The New York Herald Newspaper, April 27, 1870, Page 10

<. EUROPE, British Finance, Industry and Home and Foreign S-séculation. bat Premier Ollivi'sr's Cabinet Position and ‘the Policy- Towards the Plebiscitum. Paiti’s Retarn to the Opera in Paris. ENGLAND. winancial Affairs in Eugland—National Enter- prise Still Failing—Home and Foreign Specu- dationThe Industrial Situation and the Lonpon, April 14, 1870, ‘There temo improvement of any substantial kind tn ‘the enterprise of England since my last communica- Won, theasb in the imierval most of our railway traMes bave been increasing and we have hada favorable revenue return. There 13 so much morbid caution about thai, though professing their readi- ness (@ do business, capitalists of a certain class will not do it unless it be as safe as changing @ small bank note; and the feeling permeates downward, so that the humblest section of the class are proving the most insoleut as well as the most exacung. The effect is that nearly all large undertakings of @ foreign character are taken to France or Germany, and that capital 1s accumulat- ing here simply through the fear of venturing tt upon guarantees readily accepted in Paris, Frank- fort and Vienna. A reaction will speedily follow this condition. Meanwhile we have had a tempost in ateapot inthe shape of a pagic inthe mining share market. {fhe whole capital involved ia this affair, if represenied a8 paid up, was under £200,000, and ifropresenied by the premium aaditions it was under £1,000,000, This was denounced as ‘“infli- on,” and down the shares tumble! to the extent of about £700,000; so that though many have suder-d, the few now possess asoriof inner consciousness Mat things have righted themselves, This mu ddic occurred inthe Weish lead mining schemes, and in ©uly about haif a dozen of them; but the effect has been to discourage mining un¢ertakings generally, «sven those from California, 89 that several intended to be brought out have to walt @ little longer. The only undertaking which has met for the last Six weeks with speedy and abso- Jute success for tts primary emission has been a Netheviands steamship company, intended to trade win our Eastern ports; and this succeeded because success had been assured beforspand. The wary Darchmen of Amsterlam and Rotterdam knew our impene'rable reserve, so they subserived the re- quired nal’ million sterling themselves; but they Wanted 4 quo alion of their shares 10 the lusts of our Stock Exchange, so they nominally set the enter- ‘e us in one or two advertisements and ely afterwards ansounced that the sub. ijptions hal been flied. Tous they have secured @n oMcia) quo'e‘ion in this mi t, but not a dollar of the capital is owned here; and the Dutchmen, with true Ba‘avian thrift, have at one aml the Same siroke sceuved their own ends and made us @sSist in Spite Of ourseives. And so we have been going on. Meanwhile it appears as i our domestic wade Was falling od, for (he Cleanng House revurns show substant agion in these days when home bills are cleared, throagh the mer- diise tracties 2 we x we im ur emi du Qonlion, aor the ws: ustrise OY UROL, Wi “OT SUMERINE Works, dior Sie peer icine rade werd we sere oo others. Tie explanation iy, owewsr Me destrest of coaptadlesss Curme the det can tines pad tie Tor: enuiis ut Raulirvad, coset Tue ehies(he of auc tea a 2380 oWe ne’ oy aune! “hee foltowrngrs th tive oaytta ne Bow Ki Hy vent bentis of the 5 7 cen gold bonds of 94% per cent, cont mortgage bonds of Railroad, iwwned at 95 per Bate of Ataivacnn, iawn PILALID ID © the Des Moines Vai oe Tue total capital, nominal, of these undertakings 18 therefore $16,900,000, or im round numbers £3,400,000 sterling. No great amount for a country tu be asked to lend whose chief hank has £21,000,000 sterling in gold lying idie, and whieh cannot employ its floating capital at two and three-quarters per cent, Moreover, it might bave been thougit, @ud probably Was thought, that as these undertak- inzs are designed more or less 10 accommodate ihe reviving t.ade of the Southera States, the sympathies wich filled the subseription lists of the Confederate loan woald at least have been stinwlated by one or more of these purposes. But it 1s a fact that with one exception the subscriptions have proved exce-d- ingly meagre, though they cannot be pronounced to have decidediy iailed. The exception is the scheme for the St. Louis bridge. Tue capital required for this undertaking was more than fully subscribed within # week, and it 15 as firmly held as consols, while subjected to fewer fuctuations from circum staaces extraneous to its value, It was introduc by Junius Morgar sors. That ol commendation, it secura the nd though the last in it 48 believed that Wailed themselves of ment 18 payable rly all the subsertbers ha uin.of the discount of five per cent by paying up in full, Moreover, the nature of the und commended itself to the reason of our princtpal ‘alists, fogged though it be by an exaggerated ‘The other four have all been less fortu- ie East Tennessee bus succeeded tie best, perhaps one of the most needed lines tocom: piete the communication between the Northern and the Southern 81 'S. It may be of a certain sort ot Interest to mention that the negotiation of these bonds (which are sttil on sale) Wes confided (0 two well Known establish- menis, The agent of the loan Is one of the “pio- moter’.of the period when finance companies were runping their wild caree sut he Was one of the wisest and most respec of the class, and not a b A hag been uttered ageinst his actions or char- acter, The brokers are among the oldest und for- merly they were the largest im the Stock Exchange. The senior partner, who has. re- tired, was lately high sheriff! of Giow tershire, and» he is a pronounced ever in spiritnalism, for the sake of which he has made | fives, Certainly he has | financial and even soctal sa had to bear a good deal of ridicule, which he di gards from amid the fine but miniaiu seenery of the country of the Severn. As to he Indianapolis loan, ail the — statements made of its value to the West have not goi formuch., The bonds are only partially subserit It perhaps militated something against the suce peration that it was introduced by a perfectly in Londen, who ave establishing themselves andevidently mean business, though the bro- © among the first on the Stoek Exchange, siWays, in an old community like this, more ccept the proposals of new anding the excetlence of thei hers have had ty contend however, gradually wear ave opened their offices to Merchant ret, These a firm. of stock akers Who are ited”? a lot of mey by i y lending to their fellows 11 Hiding 18 mean, very different in which the Morgans anil Browns at yut it 18 suitable for tr affairs; e being well furmshed, bonds. the price, the bond prescribes the oblig parenage ali the mn equ tpment of the r This is said to be in the State. trade aud iajwious to the road pagnant to {rec fuse Alabama cannot yet make steel rat 8, ani so forth. It18, hows ever, overlooked