The New York Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1870, Page 6

at U NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. All business or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York Herat. Volume XXXV...... tee eeeee wee AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Pirvin ; ou, Tur KING or fH GOLD MINES, BOWERY THEATRE, Bs Siverne, Dancing, Fetes K, THE TAMMANY, Fourteenth stree! ENCERTAINMENT, BOOTH’S THEATRE, 234 at., between Sth and 6tu avs.— Macuery. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broad ad 1th — etaWsce’s Th adway and 1th street. “OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broagway.—New VERsion oF Paier. JEW OF SOUTHWARK— RIS8K. GRAND VARIRTY Fs dad AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-foarth st.-FRov GRAND OPERA HOUSE, ‘corner ot Eighth avenue and 28d ot,—TuR TWELVE TEMPTATIONS. en ” wi mer MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE, Proadway, cor- teth #1, —Matinee daily. Performance every evening. Tur Rake's PRoceese, TONY PASTOR'S OP! VocaLisa, NzGRo M MRS. F. B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brook!yn.— OUR, 201 Bowery.—Comtc THRATRE COMIQUE, 914 Broadway.—Couto Vocat- tem, Nzauo Acts, &c. BRYANT'S OPERA HOUSE, Tamma: ding Bevan MineraELe es emmAny Baliding, Mth GAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 586 Broa way.—Erm10- RIAN MINSTRELSEY, £0. KELLY & LEON’S MINSTRELS, 7: way. --C. - Cuow-dlt. 120 Broadway. -Cu ine. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, MINerRELs—Faow Fuow. NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourteenth @ND GYMNASTIC PERYORMANCES, & Brooklyn.—-H0o.ny 's EQursrrtan HIPPODROME PARISIEN, corner 3d av. and 64th #t.— Equreretan Feves. Afternoon and evening. street and Broadway.— APOLLO WALL, corner 28th Waa New BiweRNioon. NEW YORK MI/SEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadwa: SCIENCE AND Ant. iNew York, Monday, April 11, CONTENTS OF TO-DAYS HERALD, Pace. RS CR A—Aavertisements, advertisements. 3—Yeligions: Paim Sanday Soiemnities, Pulpit Pronunciamentos and Preparations for Pas- sion Week; The Code of Biackstone and the reed of Christ; Sectariau Schools and State 3 Words in Season on Gold and Silver, Chavacter aad Disctpiine, Murder, Swill Milk, Teuement Pens, Mety and Princl- pie. 4—Religions Services (continued from Third Page)—Anti-Slavery's Wake: Wendell, Phillips* Farewell to the “Peculiar Institution”—The Rent Question—Real Estate Matters—News from Chite—Marine Transfers-—-The Crops in Kansas—Travels of a Needle in a Man's Throat —Struck by Ligatning. 5—Europe: Napoleon’s Definition of the New Con- stitation of France; Holland Looking to the Rast by Suez~Mexico: Kevolution Still Rag- ing—The Underground Ratlways—Amuse- ments—Art NotesYachting: The Regatta of the Atlantic Yacht Club—Westchester Boule- vards—Military Chit Chat. G—Editoriais: Leading Article on Our New City Government, the Maytr’s Appointments and His Explanation—Personal Intelligence—Ram- pant Kowdyism—Played Out Langing—Amuse- went Annonacements. 9—Telegraphic News from ail Parts of the World: Spanish Reparation to American Ma- rine Interests; The French Trade Strike Still -Marmmtained; Russian Special Negotiations with China Suspended—Croton Poisons— Brookiyn Intelligence—State Prison Matters— News from Wastington—Break tn the Morris Canal—The Eastern Fishery Question —Ship- , ping Lutelligence—Business Notices. S—linancial and Commercial Reports—Treasurer Spinner on the Finances—Cuba: The Captain General in Camaguey; An American Ftlibuater aptared ana an American Sailor Kilied— Mar- riages and Deaths—Advertisements, M—Advertisements. 10=New City Government: Mayor Hall's Proclama- tron; tho New Dapartments and Appointments: Sketches cf the New Appointces—New York City Newa—Final Organization of the Hildise Band—Man Stabbed in Vorty-seventh Street— Advertisements, AT= Advertisements. y2—Advertisenents, 1870. Treasurer Spixner is out wilh one of his slelge-hammer letiers denouncing the natiousl banks for opposing Sherman’s Funding bi!l. Undoubtedly, although many persons have a right to find fault with the bill, the national banks have none. As Mr. Spin- ner says, they cannot safely make issues with the people, and they never seem io learn by the experience of other Sunsipy AMBLES.