocean telegraphic cable between Frante and Algeria it seems that the French government is determined to destroy all chance of monopoly in that im- portant service. If so it is a step in the right direction, and an example worthy to be followed, The telegraph is now becoming more important thap the post qfficg, and should be effectually placed beyond the reach of say individual interests that may tend to trammel its operation in respect to the public benefit. Egypt After Twenty-four Centurice—The Herald Reporting Progress. The Heratp special correspondence from Cairo, Egypt, which we publish in our col- umns this morning, presents one of the earli- est civilized countries in the world to the citizens of the youngest and most free in its garb of modern reconstruction and reform. The land of Sesostris and Rameses looks to the country of Washington and Jackson for a ‘fraternal endorsement of its well asserted truths—that grand nationalities are eternal .and their peoples indestructible. Modern Egypt is engaged in a work of recu- peration and progress. Her present history possesses a peculiar interest for the American p@ople in consequence. This we chronicle by special record in our pages to-day. The Heratp writer reports the opening of the fourth annual session of the Egyptian Par- liament by the’ Viceroy. The construction and constitution of the representative assemblage are also given, The executive speech is of a very gratifying characterin the present, and fruitful of promise and in hope for the future. His Highness concludes with the words:—“Our unanimous efforts have for their object the general good, the development of the richness of the country and its civilization. I make sincere prayers that the All-Powerful God will aid us in the accomplishment of our task and in crowning with success our cordial efforts.” It is the invocation of the blessing. as of old, the land overflowing with ‘‘milk and honey,” and God’s providence over and directing all. The members of the Egyptian Parliament do not enjoy a sinecure under the Viceroy, as will be seen from the schedule of legislative work which he has submitted to them. This State paper embraces clauses relative to the construction of lighthouses on the coast so as to facilitate access to the entrance of the Suez Canal, and the establishment of properly controlled employment offices for servants and laborers. Railroads are being repaired and extended ; the navigation of the Nile engages much attention, and the police system is vastly reformed and disciplined. Society was becoming brilliant again in the old land. The HeRacp special writer speaks of theatres and the opera, American visitors and an American romance, which terminated in a fashionable marriage. The birth of a grand- son to the Viceroy was made the occasion of great rejoicing at court, although the interest- ing event made his Highness’ mother a grand- mother. The political aspect was calm and pleasing. Peace was maintained with Turkey and the other nations. Our special corre- spondent was thus in fine tone. This ha ppy state of feeling is fully reflected in his inte- resting despatch from Cairo. Resuming Specie Payments. While speculators are racking their brains to find out what mey be the probable course of the gold market, and as to whether we are likely soon to reach a specie basis, the people are beginning to settle the question of specie payments for themselves independent of the action of the government. In the western portion of New York, and particularly near the Canadian border, silver is used at par with currency by many in trade, and in this city there are several places where silver change is given over the counters in place of fractional currency. At the present price of gold and the relative value of silver and gold, silver is near par with greenbacks. Then . there is undoubtedly a good deal of silver in the country, for it has not gone abroad as readily as gold. In the British American colonies on our borders there is a positive glut of silver, and of courgg thig will be brought over and into circulation whea at par with currency. It is a curious fact, which will puzzle the cur- rency theorists who have clamored for con- traction in order to reach specie payments, that the precious metals decline as we ap- proach specie payments, while the volume of currency remains the same as when gold was at a premium of a hundred and fifty or higher. This fact knocks all their theories on the head. The probability is that if we reach specie pay- ments the volume of currency, paper and the precious metals together will be much greater than at present or for some years past; for it tmaust be seen now that contraction of the cur- rency is not necessary, and the gold and silver that’ will be brought out from their hidden recessvs will swell the amount of circulation. In case we reach or approach nearly specie payments it is possible, therefore, we may have'an easy money market. Tue Prospzors FOR GOLLADAY.—Governor Stevenson, the democratic Governor of Ken- tucky, has set a good example to other gov- ernors in refusing to accept the resignation of Golladay, the democratic Congressman from that'State, who is charged with selling cadet- ships. The newspapers of Kentucky generally unite in condemning Golladay, and the senti- ment of the people is strongly against his being re-elected to succeed himself. The Louisville Commercial, a republican paper, in thig conne makes heat point, which will apply to wendy and Whittemore, or any other members who may resign to escape ex- pulsion and expect to be returned, Referring to the case of Golladay and his reported re- signation it says:—‘‘Now, if he should suc- ceed in a re-election, the House would have a right to expel him, not for the second, but for the first time.” Tue Rep River Distursanog.—The news from the Red River district shows that the dis- turbance in that quarter has not yet come to anend. Itis simply absurd to imagine that any important consequences can flow from it, and for the simple reason that in itself it amounts to nothing. When the spring sun begins to shine and the snow and the ice die- appear those few hunting filibusters will be nowhere, It is of far more consequente to us that from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to New Columbia there are loud grumblings of dissatisfaction and openly expressed desires for annexation to the United States. The New Dominion for a time will have a chance, and it will no doubt form @ landmark in the history of the development of this Continent; but ultimate annexation is the result which men all over the Northern part of this Conti- nent see ia inevitable.