it this cc whenever the purchares can be made as low State as out of 1, without causing delay. TY not much ia either ob,eduon, but they to some extent prejudiced the subsertpt and last undertaking Is that of the Des Railroad in the State of lowa. This under the guardianship of ont este ? David Chadwick, who, though sent to the Unite Siates on the business of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, seems to have devoted some of 1s only lmposed n ihe | cuant hesenh ie | der then, as you sev, that they kick up thet! his amazing energies to the earning of other com- missions during his visit, Jt is introduced not only in London, but in Manchester, where David supposes himself wo be peculiarly swoug, aud in Bdluburg, NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, Vaan Derple to rv more can look favor unless certain ‘k preparatory to being stal in front when i Some wag coe ues with ediate interes! * inthe Chancellor of the Exchequer his 2b een cere eee et su] thick and thin Aedery} erp F-4 to the skies a ave i ere, at he has anticipated revenue by requiring payment of revenue tax an the assessed taxes in advance 1s {¢ refecting gush of admiration of an unusual sui ‘The general result of the it the cetlor had a surplus to di considerable sum of £4,870,000, which is said to be the la} ever known within ilving memory, ‘The amount is prima facie large, vut it must be taken with the two arawbacks, that taxes have been antici- pated and, according to some authorities, that the two services have in vartous were been starved, By of this surplus @ litte tinkering is done with the savings bank stock by turn- terminating in 1885, ear—that 18 to io that fiiteen years—will be reduce! £3,376.000. Vi minor duties are either modified or partially lished, alter which the two main changes come in the shape of @ reduction tn the mcome tax irom five pence tofour penve m the pound, and a remission of one-naif of t ugar duties. The eltect of the whoe is that the mew financial year which com- mMenced on the Ist of April opens with a surplus of £331,000. ‘This 18 considered satisfactory by those who appreciate small: bene‘its; but the holders of sugar who have paid the higher duties are by no means in good humor, some of them being, it satd, expose! to no inconsiderable 1033 because the reduction took effect on we night the budget was opened. One point there 1s worth notice. ‘The whole expenses of the Abyssinian: war have been liquidated and extinguished, and that would be a bold Ministry that would involve the country in such a mess again. Another point mayt ve mentioned. The impressed stamp on hewspapers: is abolished, Itis substituted by a halfpenny stamp, which will cover the postage of all newspapers weighing less than six ounces. In the case of the Times this will be a sad blow to the news agency” trade, for the proprietary have already given notice that they Will send out papers direct from the ofice for the present price, three pence per copy, thus sub- tituting themsel or the news agent, while the State will receive for its postal service the remunera- tion which the newsman formerly appropriated tor his troubie. us, n- FRANCE. The Cabinet Situation aud Ministerial Pros pects~Count Daru Likely to Resigu=Ple- biscitum Dificulties—M, Thiers? Policy— What Premier Ollivier Seeks to Accomplish. Panis, April 13, 1870. It is now quite certain that Count Daru, the Minis- ter for Foreign Affairs, will imitate his late col- league M. Buifet and resign his fost. This will pro- bably be the only change that will take place. Peo- ple are surprised at the capricious conduct of these two gentlemen who, when the new constitution was under discussion in the Cabinet Council, fully ap- prove. of the Emperor retaining his privilege of an appeal to the people, called here a plebiscite. The whole Cabinet were a unit on this somewhat import- ant point, but after the constitution had been dis- cussed in Cabinet Council, and Ministers and Bm- peror were fully agreed on all the articles, and after said constitution had been referred to the Senate, who appointed a committee to draw up a report previous to a discussion and a vote, then Messrs, Buffet and Daru, it seems, were suddenly seized with “fears and scruples,’ and begged the Emperor to modify the clause affecting his right of appeal to the nat hould any occasion arise in the future for his exercising it, The Empe- ror said he would cheerfully bave taken their oujec- into consideration h: ey made them at the me, but after they had, om e fall discussion, adhesion om this very point he rom tne Gi aut we at CiORSSiOME an mundo « gadbienite, ui or three Gays an warmly urged was 8 he raliy | ai the last moment, he oe. Such singular con- Gut an ame orale pwidic opiaion. The secret of all this is in a nutshe! Teese gentlemen saw nothing objectionable in allow ing the Eaiperor, in a country where universal suf- | frage prevails, to make an appeal to the masses anould any emergency call for it, and consequently they approved of it, I repeat, in Cabinet Council; ut then a cry was raised by some cunning mischicf- maker that the Parliamentary party could never be masters of the situation if the sovereign was allowed to-appeal fom thetr policy to the people. The head and front of this idle clamor was that archetype of plotters and intrigners, the indomitable Thiers, who has more than once shown his teeth at the Olivier Ministry. He was enraged at their supporting the doctrines of free trade, which he resisted with his might, but in vain, and he has sought on more than one occasion to throw them into disorder. He saw in this democratic measure of the plebiscite &@ chance 10 awaken ife stroug arisicoratic prejucices of those well known monarchists, Butet and Daru, and he played on their susceptibilities so that he induced them to think they had made a grave mistake, and prevailed on them to eat their words and throw up their places. Of course ‘Thiers expected thus to break up the Ministry, ant he would have rubbed his hands m giee had he brought this about. Like a true French politician he cared nothing for the consequences of his action or the damage he might to the tranquillity and best interests of his country, Not he; all he thought of was the success of his intrigue and the gratification of is spite against the men who had ventured to thwart his favorite dogmas of trade and politics. In Eng'and and the United States politicians may be as seliish and @% unpatriotic; but the people and the press are so well imformed on political questions, and anderstand their own interests so clearly that the politician is obliged to “assume a@ virtue if he has it not”? and to condnet bimself in @& more straightforward manner. But in France it is far otherwise, Every journal putfs its own men and measures without regard to the general interest, and public opinion is often led astray from not seeing its way with suiticient pre- cision. In this respect, however, matters are mend- tog here rapidly, for France is fast becoming