—In the Senate they are astonished at the ‘rapid increase of appli- cations for subsidized lines of steamers.” We are not astonished at this increase. It is only a natural reault of the fact that Congress has appeared disposed to listen with some such appeals. If it may give one sub may give five hundred, and the needy will not lose a chance for the want of asking. Itis refreshing to see how many lines of steamers we may have on the pauper plan. “Our Who Suan Mend —Some time ago the city of Brookiyn had to pay twelve thousnnd dollars damages for injuries done to a man throngh « bad condition of the But the city bad previously of keeping the pavement in repair at ihe! place to the shoulders of a rail- road com ~ The com lad bound iself to p the pavement in r for a certain width of the siveet, aud the dent occurred within that width. The company therefore was sued for the reimbursement of the money, and judgment against il been rendered after long litigation, Perhaps the company will now see tuat il is a good | economy tu live ap to its contra Exim Acomzn ome agowe showed that the aceidents on the Railroad were in @ manner conuected with the fact that Fisk was too deeply engaged in attending to the smooth performances of the ‘iwelve Tempta- tions”. But of late we have had dire rumors of accidents at the Temptations, some of the younger tempters, it is said, being burned by the demon torches, aud we were at a loss to | account for the new direction which Erie acci- dents were taking. Now, however, we think wehaveit. Fisk's time is taken up with the Ninth regiment, and he dvesn't atteud to the Temptations. Afier awhile Le will take a new tack, and then we will have the Ninth regi- ment undergoing « gefies of Livie acgidenta, NEW YUKK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL Il, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, ‘ Our New City Govornment—Tho Mayor's Appolutments and His Explanation. We give a considerable portion of our avail- able space this morning to our new city gov- ernment, including the Mayor's appointments of the heads of the various departments, his reasons for them, the work under’ our new Charter assigned to each department, and some brief personal sketches of the individuals ‘| selected for the offtces designated, the whole forming a chapter of practical information of the -highest importance to the people of this island, of all parties and classes, The Mayor, in recognizing the high trust so unanimously reposed in him by the Legis- lature, accepta it as involving an “honprable obligation to respect the political minority of his constituents, so far, at least, as to reap- point a few of his political opponents whose past services to the public additionally deserve the recognition.” He pleads, likewise, that there are some among these appointments, such as those of the Police, Fire and Health departments, which ‘ought not to be at all controlled by partisan influences.” Hence he leaves the Board of Police Commissioners untouched, ‘but with the understanding that there is to be a new democratic executive head” in the place of Mr. Kennedy. Further- more, in accordance with the general views suggested, the Department of Charities and Correction has for its management three demo- crats and two republicans, and so has the Fire Department, while the Health Department is composed of five democrats and three republi- cans. The other three departments are on- tively democratic, the Mayor urgiug, iu regard to the Department of Public Works, the large patronage involved as properly belonging. to the democracy, and in regard to the new Board of Excise, that “it represents the system almost entirely advocated” by the democrats. Upon the general considerations which have thus guided the Mayor in these appointments they are surely calculated to give general satisfaction. But the Mayor has evidently been impressed with other and higher considerations than an equitable party division of the politi- cal power and the spoils involved in these appointments. We see from the character and experience, and from the special fitness of the men, with very few exceptions, selected for these important public trusts, that capa- bility has been the primary consideration, and that thronghout the Mayor discloses a proper appreciation of his great responsibilities in the selection of men to conduct the various de- partments commanding or entitled to the public confidence, Thus upon the Commission of Docks, for instance, he says that “all the gentlemen appointed have acquired some especial knowledge or experience upon a subject so vital to our commer- cial interests.” So it is with the reor- ganization of the Fire Department. As for the new \Park Commission, embracing such men as Peter B. Sweeny, Robert J. Dillon and Andrew H. Green, thera need be no further apprehensions of a deterioration of the charms or discipline of our beautiful public pleasure grounds. Weare particularly gratified with the appointment of Mr. Dillon, for we remem- ber how much the city is indebted to him for the creation of our great Park. Again, with such professional meu as Dr. Stephen Smith and Dr. Ceccarini as the physicians of the Health Board, we may feel assured of a satis- factory adminisiration of the delicate and dim. cult duties of this department. The Mayor congratulates his constituents of the cily upon the restoration of municipal rights, and upon a city government, ia all its departments, placed under one responsible municipal head. We are all gratified with the change from the incongruous system of mixed and irresponsible State and city departments, and are all