finan- cial and comp and all classes are disposed now to unite against the mad pranks of the poli- ticking, Who are always ready to make a sensation, getup an agitation and spring even a revolution on the country, 80 long as they can use either for their own satisfaction and advancement. These gen men, with their fine spe heatrical dispiays, have seen their best day y in the future, to act mo would retain pablio respect and influence, a plebiselte Which gives the nation, with all its c and interesis, an opportunity to pasa jndg- ment on th If the public feeling was with them why should they dread and oppose an ap- peal to ungversal suffrage? ‘To come back to that venerahle gamin, Thi He has succeeded in sacrificing the prestige and position of two of his political frien 1s; but he will fail utterly in his ardent hope of breaking up the Ministry. Olivier is fully equal to the occasion. He took office with the avowed ambition of “reconciling the empite to liberty,” that is of restoring freedom to the legislative power, freedom to the press, c.; free expression to the public voice in all matters of reform as well as of preserving the dynasty chosen by universal sutiag ‘This was his motive for taking oMice, and he hi r res nothing about nring for the leg! ran uadue ascend- over the executive, such as our Congress man- to obtain ever the unakillful Andy Jolin: will do for such men as Thicrs and Guizot, w once tried to play ti pot at the head of a packed majority ina legislative body and broke down from cap Melly. Oliivier’s: purpose is far nobler nd patriotic. He desi\e to get the French government tn good work- ing order; the Various powers of We Staie each re- volving in its own orbit, withons preponderating one over tne other, and s0 iuvowing conflict and dis.rier. If this 1s achieved France will dleveiop eormously, aud enter upon an era of peace and prosperity she has never yet seen. Should the rest Oo. the Caomet retire, which ts noc probable, Olitvier wii set to work ant make apother and another and persevere In his great work. The E:mpeior gives iu full swing, as he desires nothing but order and all ihe liverty coupartbie wiin it. His only ob ect Is simpiy the preservation of his dynasty, and tieretore 1s anxtous to yield to public opinion, what- ever it may be. He Wild not vliow the poliucians, however, to play any tricks upon lim, or to get be- lweeu him and the people. He means to hold on to that anchor, whatever e@ige he lets go. Some one suid to him the other day that the people were always sure to yote with the government, as they could bring So much pressure to bear on them. “You forget 1848,” he replied, ‘when I ran against General Cavaigmac, who had_the Government, and yevd bows him by jniligns, You may possibly iw. 4 j compleie mask, as it wi | umd the sooner the ‘hole nati Cae see ioncme as arty here, and ‘on_the democratic process Appeals to the cess ‘That is all very ‘well for them: it you should know, in the United ‘and both aides of the question, and then you can. for yourselves ores whole or @ department, but you cannot am ¥ My own bias is irty, but as a veracious aurea y fuily, ina Thope fairly. r You have ail heard of i of “The Life of Jesus.” He was prot mor of the College of France, but his excited the ire of wey win aera a Chai “the ve ry r, e professorsht a held—tl w—has lately be- come vacam, and he has for it again, and clergy have got over ther nauguation, sa ars fe iP anxious even to make, peace wii ions of the most brilliant of Oriental lara. Besides, the French cl are not #0 bigoted aud as they were, which some attribute to the t thatthe Empress is not as much under their luence as she Ww and also that the Gallioan Chureh, havit enjaced tite th oe ed, 8 om te point otis rd Ve: more ularit with the ‘nity than formerly. 3 18 Paton week, and the extraordinary crowds that fill the churches area conclusive proof that influence 15 rapidly recovering all tts old ascendancy. The dif- ferent services and ceremonies are advertised in the newspapers. For instance:— BBLIGION, To-morrow, Thursday, the ceremony of La Céne, or washing the fe: of twelve poor persons. will take jace at the Madeleine at two P, M.; the Tenebras at four, and a sermon, the Stabat, at haf-past seven. ‘The papers also siate that “the reiics of tbe Passion, placed on a special alta”, are’ penne. exhibiied ed the present week, in rich golden chalices in the choir Notre Dame.” Again, “the Stadat Mater of Rossini will be performed on Goo Friday at one o'clook pre- cisely, In the chorch of St. Enstache, under tie di- rection of M. Hurand, the nist”? It is thus plain enough that the Chureh ot France is active aad eu- ergetic, and that the Materialists, with all their scoft- ing, are getting the worst of it. It will bea long time, [ ween, before another “GODDESS. OF REASON”? is paraded through the streets o/ Paris. ‘he confec'1onrs aso are up and s'irring, as well ag the priests, and they are geitiug up splendt't atiractions for the Easier, so near at hand. The gorgeous windows of Bo.ssicr and Sirandiu ar» filled wiih the loveliest ezgs you ever saw, iar beyon' the conception of chickens, and they are ikued wih the moat delicious of bon buns aad piled up In the pre:- Ucst of paniers, ART. The sales of the objects Wart of the Princo Demt- doit are still going on, and the wonder 1s waere ail the money comes from that 1s lavisaed dally on these fine old curiosities. One must have a pro‘ound vene- ration for the relics of otter days, a8 Well a8 pockets fuil of money, to give the prices constantly published for articles’ that the uninitiated would snap their Ingers at. The other day @ shield of iron embossed in silver and gold by some aris", yee name I forget (beg his pardon), of the Middle Ages brought the appalliag sum of 160,000f. ($32,000), It was purchased by one of the Rothschilds, of Vienna, It was no doubt an exqui- site plece of worsmanship, but I would rather buy that amount of Untiel States bons, six per cent, gold, than own ha'f a dozen such shiclds. ‘There is no accountiag for tastes, truly. EP, ‘THI % Talking of antiquities, we have fallen on a diz. covery in that line, in Paris, which takes preve tence of ali the Demiaoft relics. Nothing leas tian a first class Roman saptiennate has been dug out Jatoly in the netghborhool of the Paitheon if you kuow where thatis, onthe ‘other side" of the Seme. It 18 in good preservation, and the recesses witcre the wild beasts were ket are in as good order as ever. Ivappears that it was Known in the time of Philp Augustus, but was graduaily lost to sizht, a3 if got covered over with rubbish, which now covers it to the depth of several feet. It is beng dis- uterred, but it tg not known whether 1¢ wiil be ever rved, as the land it occupies js valuable. What 8 iraly ntorening, ig the recovery of several meals found buried in the earth, and the ments of a turquoise and lapls lazuli necklace with gold ciasps, and more such rare curiosities are confidently ex- pected to be found. Ail these treasures will be care- ially stowed away in the giass cag-s of the Museum of the Louvre, so that future Americans may come and contempiate them at their leisure. SCIENCE. Another discovery of a very different kind has late.y, also, been male here, which, if less curious surely far more weful and, in one seu-e, will turn out more ornamental. I, refer to a new mode of treating smallpox, that horrid scourge, by the application of phenic or . The treatment of this agent is as fol- ery day the patient takes a draught of from 100 centigrams of crystalized phenic acid and “a sug. of gum arabic. Besides this the whole ged with a lotion of one part of the of water. In the cases where it he pustules had come out in such cover the fi of the tient with a quan’ 7 yet dessication was ob- tained without either suppuration or fever, aad | Without a singie mark, however small, to be se2n on | we face affier the cure.” That is ¥: tors and kind” find it out the better. POPULATION. ‘The last item for to-day 1s that the population of Parts is set down tn the last weekly bill of mortality at 1,925,274 souls, while that of London is stated to be 2.170,754. You will have ‘to increase and muiti- ply” considerably in New York before you overtake ihe last estimate. But don’t despair! PATTI AND THE OPERA. Patti has (April 9) returned to theltalian Opera, Paria, for ten nygnts only, before winging her way on her usuai Might to London, whee for the last ten years nearly she has been the life of the English season. The prices have been doubled here very unusual thing in Pars—but the crowd 44 a6 great as ever, anden hus.axm even Castom seems notto stile her infinite variety. She is as brillant as preity, and as sweet as the first season she appeared. Besides her voice and execution, which is certainly more than charm- 1g, though not so Wondertul as that of some of her gilted predecessors, Patti has a certain magnetic attraction which carries you captive uncon-ciously and trresisubvly. She if one of those 8) uathetic. singers that seduces even more than she over- powers you, and this is perhaps the perennial secret of her continued — attraction, Her Scandinavian rival, Coristina Nilsson, winding up her engagement at the Fre! opera preparatory to ler usual trip to London, whe she will be almost the solitary star at the Drury Lane Opera House, which is going to renew the “battle of the operas,” with the Covent Garden House, where Patti is the prominent attraction, — Nilsson has announced her intention, after leaving London, to go to the United States, which she contemplates doing at her ownrisk and for her own account. Up to this time she has made no engagements for the States, thong. she has embarked more than once in nego+ tiatious for that purpose, Her terms are so higia that managers are afraid to undertake her, but it would b2 an act of arrant folly for her to think of the making @ tour in our country, ex: in tl skilful hands of of our best managers. 5! is @ very singer, and so was, Risto a great artist, but without the energetic Management of Herr Grau the latter would never have pocketed near $300,000 in her two trips to America, Nilsson is little fitted to cope with the exigencies of a trip through the States, though she is said to in admirable woman of business, I hope she will be able to mak bargain of some sort with some one of our need entrepreneurs, who will take the rougher work oif her hands, and leave her to warble wood notes wild, undisturbed by the cares and crosses attendant on such @ busi- i T will let you know her fixed engagements 1_ my next, Patti has made an engagement for the United States with Maurice Strakosch, who tntro- duced her to Europe, for next year, 1871; butit is said she desires to cancel it, for Russia offers the same terms—$2,000 a might for every season she chooses to come there, So [think it doubtful if you will see Patti in New York for some time to come, OLD WORLD ITEMS. The Itaiian frigate Re Galantuomo, which visited ‘this port two or three years ago, has been converted 1nto & School ship, on board of which young naval officers are exercised in everything pertaining to their prolession, The South German Press combats the proposals in favor of disarmament which have been moved in the Bavarian Chamber. Jt proves that tie militia sys- tem 18 economically far more expensive than that now employed in Germany, as it increases the ou: dens, dangers aod suifermgs of the people to an ex- lent quite disproportioned to reductions which figure in the budget, A potitical demonstration of a peculiar character took place recently at Lyons, A quairille was co posed tothe music of tne ‘“Marseillaise,” the ira’? and other revolutionary airs, and danced by an enthusiastic crowd in one of the grand public saioons of the city. At least 6,000 persons were pre- sent, and they joined im the chorus of each air with tremendous enthusiasin. A telegram from Calro, Egypt, dated on the 6th of April, revor(s thus:—Ic 18 oilcially stated that the news publisued irom English sources relative to the new loan 4s incorrect, ,Tbe joan has been contracted by the administration of the Viceroy's private pro- perty, woich is independent of the Ley ptiaa govern- ment. The funds are desigaed for vie purchase of sugar refining machines, the construction of rail- Ways througn the private property of the Khedive and the greater excension of sugur cane culture. Seventeen years ago, when Baron Haussmann was Preiect of Bordeaux, he drove out with the Bmpe- ror, and being aman of commanding presence and winning tmatiners, quite dwaried the hero of the coup @rtat, “‘Preiect, said Napoleon, “te citizeus seem to regard the Prefect ana forget ther Empe- ror.’? “Sire,’’ was the courtly repiy, ‘‘when a regt- ment is marebing the crowd is always track with the dram-major, but itis not to be concluded they Jorget the general in command.” hat reply was the making of Baron Haussmann. ‘The Russian official organ contains some interest- ing parnculars of tae last Jair at Nijnt-Novgorod, from which It appears that the trade of that place, which may be considered as the chief emporium of the Inland traime of the country, has much increased by the great facilities of transit attorded py the open- mgand extensivn of the railway system, The total vane of the goods last year brougnt to the fair amounted © 244,000,000 of sliver roubles, bemg APRIL 27, 1870.—QUADRUPLE SHEET. 