hopeful of great reforms and a better administration of law, order and hon- esty, touching especially our city expenditures, These expenditures are now nearly double the whole budget of the annual expenses of the government of the United States under Presi- dent John Qnincy Adams. Since the introduction of steam for — transporia- tion purposes by land and sea the great cities of both Burope ‘and America have inereased in population, wealth and power at arate which is almost appalling. Since the general introduction of the electric telegraph and the enlargement of the field of the metro- poliian newspaper press to cover all these new demands, both Europe and the United States have experienced still another impulse of con- centration in these great metropolitan centres of trade, fushion, money, intelligence and power ; and hence, in Europe and America, one of the most difficult political problems of the day is, how are these immense and still increasing masses of people in these great and growing cities to be governed now and hereafter, so as to dispense justice, maintain law and preserve order among them ? Under the strong and skilful hand of Louis Napoleon P: is admirably governed; but London, with its population. exceeding three millions, has become a perplexing puzzle, with the fearful accumulation of its destitute and dangerous classes—a serious puzzle to the wisest heads of England, and the evils which they have so far vainly sought to remedy are still increasing upon their hands, In this broad view this new experiment of ours in the local government of this metropolis »ecomes ex- ceedingly interesting andimportant. It depends npon the degree of intelligence and vigilance of the people concerned whether it is destined to prove a great success or a great failure. We hope for its success, as a beginning, least, in the right direction, and we think it fortn- nate that in the initiation of this new experi- meni we have a Mayor who comprehends these facts—that to have a good government we must have intelligent and experienced ofticers, } and such as will attract the public conftdence and respect, and that all concerned in its ad- ministration must look rather to the approval of the honest citizen than the support of his | lawless neighbor. The Mayor makes & fair beginning, and we hope he will “peraevere in | behalf of a good city administration, Fisk's LivtLe Vanity.—Every great man has some particular little vanity like the Rev. Stiggins, whose weakness, it will be remem- bered, was pineapple rum. Even Fisk, who, with all his railréads, opera houses, ‘Tempta- tions, steamers and regiments, one would think, was superior to such matters—even Fisk has his little vanity, and it runs in the way of giit and bullion, He likes toweara uaiform, Ie | passions of the ill-disposed. decked his portly person all over with gold lace as Admiral of the Sound Fleet; but his uni- form then was an insubstantial fabric, which had not the sanction of any usage, custom or commission, It was not satisfactory, and so he became Colonel of the Ninth regiment, where he wears as gaudy a uniform, sports a sword, and has usage and the Governor's com- mission to back him, We suppose he is now a happy Fisk. » Mr. Beecher on the Beauty of Goodness. Our readers will find in the Hearn to-day the usual weekly report of the sermons and addresses delivered in this metropolis and in different parts of the country. It is very full and varied enough to suit the religious views and tastes of all. While it is the mission of individual preachers to serve up that which suits the particular congregations or sects to which they are attached, it is the mission of a great cosmopolitan journal to be universal and to reflect the views of all. Yesterday was Palm Sunday, and no one could fail to be struck with the fact by seeing crowds of peo- ple carrying in their hands or attached to their garments sprigs of cedar, pine, or some other evergreen which are used as a sub- stitute for the palm leaf and are emblematic of the entry of Christ into Jerusa- lem riding on an ass, when the populace strewed palm leaves in his path. The dissenting sects donot pay much attention to this day, but the Catholic preachers, as will be seen by our reports, make the event celebrated the occasion of special notice. We make in another article reference to the various topics discussed in the pulpit yesterday. Among the sermons worthy of note we take that of the Rev. H. W. Beecher as the specialty for this week, Mr. Beecher took for his subject one that was well adapted for the dis- play of his acknowledged eloquence and that vein of poetry which ruas through his mind. It was the ‘Beauty of Goodness,” The text was from Zechariah—‘‘For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty.” His discourse was interlarded, however, with his accustomed humor and jokes that make the audience smile. This feature of his sermons is, in fact, a very attractive one to the Ply- mouth church