18,000,000 more the previous year, while the tolat ctrcuration, was 140,000,000, agarnst 127,000,000 “y nt proe rity duced @ positive loss, MUSICAL ‘> THEATRICAL NOTES, Peenter, having recovered from the indlspoettion whieh visited him in Boston, probably from the indis- creet enthustasm of the Hubbites, appears to-night at the 'Theatre” ‘as Clande Melnotte, in the ‘Lady of Lyons.” His engagement lasts four weeks, Clarke takes a benefit at the Fifth Avenue theatre on Monday next, An artist of such un- doubted abil Ang porsevering study deserves @ Carl takes her final farewell of tho New York it and matinée in th on at Ur the sage fomorrow nize fn 9) ‘1 le Flute,” an night in Bro 2D. yaa sy sings Ee mois peau Academy L, Edward J. ee ins @ benefit concert at Steinway Hall foniaih a which some of the best pe Oy rt will be given at St. 0 3 church on Thuraday. De Willcox and Mess: liams (organist of the church), Whitely aud Jardine will appear, and. @ Manzocchi is the vooalist. After two Rig absence in Italy Signora ri Gellie ap a few nights since in @ concert at Plainfteld, N. J. Her voice has wonderfully improved and she created quite a furor in a cavatina “Jone? She isa valuable addition to our already extensive soprano re, Mr. William F. Kotch has organized a concert troupe, constating of Miss Kellogg, Mills, Lotti, Ran- doifiand Werner, for the principal towns in wus re, The clever Rand Sisters are to have @ compli- mentary benefit shortly at Wood's Museum, Fred Ber, er, the favorite Vicloncellist of the Phil- harmonic ety, has a benelit concert at Assvci- ative Halton Thursday. rH. A. McGlencn will have @ benefit at Selwyn's, Boston, on Saturday night. The performance consists cn co heey lager,” “Nicnolas Nickleby”? and “gpittire,” ‘he Wallace Sisters, with @ fine company, open the new opera house, Akron, bio, on May 16, unaer the mauagemenvof Mesrs, Villa and Dobson. HORSE NOTES. It seems strange that gentlemen pay such prices and are so exacting in Lhe matter of speed tn their purchases of road borses in view of the fact that they really have no roads to drive them on, A road horse must trot in 2:30 at least, or he is no account; 2:31 or 2:32 will not do at all, and we are puzzled to see why such nice discrimination 1s madein the pur- chase of a driving horse where there are no avenues on which to show the difference, ‘There is scarcely a country village that cannot boast of far better kept roads than we New Yorkers have—full of holes and blinding with dust most of the time, render- ing 1t dangerous for any one who does not wear goggles and @ respirator to go upon them. Four minute animals and a quiet turn around the Park would seem to be prefer. able to @ seat behind a “thirty clipper” and a drive to Macomo’s Dam. It realiy looks as though trotters in New York will be at a discount before long unless road men make a determined push for what roads we have to be kept in better condition, Buy fast horses, gentlemen; pay from $5,000 to $40,000 apiece for them, and one of these days, unless you use them only for sporting pur- poees, you can look at them in their nice box stalls with their dress blankets or take them out tora walk on the stable floor, and that 18 all the good they will do you; for the glory of Harlem lane 1s about. gone, and the rattle of the tron-ciad hoofs of the American trotter will be heard in that locality no more. It 1s really surprising to witness the indifference shown by those who have charge of our roads in the vicinity of New York. Hariem lane at its intersection with Seventh avenue is a dangerous spot, and numerous smash-ups have occurred and many narrow escapes been made recently. Cannot something be done to make ita little easier to climb over? Great preparations are making by the managers of the Prospect Park Fair Grounds to have their track in oraer for their spring meeting, the purses for witch close on the 12th of May. Some very impor- tant improveinents will be made for the accommoda.- tion of the public. There are a’ready a number of horses in the vicintty of the track in training for coming events, Among the trouters to be seen dally at work are Dan Piiver’s string, consisting of the famovs old mare Lady Thorn. the sorre! stal‘ion Honest Dutchman (formerly Stonewall Jackson), bay mare Mary S., brown gelling Charies Napier, » bay coit by Eaward Everett, a very sorrel gelding, ownel by George Perrin; gelding Newion, @ sorrel mare b derson, and the biack stal'ton co. Prince, Samnel Jackson a'so has fifteen on the grounds, which he is putting In shape for speed. Hiram Howe hasa string of nine, These are the brown mare Lady Wells, gray m: Nellie, black mare Tempest, a bay stallion, owned on Staten Island, a brown Ver- mont Hambletontan mare, bay mare Dolly, and two very fine four year old fillies by George Hall's Mes- <0 . These fillies belong to W. M. Parks. One is a chestnut and is called Rosena, the other a gray named Alena. The trotting gelding George Palmer reached this city on Sunday morning in charge of Charley Champ- lin, and has taken up his quarters at the Fleetwood Park, where he will be worked for his several en- agements. George Palmer never looked better than he does at the present moment. Lady Thorn, American Girl, and Goldsmith Maid will have a for- midable rival in George Palmer the coming season, THE CHICKASAW JOCKEY CLUB, MEMPHIS, April 26, 1870. The first day's races over the Chickasaw Jockey Clu» Course were inaugurated with a good atien- dance and a splendid track. The first race was for the Post Stake, for all ages, two mile heats; sub- scription $50, the club adding $600. The followimg is a summary Atchison & Paul's b. g. Morgan Scout, 3 years old, by John Morgan, dam Lizzie Morgan.... 1 1 G. Cadwatiader’$ b. ¢. Atlie Huvt, 3 years old, ‘by Vandal, dam Nora.......... ww. 22 W, B. Chapyeii’s b. h. King Tom, 5,years old, by Lexington, dam Tokay........... we 3 8 James Nelligan’s b. g. Deringer, 3 years old, by Rogers, dam Engineer dis, Time, 3:43%4—3:44, Deringer was the favorite in the pools last night and Allie Hunt to-day. The selling on this race was very spirited, The second race was a sweepstakes for three year olds, mile dash, subscription $25, the club to add $250. The race was won by Regent, beating De- tender, Cheatham’s g. f. by Brown Dick and Rich- ard’sc. 1. by War ace in the order named, ‘Time, . THE FORCE OF EXAMPLE. Frank Ferry and Albert 8. Buckley, boys, were ar- raigned before Alderman Cunningham, at the York- ville Police Court, yesterday, where a complaint was entered against them by Mr. Justin White, the Trea- surer of the Erie Ratlway Company, charging them with the robbery of $270. At first they confessed their gutit, but when arraigned in court they said they ha.l nothing to say to the charge, and weie com- mitied for trial. The prisoners were in the employ of the compan: KILLED ON THE ERIE RAILWAY. The body of a switch: named John Hanrahan, was found lying on the track near the Hackensack bridge yesterday morning. It was mutilated in a shocking manner, we head being severed from the truuk. Deceaseh resided at St. Paul’s avenue, Hud- son Ci JERSEY CITY POLICE CAPTAINS. ‘The following officers of the Jersey City police force were appointed captains by the Commissioners on Monday nigiit:—Patrick Jordan, First precinct or centrat ofic::, James Mann, Second precinct; Chares P. Rovingson, Third precinct, and ofiicer Pierce, of Bergen, Fourth precine! HERALD QUADRUPLE SHEET. (F@m the Philadeiphia Ledger, Aprii 26.) The New YorkK HERALD Of Sunday appeared asa quadruple sheet, giving its readers sixteen broad pages of reading matier and compact acvertise- iments. Among the first of our coutemporaries in every braich of newspaper enterprise, tie HERALD reaps its reward in & prosperity iat never desevis it, MISS BARKALOO—ATTORNEY aT Law.—Miss Lemma Barkaloo has auspiciously begun her legal career. Her first case transpired a few days ago, and was so ably andadroitly couducted that a set- tlement was successfully effected witnout trial. ‘Ths was the case:—Ihe piamtif, a lady, claimed damages for a dead aog, whose eartuly career was, alleged to have been irreguiarly termimated by one of the city street cars. Sixty doliars was the amount of damages demanded, The directors of the railway company demurred to this bili and retained Miss Barkaloo as thet counsel in the suit. There was overwhelinin, evidence of the fact thas the dos was dead an could never bark again, as weil as that ite barxing- less condition was caused by carelessness on the part of defendants’ agents. Miss Barkaloo, there- yore, Wivh a sagacity and modesty whica do her in- finite credit, optained a settiement of the case on favorabie terms, notwithstanding wnat she thereby sacriiced @ brillant opporiunity for making her myplden Dled—Si Louis Times, Avril 1%, THE NEG%O VOTE. Manifesta from the National Capital. -PROCLAMATION OF GEORGE T, DOWNING. A Southern Writer Reviewed and the Political Duties of the Negro Explained. Wasninaron, April 26, 1870. The new relation the co‘ored man sustains to the body politic creates for him a political consideration hitherto unknown. The HeRALD has sald harsh things about him, but I have ever been charitably disposed in relation thereto; for I have been asked In Its office tf it did not say as harsh things of others agit did of the colored man. But, though It may say hard things of him, still it gave the fullest and ‘most accurate account of all his resolutions, docu- ments, sentiments, claims and appeals, and gave them a circulation where he would tave his appeal go, where they would not reach but for the HERALD, It was affact, which I was forced to acknowledge, one that was understood in the HERALD office—a fact that was worth something. The political consideration now due to the colored man gives rise to many anxious queries; among them is whether the republican party will have and retain his vote, It may be well for me to copy Wwo resolutions from a series, passed unanimously, at the large national convention of the colored people which assembled ayear ago in this city. They say “that the original abolitionists—those who were not ashamed or afraid to declare uncompromisingly, when it endangered their lives to d® so, for the im- mediate abolition of slavery, and that colored men should enjoy all the political, educational and rell- gious rights thatany other citizens might claim—have alarge and an abiding share of our gratitude for ‘their heroic, self-sacrificing advocacy and defence of the right, out of which has grown the present ad- vanced public sentiment.” Tho convention farther resolved, “That whatever shortcomings may be laid to the republican party, it is the party through which the rights legally secured to the co- jored Americans were secured; that it has our grati- tude and shall receive our support; that no other party need hope to alfenate us therefrom, unless, by outstripping it in consistency and in an honest advo- cacy of genuine democratic principles.” You will observe that the convention were mindful of the he- roism and self-sacrificing advocacy and defence of the right—true to such friends as Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips. You will note that there are con- ditions annexed to the colored man’s adhesion to the republican party. The late amendments to the constitution, adopted because the rights of black men have been outraged, have each a section empowering Congress to enforce them by appropriate legislation. The colored man knows that it is essential to have retained in power the party that pro- posed these amendments, to the end of having such appropriate legislation enacted as shall enfqrce the provisions in question, a5 well.as for the general tn- terest of the country; he knows that it will be neces- sary to have a judiciary and executive to interpret and enforce the same’ until al! parties shall readily acquiesce therein, This points to the colored man’s dhesion to the present dominant party, and gives no hope to any movement either in the interest of Mr. Chase or any other probable party. There wasa@ time when the name of Salmon P. Chase had a commandihg power among colored men, including the freedmen of the South, but it has lost {ischarm. He must, if he would, dosomething to regain’ their confidenc?? What can he do? What is he likely to dol Does he hope to regain. their confidence by writing let ters to colored men urging them to favor the enfranchisement of men who forfelted thetr rights, and who at present do not let pass ap opportunity to outrage and murder auy manly colored man? The proper time to grant am- nesty 13 to be judged im the action of tne parties to be immediately benefited. God grant that it may be soon, for the sake of all parties, for the sake of our common coun! an the dem tic party hope for our votes unter any circumstances? Certainly not, so long as it loses no opportunity to unnecessirtly, mm obedtence toa seemingly inveterate Bate, opp.se every move look- ing toward respect forus. Some colored men may be affected by local influences, some remembering comparative kind acts, 8ome through misrepreseita- tions, fraud, fear, starvat.on; some thiough bribery—Human nature dweile in white and black the same’’—but the mass of the colored people will be found voting with the republican party. Ilask it to be consistent and liberal. The number will be mor? or less large as the mass shall be more or less informed. ‘The leading men in exch community must be conferred with by Uiose known to them, Who cup get near to them, who shall be well informed, going among them Guietly, dispens- ing information and urging them to ware of the wiles of the peer anito be true to the ly that has done so much for them; to disregart the overtures of parties who, while they speak laudatory of the colored man, at the same time to the discern- ing disrespect and outrage them, Ido not know a ‘more fitting illustration of the same than the article in Lippincot0s Magazine for April, entitied “The Negio in the South,’ by Edward A. Pollard. The animus of the eptire article 13 open to @ most severe criticism, which, however, I do not purpose to give. The author confesses that he was educated to regard “the negro as specifically inferior to the white man—a lower order of human being.”” He illustrates the truthfulness of his declaration in detailing a circumstance. He was travelling on a railroad in the South, on which “smoking being ex- cluded from all the cars but that known as ‘thenegro car,’” he left the car in which he was seated with his white fellow ugers and entered this particu- lar one fo add to the volumes of smoke abd nuisance which its insulted passengers, ma’e and female, were