congregation, for it dispels the gloom or seriousness which his hearers might feel at the denunciation of their sins. Trae, he tells them of their wretchedness and short- comings, for that he is hound to do; but he lets them up and causes them to forget these by pleasant sullies of wit. This, undoubtedly, is one of the great secrets of his popularity, and fills his church with a fashionable and wealthy congregation that take the world easy. Then Mr. Beecher generalizes very much at all times, as he did on this subject of “the beauty of goodness,” and, consequently, every sinner is more disposed to apply his remarks {o others than to himself. However, he does make sometimes decided hits. Yesterday, for example, he said “that when we looked at spiritual beauty we could not avoid being surprised at the meagreness of spiritual attainments among men. Chris- tians were barbarians yet. They resemble the savages in this respect—he was naked, with the exception of a piece of cloth round his loins; but though naked he would have a string of beads round his neck, and would be quite tickled with this bauble of beayty.” In illustration of this idea, as applied to taste and Christian refine- ment, he remarked that there were men who “upholstered” their houses with grand furniture, grand windows, with heavy cur- tains to keep the light out, and yet there was not a single book to be seen in the house, or anything that indicated refinement. Such men would put up those dreadful Swiss pic- tures which he (Mr. Beecher) wished were sunk at the bottom of the sea by every ship that brought them over. He denounced these ‘‘daubs.” Still he commended real taste in art, and spoke eloquently- of the beauties of nature and of pure sentiment. ‘These remarks must have touched the vulgar suoddy portion of his congregation, as he pro- bably intended they should. Of course, it way to be expected Mr, Beecher would not lose the opportunity of mentioning the negroes in connection with their jubilee over the adoption of the fifteenth amendment to the constitution. He regarded this celebration as particularly beantifal in a moral and political point of view, and he recommended his congregation to send all the bouquets, ‘all the flowers they could spare, to the Academy of Masic last night,” to make “the theatre look like a flower garden” on the conspicuous occasion of the jubilee wneeting held there by the negroes. The sermon was closed by showing that God was leading us, in a thousand unknown ways, to greater perfection. He illustrated this by remarking that God was like an organ builder, who tuned the organ until he produced one out of the chaotic appearance of its thousand parts a perfect and a harmonious instrument, Ont of this perfecting we should, by and by, rise to beanty that we could not now conceive of, and it was for that we were to live. Evi- denily Mr. Beecher believes in the progress of humanity and looks forward to a glorious fu- } ture, though he does not say explicitly whether this is to be in the next world orin the present one only. Mexivan News.—The from Mexico is anything but encouraging, The revolution still presents a formidable front. Huerta, Aguerre, Cadena, Lucas and Negrete are still engaged in stirring up ihe discontented spirits of the republic by iaflammatory pro- elamations, which appeal to the very worst rebels become that even the capital is threat- ened, and the small towas and villages adja- cent to the city of Mexteo are visited by roving bands of de adogs, who rov and plunder in the fiaimne of liberty and progress, Juarez is vehemently denounced by all those wh¢ desire So bold have the | to see their country ruined ia order to profit | IN Parws.— hy its destructior An Antt-Rext ReYvOLUTION ona novel plan to secure a revolution among the workingmen. about the city urging them to refuse to pay thelr rent and be ejected by their landlords. We hardly think it likely that even in revolu- tionary Paris men are going to have their families put into the streets merely for the fan of having a atroet fight with ¢he soldiers. They have posted placards | Fishivg Boundary Squabbles, Ever since John Quincy Adams, Sr., sold out the United States in fixing the limits of the fishing boundaries ‘at the treaty of Ghent, there have been annual squabbles among the British and American fishermen on the Banks of Newfoundland, in the Bay of Fundy and else- where in those regions in North America where cod and mackerel largely abound and where the international rights of the fishermen are imperfectly defined and recognized. It seems that these troubles are again renewed at this time and that a United States man-of-war has been despatched to the scene of ac- tion with power to protect American interests in that quarter, ‘The best way to settle these border questions, and, in fact, all subjects of irritation that may arise betweerf United States citizens and those of adjoining governments on this Continent, is to annex all the adjacent