jorced to endure. He had no word of reproach for the outrage. With no feelings or sensibility he stretched himself out, occupying four seats. Colored passeugers, male and female, forced by a hellish pro- scription into this carin which alone smoking was al- lowed, were forced t> stand, with seats thus occupled by gentlemen who would have the colored men of the South regard them as their “champions” and “friends.” No ready promptings of honor and respect induced the chivalric gentleman to Bee A teld his obtrading oceupancy of more than his Tight to any of the travelling women who stood in the aisle for want of seats. He continued to puff his cigar in the faces of these females because they were colored. He instances the occurrence to make good his point— to exhibit (to him) the proper submissiveness of “the negro in the South”—to ane represent that he does not desire what we regard his rights as a citi- zen, He stigmatizes it.as ‘“insolence” for a negro to attempt to intrude into @ theatre, hotel or railroad car, where the distinctions of society have ex-, cluded him. He atiempts to deceive by calle ing this “social equality.” No intelligent colored = man, like ‘intelligent white men, demands any legislation which shall make social in- tercourse imperative. Social intercourse is and should be leit a matter of choice with parties. I should never consent to admitting into my social circle, to social intercourse, all of the white persons Imight meet ina theatre, ‘hotel or ratiroad car, T should claim the right to a choice, to have regard to character, appearance, worth, education, refinement; but, nevertheless, in all those places, instituted for public convenience, this right to asstst being obtained by hieense, I claim by virtue of my civil rights to be respected therein without regard to my color, The game party, using the argument of the old slave driver, says in the same article that the negroes of the South want, most of all, champions among the just and thoughtful whtie peo- ple of the ‘South; that they are wise they will seize every opportunity to vote into office every native white man of the South wiiling to con- cede their rights, He says the world is giving the negro a great notice. It 1s well disposed toward every effort he puts forth to make true progress and to take off the reproach of his race. He says, let this large and beneficial regard encourage him to con- tinue for a time a pupilage, to work steadily on, and not to rain his future and destroy the whole V9 ment of his race in this country by an eager, ciuldish, desire to appropriate suddenly a ctyilization and in- fluence beyond his time and present capacity, He says there are decent and honorable white men in the South who are willing to give the m his proper rights, He asks the negro to give up his causes of ntment against the native whites of the South, and to abandon as well his false friendship — with the North and his hopes in the selfish and fleeting policy of an alien party. To ail of which I would in brief reply, Why confine the champlonship to white per- sons? Wiy not lave some from among themseives ? Why. not, if the objection does not lie im nis color, select a Brand, whose ability he so highiy extols in it ‘9 vote him into oMce? Does not the old stick out here, “the negro 13 very weil in his listinction between nud sill’ theory hitherto so common among the Pollards of the South? I know that there are ronoravle naive Southern men, in whom [have more confidence than T can have in any one Who can write as above. What reproach is on the negro, fave the very submission he would urge upon him. “The ‘pupil- age,” th working she on,”? he would have true of the fegro-twould assimi- late his relation to that of the submissive, dependent slave your Pollards would have had him be. The negro must not. appropriate @ civilization and influ- ence beyond what Mr. Pollard regards the negro’s true and present ee) while white men who are Jess capable may. The maiter tui ns on the gentleman's term, the “negro’s proper right-.”” This is the rub, The gentleman qualities as to rights. There are rights proper, specifically for the negro; rights in common he cannot realize. He admits that the negro has causes of resenument st the native whites of the South, but aske him to give them 4 to abandon his friends in the North, The animatin, xpirit of this entire article ts ao transparent that hi the republican party no higher recommendation for the support of the negro than is furnished in this ticle it could not hope for his support. I have already extended this article far beyond my intent, and close, _ GEO. 4, DOWNING. The Fifteenth Amendments Go Their Whiskey Straight and Like It—A Head Waiter Bees No “Horn” in It and Gets an Extra Kink in His ‘Har"—A Beautaful Procession Out of Doors and the Result. People who get their midday meal at the Clare- mont Hotel restaurant, in Fulton street, came very near being dished outof it yesterday afternoon, Itis @ settled fact that after ove’s dinner has been suitably cooked and the china laid out in proper style on the table—if the kitchen be not in the dining room or the dining room in the kitchen—somebody must necessarily help somebody else. But the kitchen of the restau- rant in question is notin the dining room, nor is the dining room in the kitchen, and so the patrons of the place naturatly require some agsisiance in getting "their “vittle” served out This assistance at the Claremont up to yesterday had always been upto time. It three times @ day put in an appear- ance, with a dark complexion and consider- able kink in its hair just an inch or so above its white jacket collar. In fact, it was lively and dutiful up to the grand and glorious and never to be forgotten day, when agen'leman at Washington issued a notification toeverybody whom it might con- cern, that every colored specimen of bumanity was as good as nis father, and every colored father as good ag anybody else's father or son, The assist- ance at the restaurant from that time forward took upon itself all the importance of citizens who be- level that nobody had @ right to make free with tt, as might be done with white specimens of the de- scendants of Adam. So the aspect of affairs changed in the restaurant, and the kink in the hair of the assistance every moéning curled tighter and gré thanever. Such is life. ONE OF OUR NEW CITIZENS. It so happened, as it often happens elsewhere, that the darkies at the restaurant had a foreman who is catled a head waiter. The fifteenth amendment had stuck fast in his “har,” and his dander naturally enough was easily raised by any white attempt to smooth down the kink. To be sure he was a little off color, but wasn’t that a3 good as the other thing in all matters material and otherwise? He thought so, and likewise his “gemmen” friends under him, as will be seen, WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE? There's a bar in the resau‘ant and when a cus- tomer wants a drink of spirits te waiter gets it from the barkeeper and puts the amount to that charged for his dinner on the check or ticket, Now for some time past the proprietor imazinel that drinks were being ordered rather more muchly than usual, and he didn't know what to make of it, Were his patrons all geiting to be topers of the strongest spirit? He felt sorry for them on one site of his face, but he felt glad on ‘the other side—that ts, on the side nearest to hs money <irawer. But, strange to relate, although the liquor went out the receipts did not seem to come in in proportion, and he diin’t know but that his spirits after all were of the Banquo kiql, that didn’t make any returns, The subject was worth looking into, however, and he did take @ look. The result was an astonisher. 