territories and islands and constitute a magnificent republic, with one grand destiny. This would settle the bother about the Alabama claims, the fishery bounda- ry squabbles, the troubles in Mexico, Cuba, St. Domingo and elsewhere on this soil where feeble and irresponsible and uncongenial gov- ernments are established. The coasts of New- foundland and Nova Scotia, geographically and naturally, belong to the United States, and. the sooner our government agitates tho subject of their annexation, or, at least, in- sists upon the rights of American citizens there being respected, the better for all con- cerned, The Conscription in Spain. Among the grand reforms which were promised by the revolutionary leaders two years ago, when they were secretly agitating for the overthrow of the Bourbon government in the Iberian Peninsula, chief and foremost was the abolition of the detested quinta or military conscription, This “lottery of blood,” this tithe of human flesh, had wrought such woe in nearly every province of the realm that, to get rid of it alone, the people were ready to follow any one whom they thought strong enough to deliver them from s0 abhorred aburden. This was the string upon which Prim played the most loudly and per- sistently in his insurrectionary proclamations of 1866 and 1667, and it vibrated fiercely through the popular heart. Again, when the revolutionary Junta of Cadiz subsequently called the people to arms and started the movement which drove Queen Isabella from her throne and over the border, ‘‘Abajo lus quin- tas/”—‘Down with the conscription !”—was their most effective rallying cry. Every club, coterie and committee of the ‘‘patriots” placed this demand at the head of their programme, and the result, as all may remember, was magical. The revolution swept over Spain by a well-nigh unanimous outburst of enthusiasm, The old system went down like a castle of frost work, and with it true men fondly hoped the bitter abuses which had so long chilled the blood and stagnated the enterprise of a historic race fell to rise no more, Last year, however, the resumption of the guinta was imploringly called for by the revolutionary Ministry, on the plea that public safety abso- lutely required it, and the majority voted for it in the Spanish Cortes upon the solemn assurance that it was to be but temporary and for the last fime. Even then, when the period for the drawing by lots, arrived, there was some resistance in the provinces; but the voice of the nation consented to the law as to a supreme and final sacrifice. Some feared French invasion, and all recognized the neces- sily of replacing the strength drawn away from the home forces by the despatch of forty thou- sand men to Cuba, é But this was not all. Military ambition de- manded much more. The conscription of 1869 was greatly alleviated by general volunteer- ing, and the towns and communes bought off all the real conscripts by willing and weighty bounties and contributions, The voluateer system, however, was but a thorn in the side of those generals who were dreaming of military dictatorships and prolonged power, “Non teli aurilio, nec defensoribus istis /” was their secret watchword. ‘The conscrip- tion must be made permanent, and thus we have seen the project to prolong it shamelessly presented in the Cortes, In the meantime the one Fear volunteers are going out of service, and the miitsipalities, utterly exhausted of funds, can no longer émer bounties for substi- tutes. The revival of the hated law is r sisted by an enraged populace in Maa Malaga, Seville and Barcelona—ia the latter city the more fiercely because Catalonia was long exempted from the “blood tax” and feels it most. ‘‘Abajo las quintas!” rings again from one end of Spain to the other, and there is sad prospect that the present government will disappear in slaughter and anarchy, to be followed by the miseries of invasion, unless the true patriots of the Peninsula can rise to the height of the exigency, compel their plot- ting leaders to abandon their unholy lust for power, and give their country that peace which is best founded upon liberty and safety at the fireside. Wuo Oy There has been a nice little disenss u between the American Minister, the French Minister and the Peruvian government about two sailors who were desert- ers. The American Minister first caused the ar- rest of the men as deserters from an American man-of-war, and while they were in custody they were claimed by the French Miaister on the ground that they had previonsly deserted from a French man-of-war while lying in port in California. The Peruvian government gave the men to the Frenchinan, As a matter of equity this haps, right; but it would have better satisfied all the reqnire- ments of such a difficulty to have given the men up to the American, and then, if the Frenchman could make «<a good American could not have refused to hand the desarters over, case, the A Goop Rippanox Anti-Slavery Society has gone out of existence, and the world is well rid of a ugisy nuisance, end of slavery. {ft was in existence and clamoring abolition at the time when the folly This } | The revolutionary elements in Paris have hit | society lays itself down to die because of the | { | { i { | | | i | | i The Churches Yesterday. We do not remember any Palm Sunday which was blessed with loyolier weather than that of yesterday. It was just such a day as made people disposed to think well of their neighbors and devote a few hours to the service of God. We can imagine that there were the same bright, golden sunbeams, the same pleasant, bracing air in Jerusalem when the Saviour of man entered the holy city amid the rejoicings of the multitude. The commemoration of this event yesterday was shared in by many thousands of Christians in this city, Brooklyn, Washington and other places, reported elsewhere this morning, The Catholic churches were crowded to repletion, rich and poor uniting in their devotions, regardless for the time being of the social gulf which separates them. No sermons were delivered, the solemn ceremonies consuming all the time usually devoted to pulpit dis- courses. But the minds of the worshippers were impressed by symbolic rites, and we feel certain that none left the sacred edifices with- out feeling how great and how wonderful are the ways of the Lord. Thus it was at the Catholle churches. Among the Protestants Palm Sunday is not held in such high veneration, and consequently there'were no special dervices. Fashionablé dames and damsels, in their latest spring cos- tumes, drove humbly in elegant carriages to the several tabernacles to hear how Christ entered Jerusalem riding on an ass. Perhaps it was that, remembering what Jesus did to the money changers, Rev, Mr. Hepworth, at the Church of the Messiah, preached on the subject of gold and silver, He told his congregation that the great sin of the day was greed for gain, and, at the same time, admitted the influence of money. In this con- nection he referred to the execution of Jack Reynolds, declaring that hanging is played out for the rich but not for the poor. At the Twenty-third: street Presbyterian church Rey, Mr, Northrop preached on the school question, and gave the Papacy a bit of his mind; while at the Church of the Puritans Dr. Cheever ex- plained the growth of character by discipline. One of the most effective sermons was that deli- vered by Rev. Charles B. Smyth at the Presby- terlan church on Eleventy street. The reverend gentleman began bis disconrse by quoting from an editorial of the Hzraup, and then pro- ceeded to denounce and assail the crime of adultery. Wrestling with this subject ia an eloquent manner Mr. Smyth pointed out that the inevitable end of sin is death. He deplored the fact that men of ability and influ- ence should be found to advocate the doctrine of free love, in which expression of regret we heartily join. There was, at the other churches, the usual array of sermons on almost every topic con- nected with religion, From these our readers can derive such comfort as will make them better men and women. Every sect and de- nomination can learn this morning how the good cause was served yesterday. Taken all in all there was much in the exhibit to fill the Christian soul with hope that the destroying angel passed over the land and smote the devil, driving him away from many hearts which were thereby rendered pure and godly. The Cotton Trade of England with India, The Suez Canal begins to exercise an extra- ordinary influence upon the trade of the world, and particularly upon the trade between Eng- land and India. It was stated in a telegram from London, published in our issue of Satur- day, that Bombay cotton sent by the way of Suez had been returned to India from Hud- dersfield as yarn in forly-five days. This seems almost incredible; but really nothing is hardly impossible in this age of steam power and progress, What a revolution the world has passed through in material and scientific development within» few years! Torty-five days for the raw material to go from India to England and back again to India manufac- tured into yarn! A short time since this would have seemed fabulous, and, indeed, it is almost magical—it is the magical power of science. We see, too, in this fact the sagacity, foresight and wonderful enterprise of England. She loses no opportunity to open or avail her- self of every new improvement and fresh channel of commerce. Cotton is the very life-blood of British commerce, and the English are stimulating its growth and the trade in its fabrics wherever it is possible to do so. They are pushing their telegraph communications afd oxicnding their steamship lines to all parts of the globe with te view to monopolize and control the commerce of the world. What a lesson this is for us! With all the Advantages of producing this great staple on our own soi; and of that superior quality which cannot be grown elsewhere, with unequalled