13 THERE BOURBON AMONG US? One of the waiters one day came up to th bar and ordered some Bourbon. “Best ya got,’’ exclaimed Sambo; ‘‘gemmen’s per- tiikler bout it,” ‘ ‘The liquor was poured out, and Sambo, with his teeth shining ee ior in ice. setting, as he caught the eye of a friend and bradder at the jurther end of the. dining room, made toward the kitchen and then. 3 ic be believed? At least the proprietor thought iv couldn’t, yet he saw it with his own eyes; for Sambo, laboring under some halulcination or other, de- luberately put the tumbler to his mouth, swallowed its contents and then laid the glass on the table. And ail this with his back to where he knew the pro- prietor was!. Soon afterwards another fifteenth amendment gave an order for three whiskeys— “straight a8 you make ‘em, boss’’—and they were gobbled up by these darks at tne further end of the room. The proprietor noticed at the end of afew days that this kind of thing was a daily occurrence, He thought it ought to be stopped. So he called the head waiter, A HEAD WAITER’3 VIEW OF THINGS. “Weill, sab,’ exclaimed he, a8 he came up to the bar, “‘d’ye call me, sah?" «1 want you to keep an on yourmen. Do you see that fellow taking his whiskey in that corner ?’” “Yes, sah.”? “Well, you oughn?t to let that kind of thing go on.’? “Oh, I knowed it all awhile: but whar’s de harm?” The result of th.s conversation was that Mr. Head ‘Walter got orders to attend to his business better. This rited nim badly and he didn’) do it; for when tines were lively among the dishes and the darki's had to fly about in double quick siyle he got into the habit of taking aseat and keeping it, rezar\- less of the fact that his services in moments of mealy importance might have been made valua- ble. In fact, the proprietor says he did pretty much fas he liked, and only obeyed when he saw fit to do 80, which was seldom. The fi’teenth amendment was evidently still Keeping that “nar” in the aristocratic kink. ‘The proprietor thought he couid smooth it out. THE FEATHER THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’S BACK. — He did so effee:uaily by telling him that if he didn't ay attention to his business he'd have to “git.” ‘ow there was a time whena darkey might havo stood such @ proposition; but the villainy of at pre- sent, so soon after that fitventh amendment busi- ess, 13 positively insulting to dark complexions, The head waiter was of this opinion. “Why, sah,” replied Mr. H. W.. ‘ya kin git ‘nother usson in my place soo! ya kin, Maught I car.’* ‘Nien fecling that he had made a bold challenge and shown what indeyeudence the ff eenth amendment could infuge into the African bosom, he warmed up. He didn’t get wildly rel m the face, but he showed his teeth and his eyes snapped fire. ‘ “Yaas, san, ya kin gti ‘nother pusson. Ya don't use me like aman, sth, and I tell you] 1s @ man,’” with an emphasis on the “is.” “— never said you were not a man,” shouted the proprietor. “Well ye think I ain’t, all de same. S'pose I'se gwine to ft talked to sf Iduuuo nothing? No, sah, you kin git ‘nother pusson.”? This in‘eresting interview, which took place on Monday afternoon, ended tie fon’ relationsnip. which had, up to that most impres-tve occasion. ex- isted between the restaurant and the head wal:er. ‘The latrer’s coat tails were seen going round Fuiton street t Broadway shoitiy afterward with the owner a few feet ahead of them. THE CALM THAT PRECEDES THE STORM. The proprietor thought that his troubles were over. But he reckoned without his host. The done-for head waiter liad won the hearts of the other men. ‘They doub'less remembered the clandestine whis- keys, and how Mr. H. W. hadn’t checked them when. tiey poured the bourbon dovy, ape sly. ‘They all) ‘ms to the "esttathnt usa) yesterday ‘morning, looking as proud as ever, ant donned their white jackets with their usual grace. In fact, a patron at breakfast was. Ces extra fishball on his plate by one of the darkies, so kindly did the Jatter seem to feel abont something. They cleared up the tables nicely, and loafed about in the room as of old, waiting for dinner. Ii should not, forgotten that they took an extraordinarily big break- fast when their turn came. Tuis was to fortify them for the event of the day. THE STORM AND THE RESCUER. About twenty minutes to twelve o'clock the darkies put their heads together in @ corner of the ro m and then separated, went fo where Wer duds were langtag, slipped out of ther while sacks and then, two two, walked out of tne res taurant. without as much as saying “by your leave’ to the. astounded proprietor, who in his mind's eye pictured to himself a grand rush of customers and nobody to give them a bit toeat. But. Tus head waiter didu't walt long to cogitate over the: matter, Putting his now silk hat on his head he made tracks for the quarter in West Broadway where waiters, without tat wherewith to wait upon, aié always to be found lyinz around loose, He gob- bled up a baker's dozen, stuffed them into the first car that @ along, and arrived at the restaurant just as the first dinner customers were asking for their “roust beet, rare, with plenty of gravy.” It ts said that the head waiter ia to be allowed hereafter the inestimabie privileze of wearing on the sieeve of his white jacket, sixteen and Uuee-quarter inches from nis left eyebrow, the embroideied rep: esentation of a. piece of “roast beef, rare.” THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT. Glorification by Colored Men in Sixth Avenue Last Evening. The colored men of the Ninth, Fifteenth and Six teenth wards held a glorification meeting Jast even- ing, at No. 92 Sixth avenue, over the passage of the fifteenth amendment. Colonel Frederick Conkling,of the Eighty-fourth regiment, presided. There was a large number of spectators present, the majority being colored meu. Speeches were made by Colonel Conkung, Mr. Brean and several colored gentlemen, the latver 0! whom male the house come down very of.en and very loudly by their original style of eloquence... Unlike the white orators, (hey each of them ought the war over avatn, from the battle of Bul Run Gown fo the time “whem hus @ man with @ cliar in ms mou:h”* made the “cohor.¢ ot Jet Davis knuckle down io Uncle Sam.” ‘The me ting was @ very en!busiistic one from beginning: wo end, | Hy i