water power and other means for manufacturing, and with a geographical position which makes this country the very centre of the globe, our com- mercial opportunities are unrivalled. Yet we lag far behind England and lose the great prize of commerce when it might be within our grasp. This is a matter that calls for the serious attention of our people and Congress. Let us take away the burdens and obstructions to our commerce; let us promote our shipping interests; Iet us appropriate the trade of the West tudies and the neighboring countries of America; let us extend our telegraphs and steamship lines; let us cut a ship canal across Central America, aud, in short, let us start on & new career of commercial development wherever we can find an opportunity. If we fail to do this onr advantages will be lost, and we shall remain tributary to our great commer- cial rival. ANOTHER INSTANCE of the sweeping effect of the gold panic of last September is given in the defalcation of the City Treasurer of St. Louis, who is short one hundred and twenty thousand dollars af the city money, parily by the failure of Belden & Co., with whom he had | placed a large amount of the money for specu- lative phrposes, and partly, it seems, by inju- dicious loans to friends for the same purpose, A Wanp Casx.—A poor fellow, who had been out of wo x , and whose family ‘in consequence were in a destitute condition, | of the Southern men compelled the nation, in ; accepted employment recently at an iron | order to save itself, to destroy slavery, There- fore the abolition screamors fancy they did it,” just as the fly on the wheel of the wagon thought he was making a splendid uproar and kicking wp an gwful dust, ‘ foundry on Centre street, at the best wages he could get, which, it seems, were less than those paid to the other workmen. For this he was assaulted and severely beaten by two of his follow workmen who were fortunate onough A eel en Oe Re aeaRame” cal to,get tha regular wages. No doubt the poor fellow would, have taken higher wages if ho could have got them; bunt it ts doubtful if he could have got the situation if he bad in- sisted on it. As it was there was no choice between taking what he could get and lotting his family go destitute. The Outside Stutes on the New Voter, The fifteeenth amendment is not fully acceptable to California or Now Jersey, which may be designated outside States, as California is far away on our Pacific flank. and Jersey on our Atlantio, not- to men- tion; in the latter case, the old tradition of Jersey being entirely out of the Union. The rugged democracy of these States deter- mined that the fifteenth amendment must be _proven constitutional before they accept it, and have called on the Attorneys Goneral of their respective States to pass upon the question. With becoming modesty the Attorney General » of Jersey has given his opinion that it is unconstitutional, but he advises the’ State © Judges to decide otherwise and the State election officers to accept the negro votes without demur, or the United States may , make trouble for them. opinion of the Attorney General is not yet made public, but no doubt it will be substan- tially the same as that of the New Jersey man, } We do not think the democratic party in these States or in Ohio, in some parts of which, it seems, negroes complain that they were | prevented from voting, show much shrewd; ness ig.thus advertising themselves as the political opponents of the new voters. California, where the Ciinaman is among the enfranchised, the stupidity of the whole thing is greater even than in Jersey; for the Chi- nese may have considerable influence on the » results of elections there, and they have no reason as yet to discriminate in favor of the republican against the democratic party, while in Jersey what few negroes there are are gen- erally republicans already. Outside of the evil precedent of State officers trying to prove unconstitutional a part of the constitution, we think the narrow-mindeduess and injudicious partisan tact evinced by this move are to be gteatly condemned, but that it will very seri- ously affect the great question of the modern progress of ideas we do not believe. Repopration Reroptarey,—The Cincinnati Enquirer, after announcing that Mr. Peck, the republican candidate for Congress from the Tenth Ohio district, had been elected by above 2,700 majority over his democratic com- petitor, Mr. Hill, says :— How was this produced? Mr. Hill was an abie’ and popular democrat. No objection personally was urged against him on any hand. But in tne Congressional Convention by which he was nomi- uated the Williams county delegation insisted that a resolution declaring directly for repudiation of the vonded debt should be passed. This rather settles the question of repudia- tion as advocated by the copperhead sheets, so far, at least, as Ohio is concerned, and perhaps everywhere else where honest seati- ment prevails, PERSONAL INIELLIGENCE. Vromiuent Arrivals in This City Yesterday. William F. Story, editor of the Chicago Times, and D. Meinnes, of Canada, are at the brevoort House, Colonet W. Nesbitt, aud General J. B. Sinclair, of the United States Army; Judge H. H. Brock, and Dr. (, RK. Cook, of Boston; Colonel J. R. Butterflela, of Pennsylvania; Dr. G. Caliahan, of the East Indies; Dr. J. C. Draper, of Canandaigua, and Colonel L. M, Hornis, of Georgia, are at Lhe Metropolitan Hotel. Colonel Foster, of New York; Captain J. Dempsey, of Moutrea!, and Dr. E. Fessenden, of Lowell, Mass., are at the St, Charies Hotel. Dr. Fifleld, of Boston; George W. Kennedy, of Syracuse, ana Thomas Yunn, of China, are at ao St. Nicholas Hotel. Senator Henry Wilson and G. R. Loring; A. Rae aud W. W. Phelps, of Chicago; F. G. McCook, of Obio; F. A. Griswold, of Troy; Senator Fenton, of New York; J. H. Bates, of Ohio, and C. 0. Chapiu, of Massachusetts, are at ine Fifth Avenue Hotel, Mr. Brega, of Washington, is at the Alpemarie Thorel. » Genétal H. A. Baruam, of Syracuse;“Mr. Cramp, of Moutreal; J. E. Alien, of Provideace; W. V. Wooua and L. Post, of Buffalo, are at the Hoffman House. P. Stockton, of Texas; F. W. Hoyt, of Springtield; C. H. Manning, of the United States Navy, aud J. Be Cranston, of Providence, are at the Coleman tvuse, Judge E. C. Kattell, of Binghamton; General J. B. Cott, of Connecticut; N. Briatol, of Virginia; D. We Chandler, of Phitadeiphia; W. A. Dart, of Montreal;~ C. J, Wilson, of the United States Army, and J, 4. Wilson, of Washington, are ut tue Astor [louse, RAMPANT ROWDYiSM. Outbrenks in the Twenticth and Twentys Ninth = Precincts--iiicvers Mobded-—Clubs Used—Several Arrests. ‘Yhe fine weather of yesterday was the signal for all the roughs of the west sire to turn out and hang avout the street corners, insulting females by theu nibala jests and vulgar demonstratioas. The poitce, as a consequence, found it necessary to exercise en- ergy in dispersing them. About haif-past four P. M. oMicer McEaroe, of the Twentieth precinct, observed one. of a crowd of loafers, Corner of Ninth avenue and Thirty-eighth street, seizs 3 passing female. He promptly arrested the fellow, who proved to be Tom Lee, of 417 West ‘rhirty-seventh atreet. Le resisted, when tho crowd rgshed to lis assistance to restug him trom McEnroe, Prowinent in the gang were George Holliday, late a Poilceman of the Turd precinct, but noW au extra conductor on the Highth avenue line, rdsiwiug a No. 409 West Thiriv-seventn street, and <# Smith, of 442 West Shirty-second street. ‘Th oficer arrested them also, when they resisted, and the crowd closed in about them. Mia person was 10, danger, and drawing ils club he dealt Smith a pow- errul biow, laying uim out and cutting him severely. ‘This bad the effect of intimtdatiug the builies, who were kept at bay until oflicers arrived from the ata. tion house and assisted him in with the prisoners. Avout twenty-five minutes ater six, While attempt ing, at ihe corner of Nineieeuth street aud Seventh avenue, to bring in a prisoner who had committed a breach of the peace, oilecrs Greer and Lee were at- tacked by about one hundred of the Nineteenth street gang, Who asgauited them with volleys of stones. Lee was struck on tne head with one of the imissiles and very badiy wounded. They succeeded, however, in getting their prisoner to te station house in West Thirtieth stree about wich several hundred roughs collected, am made demonstrations that looked like an antention to attack the station house und rescue the prisoner. Sergeant Hutchinson sent ont a section of men, who, by i vigorous use of the baton, dispersed the crowd und cleared the street, ‘The wounds of the ofiver were dressed by Police Surgeon Krested. A few moments jater, at the corner of Thirtictt: street “nd Seventh avenue, a parc of the same gaug Were being dispersed by Twentielt. ward oiticers, when ene of them made an attack upon a rounds- man, Sergeant Van Ilagen, zen’s clothes, and hts officers arrested the fellow, Who proved to be Adam Tredencks, of No. 345 Eleventh avenue, He was followed to the station honse iu West Thirtyifth street by a crowd of aym- pathisera, who were aispersed kf Captaia Caffrey’s oliicers. At seven O'clock ail was quiet it, aliough there were angry crowds loitering about streei corners threatenmg the police. who was in citt- PLAYED GUT HANGING, To THE Eprtor oF THE HeRALpy Ai} who witnessed the death struggles of Reyacive can testin(y (hat his deat struggles were anneces- sarily proionged by the bungitug movements of tha hangmen. From tie manner in which justice is ads ministered in this city tb doubdtiess will be somo time ere another hanging takes et In the mneantine, and ox @ citizen and taxpdyer for the last thirty years, Linsist that the executiouers of Kay- holds and most of the deputies who so feeijngly took part be compelled to practice the ary ANZIN, Upon one another, wad wl ‘sastice’t be done in cla THgkh WanUer, OB In California the ; In © |